Chapter 88 - Running after Investigating (1/2)

Ch. 88: Running after Investigating

“Hidden village of fairies?”

Loren repeated what Feuille had said.

Feuille, looking up at Loren, nodded.

It sounded suspicious, but putting the name aside for now, Loren asked Feuille for an explanation.

“You know that fairies live in this forest, right? But there’s a village of high-class fairies among them.”

“Why would you run there?”

Loren had heard that elves and fairies were in a close position to each other as races.

Although their sizes were different, it was aid that they shared the same ancestors.

Loren didn’t know what kind of paths they each took to become so different, but because both races acknowledged the fact that they were once one, they tended to build villages and live in similar places.

“The chief of the fairies lives there. Since we elves and fairies were once the same race, it was decided that we run to his village in an emergency.”

“I see.”

“So how do we get there?”

Lapis asked, thinking that since it was a hidden village, getting there wouldn’t be simple.

But at her question, Feuille cocked his head with a troubled look on his face.

Loren sighed, seeing that although he knew about it, he had never been there before.

“I guess we’ll have to search the village again.”

“I believe we’ve gone through it quite thoroughly though.”

Although all they did was examine what happened, they had gone through most of the village.

The village wasn’t that large either, so Lapis found it hard to believe that they had missed something, but she considered the possibility of finding something new, since they were looking for something else.

At Lapis’ words, Loren asked Feuille one more time, trying to raise the chances of them finding something.

“Feuille, can you think of anything that could help us?

“Umm…”

Understanding that all they had to work with was his memory, Feuille tried hard to recall something that could be of use to them, but it didn’t seem like he could do so on the spot.

Even as they stood there, time went on.

Thinking that they wouldn’t find anything if they didn’t start moving, Loren called out to Lapis, who was watching Feuille.

“How about we start looking through the village again, and Feuille can keep thinking while we do.”

“You’re right. We might find something useful, so let’s start searching.”

When she said the word useful, Loren, knowing about her habits, couldn’t help but feel worried, but he forced himself to ignore it and turned to Feuille, who was still thinking.

“Alright, you stay here. We’ll go look through the place again. Shout if something happens, alright?”

“O-okay.”

After hearing him respond, Loren and Lapis started investigating the village again.

But it wasn’t a favorable thing for Loren, as it meant that he would have to go through the remains of the attack again, but he started searching here and there, grimacing as he did so.

After all, the remains of the attack were still fresh.

Although he was used to seeing dead bodies and blood, the process of flipping them over and putting his face close to them was quite depressing, so Loren tried not to think of it as much and silently continued what he was doing.

“Elves aren’t really fashionable and don’t have much jewelry and such. They are a race that says, ‘We’re already look beautiful, so we don’t need to dress up’.”

“That sounds really biased…Hey, you want to tell me why you’re talking about jewelry?”

When Lapis said in a bored voice as she flipped over a shelf, Loren asked her in a threatening voice, but whether it be that she didn’t hear him, or acted like she didn’t hear him, she continued to blabber on.

“They are a race that lives off the forest, so they don’t have many things like money and such…which makes it quite boring.”

“Wait a second. What are you looking for?”

“Information regarding the hidden village of fairies, right? Am I wrong?”

Lapis gave him a questioning look, and although he didn’t feel satisfied with her answer, she wasn’t wrong, so he continued what he was doing.

“They traded with a human city, so there should be money used to pay them…I wonder where they’re at?”

“Wait, wait, wait. You’ve been talking about things that are unrelated, you know that?”

Loren put his hand on Lapis’ shoulder and turned her towards him, but Lapis, who had been forced to turn, glared at him with a huffy look.

“I’m looking for what we need, you know? Hints about the hidden village, right? What’s worrying you so much, Loren?”

She said it so boldly, the thought that he might have been mishearing things crossed Loren’s mind, and he let go of her shoulder.

As he apologized to her as she fixed her clothes, and was about to return to investigating, Loren turned around and grabbed her shoulder again when he heard her next words.

“Oh look, a stack of silver coins.”

“Woah, woah, wait a second. Don’t tell me you’re trying to steal money and jewelry.”

When Loren but in as Lapis pulled out a stack of silver coins wrapped in leather from out of the shelf, Lapis hugged it by her chest and said with a serious face.

“Dead people don’t use money, and don’t dress up either, you know?”

“You’re not wrong.”