episode_0185

Did I like fighting this much?

I was sure that wasn’t the case in my past life.

It’s not that I’ve never hit someone. I had a fight with a friend when I was young. I never felt good after hitting someone. Rather, my body shook as if I was scared.

Maybe, in this life, I was like that at first too.

The first time I went out hunting. Well, the story is a little different because it was during my first hunt that I realized my unique ability.

While living in the forest, I ran around here and there, climbed trees, and rode on the back of a wolf.

Hitting the game with a bow, skinning it, grilling the meat… … .

To be honest, at some point, I found that kind of life quite enjoyable.

Although life without many things was a little uncomfortable, I rather liked the life where I could not think about anything and just think about how I would survive.

Maybe it doesn’t have to be hunting.

As long as there is an open space where you can run around when you feel frustrated sometimes and a forest where you can often go to play, settling down and farming might not be a bad life.

“Ugh!?”

While I was thinking about something else for a moment, I heard someone screaming from behind.

Looking at the brief warmth, I wonder if Amelia used magic.

I immediately turned around and hit the heads of the two men who were covering their faces in embarrassment with my wooden sword.

With a cool hitting sound, the two fell backwards.

It seemed like Amelia had shocked people with her fire magic.

“A wizard may come in a little while. No matter what, there is no way there is not a wizard in Hoover territory.”

Amelia answered.

Even if Amelia has clearly mastered magic, her skills are bound to be inferior compared to someone who only eats and uses magic.

“Let’s leave before then.”

“Okay.”

As I was answering Amelia’s words, Adele, Diane, and Becky came down from above at once.

“… … .”

Amelia looked at that figure blankly.

The sight of a thick vine catching three women at once and letting them go down was something that was difficult to imagine, even in a fantasy world like this. To be honest, wouldn’t it be something that would come out of a fairy tale rather than a fantasy novel?

“But, what are you going to do with that?”

“Of course you should take it with you.”

Without having time to say hello to Diane, who was staggering around as if she was glad her feet had touched the ground, I quickly ran over and pulled out the lower part of the nerve tendril.

… … The hole is a bit big, but it probably won’t be a problem.

Actually, the nerve vine itself was a bit heavy for me to hold, but—

As soon as the long nerve vine was pulled out of the ground, it wrinkled. It didn’t look like a colony of ‘many plants combined into one’, but it somehow looked like a single lump. It felt a bit unpleasant to see it wriggle a little.

I stretched the string I wore around my waist and hung it on a stem sticking out of the vine, and then hung the remaining three parts of the string on the wolves’ waists. It looked like a dog sled.

“Now, let’s run away!”

When I spoke cheerfully, the rest of the people looked at me in confusion and started moving a beat later.

I am on the same wolf as Amelia. And I am on the same wolf as Diane and Adele.

In fact, I was worried about whether it would be okay because canines don’t have very good backs, but it didn’t seem to be a big problem.

“Then I will take another route—”

“Oh my.”

Amelia spoke in a slightly emotionless voice to Becky, who seemed to be thinking in a different direction rather than riding on the wolf’s back.

“You’re not trying to escape from us now, are you?”

“… … .”

At Amelia’s words, Becky quietly rode on the wolf’s back.

“Good.”

After seeing everyone in the group getting on, I said to Amelia while stroking Gray’s head.

“Let’s go.”

Gray didn’t really bark. He seemed to remember that I warned him to be quiet.

Well, even now it looks like a strange horse.

That’s how we escaped Hoover.

“… … By the way.”

Diane asked, riding on the back of Snow, who was running next to us, while the three wolves were running side by side.

“Why didn’t the troops arrive until we left like this? Even so, the Hoover family’s troops must not be small in number.”

“Ah, there is one more person we planted.”

Amelia answered with a voice filled with laughter. Maybe because she was so close to my back, my back felt a little itchy.

“Besides Becky?”

“Yes!”

Diane looked a little confused at Amelia’s refreshing answer.

*

“It seems like troops are moving outside, has something happened?”

When the Crown Prince, who seemed to be in the guest room, suddenly appeared and asked that question, Count Huber felt as if his heart was falling to the ground.

I had just heard that my daughter had disappeared.

Count Huber quickly put the paper he was holding into his bosom.

“Huh?What is that?”

“Sorry. This is the author’s confidential information.”

“Ah, I see. No matter how royal you are, you can’t just steal the secrets of another territory, um, of course.”

If shown, it could absolutely not be shown, as it would cause Count Hoover’s credibility to fall to the ground.

… … A letter from my daughter saying she is leaving for the Empire.

It was not a letter he intended to send to Count Hoover, but to other people he knew.

Ever since I saw the word empire, I couldn’t stop my heart from beating.

I’m already involved in something—

Of course, this happened when he was much younger and more ambitious than he is now, so no evidence was left. In the end, the emperor did not die, and the incident was known not as an assassination but simply as a fever.

Moreover, the Count did not intend to assassinate him directly, but merely provided the raw materials. Even so, Baron Gavin was even more directly connected.

It seems that the Crown Prince is interrogating Baron Gevin directly for some reason, but still, no evidence will come out.

But even so, it bothered me that my daughter even mentioned the empire.

Are you saying that the people who invaded were humans from the empire?

“I thought Count Hoover was trying to threaten me again, something, haha!”

“How could I do that, Crown Prince?”

“Um, right. It was just a joke.”

The crown prince nodded as if he was happy.

“By the way, where is my bride-to-be? I came here today to meet her first. Of course, I have danced at a ball before, but you know that I don’t talk about such deep things at such events.◦# ◦

“Of course, Crown Prince. You faithfully practiced what I taught you.”

“Yes.”

The crown prince smiled kindly and spoke.

“It’s not that I don’t trust my count’s daughter, but wouldn’t it be a good idea to talk to her in advance before getting engaged? I don’t know whether she will like me or not.”

“… … .”

The crown prince’s words were actually not very valid.

It is natural for the women of the family to follow the Lord’s words. Of course, there are lines that the head of the family must follow, and it is politically better for the head of the family to have a smooth marriage, so he asks about his daughter’s intentions in his own way, but that was not the case in the first place. It’s just a human’s job to protect, but if you’re a noble, you’ll inevitably end up having to marry someone or have them marry you.

Of course, the Count educated his daughter properly so that she could always, if necessary, marry anyone and support her husband—

I’m sure they were taught that way—

“… … I’m sorry, Crown Prince. It seems that your daughter isn’t feeling well. She was so excited about being engaged to the Crown Prince that she couldn’t sleep well… … If you give me just a little time… … .”

“Ah, then it can’t be helped.”

The crown prince said with a smile.

“But even so, I really want to see your face today. Shouldn’t we both wake up early in the morning and go back to the main road? I also have to take care of my condition in my own way. Can you do a favor?”

“… … I will try my best to convince my daughter.”

Count Hoover said with his fists clenched.

“Okay. Then I guess I believe it.”

The crown prince smiled and turned around.

“… … Come out.”

“Yes.”

A moment after the Crown Prince left the room, at Count Hoover’s words, a man walked out of the darkness and got down on one knee.

He was the guild leader who failed in the last information guild.

“No matter what happens, find my daughter. You have to find her before today passes. Otherwise, you won’t be safe either.”

“… … I understand. No matter what happens, I will find it.”

Hearing Count Hoover’s words, the man immediately got up and left the room.

*

“Let’s go straight to the annex.”

“Yes? Crown Prince, but… … .”

“That’s where my fiancee is. I guess I can’t stand it today. In fact, I said ‘not today’, but even so, if I go to bed after midnight, won’t I be very tired when I wake up tomorrow morning? I have to travel quite a distance. .”

At the crown prince’s words, the guard forgot what to say.

“She’s my fiancee, so if I convince her somehow, she might listen to my story.”

The crown prince who said that was smiling brightly the whole time, as if he was happy to meet his fiancée.