Chapter 39.1 - Captured Regena (1/2)

Chapter 39.1 :  Captured Regena

◆ Sword Maiden Shirone

The ogres have left. Velos regained its peace.

Fortunately, no one died in this incident. Well, everything is thanks to Kuroki’s intervention.

If Kuroki didn’t drive away those ogres, the Velos kingdom might have been annihilated in a single night by Kyouka-san.

After that, Kuroki vanished without a trace along with that silver-haired girl.

Now that I recall about her, she was an extremely beautiful girl. I wonder who that girl is? I am really worried about Kuroki now.

I recalled Chiyuki-san’s words before we came to Velos.

According to Chiyuki-san, it seems there’s a magic drug that could be used to manipulate humans. Isn’t this exactly as everyone said before? What if that girl is the one who drugged Kuroki using that magic drug?

I was thinking of such things while walking along the corridor of Velos.

We were walking in the royal palace, led by Eclas.

Nobody died in this incident, but some people were still injured. Those people were currently resting in the medical quarters of the royal palace.

The doctors and the priests employed by this kingdom were currently treating those patients, but they were suffering from a lack of manpower. That’s why the three of us were led by Eclas to this place.

Though my skill can’t match Sahoko-san’s, I could still use basic healing magic. As for Kaya-san, she possesses the ability to raise a person’s bodily resilience, thereby raising their natural recovery speed.

Upon hearing about our skills, Eclas came to ask for our assistance.

Since we were the main reason for the ogre’s raid in this country, even if he hadn’t asked for our assistance, we would have taken up the responsibility of treating the victims, at the least.

Eclas, who had yet to recover from his dislocated disc, led us while being supported by Corfyna and an attendant.

「Well then, here is the place, senorita. Since I still have to visit various other places…」

Eclas bowed to us when we arrived in front of the medical room.

「Well, please leave this place to us. You just need to fulfill your own duties.」

Kyouka-san said with a haughty tone.

Since Kyouka-san can’t use recovery magic, it’s up to me and Kaya-san though…

We entered the medical room. The interior was huge with many beds furnished inside, all occupied by patients. The patients with minor wounds didn’t need a bed, so they were sitting on the chairs.

When I took a glance around the room, I found that the majority of the people lying on the beds were the soldiers of this country.

It seems the number of guests injured during last night’s incident was minimal.

However, Eclas told us that he wanted the guests to be healed first, so we headed towards the guest section first.

The people who wore gorgeous dresses were gathered in a separate area from the rest of the soldiers.

Most of them were only suffering from minor injuries.

A majority of them might have injured themselves when they ran away from the ogres.

We started searching the surroundings to identify the ones with the gravest wounds.

Suddenly, my eyes were attracted to someone.

「EH, OMIROS-KUN?!」

Omiros was there amongst the patients.

「If it isn’t Shirone-sama.」

Omiros bowed to us upon noticing our arrival.

「What’s the matter?」

I went towards Omiros’s position. Did he injure himself last night?

I felt sorry for him when I recalled that I was the one who left him alone last night.

Thus, I noticed that there was someone beside Omiros.

A woman was sitting right by his side.

A wet cloth was draped on her ankle.

It looked like Omiros was the one who treated her wound.

「She twisted her ankle when we were running away from the ogres…」

「He~, I see.」

Omiros was tending to her wound. Quite a gentleman, isn’t he? Aren’t you quite a smooth talker here? Have you recovered from that Regena matter?

I looked at the face of that woman. She was quite a beauty.

「N?!」

Suddenly, I realized.

「EH, PRINCESS REGENA?!」

When I shouted, the girl looked at me.

「AH! YOU’RE THE WIFE OF THE HERO!!」

Regena muttered those words when she saw us.

Though we never spoke with each other, it seems that both of us remember each other from the past.

「What … is the wife of the hero doing here?」

That should be our question. According to Omiros’s story, she and her clan should have been banished to the goblin nest.

「I have a question for you, Regena. Weren’t you and your clan supposed to be banished into the goblin nest? So, why are you here in the Velos kingdom?」

Omiros asked that question on behalf of us.

「Eh, about that…」

Regena seemed to be hesitant to tell us about that matter.

「OOOH! A gentleman saved us when we were in a pinch!! I have to go back to his side.」

Regena tripped when she turned around to leave.

Omiros caught her before she fell.

「Don’t force your injured feet, Regena.」