Life in Another World as a Maid Mage

The next morning, early in the morning, before the sun.

The Tris branch quickly dismantled the campsite with a milk-loaded soup of the remainder of the stew the day before and a lavish breakfast of fresh Brovite ingredients, which were also thinly sliced and roasted with butter and vanilla on a rye bread.

"I'm sorry to have to come back, but please wait."

After making sure his colleagues were ready to leave, Alec came to see Nils and Ellen off for breakfast.

"Leave it to me. Well, maybe we'll be back in about two days."

"They're sending some of the camp healers back to Tris. We have decided to transport some of the seriously injured from the less symptomatic ones, so we plan to accompany them."

They looked tired, and they still smiled. It seems that the Knights of other cities have decided to send a small but supportive medical unit. Although in a hurry, a wagon modified with wheels and carriers will be introduced to transport the wounded in as quiet a state as possible.

"Well, if that's the case, do your best."

"Yeah, I'll do my best."

Well, don't overdo it.

When I exchanged meaningful words, a familiar Shiori swimmed her gaze with an awkward face. Louis bounced happily. When the three of them laughed slightly, Siori lowered her eyebrows and buttocks with a complicated face, but eventually she gave out the package she had with a bitter smile herself.

"Um, this is... not much, but if you'd like, please eat it alone. I'm going to take it home with me."

It's a handmade meal made by Shiori. A note is written on each of the small packages so that the contents can be understood. Sounds like soup and risotto.

"Oh, thank you. I'll sneak in during the break."

"... to be honest, I ate a knight camp and tasted nothing..."

Nils and Ellen looked at each other and laughed.

"I know I can't say luxury because of this kind of situation, but I wonder if yesterday's stew went back, something that was milk...."

"That's right... it was very fatty milk with raw vegetables. There's a lot of weird gray juice floating around. It would have been so much better if you had made me hot milk from scratch."

"Beef is as hard as rubber and I can't chew it out, so I wondered what kind of training I was doing. That's too baked....."

The eyes of the two fell apart. I guess I looked tired strangely, but maybe it's because of the meal. He said he'd see you off, but he couldn't stand the Knight's meal and ran away. Thanks to Shiori, the faces of the adventurers in the delicious meal smile bitterly. All I have to do is hope that the rest of the day is a decent meal.

Well then, let's go. Maybe it's time for the travelers to get together. "

"Yeah, be careful."

"See you later."

The two remaining groups escorted him to the entrance of the village. Many mobility seekers have already gathered. Children and elderly travellers were preferentially put on carriages and left for Tris with two knights and two escorts from other branch adventurers who were originally accompanying the traveller. A carriage would take a few hours to get to your destination.

The rest of the travelers move on foot. Although it is a large group of more than fifty people, it is accompanied by a sufficient number of escorts: fourteen adventurers and four knights of liaison officers, so we should be able to get into Tris without much trouble. Though not as fast as a carriage, it is expected to arrive by tomorrow, even if it is slower than the adventurers and knights used to traveling.

Some travelers had anxious expressions, but most were relieved that they could finally leave. He was stuck for two days. Every face has a relatively bright expression. There may be peace of mind that accompanying adventurers and knights will eliminate the fear of bandits and beasts.

After checking that everyone was gathered against the list of people wishing to move, Niklas said he would be a representative of the Knights.

"This time, the main purpose is to move to Tris. I apologize to everyone who came here for the purpose of sightseeing, but because of these circumstances, please refrain from visiting tourist destinations and villages other than camping. But don't hesitate to ask if you're feeling ill or if you'd like to stay in a village on the way away from your squad. We will respond according to the situation."

As the travelers listened to Niklas with a slightly nervous look, Alec whispered to Theori.

"This time there are so many people, you don't have to use exploratory magic. Your health and magic needs to be preserved first."

Theoli made a slightly surprised expression, but nodded gently.

"Yeah, okay. I will."

Follow her honestly and hold her shoulders gently.

"You won't be busy until you get to the camp. This huge crowd will make it a shared task, but are you okay?

Theoli's gaze was directed at a small carriage of the Knights. Loaded with camping tents, blankets, and food.

"Hmm... I can't tell you because I've never dealt with so many people... but what I do is I heat up the tent and feed them?

"The meal seems to be a knight's field meal. If the knights can cook, you can help them if you can."

I was a little shocked to remember Nils and Ellen talking earlier. You must have understood what I was trying to say, Siori smiled bitterly.

"Something as strong as soup..."

"That's right...."

Until the housekeeper Shiori arrived, there was no one who was good at cooking - especially a party without a woman should have been done with a tasteless meal such as dried meat and dried bread. Sometimes I miss a warm meal and sometimes cook it, but if it is said that it is delicious, it is still good to be honest and subtle, and there are not many things that can be clearly said that it tastes bad. Even so, everyone would have eaten in silence, saying that they could only eat warm food on their trip.

Since I was able to eat three warm and delicious meals of Shiori even on my trip, I have become completely accustomed to it. The degree of fatigue recovery and the success rate of the request vary with one meal, so I can't be discouraged. Knowing the importance of meals, I hear more people are studying cooking methods on their own.

"Well, I'll see what happens when I get there."

"Oh, thank you."

After discussing the policy at the campsite, there was a signal to leave. Everybody tighten up.

All the way to the territorial capital of Tris.

The road passed more peacefully than expected. Occasionally, there was nothing unusual except for small, medium-sized beasts appearing along the streets. Nevertheless, if you think about appearing in public more often than usual, you can still say that the variation of the blue forest has a little influence. Small beasts with little danger do not cross the boundaries laid on the streets, and rarely invade beasts are defeated by adventurers and knights.

Every time the beast showed up, the traveler had a tight air, but it didn't get into much confusion, and it seemed to get used to it over and over again. You must have learned that the strength of the bond and the strength of the guard are certain. As if to cheer them up, it also seemed to have had a certain effect when Louis jumped between the travelers. Travelers were also laughing slightly at the cheerful and lovely slime movement.

I took several breaks and by the time I arrived at the fixed point on the campsite on this day, I was tilted for a good part of the day, but I could say that it was generally as planned.

We're camping here today.

Niklas's words relieved the travelers. I guess you thought you could finally get some rest. I feel sorry for them that they got caught up in an incident where they were going to enjoy sightseeing.

"We will set up tents and feed, but what will you do? There are enough people to eat in battle."

Tension ran into Russia among the adventurers. Everyone thinks the same.

"There's no taste in wild food. I don't know about luxury, but I wish I could give you something as warm as juice."

Hyi, someone screamed strangely behind me. That voice must be around Linus or Ludger. You must have remembered Nils and Ellen talking about something that was milk. I would like to avoid talking about such things where I am tired. I am also worried that discontent will erupt from travelers who have been forced to endure a lot.

"Then I'll take care of the meal. I'm good at campsite cooking."

When Theoli suggested it softly, Niklas showed a slight gesture of patrolling, but he accepted the offer without particularly contesting it.

Well then, let me ask you something. Honestly, we're not very good at cooking. "

It seems that not many people are good at cooking, even if they are good at fighting. They say good cooks are a lot of trouble, and they get picked up by troops on good terms. The story gave a glimpse of the Knights' actual diet and made me feel unspeakable.

While the women of Shiori and others were preparing for dinner, some went down to the river of the watershed. I think I'm going to fish. Tonight, he looks at his colleagues and helps them set up a boundary pile and tent.

It was just a knight's camping gear, and the boundary pile and tent were specially designed. The large number of metal junction piles seems to be smaller because they are effective over a wider area. Unlike the tents, which are sold for adventurers, they are the larger ones used in the ambulance. I felt narrow when I brought in the medical bedding, but it seems like I could accommodate a reasonable number of people if I slept with fish on the floor. Accommodate travelers in turn from the installed tents. Many of them seemed to have decided to devote their time to rest until meals, but people with camp knowledge and spare women offered to help set up tents and prepare meals, respectively.

"Thank you. I'd love to."

Niklas said so, perhaps in her mid-twenties - the woman with the liver that would have reigned at the top of the family laughed.

"I'm sorry for letting you take care of me. I'll do anything I can to help."

Unlike cooking at home, it seemed a little confusing to do it on their own in the campsite, but the women who were entrusted with skinning vegetables and slicing bread seemed to enjoy it quite a bit. With the increase in manpower, it seems that Ciori's role in cooking and seasoning the main dish has become empty. In the meantime, they say they apply air conditioning magic within the boundaries.

"Are you okay? It's bigger than usual."

"It's a lot easier than hanging around a tent like yesterday."

Though he seemed tired, Siori said with his usual gentle smile.

"... I can help you, too."

For those who use magic based on attacks like Alec, it is difficult to use magic that requires subtle and subtle additions and subtleties like Shiori. It really gets stronger. It's Mt. Sekinoyama that helps make the boundaries hot. Nadia promised that the mummies would be produced in bulk in an instant. In the first place, air conditioning magic is also synthetic magic, so there is no cure for itself.

"They say it's the right material. Alec taught me how to fight."

If you say so, you have no choice but to remain silent.

"Then get some rest today when you're done with your work. I'll take your watch."

"... eh. I'm sorry about that."

"It's okay. If you go with the Knights, there are only 14 men. Split into four or five people, and you'll have plenty to take turns every three hours. Don't hesitate, ladies get more rest anyway."

I discussed it with my colleagues and decided to waive or shorten the night watchmen for the women who would play a major role in feeding me. That being said, she nodded reluctantly.

"Thank you, Alec. You're just kind of taking care of yourself."

"Never mind. We'll make up for each other's shortfalls."

It offers an unprecedented level of outdoor camping comfort. Paying such a price will not punish you.

"... thank you."

Ah.

Theoli smiled softly and developed the magic of air conditioning. Although it took some time because of the larger space than usual, the air in the boundary gradually warms up. You knew the air had changed, and some of them were strangely tilting their necks.

― ― Was it the Mage who warmed up the rescue center?

Niklas, who noticed Shiori, called out. After filling the air with magic and warmth, Siori smiled instead of answering.

"Rumor has it that there are magicians who use unusual magic methods, but it's certainly interesting. This is good. It's really comfortable."

"I'm sorry."

Praising the opponent, Siori lowers her eyebrows and humbles herself as if she were in trouble. It's a sight I've seen since I got involved with her.

"... uhh! I can't take my boots off!

"Oh, my feet are swollen."

"It's not impossible. It was a walking trap. My feet are bread, too."

"I don't want to talk about luxury, but I'm tired of not walking at my own pace."

In the three current tents, a traveler screamed. Against which the companions cry out. Looks like my feet are swollen and my boots can't come off. People around me laugh sympathetically.

Theoli reacted slightly to the exchange.

(─ Oh, this is a bad habit again.)

It was easy to predict what would happen later, and Alec smiled unexpectedly. As Louis sensed, he slapped her on the neck.

"I haven't done anything yet, Lori."

"Still, you're going to do something about it, aren't you?"

"Just making footbaths. I thought it would be more efficient for you to take as much of your tiredness as you can, and for tomorrow's itinerary."

The proximity of the water field makes it easy to activate water magic, so she went away. It is a woman named Theori who cannot be left alone if there are people in trouble. Even if I am in trouble, I can't rely on people, but if someone is in trouble, I can reach out. I don't want you to work like a shredder.

She had a verse that seemed to find her existence meaningful by helping someone. I also felt that seeing someone's happy face seemed to feed my heart. That's why it can't be stopped strongly.

If you're tired, I'll make him a place to rest.

In the past few days, I have felt that way. What she needs now is not to change herself. It's the base of mind. If you just go back there, it'll be a relief, a place like that. I wish I could be at the base of that heart.

I'll take it. I'll take it.

He walked to Theori, who was surprising travelers by creating footbaths for large numbers of people in the open spaces of the campsite, and gently laid his hand on his back. When she looked up, she smiled, and she smiled as if relieved.

Oh, you still have footbaths today?

Colleagues who were idle until the shift in sentry took off their shoes one after the other and immersed themselves in their feet. Travelers seem to have been intrigued by this.

"Can we come in, too? You only get your feet in, right?

"Yes, please. You will get tired and swollen. There are a lot of people, so it would be helpful if you could replace them one by one."

Hearing that it was good for recovering from fatigue, they suddenly felt like going into Russia. Referring to the adventurers who soaked in the water first, they soaked their feet in fear.

"If you have water bugs or skin disease, please don't go in there and tell me first. It's tough to get infected, so I'll deal with it individually."

Another knight glanced at Niklas, who was watching him interestingly beside Shiori, but immediately turned his gaze back to the footbath with a naked face. Niklas looks like he's eaten something bad. It was a very instantaneous event, but Alec looked at Shiori with a subtle expression after seeing most of the situation in the flow.

"Um... I'll handle it individually."

"... thank you for your concern."

When I asked him to squeeze it out, Niklas said that he was drooping. I couldn't stop feeling sympathetic as a man and accidentally slapped him on the shoulder.

Thus, some waterfowl owners, including Niklas, were able to enjoy footbaths.

After a lot of people have healed their journey in the footbaths, it's evening time. The sashimi is a tongue-flavoured potage soup with a fillet of fishing tris salmon, and a Knekke bread with rye flavor. Some of them rode the hard cracker-shaped bread as it was, and others enjoyed it by applying butter and jam on hand, or by soaking it in a salty potage soup and eating it softly.

"When you're tired, you often say it's sweet, but in fact, you want lots of stuff."

Marlena agrees with Theori, who has eaten a sip of potage soup after eating a Kunecke bread with an exquisite berry jam of acidity and sweetness.

"Sure. When I rushed out, I was happy to be able to buy sweets freely. I took all the short breads and sweets with me on my cell phone, but I regretted that at that time. I couldn't help but roast dried meat at the end."

"It's important to balance the taste. I didn't have time to go out just with my dry bread and salted cans, but there were times in the middle of the itinerary when I ran out of sugar and inhaled the honey of snowflakes along the way."

The venue was boosted by the failure of meals at various destinations that were displayed one after another.

Alec also remembers his youth as he listens to his colleagues. When it was just over twenty years ago, Clement and I had occasionally ruined the flesh of wild birds we caught on an expedition together. Both of them didn't know how to make meat. Although I remembered that I would drain blood, I burned it without knowing that I had to deal with my guts and feathers, and I had feathers that terribly ate meat that smelled like birds. I wonder if it is the smell of the beast. I felt painful from the inside of my mouth until the strange smell disappeared.

The taste is the same, but is it a nutritional balance? If you think about it and take it with you, you'll be in pretty good shape. "

Well, I didn't think about it until Theori came.

"I feel less lazy, less motivated."

Canned dried meat and fish with side dishes on bread staples. It was done with that kind of thing, but I learned that just adding a bottle of vegetables and fruits to it would make a big difference in my physical condition. Theoli says staple foods, meat, and fish are a source of vitality, but vegetables and fruits play an important role in improving your health. She said it was difficult to travel, but it would be better if she could bring fresh things in. Stridia seems to be the best choice for potatoes and berries that can be harvested abundantly.

Knowing that the evening offering, potato potato potage soup and berry jam on Kunekke bread also had important significance, everyone proceeded with meals with emotion, and the street side became noisy in Russia. The sound of the horses approaching. It is unusual for a horse to fly at this time of night when a book falls. Did something happen? Everyone looked a little nervous.

Eventually the horse seemed to have stopped in front of the camp. Two knights. I can see the sentinel knight handling it. The horsemen seem to be knights. Did something happen? The three of you who spoke briefly will come to us immediately. The expression of the knight who hurried to Niklas, who had finished eating first and sipping tea, was hard.

"What is it?"

"--several of the merchants in custody escaped."

"What do you mean?

Weren't you in the garrison? The knight's report was scrambled.

"Looks like there was a buddy waiting in another village. Part of the Knights and Adventurer Hall were targeted when they left the village and became less powerful. I was unconscious. It's our complete handicap. I was mistaken by a group of travellers on the move from a western village who stopped by Brovito for a break. I was sprayed with the hypnosis gas in the garrison, and I was able to unlock the cell in the gap where the guard passed out."

It seems that there was still someone with that gas. That's true, but if you took a ride in an emergency and put something like that in, it would have been difficult for the Knights to respond aggressively.

"Several merchants who didn't smoke gas escaped but caught them before leaving the village. Unfortunately, however, four merchants are still on the run, along with the two who guided them. They're using the gas again while we're resisting - damn them!

You must have regretted it, the chivalrous tone you were calmly reporting broke down at the end.

"I understand the situation. Did they escape to Tris?

Niklas, who calmed down by tapping him on the shoulder, pushed ahead.

"Yes, we have been sighted fleeing towards us, and we cannot trace what several knights have tracked with horses. If Niklas hadn't seen him, he would have gone into the woods on the way..."

"You think amateurs went into the woods in this situation? It's suicide."

Due to the impact of the raid, a more dangerous beast is descending near the outer edge. They don't seem to have the skills to fight other than hypnogas. I don't think they'll make it.

Unexpectedly, the knight nodded.

"Yes, but considering I've never seen him before, I can only imagine that."

The streets from Brovito to Tris are forested on one side and low-lying meadows on the other. Even if there was a slight time difference, it would be natural to assume that the person who had escaped on foot had been chased by a horse and lost sight of him. There are no signs of horses or carriages being used along the way.

"We'll split up. He will return to the village, but I will report to the Knights of Tris. It would be troublesome if a suspicious person entered the capital."

"Got it. We'll be vigilant, too. If anything happens, let's fly the horse."

"Please."

Communicating the matter, they left early enough.

"In some cases, we may have to search the forest. Exactly from next to next...."

Niklas sighed at the traveler who had finished eating and returned to the tent.

That's why if you see anyone suspicious on guard, report it immediately.

"Oh, okay."

The adventurer nodded with a mysterious face.

You're an idiot.

That's what Louis thought when she trembled beside Theoli and the others who started cleaning up.

--They could have lived long if they hadn't escaped.

If the sinner dared to escape into the forest without being punished because he thought he would be judged by the law of men, then the forest court, the court, would be the place to judge from there. There is no earliest way to live as a sinner, not just as a human being, but as a creature that lives on this earth.

Louis' thoughts connect with his compatriots. Lori is them, and they are Lori too. Rugged compatriots, shared bodies of consciousness, split from the same body.

Through the consciousness of the connected compatriots, the sight of the compatriots flows into Louis.

--The sight of pleading not guilty.

"--Oh, are you sure you're okay?!

A man who ran out of breath in the darkness shouted at his companions.

"It's no big deal if it's close to the street! Shut up and run!

"Stupid, honestly, if you run from a prominent spot, you just get caught!

The two men who led the escape beg for help. I understand. There is nothing better to escape from a chaser than passing through the outer edge of the street. My husband and client should be able to do something if we run away. That should be it.

Yeah, but... How is the creepiness of this forest? Quiet. It's too quiet. I can only hear their feet and their breathing. Was the forest such a quiet place? It's as if you're being watched as if you're breathing from inside.

"Wow!

The screams of my companions rose from behind. The sound of falling.

"Hey, what the hell! I don't have time to fall! Stand still..."

Even though he vomited ill, his friends stopped and looked back. The words stopped on the way. The man also looked back at his strong expression.

"--hi,"

The sight behind me stopped breathing.

A fellow who is swallowed by a rugged slime.

Chatter. With strange water sounds, fell down without a voice or companion.

Talk, talk.

"Ah, ah,"

"Hey, you're kidding."

The slime, the colorful slime surrounds them. He stretched out his tentacles, wrapped his hands and feet around the men, restrained them, and dragged them into the darkness of the forest.

"Get off me, get off me!"

Although desperate, the adhesive restraint cannot be solved. In the meantime, the slime went deep into the woods.

Eventually, they were released from custody in a place like a small square, slightly open in the trees. But that liberation was not allowed. They were pulled out. To the place of judgment.

Then the slime crept away, and instead...

Hih

Someone screamed. The man stares at the sight in front of him with his eyes open without even speaking.

Surrounded by men are swarms of snowwolves. I didn't have to ask who the herd was. Those are the herds they trapped themselves trying to exploit.

Oh, yeah.

The man thought.

It's over.

Together with a big snowwolf howling like a leader, they all stripped their teeth.

The man finally saw the big jaw with the sharp teeth of the white beast, and finally heard the sounds of his fellow demons and raw meat chewing.

--Later.

The knights searching for the pale forest found four bodies not so deep from the street, near the middle of the outer edge. There were many teeth and nail marks left on the body, presumably eaten and killed by a beast, the snow wolf. All of them appeared to have been exposed to vivid white bones and even difficult to identify, but it was determined that they were merchants who escaped from the remnants left at the scene.

The search party was disbanded and the rest of the suspects were taken safely to the Consular Capital.