episode_0041

After a battle, we usually take the time to collect the loot, but I took care of the people we rescued first.

First, I made a bonfire as I learned from Laura.

Originally, they tried to make a fire inside the dugout, but people just used the dugout as firewood.

At first, I didn’t understand their actions, but when I saw their determined eyes, I immediately understood.

Through his actions, he showed that he never wanted to enter the hut full of nightmares again.

‘How terrible would it have been to just burn it all down, cold and all? ‘You won’t know how it feels unless you experience it.’

Feeling sympathy for the people, I took out everything I could to keep warm, like blankets or outerwear, from my bag and handed them over to them.

And for those who had not been able to eat properly, they took out a box containing a water bottle and convenience food.

People thanked me and greeted me several times, then sat down in front of the bonfire to warm themselves and fill their bellies.

I feel proud when I see people gain hope from what appears to be my selfish actions.

And I went to the collapsed hut where the bodies of the liberated people were in my hands.

‘It would be better to bury these people.’

I tried to free the unfortunate women’s bodies from the mass of flesh, but it was so fused with it that I could not separate it by simply pulling.

So, using a nearby beast clan knife, he carefully cut off the flesh around the body to avoid damaging it and dragged the body out.

Then, the lump of flesh wriggled violently, spitting out a huge amount of blood, and when the body was completely separated, it became lifeless as if it were dead.

I’ve never set anything up like this before, so it disgusts me every time I see it.

Even if I used the analysis skill, the name “Biological Factory” came up, but no special information was available.

Someday, if your analysis skill level increases, you will be able to find out more accurate information.

I put the recovered bodies on my back one by one and took them out of the hut.

The rescued people who saw this came to my side and cried as they looked at the body.

The oldest man among them approached me and asked a favor.

“Adventurer, these people are our family, so rather than burying them here, I would like to take them home and give them a proper funeral. Is that okay?”

“Yes, of course. I’m so sorry this happened.”

“No. I’m glad it ends here. Thanks to the adventurer, the rest of the family survived.”

“I see…”

Feeling bitter, I handed over the recovered bodies to the bereaved families.

The bereaved families sobbed as they saw the corpses with limbs missing and fused with strange lumps of flesh, and could not easily stop crying even after the bodies were completely hidden by covering them with blankets.

In particular, the sight of people who were presumed to be parents crying deeply pricked my conscience.

‘This situation is fundamentally because of me.’

I turned around, feeling a sense of guilt that is hard to explain.

If I stay here, I feel like I’m going to cry a lot.

I was wandering around the village with mixed feelings and without any meaning, when I tripped on the corpse of a beast and almost fell.

“Fuck! You fucking idiot!”

I was so angry for a moment that I took out my anger by kicking and stamping on the cold corpse.

I took out my anger on myself, the person who had contributed greatly to the birth of this damn world, and took it out on my evil creation.

If I had superpowers, I wanted to wipe out all demons from the world.

But, except for the fact that I can magically use some game systems, I’m just an ordinary human.

This means that he cannot be a great warrior or a respected archmage, and he is the kind of person who only identifies with women!

“Useless bastard! A pervert like a fool!”

“Rebecca! Please calm down. Yes?”

“Iris…”

Iris seemed to be unable to bear my obscene behavior, so she hugged me from behind and lifted me up, pulling me away from the corpse of the beast.

She seemed a little surprised by my harsh swear words, but seemed more worried than disappointed.

Iris looked at me with slightly moist eyes.

Looking at her kind eyes made me feel ashamed of myself.

“I’m sorry. I ended up showing you something ugly.”

“No. It’s even weirder if you don’t get angry in this situation. In my heart, I also cursed at that beast tribe several times. So it’s okay.”

Iris seemed to think that I was really angry because of the atrocities committed by the beast people themselves.

Actually, that’s not the case.

But I couldn’t explain it, and I couldn’t tell Iris what she wouldn’t understand even if I explained it to her, so I decided to just accept what she said as if it were the truth.

“That’s right. They are truly evil. I wish all demons would disappear from the world.”

“I believe that one day the world will become safe because adventurers and knights like Rebecca are working hard to fight against demons.”

Iris said with a positive attitude.

But I didn’t have the presence of mind to follow her affirmation.

When I take on a request or carry out a request, I don’t feel anything, but when I finish the job, I feel depressed.

To shake off the gloom, I blindly hugged Iris.

Then Iris silently patted my back and comforted me sincerely.

I feel like crying because he is such a grateful person.

After Laura, I feel like I have another person like my mother.

Maybe I’m not aiming for a harem, but I just want to receive one-sided care.

After receiving comfort from Iris for a while, I was able to regain my strength.

“Are you okay now?”

“Yes. Thanks to you, I’ve improved a lot. Thank you.”

“I’m glad I could help, too.”

Iris smiled shyly.

I loved it so much I couldn’t stand it.

I lifted Iris’ chin with my hand and kissed her lightly.

It wasn’t enough to be called a kiss, but Iris’s face got so hot that it felt like it was going to explode.

While I was making a mischievous expression and enjoying Iris’ reaction, Laura came up to us.

She was smiling while holding a dagger dripping with blood, so it felt a bit scary.

“Oh my, the atmosphere is so nice.”

Laura kissed my cheek, walked up to Iris, whispered something, and started giggling.

“Laura! It’s not like that!”

Iris looked embarrassed and slapped Laura on the arm.

What on earth were they talking about? I’m curious.

“Really? I think I’m right. Hehehe. Rebecca, I have collected magic cores.”

“For some reason, I couldn’t see you. Thank you for your hard work.”

“I was originally with Iris. Although he suddenly disappeared and had an affair with Rebecca without my knowledge. I thought it was pure, but there was a corner that was quite bright… Iris, wait a minute! Wow! Heeheehee!”

Laura ran away from Iris, who tried to hit her again, and Iris ran after Laura.

I laughed while watching the two of them playing cutely, then opened the blood-stained bag Laura gave me and checked the contents.

There were a total of 22 magic cores, two of which were larger than the others.

It appears to be a magic core collected from a rhinoceros head.

It’s not much, but I think it would be a pretty good gift for Kalthran.

But what are all these horns?

I decided to ask Laura, who had just returned from playing tag, what the horn was for.

“Laura, what are you going to use the horn for?”

“Of course I have to sell it. Deer antler is also salty, but seogak is sold at a much higher price.”

“Even though they are demons and not real animals?”

“Yes, although it is smaller, the ingredients are the same.”

“I see. Very well done! Thanks to this, I can make a lot of profit.”

“Hee hee! Please praise me more. Quickly.”

I gave Laura a deep kiss right away when she asked in a charming voice.

A kiss will be much more effective than a few words.

While kissing, I slowly opened my eyes and met Iris’s envious eyes.

I smiled and gave him a look that said your turn would come soon.

However, Iris smiled delicately and quickly ran away.

I finished kissing Laura and exchanged glances with her, who had an ecstatic expression.

“Hehehe, I love you.”

“I love you too.”

Laura hugged me tightly, just as Iris did.

Then, he leaned his face against my chest and twitched his ears frequently, enjoying my body temperature.

I love it when people with cute faces and cute actions also act cute.

“Okay, let’s go back now. We need to send those people to a safe place.”

“Yes, Rebecca. Please rest for a while as we prepare to leave.”

Laura visited Iris, who had run away, and took care of the people she had rescued together.

I really love these two people who are willing to show kindness to complete strangers.

‘Then I’ll take the loot. huh? ‘Why is this like this?’

I tried to put the loot in my bag, but it was blocked by some sort of invisible barrier.

I tried a few times, but nothing changed.

what? Is it broken? Oh my! There was a caveat.

I took my bag and used my analysis skills to read through the explanation.

Apparently, the bag containing the magic core was rejected because it was wet with blood and was leaking liquid, and the horn that had just been cut off was rejected because it was recognized as a corpse.

If I had to, I could just hold it by hand, but I’ll have to try out the solution I just came up with.

First, I took out a box of an appropriate size from my bag, put the magic core in it, put the cut horns in it, and closed the lid tightly.

After that, I put the box back in the bag and fortunately it was stored without any problems.

From now on, I will absolutely have to collect the things I collected from the demons in a box and put them in my bag.

“Rebecca, we are ready to leave. I happened to have a cart, so I decided to use it to move the body.”

“Good job. Then let’s go.”

“Yes, Rebecca. Iris! Let’s go!”

“Yes! Everyone, we will protect you, so please move calmly.”

We led the people out of the village.

People pulled the cart back and forth, wearing the blankets and outerwear I gave them.

In addition to the recovered bodies, the cart was loaded with human bones, which seemed to be the remains of people who had been sacrificed steadily before we arrived.

Just like when we came here, we divided ourselves into separate sections and left the forest, keeping an eye on our surroundings.

The snow gradually weakened and soon stopped, but the snow piled up during that time, making it difficult for people pulling carts to move.

However, they refused to offer help and pulled the cart themselves until the end, saying that they had to take responsibility for not being able to protect their family in this way.

In the end, I had no choice but to let them do whatever they wanted.

It took a long time to move because there were a lot of people and there were carts to move them, but we still had time, so we didn’t rush the people.

After taking such a long time to get out of the forest and reach the roadside, the people were exhausted.

This was the result of struggling out of extreme guilt even though my physical strength was greatly reduced due to the physical and mental abuse I had endured.

I just felt sorry for those people’s stubborn behavior.

“Everyone, I’ll take a break here and then go.”

After giving everyone a break, I opened the map window and checked to see if there were any carriages passing by.

Then I found about 20 people in the map window.

Seeing as everyone’s name is displayed in white, I don’t think there’s any need to be on guard.

If it were the top, they could give us a reasonable amount of money and ask them to give us a ride.

“Rebecca, injured adventurers are coming this way from the north. Could it be a punitive force?”

Iris, who was using her magical eyes to look around, figured out the identities of the people I found in the map window and reported them to me.

But what about injured adventurers? This doesn’t seem to be a good situation.

After waiting for a few minutes, I could clearly see the adventurers with dark expressions trudging towards Franca, carrying injuries big and small.

At the front of the procession were two wagons carrying seriously injured people, and there were wagons in the middle, and the large wagon at the back was loaded with corpses.

‘It looks like there’s a war. ‘What happened?’

In order to resolve the question and ask for help, I decided to run to the human adventurer who seemed to be the most sane and ask about the situation.

“Hey! wait a minute. Are you a member of the recently formed punitive force?”

“It was like that. Although I’ve quit now.”

A young-faced man who looked like he was in his late teens spoke in a weak voice.

He had a splint on his arm and his head was wrapped in a bandage.

There was some blood on the bandages, but seeing as he was walking around like this, it didn’t seem like he was seriously injured.

“What happened?”

“When we went to the fortress at the top of the mountain, unidentified people attacked us along with the Birds of Prey. It was truly unexpected.”

“Oh my god.”

“So we retreated in a hurry, but a person wearing a strange mask chased us alone and killed a lot of our comrades. At that time, I really felt like I was being hunted.”

The adventurer said while crying.

How scary must it have been to be shaking and wiping away tears even though you survived relatively unharmed?

I feel sorry for having experienced something like that at such a young age.

But a person wearing a strange mask? Could it be El Kahim?

Out of all the people I know, she’s the only one who wears a strange mask, so I’m immediately suspicious.

“Was it a woman?”

“No. It was a man.”

If it were a man, he wouldn’t be El Kahim, but he would definitely be that bitch’s colleague or subordinate.

Of course, there is no hard evidence, this is just my opinion.

However, since the fortress is an area marked in blue on the map window, the man with the strange mask must be related to us in some way.

I might have to somehow go to that fortress and settle the matter.

“At first, we all thought the report that there were people doing business with demons was a bluff. As a result, I ended up becoming a defeated soldier. We were all foolish.”

“You can’t easily believe such extraordinary things unless you see them for yourself. Cheer up.”

“Thank you. But who are those people over there?”

“Ah, these are people we rescued from a nearby beast tribe village. I was originally going to ask for help, but now I feel bad for asking for help.”

“No. Guild members should always help each other. Please wait a moment.”

The adventurer ran to the person at the front of the procession, exchanged words, and returned to me pulling a small wagon.

“There are no seats in the other carriages, so I think I will have to take it here. I don’t have much luggage, so I don’t think there’s enough space.”

“Thank you.”

“You’re welcome. Then should we go and pick the people up?”

“Yes, follow me.”

I brought a friendly adventurer with me and joined the group.

Then we put the people we rescued on a wagon and loaded them with their bodies and remains.

The adventurer guessed the condition of the body just by looking at the outline of the blanket-covered body, and expressed condolences to the bereaved family.

“Oops, there aren’t enough seats. What should I do with this? I confidently said there were enough seats…”

“It’s okay. We can just walk.”

I patted the apologetic adventurer on the shoulder and relaxed.

Actually, it feels like the soles of my feet are already hurting when I try to walk.

“Laura, Iris, let’s go back with the punitive force.”

I took two people with me and joined the punitive procession.

The adventurers were all drooping in fear and defeat, but their families were all happy to be alive.

By the way, I didn’t know that there were people who went beyond dealing with demons and attacked adventurers together with them.

I wonder how on earth we can join hands with those crazy cannibals.

If the strange masked man is related to Elkahim, he may be communicating with demons using techniques that are outside of common sense, such as techniques to control demons.

“Rebecca, why are you worrying so much about yourself?”

“I was thinking about the identity of the people who attacked the punitive force with the demons.”

“It looks like they are the same guys I saw last time.”

“I think so. I thought it was just a transaction, but it seems they were on the same side.”

“It is not strange because traitors to humanity exist in every era.”

Laura took this situation lightly.

Since he was a person who had seen the lowest point of humanity, it was no surprise that he would react this way.

Phew, I’m just getting stressed out for no reason.

When I return to Franca, I will have to eat something delicious to relieve my stress.