Chapter 14 (1/2)
Translator: Luk2048
When we got the captured people some food from the storage room, faint smiles returned to their dust covered faces. They most likely weren't fed anything good.
”Well then, I guess we should get going to call some soldiers from the nearby town…”
As I was about to place Rēko on my back and leave the cave, I suddenly noticed something.
”By the way Rēko, where's the nearest town?”
”With an average horse it's about a day from here, but with the Evil Dragon Lord's flight it won't take longer than a blink of an eye.”
”Sorry. To tell you the truth, last night I must've slept in an awkward position. Today I can't really use my wings.”
”Then, despite my incompetence allow me to aid you.”
What should I do? I don't want to fly ever again. It's scary as h.e.l.l, and above all the very thought of Rēko seizing the right to decide our travel is dreadful.
”— You wouldn't be able to know it, Rēko. Sinister winds are blowing on today's sky.”
”Evil Dragon Lord…?”
”The me able to subjugate the winds is fine. However, you don't yet comprehend the skies. If you were to now flutter about the sky carelessly, I'd lose a precious kin.”
As I was saying it, I remembered the clear weather when we entered the cave. But, as if she forfeited the very notion of ”distrust”, Rēko deeply nodded her head in agreement.
”I see. So those vast heavens are still a precipitous territory for a novice like me. Such consideration is more than I deserve. If that's the case, let us move on land.”
That's troublesome in its own right. Since there're many exhausted people here, we can't make them wait by drawing it out. Having said that, it's not like I can send Rēko to town on her own. If I won't keep an eye on this child and let her do as she pleases, there's no telling what destruction she's going to cause.
In the worst case scenario, that town might vanish from map.
After I've ordered Rēko to stand by, I was aimlessly wandering inside the cave while puzzling over what I should do. In the hall, what incidentally entered my vision was the bandits' head, who was still sitting motionlessly on the ground.
”I-is it really okay for someone like me…? For me to take the role of Lady Rēko's attendant?!”
”It's fine, it's fine. There won't be any problem if you just explain it earnestly to the town's soldiers and get a carriage here for the hostages. I'll tell Rēko to not lay a single finger on you, as long as you carry out your task properly.”
Not to mention laying hands, just a reminder is enough to absolutely keep his mouth shut.
”Then, what does Evil Dragon Lord intend to do?”
”I've to keep an eye on the remaining bandits, don't I?”