CH 282

“! Knights, take down the scattered wolves!”

“What a lot of spread!? But thank goodness, I’ll spread them once more! !”

“Ouhhhhhh!”

In order to open up a path for the knights, I first floated up with my levitation and sprayed aqua spread over their head with all my might, firing warning shots, and the knights kicked them out of the way. If the knights and the wizards guarding them are good enough, they can take care of the rest with a little help. In the meantime, we need to make quick work of this too. ……!

“Kuooon ……!”

“Grrr!”

“I won’t let you! Makina!”

“I got it!”

“Kyan!?”

Seemingly unable to cope with the aerial attack, I kicked the wolf that tried to bite him and quickly throws the baby bear to Makina. At the same moment, another wolf leaps up and jumps to bite the baby bear with its mouth. Makina jumps up, too.

“Just in time! Ha!?”

“Grawr!”

As Makina jumps up, she sees two wolves attacking her from below. But of course, that attack would never reach Makina.

“Hmph! Strong Thunder Palm!”

“!!”

” “Kyafun!?” “

Fath-san and Sephiro had each blown away one of the wolves. Makina also landed well, knocking down the Wolf with her hand blade. 

“Take that. !”

I kicked the wolves that were surrounding the baby bear, and I flew high into the air. As I was about to call out to the Makina below me, the Viking Wolves, who had been moving quickly, stopped moving, and as if possessed by something, the attacking Wolves all distanced themselves and gathered into one mass. 

“Are they being manipulated, after all? I can make them disappear now, but ……”

“Aoooooooooooooooooo!”

When I held out my hand, one of them stepped forward, started howling, and showed its belly right then and there.

“What are you doing?”

“‘Gauwau ……”

The prone wolf glanced at his fellow wolves.

“You want give your own life so I’ll spare the others?”

“Gau!”

“I see. …… I wonder What happened to the momentum you just had?”

As Makina says this, one of the knights opens his mouth, raising the visor on his helmet 

“They’ve killed quite a few of our people. …… Maybe they’re trying to avoid being wiped out. These guys are more cohesive than most. Maybe this guy is the leader.”

“I see ……”

Monsters are basically hunted when they want meat or fur, or when they are attacked. Adventurers don’t overhunt them because they tend to multiply and become a nuisance.

“I’m going to consider this a surrender and let these guys go, is that okay? If they come at us from behind, I’ll take the blame.”

“Yes, Lord Lars is the only nobleman here. That’s fine with us. Right?”

When the knight said that, the other humans nodded. Wait!?

“Himmel-san is gone too ……!?”

“Oh, It’s true!?”

“He must have moved when Basleigh-sama was taken away. He’s got a soft spot for his sister. For now, the wolf’s onslaught should be over now. Let’s go after them.”

“Right. Hey, you guys. Don’t get in our way again, okay? We’ll bury your friends later. Let’s go!”

“Wafu……”

We left the Wolves there and ran off.

I glanced at the baby bear in Makina’s hands. I couldn’t tell if he was tired or frightened, but he was being held still.

“Makina, take care of him for a moment. If we run into its parents, give him to me.”

“Alright. It’s okay now.”

“Kuoooon ……”

At any rate, why did they take Basleigh-sensei, anyway? If they’re going to use her as a hostage, I think they should have taken her earlier ……

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“Nooooooooooo!? I’m going to be eaten! Help me, Lars-kun!!”

Basleigh’s eyes roll back in her head as the deadly bear jerks her around with her collar in its mouth. If I went back to the nest, I would become food, so I struggled somehow, pulled out the dagger on my waist, slit my collar, and rolled on the ground.

“Guhe ……!? Ouchie ……. But, with this ……”

“Grrrrrrrr ……”

“–I’m not, I guess. Well, what can I do ……?”

She gets up immediately, but the deadly bear turns to Basleigh and bares his fangs. She’s not very good at individual combat, so she looks around with only her eyes, sweating coldly.

“This isn’t good, I don’t even know which way I came from because I just rolled over. It’s not something I can just run away from, but it’s a good idea to get out of here first.”

Just as Basleigh made up her mind.

“No, no need for that!”

“That voice is!?”

The Clan’s members appeared to fan out around Basleigh, surrounding the Deadly Bear, and Birdie popped up near Basleigh, holding a large sword.

“‘Now that we’re here, you’re safe.”

“‘It’s Birdie! Are you here to help me by any chance?”

“Yeah, we all did the moment you were taken. Hey!”

” “Ouuhhhhh!” “

As soon as Birdie gave the signal, they all attacked the Deadly Bear at once, sinking its huge body into the ground without any resistance.

“……”

“Hehe, good for you. And what’s with the difficult look on your face?”

When Birdie narrowed his eyes quizzically, Basleigh opened her mouth.

“…… Birdie, I wonder what your purpose is? Is your intention is to isolate me, and to hold me hostage? I’m still one of the ministers of a country. I’m sure you can think of some of me ……”

“…… Don’t leave so quickly.”

“Tsk.”

He grabs her by the wrist and pulls her close, and she turns her head away and clicks her tongue out at him, but Birdie sees this and laughs out loud, bringing her face close to his. 

“Kuku, this is nice. That intuition, that manner of speaking. You’re the woman I want …… I’m surprised you’re a minister, though. Well, you’re right about me isolating you.”

“What the hell is that for? You can’t demand a ransom from me, you know? I’m poor, after all.”

“There’s no way a minister’s poor!? …… No, I’m seriously in love with you. So why don’t you come with me?”

Birdie took Basleigh’s hand with a straight face and said something like that.

Now, confession time! What will you do, Basleigh?

Thank you for reading!

[Afterword Theater]

“I’m not going to do anything.”

Don’t say that so quickly ……