I don’t know what kind of people they are, but if they’re exhausted and look like they’re on the verge of death, we can’t abandon them. Also, I don’t get a bad feeling from them, and I trust my instincts.
A group of ten people including Miss Lan, Mister Nirushi, Gaius, and Miss Zeshihi go to them, along with Reimar and Rurumar. I can use holy magic, so I go too.
Freinet and a few other spirits take us to them.
Their steps look really heavy, and the moment we find them, we know we have to save them. But before I can move, Miss Lan speaks.
“Sadda!? Why are you here!?”
Before I can step forward, Miss Lan approaches one of the people in the other group. I don’t even have time to be surprised before Mister Nirushi and other cat beast people run forward, looking very happy to see the other cat beast people.
…Are these cat beast people the ones who were enslaved? I’m so shocked I can’t even move, but then I see the man Miss Lan called Sadda look relieved before fainting. I run to him, and Gaius follows me.
“Sadda!? Are you alright!?”
“Miss Lan, I’ll heal.”
I say as I grab his hand. Now that I’m closer, I see that all these people are hurt. They look thin, and their legs probably hurt from walking so much.
I focus my magic energy and use holy magic. I don’t have the opportunity to practice this a lot, so I’m not that much better at using it than before. Still, I feel magic energy leaving my body, and I’m relieved to see Mister Sadda’s complexion becoming a little better.
Gaius looks worried, probably because of what happened when I healed Mister Eshita, but I’m paying attention to that too, and make sure not to use so much magic energy that I collapse.
After that, we take them to the village, carrying the ones who can’t move.
In a way, bringing people we just found into the village right away could be called reckless, but Miss Lan knows one of them, and there are also people from Mister Nirushi’s village, so we can’t just ignore them.
But there are also people wearing knight’s armor. Who are they? I feel like I’ve seen them before.
They’ve been walking for a long time, so they’re going to rest before we talk. There are going to be some people watching them just in case, but they just look relieved to be able to rest.
“Miss Lan, who is Mister Sadda?”
“…My friend. He is the heir of a popular company called Vene in the kingdom of Fairytrof, and I’m sure he didn’t stumble into the forest by accident.”
“I see…”
“…Yes, so I’m very surprised. Why is he here along with people from Nirushi’s village? And those knights that were with them are probably from the kingdom of Migha.”
“…Eh?”
“You didn’t notice? I don’t know why knights from Migha, Sadda, and beast people came here together… But something is definitely going on.”
Miss Lan says these knights are from Migha. The kingdom of Migha is the one that attacked Mister Nirushi’s village to turn them into slaves. And then they killed Mister Athos and tried to kill Gaius.
I see. I thought I saw this armor somewhere. It was when I was desperate not to let those knights hurt Gaius.
They’re the ones who caused Mister Nirushi so much pain, the cause of Mister Athos’ death, and the reason why we had to run away. Why did they come all the way here when they’re clearly so exhausted? I thought the kingdom of Migha was awful, but they brought the cat beast people that they supposedly captured.
…My head is spinning. I don’t know what’s wrong and what’s right and who’s a friend and who’s an enemy, but then I realize something.
“…Does Gaius, know?”
“Judging by how he is acting, I would say he hasn’t noticed.”
“…Is this all right…”
I’m worried about what Gaius might do when he realizes there are knights from Migha among them.
“I don’t know. We should keep an eye on other people as well, not just Gaius. They might act out of hatred and end up killing them.
We can’t judge them before we hear what they have to say, and we need to be vigilant to make sure nothing happens before that.”
Says Miss Lan with a serious expression.
—Girl and new arrivals – Part one
(New people arrive in the miko’s village, and she learns that there are knights from the kingdom of Migha among them.
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