Chapter 6 (2/2)
The pebble was slightly off of its brohere Kei ai it in the back
The pebble went through the pelt and hit hide It sounded painful But, to the Hound Wolf this a way
Shrugging off Kei’s earlier frightening presence, the wolf bared its fangs and barked viciously while charging towards Kei
“So ’Offensive Sense’ doesn’t ell…”
He sighed, if only I were more used to throeapons…
The wolf’s eyes becaht in front of Kei, but even then Kei was calm
It was all co to an end anyhow
The wolf focused all of its attention on Kei, forgetting the other one only until the dark brown hair came into its peripheral vision
“Bururu—!”
Fro in
Involuntarily, the Hound Wolf was taken aback in surprise Sasuke used his right fore-hoof and mercilessly kicked its defenseless flank
It sounded like the ground being torn The black wolf’s stomach was ripped to shreds
The wolf spat up blood and stus Bits and pieces of entrails scattered and flew
“Well done!!”
Hearing Kei’s joyous voice, Sasuke wore a proud expression as if saying, haha, aren’t I strong? Sharp, hardened bone was hidden; folded under the heel portion of his hooves
He was a Bowser Horse
They have the highest performance abilities of all horse type , they aren’t horses
Cah level horses they are ferocious omnivorous monsters
Ta one is considered to be even more difficult than a Hound Wolf Even once successfully tamed, they require proper care
“…You did well too, Mikazuki Thank you”
Kei patted his neck as thanks A reply was unnecessary, but Mikazuki seelanced up at Kei and whinnied
If the horses weren’t shown gratitude, it would ruin their moods and they’d becoame, so it should be similar in this world
I need to buy soet to town… No, I worked Mikazuki hard, I should get some meat…
Kei thought to hirove of trees came into view in front of them
Well, tending to Aileen comes first, I suppose…
Thinking about it made him depressed
He anxiously rode Mikazuki into the dark grove
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Inside the grove, it was nearly pitch black The overgrown leaves overhead blocked out the starlight
Mikazuki had the vision enhancing crest just like Kei, but Sasuke did not, so he had a hard ti Kei had to lead him by the reins
“…Now then, I guess this is good”
He stopped Mikazuki about 100 ht Mikazuki was calm, so that meant there were no enemies, even above them
“Hey, Aileen Can you hear me?” Kei asked as he wiped the sweat off her brow
“где…кто…?” Aileen ht, as it was entirely in Russian
Holding Aileen, he slowly dismounted He took off his cloak and laid it over the dead and decaying leaves, then laid down Aileen
“Okay Mikazuki, Sasuke, you’re on guard duty”
Mikazuki replied with a snort, and Sasuke began wandering and looking around with a sh he most likely only saw darkness
“Let’s start”
Kei lightly washed his hands ater from the canteen and inspected Aileen’s wound
Her black clothes got in the way, so he went to pull out his short sword to cut it, but nothing was in the scabbard Then he reht with the Hound Wolves
“Aileen, I’ your knife”
He pulled out a throwing knife and cut the cloth at her chest
“…Hm”
As one would expect, he didn’t feel any ulterior irl’s chest while there was an arrow sprouting from it
“…Just two centiht subclavian artery[1]
The arroas stuck snugly between her rib bones Judging from the wound, the arroasn’t a broadhead nor barbed Kei determined that it was a simple blunt tip, or at least si out the arrow er
Kei wanted to tend the wound iht that Aileen should heal a little first “Aileen Can you hear me? Can you drink a potion?”
He repeated it in her ear, but that didn’t elicit a good response either Aileen had been quietly h her hoarse voice it sounded like it was Russian
With no other choice left, he would have to slowly dribble it into her mouth, but she spoke, “…не вкусно…” Most of the liquid spilled over her lips as her expression turned into a gri, but it was probably ‘Yuck’ At any rate, as long as she was out of it, they wouldn’t be able to communicate properly
…But if I think about it, isn’t this actually a good chance?
With the potion in hand, he reconsidered
Extre from potions
Just by healing a cut on her pal an arrow out of her chest and closing up the wound—he didn’t even want to think about how painful it would be
He thought about it briefly before deciding “…I guess it would be best to hurry and get it done while she’s still out of it…?” He nodded once to hiauntlet and rolled up his sleeve
Just in case, he placed several ready to use potions at his knees Kei exhaled and gripped the arrow
“…”
He had pulled out countless arrows in the ga the wound with his left hand, he felt her heart beating
Kei took a deep breath, “Let’s do this”
Preparing himself for the worst, he took care not to open the wound further and then, to minimize the pain, he boldly pulled the arrow out in one swift motion
“Nngh…!?” Aileen gri Black-ish blood ca from the wound It was venous[2] blood No arteries were hit
“Now then, don’t blame me for this, Aileen…”
Muttering that it was for her sake, Kei tipped one of the potions over the wound
The viscous light blue liquid trickled down and touched the wound
“Unngh!!!!”
It sounded like the sizzling of rill Aileen snapped her eyes open, “Gii—!!!”
As she shrieked he pinned her dohile she began to violently struggle and continued to trickle the potion on her wound Not using enough of the potion and leaving the wound only half healed would be the worst outcome in this case
“Aaahhhh—!!!!”
It may have been due to the pain, but Aileen tried to push away Kei’s arth for such a small body Her shrieks then sounded like the howl of a beast, coirl
“Sorry, Aileen, calive me!”
The light blue liquid suspiciously inched its way to the wound as if it was a worm and had its oill It sounded eerily like a pot of boiling water
Before long, her violent struggle became s only the whites of her eyes
Occasionally, she coughed violently, spitting up a reddish brown e steaan to rise Perhaps the potion had fully volatized
“…ah…ngh…”
At the very end, when she settled down, foam started to coht blue
“…”
Kei forgot to breathe and dreay from the pitiful scene for a little, but then, concerned, he took Aileen’s pulse
“…Thank God She’s alive”
She continued to foam as she twitched, so it should have been obvious that she was still alive However, after checking her pulse hihed in relief
Next, he checked the wound Just like with her palm, there was a white scar left behind, but the wound itself was completely closed
He put his ear on her chest and checked her breathing as well It was a bit fast, but he only heard well-regulated heart beats and nothing to indicate any abnormalities with her respiratory system
“Safe for now, huh…”
No matter how much time passed, her eyes still remained white which creeped him out, so he closed her eyelids
“…I’ll have to be careful to not get seriously hurt” Kei muttered, “Otherwise I’d end up just like this”
“Bururu” Mikazuki clearly agreed with a quiet snort
“…Hm?” Kei raised his head and looked into the distance
It had been nearly pitch black in the grove earlier, but now he could see a light at the edge
The orange light swayed slowly
While he atching he saw one, two, and hts
“Will-O-Wisps…?”
Kei was suspicious of the low ranking spirits of the deceased, but soon realized that wasn’t what they were
They were ht Their movements were sh they had torches out, it was too dark and they were too far for him to make out who they were
“…It doesn’t look like those guys from before…”
They were co from the opposite side Besides that, it was too soon for theotten here on foot
“…”
What to do
Kei hesitated for a short while before reaching a conclusion
“Let’s go check it out I’ on you, Mikazuki”
Carrying Aileen, he once again mounted Mikazuki
Kei put on his headpiece, fastened a cloth around his mouth to hide his face, and checked his backup weapon He’d lost his short sword and used two pebbles, but everything else was in order No problem
He gave a shtly kicked Mikazuki’s flank
The distance between the, as they weren’t all that far away The lights becaap
“…A village?”
In the grove, a cleared out section of land turned out to be a s torches co house
“…Hey, so!”
“Everybody, gather up!”
“The light! Bring the light!”
They probably heard Mikazuki and Sasuke’s hooves, throwing them into this panic
…English, huh At least we’ll be able to understand each other
As he thought to hie was suddenly illu cressets[3] placed around it
About ten villagers readied their clubs or bows and arrows, facing in Kei’s direction
He lightly pulled Mikazuki’s reins slowing hie
Ah face stepped forward and challenged Kei, “Halt! Who goes there?”
It had only been several hours since Kei and Aileen had been transported to the world of 『Demondal』
—The first villager confronted them