
...A Trade Caravan in the Middle of the Forest...
(It's actually going to make bandits again, but it's going to be monotonous and me and Elena are too lazy to face them)
"Follow me!" elena said briefly while speeding up her pace and taking the frontmost position.
The two of them nodded to each other before starting to speed up his movements following Elena. The two still did not know where Elena was going, yet they both strongly believed that she would not be lied to by someone close enough to them.
*Srak!* *srak!* *tap!*
After penetrating several bushes, they finally stopped on a tree branch. In front of them was a camp inhabited by merchant caravans, with those who watched secretly. The three still had not approached them, and ascertained whether the camp had anyone who might threaten them or not.
The camp was indeed only inhabited by merchants, so they assumed that they would not be too dangerous. Therefore, they are more focused on finding a bodyguard of these traders who are stronger and may threaten them.
"Hows it? Are we going to get to them?" elena asked without taking her eyes off the camp.
"Do you understand their language?" ask Anko.
When it will begin to communicate, of course, language is needed to understand the meaning of each individual involved in communication. If Elena approached them but was unable to understand the interlocutor's intent, then there would be no progress in their position.
"Just relax, I have the ability to learn a language quickly. As long as they speak to me, I will be able to learn their language immediately" Elene replied with a serious look.
One of Elena's dozens of psychic abilities is Xenoglossy. This ability allowed Elena to learn a foreign language quickly, even if she had only seen or heard it for the first time. However, there can still be limitations in this ability, where this ability cannot translate a random streak like the one in the Ayaka amulet.
"Please! We'll both stay here and be on standby in case something bad happens to you." Anko took out her firefly.
"Yes!" Naruto nodded and pulled out a kunai just like Anko.
They can both be very understanding if this situation is not a joke because they are in a different world. Although Elena knew more or less that this world had a civilization like on earth in the middle ages, but she was not as reckless as it was to lower her vigilance, because in this world there must be magical phenomena, because there is a lot of natural energy.
*sis!*
Elena used her Shunshin to disappear from where she was and appear under the tree in a very silent voice. He did not use Teleportation because it would emit a beam of light and make the merchants aware of their location.
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Elena walked towards that merchant camp with a relaxed-looking attitude. Even if he has to be vigilant, yet a friendly and harmless attitude is necessary for a good first impression. If he came brandishing a weapon, surely an action scene would be written by the author of this novel.
'Oh, it turns out that the language in this world is the same as that in Naruto world, yes. I didn't think the two would speak Japanese. Well, any language doesn't matter because I'm using Xenoglossy's ability to translate everything into Indonesian, Elena's inner self.
"I'm not a dangerous girl. Only a mercenary was lost," Elena said as she raised both of her hands unintentionally and made a friendly smile.
"Where could there be a girl in a place like this. Guards!"
Some people appeared while carrying some weapons. They were not uniform with weapons as varied as swords, bows, axes, magic wands, and spears. From this it can be seen that they are not soldiers, but more like mercenaries. Their number is only 7 and their weapons are visible .. is not uniform at all? But their cooperation may be worth watching out for.
Indeed, the hell, seeing a girl inside the forest was very suspicious. More suspiciously, she had intact clothes (if in tatters they could suspect that something bad was happening to her) and did not look afraid at all. There must be something special about the little girl, so she can still look normal.
In addition, Elena approached them with a friendly expression. It would be more convincing as a girl to get lost because in the middle of this dense forest normal children would feel afraid of the way home who did not know which one.
'Judging from the sword models and the weapons they carried, it seemed like this was a sword and magic world set in medieval Europe. I won't feel too weird about this, after all I was also reincarnated into a medieval world with shades of sword and magic in my previous life.'
Anko and Naruto prepared to throw their kunai, but Elena gave a gesture by turning her right hand. This makes them both stop the action and refocus on the situation if only they would experience the worst possibility.
"Wait!" The voice of a man was heard from the crowd of the camp.
Shortly after, a part-timbered man appears to stop the actions of all the mercenaries. He has brownish hair and eyes, with a fairly fat stomach but not to the extent that it inhibits his walking ability, he also has a mustache with the same warrant as his hair.
He walked to the front row and faced Elena. In one look, Elena had read this man's mind and made sure that he had no ill intentions and no hidden intentions of harming him.
"I am the representative of this trade union, my name is Tom Hague (Author read it with Tom Hughes, but it's up to you to read it how). Can you tell me why and what is necessary you came here?" ask the friendly guy.
Elena lowered her hand and said, "Oh, I'm glad you stopped those subordinates, Tom. I think I need to put some resistance on them."
"No, no, I can't allow such a Young Girl against so many armed men. So now, can you tell me why you're here, Young Girl?"
"I'm not a Young Girl, my name is Elena. To see if I could be here, I was actually with my two friends on a walk. But since this forest is so dense, the three of us got lost and accidentally encountered your camp," Elena said while maintaining her friendly face.
"In other words, there are still two more friends who are currently in the forest." Tom held onto his chin and continued, "Hmm ..., it's very strange that there are 3 little children coming here. What was the purpose of you coming here."
"Oh, not much. One of us is a pretty strong adult, he is training the two of us on how to survive in the forest," Elena replied with that non-suspicious excuse.