Skeleton Knight, in Another World

The next morning, I wake up with the noise on the table.

I stayed overnight in the same inn as last time. As always, sleeping is the style of sitting back on the bed and leaning against the wall.

Unwrap your hardened body and when you take charge of your luggage, you go down to the first floor.

Nobody's at the counter this morning either. Keep the door open and out onto the boulevard outside, we'll continue through the city today towards the East Gate.

Today, we need to take a horse from here to the village of Rata, which is half a day away, for the request we received yesterday at the mercenary union office.

Find a store that sells baked bread as it progresses through the open doors of the morning market. There is only one type of bread, the texture of the surface is French bread and the shape is like a large melon bread. Two copper coins in one, same price as the vanilla grilled rabbit meat I bought yesterday. Pretty expensive but I'll buy it to try.

Keep going through the morning market and replace the water in the water bottle on the waterway in front of the East Gate. In the small square in front of the East Gate, there are several armed men in the tunnel, and a glimpse of this one stings with a flickering glance. Maybe they're from some mercenary regiment based in this city.

At the East Gate, just like yesterday, you give a pass and you go through the gate. Walk north along the city walls along the road between the wheat fields and the water moat just across the stone bridge above the water moat. Sometimes the peasants who go down the road bow their heads and avoid the road, so they nod and pass by. I wonder where they think he is a noble knight.

When you come to the north side of Rubierte, a path appears in the field that stretches north wider than the road. Walk north along that path. Through the field, when there are no more pedestrians, proceed as usual with the [Dimensional Walking Method (Dimensional Move)] transfer.

The directions taught were told that in the first landmark place on the road to the north, there was a division to the left. Moving on for a while, a pile of Round Tai had been stabbed by the side of the road at the end of his sight.

By its side, a path like the Beast Road stretches all the way northwest, just stepping on the weed. Follow that path and repeat the transfer, eventually you will see the wooden fence and the fields surrounded by empty moats.

Beyond that, beyond the field, you can see a settlement surrounded by raised dirt walls and wooden walls made by tying the whole Tai to them. The settlement seems to be surrounded by water digging and the portals of the gates hanging on top with sturdy ropes tying the Round Tai piles side-by-side. It seems to be a mechanism to cut the rope and drop the door when the enemy arrives.

In front of that gate, two old men with spears that don't seem to do very well, sit down and are interested in talking.

I see one of them rushing to let the other know that this one is coming on foot. Looks like the two old men are looking at this one and somewhat more gesturing and discussing it.

And as one old man canes his spear, he rushes here with his crooked hips.

Honest thoughts come to mind that you're a gatekeeper that's unlikely to be very reliable.

"Kiki, knight! What can I do for such a despicable village?

"Um, there's no such thing as awe. I'm just a mercenary. At the request of Lord Marca here in the village of Lata, today I took a trip."

"Marca, is that your daughter over at Theona's?

"Can I ask you to show me to Lord Marka's house, old man?

"Heh, heh! Then get out of here."

After responding with great admiration, he follows the old man at the gatekeeper into the village of Rata. The old man goes straight into the back of the village when he shows a nuance to one of the gatekeepers that he's okay.

Once inside the village, the villagers' gaze concentrates on this one simultaneously. Perhaps the remnants are rare and wary because of this full-body armor. I feel like we're going anywhere together at this time...

The houses in the village do not have the wooden house-like atmosphere that was found in the city, but rather are lined with mountain hut-flavored houses.

When an old man approaches one of those houses and knocks on the wood door, he calls on the inhabitants inside.

"Mr. Theona, are you there!? A customer is coming to you!!

When I hear a woman reply inside, after a while, Kido gently opens the gap. But no one can see from the open gap.

Lowering her gaze, there was a girl about ten years old peering this way through the gap.

"Ugh, is that Helina? Hey, is your mother here? I hear this knight is here for you."

The girl called Helina to the old man's question nodded small, prompting her to open the wood door and go inside.

"Then, knight, I am here..."

That's all the old man said and went back to the gate.

"Then I'll disturb you"

Once inside the house, right beside it is a stone set to cook the fire in a place where the soil is poked and solidified, on which the pan is suspended. Several wooden dishes are arranged in simple cabinets.

On the back floor, a flat stone lays on the floor, with wooden household tools positioned on it, but not too many, about a table and four chairs in front and two sets of beds in the back.

The girl staring at me with an anxious look in front of the table cuts her dull blonde habitual hairs a little bit to the touch, and Brown's big eyes are busy looking at this one alternately with the clash in the back.

Then one woman walks over here from the bed behind the collision in a slightly unbridled foothold. She is a blonde habitual hair, just like the girl, with long hair tied behind her back and dripping from her shoulder. The eyes are beautiful blue, the expression has a relaxed atmosphere, and the slightly blushing face is blue and white. He is about one hundred and seventy centimeters tall and is wrapped in one-piece style clothing with a large, stretched chest.

"I say Theona, Helina's mother. Oh, uh, excuse me, what can I do for you at home? I don't think there was a knight in the house..."

"My name is Ark. He's not a knight or anything, he's just a mercenary. Don't be afraid to make it easier for me. Looks like your lady has a bad leg. Why don't we sit down and talk about it?"

"Oh, thank you...... So, what can I do for you?

Mother Theona thanked her and sat quietly in the chair that was in front of the table. After seeing that, this one hips in the chair.

Good thing it's a sturdy chair.

To inquire about her business, when I take the wooden plaque of the request out of the luggage bag and place it on the table, I give it to her.

"My name is Ark, and I've been asked by the mercenary union. I hear the client is Lord Marka here. Is Lord Marka home?

"Huh? That kid did that?! Marca is out in the field now..., I think she'll be back around noon"

Hate, now it looks like the client's girl is out there and she's away. If it's around lunch, it shouldn't have to be that long. Let me try to keep you waiting here.

"Then let me wait here for a while.... Sometimes, lady, is that foot injured or something?

Attempt an unusual conversation with boredom while waiting. She puts her hands on a bandage-like cloth wrapped around her left foot and gives her a slightly distressed look.

"Yep. A big warcraft recently came out nearby... He injured his leg while fleeing, and now he seems to be relying on Marka for work in the field. But I was still a good person. One of the villagers died because of the noise at that time..."

It seems that I made some mistakes in choosing the topic, which made the atmosphere in the house more and more. Helina, who was watching this one while hiding behind her mother's back, also got soggy according to her mother's atmosphere.

With that said, can't you heal with healing magic if you're injured? My subvocation was the Pope. This is the senior position of a representative of an auxiliary profession, a monk. There are many things you can do from healing to de-cursing.

No, not powerful healing magic like the one used in the Pope's Job, but in the early healing magic of the monks. We have to see how effective it works first.

I haven't been hurt or anything since I got here, so I hadn't tried healing magic myself. I used about [Flame (Fire)] of the Mage's Attack Magic Skill.

"Ma'am, if you don't mind, could you give me a look at your legs a little bit? It's been a long time since I've known how to heal wounds without knowing if I'll succeed."

"Huh? Yes, no, the..."

Mother speaks out puzzled by this suggestion.

I can't help it, I just met him today, and I can nod if he suddenly asks me to show him my legs because he doesn't know the face of his whole body armor.

But the young Helina seemed different and offers to hold her mother's injured leg with both hands diligently, staring with a serious eye when she hears her mother's leg heals.

Her mother, Theona, laughed bitterly at this, and looked at it as if she had noticed it.

Accept it and activate the magic with your right hand on Theona's leg, which was offered by your daughter.

[Healing (heel)] and when you think so lightly, there is a soft light overflowing from your right hand, and that light converges on your leg that would be injured, and eventually you can play it.

Two mothers and daughters were blind to the sight, but it takes Helina to remove the bandage cloth that was wrapped around her mother's feet. The feet that appeared from under the bandage cloth were in beautiful condition as if nothing had happened.

"Mom! I'm not hurt! I'm not hurt!!

Helina's face changed after hitting earlier, lighting her smile as if the bulb were glowing, jumping a little and expressing her joy with a glass of body.

Seeing such a smile, Theona also seemed happy as she stroked her daughter's head, but eventually she lowered her head deeply to thank her.

"Thank you. Master Ark is here. You were a famous cleric. I can't believe those scratches didn't leave any marks..."

"No, I haven't been very confident in a long time either. Looks like the wound's healed."

It's been a long time and nothing, this is the first time I've used healing magic in real life, but I somewhat dubiously mislead there...

Nevertheless, from her reaction, it seems that humans who use healing magic have a certain degree of awareness. Maybe there's just not that many absolutes.

"Right now - Mother"

There, Marka, his eldest daughter, who was out in the field, returned home. A girl who puts a cage with farm tools near her door and stares at this one wonderfully. He is about one hundred and fifty centimeters tall, and his hair is bright brown, with three crisp hairs knitted behind him and dripping down to his shoulders. Big eyes have beautiful blue eyes just like their mother's. It burns in the day and has a healthy color.

"Marca, did you ask the mercenary union to come out? I can see this one accepting your request. What the hell did you ask for?

"Ah! The knight took my request?! The request is for an escort during herb collection."

"Become, no! It's dangerous to collect herbs! Even if it's not, there's been a lot of warcraft lately?!

"But... I also paid my reward and request...

The mother, hearing what she had requested from her daughter, opposed it in a harsh tone. Marka shows difficulty in paying the commission and the commission. What happens if the client abandons the request like this? It springs up in my head that there is no such benefit.

"That's right! My mom's going into the woods to collect that herb instead!

"Wait a minute, Mother! Mother, you can't do it with a foot injury!

"That's it, listen, Marca! The knight healed my mom's leg injury! So it's ok to go into the woods!! Here."

That's what my mother, Theona, said, making Marca look a little curly on the hem of her skirt where she had a leg injury that had just healed. Marka looks a little surprised and alternates between that injured leg and this one.

"What! I'm glad your mother's legs have healed. Mother, you don't know the type of herb or where it's growing! Not at all. No!

Apparently, mothers aren't very bright in their knowledge of medicinal herbs. The sun may go down when I'm arguing with my mother and daughter like this.

"I'll do my best as an escort, too. Your mother must see the course of her leg injury."

"Yes, it is!! Dear Knight, I will show you to the woods!

Marca told him so unilaterally, early in the mouth, and took the cage he had left in the corner of the room and walked out the door.

I follow it myself and leave the house with my stuff. When I left the house, Theona said thank you for your daughter. If you have to, [Dimensional Walking Method (Dimensional Move)] is the way to get away with holding a marka.

Looking around the village, Marca was waving at us by the village gate. Retake your luggage and head there. Dive the village gate with Marca and travel north along the village's outer walls.

"Dear knight, thank you for taking the request. The truth is, half the reason for this herb collection was a mother's foot injury, but the knight healed me for one reason."

Marca said so and laughed a little funny.

"Hmm, what's the other reason?

"You know, your father died of a disease the year before. I'm helping out with the fields, too, but it's pretty hard. I can buy herbs for medicinal ingredients at a good price in the city, so I can make it a little easier for my mother... I used to pick herbs with your father every year, and I used them as pills to sell them, so..."

"Then you have to collect a lot of herbs to make it easier for your mother. So, is it pretty dangerous to be ahead of us?

"The forest you're going to is a forest that stretches out at the southwest foot of the Wind Dragon Mountains. It's dangerous to be in the back with Wyburn and Grand Dragon, but if you're in front of it, you're still fine. Still, there are more warcraft than any other forest, so it's dangerous to stay longer."

Ask for a description of the woods you are going to head to as you follow Marka on his steps. Apparently the cut mountains visible in the northeast direction are its Wind Dragon Mountains. You can see the top of the white mountain in a far away place, and its rays are all the way northeast.

After a while, the area becomes a mixed forest, and the more you walk and go to the back, the more pressure the surrounding trees increase. Marka, who goes ahead, finds something and moves his legs faster.

It is a little more submerged than the land around it, and there are a number of gotten rocks rolling on the ground at the bottom. A small plant with its roots down the ground to sew between the rocks grew like a carpet.

As Marca went down there, she pulled the plant that had grown its roots on the ground and put it in the cage she had brought. The plant was shaped like a myriad of small lotus leaves split apart.

"This is a cocoa herb. It's good for wound healing and skin disease."

Marca collects cocoa grown on the ground while shaking her three braided hair a little while explaining the medicinal effects. Look around and see what's going on, but there doesn't seem to be any signs of beasts or warcraft nearby.

To help me collect herbs, I also go down to the ground and start cocola. Marca laughed ridiculously as she watched that happen.

Two meters is a man in armor sitting on the ground ing grass would be quite interesting looking at it objectively myself.

After about an hour, about half of the cocoa gathered in the cage. There was still a lot of cocoa growing in the canopy, but Marka has said he will aim for the next collection site. Apparently, this time, your collection will be the main one.

As we go into the woods again, the momentum of the sesame grass increases, and the leaves of the trees thicken its density. Many wildlife living in the woods turn their heels and flee when they notice this presence. I have not encountered the Warcraft class so far.

Moving through the woods for a while, I suddenly went out to an open place. There is a tender slope, with white flowering trees dotted on each side of the branches spread like cotton wool on the slopes. From the trees rises a fragrant scent, which is carried in the wind.

"Yay! Just when the flowers are in full bloom! The cobmi tree is turning bright white!!

Marca rushes out to the cobmi tree, standing side by side with delightful steps, letting her voice play delightfully. Try to make Marka's actions stand still in a hurry. The rock-like mass that seemed beyond the trees of the cobwebs, but it was not a rock, etc. that sat in the mountains, but contained signs that a clean creature would emit.

"Lord Marka, wait!! Something lurking!!!

"Huh?"