Kuro no Maou

Episode 19: To the Village of Iles (2)

In no time, I could see a fence about two meters high that spread to the left and right.

Like the first port town I visited, it encloses all sides of the village, but this wooden fence and village building are quite small compared to that port town.

It's just that not all the buildings in the village are in the fence, since houses were built that seemed a little bit like farmers, including Mr. Wertz, whom we met earlier, they say the inside of this fence only has a central meaning in the village.

At first, there were only villages surrounded by fences, but as the population grew, the area of the village expanded, but it was not yet possible to cover the new fence, which is the fact that we found out after a long exchange with Lili by the time we came here.

"That's the front door."

"Yeah."

There is a simple wooden gate in front of the road, which is now open.

Next to it, I saw a large figure with a spear that would be the gatekeeper.

"Oh, it's Lily, isn't it?"

He looks just like the Port Town gatekeeper holding a long spear in light armor, but his body is a big man with a bright blue scale-covered lizard head.

Is it a guy named Lizardman?

"Hello!"

You still look familiar, and I say hello to Lily.

"I've never seen Lily's before."

"Hi, it's Chrono, the black wizard."

Apparently it's not common to have a last name, so I decided to just name it.

And I know that it's not that unnatural in this world to call yourself a wizard.

"Hi, I'm a grint gatekeeper.

A wizard is a rare acquaintance with Lily. "

"I just met Lily, but she's already a friend"

"Eh heh."

It's good that Lily illuminates over her shoulders, but she's slightly dazzled because she shines at close range.

"Well, I could be friends with Lily the Fairy. Ah, bad guy. Bye.

Look, you're going in there, come through. Yeah. "

"Do you mind if I let you go through that so easily?

"I'll never miss the proof of a good man who can't get along with a fairy, or a yarrow fairy of a bad nature. How can you read your mind?"

"Oh, Lily, can you read your mind!?

What? Lily with the expression I'm not sure I understand just saying.

"Lily, guess what I'm thinking right now."

"Yeah."

Actually, I was a literary and artistic clerk who loved to write lanobes of rather painful content in the world where I was!

I don't know.

"... right"

Apparently, you don't exactly recognize the dialogue of your mind word for word.

No, you haven't been able to read your mind in the first place?

"Haha, it's true we're close, you see, don't stand around here forever. Come on in."

"Thank you"

As a result, I entered the village of Iles.

I soon found out that the village of Iles is a peaceful and long idle village, although it is small compared to the port town.

Situated in the heart of the village, the square can see many people gathering for a thoughtful lunch, whether it is just noon or not.

As Mr. Wertz of Goblin said, this village lives in a mix of many races.

Even if you can just see it from this square, it really varies, including humans and the goblins and lizardmen you just met, elves with long ears, splendid mustache dwarves, and beastmen with dogs and cat heads.

Previously, all those who looked far away from humans had only the perception of being enemies in monsters, but when you look at this sight, you know perfectly well that the difference in appearance is only trivial.

By the way, Lily taught me that elves, dwarves, etc. are the official names of the species.

However, maybe the real pronunciation is something else altogether, since the words I hear and speak are an understanding of the effects as if they were automatically translated by modification.

For what I call it, it's not a problem because it's accurately communicated to the other party, so it doesn't make much sense if you care.

"Now, the village chief's house..."

"Over there!"

When I first came to this village, I decided to go say hello to the village chief.

As far as Lily's story is concerned, it's not particularly unusual for a first-time visitor from outside to greet the village chief, and even a suspicious wizard like me to meet him without an appointment.

If I were in Japan, I would never meet the chief who would rule there, but I think it would be like an RPG to go see the village chief like this, no, if it was an old village society, it might be a common thing.

But you won't see a king on a boulder or someone in power who will rule the country, it should be difficult to go to the same extent as going to see the Prime Minister you say in Japan.

I'm going to ask the village chief about this world.

In Lily, like a little kid, it's difficult to explain the route properly, so if you're going to tell a stuck story, it's only for adults, plus the village chief would have a lot of knowledge.

I just hope you're not weirdly suspicious...

"Can't help but care"

In the spirit of hitting and smashing, Lily took me to the village chief's house.