Watashi Ga Betsu No Sekai De Umarekawatta
2-5: People In Baronet Muno Region 1
After me, Lina and Tiane walked for about a few minutes and we decided to rest under the shady trees and I took out some of the food I got from the storage...
"Here I have food for you two... "
"You must have reported after a long time of not eating..."
The two of them remained silent and looked only at the warm bread I had given them...
"Why the bread is not eaten... "
"It would be a pity if this food is eaten just like that, we better save it and eat a little for supplies..."
"Thickness that Lina said, food like this is a rare thing for us, so it is better to keep it for later... "
"Huh. you two, don't be like that... "
"I have plenty of food to eat anytime and anywhere, so you don't have to worry about food shortages... "
"So eat and if you are less then ask me again, I will give it... "
"Yes, thank you, Secilia... "
The two of them ended up eating the bread that I gave them greedily...
"If you're tired, you can sleep for a while, I'll wait for him... "
"Can't you...?"
"of course... "
They both slept soundly and after 1 hour they slept, they woke up and we resumed the journey...
After a few minutes of walking, we were stopped by someone...
"Secilia and there's someone... "
"Yes, I saw it too... "
When we saw them and realized it, they went back into the forest and hid...
"Ah.they went into the forest... "
"How is this Secilia...?"
"Just calm down, look and pay attention to what games they will play... "
Looks like scout kun went to call his friends...
They were thieves, but this time it was a bit different...
They are children from 9 to 14 years old...
There were three boys and six girls with their Reward & Punishment was simply 'Contract Breaches' in their status...
Because their title was 'Slave Escape' and maybe they were probably children who escaped from the village with their stamina all less than half...
Indeed, it would be pitiful to defeat them right...
"What's in there...?"
"Boy group of thieves... "
"What, I'm excited...!!"
"They are runaway slaves... "
"The child who escaped...?"
I explained a little to Lina and Tiane...
"Then, our Reward & Punishment won't change even, if we kill them, so I think it doesn't matter to them..."
"True.the runaway slaves may not have projectile weapons, let's release them... "
When we wanted to continue on the road there were three girls lying on the street and they blocked it...
We can't really get through it, can we...?
But they didn't move a bit, even though we were about to step over them and a bunch of other kids came out of the woods...
"Don't move...!!"
"We've got ten archers aiming at you in the woods..."
"Hoo... "
"So you want to threaten us with the help of your friends... "
"Secilia... "
"Yes.you are very creepy Secilia san... "
A strange voice with a high tone threatened us and started to get scared and their legs started to shake
"If you value your life, leave your food here... "
While shaking the boy spoke with all his might, hoping that I might sympathize and give them food...
"Give up your food quickly... "
He made a request with maximum effort, but the chorus back did not help...
It was very interesting to see them frightened and with all their might asking...
And they deliberated for a while and decided what they were going to ask in a desperate voice, yet remained spirited...
"I want potatoes... "
"Stupid.we have to demand dried meat here..."
"Really... "
"I want to eat bread... "
"Anything is good as long as it's not a weed... "
"Stupid, you guys just shut up... "
"You fools call others fools, you know...?"
"Shut your mouth... "
His demands became the voice of little children, ruining everything...
I caught one of the little girls blocking the path and gently threw it at the other children in the forest...
He's very light....
The children were thrown in panic while catching him....
"Well, what are you doing...!!"
"We'll shoot you with arrows..."
"Ara... "
And no one came out of the woods...
Do they have no weapons or just grit...
"Do you want to walk into the forest by yourself or be thrown there...?"
"C. Just try it..."
"If we don't have food, we'll starve to death... "
He insisted in a trembling voice, I'm not sure if he was bluffing or serious...
It was so exciting to see them trying and being scared...
It turned out to be the same age as me, but she looked as old as Lina and Tiane...
She's a girl with semi-long red hair and red brown eyes...
The arm I held to make him stand thin like a dead twig...
"Le... release Totona...!!"
"Ara. do you want me to let go... "
"Then this is him... "
I threw it and was caught by the other children...
Looks like the boy who has been negotiating with us since now came out of the forest after seeing me grab the girl's arm...
The red-haired boy looked similar to the girl...
He held a club in his hand...
I forced the girl to stand up, and pushed her towards the boy...
The girl stumbled and was caught by the boy...
Seeing them with a pitiful face, I became more and more anxious to torture them, but they did not do evil, so I paused my intention and gave them a sack of food I got from storage...
"You might think that, if I give you food, it won't solve the root of the problem right..."
"When you're hungry, you don't think about tomorrow... "
"The most important thing is to put out that hunger now... "
Well even though Lina and Tiane's faces were not sincere when I gave them food, but I convinced them to be sincere...
After the incident, we invited the children to visit where they lived...
"Does that still bother you...?"
"No. not that... "
What I have in mind are the things ahead...
There was a narrow river in front of this road and five old men were there...
They were not thieves or runaway slaves...
Are they fishing...?
We arrived at the river after a while....
The old man just sat on the worn out chair and stared at the river...
I was thinking of camping near the river, but what should I do about it....
"Good afternoon, good weather today... "
"Ohh... Are you an adventurer...?"
"And do you have some business with this old man... "
"I'm sorry for bothering you..."
"When I stopped by the river to get some water, I saw your figure, so I thought about greeting everyone here... "
"That's pretty polite to us... "
"Just think of me like a pebble on the side of the road... "
"That's right.we don't have to do anything but stare at the river in grief until we are summoned by the Gods.... "
"It is better to be called by the Gods here than our grandchildren are sold... "
"We are not welcome in the village even if we return... "
"If you want to give us food, I'll take it anytime, you know.. "
"Hey.if you eat now, you will be summoned by the late Gods...
"That's right, yeah... "
It seems they were left in this river...
You should appreciate the elders...!!
"Don't make a face like that, it's okay... "
"That's right, in order to reduce the mouth that needs to be fed, we came out of the village on our own accord... "
"True..if parents are reduced, girls who sell themselves may be reduced as well... "
"Right now, the merchants were not buying slaves and the village chief was grumbling... "
Since no one was going to buy their daughter, they were sacrificing the parents now...
Because the parents seemed harmless, so I decided to camp a little away from them...
We were under the wind from where they were...
Because of the pity and request from Lina and Tiane, so we decided to cook something for them and I gave the cooking business to Lina and Tiane, who happened to be good at cooking...
"So you can cook... "
"Yes, we used to cook in the village a lot, so we're good at cooking... "
"And you can make something for those pebbles... "
"We understand, since heavy meals are impossible for people who are fasting, let's make cereal porridge... "
"Need help... "
We have quite a few hands, but let's just accept their help...
After that came the other children from the forest...
"Grandfather, we got some food... "
"It's not a weed today... "
The children we met in the afternoon came storming as we ate cereal, vegetables and wolf meat together with the parents...
I had heard about these children from the elderly, but since they did not know when they would return, we had already started eating in front of them...
"Ah, that's the guys from before... "
"Have they come to take the food back... "
"They're waiting for us..."
The children hid anxiously behind the leader's back...
Do these children not see the peaceful atmosphere of this meal...
"We have a lot of porridge, why don't you eat with us... "
"That's right, you kids eat too... "
"Hey now... "
The children were careful with my invitation, but since grandfather also called them, and most importantly, they were captivated with the porridge served, before long they came to eat with us...
"E.. yummy."
"And this is not a weed... "
"Uwah. There is something that smells good..."
"There's stewed meat here... "
"You're lying... "
"That's right, it's meat... "
"really delicious... "
It's nice that you're happy, but please stop shedding tears...
One of the children asked for more and with a few words, tension arose in the children...
Maybe just feel that tension subtly, or maybe not at all...
"Children don't have to worry... "
"Go eat more."
"We still have a lot, so if you want to add, you can ask without worrying..."
They cheered after hearing Lina's words and left my unfinished words...
Kids' eating speed is faster...
The pebbles scolded the boy who ate in a hurry...
"Compose your food well..."
Since it seemed like the food would not be enough, I took out some sacks of potatoes to boil...
I peeled about 20 potatoes and boiled them along with Tiane who came to help...
Things like wealth and the poor or the social structure of the world are very severe and cause the rich to get richer and the poor to get poorer...
Huh really human because they are weak, they fight hard, and will save themselves even at the expense of many people...
Since they could not be saved, they allowed one part to become a sacrifice...
It's good, if it's like that and I don't think about it too much myself...
After that there was an old woman who came near me...
"It hurts just to accept your kindness and eat, so I thought if there was anything I could help... "
"Since we've just started boiling more potatoes, we've got quite a few hands..."
"I think you're just going to clean up, is that okay...?"
"I have nothing to pay you back even after you've treated us this much..."
"It's just a simple wish, please don't mind it... "
The old woman looked lost for a moment, but as if she decided on something, she continued her words...
"An adventurer san, can you make those children your slaves... "
"Of course not... "
"I'm sorry, pebbles I've got enough slaves and I don't need any more of these... "
"One or two of them are fine, please take them...
"If they were left alone here, they would die of starvation sooner or later..."
"I don't mind, if the bones are like me, but it's very painful to see children suffer... "
I'm sorry to the old lady...
To put it bluntly, traveling in this world was too dangerous...
If I was just the two of them, it was an easy thing, but if it was more than that I didn't want to, then I could do something about it, but if the people who need to be protected are raised by the nine children there, I won't be able to...
To calm the feeling, I set aside a little food...
"It would be better if children could grow their own vegetables... "
"That's right, it would be nice if there was a field where we could grow vegetables... "
"Is the land around here not good... "
"Sun exposure is good, but the soil is too fragile, so it's not good... "
"Hmm... such a thing about agricultural reform...?"
"Yes. If I'm not mistaken, he said that a massive pestilence of insect monsters occurred... "
"Monster insect... "
According to the old man, there's a monster's nest here...
In other words, I had to clear the forest and cultivate the farmland there... "
"Good, if I do that, then the kids and we will work hard for it... "
The old woman said that but she did not look serious...
If we had heavy equipment, then clearing the land would not be difficult at all, but of course there was no such thing...
In fact, if we manage to cultivate the land, they can only harvest after 1 year when suffering during that period...
"True, there are plants that can be harvested quickly, but only Gabo can be in this season...
That one can be harvested in a month...
Although, anyone except the Nobles in their land was forbidden to plant crops, so I could not get grains...
The old woman had experience in cultivating Gabo fruit when she was forced to work in a castle...
"That thing can grow very fast..."
"Then that's why it's a weed... "
They just need to have enough food until spring, is there really nothing we can do...
"If there was such a method, our old bones would not be driven out of the village... "
"I don't mind even if it doesn't make sense... "
"True, then we can hunt spider bears in the forest..."
"If we only had three boss spider meat and fumigated them and we could live casually until spring..."
It was a monster that lived far away in various places in this forest...
There were 5 monsters with levels around 24-28...
Still, whether a bear or a spider, be firm about it...
"Don't seriously think about it..."
"I know that you are strong, but they will not win against the spider bear in the forest..."
"When I was a child, there were conquest expeditions with knights, samurai and soldiers leading the way, but no one returned... "
Rather than the problem with fighting inside the forest, I think it was only because of the difference in levels...
So that will be my next prey...
