Chapter 4069 (1/2)
15-Intermission 9 Divine Punishment Day, Front Line
“Captain! There's someone in a forest nearby!”
“He yet?”
I look through the Farsight Pipe after hearing my subordinate's report
True enough, I could see a lizardkin and a catkin girls in the thicket near a forest
They probably didn't hear about the evacuation order since they were living deep in the mountain
I nod once and look at the surroundings
Looks like there's no one else
“No choice, let's go help them”
“Yes sire! Bring on additional two horses”
The adjutant gave an order following mine
Four horse to the forest
“Haa, the glorious Seventh Knight Co lost children”
“Careful with your mouth This is a Royal Order just you know”
After receiving the notice about Divine Punishht Company have been encamped at the southern mountains
In order to evacuate the kingdom's populace and hold down the Monster Stampede here
『Liza, knight people are co~?』
『That appears to be the case』
Frorass and looked at us
They said so but we couldn't hear them from this distance
They're probably frightened frohts
“You e By the Royal Order, the populace is too evacuate to a nearby town You two also have to evacuate, however we cannot send guards just to escort you to the bottooes to the town”
I told the necessary info to the girls who couldn't say anything all out of surprise
I don't kno norants are informed of, but we cannot take the
“Encampment?”
“It's at the pass over there”
I pointed at a irl
“If we go noe should arrive just at the right time for meals”
“Meat~?”
“That's right, today we're having steith meat”
“Oh, great~?”
“Hahaha, you'll have your shares too, eat and grow big”
“Aye!”
I heardwith the catkin kid
I saw the kid juht when she heard about the meat stew
She must be very happy about the meat
If they've been living deep in the e elder shared some from the hunters I really understand the kid's joy
“So ere you two doing in the forest?”
“Master asked us to pick some medicinal herbs”
Master?
Are these girls slaves?
However, they're wearing soood clothes for slaves
Since there's probably no one eccentric enough to have a lizardkin as a love slave, these girls must be a kind of freed slaves
There'stheir fordom
“Looks like you haven't got , however, we cannot allow you to go back to the forest now”
“I understand”
The lizardkin girl nodded unwillingly
Judging froh
“What's this? Did you kidnap some demi-human kids?”
I heard a sarcastic voice e entered the fort gate
Fourwhite armor
If the one saying that was a hts, I would have dropped ainst these people
After all–
“shi+ga Eight Sword Candidates-saination”
Their expressions turned sours when I emphasized the candidate part
In order to fill the vacant seats, I heard they were holding selections to be a shi+ga Eight Swordsfour candidates
The loudest rumor said that those seats would be quickly filled once Viscount Pendragon and his companions who enliven the royal capital the other day returned
That's why these guys went to this dangerous front line in order to raise a meritorious deed
Since they currently only ever fought wolf packs and wyverns, theynow
“You went out for a reconnaissance right? Did you meet any monster?”
“No, there was no monster around the forest, it was as if someone went ahead and swept them out”
“Hmph, you're useless”
shi+ga Eight Swords candidatess went back into the fort after leaving an irritating line
“Still–”
Although I've heard that the monsters around this area are culled out once a year, this is the first time it's been so monster less
“–What's wrong?”
Lizardkin and catkin girls averted their eyes while looking aard
“No, it's nothing”
“Uy uy~ Ta~?”
“Tama”
Scolded by the lizardkin girl, the catkin girlover her lips
It's probably some kind of charm handed down in this area
Right after, the catkin girl's storowled and ent to the courtyard where the outdoor dining room ith smiles on our faces
“Now, have a go at the Seventh Knight Coe stew”
“Wa~y?”
“Thank you”
They've started distributing food at the encauessed
Since the inside of the fort is craed tables in the courtyard
“Geh, today's meat is wyvern huh…”
I'irls' expectation, but today's stew is an extremely rare miss in recent days
Head chef Kozun of this fort is quite a skillful cook, but there's nothing that can be done with the hopelessly tough wyvern meat
“Delish~”
“This is good”
I heard those voices nearby
I thought they were being considerate to us, but I realized that they were being honest when I saw their expressions
Looks like they got an eating habit so horrible such that even this tough sinewy ood for them
“Oy oy, you serious”
“This tough sood?”
“Tougood~?”
“It has been prepared quite thoroughly The one who cooks this must hold everyone here dear”
The lizardkin girl had a ords like she wasn't a freed slave
“Hou, the girls brought by the Third Patrol sure said sos”
“Ge geh, old man Kozun”
Head chef Kozun appeared
Looks like he's loitering around in the courtyard after he's done with the cooking
“Who's your old man You brat”
“But ya know, no amey smell is just really bad”
“Try eating it along with this herb It eaken the smell”
“Ha? Like eating that grass will–geh, for real”
“Really–wa, ooh”
I tried the herb I got froirl
–It's true
As soourmet house, I couldn't say that this is tasty, however, it smells better now
Now this isn't so not edible
“But, y'knoyvern is still wyvern”
One of my subordinates blurted out unnecessarily
Even if that's the truth, you shouldn't have said it here
“Then, go and fetch a better tasting animal or monster next time”
“I'll go get it for you if there's a wild boar around”
Someone reacts to the conversation between head chef Kozun and my subordinate
The lizardkin and catkin girls
“No wild boars~?”
“Right, I saw a Serpent Dragon (Naga) flying around, although it's a bit far away That thing is tasty”
“Naga? If it's sie or stew”
“They're tastier grilled than stewed The intestines are poisonous, please be careful”
“Hou, you sure know your stuff Do you often eat them?”
“I-It's not too often”
Oy, wait
Wait a minute
She saw a Naga?
“Naga huh~, endary 『Feathered Serpent (Kukulcan)』”
“Tasty~?”
“Is that good?”
“According to old tales, it's so good that dragons scraet a taste on it”
“Oh, jeezuz~?”
“That sounds pro”
Fools, if a Feathered Serpent (Kukulcan) really comes out, all of us will be killed in an instant
No, not that
Now's not the time to retort that
“Oy, you two When did you saw that Naga?”
“This ~?”
“From the summit of a mountain,three of them in a mountain at the seaward side”
“I'm amazed you could see them”
“We have a Farsight Pipe”
Then it's understandable