Chapter 13 (1/2)

The Way a Certain Beast Girl was Broken Part 1

「There really isn’t any food to be found, is there…?」

「See ould’ve found sodoe that lay just before the border of the neighboring Gligar Eirl—who had just beco a snow-blanketed forest She was accoe

In this region, are extreh this usually resulted in bountiful harvests, once every ten-or-so years the village would suffer a poor harvest

In such occasions, before winter arrived, the villagers would enter the nearby forest in order to gather and store away the last of its blessings

This year was one such year; they had once again been hit with a poor harvest

Though they would usually stockpile food in preparation for winter, the temperature dropped sooner than they had expected As a result, they were unable to store a sufficient amount of food before the forest became blanketed with snow In an effort to secureexpedition In an effort to help, these two children had gone into as considered a prohibited part of the forest—after slipping past adults’ loose supervision

「Minaris-chan, I’ you come here with me Just because I said that I wanted Keril to have a full belly on his birthday」

「No, it’s fine Besides, it was me who proposed that we should enter the forest anyway I feel the same as you do Lucia, I also want to do it for Keril’s birthday」

The s her wavy shoulder-length blonde hair, as she atteirl si not to irls had decided to co to their childhood friend’s birthday They were atte tasty for their friend to eat by entering the forest without telling the adults

However, the amount of snow that had piled up in the forest this year was more than usual The trees still had leaves, yet they didn’t bear any fruits Not to mention that the snow concealed both roots and edible wild plants, ardless, the girls continued to search the interior of the forest froe, they had heard about a special fruit that could only be found growing fro the cold season It was said to be extreirls proceeded onwards into the forest, they left a zigzagging trail through the snow Soon they set foot into the depths of the forest, a place that they were taught to never enter

「Hey, Minaris-chan, shouldn’t we head back soon?」

「Y-yeah Even though we didn’t find any fruit, I guess we probably should…」

Listening to the unsteadiness in Lucia’s voice, the girl began to feel a bit more relieved about her own anxiety

Despite the appearance of the forest reed, there was a noticeable difference in the surrounding at irl, wasn’t able to perceive the change in atthe powers of a beastirl It was her who had accurately sensed the change

They felt as though they could easily become lost in the new, creepier, ath they were in a coirl who initially proposed that they search the forest for the fruit, and now she was the one suggesting that they return to the village e to have to say

「Well then…」

「Ah, wait Look at that Minaris-chan!!」

Lucia caing frohtly difficult to see due to the surroundings, there certainly were several yellow fruits—each about the size of a fist

Lucia, who found the fruits, reported happily to the young girl, and…

「Thank goodness, it orth corab theirl fell silent in the next few moments, as the blood dripped fro so concerned for, the other girl also went pale

「GUGYURURU……」

There was a single goblin off in the distance

With its direen skin, and abnornized as a kind of vermin that could be found anywhere In fact, they would invade and lay waste to the fields around harvest season Because of this, adventurers are often hired to exterh if there were just a few, the ether and drive them out with force Despite all this, there had never been an occasion where either of the two girls had seen a goblin, not even froht of as any less of an adult if they were to run away frooblin, even these adolescent girls could e somehow

However, it was the color of its skin that was the real problereen skin, this one had skin that was ultramarine—or deep blue

「A rare species… 」

The average goblin is generally classified as the weakest kind of athering would also take on goblin subjugation quests too, as they are one of the recoets for first-time combatants

Even if they’re arow hair, it would be relatively easy for theoblins It was to the extent that they could almost immediately wipe out an entire herd of theher-ranked species of a goblin which deviates too th of the norm is rarely born

The oblin icians However, there are times when another individual who possess a whole different kind of ability will appear These variants are called “Rare Species”

One of the young girls had once heard about those types of goblins froe in the past

There was only one difference between this rare goblin and a regular goblin, its skin was tinted with a dark blue Unlike the goblins that like waroblins would only appear in cold areas Due to their strong cold resistance, their movements wouldn’t be slowed down in cold places at all In addition, they have enough ic Moreover, their abilities and intelligence are higher than noroblins, and they possess a oblin… 」

Unlike the other girl, Lucia didn’t knohat a goblin was Despite this, she was still overwhel presence

Fortunately, the goblin seerossed in gathering fruits

「Lucia, calm down and slowly… 」

「No, NOOOOOoooo!!」

「Shh! Lucia!!」

Though the young girl who tried to escape calone unnoticed, it was a different story for Lucia; who could neither endure the fear, nor hear her friend Instead she just recklessly fled while screa in denial

「Noo, don’t NOOOOO!!」