Emmaâs feet head towards a large park in the middle of the town.
This park is a natural park, so itâs quite vast. Emma has come here before to collect insects.
When I heard a cat in my room, I didnât expect it to be this far, and I didnât think that I would come here.
On the way, I knew in the corner of my mind that the long jump I did when I got involved with the drunkards was weird. Even so, I couldnât stop because the catâs cry that continues even until now.
I put off everything except the thing Iâm most curious about for later. Emmaâs nature couldnât be suppressed even now when Minato, who is aware of the reincarnation, is conscious. I donât understand how it works, but Emma and Minato becomes one individual without any discomfort.
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Aaoo
Aaoo
The cat is calling.
When I entered the park, I saw human figures again.
With a number of people thatâs incomparable to the drunkards a while ago.
âWhere did it go!â
âSearch! Increase the lights!â
I throw a side glance to the men who were speaking about searching something and run again with a *whoosh*.
The men are equipped like when Father and Older Brother go hunting for monsters, but hunters are the so-called civil servants hired in the territory. They are not as rough as those men in the park.
Although they look strong, hunters in Palace territory properly take care of their appearance.
They took care of Emma when she was collecting insects, so if itâs Palace territoryâs hunters, I more or less remember their faces.
That means theyâre bounty hunters from other territories? Or hoodlums?
Letâs pass through without having anything to do with them.
âWhatâs that! Just now!â
A surprised menâs voice came from behind the running Emma.
âIs it a cat?â
âYou found it?!â
âNo? That wasâŠ? A giâŠrl?â
â?! Isnât she too fast?â
It seems those men were searching for a cat.
Did they come together to pursue the catâs voice thatâs heard from somewhere?
After all, one cat equals one houseâs price.
âŠEmma turns her head while running.
Why are those men looking for a cat? Even though itâs over there.
Emma knows certainly where the cat is. The catâs voice is calling for Emma. Why am I searching when I already come this close? Although I canât see its figure, Iâm sure itâs there.
Just a little more.
Just less than 100 meters.
When Iâm about to put more strength into my legs, Iâm caught in something.
I fall forward with momentum.
âHurt!⊠Eh, it doesnât?â
The moment I was going to fall, the spider shot out threads that became a cushion.
Thanks to that, Iâm uninjured even when I fell at top speed.
When I check my captured leg, something wrap around it. As I followed its direction, I saw the hand of a bounty hunter.
A whip?
The tip of that manâs whip wrapped around my leg.
âWhat are you doing!â
I shout without thinking, but rather than that, I should have escapedâŠ
Iâm surrounded by countless men before I could unravel the whip.
âOut for a late-night run, Young Lady?â
The men gather around me with an unpleasant smile.
It seems thereâs no chance to escape, and they wonât let me either.
âAh⊠UmâŠâ
Iâm so absorbed that I donât see the surroundings, which I often regret and reflect later, but right I canât joke about it. I have a hunch that itâs a little dangerous.
At least I have to save the spider, but when I touch my head, thereâs no spider. It may have fallen from the impact when I fell.
âHead-! Sheâs quite a beauty?â
âIsnât what sheâs wearing high-quality silk?â
A man approaches Emma to touch her clothes.
âPlease donât touch me!â
I slapped the manâs stretched hand without thinking.
âIt hurts! Donât get cocky just because weâre nice to you!â
The slapped man gets mad and raises his hand.
âIâm going to be hit!â I close my eyes and protect my head with both hands.
But, nothing happens.
â?â
In Emmaâs, who is currently looking down, ears, thereâs a *swoosh* sound of cutting the wind, followed by a *thump* sound of something falling.