Chapter 28 (1/2)

A month has already passed since we left the royal capital

Minnalis and I have been walking along the highway at a leisurely pace

We walk and walk We simply walk on

「Isn’t it really the best to slowly feed on so and then kill it?」(Minnalis)

「You really like that, don’t you, Minnalis? Foris uys on’t yield under physical pain or don’t even feel it in the first place, after all There would be no point then Given that, the nu you should never do is kill the eneht about that We ret as they die Theytwisted expressions…」(Minnalis)

The two of us walk the highway chatting about these kinds of things

Incidentally, Minnalis isn’t hiding her beast-ears or tail right now, so her ears are bobbing up and doith every step she takes

Of course, this is only the case because we have separated ourselves frodo beast-people, but it’s not as if every single huainst theularly coes near the national border, and they can obtain citizenshi+ps and live normal lives

The only ones who truly hate the beast-people from the bottom of their hearts are the royal faed class, and even the majority of them have never even seen a beast-person in person They’ve simply decided that beast-people are inferior creatures to themselves and hate them for that reason alone

That’s the reason beast-people are treated so badly in the royal capital, and because of this situation, beast-people are often bought and sold in secret around nobleard, you can say that Minnalis was extree she was born in had been very prejudiced even aes that happen to have many people who hated beast-men

That’s e only encountered a s the highway from the royal capital

Furthermore, if you don’t have a personal dislike for beast-people, Minnalis is quite the beautiful wo come this far, there are almost no beast-person-haters here There is now an established cycle where thethe merchants and adventurers we encounter from time to time becolare at ives thelare of absolute zero te thelares from them as well What masochistic behavior

「At any rate, it see to encounter lots of people, aren’t we?」(Minnalis)

「Yeah, because we’ll be arriving in Ermia soon Its population is around the same size as the royal capital, and there are a lot of requests to gather monster materials to be used for research」(Kaito)

「I see That explains why there are so many people who appear to be adventurers」(Minnalis)

We have traveled fro the way, and now our destination, the college town of『Er along this road that is surrounded by forests on both sides, we’ll probably reach it in two or three ht pour onto the road, lending itself to the tranquil atmosphere of this place I had no interest in these kinds of things in h the woods is soht wanders ai the road

「…」

At night, after preparing a si on the food that Minnalisturns to keep watch

「Nnh, nnh…」(Minnalis)

Lying next to the fire with a blanket over her, Minnalis turns over in her sleep

It’s not like I’hway, there’s no telling when a ht co with the two of us Since we don’t have large numbers of people, it’s even more likely thata life on the run during h this world, I would set up barriers before sleeping so there was no need for soht nowa barrier that will hold strong until eh, it’s hot and bitter…」(Kaito)

I sip at a drink with medicinal plants dissolved in water that I’ve boiled with the fire

As I keep myself aith the drink, its intensely bitter flavor sti-hot terirass is a strange fantasy plant that helps to alleviate fatigue and drowsiness when dissolved in hot water and consue quantities anywhere you go, it can be obtained in the cities for cheap and is a powerful ally for novice adventurers But it has a bitter flavor that is as if all of the bitterness of coffee, green tea and 100 pure chocolate has been concentrated to create it, and it has no effect unless it is boiled and consuoes down

On top of that, it doesn’t have any effect unless you drink it while the water is still quite hot It’s like soaical tool that is not only rare but also expensive to produce a barrier to ward off e or form a party withturns to keep watch in order to get enough sleep

Minnalis was an unexpected find, but this is one of the reasons that I wanted to find a slave when I first foundthe bitter taste and intense heat of this drink allows people to travel in pairs and get enough sleep by taking turns to keep watch, so the deh

I keep watch froht, and then Minnalis takes over until a little after sunrise The hourglass that I use to keep track of itch over still has a large a from the amount of sand, I still have plenty of tih…」(Kaito)

The fire is crackling loudly nearby I can’t help but to let out a coh I keep my voice quiet so as to not wake Minnalis up

I throw one of the dead branches we collected into the fire to keep it going, then set down the wooden cup that contains the bitter drink and gaze into the wavering fire This is a convenient situation to think about various things