Chapter 93
Girl
Translator : PolterGlast
"Hah, hah,
hah..."
The girl came to a
stop in front of us, hands on her knees, breathing heavily.
She was probably
around our age, maybe a little younger.
Her reddish-blonde
hair was tied back in a ponytail.
"Th-thank you. I
didn't really think you'd stop, even though I say so myself..."
"Well... it's not
like we're that pressed for time."
"Do you have
something to say?"
Without noticing
Miku-san's suspicious expression, the girl spread her hands wide.
And with sparkling
eyes, she declared,
"I want you to
take me to the city!"
Miku-san and I looked
at each other again.
To be honest, I didn't
want to get too involved with the frontier village... what should we do?
(If it's just taking
her to the city of Went ahead, it's not that much trouble, so should we take
her?)
(I think--we should
avoid it. If you help everyone like this, you'll wear yourself out, Masaru-kun.
And I think it's kinder to refuse her firmly for her sake.)
(I see...)
While the girl caught
her breath and gathered her thoughts, we had a quick strategy meeting.
Certainly, if we took
her, we'd have to go without using the power of [Home].
That would mean going
through unnecessary hardships.
I understood that
Miku-san was saying this for my sake, steeling her heart.
But I personally
thought it would be okay to hear the girl's story first.
If she wasn't getting
help from anyone in the village... then I thought there was some meaning in us
coming here.
(Honestly, you're too
kind, Masaru-kun... but I guess that's what I like about you.)
Miku-san looked
exasperated, but she didn't seem to be trying to stop me.
So we decided to hear
what the girl had to say.
"I'm Masaru, and
this girl is Miku-san. What's your name?"
"Tinaria. ...Hey,
would you take me to the city?"
"Why do you want
to go to the city? Is it just because you admire it?"
"Of course,
that's part of it..." Tinaria muttered, looking around.
Her gaze fell on the
old houses and the empty square.
"This village...
is finished. If I stay here, I'll just grow old, marry one of the few men in
the village, have children, and spend the rest of my life here. So I thought it
wouldn't be too late to try my luck in the city and come back later."
"I see... what do
you want to be, Tinaria?"
"I don't know! But
I think this is a trip to the city to find out! Hey, I'll do anything if you
take me. I might be shabby compared to Miku, but I can keep you company for a
night..."
"Tinaria, what
are you doing!"
The moment Miku-san
gave Tinaria an ice-cold smile, a voice came from behind.
Looking back, there
was a thin woman who looked very much like her.
And Tinaria was hit on
the head, and somehow we were invited to their house...
"Good grief, this
girl is truly... I'm sorry, she's a foolish child..."
With permission from
Tinaria's mother, Lunaria-san, we ended up visiting her house.
"If you don't
mind, you can stay with us tonight..."
It seemed they lived
together, and there were spare rooms, so it wasn't a problem.
Tinaria's father had
already passed away, and she lived with her mother.
Apparently, Tinaria's
desire to go to the city also included the desire to make life easier for
Lunaria-san, who was still struggling.
It was clear that just
cultivating the farmland that wouldn't expand would soon reach its limit.
But to leave the
settlement and go to the forest to earn money, they had to follow the merchant
caravan that came once a month.
They couldn't prepare
the money to be taken by them, and they had been turned down no matter how many
times they asked, so Tinaria was at a loss.
That's when we came to
visit, so she ran at us at full speed, determined not to let us escape.
"I see..."
I'll need to have a
proper talk with Miku later.
But right now, there's
something I want to do before that.
Tinaria's family's
food situation didn't seem to be very good.
We decided to provide
the ingredients and cook the food ourselves.
"Delicious! What
is this? I've never eaten meat like this!"
"Delicious... I'm
sorry for such expensive food..."
We provided orc meat that
we had hunted in the forest, and it was very well received.
Apparently, meat was
rarely eaten in the frontier village, and the color of their eyes was
different.
Tinaria, who didn't
hold back at all, ate so much meat that Miku-san, who was skewering it, was
exhausted.
"Please, this
way."
After the meal,
Lunaria-san led us to the bedroom.
It was a large room,
and futons were folded and placed there.
However, since we were
used to modern Japanese bedding, we didn't think we could sleep there, so we decided
to lay out the futons we brought from home.
"I thought the
people in the frontier village were just exclusive, but Lunaria-san and Tinaria
are both straightforward and pure."
"Yeah, my image
of them might have changed a bit."
They probably just didn't
have any leeway.
Their nature was
probably not much different from the people living in the royal capital.
Besides, it was
natural to be wary of adventurers who suddenly came.
There were probably
some things we lacked in common sense as well.
Miku-san and I decided
to talk all night.
And the next morning.
We held out our hands
to Tinaria, who looked like she wanted to say something.
"Tinaria, we'll
take you to Went if you'd like."
"--R-really!?
Wait for me, I'll get ready right away!"
We decided to go to
Went with her, prepared for the inconvenience of not using [Home]--.
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