CH 21

『… Let me tell you a little bit about my mother…… Ever since she was a little girl…she had the ability to control… the undead…』

… Is it a skill?

『As an adult…my mother used her abilities to…control many of…the undead…… Fearing an army of undead…… the country… tried to kill my mother…』

The girl speaks in a low but hateful voice.

『… My mother… left her country… and came to this forest… with my father… And so… they enchanted this forest… so that no one would ever know about it… and lived a quiet… and peaceful life in hiding…… That’s when I was born…』

「…」

『But… that peace… didn’t last… long…』

『One day…all of a sudden…the Knights…came into this forest…』

『They… found out where my mother was…… and the kingdom sent the Knights… to find her… My parents… couldn’t run away… from the Knights’ encircling formation… in the forest……so they decided… to fight alongside… the undead…』

『… As a result…they both died…』

「…」

『I was just curled up and hiding…unable to do anything with the ball that… my mother… gave me before they fought… the Knights…』

『This is the ball… she gave me…… This ball… has saved my life…』

What she showed me was a suspicious ball of swirling black mist.

『Since then… I’ve lived… in this forest… all my life……… No, I・thought・I・was・li・ving』

「?? What are you… saying… ?」

『… I was a fool…

After all…I thought… I was still alive even though… I was already dead…』

「!?」

Her eyes are sad as she smiles at herself.

So does that mean that the person in front of me right now is a ghost??

『Hey…you know what? … You know… they don’t let the undead in here, right…?』

「Eh!? Then… eh, why?」

『I am a spirit… “undead” is similar but different… And there are… wards here… to ward off… the undead…』

According to the ghost girl, undead and spirits are similar, but not exactly the same.

And, even though they both fight, they both attack and are attacked to some degree, but it seems to be a small amount.

Furthermore, there are different types of spirits, such as evil spirits and good spirits, each with different weaknesses.

I see. This is good to know.

『So… here’s the thing… I brought you here… to ask you… a favor…』

「… What?」

『…… I need you to protect this place』

The girl asks me with a serious look on her face.

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【Request】Repel the deformed undead

【Reward】 ???

【Description】The undead, deformed and strengthened by the passage of many years, attacked to break down the deteriorating wards. What do the undead want… ? Repel the deformed undead.

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So this was a quest!?

Seriously… I’m almost dead already before I reach the quest… But… Is it really good that I’m not killing them?

「… I understand. I’ll try my best」

『… Really… ! ? Thank you… very much… !』

She thanked me with a big smile on her face. You were so expressionless just now… I think you’re cuter like that.

『『『wj■pчgd▽eЁy!!!』』』

What’s that weird sound…

――Pishipishi… Parin… !

『… Come… !』

「Un! Hang on! …… Uwa…」

An undead creature with 3 faces, 8 hands, and 6 feet appeared from the direction we had come from, resembling a centaur. Moreover, it resembled the skin texture of the hands I had been fighting with earlier.

I’m gonna fight that thing… I don’t want to…

『『『DjgЁ■tp▲ϖmpw!!!!』』』

And so, I was dropped from a good mood to a bad mood.

Author’s Notes.

That’s disgusting…

Maybe the deformed undead was formed from the bodies of those knights mixed together…?

… I don’t know.