“If I had decided to move for them, and I did, I’d say it was more than a little inadequate.”
Since then, Suzuka has often been troubled by the memory of the children.
The mere fact that they are children makes us want to care for them unconditionally and protect them. I understand how she feels.
But if we choose to do so, we need to take responsibility.
People from different civilizations and cultures. At least I don’t live to hunt, I don’t have a taste for wearing tiger fur, and I don’t ambush knights and turn them into chunks of meat for whatever benefit they may have.
I’ve heard a little bit about them, but I’m not a person involved, so I don’t really know their situation. I don’t want to get into it, because if I do, I might not be able to go back.
The parents were responsible for raising their children in such a way, losing them, and then regaining them.
Then I think that’s fine.
“I think it was good. At least I did what an outsider can do as an outsider.”
“……Yes, I’m aware of that.”
The reason why I still feel the need to do so is probably because I am tinged with a side of myself as a former teacher who is responsible for educating other people’s children.
Patting Suzuka’s head on my shoulder, I prayed that time would resolve her conflicts.
It had been more than three months since the children had left.
The muscular dark elves, who called themselves Tiger Hunters in Torrie’s image, who had been sent to scout the area, found a house that looked like it had been a blacksmith’s shop with a Foothandle signboard, and started making something in the middle of the night.
Looking at the items coming out of the blacksmith shop, they were probably traps, swords or something that looked like a long machete.
Apparently, they didn’t like the knight’s sword, because they went to the trouble of melting down a sword from the warehouse to make their own.
Even the arrows, only the arrowheads and feathers were reused, and the shafts were purposely lengthened.
They continued to hunt for a while, and when they had enough food, they let the women and children stay in the city and headed west.
I’m not tracking any further than that.
The reason is that after a huge feast of booze and hunted meat, they started to get excited. And it was outside.
I shouldn’t be watching these guys anymore. As a person.
I’m an Android.
It seems that they are going to sell fights in some town, based on the words I heard.
I’ve heard of a story about warriors when they go into battle, they go into heat as a dislocation action against fear, is that it? Or maybe they were just that kind of people…… I don’t care.
Considering the fact that the knights had followed the children so far, I was expecting them to make a move, but they didn’t.
Or did they? Sometimes the muscular dark elves who I thought had gone hunting brought back bloody knightly swords and armour.
Anyway, the next day, the muscular elves left for the west, and the women and children who had seen them off started their lives, albeit with occasional worried looks on their faces. It’s been about two months since then.
Time goes by quickly.
Whatever it is, those kids are no longer here.
There is nothing we can do, nothing we should do. If that’s the case, we should enjoy our peaceful life.
“Oh well……”
My eyes meet with a muttering Suzuka. Her eyes are like that. It’s the kind of thing that gets you tangled up on the bed.
[Master]
“Yes! ?”
Just as I was thinking, “Go ahead and do it,” Sin’s voice hit me. I couldn’t help but shout like a student who’s about to doze off when the teacher points him out.
[I’ve captured a group of new humans in the west gate footage.]
“Eh, as usual then…..”
I was going to say that I would fight back if they tried to harm me, but then I reminded myself that I couldn’t deal with them in the usual way and that’s why Sin had approached me.
“No, turn the footage around.”
[Yes, Master.]
At the same time as Sin’s voice, a group of people appear on a large monitor on the ground floor. The number of people is about 500.
Long ears, brown skin and tiger fur clothing.
The men are muscular and disgusting, this bunch. Yeah, I know.
Women and children in tow, pulling a large number of carts, and they’re obviously heading this way. Why?
As I watched, they arrived in front of the west gate. About 500 people gathered in front of the gate, with the muscle groups in front and the women and children behind, leaving their luggage behind.
“Sin……MOUSE starts up”
[Yes, Master.]
Somehow, I suppressed my desire not to turn on the microphone and turned it on.
“Uh, well, can I help you?”
I forget to greet them and speak up for a solution to this mysterious situation. No, I don’t know what that means in general.
[Oh! !]
[So what Eiga and the others said was true.]
[No, we don’t know yet.]
It’s boiling. I don’t know what it is, but the muscles are boiling. Iyan, scary.
And then, perhaps thinking they were prey because there were 500 people, the forest bushes moved, and a panther-like creature jumped on the back row of elves.
I heard a scream, but the defense system intercepted it before I could, so no damage was done.
[Did you see that?]
[Yeah, I’m sure.]
[Certainly….]
No, what the hell? What are you doing here?
As I was putting question marks on my head, all 500 people knelt down, put their hands on the ground, and bowed their heads.
Oh, Japanese Dogeza…..
[Toki-sama, all of us tiger hunters have come here to ask you to grant us our wish.]
“Like?”
[We, the Tiger hunters, ask for your permission to serve you! !]
“What are you talking about?”
[We will use our strength for your benefit!]
“Where is the Sengoku warlord?”
[Please, open the gates! !]
A group of 500 dark elves rubbing their heads on the ground in front of someone’s house. It’s too novel for harassment.
“Ah, hold on a second.”
I turn off the microphone and look at Suzuka. Don’t look away, Suzuka. Watch me.
“What am I supposed to do with this?”
“I don’t know. I guess we’ll just have to listen to…. What they have to say…. And honestly, it doesn’t make any sense at all.”
“Yeah, I know…… Do you think we should let them in?”
“Yeah. But….. I’m not going to let you stand outside, but it’s not polite to keep talking….”
We are not complete strangers, but we don’t know each other well enough to have a heart-to-heart communication, so we need to be careful even so.
We’ve decided not to let any dangerous people in.
Let’s assume the worst, that they are here to take over the place.
There are about 100 muscle men who are likely to be a force to be reckoned with. The location is assumed to be a hot spring facility.
I quickly predicted the outcome of the battle based on the images of past attacks on knights and their physical abilities and their weapons that I could see in the current image.
Yeah, it’s a normal win.
In addition, Magami and the others will be backing us up at that time, so there is no way we can lose.
I don’t know much about their backbone, but even if we wipe them out, it’s unlikely that the people who resented us will come back and attack us like they did with Suzuka.
I mean, zero danger over here…. Huh? What is the definition of danger?
With a sigh, I instructed Sin to send the W series to the west gate and turned on the microphone.
“Ah, I’d like to hear what you have to say. I’ll offer you some tea, so please come in. When the gate opens, our cute guard dogs will greet you, so please follow their lead.”
[Oh, thank you.]
I turned off the microphone and began to prepare to head for the relaxing hot spring facility with a feeling of not being on it at all.