Chapter 39 (2/2)

“Now that I think about it, you were whipped by my priest the whole night…Did it open any kind of new doors inside of you?”

“Wha!? No way!”

“You’re not thinking it’s not too bad or anything right?”

“Of course not! I’m normal!”

“…So you understand that awakening to that kind of thing is abnormal.”

Klaus was red and looked like he wanted to say something, but thought for a moment, glaring at Loren, and eventually said nothing as he turned away from Loren and started walking towards the caravan to help carry the others out.

Lapis whispered teasingly to Loren, who was watching Klaus walk away.

“You didn’t have to provoke him to get him back to his usual self you know?”

“It’s nothing like that. I was just teasing him.”

After brushing her away with a wave of his hand, Loren walked over to the caravan as well to carry the others out.

He decided to carry Broas and leave the other three to Klaus.

He wasn’t trying to let Klaus do all the work, but it was because the other three were all girls as well as members of Klaus’ party, so he was just trying to be considerate.

He wasn’t sure how Klaus interpreted it, but instead started unloading what little they were able to take from the camp.

They couldn’t take what was already unloaded, but they were able to bring with them what they had decided wasn’t needed for setting up camp and left inside the caravan. Inside were food and some medical supplies.

This was barely enough for first aid, and Loren was worried that it wasn’t nearly enough to treat the three who were unconscious and one who was greatly injured, but Lapis soon found something better.

“As expected of a medical facility, even if it’s personally run. There’s so much medicine left.”

There was also a hospital ward with beds, and as Loren and Klaus moved Broas and the girls in there, Lapis and Shayna came in with armfuls of medicine.

They had been searching the clinic while Loren and Klaus were carrying the wounded.

“If we have this much I think I’ll be able to handle most things.”

“Alright. Then can you get on to it quickly? I won’t be able to sleep well if they end up dying after we managed to get them all the way here.”

Loren had no experience or knowledge in medicine.

When he asked Klaus, he replied that he did not have any either and told him it was Ange was the one that had that kind of knowledge, but right now she was the one who needed treatment.

“I understand. I have a lot to do so Loren can you take Shayna and stay outside?”

“Are you telling me to go out too!? They’re my party members you know!?”

Klaus complained at Lapis’ suggestion as expected, but Lapis gave him a despising look, and he stammered at its intensity.

“I’m going to start treating them, so I’ll have to loosen as well as take off their clothes…Are you saying you want to watch me do that?”

“Ugh, well, no…”

“I’ll also be taking Broas’ clothes off as well, and I believe that wanting to watch the bare body of a middle-aged man is quite a high-level taste.”

“I never said I have that sort of taste!”

Lapis silently pointed at Ange and the girls as Klaus shouted out, his face completely red, and he immediately covered his mouth. Lapis then pointed towards the door, telling him to get out.

This time he followed her instructions and left the room, and as Loren was about to follow him Lapis called him back.

“Loren, can you let Klaus handle keeping watch around the perimeter, and can you take Shayna and explore the area around us?”

“Me? With Shayna?”

While Loren stood there questioning the pairing, Lapis continued.

“I feel like Klaus wouldn’t be able to find much, and I don’t want to entrust Shayna to him.”

“Is it a bother if I leave her?”

Loren wasn’t against exploring the area, but taking Shayna was a whole different story.

There was no telling what they would encounter out there, and Loren didn’t want to put a young girl in danger, so he couldn’t understand Lapis’ suggestion.

“I’ve mentioned this before, but to treat them I’ll have to take off their clothes. The girls wouldn’t be too bad, but I think that Broas’ naked body would be too much of a bad influence on her.”

“You’re going to strip him naked?”

Loren thought that going that far wouldn’t be necessary, but since Lapis knew what she was doing, he guessed that it was necessary. Showing Shayna something like that would not be a good thing.

“A walk around the area should be fine. Shayna is from this city, so she should know her way around as well.”

“I guess that’s true.”

If she was a princess of sort, Loren thought she wouldn’t know too much about the city itself, but up until this point, it seemed like she knew some things about it.

“Can you do that for me?”

Unlike when dealing with Klaus, Lapis’ face was serious, and since she had a proper reason behind it, Loren didn’t feel like setting up an argument, so he nodded.

“I’m bringing her back as soon as I think it’s dangerous.”

“Of course. I’m counting on you.”

Since she had asked him to do it, the only thing he could do is start acting.

Even though she explained logic after logic, Loren still wasn’t comfortable with the idea, but took Shayna, told Klaus to keep watch, and slowly walked out the building.