Chapter 48 (2/2)
”I see.”
'It doesn't seem to be a wolf or demonic beast. It is most likely a fox or weasel, but it could also be a fiend.'
”Have there been any sounds, such as animal cries?”
Wynn stopped eating to ask Laura.
”I don't thi– Ah!”
Lola, who had been thinking about the question, widened her eyes.
”Come to think of it, sometimes, some mushrooms and herbs are left in front of the chicken coop.”
””Really!?””
Paul and Wynn exhanged glances.
”Does it always happen the night the incidents occur?”
”Yes, it was the exact same time. At the same time something stole the chickens and eggs, they're left there.”
”Actually, today's stew was also made from those mushrooms and herbs,” Laura said nonchalantly.
Unlike Laura, Paul was deep in thought.
'Could it have been a human that did it?'
If the culprit left behind such items, that ruled out the possibility that it was a monster or an animal.
It had to be the work of an intelligent being.
”Does anybody around here know that we adventurers would be coming by today?”
”Apart from my parents, n.o.body.”
'If the culprit is somebody who lives nearby, or somebody from the slums, then it would be good if they didn't know we're here.'
”Wynn, when you finish eating, shall we take a look at the chicken coop?”
”Got it.”
”Eh? Leti also wants to go with Onii-chan!”
Gulping down the remaining stew from the bowl, Wynn stood up vigorously.
In response, Leti also stood up, but.
”Leti, it would be disrespectful to to Laura to leave food behind.”
Wynn warned her.
”But… ”
”In the first place, Leti has to stay here and guard the house.”
If, by chance, the culprit were from the slums…
Paul looked on as Wynn tried to persuade Leti, who was puffing her cheeks out in dissatisfaction.
Anybody could tell that she was from an affluent household from her clothes, which would make her the primary target for kidnapping.
”If she got kiddnapped… my head would roll…”
”But Leti is also an adventurer!”
”Oh, so this girl here was also an adventurer?”
After Wynn left the hut, Leti cried out. Laura looked at her with admiration.
”Yep, I may look small, but I can still drive away animals, for sure.”
”Hmm… these brats practicing swordplay is quite dangerous.”
They weren't merely swinging around wooden swords, pretending to be knights.
From the way they swung their wooden swords, even an adult would be out of breath after a few swings.
But the two children whirled around, quickly trading blows, as if they were performing a sword dance.
Moreover, the Guild wouldn't have a.s.signed them the job for no reason.
”If my child were still alive, he[1] would be around Leti's age, huh.”
Hearing Laura's lonely mumble, Paul looked back at Leti.
””Leti?”
”What's wrong?”
They noticed something strange to Leti.
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