Life in Another World as a Maid Mage
09 Traces of the Earlier
"Are you hurt?
Looking back after one big exhale, the three of them met. Her eyes are rounded with a pale face, and she has hardened as if she were close to her. I haven't heard back.
"... are you okay?
After all, encounters at close range with dangerous beasts may have been too stimulating. Even though I am accustomed to Magic Beasts, that huge herd, the killer Carnivore giant, is terrifying.
"Um..."
I tend to hesitate to raise my voice while wondering if I might not pull my hips out while standing in the middle of a shock.
"- Oh, I'm sorry. Because I was surprised."
The first Annelier who returned to me managed to narrow his words as he moved in the arms of the two Servitors. When they slap their arms and relax their strength, they relax and relieve tension.
"... I didn't know what I heard would come out at the same time..."
"... always assume the worst."
Dennis and Balt looked at each other with a groan. He understood the meaning of stepping into a dangerous zone just a few hours after his departure.
Regardless of the snow and sea moon (Sne Manietel), the encounter rate of snow bears is about 30%. Some people might think that you might not encounter it if you just look at the numbers. However, it is better to be prepared for what you encounter than the fact that you live there. Hopeful observation alone is not a good way to step into the world.
"Are you okay? You can turn back anyway. I can get a refund for what I received in advance."
"- No, it's okay, I'm going."
Nadia suggested softly so that she could accept it, but she shook her head slightly.
"That's why we're here. I want to go like this. But, yeah,"
She looks at the remains of the snow and the sea moon that have fallen around her and at the snow bear that has fallen so desperately over there, she says.
"If you decide it's dangerous to go any further, I'll follow it."
Alec and Clemens came back as the two Servants nodded with a strange face. Neither of them appears to have been injured in the battle against the snow bear.
"Good day."
Ah.
Alec's eyebrows were slightly raised as he walked in, wiping his blood-repellent face.
"Shiori. I have a scratch on my cheek."
Yeah?
When I touched the cheek of the person who was pointed at me, I felt a tingling pain. I feel swollen by pulling my muscles thinly.
"Oh, really."
It was probably cut by the cold air of the snow and the sea moon the other day. There is pain, but there is no trace of blood on the hand that I touched, and I know it is a very small wound. It should be enough if you gently disinfect and apply the medicine.
"It's just time for a break, you should pay for it there."
"Yeah, I will."
"Well then - yeah, let's pause a little bit. If I built a wall to slightly obstruct my vision, I wouldn't have noticed the carcass behind Annelier."
"Thank you. I appreciate your concern. But are you okay? I wonder if there will be another beast nearby."
Annelier and the others were a little anxious to smell the smell of death and wonder if other beasts would stop by. Certainly there are many monsters of that kind.
"Snow bears don't make territory, so it's possible to encounter them anywhere, but the snow, sea and moon have territory. If the herd we just defeated had this area as a faction zone, we wouldn't be attacked by another herd for a while."
It seems that Clement's words reassured the three of them somewhat.
When the party left the battlefield early enough, they decided to take a lunch break after about twenty meters of walking.
Well then, let's make a break.
In order to survive the second half of the journey, I would like to save and recover a little bit of health during this long break. Using ice magic to create a small square with just seven people at the edge of Nadia's snow-extinguished path and a snow-capped spot, two benches are placed to replace the walls, and then a small table is formed in the center. Slightly bad manners, but eating against the wall will rest your body rather than just sitting down. Tables are spaces for cups and food bags containing herbal tea to make it easier to eat.
Anneliers cheered a little and sat down with their luggage down on the spot and throwing their bodies into the bench. Either because of fatigue, or mentally exhausted in the fight against dangerous beasts, I decided to meditate on some bad manners.
With your client's permission, we'll take care of the wound first. While fishing for medicine, Balt, who was looking for a food bag, noticed something and raised his face.
"Ah, speaking of which. Snow Bear fur sells well, doesn't it? Okay, just stay there."
"We'd appreciate it if we just peeled it off, but this time it's not about fur. It takes time and effort to strip it off, so I'll leave it that way this time."
"I see...."
When I heard that I would leave the expensive material behind, I felt that Balt was more helpless than this. She strokes the fur of a snow bear placed on a sitting bench while making a subtle expression that doesn't seem convincing.
"Alec, can you dismantle the beast?
I sanitized the wound on my cheeks and applied ointment. Next time, I asked Alec why he pressed the stretched hand to take care of Clement, who seemed to be trying not to sanitize it.
Alec picks up the can of ointment from Shiori's hand and answers while brutally applying some of it to Clement's wounds, who somehow looked at him with a slightly resentful face.
"For the time being. I used to think it was impossible, but I realized how useful it would be to remember."
"I've spoiled the prey I occasionally got before. I never felt sorry for you again, so I decided to remember."
"That waterfowl."
"Yes, that waterfowl. That was terrible."
Alec and Clemens look at each other with a bitter smile. I was lucky enough to get a delicious waterfowl on the expedition, but it seems that I lost my temper and was able to make a horrible bird-smelling whole grill. They have destroyed the possibility of a treat.
"That's... unfortunate"
Theoli also smiled bitterly while preparing a warm drink. The instant ginger water is completed by pouring the bottled ginger candied in a cup and pouring it into the water.
"But if that's the case, you can dismantle it. Well, if there's no problem with time."
Annelier narrowed her eyes to the scent of rising from the handed cup.
"I appreciate your concern... but it'll take a few hours."
Next to what everyone was talking about, Louis, who was carefully pinching the magic confectionery, stuck a little on her feet.
"Nh, what?
As Lori stepped out onto the road, she stretched out her tentacles and pointed in the direction of the town.
"What's wrong with you?
When I asked again, I had a full drink of the sweets I was about to eat, and then I trembled. Then move it a little toward the town to show it.
"Hmm... oh, where was that? So, maybe you want to eat the demon beast you defeated?
When asked, it seems that was the correct answer. Louis trembled as if to affirm. Looking back at what was going on, they nodded. Apparently, permission has been granted.
"I don't mind if you come back in time. It's about 30 minutes. Are you okay?
As Alec asked, Louis waved his tentacles and then returned to the puddle to quickly turn around. Drop it off and lower your hips to the bench.
"At first I wondered what it would be like to be a slime wizard... but can you really communicate with me? I didn't expect Slime to understand so much. I wonder if it is rich in expression. Is he okay with me somehow? Something that understands what the"
"I can't believe you were in action during the battle earlier. It seemed to be moving at my own discretion depending on the situation, and I thought it was much smarter than I thought. He's friendly and cute, isn't he?"
Annelier and Balt said to each other, and Theori was delighted when she was praised by her friends. It's a good thing Louis has more understandings. Even though I look Oriental, Luli, who is a slime, tends to be seen with tinted glasses at first.
Dennis said that he felt the warmth of the tingling because it wasn't just the warmth of the ginger water, and he was biting it.
"Speaking of Slime, I recently heard rumors that His Majesty was contracted to use the Slime."
"Bfufu!
"Wow!?"
Before Dennis could finish, Alec, who was sipping ginger water next door, suddenly erupted and Theori jumped. It seems to have wet gloves and knees, even though it has aggressively restrained the mouth and prevented damage to the surroundings. Dennis has a cold gaze and he coughs violently even if he enters the trachea.
"Hey, are you okay?
"Ahh, oh, I'm sorry, it looks like something weird has entered."
When he handed over the handcloth, he received it and wiped his mouth while coughing up bright red. But he still hasn't stopped coughing. As I rubbed Alec's back, he managed to calm down.
The conversation continues where the noise has subsided.
"--Even so, there's no rush. Where the hell did you come from?"
"I heard from Uncle Enkvist's Servant who came to the business the other day. I don't know if you've been contracted to do anything you've been sneaking around for."
"From Kras? They're not irresponsible rumors."
"That's right. It was a peach slime, I thought it would be very credible because it was quite specific that you would go to bed with the queen."
"Gu, fufu,"
Whether the cough that I thought had subsided recurred or not, I sprayed the ginger water in my mouth and drank it forcibly, and Alec finally became tearful eyes. Clement and Nadia are looking at him with some pity.
"Hey, are you sure you're okay?
"Ugh... it's okay."
Coughing and tired, he groaned somehow. While this is happening, the others begin to get dressed after a light lunch.
Alec seems to have lost his appetite, and he put his food in a food bag.
"- Speaking of which, is Lori still there? It's about time."
"That's right... ah, he's back"
Nadia noticed and shouted, and her rugged body popped out of the snow. I'm just stretching my tentacles like that.
"Welcome home. Have you eaten a lot?
When asked, I trembled satisfactorily. Reach out your tentacles again and show me the way.
"Eh, what?... wow"
I casually turned my gaze in the direction shown - I found something stupid and screamed.
"What is it, what's wrong?
Something came together with my friends, but I hurriedly pressed the Anneliers who walked along with me with interest.
"Um, maybe you shouldn't see much of it."
Huh?
"Would it bother you if I told you that?"
"It's not very pleasant to look at... you know, the snow bear I saw earlier,"
"I don't suppose you brought me something to eat."
Dennis makes a strict point. It seems that if I show my mistress something strange, she won't forgive me.
"No, rather than eating..."
"He listened to our conversation and turned the fur into a souvenir."
"I see. You said you cared about Lori."
Clement and Nadia laughed joyfully when they saw Ruli's loot (...). It seems Alec has already begun an inspection.
--The fur of a snow bear.
Looks like Ruli carefully flattened the contents of the snow bear and brought the rest of the fur. My nails and fangs are still there.
"Wow, wow!
"Looks like we're going to make a rug like this!
Annelier and Balt shouted excitedly after seeing Siori and Dennis out of sight. Weirdly, the first battle caused me to lose my fear, raising my tension.
Dennis put her fingertips between her eyebrows and exhaled deeply. As for Shiori, I had to laugh bitterly.
"That's brilliant. But aren't you hungry? It's quite a size."
Louis trembled with a nodding movement. Like Snow Wolf (Snow Very), you may not need to eat for a while.
"Still, if you look at this scar again....."
Clement looked down at the fur head and wrinkled between her eyebrows.
A broken wound in one eye. Around the fur's stuck and solidified blood, there are burning and tearing marks. Still new.
Looks like you got a wound in a couple of days.
"Ah, this is probably..."
A party in which the surveillance knight was shaken off and headed for the tower. There must have been a magician and a swordsman.
"Did I hurt you deeply and let you escape, or..."
--- Was eaten and destroyed?
So far, we have found no trace of them other than the scars on this snow bear. In any case, it has snowed in the last few days and the footprints they would have walked have disappeared altogether.
"Anyway, let's keep it tight. I still don't know who they are."
After completing the examination and gently stroking Louis' body, Alec carefully rounded the fur into a storage bag and enclosed it in his back bag. It weighs a lot, but it doesn't seem to be a problem with his physique.
Lori, thank you.
After working with her friend, Louis shook proudly.