On the road to Dinde, the surroundings became darker around the crossing.
Horse fatigue has also become noticeable, so I suggest that the merchant on Animus, who was leading the way, camp here today.
Seeing the other merchants happily agreed, Lily and I shook our heads vertically.
That should be called the Merchant's Carriage, full of cooking tools and ingredients, and the feast surrounding the bonfire was to be held that evening.
Including the intention to treat us, or the ingredients in a pan that boils over a burning fire, it's luxurious.
Cloudy liquor was also recommended, but I said no because neither of us could drink it.
In this world, there are no laws that bind drinking at age.
But I'm not foolish enough to expose myself to defenselessness in front of someone I don't condone.
"It's a good liquor but a waste," he recommended, just in case, but still refused.
On the other hand, the 17-year-old boy who says he is a merchant's apprentice - Rabbi - was drunk when his master recommended him to.
Apparently, he's trying to get us to drink again after showing us that he can drink even if he's 17.
... He doesn't seem to be turning the rhythm around, but I wonder if I can say I drank with that one.
Alcohol also advances, and when most merchants' cheeks become reddish-footed suspicious, one small fat, bearded, frigid man rises.
Surprisingly, he seems to be the organizer of the flyer he saw in Plymouth, or ”example spectacle hut”.
"I'll show you our proud collection (...)"
Proudly said, he headed to his carriage carrier and when he unlocked the key (...) he brought back three men and women.
The other merchants are thrilled with his ”show” and the applause pours down.
With the applause, he and the three people he was brought here were somewhere proud.
I guess what Lily and I couldn't accept about the show was the difference in sensibility, or the so-called generation gap, apart from whether or not it's right to use this word for another world.
Only thing that bothered me was that the owner of the spectacle hut called them collections.
For them without a place to go, a spectacle hut may be a necessary place.
But...... and reminds me to think and pretend that much.
I wonder why I'm thinking that. [M]
They're all from the kingdom anyway.
There's no need to worry about your head anywhere.
If you kill him, it's the same thing.
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Late at night when they all fell asleep.
Sleeping with Lily in a tent prepared by the merchants, I've always asked when I'd kill them.
Then from the outside, there's the noise of a mess and someone moving.
Peeping outside through the entrance to the tent, there was the figure of the Lord of the spectacle hut carrying a moving bag.
He looks around suspiciously and heads towards the nearby woods.
"I'm a suspicious person. It's like I'm introducing myself."
"I'll go after him, Lily, wait here"
"Okay, be careful"
I walk out of my tent with Lily's words on my back and chase a man with a bag on his back as he kills his footsteps.
Then I walked for about three minutes, and when he started to rough my breathing, "Ha, ha," I packed the distance at once and reached for my shoulders from behind.
"Wow!?
The man buttocks with a pitiful voice.
I heard a small "ahhh" from inside the bag.
Are the contents creatures?
"What are you doing"
"Hey what... is that you? Whatever you want, leave me alone."
"I heard a voice from inside the bag, but no way. Even people are in it?
"Huh..."
The man is breathtaking.
It's an understandable reaction, was the contents human after all?
"Are you going to dispose of it because it's no longer useful?
"Gu...... oh yeah, bad!? I bought this for a high price and it doesn't help either. Hey, I need to take care of downstairs and it's a hassle all the time!
"Did you buy it?"
"Oh, there are a lot of parents out there who sell their kids if you let them tease you a little bit of money. Before you were born, you said," I don't want to kill my child, "and you're not gonna like it while I'm raising you. I make money walking around all kinds of towns buying kids like that. I've never thought of it as a vice."
"But if you don't, you won't be able to make money on their own."
"You know what I mean. Then you'll miss this, too, won't you?
With that said, the man pointed his jaw at the bag that rolled to the ground.
"I'm not going to blame you for missing anything from the beginning. I was just interested."
"What... was I? Then that's enough, let me go."
"Just one last thing, can you just let me know what kind of person is in that bag?
"You're interested in that. You're an unusual one."
I wonder if it's unusual, though I think it's the natural curiosity of a human servant to show interest in someone who's going to die now.
"Inside, I bought an Ingratus in town, southwest, a woman with no hands or feet and no eyes. It seems to use anima, and they called it the" Virgin "in town, but they said it was" too much to sell because it was no longer useful ”from the other side. But although it's good to buy it, it's weirdly priceless and useless. Every time I want to go home, I feel like I want to go home."
Animal use…?
"That was the last question I asked you, because I'm gonna let you go."
"Yeah, I'm sorry I stopped you"
"... that's a really weird one"
Speaking like a throwaway dialogue, the man left further into the woods.
When I drop him off until I can't see him, I head back to the tent. [M]
"How'd it go?
The lily asks, as she creeps through the entrance.
I returned it with no discouragement. [M]
"I was dumping a woman who was no longer in use."
"What, throw it away......!?
"That's not the kind of guy who calls humans collections. Let's get started when that guy gets back."
There is no longer any reason not to say whether or not to carry out the plan.
"Okay, I'll see you on schedule."
The operation meeting is already over.
The other person is only a biological person.
They have to board Animus against us, who just have to wrap around Anima, even to resist.
Besides, there are two Animas here, even if we can board Animus, there's no chance of winning.
The result was visible before I did it.
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Follow the route that the lord of the spectacle hut had just walked down to the woods, where there was a slightly swollen sack of hemp.
When I unwrap the strings that are sealed in the bag and open my mouth, the smell of excrement blows out from inside.
I blushed unexpectedly.
"Hey, he's alive -?
"Who………"
She answered my call with a small voice.
The consciousness seems clear.
"My name is Misaki Shirotsume. I'm personally interested in picking you up."
"To help...... thank you"
Thank you, huh?
I can tell just by hearing your voice.
She's probably a beautiful (...) person.
"It looks like there's a river nearby for now, so wash your body there. Uh, is it okay if I carry it in the bag?
"... I'm sorry, you're dirty"
"Well, sort of."
"It's all right, keep it moving"
I weirdly denied it and didn't want it to bother me.
Does she also feel burdened by what she's been leaking, her expression is dark?
When I was in charge of the bag, I hurried to the nearby river.
Fortunately, the river flows slowly and there seems to be no problem with immersing your body as it is.
I'll take off her clothes first.
Smooth, white skin with no blemishes, full-bodied appearance with a gentle looking smile.
If the five bodies were satisfied, the men must have taken her away from each other.
No, even if I didn't have any hands or feet - or maybe the guy was going to use her in a spectacle shed for those purposes (...).
”High pride," he said abominably, because he refused to do so?
With her sides grabbed, soak her body in water.
On her way off, she was looking embarrassed.
I think it conveys that she's a woman with a voice, but I don't know if she's good at that.
"Ahhh..."
"Are you okay? Were you cold?
"Oh, it's okay. I can't see it, so I'm a little surprised."
Well, you weren't even blind.
"Next time you do something, I'll give you a signal."
"It would help if you did so"
It's an unpleasant, polite tone.
I solemnly wash away my body as I feel the remnants of when she was called the Virgin there.
I didn't bring anything to wipe, so I let her use her undamaged jacket while I was sorry.
If you put on my clothes on on the way home, you won't have a problem.
I have never washed a woman's body without limbs, so I carefully reach into every corner of my body while struggling.
"Exactly. I was wondering if this was going to die, so it really helped. Thank you, Mr. Misaki."
"You can thank me."
Because you will soon be resented anyway.
"By the way, what's your name?
"Oh, I'm sorry, you didn't introduce yourself yet. My name is Ellea Flauclock."
"Ellea, it's nice to meet you... I wonder if I'm glad I called you out"
"I'm 19, how old is Mr. Misaki?
"Then Mr. Ellea is three years older, because I'm 16"
"I thought it was about the same age because I was calm. But don't worry, call me out, because I owe you my life."
"Then call me after you, Ellea."
"So is that, Misaki"
Ellea leaves me in no doubt, and she plays the conversation.
No, not a single element of her suspicion of me actually, but somehow, my suspicion tells me this.
She's a beautiful person, so she must despise us from the bottom of her heart after this.
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After washing Ellea's body, I put my jacket on her and took her back to the campsite (...).
When you see me back, the lilies rush towards you.
Looks like he was just finishing putting his stuff on the carriage carrier.
"Welcome back, Cape. You think that girl was dumped? Wow, she's such a beauty."
"Yeah, they say Ellea Kufraurok."
"I'm the Cape... partner, I say Lily Acabane. Nice to meet you, Ellea."
"Yes, thank you, Mr. Lily"
He said, "You can call me out. I think I'm younger."
"I was told the same thing earlier by Misaki. Then let me call you Lily."
"Yeah, yeah, I think it's better that way."
Lily wasn't worried because she was good with people, but she broke it off with Ellea lightly.
"Oh, yeah. What happened to Ellea when she usually traveled?
"I fastened it with a cloth and had it carried on my back"
"I knew it... Lily, wasn't there any tools left on the carrier that could carry her?
"I think there was something like a band made of cloth, I'll look for it."
"Please, I can't keep you around forever"
It's not a matter of weight, in the sense that it's inconvenient if your hands are blocked to walk.
We'll be together for a long time, and you want to do what you can to make each other comfortable on their journey.
"Sorry for the inconvenience"
As polite as ever, you must have grown up in a good house.
How did that result in losing limbs and even losing sight and being sold?
And even if it's sold, why can she stay so clean?
I'm not exhausted.
"By the way..."
"Hmm?"
Ellea inadvertently said, as if to cast only minor doubts.
"I smell blood on the burn, is something wrong?
Instead, I return it as if it were a daily tea meal.
"I think it's because I killed everyone except Ellea and him (...)"
There was no reply.
Probably because Ellea didn't understand my words.
The boy's voice approaches, as he pokes reality at her like that.
"Not me, not me, not me, not me... eh"
The boy, who held a knife in his hand, returned his arms and dyed bright red with blood, said his name was Rabbi Mijara.
He is 17 years old and from the kingdom of Orines.
I'm not from the Kingdom of Legnatrics, that's why I let you live.
Though I let enough wedges (...) strike in because it's troublesome to just let them get away with it.
"Rabbi, I wonder if it's time for you to get ready to get the carriage out"
"It's not me, it's not me, it's not me. No!
I told him to walk around scratching his head.
"You're the one who killed my master, Rabbi."
"It's not me. Ah! That one, I can't help but be ordered...!
Get close to him, face close and tell him again.
"But I killed him."
Rabbi lowered her voice "hiccup" and stopped moving.
"Look at your hands."
"Oh, oh... oh, no... no, no, this isn't me."
"You did it. Rabbi's a killer just like us."
"Uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh Oh, my God, what are you guys? Huh!
Lost his escape from the heart, Rabbi said, staring at me.
"Ho, did you really kill him? Why do you need to kill him? Weren't you just on your way to Dinde!
Ellea beat me in tune.
Don't feel like even Primus asked a girl the same thing.
I guess they'll ask me the same thing every time I kill them in the future, even though I only have one answer: how many times have they asked me?
"I am the man who swore vengeance on the kingdom. That's why I killed them, because they're from the kingdom."
I told the truth in a pale tone.
"I... survived because I'm not a Legnatrix person"
The rabbi is flashy.
Ellea, on the other hand, shook her body in anger.
"Oh no, killing people for reasons I don't know... that's not a good thing!
"Good things, bad things, that's not the problem."
"That's the problem! What do you think people's lives are!?
"I think it's less than garbage scum, as far as the people in the kingdom are concerned"
"Then why didn't you kill me!
"That's because you were interested."
Ellea has a beautiful, pure heart that shines in a dazzling way.
Yet it was not cloudy when exposed to man's malice, it also had strength.
"I can't stop wondering why Ellea's heart, abandoned and sold by her exhausted companions, didn't cloud as soon as it was judged useless, even though she was so valued by people as to be called the Virgin. Really."
"They didn't sell me, I got caught."
"Who blew that in from?
"These are the men who grabbed me!
"Heh, heh, hahahahahahahahaha!
"What's wrong!?
I laughed unexpectedly.
Oh, my God.
I can't believe it's so far, so pure that I'm dazzled.
"Ha, ha, no, I thought you'd be happy in your life if you pierced a good girl that far. Well, in the meantime, I'll ask you to come with us on our journey. Whatever it is, you can stop by my hometown."
"Let go, I'm not going to follow a demon like you!
"Don't worry, neither I nor Lily will touch the people in town."
"It's obvious! If I get my hands on those people in that town, I won't forgive them either!
"No, Ellea uses anima, too. Looks like we're gonna be having fun together from the front."
It's about as good as being called the Virgin, and I'm sure she has excellent skills.
It's not bad to prey on that and get it.
I don't have the right to refuse anyway.
"Take me and what are you going to do..."
"Come on? Maybe you want to see what happens to Ellea after your trip."
"You're welcome, because I'm me!
Ellea says it out in a strong tone.
If you don't change, you can stay the same.
No, maybe it's more convenient for me that way.
Because the proof that a person with a beautiful heart in the true sense exists in this world should be somewhat salvative.
When I instructed him, Rabbi, who had given up, sat in fright on your stand and held the horse's reins.
When Ellea, Lily and I, the three of us, sit on the carrier, we get whipped and the horse walks away.
"Cape sounds like fun."
Lily said, with her shoulders tucked together perfectly.
"In fact, it's fun. It's not a bad peaceful journey, but it still makes me feel most at ease when I can kill my classmates and kingdoms."
The fact that vengeance is definitely progressing gives me a sense of fullness.
From now on, I wonder what fools will appear before me and what disconnect they will make me hear.
I was headed to Dinde to meet her next time. [M]