“The Adventurers’ Guild? There isn’t one in this city-pon.”
“I see. That’s unexpected.”
I thought there was an adventurers’ guild in every city, so I thought I could just go there to gather information, but we’re suddenly stumped.
“For the time being, we’ll discuss about the vigilante group later with Julie, so the next thing I want to know is what are this town’s specialties.”
“What do you mean-pon?”
“No, I’d like to make a trade, if possible.”
“But Alex’s country is seen as an enemy, so I honestly think it will be difficult-pon. The wall makes it difficult to transport goods too.”
Mami then turned her attention to the large wall to the north.
Although I couldn’t see it when we were moving in the sky because we were in a barrel, there was a fairly high wall extending endlessly, as if dividing the demon territory to the north of the city.
But I’m sure there’s some way, like having Valerie carry it away from the city, or Shelly’s magic circle, or ask Sophie to build something ……
Or, like in Snowy’s country, have them periodically come back for it with teleportation magic.
“Well, speaking of specialties, I’ve heard that iron, crops, and livestock can be obtained.”
“Hmmm, maybe because it is right next to the demon territory, they are doing the same kind of thing over here.”
The Lizardmen’s village and we had different things to make with each other: fish and cloth for them, and vegetables and ironware for us, but in this Ullarad City, we need to find out what crops they are making in more detail.
It would not look good to bring crops that are already being grown, and the people who are originally growing the crops would be in trouble.
For now, I think it will be difficult to get a hold of the feudal lords …… so I will try to talk to those who are doing business and look for stalls that deal in crops.
“There are stores around here that sell food, but none that sell fruits and vegetables.”
“Then, it’s right over there. I’ll show you the way.”
Mami pulls me by the hand and we walk, and she suddenly stops.
“Hm? What’s wrong?”
“As I thought, we shouldn’t go this way. Let’s go that way.”
Just as Mami was about to turn back to the road we came from…
“No!”
She heard a scream.
“Father, there it is!”
“Yeah! Let’s go!”
“Wait a minute-pon! That’s ……”
Mami won’t let go of my hand, so I run with her little body in my arms, and a man is pulling a little girl tied up with a string.
“What are you doing!”
“Aah!? Shut up! Shut your mouth if you don’t have anything to do with it!”
“Even if I had nothing to do with the girl, as a parent with a child, I can’t overlook this.”
“Huh!? Are you an idiot!? …… Hey, you guys. Kill this fool.”
At the man’s words, men with swords and axes came out of the house where the girl would have lived.
“It’s that man …… Do it. Don’t hurt the girls. They’ll make good products.”
“Understood …… Hyaha! I didn’t know there were still idiots who would stand up to us!”
“What? You won’t pull out the sword at your waist? You’re scared of 10 opponents? But it’s too late to beg for your life!”
I see …… products, huh.
I guess they’re “kidnapper” or “slave traders”.
…… Unforgivable!
“[Devotion]!”
Just in case, I protected Tsuki, Mami, and the girl with my Paladin Defense skill, then the men started slashing at me.
“Oraaaaah! Leave the kids and die …… gofuh!”
“What the hell is this guy!? He’s using his bare hands against swords and axes …… Ugh!”
“This guy …… he’s a grappler who uses fighting techniques! Surround him! Attack him from all four directions at the same time …… Bogeh!”
The men seem to have no idea how to fight, only that they have weapons.
I didn’t even need to pull out my swords, and when I was kicking them around…
“What are you doing! Aim at those two kids over there! Take them hostage!”
“Don’t take it personally, little girl. The wrong one is that you tried to fight against us …… Guh! What’s with that knife!? Where did you get that from!?”
“What the hell is going on!? There were ten of us over here …… Damn it! You beastwoman! If you don’t want to die …… Ugwaah!”
The man who pointed his sword at Mami was kicked away by me, but it seems that Tsuki won’t be taken down by this kind of opponent.
But she’s using a blade, so she has to be careful.
“Tsuki. The guy is a bad guy, but don’t kill him. We’ll have them judged properly.”
“Um, Father …… in that case, I think you should be more worried about the person who attacked you than me.”
“D-Damn you! If you’re going against me, then in this city …… Guha!”
I kicked the last man who was dragging the girl who looked like the head of the group and made them unable to move, but I wonder what Tsuki’s meant by that.
Tsuki has a blade, but I have my bare hands, you know.
“Um, Father. You seem to be wondering why, but clearly the guy you beat up is more seriously wounded …… or rather dying than my opponent, though?”
When I looked at him after being told, I saw that he was indeed almost dead, so I decided to heal him with healing magic for a little.