183-Chapter 12-2 Rion, fierce

"This one's good!　Exquisite!

I just salted it and burned it.

Leon is raving about the taste of the frog he just dismantled. The other party is Leni, who cooked the food and brought it to him.

''I'm sorry, but you'll have to hold Leni-san back with Jeanne and Aura. Me and Cain will take Rion to the back of the carriage. Also, Amour will need your help.

When Albert realized that Rion was appealing to Leni, he immediately set about separating Rion and Leni from each other. In the process, Amour was asked to be the one to confront the brutal truth to Leon, who knew nothing about it.

'What about me?'

'Senior Chris, please pay attention to Mr. Leni.

The attention to Leni-san was to be given by Chris, who was comfortable with Amour's affairs. Well, that's because such attention between men and women is better given to women closer in age. However, even if the role was given to me and my grandfather, we didn't know what to say to each other.

What the hell do you want? We were having a nice conversation.

Rion, who was forcibly pulled by Albert and Cain, was more than a little grumpy. For the most part, he probably thought he was in a good mood with Leni.

''I have something unfortunate to tell you, Rion,''

Amur stood in front of a grumpy Leon with his arms crossed in front of him. And.

'Renitan has a lover!　That's also the future we've committed to, and we're getting married soon!　...and he's the boyfriend that's been talked about in Nanao!

Well.....

Leon froze for a few moments at the truth that confronted Amur. Then he got on his hands and knees on the ground at the same time as he squeezed out the words.

'What the hell was it that you were being so nice to me...'

No, it's just that he was like that, regardless of gender.

Yeah.

In fact, Leni's attitude towards me, my grandfather, Chris and Jeanne and the others hasn't changed. It was the same for Albert and the others, so of course it's the same for Rion. The only place where Leni-san's attitude is different is towards Amur. Leni-san was sometimes sweet to Amur and sometimes harsh to him. And if you looked around you, you would have noticed that her attitude towards you was normal... but Rion was flirtatious and didn't notice it at all.

'It seems the goddess of love doesn't seem to be smiling at me...'

It's kind of a cool thing to say, but before the goddess smiling or whatever, there would have been almost no chance of that happening because Leni-san's side didn't meet the conditions... even if it turned out like Rion's fantasy, that would be a problem. Id.

'Well it looks like we're done over there, so let's get back to eating.

Yeah.　

Cain replied to my suggestion, but Albert and Amur looked at Rion with eyes that looked at the poor thing and didn't reply. And Rion showed no signs of moving from his position on all fours on the ground.

'Let's go, guys. Time will tell on these things.

Cain said and walked out in front of us, but I kept my eyes firmly on Cain's face as he stifled a laugh as we passed each other.

'I'm sorry,'

No, if you'll just be careful in the future...

In response to Leni-san's apology, Albert answered on behalf of Rion, but Albert couldn't say anything more since the original was due to Rion's misunderstanding. In the first place, it can't be said that Leni-san is responsible, and even for Leni-san's apology, it had to be done because the other party (Rion) is a nobleman, so there was a delicate atmosphere between the two parties.

''Well, let's just talk about this!　From now on, Leni will stay as far away from Rion as possible. Rion will reflect on what happened and talk to someone else before he floats away!　That's good, Leon!

Chris-san held the moment quite forcefully. Leni-san nodded at Chris-san's words, and Rion managed to respond by raising one arm in the position he was in earlier.

''Alright, let's get back to lunch!

Chris-san, who concluded with just a glimpse of Rion, resumed eating early. We followed Chris-san's lead and resumed eating, but.......Leon didn't move. Seeing Rion like that, Jeanne and Aura were wondering if they should bring the meal with them, but Chris-san said, "Do you want to be mistaken for someone like Leni? With those words, he sat back in his chair and resumed eating.

After that, I looked at Rion several times during the meal, but he did not change his posture.

'We've finished eating, now let's get going. Let's go, Rion!

Rion, who was called by Cain, finally stood up and came towards us. Well, he was blatantly turning his face away so as not to look at Leni-san.......but no one made a pretense of shoving him into the quicksand. That's even Cain, who is always making fun of Rion. Probably the reason why he started saying that he was going to leave right after the meal was because he didn't want to leave Leon alone like that.

"Well then, Leon, take care of yourself.

The reason I continued to leave you in charge of Rion must have been to keep you as far away from Leni as possible.

'Everyone. I can see the village, do you mind if we stay there today?

It has been less than two hours since we took a break earlier, but he said that if we passed this place, it would be an encampment. Hearing Cain's suggestion, Grandpa said, "If we might make camp, we might as well make sure that we are here to nourish our spirits," and so the decision was made by a majority in the carriage before any other opinion could be expressed. Incidentally, Chris was the first to agree, followed by Leni, Jeanne and Aura.

Traveling with the opposite s*x can be stressful, so it's the leader's role to find a place to rest without worrying.

And after receiving a lesson from my grandfather, we decided to talk to the village gatekeeper who was wary of us in the distance. The people who will be talking to the gatekeeper are me and Leon. It's a combination of me, the representative of this group, and Leon, the next lord of the village, but to be honest, I was worried that the village gatekeeper would know Leon.

''I'll go get the village chief, please wait a moment.

And as expected, the gatekeepers were unable to judge Rion and had to wait until the village chief arrived. Well, since it's a small village, it can't be helped that I don't know Rion's face. Rather, if I just showed them my guild card without telling them that Rion is the next lord, they might have let me through more easily than expected.

''Could it be that they thought that 'suspicious people claiming to be the next lord' had come?

'Wow that sounds like a possibility. By the way, let me ask you, it's not just my fault then, is it?

It might be a problem if Rion isn't known in a somewhat large town, as it was before, but in a small village like this one, it might not be a problem if the villagers don't know Rion.

When I said that, Leon seemed to be a little relieved. He seems to have recovered to some extent from his usual condition, and seems to be recovering from Leni-san's shock.

Later, the village chief, accompanied by the gatekeeper, didn't know Leon's face, but when he saw the family crest of the frontier aunt family shown by Leon, he immediately let me into the village.

''That village chief must be too old to leave the village. It must be so.''

They were able to be let through the village safely, but Rion had been making such excuses for a long time. Incidentally, after hearing Rion's excuse, Albert said, "In a small village, it's not unusual for people not to know the face of the lord," and Cain laughed, "But it sounds interesting, so don't tell Rion about it.

''Well, now that we've got our lodgings, we can each do our own thing the rest of the time, but Grandpa will be at the village chief's with me.

Hmm.

Even though it is a free activity, the village is as small as or smaller than Kukri village, so there seems to be nothing to look around. Even so, the women are said to look around the village to see if there is anything unusual, and Albert and the others are said to go around inside and outside the village separately from the women. I heard that it's also meant to be an inspection, but it seems that they actually intend to keep Rion away from Leni-san and distract her.

And me and Grandpa are going to go advise the village chief about the frogs we encountered on the road.

Three Idiots SIDE (Albert)

'It's a small village, but they seem to be doing a good job of defending it. It's not very high, but they've built a wall of stones and reinforced it with earth and wood to prevent it from collapsing so easily.

That should buy us some time.

'Yeah, well...'

Despite the fact that I had taken him out, Leon was beginning to feel depressed again. He's still far from fully recovered, and he's still having his ups and downs.

The first thing that comes to mind is the fact that you have to get information from Amur if you're going to go after Leni-san. If you had done that, you would have known it was impossible before you suffered this shock!

Cain, disgusted with the wincing Rion, suddenly started to get angry at Rion. Surely just getting the information from Amur would have increased the success rate dramatically, and he would have known from the beginning that he was an impossible opponent to begin with.

'Rion, Cain is right, this is your fault. It's not your fault to make Leni feel awkward because of you. Is it your ideal of a 'man' to bother someone you want to date, even if it's only for a short time?

'Yes!　We have to think in reverse and see this as an opportunity to raise Leon's stock!

It's quite a forced logic, but if you don't force yourself to get back on your feet, it might affect your future relationship with the Southern Autonomous Region. I don't know how much influence Leni-san actually has in the South, but it's better to think that she's trusted enough to be asked directly by the Southern Viscount. At the very least, Amour seems to have quite a bit of trust in him. From that line, I don't think his relationship with the South will deteriorate anytime soon, but he won't have any good feelings.

'That's right. For the most part, this trip has the purpose of showing that there is no rancor between the frontier county family and Temma, but it would be useless if Rion were to cause trouble for Temma.''

It's a bit mean-spirited, but if you bring out the Temma thing, he'll try to force you to get back on your feet.

'Well that's true too.

As I thought, Rion was beginning to force himself to get back on his feet, saying he couldn't bother Temma. At that moment.

'Hey, brothers!　Run to the village now!　There's a bunch of goblins out there!

A few villagers came running from the grasslands with a change in their blood.

'How many?'

A flock of about thirty of them. Probably they've come looking for prey for the winter. There are a lot of them, but if we fortify the village and deal with them all together, we'll be fine!

He said he was fine, but his face was pale, and he seemed to think that some damage might be done.

''Like a goblin, I can handle it!

With those villagers in the background, Rion took out his gains from his magic bag and ran towards the direction the villagers had fled from.

''That idiot we're related to the Haust Frontier Count family. You guys should immediately inform the whole village about the goblins, just in case. And send for the others who are with us. Perhaps there will be a representative of ours at the village chief's place.

The villager was about to kneel in a hurry when he found out that we were related to the frontier county family, but he said it was an emergency and sent us running to the village chief.

'Cain, we'll go after Leon too. I don't think Rion will be able to keep up with the thirty or so goblins, but it's still a contingency.

'I suppose. To begin with, Rion isn't in the best shape right now so let's hurry up.

With a sigh, Cain and I followed Rion, probably due to his mental instability, acting rashly.......

Three Idiots SIDE (Albert) Done!

It must have been difficult for you, then.

My grandfather and I were at the village chief's house to warn him about the frogs, and then we were just chatting. The chief had been to Kukuri a few times and knew me. The chief had seen me from afar, but he remembered me because I was having more children than he knew. He also knew my grandfather and wanted to meet him because he was famous, but unfortunately, he always left the village whenever the chief came there.

Hmm. Well, there are many things that happen to people when they are alive. I can't believe how many times I have to go to the village of Kukri, even though it's so far away from here.

The medicines in Kukuri are very effective.

I heard that he went to Kukuri Village with the intention of stealing the recipe for the medicine (but he wasn't going to steal it by sneaking in, he was going to steal it by watching), but he couldn't steal it, and when he asked for the recipe, he was able to learn it. By the way, the other party was my mother, who didn't even know the ingredients for the potion until I asked her about it, since my father and I had gathered the herbs and other ingredients in the Grand Old Man's Forest.

I'm sure you're aware of the fact that the quality of the ingredients is different, so we couldn't produce a product of the quality we had in mind to make it a speciality. Well, it's not enough to sell, but the number of people who die from injuries and illnesses has decreased dramatically thanks to being able to produce medicines that are more than enough for everyday use with materials from this area.

Thanks to the measures taken against sickness and injury, the number of healthy people in this village has increased, which has resulted in an increase in food production. It is said that they also visited Kukuri village to buy medicines for their mother and to exchange ideas. I didn't know it, but Uncle Mark had been to this village before and he told me that there was a connection between this village and Kukri without my knowing it.

He told me that Uncle Mark had been to this village before, and that he had interacted with the village of Kukuri without his knowledge.

Apparently I was too old to know about this village because I was too old and my grandpa had put my dad and uncle Mark in charge of the trouble.

That's why it was such a shock to see the village of Kukri attacked by dragon zombies. Kukri village is said to be the most well-armed village in the Frontier County, so if our village had been the one attacked, it wouldn't have lasted more than an hour.

The reason for the strength of the battlefield is probably because there were a number of former adventurer villagers, including my grandfather and my father and mother, who were able to hunt in the "Great Old Man's Forest". Although there aren't as many as in 'Shellhide', it was said that if there were the same number, Kukri village would be stronger.

After the incident, there was a lot of discussion about what to do if we were attacked by a horde of demons in this village. As a result of this, the youngsters have strengthened their patrols and built a wall around the village. Well, I don't know how long we will be able to endure a demon attack, but it's better than nothing, and the more we can prevent it from happening, the better chance we have of surviving.

It is said that the incident in Kukri village has brought about a change in the small villages in the frontier county territory, for better or worse. It seems that these changes include focusing on self-preservation like this village, abolition of the village due to a number of people moving to larger towns, and strengthening of cooperation with other villages and towns. And at the root of such changes was the idea that 'in times of need, the frontier county may not be able to help you immediately'.

'We exchanged a lot of opinions with neighboring villages after that incident. But we can't abandon our hometown so easily," he said. That's why we decided to make preparations for a longer stay in this village," he said. And that's one of the reasons we are well prepared for medicine.

The incident has raised the level of concern among the villages in the outlying counties.

While the grandfathers were talking about it, a panicked villager came running into the chief's house. The chief scolded them for what had happened, but when he heard the villagers' report, he began to panic.

''Oh my God!　Master Leon to the goblins!

The report was as much about our people as it was about our people.

"I'm going out for a bit, Grandpa.

I'll go in the opposite direction to make sure. I'm going to look in the opposite direction, just to be sure. I don't think ordinary goblins have the wisdom to pinpoint the problem, but if there is a higher-ranked species in the area, that's not an option.

So soon after, me and my grandfather left the village chief's house and flew in the opposite direction from each other.

''We were told it wasn't that far away, so I'm sure we'll be able to see it soon...''

Within a minute of taking off, what I saw was Rion, who was warriors against the goblins. The goblins were being slaughtered one-sidedly, unable to do anything to Rion, and half of them had already turned their backs and fled. By the way, the other half had already been cut down by Rion in one fell swoop.

''You're safe!　........I guess it goes without saying.

Well....

'Well...'

Rion seemed to be able to leave it alone, so he called out to Albert and Cain first, but for some reason they didn't have a look on their faces. When I was about to call out to them to ask why, Albert and Cain remained silent and pointed towards where Rion was. There they were.

I don't know why I can't have a girlfriend!　d*mn it!

With tears streaming down his face, Rion was chasing after the goblins and cutting them in half.

''Yeah... well, if that makes Rion feel a little better, then the appearance of a bunch of goblins must have meant something...''

Feeling rather delicate, I decided to follow the two of them and quietly watch Leon. Nevertheless, I thought it was just ordinary goblins, but it seems that nearly half of those higher-ranking hobgoblins are in the mix. Hobgoblins are said to have the same or greater strength than the average adult male, so if this herd had just invaded the village, there might have been some life-threatening damage.

''I don't know if it's right to be arbitrary, but this time it's a good play by Rion... both in terms of his and my strength and Rion's emotions...''

I'm sure Chris will be angry with Rion for this dogmatic decision, but for once, we decided to side with Rion all the way.