I Was a Sword When I Reincarnated (WN)

After the surprise, Fran drank tea satisfactorily. Next to that, I decided to ask what I wanted to know.

"Why were Fran's parents in Castel? I'm glad we were based in Nokuta and the harbor."

Castel, who must always be afraid of anti-demons, is unfit to grow francs.

And yet, why were you raising a child in a harsh castle?

"Or... He said he came to Gordicia to train samurai. So, at first, you were right, you said you were working with a knocker."

"And yet, why are you in Castel?

"He escaped slavery."

"Slave Hunt"

Fran narrowed his eyes and murmured.

"Ah, because the Blue Cat tribe is the enemy of the Black Cat tribe. It seems that the Blue Cat tribes who have been chased from other continents are gathering in Goldishia."

It seemed that the Blue Cat tribe chased by the Beast King was fleeing to the continent to accept even criminals. This may make the slave hunting more intense for the Black Cats on this continent.

Moreover, the more Blue Cats who resent the Black Cats, the more Black Cats will naturally be targeted.

"Even the Black Cats are dangerous if they find out. I dye my hair because I don't seem to be a black cat."

Are you dyeing your hair?

"Oh, it's the same black hair as Fran."

It's easy to find out when you meet the Blue Cats, but from a distance, you don't know it's the Black Cats. I suppose we're reducing the risk of our species being discovered.

"In this continent, there are a lot of drugs out there for ex-convicts who want to erase the past."

"Auntie, I really thought it was that hair."

"Has Fran ever only seen this color?"

"Nh"

He's been dyeing his hair for about 10 years now, starting with Castel.

Did the francs not dye it?

"Dad and Mom were black."

"Ah, well, the hair dyeing medicine is a bit expensive."

It's not too expensive, but it's an amount that the civilians living there would hesitate to buy that day.

I didn't think a warrior like Nadia would have to do that... I wonder how intense the slave hunt is.

"Then why didn't you flee the continent? If you want to escape the Blue Cats, that's the best you can do, right?

Well then. There must have been a problem with the cost of the trip, but it was more than that. "

Italian?

"For the Black Cats? The Blue Cat clan is the enemy of indestructible heaven. I think I regretted being chased away by them."

"... I see."

Fran nodded loudly when he heard Nadia's words. Apparently I know how my parents feel. That's a parent-child.

"I'd rather die than run away from the Blue Cats."

After all, the Blue Cats are the main culprits. I'm sure Fran thought so too. There is a strong fever in the leaking murmur.

"I don't think Kinan and the others felt that way either... I suppose you've lost your way by letting yourself through."

I don't want to lose to the Blue Cats. Fran's parents probably didn't leave the continent because of their thoughts.

Then it came down to Castel and lived in secrecy, but in the end I got caught up in the anti-demon season.

She said she lived in Castel for about three years.

"Hey, now let me talk to your aunt."

"Even so. There's no such thing as a flashy story."

Nadia talks about what happened to her as she blurs.

"At that time... I was in Nokuta the day the village was destroyed by the Resistance."

While Nadia was at Castel, she sometimes went to Nokuta and other places to make money.

Hearing about the rapidly increasing number of anti-demons, she decided to return to Castel, but she had just received a long-term escort request.

It is also difficult to refuse because it is a request from a leading knocker. Moreover, since the knots were surrounded by anti-demon herds even after the end of the request, they were unable to return to Castel.

Are the Blue Cats okay while they're working on knockers?

Somehow. I dye my hair and rarely act alone because I'm with my adventurers. Besides, I've been a Rank B Adventurer since then. My face was so wide, it must have been a difficult prey for the Blue Cats. "

Nadia is dyeing her hair because there is widespread information that there are black cats in the castle, so that the blue cats don't come near. I suppose you didn't want to bother other villagers.

If you are in a city with a lot of people like Nokta, it seems that it would not be a problem if they found out that you are a black cat.

"It was over a week since I joined Nokuta's defense and finally left town...."

After all, when she returned to Castel, the village had already been destroyed.

"I was the only stupid, well-guided peddler who didn't make it to the point."

A peddler?

"A peddler on a tour of an illegal village. I received a letter from a villager, and I took on a job like sending it from the Guild to various places."

Nadia said she had heard more from the merchant.

And a month ago, they told me that the village was destroyed and that there was no survival.

"Say you're the guardian of the village, and it won't help if you don't make it to the important place."

Nadia murmurs with a self-ridiculous expression.

I've been here ever since.

"Gravekeeper? You mean you're protecting the graves in this village?

"Ah, I will never let this village be an anti-demon again..."

Nadia speaks of determination, but there was no positive atmosphere. It is a backward determination full of self-ridicule and regret.

You must have noticed Fran's worried gaze. Make him laugh as if he were deluded.

"... whoa, you said something weird. That's right. I think the surviving merchant is still doing business with Nokta. You may go if you have time. You'll be delighted."

"Are you happy? Were you friends with your father and your mother?

"No... I always regretted not being able to save Fran."

The merchant, Mursani, was in the village until just before it was destroyed. To deliver potions and other supplies to the castle caught up in the anti-demon season.

Mursani, who successfully handed over the supplies and tried to escape the village, was entrusted with letters and guild cards from Fran's parents, as well as a child.

The letter was addressed to a benefactor on another continent. I gave them Alliance cards because I knew they were going to die here.

Deposit cards with your Alliance before a dangerous mission, and pick them up if you survive. It is a life-and-death communication method that is relatively well known among adventurers.

Those two could not have wished for the survival of their beloved daughter.

I entrusted Mursani with Fran.

But he couldn't get Fran out. The anti-demon invasion was faster than I could have imagined, and I couldn't reach the house where Fran was supposed to be hiding.

And Mursani chose his life, and Fran's life, on a balance.

"But don't hold back on him. Even that man, who wasn't a warrior, came to deliver supplies to the village..."

"Nh. I know. I can't help it."

I don't think I can do anything about Mursani either. He is a merchant with low combat power. You couldn't have gotten Fran out of a herd of anti-demons.

Well, since I'm a merchant on this continent, I'm sure I have some combat power.

Running away, Mursani deposited Fran's parents' guild cards and letters with the guild and reunited with Nadia a month later.

A letter...

"To Amanda?

"Maybe."

"Amanda? Kinan and Flamel used to write to each other regularly."

The parent who raised Fran's parents. He also made graves with it. "

"That tomb! That's right. It wasn't made in time. It wasn't Mursani, and I wondered who he was."

Apparently, Amanda, who arrived as soon as she received the letter, was mistaken for Nadia.

That's right. So Amanda said she put the artifact in her parents' grave.... "

"Nh. I came to get it."

I see. Then I'll be there. I'm putting myself in charge of the grave keeper. "

There seems to be no such sense of evasiveness when it comes to opening graves. Well, in this world, there will often be no corpses, and it is certain that the soul is already traveling under God.

I don't suppose the significance of the grave is as great as Earth.

Well, let's go now.

Nh!