Chapter 63

We succeed in neutralizing the guards around the village.

I looked through it with a telescope, but no one seemed to resist any more. Rir is also calm. At least no one was malicious.

“Zelet …”

Anxiously, Pamela stares at the fallen guard.

“Do not worry. I just paralyzed him. “

That said, there is an impact of landing. One or two ribs may be broken, but with that physique, there would be no difference in life.

“Yes, it’s good.”

Pamela seems to be relieved from the bottom of her heart.

You don’t want me to kill them.

Then, she leaves the bush. With her hands open, Pamela called out to the stunned villagers.

I also hide the cannon sword in a black robe, raise the collar to hide the elf’s ears, and go out.

“I’m relieved, everyone has come to help.”

“What did you guys do !!”

Immediately afterwards, it wasn’t the expression of relief that was directed at us. It was a tense horror.

“What? … It hurts!”

A stone hits Pamela’s forehead. Fortunately, the stone was small and didn’t cause a big injury, but it was no wonder that my childhood friend was confused.

The contractor was hurt, and Kure said, “Kyururu! !! “. Rir also raised her face and watched the surroundings.

The villagers who first hit Pamela roared at her.

“If you don’t know, why don’t you leave it alone! This heroic sadist!”

The villagers complained of bloody tears.

Not just men. The same is true for other villagers. Some women with children are crying. The old men just turned down.

“It’s over. This village is over.”

When asked why, the villagers held their heads and repeated the words, “It’s over,” and finally sank to the ground.

An elf who seems to be the village head of this village comes in front of us, who do not understand the reason.

He was quite old. Elves have a relatively long lifespan, and some live for as long as 300 years.

On the other hand, they are vulnerable to diseases and are often short-lived.

The weaker the body, the more customary it is to live in search of a forest with better air.

“Are you guys traveling?”

The elder comes out in front of us, poking his cane.

“No. The prince asked me to free you and get rid of Kerunea.”

Pamela explained that the suspicions of the villagers seemed to have deepened.

“Prince’s request?”

“What are you thinking?”

“Leaving it to a child”

“But the trick of defeating the guards …”

“Stupid guy! That just was a fluke!”

It’s all you want to say.

The elder in front of me heard the story and nodded.

“I see. I understand. Then it’s better to be early. Get away from here.”

“What do you mean?”

“Sooner or later we will be punished.”

“That … maybe Kerunea …?”

When Pamela terrifiedly asked, the elder nodded.

“We don’t care whether it’s Kerunea or the kingdom anymore. We just wanted to live quietly.”

“Are you still wanting it, even though you’ve been struck by a weapon and exploited a precious elf?”

“Shut up, kid …”

However, the elder’s counterargument is really weak.

It was a thin voice as if he admitted losing from the beginning.

“We are not willing to submit, but they manipulate Kerunea.”

“Manipulate Kerunea?”

“Maybe they’re using a magic tool.”

Magical tools that manipulate monsters have been developed for a long time. Its use must be done with caution, and some prohibitions may be contradicted.

For example, you can control multiple monsters with magic tools.

There are records of using this method to manipulate large monsters to destroy several cities and towns when humans were in conflict with each other in the past.

“No way … they …!”

“Yesterday, the neighboring village was attacked because the village hunter accidentally fired at a Kerunea.”

“yesterday—-“

Pamela takes a breath.

I also flipped the black robe.

“Where are you going?”

“To that village. Maybe there are still survivors.”

“Wait, kid”

The elder stops me.

“You’re an elf”

“Eh? Elf?”

“He has black hair.”

“No, look at his ears”

“And the whiteness of the skin”

Other villagers also noticed that I was a black-haired, black-eyed elf.

“So what?”

“I’ve heard rumors of a black elf. Calling disaster …”

“I’ve heard that too!”

“The black-haired elf calls for disaster!”

“Because of you, the village is !!”

“Get out!!”

“No!”

It was Pamela who shook her voice.

“Zelet isn’t like that! Zelett doesn’t call for disaster. On the contrary! He helps everyone from disaster. Because he has the power, Prince Vanalen entrusted it to Zelett. Because he believes in the power of Zelet. So do I! “

Pamela hits her chest with Don.

“Yeah! If the village is open and everyone survives, apologize to Zelet! Tell the children that the black-haired, black-eyed elf will never call a disaster.” ?? “

Pamela just says what she wants to say, and she leaves the place with Stasta.

I, Rir, Prim, and Kure hurriedly chased.

“Cho! Wait! Pamela !!”

“I don’t regret Zelet! I was told that … I was reminded of the past. Even though Zelet was the number one victim of the disaster.”

Pamela sniffles and walks in the forest while talking.

Are you crying? From time to time, she cried.

“Apart from … It’s the past. Stop more than that! Calm down once.”

“I can’t calm down. Why is Zelet like that?”

Finally Pamela looks back.

She was still crying. The tips of the ears and nose are bright red.

Pamela moved to the Kingdom of Vanahia a little earlier than me when she was five years old.

It’s no different from that time.

It didn’t change too much and I was laughing at something.

“That, Pamela”

“What! Is there any complaint?”

“I have no complaints … but I have some advice.”

“advice?”

“It’s the opposite direction.”

“Huh?”

Pamela was stunned and hardened.

“You’re going to the village that was attacked. Then the direction is the opposite.”

I pointed to the faint smoke over the trees.

Both Rir and Prim are reacting.

First of all, there is no doubt.

Then Pamela’s face turned bright red.

“I have one more thing to say.”

“What?”

“Thank you”

I stroke Pamela’s head with a pompon.

The childhood friend, who was a little down, finally regained her smile and got on Rir’s back.

“let’s go”

“Aye”

We were heading towards the smoke.

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A devastated field.

Destroyed waterway.

A collapsed house lying painfully.

There are countless footprints on the footpath. Similar to a deer, but with a slightly larger hoof mark.

Above all, there is no sign of people.

The smoke that was fluttering was just a smoldering fire. I think they ran away in a hurry. A pot trampled by a monster was lying around.

“Terrible……”

Pamela goes crazy.

I lifted a wooden doll that was nearby.

Elven children play with wooden dolls, not cotton dolls.

“It’s the same …”

It’s the same as when I was in my hometown.

Inevitably, the scene 10 years ago flashes back.

The screams of the elves who couldn’t even hear it seemed to be heard from the depths of the village.

“Shhhhh …”

The laid-back voice of Prim echoes.

I thought she found a survivor, but she didn’t.

It was a message engraved on a tree.

welcome! Zelet Winter.

With love from Henderone

“Henderone … that former Marquis.”

“Apparently, that’s right.”

It’s a stupid person.

She has a terrible resentment. I’ve heard of Henderone’s disposition, but I’ve heard that it was the Queen who dismissed it.

What’s more, it was Henderone’s own business, no matter what.

But above all, what seems to be a fool of the former Marquis is that she made Zelet Winter angry.

Apparently, the former Marquis underestimates my ability as a former S-class hunter.

“It’s okay”

Let me tell you how terrifying things will happen when a former S-class hunter seriously targets people ….