Frontier Lord Starts Out With a Population of 0

He went under the old man, spoke up and greeted him, exchanged some words and found out that the old man was not a shepherd but a traveling cleric.

You said you had personal business and were going for your brother's territory... the weird sheep you were with are not livestock or pets, but fellow travelers you know on the road, and so on.

According to the old man's explanation for the sheep seeing us confused, he understands these words properly and is smart enough to have a conversation.

The old man's strange appearance earlier... or the laughter was born in such conversation with the sheep instead of being hit by the heat.

When I hear that talk and talk to the sheep to try it out, they respond properly, they show movement as if they understood every word of it, and they also make firm declarations of intent with their ringing and tricks.

From these sheep 'expressions of intent, it seems that the sheep are also traveling under their brother for some other purpose… the old man and I were acting together because our destinations were the same.

We hated temples and clerics badly from past experience.

... but unlike the clerics we know, the old man in front of us doesn't seem to be looking down on us, and he hasn't done anything to scorn us.

He seems to treat the sheep gently, and he travels on his own feet without waving his identity as a cleric, without letting the gold say things... and even when he sees us with horses and supplies, he doesn't try to take them with that power.

Such an old man... so hesitant to take a cold attitude towards an old man with a strange and nostalgic face because he was a cleric, so hesitant to throw him out in this heat... we called the old men and the sheep to tell them that we would not travel together if our destination was the same.

That's how with the pleasure of the old man and the six sheep, we were to travel under our brother together... and we were the first to

"In this flame, it would be hard to wear such a mess of hair!

Let's mow the sheep's hair first before we move on!

It was Ellie's... haircut of the sheep in response to Ellie's words about the haircut scissors that apparently were in her luggage.

Parking the carriage on the side of the tree beside the street, the haircut while cool in the shade of the tree progresses so crisply that the sheep feel good watching it sometimes very cooperatively.

"Oh, no. What's wrong with this hair?

It's so sarcastic that your hands don't catch on... yeah, what the hell are you doing with it, you guys? "

"Meh-meh-meh."

and Ellie cleverly mowed her hair while having that conversation,

"Wow, it's really fuzzy.

If I make clothes with this hair, it's going to come with a good price. "

"Meh meh! Meh!

and push the hair Aisa pruned into the hemp bag while having that conversation.

That's how my hair trimming goes smoothly, and I pick up firewood trees from there, start a fire, boil the water I drew from the water field, and get ready to make tea.

The old man, whose throat would be dry, and the old man, who was looking forward to watching us like that as he moved his hands for Issa and Ellie, who would now dry his throat, stroked a beard that had grown properly on his chin.

"I didn't expect him to brew even tea on top of it, not only worrying about the strange old man and calling me out, but even saying that he would accompany me on the journey.

... you guys like people a lot. "

The old man, with long gray hair tied behind his neck that felt like he was getting old or thinner, says that and then makes an unpleasant smile with a face full of wrinkles.

"... well, that's the kind of parent we raised."

When I say that back, the old man turns that wrinkle and grin into something big and laughs happily.

"But Grandpa, isn't it reckless to travel alone in this day and age for as much as you want?

The clergyman would have the money... if he hired mercenaries and arranged a carriage?

When I say that to Grandpa, who keeps laughing, Grandpa swallows the laughter and returns the words as he strokes his chin beard and trims it.

"You were right. I could have hired someone, but it didn't come in handy.

... and there's no reason why we've been alone all this time since we had the same destination along the way. "

"... halfway there? Even though the destination is the same?

What the hell happened to those people?

"... I wish he hadn't gone into Casdex territory...

Whether I happened to stop by a liquor store or something, when I heard about it, I was shriveled to go. I left behind to visit a whorehouse. "

According to Grandpa's story, the man was my brother's comrade.

It was good to go on a journey towards booze with a woman who would gather under his brother who became a lord, to get to know his grandfather and come all the way to Casdex territory with him, but hearing more from the beast man about knowing his brother's present... knowing that the woman and booze you were looking for were not under your brother, go straight to the whorehouse.

... a lot of arrogant bastards for my brother's old knowledge, or something...

... Well, according to Grandpa, the guy was soaked in liquor, even on his journey, and he must have been hit in the head by liquor.

"If I'd hired a mercenary, I wouldn't have known you and those delightful sheep, and I hope it turned out well."

And with that said, Grandpa does his gaze to the sheep... and starts laughing out loud holding his belly.

When such a grandfather fishes you and gives you a glance, there is the figure of the sheep who have been nicely mowed and laid back.

In a bad way, I can also say that he has become a poor minister. Apparently his grandfather can't stop laughing at that figure of the sheep, and he keeps making a lavish laugh while pointing to the sheep.

The sheep suddenly jump at Grandpa's attitude like that, and Grandpa shows him his plan to respond... and starts to squeeze in and out.

I wonder what the hell you're doing in the middle of the summer when the heat gets the tightest, but me and Isa and Ellie accidentally laughed at the way Grandpa and the sheep twitch.

That's how we gained a delightful traveling companion named Grandpa and the sheep, slowly exploring Casdex territory, gathering all kinds of information and heading west... finally reaching our destination across the forest that separates Casdex territory from our neighbors.

There's nothing there, it's just huge... endless invisible meadows, and we're stunned by the sight.

From here on out, thinking about where the hell to go, and where the hell in this meadow is my brother for a few moments while he's stunned...... suddenly he hears the crap and something tearing the grass apart, and some little beast people pop out of the grass that look like dogs...... a lot like dogs.

The beasts, dressed in an embroidered white cloth and with strange neck decorations lowered, call out as they stare at us in alarm.

"Who is it? Are you a customer? If you're a bandit, I'll bite you, so if you're a bandit, go home that way!

We were once again stunned by the beasts who said that.