The Seven World Of Fantasy

Chapter 43: They're Back

After the commotion at the foot of the mountain, I and the others led the knights towards the village of the cat race. It was a surprising coincidence that we met them here.

Earlier I thought those knights were treating something bad to Momo's friends. Moreover, Shin also thought the same as me. He looks like he hates knights.

Then when I recalled how the village cat race treated Momo, I wondered if her friends were the same.

I mean, Momo was ostracized by the villagers because she was the cause of the kidnapping. That's what I caught when we first arrived at the village.

So far Momo still has not told anything about herself, her village, and what happened to her in more detail. So I was pretty surprised when I found out.

"So, are you on a quest, or just an ordinary adventure?" The knight asked Shin.

Seeing himself being spoken to, Shin only glanced for a moment then slowed down his pace. Now I'm the one who's dealing with that knight. In short, he told me to serve him a talk.

"Well, that's kind of it." I don't know what to say. Instead of lying, give answers that hang.

"Oh, that? Being adventurous is fun, yeah." Complain about the knight.

"Hmm? Why do you think that?"

"Before becoming a knight, I used to be very adventurous as well. But since the brothers in my family serve the kingdom, inevitably I must also follow their path."

"Wow! Are you from a noble family?" My toot.

"Yes, that's it. It sounds great, but not too proud." The answer. "In fact, I wish I was born into an ordinary family. Because I want to be free to do what I like."

"Is it that tight to be a noble family?"

"Not really. It's just that you have to attend every other noble family event, learn complicated manners, and have to choose the company well. We are also not allowed to befriend commoners."

It was pretty sad when I heard the answer.

"Yes, even so, we as knights still have to carry out our duties to serve the kingdom and serve the community. We can't see that he's a noble, or a commoner."

Lies. You're just gonna say that in front of people. I could see Shin's changed facial expression when I heard him say that.

He has been looking suspiciously ever since. Although my assessment of the knights was slightly better, I still could not eliminate the stories I knew about them. Whether it be in this world, or what I read from my previous world.

Most of them take advantage of their status and position to harm others, or please themselves. That's more or less what I know about knights from some royal-themed story.

If you see that knights are a great group of people in shining armor, then thank God that you are in the good sphere of the world.

"Hey, sir knight." Call me.

"Yes?"

It has a bit to do with what we did before. "We had a chance to see you guys depart from Deedalee City a few days ago. After we left, we came before you."

"Ah. that..." The knight hesitated to answer.

Rouse suspiction.

"Hey, what should we answer?" He whispered to the friend next to him.

"Huh? Eetoo... Just say that the wheels of his chariot broke midway."

"You stopped in the middle of the road? But we didn't find you all along the way." My solute.

They were both anxious to avoid my question, but I denied it first. ... What are you doing along the way?

You brought a lot of cute kittens, you know. I can't stop being suspicious of you.

"How is this?"

"Jawab be honest. It's all your fault anyway."

"Aach... Don't blame me again dong."

Hm? They whispered again, but did not sound suspicious.

"So actually..." The knight turned back to face me to answer. "We got lost halfway through."

"He!?" Seriously? "People like you can get lost in the kingdom's own territory?"

"No, no, no. That's not true, but that's not what I mean." The knight looked panicked.

"When we left, we were already equipped with a map to the village of the cat race. But while halfway through, the map was accidentally dropped by one of them. So we were confused looking for a way, including a way back."

Ahh! So that's how the story goes.

"We're sorry. We are still in our first year as knights in the city. So we still haven't had enough experience."

No nobility targeted kittens, smuggling slaves, or knights who took advantage of their posts. There were only amateur knights who got lost because of losing their maps.

Wait, what are you apologizing for?

"Riel," Shin called me. "Come here."

I slowed down my steps and re-aligned with Shin. We were some distance away from the knight horse carriage that was chatting with me earlier.

"Have your chat. Stay alert to them." Said Shin slowly.

"What's up, Shin? You still have a bad prejudice against them? The knights were just careless, no bad intentions."

"I don't care. Obviously, there's no need to talk to them anymore."

Hey, what's wrong with you? If you don't like them, you don't have to take me with you either, right?

I knew Shin would force me to stay away from them, and I didn't like him. So I'll do what he wants now.

"Alright," I replied with a sigh.

I sped up my pace and aligned it with the knights in front. When I glanced at Shin, he looked at me seriously.

Huu, what the hell is wrong with that boy?

"Yes?"

"A little while we'll be there. Once out of this forest, we'll arrive at the village of the cat race."

"alright. Thank you for telling us the way."

I nodded, then went back to the back together with Shin. No, I just want to be with Momo.

He had been walking alone in the back. He did not meet his friends inside the carriage, and only pondered while staring down.

"Momo?" Call me.

He just looked at me silently. His face was grim, not looking as flat as usual.

"Why don't you go see your friends?"

"..." - ".Momo lowered her head again. "They won't like me."

...

I don't know what else to comment now.

Next we all kept silent, until we finally arrived at the village of the cat race once again.

***

"Mama!"

"My son!"

"Mamaa!"

As the knights opened the carriage, the kittens jumped down and ran to their parents.

The atmosphere in the village was crowded again. Residents gathered at the village entrance to meet their kidnapped children.

Many of them cried because they could see their children again.

Some of them were still afraid when they saw the knights. But because they were in a happy position, the knights were not too ignored. Everything was in a cry.

"Thank you, man. Thank you for saving our children." Said one of the villagers.

"It's okay. It was our job to get them back home."

Of all the kittens that hugged their parents, there was one that did not.

He had no parents, no family, and no one paid attention to him.

Since then he has been the farthest behind us. Just watching his friends return home safely and meet their families.

As for him, there is no place back.

"Momo," as I tried to get to her, she left us in the woods. "Mom!" I also ran after him.

"What's up, Riel?"

"Where are you going?"

"... to the tent."

Did ya? As I recall the road to where we set up our tent is not here.

"Momo" call me again.

"Thank you, Riel."

Hm?

"thank you. Thanks to you, my friends can return safely"

"Momo?"

"..."

"..."

Without a word, I hugged her from behind.

"Eh! Ka-sister Riel? What are you doing?"

"It's okay, Momo."

"What are you doing? Unhand me!"

"It's okay, Momo. You don't have to hold it."

"Take me off... Untie..." After that, Momo immediately cried.

His crying voice might be fused with the other crying sounds of the village. However, Shin could still find us. 

While crying, Momo turned around and hugged me very tightly as well.

Her tears soaked my clothes. Her body also became so weak that I had to hold her back so as not to fall.

"Huaa... Huaaaa..."

I stroked his head. Both of his ears were facing down following his feelings. His tail also fell weakly.

"It's okay, Momo. It's okay."

Momo is very weak right now. Therefore, I will take care of him.

"I'll always be with you."