âWhen your brother saysâ someone, âhe probably means me.â
âWhat!?
Deanna looks surprised. Right. The person who helped me was actually the one I was looking for, what a convenient story. Thereâs no way thatâs true. If I were told in the same situation, Iâd be like, âOh, really! Thatâs convenient! It wonât be.â But it almost certainly is, so I canât help it.
âOur house is in this black forest. If you canât make it, Deannaâs on the run, and she says sheâs going to hide it, itâs probably the best place to go.â
âTo meet him, first rely on the merchant who says Camilo,â said his brother.
âWell, no doubt about it. Camiloâs the only place Iâm wholesale, and Camilo and the other one know where we are.â
In fact, Helen comes directly to us and knows the exact location, so if itâs leaking from her, weâre not talking about it. That said, I donât think heâs the kind of guy who leaks wheels, and you can think of just the two people who said it.
âMay I ask your name?
Deanna said as she stared at this one. That said, you didnât name it.
âOh, Iâm sorry. I say Eizo. The beast man over here is Thermia, and this Dwarf is Lique.â\n
Thermia and Lique meet lightly. Tanya doesnât have a name now.
âMr. EizouâŠâ
Deanna repeats my name. Is it because you think of it or because you donât think of it either? I canât tell by just looking at it.
âIn the meantime, youâre buying time for about two days by knocking down your chaser, right? Then why donât you come home for the rest of the day?
I urge Deanna to do so. You canât be too mottled here either. Itâs not impossible to explain when a patrol comes in this situation, but itâs a hassle to be like that in the first place, and Iâm sure Iâll be in a situation where I canât even get my eyes on you if I get anything out of it.
â⊠ok. Iâll take care of you today.â
âAll right, then Thermiaâs on perimeter alert. Me and Rike will pull the van. Deanna, if you can, stay on perimeter with Thermia.â
âOkay. Please, Mr. Thermia.â
âOoh.â
This is how we begin our journey. We canât just go into the woods from here on the boulder, so we proceeded for another fifteen minutes or so more than we always did around getting in before we went into the woods. And after about half an hour in the woods, I spoke to everyone.
Do you want to take a break?\nâOoh.â
âYes.â
âOkay.â
The reply of the Three Kinds returns. Iâll give Deanna some water and call Thermia.
âThermia, heyâ
âHmm? What?
Thermia came quickly.
âDo you know if they followed me? I donât feel anything.â
Ask Thermia in a small voice.
âHmm⊠no, I donât think thatâs what youâre gonna say, huh? No smell, no sign.â
Thermia, said, was concentrating and hiking her nose, but she immediately replied so.
\nAnd when I tell Deanna, DeannaâŠ
âNo, there was a place like this in the Black ForestâŠâ
And I returned it like I was impressed.
âWell, like your brother said, itâs only recently that Iâve lived there. ⊠and it looks like itâs been cleared, so let me show you to the guest room.â
âYes.â
Guide them to the guest room (ex-study). The bed looks a little good because it has a palace. Glad I put it on.
âItâs not such a fancy room, but I didnât originally expect so many guests. Iâd appreciate it if you thought it was fancy for a blacksmithâs house.â
âNo, I donât. I think itâs a fine room for twelve.â
âIn the meantime, you should remove your gear and dust off your journey. Iâll have Thermia or Rike bring some water later.â
âSorry, that helpsâ
I walked out of the room with a flick of my hand.
Well, what do we do now? Youâll need to ask Deanna a little more about the situation, but if you do, you probably wonât be able to go back. Deanna sounds like an aristocratic lady when all she has to do is listen, but I care that a blacksmith like me has a low back and is polite. Brother â because I was listening to Mr Marius, is that all youâre saying? For that matter, Iâm being polite with Thermia too⊠Anyway, after dinner. But I need to ask Deanna.