I don't know if the fake hero really exists, but when I regularly check the baron castle's map, I've narrowed down the most suspicious candidate.The fake hero's name is Hauto--one character difference with the hero, Hayato Masaki--he's a level 7 young man with one-handed sword and shield skills.There are also other people who seem to be his companions which are a level 10 swordsman, a level 8 magician, and a level 9 priest. It's a party with good balance, they would've been successful if they earned their shares from labyrinths.The demon is most likely involved. It's often near the fake hero, Hauto.However, this demon slips out of the castle at night and goes to the neighboring forest where the thieves are."Master, the replenishment is complete."Damn, I've wasted this blissful morning time thinking unnecessary things.Nana who has refilled her magic fixed her clothes.Rin, you'll get another chance on the next break....I convinced myself so.Today I'm making wooden swords on th
"Master, there's someone ahead.""There~."Pochi who's occupying my lap finds traces of someone ahead. I've confirmed it on the map, but I can't see it yet."Ah, it went inside the forest."It seems Scout-kun had gone to call its friends.They're thieves, but this time it's a bit different. They're children ranging from 9 to 14 years old. There are three boys and six girls. Their Reward and Punishments are just [Contract Breach]. Since their titles are [Runaway Slave], they're probably children who have run away from villages. Their stamina is all less than half.Indeed, it'd be pitiful to beat them up right?"What's on there?""Group of boys thieves.""What's that, I'm burning up!"I consulted with Kagari and Liza about their reward and punishment."Runaway slaves is it? Then, our reward and punishment won't change even if we kill them, so I think there's no need to worry."No, Liza-san, I don't have such worry."How about ignoring and going through them? Or do you want to get more l
"Gramps, we got some food.""It's not weeds today~."The children whom we meet in the afternoon come storming in when we're eating cereals, vegetables, and wolf meat together with the old people. I've heard about these children from the old people, but since they don't know when they'll come back, we've started our meal ahead of them."Ah, it's the people from earlier.""Did they come to get the food back?""They're waiting for us."The children hide anxiously behind the leader's back.Do these children not see the peaceful atmosphere of this meal?"We have lots of porridge, why don't you eat with us?""That's right, you children eat too.""Hey now, quickly sit down kids."The children are cautious with my invitation, but since the gramps are also calling them, and above all, they're captivated with the presented porridge, before long they've joined the meal with us."T, tasty.""It's not weeds?""Uwah, something is smelling nice.""There are boiled meat here.""You're lying?""It's t
"U, umm, thank you for the delicious meal.""You don't have to mind it, everyone has thanked me earlier too.""Also umm, I'm sorry for the afternoon."It's the red-haired girl from the afternoon. She's called Totono if I'm not mistaken. She's personally coming to our camping ground to meet me, does she have some business?The girl is looking downcast, but after she glances a bit at Lulu, her face becomes determined.She grasps her skirt with trembling hands and seemingly decides something.It can't be another, "Please buy me.", the situation right?To be frank, I'm fed up with that.However, the girl's action is a bit different.She takes her skirt off. I've said skirt, but her clothes a one piece, so I could see her ribs----or I should be, but Lulu covers her with an apron in a hurry from behind, so I couldn't see it. Let's leave this as it is.It doesn't seem like she'd wear her clothes back, but she also doesn't brush off the apron."T, this is an apology and thanks. We can't do a
"Liza, I'm counting on you for the recovery of the magic core. You can leave everything beside the magic core as it is.""Yes, master."First thing first, I hand a dagger to Liza who holds nothing but her spear, and asks for the recovery."Wait a minute, you went alone to do some dangerous things weren't you.""Since I wasn't able to sleep, I went to gather some herbs and got attacked.""Didn't I tell you not to go alone? Even though you've got shield skill, you could still easily die if you're careless!"After apologizing to Kagari who has teary eyes, I face toward the old people who are looking at us from afar."I'm sorry for the disturbance in the middle of the night.""We don't mind it, but is that monster a spider bear?""Yes, it's a spider bear you mentioned in the afternoon, it might be a stray who's lost its way.""Your luck was bad, it usually only gets to human habitation once in every few decades. This is the first time, I've seen one in my life.""Is that how it is, it cou
Seems that the thieves toppled the knights with ropes and casting nets, and attacked them. When the knights come into our view, they're desperately struggling to fight back from inside the net. The net looks easy to cut with a sword, are they amateurs?The thieves are also frantically attacking them, but since the knights are wearing full body armor, the attacks aren't quite getting through.Since there are only three archers of the thieves, Pochi and I split up to take them down from the trees. I wonder why they're always on the tree. It's a mystery.The thieves who have noticed us are coming toward us, but they've already been reduced by half when they're around 200 meters before us. Mia attacked with Mustard Mist, and the thieves who were coughing in fit got quickly incapacitated by the beast girls. Nobody seems to have died for the time being.I leave the wagon to Lulu and ask Nana whom I've cast with Shield to protect her.I also use Shield on myself and head toward the battlefie
The inside of the wagon which usually has a lot of space is now full of luggage.I make this camouflage in order to prevent Hayuna and the man from becoming suspicious. I lay around cookware, boxes, and barrels containing two days worth of food inside the wagon. Keeping them from collapsing was hard.During this time, I feel thankful for having Item Box.Of course, I've made sure to leave space just enough for people. Mia complains, "Cramped.", but this is probably still pretty spacious compared to a normal carriage.As expected, even the indifferent Mia asked, "Where did you take those from?", after this, I showed her the magic bag >.Putting aside Mia who will part way with us in the Bornean forest, I don't mind telling other members about Item Box, but I want to avoid a situation where our girls get kidnapped because the rumor floats around, I'd rather the harm comes my way. Of course, I don't think that these girls would spread the rumor, but there's no denying the p
"Here's the luggage we have recovered from the thieves.""Oh dear, you even got our luggage on top of helping us."Hayuna-san says thank you while receiving the luggage. Toruma-shi peeks into the luggage and asks after hesitating."Have you seen a dagger inside the luggage?""Those were the only things in the hideout. But there should be many of that from the thieves' belongings.""It's a dagger with a white leather sheath...""If it's that one, it was held by the leader-like bearded daruma. Wait a minute."While saying so, I take out a dagger from the toolbox on the edge of the wagon. Of course, I took it out of the storage. The dagger's shear is relatively simple, but there's a beautiful family crest design placed at one point, it's quite fashionable. The blade is not a magic tool, but it's made from mithril forged by dwarves."Is this it?""Yes, that's it!"Toruma-shi who's going to receive the dagger from me is stopped by Kagari's words."Wait, that's our appropriate reward for ex