Chapter 10 (1/2)

Chapter 1-10

When Iris had just joined e, she was reserved and precautious She would barely talk into any detail about her household, but by spending four days together, her wariness naturally disappeared and she talked about her personal history to me

It seems that Iris’ father was a blacksmith; however, when Iris turned twelve, he fell sick and left this world

After that, with her er brothers, theyin their house’s field

However, that was a strained lifestyle and one without any form of luxury

Iris told me how she orried about whether her sisters and brothers would be fine countless times

It see about

Even in our territory, the ae

However, as long as there is no sort of calamity, you should have some surplus in money

According to Iris, the tax within her territory is heavy, which puts pressure on their lifestyle

“Well then, you should corowing more and more prosperous You’ll surely be able to live well there”

“That’s a pleasant offer, but I can’t throay my homeland so easily”

I got rejected

Certainly, it’s not so you can decide so easily

It seems there are also bad feudal lords in this world, while my father shi+nes in comparison

It see at her studies fro the entrance exam for the academy by her mother

At first she refused, but in the end she decided to take the exa herself supporting her family in the future

In the ti on the faric, and swordplay, the three subjects for the exam, all on her own

I thought this to be a perseverance and character

“And then, when I passed I was really happy, but when it came time to leave home, I felt really lonely Even now, I’ht choice”

“I was also worried when leaving the territory

‘My father is like a et tricked?’ and such But he’s surely doing fine Iris’ brothers and sisters are definitely doing better than Iris thinks”

“Nn, It would be nice if they were”

“They definitely are”

“… Yeah!”

She seems to have recovered some of her spirit

Luckily, the weather is good

It would be a waste to continue with such a dark conversation

I rand stories to make her feel better

“It’s see on outside,” Iris cut me off and said

“It looks like trouble,” a servant reported with a sullen expression

We exited the carriage and confirmed the situation

There is a carriage that a merchant would seem to use stopped in the road

What could be thought to be the whole creere assembled outside

“Sorry, do you think you could open up the road?”

I called out to the men

“Ah, sorry I’ll e immediately”

A slightly chubby ave out orders to his subordinates

There is a lot of luggage and the carriage is larger than the norm

Due to the narrow highway it see a bit of effort

“Just what happened?” I asked in pure interest

“You see, ere delivering a tribute to the royal family, but the permit for entry into the royal castle was taken is a bit of trouble”

“By trouble you mean?”

“Some monsters suddenly attacked

Luckily, there were no injuries and nothing of a high price was daed, but unluckily, the entry permit was taken”

“That is quite unlucky, huh

I tried asking, but it’s wasn’t a very interesting conversation

Hurry up and get out of the way

“You seee in the elimination of monsters?”

“No, I carry this for self defense upon outings”

The scabbard and sword are both hand them as expensive A skilled merchant without a doubt

“Ah, is that so If you hunted the old coin”

What a rude guy I a, a noble My heart cannot be shaken by a old coin

“Is that true!?”

Out of my expectations, Iris bit at it

“Will you really pay a gold coin?”

“Of course! If the two of you go, I’ll give you two gold coins”

Iris is looking this atering eyes, seely about to cry

I can’t refuse if it’s like this

“Let’s do it”

“Yes!”

“Tolf-formed monsters attacked us

We found its nest at a place five hundred , that’s all the assistance we can provide you”

“Understood”

We received a sie

“Iris, what’s your ability in ic?”

“I passed the exam for Elenowar, but this is my first battle

Ah! But I use ood… ”

H sense in both ic and swordplay

While it is her first battle, it’s a weak monster so it should be okay, perhaps?

In the worst case it’ll be fine if I follow her up

“Do you have a weapon?”

“Yes, I’ a sword for the swordplay lessons”

“Well then, equip it and let’s go”

Just as the merchant said, we spotted tolf-formed monsters in the forest at about five hundred meters southward

We’re taking quite the distance so they don’t pick up on our smell

Honestly, I can take both of them out by myself at this distance

I’d like to finish it like that since it has a low chance of danger

However, a problem is born after I take them out by myself

I’m sure Iris will refuse the reward

She’ll definitely say, “I didn’t contribute, so I cannot take any money”

“Iris, can your ic hit from this location?”

“Uood There’s too much distance”

As expected, huh

Alright, if that’s the case then there’s only one strategy

“Iris, I’ll take one down fro, so can I leave you to intercept it?”

“Yeah, I think I can do it”

“Alright!”

I produce soe and ice’s physical alteration

What I formed in my palm was an arrow made of ice

While it’s the first tiood