Volume 6 Chapter 72 (1/2)

Chapter 72 - Contract

──Nove a lot of paper

Table and chair were prepared outside Aria and Sophia were also sitting side by side The hands of the two of the a tired face

「I, I' paperwork like this」

Nove hired by Lyle ritten there

Aria was also completely tired

「No more I hate this kind of work You can just tell Monica to do this And Clara is going sohtly

「Clarsan isn't good with talking to people It will be just us dealing with the people Also, both of you, please learn this kind of work too Now, people will co beside the three of the out

「People ant to fight, please line up over here」

After Lyle's speech was over, a wave of people was surging on all at once

The first one to coht will be paid with the reward right!?」

Novem smiled in response

「Yes No old coin if you defeat it」

「I'll do it! I'll sign the contract!」

「Then, please sign on the contract that you will follow Lyle-saht away It's far better than working under that Nored auntie came to Aria's place

「Hey, even woman will also be rewarded won't it?」

「E, err……there is other work, if you're helping with that then we'll pay around this hter? They're already ten years old, so they can also help」

「Ye, yes, in that case」

People were also co to Sophia's place one after another

「Ple, please wait Err, in such case like that──」

「Lady, be quicker about it!」

「No, that's why」

「We're still waiting over here!」

Sophia was explaining the terned the contract She was doing her best even though she was overwhelmed by the work that she wasn't used to──

──Lionel and his friends were so the co told that, Lionel was unable to endure it

「Why is it that guy? Why……」

Since when he saw Lyle's figure defeatingier than hi

He was also irritated that Lyle was being surrounded by pretty co on a vehicle he had never seen before, and it was also irritating how everyone's gaze was focused on his that he didn't have

When it came to him, he lost his comrades, and he could only look down in depression

And then amidst that, one of them stood up

「My bad, but I'll join over there」

「Haa? You're going to fight under that kind of guy? That guy isn't a noble」

「……Is that relevant?」

Lionel was du

「It's not like it'sunder If I can survive and receive money then I'm fine with that Besides, I won't be able to receive ain」

「I have enough already」

「……Eh?」

「I understand that the bunch in palace is treating us like disposable pawn But you knohy the hell we have to go through so like this Aren't you vexed?」

「Tha, that's!」

「In the first place……I hate you」

「Wh!」

「Because you cajoled a daughter of a viscount house by yourself and you're going to ht? Even if ork hard it'll count as your achieveood tiive him money, he said When he left from there, another one stood up and left

When Lionel noticed, he was alone in that place──

After finishi+ng the speech, in order to carry the plan forward right away──I distributed food

No, actually I wanted to get on with the work iry, so you knew the rest

The ation force was plain and weariso days of anxiety and they weren't able to really eat

Anyway, it began froether with the aunties of the town

But……

「You're wearing a strange clothes」

「Maid uniforhtly doubt your co that kind of frilly clothes will et dirty This Monica's outfit is cutting edge──」

「Oh, the pot is boiling up」

「Listen tohandled casually like that, I thought that auntie was a

「Lyle, you were cool just now It's okay for you to act boldly all the time like that you know?」

It was Mirandsan's voice I turned my face toward her, but I immediately coveredEvsan's outfit

「Please change I don't knohere to look」

「You were acting nor」

「H~ that aside, what do you plan to do froed into seriousness, so I talked while keeping aze away from Mirandsan

「I'll split the labor for so people to create weapon」

The repair of the wall and theof weapon I especially wanted arrows

There was also the , but before that I had to think about the troop composition

──In addition

「I asked Arisan and Evsan to leave for scouting」

「Aria and Eva?」

──Outside the town

Aria and Eva got down fro

Their hand was holding a

They were riding horse until midway They found a destroyed house and tied the horse over there

Eva was preparing water for the horse

Aria watched what Eva was doing

「You're really used to that work」

「I was together with a troupe of traveling performer after all I had to learn this even if I don't want it」

「You were also good at riding horse You also have experience is riding aren't you?」

「I have When I was small I rode on horse and i practice」

Elf was tough in various aspects

She was asked to scout because she was a good walker and her knowledge regarding forest

Aria shrugged

「I don't get it You look like you will refuse if you're requested to do this kind of dangerous work」

Eva grinned

「Oh, isn't this a valuable experience? Besides, just this ation directly」

For the sake of son, for the sake of her desire for a tale that no one knew but her Aria found it hard to understand when she heard about the reason Eva was helping

「Elf is a strange creature huh」

「That's rude It's huo already?」

Aria nodded, then she took slightly dirty brown robes fro She handed one down to Eva and wore one herself

A hooded robe

Eva also didn't complain and wore it The two of them then entered the forest

Aria was is and waist It ht as expected fro the forest)

They didn't talk

They were already inside the forest that was like the living place of ned with her hand for Aria to stop Aria looked at the tree that Eva showed her

A deep claw mark was carved at a position that wasn't visible froed

(Is this, griffon's claw mark?)

The two of the vigilant to the surrounding

Eva frowned

There was no leeway to talk so they continued the scouting Then they found an open space that was made from the forest's trees violently knocked down

There, they found large oblin

There was a griffon at the center Hippogriffs were gathered around it

It looked like the athered food

The two of them slowly left that place

Inside the forest there were also several other sroups They were unable to accurately counted the number of the whole, but it was certain that the forest had been greatly devastated

The two of them sneaked out of the forest and returned until the house where their horses were tied Then they conversed about what they had seen

「This is the worst Wild ani」

「Now that you mention it I didn't see any animal」

「The forest is also laid waste into a terrible state Even so, it will be fine for a while if their condition is like that」

「You understand that? They didn't look like they'll be able to uess that If they're going to ht away, they'll look ht that it was correct to bring along Eva

(……I'h she had especially polished her skill as scout in Aru performer elf Aria felt frustrated

「Somehow you don't look like you can accept it I'll tell you this, they really wouldn't riffon's perspective this is just a ga since it was born It's a really young griffon」

Even attacking a city was in the extent of playing around fro to Eva it seeh she called it born but it didn't rown up from the first time it appeared Not ilance it had stronger curiosity and its strong desire to play around was standing out

「……It's not like I'eable than me, I have no dissatisfaction at all about that」

Eva put her hands on her waist and peered on Aria's face

「Then what is it?」

「I just hated my oorthlessness」

Aria said that and held her necklace──the red Gem The red Gem that could be said as Lockwarde House's heirloom was different from Lyle's Jewel, it wouldn't teach Aria its Arts

「That's, a Gereat interest

「I can't use it though So me」

Aria immediately mounted her horse to return

Eva called out to Aria as like that

「A strong feeling will be conveyed How about you try wishi+ng for strength htly smiled with self-depreciation

「I had tried thatthat Aria made her horse run in order to return to the toith the two of the of the subjugation force were only this

Near the horse carts that brought the supplies, I was standing in front of tools that were lined up on a wooden box

The lined up items were crossbows and bows

「……There isn'twith me in order to check the supplies Normsan was also beside rasp the condition of the supply and she was useless

This person, when I asked her how she would defeat a hippogriff, she said 「I'll slash it when it's couess」

「At first, the coriff with bow and arrow, and when it co s aren't really needed」

「What did you intend to do with the othernuh, so at first I even thought that with this nuht be a little excessive」

Froht that they would e somehoith equipment of this level

The Fourth's voice talked tois needed to use bow, and using crossbow, it will take time to reload the arro then, what to do now』

For soh this situation was troubling like this

Nore just with this many equipments? Won't it be better to ride on the steel box you were using to come here and run away?」

Steel box Sheeveryone to escape like that, and it'll be dangerous if we get surrounded while escaping Please don't leave the city, because it see around」

Morris-san pressed his forehead

「It's troublesoh while protecting the townspeople」

The eneriffon A monster that could fly

We would be overtaken noaway there would definitely be victi away

「Even if we e to escape, the palace will complain at us」

「Yeah」

Morris-san also understood that