episode_0058

I looked at the sun. It’s already nighttime and the sun is setting too low. The trees are so tall that it is practically night under the forest. In other words, Elysia is exposed to sunlight.

But why fight an unreasonable battle?

It would be rational to go back to base and get Jules’ help——— Ah! Elysia has lost her cool over the death of the eagle!

If he is captured alive along with the executioners, the right to execute him will be transferred to Julias, so he is thinking of killing him on the spot with his own hands!

This is crazy.

The opponents are skilled at hitting the sky hawk! If Elysia accidentally goes into the forest, she might get hit by an arrow and fall!

“Which direction is it?! Which direction is the siren?!”

“Which direction is the direction I am looking at.”

“Thank you! I will tell people that trolls and goblins are innocent and defend them as best as I can. See you next time!”

I jumped in the direction Amor was looking at───.

“Where are you going?”

ah?

Amor’s long hands captured my body. The power that cannot be resisted is even scary. Amor’s expression looking down from above is shaded and feels scary.

Amor smiled at me.

“There are a lot of snakes down here. From the area where ramrats live, there are almost no fallen leaves, so there will be no snakes. I’ll just walk you there.”

“No. I have to go quickly───.”

“I’m faster than my little friend. That siren is your little friend’s friend, right?”

“He is my master’s friend.”

Amor nodded, then looked towards Elysia again and adjusted his direction.

“This will probably be my last help.”

Amor picked me up with both hands, held me against his chest, and started running straight ahead.

thud! Boom──!

My body shakes like I’m riding a disco song.

Amor, who started running without hiding his strength, was like a dump truck.

It thumped so hard that the soft dirt floor shook, and the birds and insects in the forest fled in all directions at the sound.

I’m scared. Was it because Amor’s sturdy hands held my body properly? Once I got used to it, it now felt like I was riding an amusement ride.

The speed that was going up has now become as fast as a car, and now it feels like I’m riding a roller coaster. If Amor lets go or falls here, I’ll die…?

Soon a lake appeared blocking the path ahead.

The depth and width of the water are very large. Even a troll like this would never be able to cross it in one go. Although I thought so, Amor did not slow down.

“Watch your tongue!”

tongue? Amor bends down───.

thud!

“──────?!!”

leaped into the sky.

Higher than the trees, high enough to cross the lake. Eventually, the time of fall came.

“Wow──?!”

Amor’s finger pricked my solar plexus.

I felt like I was going to throw up on Amor’s hand if I did something wrong, so I somehow managed to hold back the gastric juices and foreign substances that came up. Those who came up were swept back down, but now the stomach acid that has stirred makes my stomach turn.

“Just be patient. Little friend.”

Was the speed up until now not at full power? Amor’s speed began to increase little by little.

*

“Go alone from here.”

“···Thank you—Wow···! See you next time…?!”

Fuck…!

I can’t even take a single step! It seemed like the stomach acid had flowed back into the intestines, let alone the esophagus. But still, I had to go.

There is no time to say a long goodbye.

Without even looking back at Amur, he jumped forward. This forest is extremely large. Not only do I have no time to go back to the village right now, I don’t even know the way.

All I knew was the path ahead of me that Amor had pointed out, and that if I just went forward, I would be able to meet Elysia and the marauders.

When I ran with a little bit of the medicine that Amor gave me in my mouth, it became much easier to run. I feel like I can speed up more.

I ran and ran. Runner’s high is coming. Still, I ran.

I don’t think I did this much even when I was given reward leave for the military physical examination as a special warrior…! The good news is that Amor’s medicine is incredibly effective.

No matter how much physical training I did, I was still a child and not yet an adult. It is natural that there are limits. Nevertheless, I felt without a doubt that I had overcome the limit with just this medicine.

It’s worth running even though the sweat I lost isn’t coming back, so I’m wondering if what I took was a drug or a hallucinogen.

Wouldn’t he suddenly collapse and die from a heart attack?

After running for a while and looking back, the mountain behind me had become so small that I could see it at a glance. But there are still 2~3km left to the destination.

And only now are the limits starting to come in little by little.

After swallowing the medicine and taking another sip───.

“Puhap! Ugh!”

My foot got stuck on a tree root!

“Wow! Wow! Cough! Cough!”

Oh fuck!

The medicine enters the respiratory tract and causes nausea.

“Wow!!”

Something hot flows out of my throat.

After vomiting a couple of times, I felt relieved. It splattered on my clothes. It’s dirty and there’s no place to wash. After standing up and catching my breath, I swallowed a sip of the medicine, put a sip in my mouth, and started running again.

I just couldn’t stop.

What if Elysia gets hit? It’s obvious that the wings will be cut off or the wing ligaments will be severed!

While I slowed down my running speed because it was difficult, I couldn’t stop at the thought that someone might become an asshole right now.

After climbing a small hill while holding on to a tree, I slid down the slope and ran again. ······I see a trap! It was similar to what my father used to play.

If I hadn’t seen my father’s trap a few times, I would never have noticed. However, unlike my father’s, this one was a human-killing trap made using tripwire.

Where on earth did you learn how to make something like this?

My throat started to burn, so I took a refreshing gulp of the medicine.

My throat burned, but I was also worried that I might die if I continued to sweat like this.

…Now that I’m here, there’s another problem.

I feel like I’m somewhat close, but at the same time I don’t know where I am.

How can you just rush in and end up like this?

He took out his bow, bit the protester, then ran quietly while catching his breath. The sun has already set and it is dark. Could it be that the situation had already calmed down and I was the only one who rushed in and got shipwrecked?

The forest has become so quiet that I even worry about this.

As if to say it was real, a kobold that caught my scent appeared from afar, squinting.

I’m dead. I’m dead! I quickly took out my bow. Kobolds never move around if there is something dangerous around them.

Contrary to his appearance, the kobold explained to him by the priest was quite a soft and gentle demi-human. How to explain it, it could mean that there are no other sub-humans around me.

Did I take a wrong turn?

The kobold was sniffing with its head raised, and then it looked at me, then curled its tail and ran away.

“······?”

can not understand.

Why are you running away when you see me?

“A human being…”

“Ugh!!!”

I rolled on the ground without realizing it when I heard a voice from behind me.

······Yellow eyes are shining in the darkness!

“You keep invading my territory not during the day but at night.”

It’s a thick voice.

Sigh.

A familiar sound is heard.

The sound of a knife being taken out of a leather sheath. It’s the mountain owner! Why here now?!

“Now, wait a minute!”

The person revealed in the moonlight was Terup, who resembled a lion.

A four-legged male terup called the strongest species among terup.

I roughly pulled back my mane and tied my hair into an iron ornament. The leather armor may have been smoked, but the fur is still there.

As if I had decided to become a natural person, I don’t even have shoes.

At first glance, the fingernails are as long as a kitchen knife. The size and stature were so large that it was clear why Juul called the terup that attacked him a young bastard.

His body size is similar to that of Juul.

If you get hit by Juul, you will explode and die, but if you get hit by this person, you will explode and be cut to death!

“Where did you learn the words of Terub?”

The military standard that was thought to be gone now has been raised.

“This is Dragonia’s interpretation magic!”

Terup rolled his eyes, then let out a deep sigh and withdrew his weapon. But his eyes burn even more.

Just like a person who picks up mosquito repellent but cannot catch the mosquitoes because they run away. I couldn’t make eye contact because my spine was numb.

“Ha, go away quietly. Those guys related to Dragonia from earlier, I wonder why Dragonia is moving around like this…”

Dragonia! Thank you so much for saving my life! As the crisis passed, Terup’s last words stuck in my mind.

Dragonia and someone related to Dragonia?

Are you talking about Elysia? In the first place, there was no way there would be anyone other than Elysia and the looters at night like this.

Dragonia may be the dragonia that came from Horus… but how? How can Dragonia get here faster than me?

“I’m really sorry, but I just want to ask you a few questions.”

“Concisely.”

“I was part of their group, but I was distracted and got lost. Do you know where they were headed?”

“Over there.”

Terub pointed west.

“Thank you!”

After bowing his head and saying hello, he quickly started running towards the west. How many steps did it take? I turned around and looked at Terup. He was suppressing himself as if a black flame dragon was running rampant in his body.

I’ve heard that chasing is an instinct for lions. It is said that the body automatically chases away animals that run away. The wildness felt scary yet cute. Since Terup is a cat, will it react if you shake something? Later, when I became friends with someone else, I thought I would wave a ball of yarn in front of them.

Slowly the world began to darken.

So much so that I get scared. The sun is starting to set completely. It’s dangerous if we don’t arrive quickly. It was then.

“······?”

There was a light shining in front. Not the orange light of matches or lamps, but daylight light. It was a light that could never be created in nature. I ran stealthily, following the light.

What we eventually encountered was none other than Dragonia.

The reason I thought the woman was Dragonia at first sight was because her existence itself was foreign. She was wearing clothes that seemed to be poorly ventilated.

Wearing thick clothes with no ventilation in a rainforest like this? If you wear something like that in the rainforest, you will collapse from heatstroke.

Additionally, a bright cluster of lights is circling around Dragonia in the air. The reason I was able to find her was because of that light.

The daylight halo illuminated the dark forest like a lighthouse. At the same time, even though she was walking, she left no footprints. Walking like that requires tremendous concentration and stamina.

Nevertheless, her face is extremely peaceful. It doesn’t seem like they are trying to keep such a prayer secret in the first place.

The appearance is also the same. White skin, black hair, cherry colored lips on the wall. ······Walking around in the forest with makeup on!

You crazy woman!

I don’t know if it’s in the village, but I’ve never seen a single person in the forest who can afford to put on makeup. The clothes were not the kind of clothes a traveler would wear, but rather a long robe made of high-quality fabric like something one would wear in a village.

If you drag around a long robe, the tip is bound to get dirty.

But the robe is not dirty at all. Just like a game character.

Dragonia is a stooge of ‘Angel’.

As I was debating from a distance whether I should approach her or not, she looked at me as if she read my gaze.

Damn it!

I haven’t prepared my repertoire yet!

I never made a sound, so how did I find out? What should I say? What─── Dragonia withdrew her gaze from me. And then I walk towards my own path.

······Why do you just look at me and ignore me?

I’m not originally a resident of this world, so why?

I calmly recalled the devil’s words.

‘If the contractor is doing something dangerous, we will try to get rid of him.’

‘Simple examples include trying to destroy the world, committing genocide, and rejecting religion.’

······I’ve never done anything like that.

Let alone, that won’t happen in the future.

That’s why you didn’t attack me! Although I was lost, I was also curious, so I approached Dragonia first and talked to her.

“Hello?”