/
CHAPTER 37 – INJURY
How much time has passed? The villagers who took refuge were about have calmed down because nothing has happened.
Tonton, a sound of the door being hit resounds.
Because of that, the villagers who calmed down became tense once again.
「Who~?」
When Dirkhert who guarded the door all this time asks, a familiar voice resounds from the other side of the door.
「Dirk-sama, it’s Melu. Could you open the door please?」
A human’s voice. With just that much, a smile floated on everyone’s face.
Dirkhert removes the lock and opens the door.
「…… Melu, monster-sans?」
「We have safely defeated them. Several people have light injuries, but everyone is safe」
Hearing Meluerina’s words, sighs of relief resound indoors.
Looking carefully, there’s Volsung behind Meluerina and the village men behind him.
Hearing that it’s over, everyone rushed to their husbands and sons.
「Dirk-sama, are you unhurt?」
「Melu, Vol…… anone, ano, ne, …… fu, fueeeeen」
Seeing Dirkhert suddenly crying, Meluerina and Volsung became panicked.
is he perhaps injured somewhere, they observe Dirkhert’s body in panic, but they don’t find anything resembling an injury.
「Dirk-sama, what has happened?」
「Have something scary happened?」
Meluerina and Volsung crouch down, matching Dirkhert’s tearful eyes.
「Chocola and others, because, Dirk, pulled, got, in, injured……」
「Chocola and others?」
When Meluerina caught Chocola to confirm, she indeed found the base of its left hand slightly torn. Tart and Pudding each「Here!」pointed their injuries out. When Volsung checked, they indeed were stretched, and a bit of cotton was sticking out.
But, since they weren’t ‘injured’ that much, they could be easily repaired. In fact, the present condition doesn’t hinder their movement at all. That shows how light their injury is.
「It’s okay, this much can be easily fixed. Tomorrow, the three will be back to normal」「Rea, lly?」
「Yes, really. Therefore, let’s wipe the tears first, okay?」
Meluerina takes a handkerchief from the pocket of her apron and wipes his face, following that, Volsung blows Dirkhert’s nose.
「But, why did Chocola and others become like that?」
There is no reason for them to be damaged like that when they didn’t fight. No matter how you look, someone tried to tear them apart forcefully.
「Anone, Lia said Chocola and others are adorable, so we played together. However, the other village boys started bullying Chocola and others. They said that moving stuffed animals are creepy. They didn’t stop even though I asked them to stop」
They made him take refuge in the Village Chief’s house because outside was dangerous. Who would have thought that something like this would happen in the place of refuge?
The thing Meluerina and Volsung are uneasy about is if this becomes the reason for Dirkhert to have a bad impression of humans.
No, having a bad impression of humans is something Maou should have. They are worried that the impression for humans that is supposed to slowly decrease in the future, suddenly tilted to the negative right from the beginning.
But, once it becomes a big minus, it won’t become plus again so easily.
What kind of influence will this strife have in the future?
Meluerina’s and Volsung’s anger secretly burns towards the village children and their parents while patiently listening to Dirkhert’s story.