Chapter 485

Chapter 485

Liza saw me getting ready

“...I wonder when Mr. Ekenhart went to sleep? His snoring is quite loud.”

On the other side of the tent, Mr. Ekenhart was sleeping loudly.

He was unlikely to get up for some time.

In any case, I left him and stepped out of the tent.

Apparently, it was just me and him. As Phillip’s sleeping bag was empty.

“Ah, papa! You’re up?”

“Aye, I am. Morning, Liza.”

“Yes, good morning!”

“Wou.”

“Kyau!”

“Good morning, Mr. Takumi.”

“Good morning, Ms. Lyra.”

Liza called out from the river as soon as she saw me.

And so I walked over to her, and then greeted the others.

Sherry was playing in the shallow part of the river, and Liza was with her.

As you did not need to swim, Sherry would be fine.

As for Leo, she was in the deep part of the river, and swimming like a dog... She really did like to swim. Perhaps it was for exercise.

And then there was Ms. Lyra, who stood smiling by the river, and seemed to be watching over the others.

I greeted her as well, and then started to prepare for the morning.

“...Huh. So that’s what you do, papa.”

“Oh, you haven’t seen this before? Well, there are some things a man does in the morning.”

...Could I be blushing a little as well...?

As for Ms. Anne, who stood next to her, she was more tired than sleepy.

I guess one night of sleep was not enough to rid her of the tiredness of trekking through the forest.

After all, she did not exercise daily, and was not used to this.

Thinking of it like that, Ms. Claire certainly had a lot of energy, for being a similar noble woman... But it was no surprise, given that she was Mr. Ekenhart’s daughter.

Tilura was standing in front of Mr. Ekenhart and listening to him with a serious expression.

And while I could not see her face, she was probably a little nervous and tense now that things were really getting started.

“First, we will have Leo detect their locations. Is that alright, Leo and Mr. Takumi?”

“Wuff!”

“Yes, we’re ready.”

I had made Leo eat some sense enhancing herbs in advance, so she should be able to sense presences in an even wider range than usual.

Like this, she could know where to go in order to find the orcs.

“Mmm. Once we know where the orcs are, we will have Phillip and the others head in that direction. And if there happens to be other monsters there as well, try and stay away.”

“Yes!”

“And if you do find any orcs, provoke them so that they will follow you. And if you can, make sure that they are few in number. While I intend for them to take turns fighting, in general I want to create a situation where it is one against one.”

“Yes!”

Phillip and the guards would go into the forest and find the orcs that Leo sensed, and lure them to us.

And if there were too many, they were to kill some and lower their number.

As for who would go, it was Phillip, Nicholas and one other guard.

The other guards and Johanna would stay and protect us.

Leo would also stay as a protector, so it was more than enough. But when a lot of people enter the forest, it was possible that they could attract the attention of other monsters, so it was decided that only three people should go in.

Besides, the guards had been properly trained, so it was unlikely that they would suffer any grievous injuries...

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