"You too, let's go together"

With that said, the human red-haired boy came out of his hand.

He doesn't feel hostile to smile, he just has the kindness to soothe his heart. Surely, if you take this boy's hand, you will be happy. A new tomorrow must be waiting for you to forget your hardship life.

If you look only at the age of your appearance, you shouldn't be any different from yourself, but you'd rather feel neutral and unreliable. The boy in front of me had the capacity to make me think so.

The Werewolf So, the boy-Rei, forgot his past grudge against humans and tried to grab his hand.

But--

Werewolf "Oira is proud! I don't receive human alms!"

Ray shakes the boy's hand and runs away from the spot.

When I tried to grab the hand of a boy named Quito, there was a voice asking deep inside, asking, "Are you sure?"

If we can be happy, can we forget the hate that humans have made as beasts, our homes are burned, and our parents and brothers are killed? Who can remember their despair if you forget?

Taking human hands here is only an insult to them. Even if you are alone, lose everything, or end up in despair, there are times when a man must never give up.

Werewolf If you're a real man, show your pride.

――Ray couldn't ignore that voice.

So, when he realized, he shook Quito's hand and ran his back to the beastmen's camp where he had lived, and his friends.

"I'm less hungry ..."

Lei jumped out of the camp and was alone in the woods. My stomach makes a protest because I haven't eaten anything since morning. If you don't get any food, you will starve to death.

When I was at the werewolf's village, I was hunted by my father. But that's years ago.

Rei, who was burned by a tiger man and his parents were killed, was protected by a man named Garraf and began living in that camp. I have never hunted since then.

Most of the surrounding area is human territory, so if an immature child like Rei walks, his life will be at risk.

Only adult men were allowed to hunt cats, with the exception of Senna, a hunting talent.

So, after entering the camp, Rei could not hunt, and could only grow up with other children at the campsite.

Can I still hunt for prey? No, I have no time to worry. Nobody will help me anymore.

From now on, you can only live by your own power. That's the way Ray chose ...

"Can this be managed?"

Rei tilts her neck while checking the feel of the bow in her hand.

He was able to make a bow and arrow using his father's keepsake knife, but he was ugly and unreliable. When I fired an arrow for a test, my aim was deviated and I flew in the direction of the day after tomorrow.

However, the power is enough and it is deeply stuck in the tree that hit it. The problem seems to be only in the work of Yaha. It seems that the effect is weak if you just pick the bird's wings.

After several adjustments, I was finally able to make a straight flying arrow.

"OK, this is it!"

Rei feels a certain response to the completed bow and arrow and decides to look for prey immediately.

Werewolf Most beasts are extremely good not only in physical abilities but also in their senses, especially in hearing and smell.

As he once learned from his father, he closed his eyes and sharpened his consciousness, and the pinching animal ears noticed small breathing and footsteps.

Rei runs for that location and finds a hare ahead.

(I found it!)

The prey has not noticed yet. Now is a great time. Hold down the excitement and gently pull the bow while hiding in the shade.

And--

"Hooray!"

The released arrow stuck deeply into the rabbit's torso. The rabbit has already died because he was able to pierce the key point with a single shot.

Ray gladly jumped out of the shade and grabbed his prey. The rabbits I touched are warm and I can feel that they lived a while ago. The hunt after a long time gave Lei a little guilt at the same time as joy.

"I'm sorry ... but Oira still wants to live ..."

Say, Ray is surprised at his words.

"I see, Oira doesn't want to die ..."

When I shaked Quito's hand, I knew I had to be proud of my death, but after all, I didn't want to let go of my life.

If you have a complex feeling about that, the animal ears will hear another sound. Multiple violent footsteps and metal sounds of armor and swords. This is a sign of an adventurer's party.

Rei shrank with horror, ready to escape. However, if I concentrate my consciousness, the sign is still far away. Apparently, there is no immediate danger to life.

Having taken a deep breath and regained calm, Rey decided to observe the adventurers instead of running away. It was easy to get away, but rather, I wanted to see what the adventurers were.

In order to survive in the future, you need to know more about adventurers who are open to beastmen. Otherwise, you will never see what danger.

Rei decides to proceed with caution so he doesn't become aware of his presence. Eventually, he succeeded in approaching the distance where he could hear the voice without being conscious. You can see it, but the distance is still far enough.

The trees are obstructing the view, so the adventurers will not notice the presence of the ray, if not more.

The adventure party consisted of four men who seemed to be wild. The men are chatting with the guerrillas with a vulgar laugh.

"That's why I'm so gaggy, so I hit my face with all my might."

"I guess it's okay. So?"

"That's why I'm quite mature. That's how it's getting better. I'm the best at dealing with a beast woman."

"Even if it's good to hold a beast woman, I'm not going to be proud of it."

Kakujin: "Let's pull out. And beastmen are beastmen, because they have horns and hooves, others can't be different from human women."

Kazuno: "What happened to that woman after all?"

"Oh, just because I just bought a new sword. After cutting it off, I used to feed my hound."

"Gyahaha, hiding! You'll definitely go to hell!"

"Can you fall to hell just to kill a beastman? And it's years ago! It's prescription, prescription!"

In the story of the men, although there were still parts of the child's lei that I could not understand, I knew only that they were both Shimokane who should not forgive.

He feels his trembling with anger, and his hands holding the bow are full of strength. From here, one or two people can be killed.

Rei angryly aimed at the bow-but stopped thinking.

(When Oira kills them, nothing changes ...)

And even if you're lucky enough to kill half, surviving adventurers will surely catch Ray and kill him in a terrible way for retaliation. I'm absolutely sorry for that.

(Oira will survive. I will survive and change this distorted world. I won't let humans do whatever they want.)

Ray turns his heels and leaves. After all, humans are just terrible people.

Is everyone safe following Quito ...? That was the only concern.

Lei was alone, hunting in the forest, and was alive. He regains the intuition of hunting learned from his father and improves his skills in his daily life.

His body was a little bigger, and now he can easily get a rock bore. However, she has not been able to live a stable life. If you are hunting in the woods, you will have to match the adventurers.

If you can find it in advance, there is a specification of how to deal with it, but it is often discovered by the other party first, in which case you have to escape in a crazy manner. It is mysterious to be alive, sometimes with severe injuries.

Don't do this. Ray thought and made a decision.

"Leave this country, and aim for the desert free city Abu Simbel"

There is a reason for making that decision.

While his father was still alive, he was telling his mother and Lei to leave the country and escape to the desert free city of Abu Simbel.

If you believe in your father's words, there is less discrimination against beastmen than in this country, and because one of the three people who govern the city is a beastman, there is more future than to stay here.

But there were concerns. One is distance.

Abu Simbel is a far distant city and has to get through the desert, a land that Ray has no experience with. Whatever you think, it's a road of death.

Secondly, my father, who decided to go to Abu Simbel, was not very happy with Abu Simbel.

I couldn't remember the reason because I was a child, but if there were no problems at all, my family would have been heading to Abu Simbel immediately.

But that wasn't the case, and their parents died because they remained in the country. I don't know why no matter how much memory I search.

All I know is that there is no life remaining in this country. The only way to survive is to aim for Abu Simbel.

Ray had no time to choose.

Rei decides to become Abu Simbel and will be on a long and long journey.

I left the country where I lived and wandered around other countries, and I had many dangers. Humans, of course, escaped the terrifying monster raids and managed to get to the desert following Abu Simbel.

But here is the problem.

In the desert there is only sand as far as the eye can see, and there is no landmark. In addition, it is said that intense sunshine burns in the daytime and a severe freezing night comes in at night.

That's why even a skilled caravan will always be forced to move side by side with death when crossing the desert.

Necessary equipment-plenty of water, food, maps and compasses, cloaks with magic to overcome the heat and cold, and camels to move.

All were stolen in nearby towns. Probably, the pursuers will come soon. There is no time to be lost because it is a scary place.

Ray believed that there was a future ahead and set foot in the desert.

As a result, Ray's attempt to cross the desert failed.

Desert crocodile shark went well halfway, but at one point was attacked by a flock.

Although his life was saved, he was eaten by camels loaded with necessary supplies, and his magic cloak was torn and became useless.

It is no longer completely clogged.

Rei walks with his feet in the sand as the scorching light shines. I couldn't give up on life, even if I knew it was impossible.

If you stick out your tongue to relieve the heat and breathe, your saliva will dry out in an instant. It turned out that the thick fur accumulated heat and was slowly killing lives.

(No, I can't help this ...)

The moment he thought, Rei could not move and fell into the spot.

(After all, I couldn't do anything ...)

The chest is hurt by the lack of help, but it disappears as if buried in the sand.

The feeling that everything is buried-is this death? If so, what a kind and painful thing ...

When I finally let myself fall asleep, I heard heavy footsteps. The footsteps stop near the ray, and this time a light landing sound is heard.

Maybe a camel. The one on the camel jumped off.

"That, help, please ..."

Ray turns his hand and asks someone for help. Blind-eyed, there was a beastman in a black robe.

Tiger race? It is slender and closer to a cat than a tiger. The fur is also the cat itself.

A cat person, but she must have been a woman. Cat-man, and more like a human.

As Rei considers the identity of the beastman in front of him, he reaches out.

"Do you want to stand?"

Asked, Ray shook his head.

"Really"

The strange cat-beast man nodded and held Ray up lightly.

"I don't know.

The cat-beast man laughed with a mustache at Lei, who expressed gratitude.

"I don't care, because helping is important in the desert."

"Oh, what's your name?"

"Is my name?-

Heisenberg is a cat-beast man. Rei thought that smile was somewhere like a human-Quito.

This is the first day Ray has met one of the three rulers of Abu Simbel, Heisenberg, the leader of the violent organization Cats of Light.