I Was Kicked out of the Hero’s Party Because I Wasn’t a True Companion so I Decided to Have a Slow Life at the Frontier

The mountain path has footprints through which many people have passed.

"I think it belongs to the lord Zutto and the soldiers who departed yesterday."

The girl told Uge-Uge, who was concerned about his footprints.

"A total of 29 mercenaries gathered from outside. Zutto is an army to get rid of the dragon and get treasure."

Uge Uge nodded. The lord's army had also left Umura to see the village.

"The mountain is home to the golden dragon, where its treasures rest like mountains."

Ugeuge-san showed his head.

"How do you know there is a treasure?"

Nobuhiko and Uge noge nodded.

"Two years ago, the former lord, Brandt and the soldiers, were attacked by a golden dragon in the mountains. From the village, I saw a golden dragon circling in the sky. Only five soldiers were killed and all were killed, but only one soldier fled to the village with severe injury, and the soldier died after all, but just before he died, he said, I saw the golden treasure. '

The girl cuts her words once and looks down.

"Did you hear me being called a dragon witch?-Well, Brandt went to the mountains with his soldiers, looking for my mother. Brandt was trying to make her his own , We came to our house with the soldiers, not that hut, we used to live in the old days.

Dad resisted, but only one soldier was killed without help. But while Dad was fighting, Mom took me and fled to the mountain ... I knew it was impossible to take me with a little me and fled the mountain.

We were being cornered and I could not run due to my leg injury on the way. My mother hid me in the bushes and ran away, alone, just because I was targeted. That's the last time I saw my mom. "

The girl squinted with nostalgia looking at the road in the forest.

Uge Uge taps her cheerfully on her shoulders.

"Thank you. I ran on this mountain path again. She was so angry that she was rejected by her, so she was very scared to be killed. But when the sun went down, the golden dragon appeared and she and her soldiers All but one soldier were killed by the golden dragon.

The villagers said their mom called a golden dragon as a witch. Until then, no one had seen a dragon on this mountain. I would have noticed if the dragon lived so close ... the villagers said that she was a witch whose mother sold herself to the dragon. "

Mr. Uge Uge jumped. Looks angry.

"The spider is a good spider. Well, I'm going to steal the dragon's treasure while Zutto and the Golden Dragon fight."

The girl looked at the high cliffs visible through the trees and said,

"A handful of silver coins are enough. I can live alone elsewhere! I don't have to live on the villagers who have killed their mother and dad!"

The girl walks a little faster.

"Watch the spider. I'll do my best!"

Ugeuge jumped over the girl's head and stroked her with her small arms.

Meanwhile ... Uge Uge glances at the stone in the forest.

Although it is wrapped in moss, the stone has unnatural scratches ... there are artificially carved letters and pictures.

More than 200 years have passed since it was carved.

Ugeuge cannot read the text, but he understood only what the abstract, small picture shows.

The figure of the dragon protecting the treasure was carved there.

The golden dragon has been here for a long time.

"A little rest ..."

After walking for about an hour, the girl distorted her expression and stopped.

The girl was dexterous, but she was still an amateur in armor. The leather armor she remodeled was unbalanced, with weight concentrated on the girl's left shoulder.

Under the clothes, the skin is worn and blood is oozing.

The girl may take off her armor, but it would be suicide for a girl with a low level of protection to walk on this mountain without any protective gear.

"And it's such a battered armor, but it looks like my dad protects me when I wear it."

The girl is trying to balance the burden on her left shoulder while shifting the armor.

Looking at it, Uge Uge jumped down on his back.

"Eh, what?"

Uge Uge quickly runs around the girl's armor.

The girl was surprised at what happened, but her left shoulder was soon relaxed.

"Eh !?"

When you lightly move your body, the weight concentrated on your left shoulder is now dispersed throughout your body.

"Did you do it with spider's thread?"

Uge Uge replied, jumping lightly.

"Wow! Spider is dexterous!"

The girl started walking again.

The shoulder still irritates, but not to the point where it can not stand the pain.

"Thank you spider"

Uge Uge raised his right arm to welcome you.

After lunch.

Uge-Uge-san and the girl were off the mountain path and were progressing, cutting down the grass blocking the way with the sword.

"Yeah, you can see from here"

The girl said, looking down from the slope.

In front of the girl's gaze were Zutto the Lord and the soldiers.

The soldiers appear to be set up in an open space on the mountain, ready to meet the golden dragon.

However, no large weapons such as baristas are found, and some improvised fire shields covered with non-flammable grass are provided.

It may be able to prevent fire arrows, but it is a preparation that does not rely too much on the dragon breath.

"... Yeah, let's go further, so you can run into the cave as soon as you start fighting."

With Uge-Uge on his shoulders, the girl goes on a sideless path.

His father's sword, which was mowing his grass, was trained by a young blacksmith, and was a cheap sword.

"Because sword care was learned from my dad."

The girl muttered so.

Ugeuge encouraged her by tapping the girl's shoulder.

The girl thought she was going to have a hard trip, but her trip with Uge Uge was always warm.

The two go for a while in the mountains.

After walking for about 30 minutes, I arrived under the steep cliff.

The girl heard that the cave where the golden dragon is supposed to live is around here.

"I have to find a place where I can climb ... Spider, which way should I go?"

Uge-Uge jumped over the cliff at a girl who was worried right or left with the cliff in front.

Then turn to the girl and hind legs pointing on the cliff.

"Climb here !? I can't because I'm not as light as a spider!"

Nevertheless, after seeing Uge Uge repeatedly appealing, the girl approached the cliff and placed her hand on the location indicated by Uge Uge.

"This ... could go!"

Looking up from below, you could only see the cliff, but if you touch the cliff directly with your hands and feet, you can see that the angle is about 50 degrees.

The girl looks at Uge Uge again.

Uge-Uge raised his right arm and began to climb the cliff when he arrived.

After seeing Uge-Uge-san, the girl decided to prepare her and put her sword in a sheath and began climbing the cliff with both hands.

I will climb the cliff soon.

The girl rested her tired arm, leaving her body in Uge Uge's thread.

"I wouldn't have done this without a spider, thank you."

When the girl laughed, Uge-Uge shook his arm and answered.

Uge Uge has guided her back and forth around the girl where her hands and feet should be placed.

In addition, Uge-Uge's thread connected the wall to the girl, forming a lifeline. When she slipped, she did not fall and was safe.

"A little after……!"

I've cut another meter down the cliff.

The girl shook her tired arm gently and squeezed her power to grab the cliff again.

At that time, Uge-Uge-san was in a hurry and raised his arms in front of the girl, spreading his legs and leaning toward the cliff.

"e?"

The girl was puzzled. But the girl trusts Uge Uge.

This little spider is the only friend of a girl who had no one in the village.

Anyway, the girl turned to the cliff trying to do the same as Uge Uge.

"Gaa! Gaa!"

Birds flew all together on the cliff.

"What, what?"

A huge shadow covered the girl's sight looking up at the surprised sky.

"dragon!!"

The dragon flies, blowing out the fire from its mouth and spreading its huge wings, more than twice the body.

It may be small for a dragon, but it's huge enough to be comparable to an opposing human.

The girl and Uge-Uge saw exactly the dragon.

But.

"Not a golden dragon ...!"

The scales of the dragon were not brilliant gold but glossy jet-black.

The girl arriving on the cliff and Uge Uge look down.

"Dragon is fighting!"

A black dragon was violently attacking the position where the soldiers were waiting.

Soldiers' arrows and magic fly over the black dragon circling in the sky.

However, none of the hits were effective, and the soldiers were being beaten one after another by the blaze of the black dragon's fire that had descended sharply.

Petite Lord Zutto is hiding himself from the dragon and giving instructions with his face bright red.

...... But, apparently, there are only plans to "fight" and "do not escape."

Routing is a matter of time.

On the head of a stunned girl, Uge Uge jumped.

"That's right, treasure now!"

The girl turned back and rushed to the dragon cave.

The cave was found immediately.

The giant dragon is not trying to hide traces of life.

Trees destroyed, traces of food, huge footprints.

All remained clearly.

The cave where the dragon lives was a large side hole.

Uge-Uge is wary of noticing that the wall has been artificially cut out.

With the insects' intuition, Uge Uge felt that there was something unnatural here.

"Treasures in this ..."

The girl's wish is a handful of silver coins.

A modest amount of money you'll get if you're an adventurer.

It is a treasure that must be obtained even if you bet on life to get a new place.

The girl pulled out of her sword and proceeded to the cave.

"Ah!?"

But the girl stumbled at the entrance to the cave.

The back of a girl who is about to fall is pulled.

"Oh, thank you spider"

A thread on the girl's back leads to the ceiling of the cave.

Seeing the girl stumbling, Uge Uge threw a thread.

"Already! There is a depression in this place!"

The girl shyly blushed and said.

The girl stumbled because of a round depression in the rock at her feet.

"This isn't a natural thing."

Curiously, the girl crouches and looks at the hollow.

On a rock that seems to be hard, there is a hollow with a perfect circle and a uniform depth.

It did not seem to have been created by natural phenomena such as weathering and erosion.

At that time, Uge Uge climbs up to the ceiling as he runs the thread.

"What's wrong?"

The girl anxiously followed her where he was.

There was a mirror on the ceiling just above the depression, where Uge-Uge-san headed.

In the shadows, where the light coming in from outside was not shining, the presence of this mirror would not have been noticed unless the lights were turned on and the ceiling was looked closely.

Ugeuge noticed a different feel from rock face because the thread happened to stick to the mirror.

Maybe it's magical, but it's not known to the spider Uge Uge.

Uge Uge came down to the girl with her head tilted.

"... I don't know, but let's go."

The girl again looked at the hollows on the floor and the mirror on the ceiling, and then went deeper into the cave.

The girl holds a sword in her right hand and raises a handmade torch made of rags wrapped around a branch in her left hand, and proceeds through the cave.

Uge Uge was eating an insect caught on the girl's shoulder.

Vomiting a thread consumes physical strength. You have to supply when you can.

"It's a forked road"

The girl said anxiously.

The cave is divided into two paths in front of you.

"Which way do you want to go?"

In the girl's words, Uge-Uge stopped thinking about eating.

If you look at the ground, you can see that the dragon frequently comes in and out on the right, and not so much on the left.

Uge Uge conveys this to the girl by flapping his feet.

"Well, the room with treasures is a warehouse. The one with more footprints should be a room to sleep or live, so the one with less footprints is a warehouse! Let's go to the left!"

The girl nodded at her words and proceeded to the left.

After a short walk, the cave had reached a dead end.

But there are artifacts that do not fit into the cave in front of you.

"door?"

There was a stone door on the wall.

It's fine for girls, but it's a little smaller for adults.

Of course the dragon would not pass.

"Locked"

The girl pushed and pulled the door, but the door did not flutter.

There, Uge-Uge jumped off the girl's shoulder.

"Can the spider open?"

Ugeuge looked into the keyhole, picked up the thread on his arm and threw it into the keyhole.

When I was moving for a while ... I heard a rattling sound.

"Wow!"

The girl innocently exclaimed.

If this is a sensible adult, it is at a level that doubts that the spiders' ability to separate from the spider is likely to be a demonic, but I feel friendship and trust in Uge Uge For girls, they just have a feeling of respect.

How amazing this spider is!

The girl works hard to open the heavy stone door.

"Who ... is the little storeroom inside?"

There was a space about 50 cm in depth at the end of the door.

Inside there is a pedestal and an old-fashioned mirror on it. Silver, but not cloudy despite being neglected for many years.

It must be magical. It should be worth it if you bring it back.

But the girl had never seen polished silver, and had no idea how valuable it was.

Ugeuge jumps on the pedestal, spins around the mirror and swings his arm at the girl.

"Huh? Can I take this?"

Uge Uge jumps and jumps to answer.

The girl lifted the silver mirror with her hands and put it in her bag, honestly surprised by the surprise.

"This looks different ... let's go back and go to the right road"

Uge Uge shook his arm when he returned to the girl's shoulder.