Chapter 192

My Villains Episode 192

44. Dream (2)

The place we camped out was near an unknown forest.

A large rock stood in the back like a cliff, a small stream flowed on the left side, and a winding path led into the forest on the right side.

Until two days ago, the gate to the fortress and the village continued every half a day, so it was crowded with people everywhere. However, after entering the ‘Gistol’ region, where mountains and forests occupy most of the area, people have become very rare.

For this reason, the three large and small young people who appeared on the other side of the trail when the dawn broke had a corner that looked suspicious even at first glance.

One of the two mercenaries who had been on watch came up this way and nodded towards the trail.

“Shall we check who they are?”

“o uh w — n .

The ‘Death King’s scale handcuffs’ were made of a thin material that stuck to the hand, so other gloves could be worn on top of them. Someone might ask where I got these gloves again, so I’m going to hide them like this for a while.

I clasped and opened my slightly thicker hand and looked at the party that had appeared from the other side.

An unarmed young man and a little girl. Is it a family?

“...No, it’s okay. Don’t argue and send it.”

At my words, Cole, who had been protesting by bending his maroon bow, opened his mouth.

“In case you don’t know, it’s better to wake up the mercenaries. It’ll come out soon anyway.”

As I nodded, the two watchmen roamed the camp busily waking up my comrades.

“Ah-!”

The mercenary man with his hair tied together as rough as a broomstick noisily stretched. His voice struck the rocks behind him and echoed softly, and a group of mountain birds flew up nearby.

“OO uh......”

—厂一丁That .

Ellen, who was wrapped in a cloak and blanket, turned around with a frown. A white hand rubbed his face, and soon his long eyelashes crossed each other, and his blue eyes shone with the dawn.

Ellen, who had blinked blankly, made eye contact with me and shook her neck.

“...I’m cold.”

“cold?”

“O”

Heh.

I have several clothes on, but what is cold?

Then I went over to him, lifted my little body, and returned to the campfire.

“Are you warm now?”

“ow O.

Ellen, who had a lot of sleep in the mornings, would have to spend some time at a campfire in a drowsy state before she would finally get out of her chrysalis.

When Ellen was in my arms on the pretext of sleeping, like now, I would play with her by touching her nose, ears and hair. Then, the relaxed heartbeat gradually accelerated, and I woke up soon from sleep.

“Don’t do it-”

It was always a fun sight to see Ellen wriggling with a sleepy face.

I was giggling and playing around with him when Heila got up and naturally sat next to me. Then, he unfolded a patchwork made of silk and set a kettle and tea cups on it.

Heila held out a silver kettle to Simos, a magician who just woke up rubbing his face.

“Would you like some Simos water?”

“Ah yes.”

Simos took the kettle and scooped up a full cup of boiling water from a brass pot on a nearby campfire.

“It’s hot, ma’am.”

“huh. thank you.”

Heila wrapped tea leaves and medicinal herb leaves in a cotton cloth, tied them with thread, and put them in a kettle. When he mixed it with honey obtained from ‘Trosher’, a region north of Graduil, a sweet scent spread along with hot steam.

As if attracted by the sweet scent, a wad hidden near a rock behind it appeared as if possessed.

“Come and sit down. Just wait a little bit.”

“yes.”

A bunch of people rushed over and squatted down next to Heila.

Munch really liked the tea Heila brewed. Even in the east, my hometown, I sometimes smelled the incense, but I never really enjoyed it.

Steedman, who had been snoring vigorously while Mungchi glared at the steaming kettle, was awake and preparing breakfast.

Steedman, who had been washing vegetables in the stream, tore off the fennel stalks into pieces and threw them into a brass pot of boiling water.

“What is this morning?”

“The rabbit pie I bought the day before yesterday... soup with fennel and salted pork with cabbage.”

“What is it? No name for the dish?”

“What name?”

Steedman scratched his chin on the shoulder to answer the freckled mummy’s question.

“I don’t have a name. If I had to stick it out, would it be ‘Dora Soup’?”

“Dora Soup? What is that corny name?”

“...because it’s the soup my mom used to make often. My mother’s name is Dora.”

“...Uh hmm. What did I just say?”

Cole, who had been watching the trail all along, opened his mouth as he greeted a peaceful morning like any other.

“Come this way.”

When I turned my gaze to follow Cole, I saw Yeh’s group hesitantly approaching this way.

“From what Schönne heard, the high lord has been living in seclusion for several years, so the priest takes care of many things in the estate. Perhaps the religious order will know the situation, so I wondered if the priest would not remain...

“Why do you want to meet the priest?”

“That is it.”

The charcoal maker wrapped his arms around his daughter’s shoulders and continued to speak with difficulty.

“...Actually, my daughter is sick.”

“party?”

I looked at the girl quietly.

The child, who could have been twelve at most, had a very normal appearance except for being a little skinny. Although the expressionless face was a little grim,

“...it doesn’t look like her complexion is bad. What disease do you have?”

“That is.”

The charcoal burner rolled his eyes and hesitated, and his wife whispered worriedly.

“honey.”

“It’s okay, so you stay.”

Reassuring his wife, the charcoal-maker looked up at me as he hugged his daughter.

“According to the elders of the village, it seems that he has been possessed by a demon.”

“......devil?”

“Of course I’m not sure. It could just be the white voices of the elderly.”

At that, he looked at the charcoal maker’s daughter again.

From her expressionless face, I couldn’t sense the innocence or innocence of a child at all...

She was a girl possessed by a demon. It’s like something out of a horror movie.

I was thinking about it for a while when I heard a ‘daughter strand’ behind me. When I turned around, there was a bunch of people holding teacups in both hands, standing upright and staring at the forest.

It looks like a guard dog or a meerkat with its ears erect and its heels raised.

And in fact, Mungchi was more sensitive than most dogs. I and everyone in my group knew that.

After a short silence, ‘Umberta’, a mercenary from the Crescent Islands, stood up and drew a one-handed half sword.

“Everyone beware!”

With her shouting as a signal, the other mercenaries also grabbed their weapons and stood up.

Around that time, I could faintly hear the crackling of the trees. Mungchi climbed a nearby tree with a squirrel-like movement and pointed to one side.

“excuse me!”

Ellen, who was awake right away, began to cast a spell. Cole hung an arrow on the string of his maroon bow, Utequai wore a feathered steel casket, Heila sipped her tea leisurely, Meera drew a luminous longsword from her crosshair, and Steedman writhed with an axe. I raised my shield...

Heyla blinked quietly at my stare and held out an empty teacup.

“Would you like a drink?”

“...No, that’s okay.”

I stepped towards the campfire and ordered Cole and Confair.

“You two take care of this family.”

The quick-witted Cole and the veteran Confir immediately understood my words and led the charcoal-burner’s family to a corner at the back of the camp. Then, instead of being wary of the forest from where the signs were coming from, they watched the family.

Around the time I picked up the javelins I had lined up near the campfire, the protagonists appeared in the dark forest.

“It was gigantic monsters that appeared with a loud roar.

At first glance, he resembled a human, but his wide-open mouth, hairless bald nose, and gnarled eyes gave off a hideous savage atmosphere.

Standing over 3 meters tall, with long arms stretched below the knee, and a fat figure with huge muscles embedded in it, it was intimidating. He wore an unknown leather around his waist, and his oversized hands were holding a roughly shaved club.

“Damn it, they’re ogres...

As a mercenary mumbled, those monsters, which consisted of about a dozen or so, were ogres.

“X-arm is fucked.”

“Those bastards are faster than they look, so I can’t even run away.”

Unlike Cole and Steedman Mira, who were not particularly agitated, the mercenaries they hired when they left Longville looked a little intimidated.

Well, while passing through the Troshire region, that is, the King’s Horsemen’s Territory, we hardly fought. To the extent of meeting a thief from time to time and engaging in a bit of sword fighting? As there were many forts and gates, the security was so good that there were no threatening enemies like monsters or thieves.

“Don’t light Ellen fire.”

At my words, Ellen chanted an incantation and only nodded slightly.

At that time, among the crowd of ogres who had come out of the forest and were roaring loudly, a guy smaller than the others stepped forward.

“Ingganl-”

The ogre, who looked only ten centimeters taller than Utequai, spoke, surprisingly, Milano.

“Half is left. Look at the rest – give!”

“...what is that bastard?”

As Steedman muttered incredulously, Heila, who was drinking tea, opened her mouth.

“He is a sorcerer. Among the ogres, it is rare to see it because it is close to deformity. Lucky for you.”

In response to her words, someone said something like ‘lucky bitch’.

I slightly loosened my shoulders and grabbed a javelin.

“Are you deaf! Right now-”

The javelin

, which flew 50 meters in a straight line, shattered the shaman’s head.

“her. The phoenix javelin has increased a lot.”

“I didn’t know it would fit.”

As soon as Utequai and I finished our feminine conversation, the ogres who had lost their shaman went mad and charged.