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Chapter 74 The Lost Forest

When Alloria managed to open up to save her captured husband, he was already in such a state that he couldn't help himself.

As a result, the nobles who wanted to make money by monopolizing their own shopping routes with the people that Aloria's husband was welcoming, did so because they did not want to negotiate with their husband or the destination to unload the goods, or pay the money that would be generated at that time.

It is not an act that would have been permissible, but it seems that the nobility who captured the husband was higher than the lord of the land, so he could not even be held guilty.

If there was a country in this world, there might have been a law, and there might have been a little more room to resist....

After all, my husband died, but then Burt and his husband made a promise.

That was to protect your mother.

Aloria and Bart were in grief and anger at the sudden death of their father, but they were originally doing a fine shopping and had little money to save, so they had to make money to buy tomorrow's meal rather than sort out their feelings.

If they tried to do business in the same place, it would be in the hands of the aristocrats again, so they were traveling around looking for a good business partner. But it's just for women and children. It can't be easy. In fact, it also manifests itself in two thin bodies.

He spotted everywhere and could hardly eat, during which time Bert's feelings swelled and he had a mission to keep his promise to his father.

Protect Mother. It's not just from the outside world, it has to be strong to protect it. Learn the sword to be strong. I can tell from the outsiders that Bert's thoughts have flowed.

It is perfectly natural for Burt to think that a selfish aristocrat is nothing but an enemy.

"That's why we have to be strong! Enough to protect your mother!

"Burt... stop that dangerous thing..."

"I want to be strong because it's dangerous!

"Burt..."

My mother used to say the same thing.

In my case, my father taught me the sword semi-compulsorily, but now I think there was something I also thought that I wouldn't refuse.

"Honestly, I know how Bart feels.

"Then can you teach me the sword?!

"But I also know how Alolia feels.

Sinya-san...

What does it mean to be able to use a sword and be strong enough to kill someone… it's very dangerous to force someone without understanding it. In this world, which is lighter in life than Earth, it will be too much.

But it is also true that Mr. Aloria and Mr. Burt alone cannot deal with the danger. While you're with us, what will you do after that, even if it's okay because the guards are here? They are thin and skinny, and it is difficult to think that they hire escorts every time they eat.

"Well... I can't teach you a sword without Aloria's permission. But I'll teach you a simple self-defense technique. It's easy for both of us to use, even Mr. Aloria.

I don't know!

"Neither I nor Nil can take responsibility for teaching or not teaching the sword because we are not together forever. So, if you tell me, that's when Alloria said it was good. She'll keep an eye on Bart forever.

………

Bart looked at me with a resentful face. But it's not easy to teach people how to kill people. If there were no other way like Nil, Bart would still have another way.

It may be a special way of thinking in this world... but I can never give up here alone.

"Don't look at me like that. If you really want me to tell you, convince Mr. Alloria.

The only support I can give Burt is to teach Aloria self-defense, get some touch with martial arts, and keep the hedge down.

"Do I really do self-defense...? Is a woman okay?

"Rather, it's basically a technique you want women and children without power to remember. If you don't like it, you don't have to, but I'll recommend it.

"If it's Sinya's recommendation... thank you.

"What about Burt?

"Come on, I want to be strong! So tell me!

"Okay. Then we'll both start tomorrow morning, so stay there.

"I see.

Yeah!

I finish lunch where they nodded, I go to the woods, Nil and the others start camping.

"When I said I hadn't looked into it... this tree..."

Standing directly beside him, he looked at a suspicious tree. I don't have any particular reaction when I get close or touch it, but what about when I get hurt or burned? If tested in a bad place, it may be dangerous for the Nir people outside, and they will slightly enter the back and then pull out the cutting knife.

"Let's try to hurt him a little first..."

Gently stick the cutting edge of the chopper into the trunk of the tree.

Buzz!

"Huh?!

Something is rushing out of the wooden trunk towards your face. Because I was alert, I didn't strike directly, but something I flew away landed on a remote ground. I'm drilling holes in the ground.

"... oh... oh..."

My spine freezes when I think I can't avoid the power to cross the ground.

"Hey, what the hell flew in here?

When you try to leaf back down against the ground, a soft feeling is transmitted to your fingertips.

"... the sap... giggle!!

There is a huge smell from the sap stuck to my fingers. It smells like raw garbage, concentrated ammonia, and a shocking smell of sewage.

It's no longer painful after passing through the smell. From the eyes and nose, mucous membrane protection tears and runny nose flood like a waterfall.

"Ugh! Dammit!

I mobilise all my powers to rub my fingertips against the ground and use fire magic, water magic and wind magic to completely remove the sap from my body.

"Hah... hah... it's a murderous sap..."

My hair fell down when I thought about the smell coming near my nose rather than the pain when it hit my face. No numbness, no pain, no poison... but more disgust than that was born in this tree.

"I didn't know it was such a scary tree... but I still had the smell in my nose..."

Returning to the wounded tree away from the sap and looking at the trunk, the skin near the wound is wound as if it had burst from the inside.

"The sap is compressed under the skin, ruptured with a few scratches, and the sap will attack..." It stinks too much!

It seems better not to touch it. At least I won't touch it again. I'll call him Devil Tree from now on.

I don't think this stupid tree is the reason we can't move on, but it's good to know. I think it's worse than diving into dirty water if you try to cut yourself into the shadows and bathe your whole body with that sap.

"Later... if the cause of this sense of direction is magic..."

I tried to push some magic towards the back of the forest. Of course, I was careful not to hit the Devil Tree.

If there was something like an invisible magical barrier, and it was affected by magic by touching it, I was wondering what would only react, but nothing went out on the beach.

I went to the woods and came to try various things afterwards, but after all, the sun went down without knowing anything.

After dinner, I talked about the stinking tree named Devil Tree and the way I tried to get into the woods, but everyone didn't know why that happened and just leaned their necks.

I was hoping that the sun would change something, but although the dark forest is creepy, there is nothing unusual about the day. If something happened or was there at night, even if it was a monster, there would have been progress, but there was nothing.

I was thinking about what to do tomorrow... and my eyelids gradually got heavier.

Wake up to some noise while you sleep or not. It wasn't loud enough to wake up with a small sound, but I wonder why.

At first, I was wondering if Alolia and Burt were talking in a different tent, but it doesn't seem to be the same.

Nil is the watchman, but he won't say anything. I usually wake you up right away...

Looking out strangely, Nil is sitting on a drink in one hand in front of a fire. She doesn't seem to be sleeping either.

I noticed it with my head out of my tent. I think I'm hearing something in the woods. It sounds so small that you can't tell what it sounds like, but you can definitely hear it. Then I wondered why Nil didn't say anything... and I got out of my tent.

Nil?

"Master? What's wrong with you?

"Can you hear me?

"Eh...? Er...."

If Nil and I shut up on the spot... something still sounds. You can definitely hear it from the woods.

"... no. I can't hear anything..."

"Can't you hear me?

"Yes... can you hear me?

I can't believe Nil lied to me, let alone in a situation like this.

"Looks like I'm the only one who can hear you.

………

Nil is equipped with a shield and fireworks, and stands ready to deal with them at any time. But there are no signs of us coming to live long enough.

"Nazareth?

The pig had a pretty deep wound and was anaemic. It shouldn't happen that easily. I told the two Servitors so strongly, and it's hard to imagine coming so soon.

"I'll take a look.

"Call me right away if you need anything!

"I know.

As you move in the direction of sound, the sound gradually grows louder.

Someone's voice...? I have no idea what you're talking about, but I can hear voices from the back of the forest.

Towards the direction of the voice of the conversation, two deep red lights can be seen in the forest. It's quite small in size, but it flies deep through the woods. Something like a voice can be heard from those two lights.

I ran after two lights, but suddenly vanished out of sight.

"Huh?!

I ran to see two lights and walked out of the woods.

The voices that I had heard were already gone.

"It's gone..."

"What happened?

"... I'll check the woods again when it gets brighter. Until then, keep an eye out for the woods.

"I see.

As a precaution, I put a non-lethal trap magic around me and fell asleep, but I had a safe morning without catching anything.

I tried to enter the woods after it became bright, but I doubted myself that there was anything in particular and that I saw it in my hallucinations.

Returning from the woods, Aloria and Bart were already up to help prepare breakfast. Regardless of Aloria, Burt is still standing sleepy and drowsy.

"Master. How'd it go?

"No, nothing happened. I did see it...."

"I see... it might show up again tonight.

I see. Let's eat breakfast first and teach the two of you how to defend yourself.

Yes!

Have breakfast and teach them self-defense with Nil in a calm place.

"Are you sure you're okay...?

"Alolia is still worried. Don't worry, I won't hurt you.

"... I see.

"Burt seems to have woken up after eating, so let's get going.

"Please!

Yeah!

Both of you are listening seriously. The expression is so similar that it makes me want to say that I am a parent and child.

"I'll explain first, then I'll do it with Nil, so watch carefully.

Nil has been taught all these kinds of tricks, so he won't need an explanation.

"People who are weak and short, like women and children, are basically unable to beat men with power. I think I know that.

"Yes."

Yeah.

"But on the contrary, men who win with power are often alarmed. Anyway, I can win, so even if I catch it with a little force, I won't be able to do anything.

The technique I'm going to teach you is easier to determine by poking at the alarm I said.

Hmm.

"For example, when a man appears from the front against a woman, the other person often grabs an arm that is easy to grab.

Naturally, a woman who loses by force can hardly shake it even if she tries to shake it (so much).

I grab Nil's left wrist with my right hand. Nil waves and pulls his hand, but he can't untie my hand.

"At that time, hold the thumb of the gripped hand firmly with the opposite hand and twist it towards the outside of the other person's arm.

Nil grabbed my right thumb with my right hand and twisted it outside as I said.

"No matter how many women or children you have, you can't handle them with one thumb, and they lean with their elbows turned inwards. Disobedience hurts.

The gripped hand is now released, and the next time, the twisted arm is further twisted with both hands. At this time, it is even better to twist the back of the hand while bending to the other side.

After that, keep twisting your arms so they can reach down on their own knees and lie down on their sides.

Nil moves according to his words, and I finally get on one knee and stop.

"If you can get this far, you can let go of your hand and run away and kick your knee in the face.

"Knees?!

"As I said before, basically, the opponent is stronger. When that happens, it's best to ask for help and rush into a soldier's jail. It's a technique to connect to it. Never think about defeating or suppressing them.

"I see!

Someday I'll be honoring Bart.

"Would Aloria try me and Bart try Nil quickly?

If you really put your strength into it, the joints will come off and break, so be careful at first.

"Yes! Ok!

Of course, self-defense is more than that.

There are measures to deal with various situations, such as when the wings are tightened from behind or when both hands are grasped.

They all know the structure of the body, and what kind of movement they make is considered based on whether the other person feels painful or loses strength.

In the other world, most people know that if they have any knowledge of body magic, but this is one of the technologies that didn't go much because of the magic.

"These moves can be used by women and children, so there's no harm in remembering them. If I could use it at the time, I might be able to get out of this mess.

"" Thank you!

After practicing to the extent that I sweat lightly, I will finish this time. This kind of thing is meaningless unless you practice it repeatedly and come up with it in times of aggression. In other words, there is no point in packing too much in a day.

So I added time for Aloria and Bart to my morning training, and I did it every day.

During the day, not only in the forest, but also in the sea, I looked around again, but there was no progress, and the night was a problem.

I don't know the exact time, but will the date be about to change? You can still hear voices from the woods.

"I can still hear you.

"I'll take care of this!

"I got it!

Now it's time to run into the woods. Turning to the back to kick off the fallen leaves, as yesterday, he spoke with two deep red lights.

"This time...?!

As soon as I stepped out of my feet, the light disappeared from my vision.

"What's going on..."

You can't see two lights when you look in the woods. However, when you hear clearly, you still hear the voice.

"Behind?!

Looking back, two lights pass between the flames and the trees.

So this is the boundary. When did you turn around?

While I was thinking, my voice went into the woods and disappeared.

"... what the hell is that?

As far as I can see, I can only see the light of the fist talking. The light shakes slightly and looks like a human soul.

There are undead in this world, and there are soul-shaped monsters, but they don't talk.

"Do you want to shoot magic...? No, it doesn't look like a hostile presence, and suddenly the attack is barbaric... why don't we just call it a voice?

While he was talking to himself, Nil returned to the camp where he was waiting.

"How was it?

"It seems to be on the other side of the border. I don't know what it is at all... but if I see it again tomorrow, I'm thinking of calling.

"Are you okay?

"I don't look like a dangerous opponent, and I think it's okay. If anything happens, I'll be back here in no time.

"... please be careful.

"Oh, I know.

Next day, at the same time. I came into the woods again.

"I can hear you again.

Two lights that speak behind boundaries. I don't know what you're talking about, but there's no room for doubt anymore.

"All right... hey!

I don't know if you can hear me or understand my words... but I can't go any further.

"Hey! Can you hear me?!

Speaking loudly to reach the voice, the voice from the two lights breaks and the movement stops.

………

………

"Hey... can you hear me...?

"... nnh!!

"... nnh!!

When Buwa and the two lights split left and right, they flew to the back of the forest at an incredible speed.

"Ah! Hey! Wait, wait, wait! Ah..."

I accidentally stepped out of sight and disappeared completely.

"Damn it... my idiot..."

However, it is possible to communicate from the reaction. If you can see that...

Every night since that day, I went near the border and shouted at the two lights.

For the first three days, I hid further behind than ever before, and when I called out, I ran away, but as time passed on the fourth and fifth days, I became interested in me and became accustomed to it, and my distance gradually narrowed. Still, I called and ran away, but on the night of the tenth day. I finally succeeded in communicating.

"Hey, don't run away anymore.

………

………

Oh?

It seems to be in the shadow of a tree a little further away, but I don't see any escape today even if I speak up.