187 Episode 187 Chaser and Stone Fire Tower (1/2)

Thundershot!

”” ”” Gwaaaaaaa! ””

A thunderbolt of lightning blew away the chasers.

Phew, it's over.

When the battle was over, Yukinojo, who was waiting behind him, approached in a mood.

”Excellent, Mina! It was a wonderful magic trick once again!

Even though he's on the escort side, Harumi-san struggles because he wants to go out to fight every time.

Well, unlike the nobles I know, the Yukinojo samurai seem to be somehow close to knights and soldiers, and that's why the lord takes the initiative to go to the battlefield.

I wonder if this is a cultural difference.

”I mean, you're hurt. It's okay!?”

It seems that Yukinojo is injured in the arm.

”Well, it's no big deal. The arrows just scratched.”

”I'm sorry. I couldn't contain my pursuers, so I wounded myself young.”

Haru-sensei bows her head to Yukinojo as if she were deeply sorry.

Behind him lay a few pursuers.

Looks like there was another squad.

”Even though I was a young escort, I didn't expect you to get hurt....”

”Good. Both Mina and Harumi did well. It's grand.”

”Ha, thank you!

”... that's what Yukinojo says, but it's a problem that the number of enemies is growing.”

A few days after we crossed the gate, we were heading to the town of Hatoba to rendezvous with Lex, but in the meantime we were attacked five times.

”This whole raid means they know we're on our way to the town of Hatoba.”

”Indeed. I thought running into my uncle's mansion could dazzle the pursuers.”

But in reality, this is it.

Besides, this place is in a forest that can't be said to be a beast road off the street without noticing it.

I'm heading to the town of Hatoba relying on the position of the sun, so I don't think they'll find me in pursuit...

”Was there a traitor among Yukinojo's uncle's men, or was the head of the family an excellent one....”

”No way!? There must be someone like that under my uncle....”

”No, considering the mastermind, it's highly likely. Nevertheless, it would be impossible for another clan detective to dive into Mitsu-sama's closest proximity to Shizukuishi, so I wonder if I could tell the outside that the young man escaped. And the chaser who learned about it predicted that young people would move to perform the main raid ceremony with the help of Mitsu-sama, and wondered if they were gathering friends from the vicinity.”

After all, it seems right to rendezvous with Lex.

It's a little tough to deal with more enemies on my own.

”In that case, it seems better to hurry. Let's go to the town of Hatoba to join Lex as soon as possible.”

”Lex... as I said before, what is your relationship with that person?

As she walks towards the town of Hatoba, Yukinojo strangely blues her face and asks.

”Hmm? Lex is like my magical master. It's bullshit resistant anyway.”

”Really? Is that all you got?

”Yes, but... By the way, are you okay? My face is pale.”

Looking at Yukinojo's strangely devouring face, I leaned my neck.

”No, no problem.”

Are you feeling sick as the raid continues?

……

Anyway, that was when I tried to get back on the move again.

”... uu”

Suddenly the Yukinojo collapsed.

Huh?

”Young!?”

We rushed to Yukinojo in haste.

”Uhh....”

Yukinojo's face turned pure white, moaning as she sweats from her forehead.

”Is this... poison anymore!?”

”Poison!?”

Was it caused by the arrow wound!?

”This symptom is probably the poison of a snake.”

”Yomitsu Snake?”

”Hmm, a poisonous snake. Those bitten by this snake begin to poison quickly, and soon their bodies become immobile. After that, he was attacked by a high fever, and his body began to convulse violently, eventually dying of difficulty breathing.....”

”Hey, isn't that bad!?”

”The treatment of snakes is a battle against time. We need medical attention now! Hurry, I'll get you to safety!

”All right!

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Looking for a safe place to treat Yukinojo, we were lucky to find a hunter's hut nearby.

There was nothing inside, it was really just a place over the storm wind, but for us being chased, just having a roof and a wall would have been great.

When a blanket is laid on the floor, Harushin puts Yukinojo to bed.

”... I don't think so, my symptoms are pretty bad. Stay here and fight for a moment!

That said, there are no pharmacists or pharmacists here.

I have some knowledge of medicinal herbs that Grandpa taught me, but I've never heard of snakes, so I have no idea which medicinal herbs are going to be treated.

I think it's a unique species in this country.....

At least if Lex were here, I'd be poisoning the snake with that horrible amount of knowledge, but I wonder what the medicine would cure me... ah!

”I can't help it. Dangerous though.....”

”Yes! Let's use this!

I take out what I got the other day from my pocket.

”Nah, what is that?

Harumi, who was about to take something out, looks suspicious after seeing the medicine he took out.

”It's a low-grade, all-purpose antidote that I know of.”

Yes, I took out the junior all-purpose antidote Lex made for me.

I just got this from Tatsuyoshi-san when I rescued Echigoya the other day.

Tatsuyoshi-san asked me to take anything I liked to thank you for your help, so I was worried about what to do, but now that I'm acting alone, I want medicine the most.

I didn't think it was my client's first use...

”Junior all-purpose antidote?

Harumi, who doesn't know the insanity of Lex's medicine, sees it with scepticism in my words.

”Yes, I've cured the poison of a highly poisonous spider, and it seems to deal with quite a variety of poisons. This might also help the poison of the snake.”

Harushin puts his thoughts into my words.

I wonder if it is really okay for Yukinojo to drink this.

”... hmm, well, that's good. I don't think it's going to help the snake poison itself, but if you buy me some time to get to town, I'll make some money.”

Good. I managed to get permission.

To be honest, I thought you might refuse to use the medicine you prepared, but it seems that worrying about Yukinojo was better than mistrusting me.

”Then I'll let you drink it. Here, Yukinojo, it's medicine.”

I woke up the unconscious Yukinojo and managed to put her to sleep again.

As soon as I watched, the medicine began to work and Yukinojo's breathing stabilized.

Until just now, the look on her face that seemed painful has calmed down and her complexion has returned a little red.

”Nh... suu”

”Okay, looks like it worked. Breathing will calm you down.”

”Stupid!?”

When I looked beside me, I saw the face of Harumi, who had just said he couldn't believe it.

When Haru-sen felt my gaze, he hurried to spin the excuse.

”Oh, no. I didn't think it would really work. Besides, I've never seen medicine that has such a dramatic effect. That's the poison of that snake too!?”

Ah, yeah. It's Lex's medicine.

”Ahahah, when we first learned about this, we felt the same way.”

”Uh-huh. But your country's medical technology is amazing.....”

”Well, not in my country, I know a lot of people.”

”The more you become, the more mysterious the medicine is.”

”Maybe...”

However, since the number of secrets is a lot of bullshit and you feel free to use pom pom pom, the feeling of thanksgiving will fade....

”But thank you. Snakes are pretty poisonous. Even a dedicated detoxification is so dangerous that there are side effects. I'm honestly surprised it still works.”

”Heh, it was such a dangerous poison.”

”Hmm, there are few side effects if you use plenty of high-end medicinal herbs, but instead, it's too laborious and it won't last long. So when travelers and civilians like us try to use it, it becomes a medicine with side effects instead of easy access.”

Well, that's why you were in such a hurry.

Even if the medicine was in time, it didn't suit my busy eyes at a time when there were side effects.

”... Mr. Mina”

It was then.

Suddenly Harumi knelt before me.

”Huh? What?

”Thank you for saving my youth.”

That said, Harumi lowered his head deeply.

”Eh!? Never mind. I just happen to have the disinfectant.”

Yes, because I only used medicine, and I didn't do anything really amazing.

”I really can't wait. I almost lost the man I had to protect twice.”

”Eh!?”

Qingchen murmured with a trembling voice.

Perhaps the other person he lost was Yukinojo's father.

”... I made her drink potions, so she should be able to move a little bit.”

Again, I'm sorry.

”That's fine. This is my job, too.”

If you force Harumi to stand with her head down, I'll tell you not to worry about it again.

”... don't you want to hear it?

And Haru-sensei murmurs, but I conjure up the intent of the word.

”What are you doing?

”This is why young people are persistently targeted. Do you know what I'm talking about? If he's just the son of a clan lord, he won't be relentlessly targeted.”

Well, it's not normal to be attacked like this, is it?

Because the road we've been on is not a street, it's a no-go road.

Encounters must have placed a significant number of pursuers nearby.

But if you do, your enemies will be in quite a deficit.

Because hiring people is expensive.

That means the enemy has the money and power they deserve.

”... young is the son of a restless man. It's so much more directly related to the government of the country.”

I bet. If you're targeting the lower aristocrats, you can't expect profits from attacking them with such hassle.

I can't be sure that there's a big reward for doing it.

”But having so much power in politics is also something that many people want to do for themselves.”

I know that, too.

The same goes for the nobles of our country.

”And likewise, there will be more resentment.”

”Was Yukinojo's father a hated nobleman?