âBecause Arge-san was kidnapped! I decided to chaseâ (Kuzuha) âDonât you think it wouldnât be good if you get caught?â (Arge) âU~u âŚ.â
Although Iâm saying it like that, Kuzuha-chan is also forgiven by the council. Akisame-san say itâs okay ⌠He is a kind person. It take a day to reach Rencia village with Akisame-sanâs carriage. The members are Akisame-san, Habotan-san, Kuro-san, Kuzuha-chan, and me, five people in total.
âOni Banshu, you should stay at Sakuranomiya to maintain security and so on.â (Akisame) âI canât let Akisame-sama go to visit Rencia without an escortâ (Habotan)
Akisame-san descends from the carriage while talking with Habotan-san. Habotan-san was out from the beginning because she was in charge of escort.
Although I seems to be count as an escort but I wonder itâs okay when get off carriage after Akisame-san. I also got off the carriage. Itâs a small village. There are only ten houses in the visible range. The flower gardens are wide spread to far away, I guess they are for the bee farm honey. The wind carry scent of sweet nectar.
âHmmâŚâ (breath sfx)
It is a nostalgic smell. Even though it should be the first time I smell this. There is a sense of security as if I know somewhere before. When getting a strange feeling, Kuzuha-chan is standing next to me. She sniffs the air.Â
âItâs sweet, itâs a nice smell,â âYeah, Itâs Satsuki-chanâs and my favorite honey. It has a nice smell today as well!â
Perhaps, I can enjoy the smell as much as Kuzuha-chan and Kuro-san if I close  my eyes. Well, I leave the two of the sensitive to smell races enjoying and go out. Since Iâm count as an escort, It would be better to stay close to Akisame-san.Â
As I came close to his side, Akisame-san is smiling and looking around.
⌠He is smiling as heâs looking around.
His face is still smiling but his line of sight is moving. Even though he take it lightly, he is still a great master of the country. I canât tell what he is watching, but I can understand he must think of something.
âDid you need something, Arge-san?â âNo, itâs nothing.â
He suddenly talked to me and I lost it (was suprised). I thought that he didnât see me, but it seems that it wasnât so.
âThis is a peaceful place, isnât it?â (Akisame) âAh? Yes, well, it may be.â (Arge) â⌠?â
I felt something strange because Akisame-san reacted somewhat nonchalantly. There is such an atmosphere that seems he has disappointed or something. It seemed that it was not against me, but what would it be against ?
âIt seems they cameâ
Before I can ask, Akisame-san muttered and moved his eyes. Looking to his line of sight at the same direction, I could see a girl walking in that direction.
A girl with black hair and clear golden eyes like flower honey. While shaking the familiar Japanese-style clothes in the Republic, she is walking here with a slow speed. Eventually, a few steps away from Akisame-san, she bows. Her behavior was elegant, coupled with the background flower garden, she looked just like a flower fairy.
âWelcome, Akisame-samaâ (YĹkoso irasshaimashita, Akisame-sama) âYup. You look pretty good, Renge-chan.â (Akisame) âGeez, Akisame-sama is unchangeâ (Renge)
The flow of conversation is friendly, so they seem to know each other.
ââŚâŚâŚ.â (Arge) â⌠How have you been?â (Akisame) âAh, no. please donât worryâ (A, ie. Kinishinaide kudasai)
As I was watching this, when he called her Renge-chan, she quickly lowered her head to me. I wonder if it was due to mind? Recently I often saw it in commercial guilds etc, so I may have been a little over sensitive.
âPlease, go this wayâ
Prompted, Akisame-san and Habotan-san are walking after her. Kuzuha-chan and Kuro-san also followed properly.
⌠With that big body, in silence?
Thatâs surprising, Habotan-sanâs movement. Two meters is a really tall height, but she is walking without making a sound unlike everyone else. She should be prominent, but she is not conspicuous at all. Oniwa Banshu. I donât know the details, after all it is a secret system from the council. If she is not in sight, people may not even know that she is moving.
While admiring her, we move and is eventually guided in front of one house. Because it is a bit larger than other houses, is it like the village head house?
âOtou-sama is waiting insideâ (OtĹ-sama wa ChĹŤ de omachidesu) (Renge) âYup. I am saved. Uhm ⌠May I ask Kuzuha-san and Kuro-san to guard outside? Their nose will be best suit for work.â (Akisame) âWafu, I understand!â âI understand.â
After talking to the pair of sharp smell beastkin, Akisame-san enters into the house ahead of the other.
⌠They are delicately anxious. (Arge mean Akuzuha and Kuro)
Certainly, their crisis awareness seems to be high, but it seems to me that there is a different anxious between them. I wonder if they will be okay. (Arge mean Akuzuha and Kuro) Nonetheless, since today I am the guardian of Akisame-san, he doesnât bring any guard or attendant. There are also my recovery magic if it comes to injure, and as I have seen it, this is a peaceful village. I wonder if I donât have to watch that far.
We enter the house and is guided to the back. There was a big table where about six people could sit in places at where we arrived, A somewhat slim person who saved mustache was sitting. (I donât know if âsave mustacheâ is a proper English)
âAkisame-sama, welcome, come on.â (Akisame-sama, yĹkoso irasshaimashita. DĹzo) âYup. You seems fine and healthy, village mayor. I think that it would be better to lose weight a bit more.â
Build a light word to the extent that it can be understood as a joke, Akisame-san take a seat. As a nominal escort, I remain standing like Habotan-san.
âYou come all the way from capital, please feel welcomeâ âWell, itâs about a day in a carriage, and this yearâs honey is more important than that.â âOh, as expected, you understandâ âI eat it every year. This yearâs fragrance is particularly goodâ âSince the climate is calm and the flowers bloom often this year âŚâ
Although they are talking, it is a bit boring as we are standing. It is a story of visiting, so it may be natural that it is quite hard, but as the story that is not interesting still continues, I feel sleepy ⌠sleepy âŚ
ââŚn nyaâ
Should not. I was completely dozed off for a moment. The reason I wake up was the feeling in my right arm. Looking at the sideways, Habotan-san pinched my arm in a move that not make any sound.
Renge-san who didnât enter the talk of adults and quietly turns a strange eyes, I deviated from my role. After that, I seemed to fall asleep on a regular basis and repeatedly walk up by Habotan-san, I continued the security work.
âBy the way, village mayor, there is some trouble in the village, right?â ââŚâŚ As expected, Akisame-sama. You understand well. Actually this year, honey devourers are more active than usual, I am in troubleâ âUn ⌠I see, I see, If thatâs the case, because we have came all the way here so letâs get rid of them, both of you are okay with that?â âOf course, Akisame-samaâ ââŚâŚ, yesâ
Iâm half slept, so the response was delayed. Honey devourer? I do not know what it is, but if Akisame-san says so, we have to get rid of it. I feel troublesome. But now I am the one who has to attend Akisame-sanâs visit. So Iâm better listen to what he said
âWell then, shall we start?â
Akisame-san sends me instructions as a smile. Because I will get sleepy when standing, in some sense it might be better to do something. While thinking about such things, I nodded.\n<figure class="wp-caption alignnone" data-shortcode="caption" id="attachment_14571" style="width: 560px"></figure>