"Ah...?

I don't know where to go.

Zed, who appropriately walked out of the middle of the meadow, but found something like a building on the other side of the world that gradually brightened up.

I didn't know when it was dark, but I kind of see it now, I feel like.

It's a pretty far away place, barely visible.

Maybe I'm mistaken for something like a tree or a hill or a terrain.

But there's no other way to guess.

Zed decided to go for the building as a first goal.

"I'm starving."

Since the start of the hunting festival, I realize I haven't said anything.

The empty journey (...) was more than a day or two.

Simple calculations, two days have passed since that day.

I never thought I'd wander off for a few days, so I don't have food or anything to eat, and I'm unlikely to be able to procure it in the near field.

If there's a forest or a river, there's going to be food.

If I could at least find a street, confiscate it from the traveler who goes through it....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

Holding an empty stomach, Zed travels the land he doesn't know.

- Oddly enough, you threw up the same line then, though.

I followed the Great Monkey of the Vajra (Congo) to the back of the woods and chased him for a while.

If I noticed, the sun was twilight and the area was dark, and the sky in the distance was red as it burned.

And just completely lost sight of the great monkey, Zed stops.

"Where did that fucking monkey go...... ahh. I'm starving."

At the same time as I'm disappointed, I finally realize I'm hungry.

He was so desperate to keep from losing sight of the big monkey that he couldn't afford to worry about anything else.

…………

And I notice one more thing.

Where am I?

These woods are similar to the gardens of Zed, who was born and raised in Crozheit.

I am familiar with sourcing food, making change, lurking in the woods until most of it cools down after I soften it in the city.

But that's only the story around Crozheit.

I never came this far into the depths of the woods.

The view from the gap between the trees is nothing but unrecognizable.

I climbed into a nearby tree to try it and looked around, but I didn't see Crozheit.

Or all I could see was the woods as far as I could see.

The green carpet spreads so wide that there is not even a cut.

It reminded me of a fairy forest where I was told that there would be no interruption anywhere I went, that I would not be able to leave if I let myself in.

But this is not a fairy forest.

For Zed, it's a little behind the woods, just like the garden.

"... I'll be home soon."

I let the big monkey get away with it, and I'm hungry.

Zed is so strong but not a hunter that he is poor at looking for demons and animals.

We can pay back the demons that come at us, that's all.

Even wandering through the woods like this is just inefficient.

For Zed, who has the power to just be screwed over no matter what shows up, there's no problem at all in the night forest, but there's nothing he can do about it just being hungry.

It would be nice to go back to the city for dinner, and then catch another hunter who is a good hunter for demons.

That's how I decide to "knife" the metal I'm planting in my body and produce it in my right hand.

With a "magnet" in the blade, it floats faintly from your hand, which stops pointing in the northern direction as you loosely circle.

Over there.

Even deep in the woods I'm unfamiliar with, I know roughly where I am.

I have a good idea about the general direction he's headed.

With an azimuthal magnetic needle, we can go back to Crozheit.

The finer things are done by the belly heart, the limbs and the men, but Zed, who is quite used to the woods. I know that forests are easy to get lost in, and I have not ridden out of the area helplessly.

- Just.

"Ah?"

It was totally night, walking through the woods where I took out the "illuminating stone" that illuminated my feet and darkened, I inadvertently felt uncomfortable at the tip of my nose.

My legs stop, I smell discomfort and make sure, - I'm sure.

"... someone's cooking meat"

I've smelled it over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over.

The fat of the meat broiled in the fire dissolves, and the smell is unbearable on an empty stomach.

…………

As if inhaled, Zed walked out in a direction that smelled fluffy and roasted meat.

- This was the second stupidity.

"Ooh......!

After all, that night, I didn't even put it on the meat... No, it wasn't even on the food.

Such a hungry Zed definitely builds as he approaches - I'm sure it's also built like a castle.

But more than that, he gave a joyous voice to his success in getting out on the streets.

Traces of horseshoes, land dragons, and dragons left on the ground, which must have been consolidated by horses, carriages, etc., prove to be frequently used.

I mean, there are people coming and going.

And the castle-like building at the end of the road must not be abandoned.

In the meantime, now we have a food problem… No, we have a vision for solving the hunger problem.

Take this street and if you encounter a traveler, Katsua...... you will be blessed.

Even if not, you'll arrive at the castle by noon if you hurry.

Which way, it's going to be on the rice soon.

- And it was actually possible.

The arrow tip Zed was about to run out to the castle, and a carriage was seen at the rear.

I thought it was just one car, there are several carriages in a row.

Probably a merchant force. Quite a big company.

"My luck's finally turned around."

A smile comes to mind when an evil spirit appears.

Zed is also distressed to get it from a traveler who just seems poor.

But I wouldn't mind getting two meals a meal of rice for that one, and I wouldn't rattle on the other side to that extent.

Cuttlefish...... yes, I have to say it's a good idea to cuttlefish, there's a great deal of prey coming with all kinds of things. That would also make you laugh.

But I don't have company right now.

There are no land surveys.

I don't even have the means to turn the baggage I took into gold in the first place.

A merchant army that's going to be a good value, but not in a state where it can be plundered.

Depending on the response over there, it may take the form of an attack, but I want food and information now anyway.

Money... I don't have a problem with it, but maybe we should move on in the direction of getting in as far as possible rather than being treated as criminals here and being chased around.

I don't know how far away we are from Crozheit, because I'm sure we'll need a foothold.

- Well, Zed doesn't like negotiating, so it could still take the form of an attack.

Stand in the middle of the street and wait for the merchants to come.

There are five carriages.

Four armed men on horses would be escorts.

Even though it's the number of those carriages, the number of escorts is low.

I guess this is a peaceful region.

I just want to avoid looting more and more. If there's a case, there's going to be soldiers and knights flying in free time.

- and.

The merchants must have been able to confirm Zed's appearance, and the escorts gather in one place to exchange words.

And about two of them ran horses, running towards Zed.

"... ha, I see"

Strong.

They're both women, but they're both pretty strong.

Maybe this is why there are so few escorts. It may be in the form of choosing a strong minority over a poorly numbered one.

- Excuse me, sir.

An elderly woman with a leather eyelid in her left eye calls out to Zed. - He hangs a slender sword on his left and right hips. Double swordsman. It is also top-notch in terms of the rank of weapons.

"Question is, what are you standing here for? A thief? A chase?

There is no alarm in your eyes looking down at Zed.

Or only alert.

"Suddenly you're being rude? I don't have the muscle to complain about who stands where... ah"

Not good.

I responded with a fight hips at my usual rate.

This is the pre-plunder response that we sometimes do.

She's an eyelid woman with a quick and suspicious face, but she hasn't revealed her will to war yet.

I cough and refresh my feelings and open my mouth again.

"... Oh, wow, but I need some food. Why don't you just grace me a little bit?

"Food? Just food? And the money?

"Will you give it to me?

"No. Whatever the food is, if you want it up to gold, I'll slash it away"

- Quite a suggestion, but I'll put up with it a lot. Not if you're in a fight now.

"Then I don't want the money. Just food. Eat for a few days."

I don't know what you're thinking, but the eyelid woman turned her attention to the woman beside her.

"Horn. Give this man dried meat"

"Huh? No?

"I'll feed you plenty when I get to Wang Du."

"Really? You want some booze?

"Drink as much as you like. I can feel my stomach."

- This was the meeting between “Zed the Bad Kid” and "Blackbird at Dawn".