Arcana Legend

The woman was named Azalea

The voice of a female scream, that included the thing that Ziruko thought attracted his attention. It was possible that the woman was a beautiful princess who was being chased by the ogres. If so, Ziruko will not need to search for the truth about the ogre anymore and also he can become a hero in the eyes of the princess.

Ziruko stopped running for a moment, to think about the direction the scream came from.

"About where did that screaming sound come from. It seems to come from the west."

After deciding, Ziruko continued to run towards the west. However, he had yet to find a woman who had shouted earlier. He was silent for a moment to imagine the direction that the screams had come from.

Even though he continued to imagine it, he remained confident that his voice was from the west. Finally he ran again west.

It turned out that Ziruko's estimate was not wrong. Not long after I ran, I managed to find a woman who was running towards me.

That girl is so beautiful. Her hair was blond, her eyeballs were blue, her posture was very fitting, and she wore a bright red shirt.

Ziruko immediately shouted, and offered to help him.

"Hey~ that girl over there, do you need help?"

"Obviously necessary! I'm being chased by this fat monstrous monster, what kind of man would let a woman be in trouble."

"They're not monsters know, they're all ogres. Maybe they have a crush on you, I think you have a pretty face."

"Where might he come after me because of it. For sure, quickly help me!!!"

"But there are conditions..."

"Later we will talk about the terms. What matters is that you save me first."

Not long after, the woman was already in front of Ziruko. Then, the woman suddenly jumped towards Ziruko and hid behind his back.

"Why are you hiding behind me?"

"You are a man, that man must protect a woman. So cover me!!!"

"Why do I think I'm a slave who has to follow his master's words."

“You think it's a distance.. which is sure to quickly beat that ogre.”.

Without saying a word, the ogre directly smashed his mace towards Ziruko. But, Ziruko could avoid it. Mace is a bat-like weapon made of wood and filled with thorns.

After that, Ziruko immediately took out the 'long knife' that Ziruko had bought earlier. He hoped that this weapon could be used to slash the ogre.

"Thank you for carrying a weapon..."

"Sure, how could I possibly be reckless against those ogres with my bare hands. It's like suicide."

"But why is your weapon short? so less convincing."

"A weapon like this is also enough to defeat the ogres, At least I still have weapons."

Ogre who was in front of Ziruko again hit his mace, Ziruko immediately pushed the woman. But, as a result Ziruko was hit by the ogre's mace and he crashed into a tree.

Ziruko immediately stood up, and looked towards the back of the ogre that was attacking the two of them. From far away there are many ogres who are walking towards here. This makes the chance of winning for Ziruko to be 5% only.

Rather than die, Ziruko preferred to escape from this situation.

"It's all beyond my expectations. Let's just run."

"Run? wh why? are you afraid of them???"

"It's not that, it's just that I don't want to die in vain here. My journey is long."

"But~ I thought you were strong."

"Let's not talk much, let's run fast."

"But I can't run."

As Ziruko spoke to the woman, the ogre unexpectedly struck his mace again. This attack caused Ziruko and the woman to fall.

"The basis of the weak man is the result of going against us. Ogre is stronger than humans, you should know that."

"How dare you insult a human being, just remember never judge someone by their appearance."

"People who are weak, just be quiet. You guys shouldn't be here, it's like suicide. After our friends got here. You two won't be able to squint anymore."

Hearing the remark made Ziruko furious, the ogre dispelled Ziruko's joy at meeting and saving a beautiful woman.

“Basic loser! what kind of men dare to attack a woman.”

“Hoo~ you challenge me huh?”

Ziruko directly thrust his long knife into the ogre's body. The ogre fell, this is a good chance for Ziruko to escape from this condition. He had to get out of the forest as soon as possible before the ogre reinforcements came.

Ziruko picked up his gun and took the woman running.

"Let's run fast."

"Can't..."

"You really why the hell???"

Because the woman was silent and did not move in the slightest, Ziruko finally decided to hold himself and immediately ran as hard as he could to get out of this forest.

"Down me! why are you even carrying me?"

"I'm doing this because you don't want to get out of your place, if you stay there and you'll die."

"I have a reason for that."

"Just explain it to me later, the important thing is that we should be able to escape from this forest first."

Ziruko kept running, and it seemed like the ogres could not catch up to Ziruko's speed. He was relieved to be able to see the tip of this Ezelic Forest. Ziruko immediately lowered the woman from his lap.

"I'm not a statue. I have a reason."

"Heh~ what reason is that?"

"Basic insensitive men."

"I'm sorry if I'm insensitive. But, if you don't explain the reason, yes~ I won't know anything."

After he said that, Ziruko saw the woman's body from top to bottom from a distance. The woman covered her body with her hands.

"What do you see? You pervert!"

"Oh~ turns out to be the cause."

"What do you think, am I not your type?"

"Why did you even think about it, all you have to think about now is your feet."

"At last you realize, too, men are insensitive."

Seeing that a woman's leg was injured, Ziruko could not stand still. Ziruko immediately took the leaf, and tried to treat the woman's wound.

“Sit on that rock, I'll try to treat your wounds."

"But why do you know my legs are hurting, and my wounds are covered by my long skirt?"

"It's nothing, it's just that I have see-through vision."

The woman immediately covered her body, it seemed like she thought Ziruko's words were true.

"Basar insensitive men are perverted."

"Calm down, I'm just lying. I can only tell by looking at the way you stand.”

“Basically insensitive and perverted liar men.”

“Until when my degree will increase.”

The woman laughed a little. After that Ziruko treated his wound with the leaves that he had taken. Ziruko gave the woman some toast.

"I'm sorry I just said it now, but what's your name?"

"Ask someone else's name without mentioning yourself's name is an act of disrespect to know."

"I'm sorry, I don't really uphold the courtesy lesson of the nobles. My name is Ziruko, what's your name?"

"My name is Azalea Ro–"

"Azalearo?"

"No, that's not my name. Just call me Azalea."

"It's late, shall I take you home?"

"No, actually I ran away from home. If I go back there, it's not a blur of his name."

"Swash from home? why?"

"It's a long story, if I tell it it'll take days. Ziruko are you an adventurer from the guild?"

"No. I haven't thought about entering the guild. And also I seem to enjoy adventuring like this. Guilds are troublesome."

"I want to ask for one thing. Can you make it happen?"

"Depending on her request, if I could make it happen I wouldn't refuse."

"Can I go on an adventure with you?"

"How is it. This adventure is very dangerous for beautiful women."

"May ya..."

The woman continued to force Ziruko, while giving a hopeful smile.

"Alright, after all I can't leave a beautiful woman like you wandering around at night alone. Let's just say this is the condition I mentioned earlier."

"What's that place on your back? is that your arcana?"

"Yes.this is my arcana. So don't worry about me fighting. If you want to worry, it's okay."

"I'm a little jealous, Aza."

"Why's wife?"

"If I had an arcana, I might have become an emperor sooner."

"So your dream is to become an emperor?"

"Yes, Aza."

"But, the person who has arcana is not necessarily able to become an emperor. If you need it, we'll find it."

"really right? arcana is usually in a dangerous place."

"Look, I'll be right by your side."

“Heh? is this a feeling disclosure?”

“Do not misunderstand first, I mean to be able to adventure continue with you.”

“Good.”