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Chapter 3-18. The Children

Irza has fallen down- I mean, fainted, so I’ll take her upstairs and let her sleep.

I wonder if it’s possible to faint just from seeing someone’s skill?

I was just entered the woman’s room, but I didn’t feel anything, probably because I was asexual.

How sad.

Then I go downstairs to check on the children.

They all look good and are sleeping deeply.

There really doesn’t seem to be a problem.

But the only thing that seems to have left them is dehydration. ……

I’ll prepare some clean water.

“Uchikage, can you bring Satera here? We’re probably going to move tomorrow..”

“Then I’ll bring all of our luggage.”

“Sorry for the trouble.”

Now that we have rescued Alena, we don’t have any business in this kingdom for now.

Our priority is returning to the Kingdom of Garott after this.

It would be a bad idea to stay here any longer.

We can’t even take a good rest if we don’t know when Lequam will get wind of it and attack us.

The only time we can relax is tonight.

By the way, I asked Uchikage about 【Sancitifacion】 earlier, and that was one hell of a ridiculous skill.

He says that 【Sanctification 】 is a skill that has the ability to resist all magic skills..

There are many types of magic, but the basic ones are said to be based on curses, disease, decay, pollution, and impurity.

Most of the spells affect the human body, and in order to cure the spells, they have to be cured slowly with a skill called 【 Purification】

It is said that if the opponent’s spells are more powerful, they are meaningless, and in the end, many people die because they cannot withstand the spells.

There is another way to cure curse spells, and that is to kill the magician.

However, magicians often use magic remotely, so it is difficult to find them.

At least you need to approach the caster before they cast their spell.

However, it is said that 【 Sanctification 】  which is upward compatible with 【 Purification 】 , cures magic in an instant and also cures everything bad within the body.

And it seems to have the power to repel all spells even in battle.

During the war, magicians relentlessly targeted those who could handle 【 Sanctification 】 …

Well, that’s a given.

So, this skill is also supposed to be sealed semi-permanently as it is said to be at the level where the country would move if it were discovered.

How sad.

Well. There we go another sealed skill, let’s think about our next move.

I’ll leave these kids to Irza.

I don’t know what else to do.

Well, I hope Irza is fine with this.

This place is a store. It looks like a profitable place.

But Irza will be angry with me for just leaving it to her, so I’ll leave her all the money I have left.

There are 18 gold coins, 150 silver coins, and 300 bronze coins.

This should be enough to feed these children for a while.

It looks like I’m fine with only half the money that Uchikage has.

Only Alena and Satella will be taken by us.

I’ll leave the other four to her.

For the time being, it has been decided to leave the Kingdom of Salettana tomorrow morning.

After that, let’s go back to the Kingdom of Garrot and finish everything.

However, it is a pity that I cannot participate in the festival of the Kingdom of Salettana.

Well, I can come again next year, right?

I mean, I never thought about what happened after I brought Alena back to the Kingdom of Garrot.

I think I’ll go back to Zenki-village for now.

I also want to see the princess.

It’s only been about a month, but … I can imagine how mad she was.

I’m sure she’ll cry when we gets back.

Oh, by the way, I’m in human form.

I wonder if she’ll notice me?

“Mmm …”

“Oh, hey, you finally woke up?”

One boy wakes up. I quickly get out a glass of water and give it to the boy.

He was thirsty and asked for another glass.

I filled his glass again and handed it to him.

“Thank you”

“Yes, you’re welcome”

“……where is this?”

“This is Irza’s magic tool store. This is the house of the person who lent you guys a room when you were under the curse. She’ s sleeping now, though..”

The boy looks anxious as he scurries around.

Well, if you are suddenly brought to a place like this, you might feel uneasy, right?

That’s right.

He is not yet old enough to understand what is going on.

“Hey buddy, what’s your name?”

“Jin”

“Okay, how was Jin in that place?”

“… I don’t know. When I came to, I was in a stinky jail.”

Hmmm. The answer is clear.

It seems that the curse hasn’t made him crazy.

That’s a relief for now.

But he didn’t remember anything before he came over there.

What about after that?

“Then, what did they do to you over there?”

“I don’t remember exactly,…… but a strange man was holding his hand over mine and mumbling something to me. Then I suddenly got cold and …… found myself falling asleep.”

Do you have to hold up your hand to cast a spell?

Perhaps that is the condition for activating magic spells.

So, he’s getting cold ……?

Maybe they were forcing him to sleep.

But I’m curious about the ribs floating out.

But it doesn’t look like we can get that information from the kids.

Even Irza, who seems to be strong in magic, couldn’t figure it out.

There was no way I could understand it.

“I see…. Thanks.”

“” Hnnngh… “”

“Oh, the others finally woke up.”

I distribute water to the children who have woken up.

I’m starting to worry about my MP as they gobbled up the water.

I’ve used up a lot of energy today alone, …… so it’s no wonder.

But wait,…… I’m really running out of MP!

I asked the children’s names in the order they were awake.

First was Jin, a boy.

Next to wake up were two girls.

Their names are Mina and Muu.

And the boy who woke up next is called Jigal.

Jigal is the oldest at 11, Mina and Muu are the same age at 10.

Jin is the youngest at nine.

Yes, they are all cute.

They were all slaves, so they don’t have the energy of children.

Everyone is quiet.

After everyone had introduced themselves, the last one woke up.

Alena rubbed her eyes, looked around and met mine.

“Hey. Arena”

“… Who are you?　How do you know my name?”

“Of course you don’t recognize me.”

I can only make small things because of my low MP, but I produce the gem that Alena taught me …… on the palm of my hand.

She looked at it and seemed to be thinking about something, but I think she had an idea.

“… White snake … -san?”

“Oh. I’m here to help you. It’s really better to say it here rather than in jail. Sorry it took so long-. …!?”

Suddenly, Alena jumped on me.

Suddenly I was knocked out of position but managed to hold on.

I patted her on the back and was about to ask her what was wrong when I heard her sobbing.

I stopped talking to her and gently put my hand around her back and patted her a few times.

I don’t know if she was relieved or happy to see me, but then Alena started crying loudly.

I didn’t know what to do in this situation, but I would just keep rubbing her back.

I would do this for a while after that.

Since I couldn’t be happy to see her again in jail, I would be happy to see her again here.

I hugged Alena lightly again.

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I don’t even know what time it is.

All I know is that it’s night.

I wonder how long it has been since I ate the bear. …… I haven’t eaten anything since then.

The only thing I ate was an acorn.

It didn’t taste good because it didn’t taste good, but at least I was able to fill my stomach.

I didn’t throw up, so I guess it was something I could eat.

But I really don’t see anyone.

I did find the remains of a carriage, but that carriage was nowhere to be found.

I kept walking, thinking that if I followed the tracks of the carriage, I would reach a town or a village.

I thought it was a good idea.

“Heeeey- Is anyone here-?

I try shouting that, but no one answers.

It’s nighttime.

No one is around.

I thought about finding a campfire, but I couldn’t.

Because it’s nighttime.

I can’t see any smoke.

I mean, I’ve been walking in the woods so much that my leather clothes are already falling apart.

I knew I had to tan them properly to make them good.

I think I heard that somewhere.

What do you mean by tanning?

Tanning the skin …… tanning the skin …… tanning the skin …….

It must be a dialect somewhere.

I don’t know.

I mean, the sky is already getting lighter!

I wonder if I’ll be able to see people again……

I’m so sad.

I’m really hungry!

My clothes are falling apart!

I want a civilized place!

I screamed this in my mind, but no one answered me.

Maybe it’s the smell of blood, but I can’t hunt anymore because the monsters have stopped coming to me.

I can’t be self-sufficient. …… I might not be able to live anymore.

I have no talent for hunting …… I really don’t …….

I was tired of walking on the stones, so I decided to take a short rest on a small hill.

The sunrise was beautiful.

The sun was rising rapidly while I was just sitting idle, not doing anything.

I was completely lost, and I kept thinking about what I was going to do.

I have been walking in the direction of the rising sun ever since I got lost, but I found it really hard and reckless to keep walking without …… a clue.

I have been able to live a long life thanks to my skills, but without them I would have been dead a long time ago.

With a big sigh, I sit on the hill and look at the sun.

I miss people.

How lonely.

When I thought so, I saw something in the distance.

It’s a field.

That was a field.

I stood up and squinted in that direction.

Then I saw the building.

And in the back was a big, big castle that you could see without paying close attention.

“Ahhhhh …! It’s a castle! There must be people there! Wooohooooo!

Where was my fatigue from earlier ……?

I ran to the castle as fast as I could.