433 - - 431. I'misunderstood.

It turns out that the request of Sarah's brother, who looks like a trap found at the adventurer's guild, is real, and that he has become an adventurer and is leading a somewhat stable life. In the game, I feel like I missed an important event.

"Hey Sara. I've been trying not to ask about Sara's past, but since it's about her brother, can you just tell me what you can?"

On the way back to paradise, I ask some sensitive questions while flying in the sky. Marco and Kikka are probably used to air travel and have fallen asleep, and it's just me, Sylphy and Gina who are listening to them, not a bad timing. Well, there is one aspect that you can't escape when you're in the air. .......

"...... Yes. But it was sudden and I don't know all the details, is that OK?"

"Yeah. Just tell me what you know from Sarah's point of view. You don't have to talk about anything painful.

Even the most mature Sarah might cry because the story sounds quite painful. I don't have the skills to comfort a child, so I'm counting on Gina.

"Don't worry. I'm happy now."

Sara says some pretty gut-wrenching things sometimes. When she grows up, she's going to be a magnet for the men around her.

...... For a moment, I almost felt sorry for the guys who will be pushed around by Sara, but she's the guy who's going to take my disciple. I hope she has a hard time being pushed around by the guns.

"Well, I'm glad you're happy. But if things get hard, Gina will comfort you, so take it easy."

"Me?　......Well, whatever. Sara, I'll give you a hug when it gets hard, just take it easy. Cry on my chest."

Gina. You're a manly man. I wish I could jump into that richness of motherhood. If I tell him a painful story, will he hold me and comfort me?

...... I tried to remember the painful story, but it happened in peaceful Japan, it doesn't seem so painful to me.

I don't want to talk about my black history, and I don't want to ...... see my family and friends because I came to this world, but I don't want to cry when Sarah seems to be in more turmoil than me. It's difficult.

"Hmmm. I'll ask for your help when the time comes. Before I ran away, I only know what was written in the letter, so I'll tell you the story after I ran away."

If you have time, you can ask Sara's brother about what he said before he ran away. As long as Sara is okay with it, I'm not that interested in the frontier family itself.

While I was thinking about this rather dry thing, Sara finally started to talk about her past.

I was thinking about it a little dryly, and then Sara finally started talking about her past.

"We are going to live in a slum under such circumstances. Life in the slum was ...... tough, but Marco and Kikka were there, and Gina-san shared her food with me, so I managed to be okay."

How can he be okay when he was so skinny and scrawny?

"Ugh, Sara. That must have been hard for you!"

Gina is hugging Sarah, who is crying a lot after hearing Sarah's story. It is surreal that Sara, who is supposed to be consoled, is smiling bitterly. I, too, was about to burst into tears. I am trying to hold back my tears, but my eyes must be watering.

Sara's story is summarized as follows.

Her father died in the war and the family was in a state of flux. Then, her brother suddenly called her and told her that the family had become rebels.

Sarah was told by her brother that the Frontier Counts who had gone to war were in captivity and could not return from the battlefield, and that they would be killed if they were caught unless they fled immediately because they were in a helpless state of resistance.

The letter said that he was not well prepared, but he was still from a noble family. They had enough jewelry, precious metals, and elt, so they had no financial difficulties at first.

The territory of the fleeing counts was also well governed and loved by the people because it bordered on enemy territory. They were able to travel safely with the help of the local people because they knew the land well. At that time, Sara thought that she would soon be able to return home after the misunderstanding was cleared up.

The situation was difficult, but the trip was dramatically changed when they moved to another noble's estate where they could afford to travel a little more. Along with the rumors of the destruction of the frontier count's house, the arrangements for Sarah and her brother, who had escaped, spread, making it impossible for them to even sleep under a roof.

They repeatedly stayed in the field, and though battered and bruised, they arrived at the border of the Howlite Kingdom, where the incident occurred.

Sarah did not understand at the time, but she remembers Gunther saying sadly that he had been betrayed, and she shared her guesses with me.

It was probably a nobleman who had been in contact with the Counts of the Frontier, and Gunther trusted him and asked him to help them get out of the border safely. It seems that he had originally moved to rely on the nobleman, and that he trusted him very much.

However, he was betrayed and was surrounded by soldiers when he arrived at the appointed place. The guards mentioned in the letter, Ludo and Erin, went on a rampage, and Mr. Gunther ran away with Sara.

Sara told me painfully that she had not seen them since then and that she thought they had been captured or killed.

After that, they thought they couldn't trust anyone, so they got a connection to the underworld, who helped them escape from the border for a hefty fee. She said she wished Gunter had done this from the beginning and regretted it a lot.

They finally escaped from the Howlite Kingdom, but they still did not feel safe, and they continued their arduous journey to the Kingdom of Chrysoprase.

They finally settled down in the labyrinth city of the Kingdom of Chrysoprase, rented a small house where they could live in peace and quiet, and Gunther became an adventurer. At first he was looking for a stable job, but he couldn't find one, so he became an adventurer.

In the small house, Sara and Mr. Gunter lived a stable life for a while.

They rented the house as a family, and when Sarah called Mr. Gunther as her father, he told her that he was afraid of her and asked her to call him uncle.

But that happiness was destroyed when Mr. Gunter couldn't come back from the labyrinth. According to Sara, Mr. Gunter was a strong man and put safety before profit, so she thought there must have been some accident.

He had worked very hard to protect Sara, and it was hard to think that he would abandon her. Maybe Sara was right and he had an accident and couldn't return from the labyrinth.

So Sara was left alone and was living on the savings that Mr. Gunter had prepared for her, hoping that he would come back.

She says that she had been saving money, but her savings soon ran out and she was evicted from her house because she had to send a missing person request to Mr. Gunter and pay her rent and living expenses.

At her wits' end, Sara remembers a place where she could take refuge in case she was discovered by her pursuers. Since Mr. Gunter could not always be with her, she had promised to run there in case something happened.

That was the shabby house where Sara was living, waiting for Mr. Gunter, making friends with Marco and Kikka, and holding on until I came.

Considering this, Mr. Gunter might have had a good eye to choose the labyrinth city where he could just barely live thanks to the labyrinth, even though it was a slum.

Well, it seems to be a coincidence that he was betrayed by someone he trusted. No matter how good a friend you are, you can't rely on him when he is wanted as a traitor because he has his own position.

If you're not careful, there's a possibility that even the person you're relying on will be put in the same boat as the bandit. Maybe he thought he could still be trusted, but it must have been hard to be betrayed by the person he trusted so much.

On top of that, he lost two of his friends as a result of the betrayal. I would have lost my heart for sure, but I talked to the underworld and escaped the country. I would have traveled to the labyrinth city and become an adventurer. ...... mentality was a monster.

But from what I've heard, Sara has been through a lot more than I have. I guess she had to be strong because of all the things she had to go through, and that's how she became the strangely mature Sarah she is today. It's a sad story.

"Look, Gina. Sara's in trouble, it's time to let her go."

When I've finished putting Sarah's story together in my head, I warn Gina that she's still holding Sarah and giggling and crying.

"I know, it's sad. I knew you were going through a lot, but it was more than I expected. Sara, you worked so hard. That's great!"

Gina hugs Sarah tightly and praises her in tears. Gina's family lived near a slum, so she must have known the reality of the slum to some extent. But it seems that her father had excluded the really painful stories from her life.

Gina was raised outside, not in a greenhouse, but with a full-time gardener, and I get the impression that she was raised in an overprotective environment.

"Hmmm. It's a common story in the slums. Me, Marco, and Kikka are happy that our master picked us up, so we'll be fine now."

Sarah soothes a crying Gina. Before the story started, she was telling Gina to cry on my chest while I hugged her, but now she's doing the exact opposite.

Well, Sarah who is comforting Gina doesn't seem to have time to dwell on the past, so I guess that's something to be expected.

"Sarah, I know it's the opposite of what you planned to do, but you should console Gina."

"Hmmm, okay."

Hmmm, I'm sure I'm going to see Sara's brother, but what about the one who betrayed Mr. Gunter?

It's a betrayal that I can't blame her for considering the situation, but it's caused her a lot of trouble that she didn't have to go through. However, it is also one of the reasons why Sara became my apprentice.

In this world, too, relationships are complicated in many places and it is difficult. I don't know if she is still alive since her country was destroyed, but if she is, should I at least harass her?

But then, Sarah doesn't want revenge, so she's simply harassing me because she's pissed off at me. It's also a shame that I'm too small a human being to harass her because I'm pissed off when the kid is putting up with me.

I'll think about it after I meet Sarah's brother at .......