“……Is everyone okay?”
Even if I try to talk to them, they just turn their blank eyes on me.
Yup, this is no good.
“He~y, answer me—”
“““Huh!?”””
Ah, it seems that they’ve finally come to their senses.
“W-wait, what was that thing just now!? That terrifying ancient dragon!?”
“That’s the staff I use all the time.”
“Why does your staff turn into a dragon!?”
“Hmm…. well, because it’s just that kind of staff, I guess?”
“Why do you have something like that!?”
It was a barrage of questions. Tsk. It’s bothersome to be asked so many questions all at once.
“As expected of Reus. You’re amazing.”
Fana was the only one who gave me a look of respect.
“No, I guess you are not on the level I expected. ……Well, it’s too late to say it now….…”
It was Maricia who let out a sigh of exasperation.
“Anyway, it’s true that we were saved thanks to this kid. If it were just us, we wouldn’t even be able to compete with the first form of that demon. And in that scenario, by now, that horde of ogres might have come out of the dungeon and the country would have been a mess.”
“Yeah… It’s scary when you think about it…… I say, it wouldn’t be worth it if we didn’t charge the guild an extra fee.”
“By the way, what happened to that horde of ogres?”
There were so many ogres, but there were only corpses lying here and there, and as far as the eye could see, there were no surviving individuals. I can’t see Wolf-kaachan and the others in sight, but they may have gone deeper into the dungeon and continued to exterminate the monsters.
While I was thinking so, a huge shadow emerged from the darkness.
It’s Kaa-chan. The little werewolves too.
(Did you clean it up?)
『Yeah. We’ve taken out not only the ogres, but also all the monsters that look like them. 』
(Oh, Nice work Kaa-chan.)
Apparently, all the monsters that have been modified by that demon were annihilated as well.
“You guys helped me a lot too.”
““““Wau-wau-wau-wauuuu!””””
The little wolves wag their tails happily when I praised them.
『Now then, I think it’s time for you to take us back to the forest. As the lord of the territory, I can’t be away for too long.”
(Got it. Thank you for today, Kaa-chan.)
『……』
When I was about to send them back, Kaa-chan spoke,
『Right. I just remembered that I saw a group of humans near the forest some time after you left.』
(A group of humans?)
『I don’t know what they came to do there, but there were people who smelled like you, so I didn’t kill them. 』
Smells like me? Hmm…. who the hell is that?
『Also…… If you want to come and play, come anytime. These kids want to play with you too. 』
““““Wau-wau-wau!””””
Then I sent Kaa-chan and the wolf cubs home.
“The impact of the dragon earlier was so great that my senses are going crazy…… but, what do you have to do with those wolves……? The smaller one looked like a Nightmare Garm with a Danger Level A you know….…”
Badak asks nervously.
“I was abandoned right after I was born. That’s how I was raised by that big wolf.”
“……There’s so much going on that I don’t know where to start anymore.”
Maricia said with a faraway look.
After that, I was asked various questions about where I was born, why I was abandoned, how I was raised by a magical beast, etc., but all I answered is, “Well, I don’t really know either.”
It’s odd that I had a clear mind from the moment I was born. If I do it poorly, they may find out that I have a memory of previous life.
―Master, I think you’re already more than odd.
Eh? It’s like I heard Lindwurm’s voice just now. No, no, it’s dormant, so there’s no way I can hear it.
“Okay, okay, enough. I don’t think it’s a good idea to pry into people’s pasts too much!”
“In this brat’s case, his past isn’t so much the past, right?”
This is translated by Yume Neiji. Kindly read at yumeineijiworks.wordpress.com.
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