A Chronicle of Life in a Different World

Ten days have passed since Eliza came to the abandoned city of Laval.

It's roughly the same period that Eliza spent as an adventurer, but Reurus, who went out with Eliza to exterminate monsters every day, gained one certainty.

"I thought maybe... you know why Eliza got away from this town."

That's how Reurus turned his gaze on the corpse of the horned rabbit you just took down. Horned rabbits slashed “from behind” with swords borrowed from the Adventurers' Union have died instantly in a single blow, and the blood flowing from the wound is staining the ground red.

"I thought I wouldn't encounter a monster, but this is unexpected...."

Sharon murmured while watching the surroundings. Usually it was Sharon who was calm and barely changed his expression, but at this time he had an incredible expression of surprise.

I can understand Sharon's mood well even as a revulsion. As a result, I scratched my head and exhaled my words with a sigh.

"I didn't expect the monster I caught to escape when I noticed Eliza....."

The day after I retroactively received the "Sign of the Guest" from the Spirit Gilba. Yesterday's heavy rain cleared up like a lie, and Reurus, who thought it would be a great monster extermination day, went out to exterminate monsters as usual.

Reurus took Eliza, dressed in easy-to-move clothes, and rendezvoused with her mentor, Sharon, and equipped before heading to the woods south of Laval Waste City.

She asked Eliza to train to feel her magic, and Reurus and Sharon explored the woods as they solidified their surroundings to protect Eliza.

From time to time, I ask about the way I walked in the woods that I was learning from Sharon, the precautions, the natural food and medicinal herbs, etc., and check to see if there are any monsters, or if there are any abnormalities.

--But I never encountered a monster that day.

The day after dawn.

Today is the Reurus line to the forest on the south side again. As usual, Eliza was training in magic sensing, but she took a step further than yesterday to find the monster.

--After all, I never encountered a monster that day.

The day after dawn.

Remembering that collecting medicinal herbs native to the forest, collecting firewood, vines, etc., was the best way to maintain today's life, Reurus was more careful than usual to explore the signs of monsters.

--Nevertheless, I never encountered a monster.

The next day, Reurus and the others decided that the place was bad, and now they looked west from the abandoned city of Laval. Looking at the walls of Laval on his right hand, he walks by the forest, which is not a forest, checking for monsters.

--It was empty that day.

This is very strange. Reus and Sharon, who began to think so, were asked to escort the farmers to the fields north of Laval Waste City, not to exterminate the monsters.

Eliza has been given magic sensing training as usual, but she is very nervous about having someone to guard her as usual. In fact, Reurus was nervous, but as expected, Reurus and the others didn't have a chance to “work”.

--I did not encounter monsters for five consecutive days.

And today, Reurus suggested with one doubt.

"I'm going into the woods alone for a minute. Senpai and Eliza wait here."

It is not to say with friends, but Sharon also accepts at this time.

Although it is not uncommon not to encounter monsters for five days in a row, it is not uncommon. It should be a pleasure not to harm the abandoned city of Laval, but it was also a problem not to encounter too many monsters.

Eliza looked anxious about Reurus leaving, but when Reurus complained that she needed to confirm, she was reluctant to step back.

By entering the woods, the Great Sword puts emphasis on lightness. A lesson learned from fighting magic dogs, Reurus draws his sword from the beginning and steps into the woods, deliberately walking around with footsteps as he explores the surrounding signs.

Normally, I don't try to attract monsters, but today is special. Reurus not only walks, but occasionally randomly kicks the surrounding trees to make a loud noise.

"... hmm? Did it hurt?

After walking around like that for five minutes, there was something caught in the sense of a revus. It is a weak discomfort without fear. As far as that sensation was concerned, it seemed that the horny rabbit was approaching the presence of Reurus.

In the woods, the outlook is poor, and I can't even see it. Nevertheless, Reurus, who believed in his own intuition, turned his heel back and immediately withdrew.

I walked around carrying Dominic's great sword, or even with a set of leather armor and sword, I felt my body lightly. While measuring distance from signs of slow approaching, Reurus occasionally uses trees as a shield to keep distance.

Still, horny rabbits were faster in the woods. As soon as the chills from behind were felt to intensify, Reurus jumped sideways to avoid the horn rabbit's assault.

"Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. Come on, Oni-san, this way."

Reurus clapped his hands provocatively and led the horny rabbit to where Eliza and Sharon were. Even on the roots of a tree, it's all at once pinched, but for a while I've been walking around places with bad scaffolding. It won't get any worse now.

Reurus repeated his provocation to keep the rabbit from escaping and reached Eliza and Sharon - but the rabbit acted unexpectedly.

Huh!?

Out of the woods, he checked out Eliza and suddenly turned back. It's like running away, and Reurus leaks his impatient voice.

"Hey!? Too sudden, Teme!

I had the idea that maybe. Still, when he saw a human, the monster that immediately attacked him ran away in a glance. Reus draws out his dagger and throws it at him.

There is no control over the horny rabbit that runs away. Still, the dagger, thrown hopefully to stop the movement, fell on the horn rabbit's path and slowed it down.

"That's good!

Catch up with the slow-moving horn rabbit and shake down the sword that had been pulled out. The sword that stepped in and swinging down was enough to rip the horny rabbit's back and eat it to the ground with excess momentum.

Reurus pulls out his sword and waves his blood - all the way to the beginning.

"But I can't believe I'm going to run away seeing Eliza, the weakest of them all..."

"It's hard to react with me....."

While Reurus dismantles the horny rabbit with the retrieved dagger, Sharon speaks with vigilance.

Once the two horns were recovered, Reurus tied the vine to the horned rabbit's foot and hung it on the branch of a nearby tree to drain blood. Then the smell of blood spread around, but the smell caught me and no monsters came by.

"Hey senpai, the ability for monsters to stop coming... Ah, 'protection'? Is there such a thing?

"I've never heard of it... but I can't tell you without it."

Maybe it's a kind of 'protection'. It was a Reurus who thought about it and asked, but he doesn't even know Sharon.

"There's no sign of the smell of blood... is there just a monster nearby, or did he just run away?"

While listening to the sound of botrytis and horny rabbit blood falling on the ground, I looked around for signs, but nothing caught my eye on Reurus.

Reurus provoked and “fished”, so the horny rabbit followed him here, but if he was a monster, he might feel something even if he couldn't see Eliza.

"Now you know why Eliza got away with it. If the monster is going to escape, how can he overcome one or two countries with food and water?"

Eliza seems to have traveled for over a month, but the journey is relatively safe as long as there is no monster threat. There is a danger of encountering bandits on foot, but the danger is also reduced at once when monsters travel through the woods.

I've never seen Reurus, but even if there's something like a gate on the street, it has nothing to do with Eliza. You can run across the country through places you can't "normally” pass.

"That said, it's up to Eliza to gather food, and it seems bad for her heart to cut through mountains and forests...."

In the case of Reurus, Kimira attacked him on his way from the village of Shena to the mine, leaving him to spend the night in the woods. At that time, I even prayed for the night to dawn without a single move on the tree, but every time the monster approached, I was desperate.

The fact that the monster is not approaching will be a very attractive force for the fugitives. Still, it seems mentally painful to continue escaping alone for more than a month and perhaps for long.

The fear that Kimira may be following us. The fear that monsters other than Kimira might notice and attack you. Fear of being exhausted by hunger and fatigue. What's more, the fear of not knowing where people are.

Reurus spent less time wandering than Eliza, but was exposed to condensed fear. Anyway, when he was sold as a slave, he had no weapon or armor. If the monster had found me, I would have died without being able to resist.

Though he couldn't completely relax, Reus thought it would be useful if he avoided the monster rather than finding it.

"... Eliza?

Reurus looked suspiciously at Eliza, who was completely silent. Eliza leaned silently and her lips were tied to the first letter.

"I guess I'm still a monster..."

Still, the words spoken so painstakingly shook in no way. Looking closely, Eliza's body was trembling and there were signs that she was going to cry.

"I thought it was strange... even though Ka 'ama, Ta-sama, and Auntie Auntie weren't there, there was no way I could escape... even though I thought so, I didn't get attacked by monsters..."

…………

Sharon said nothing to the words that seeped with tears. Instead, ask Reurus to look at it and do something about it.

"That's right... no matter how strong Auntie and Tosama are, it's not possible to organize the place of life in the mountain where the monster lives... haha, in retrospect, it was almost when Tosama came out to look around."

Eliza laughs at herself as she mocks herself. I was surprised to hear that Reurus was laying the groundwork for life in the mountains, but it actually seemed to be due to Eliza's “power.”

"My wounds heal on my own and the monsters run away... this is a genuine monster..."

Tears rolled down Eliza's cheeks and fell to the ground. Sharon's gaze increased, but Reurus was silently listening to Eliza.

"Kaa-sama, Ta-sama, and Auntie didn't care if I was a bloodsucking species... but is that true... I wonder if you neglected it in your heart? That's why they kicked me out of Kermed. I bet you hate me for killing me at the end of your sentence..."

Eliza spits out words of blame and regret. Eliza's tearful expression was sympathetic even to Sharon, whose relationship was shallower than that of Reurus.

"- You idiot."

Until then, Reus, who had been listening to Eliza in silence, was laughing with his nose.

"Ha!? Stupid... then..."

"Oops, I hated you for neglecting me, but I'm sure my parents and grandma will get depressed when they hear about it. Had I neglected you, I would have thrown you out a long time ago, and if I hated you, I would have attacked you, not you."

Reurus continued his words with a bitter smile that Eliza would have a different feeling. From the edge, it is simple to ask why Eliza's family did such a thing.

"It's a convenient ability for monsters not to come by. Even I've known you for a short time, so I'm sure your family did. Suppose... suppose... If I had neglected you, I would have sold it to the villages on the border."

If you come from a town or village that is plagued by monster damage, such as a monster not approaching, you will want the ability to get your hands out of your throat. Projecting Eliza to Gregorianism when she was disturbed that she was a bloodsucker in the first place would solve the problem. All you have to do is stick out Eliza and run away on their own.

Why didn't you protect Eliza and keep living in the inconvenient mountains?

I'm sure it's as simple as words.

"It doesn't matter if you're a monster or not. She was a lovely daughter to your parents and a lovely grandson to your grandmother. That's why I wanted to protect you... that's all."

Unlike in previous life, it is not natural in this world, and family affection made it so. Is there any other reason why Eliza should escape the city where she lived in this world of light lives and live in the mountains where the monsters inhabit?

At least I can't think of Reurus.

"Yes... what is it? I wonder if I was loved by them.

Eliza asks in an incredibly trembling voice. Reurus shrugged his shoulders and said with a smile.

"Come on? I can't guarantee it with my own predictions."

"... that's where I promise!?

Eliza screams with her eyes peeled at the sudden release of Reus, who talks so far. Regardless of Eliza's sword, Reurus resumed dismantling the suspended horn rabbit.

"It doesn't make any sense, I assure you. I've talked to you a lot, but I've never seen your family before... just like Jilba said. You look like a person, you speak the language of a person, and you have feelings like a person. Then you're not a monster, are you?

It didn't matter if Eliza was a monster or if she was a person. I had been with Eliza for less than two weeks, but seeing her honest roots, I felt that Eliza's family wanted to protect Eliza, even though it wasn't far away.

"Let's think about your future. It's too convenient and stylish, like a fully automated monster avoidance device, and that's exactly what you need to talk to your sister about."

"... indeed. I agree with that."

If the monster avoids Eliza, it will help to escort the farmers. If we succeed, we may be able to lead the monsters and destroy them all.

"Reurus, my lord... hah... it's ridiculous to think so seriously about it"

"Hahaha. I mean, you don't have to think seriously."

It seems cruel, but Eliza's family is already dead. There is no way that someone else's Reurus could have known what she thought, and Eliza has to interpret it herself.

If there's anything Reurus can do, it could be laughing at Eliza with her nose when she “despises" herself as a monster.

"I mean, there are cute monsters like you. At least remember the same intimidation as Kimira and come back. Besides, if you're a monster, you're not going to suffocate by rubbing your nose with tears and then painting people's clothes."

I would like to see a monster who presses his face against a person's clothes and chokes with tears and runny nose.

"Don't tell me about that time!?... and, by the way, is it cute...?

"Huh? What?

"Didn't you hear me!? You can't miss it at this distance!?

"Oh yes yes, cute cute. Pretty Pretty"

"Puffy!?

Eliza's face turned bright red and jumped over to see where the dent had gone. Reurus stopped his dismantled hands and grabbed Eliza with both hands, and he kept saying "expensive".

"Yes, that's a good boy. But first, let's practice magic very carefully. If you interrupt the dismantling of the prey, you don't even know what you're going to do!"

"Don't treat me like a child... I'm afraid of the second half!

When Eliza's small but light body was shaken up and down, she gently lowered herself to the ground. Then he broke his face to Eliza, who was roaring bright red, and Reurus resumed the dismantling of the horny rabbit.

"─ ─ Hmm?"

But there I felt a strange feeling. Reurus stops his hand trying to dismantle the horny rabbit and looks around. Sharon placed his cane in such a realuse and looked around.

"Enemy?"

"No... magic or attention, gaze? It's like someone was watching me...."

When Reurus checks the surroundings, the slightest feeling of discomfort disappears. I can't say much because I don't know the details, but Eliza's abilities have a range of effects, and there may have been monsters watching from that critical point.

"... before I report it to Natalia, let's take a look around."

"Roger, Senpai. Then let's finish dismantling the rabbit first."

Even if the monsters don't stop by, I don't know how far they'll go. The Horn Rabbit escaped, but we need to verify that it leads to powerful monsters such as Kimira.

Even though Eliza's own combat skills are low, she may be able to act as an adventurer if she is a monster dodger. It was a revulsion that I wanted to make sure to break Natalia's smile, which was getting scarier every day.