The next morning, we take a carriage from the carriage station to the village that issued the request.
Some people will get off on the way, so there are a decent number of people in the carriage. The destination village is the end of the route, so we will ride the carriage to the end.
“Wow, the horses are fast.”
“Mm, they’re fast.”
Fran and Horn, who is sitting in front of me, are excitedly watching the scenery as the carriage passes by. The horses aren’t running that fast, but they seem to be pretty fast for Fran and Horn.
Ao is also positioned between the two of them, looking at the scenery.
“Oneechan, here, I bought some sweets.”
“Oh my, thank you Shiro-chan.”
“It’s so delicious.”
“It’s perfect for a snack.”
Shiro is chatting with the girls while eating sweets.
They chatted about various things with sweets in their hands.
“The village is a producer of agricultural products, but in recent years it has been severely damaged by varmints, and because it is close to the borderland, young people are migrating there to work.”
“That explains why the commission fee was low. We have to do something about it as soon as possible.”
I was listening to an old man riding with us in the carriage tell me about the village we were heading to.
Without the help of young people, it would indeed be difficult to exterminate the varmints.
The people in the carriage gradually get off on the way, and we also arrived at the destination village before noon.
As expected, we were the only ones who stayed in the carriage until the end.
“The next carriage will come in two days, before noon.”
“Yes, I understand. Please be careful on the way.”
“““Bye Bye”””
As we watch the carriage return to the town capital, I look out over the village.
It felt like an idyllic farming village, but there were many footprints left in the fields and the crops were devoured.
We need to do something about this as soon as possible.
“Everyone, there are footprints coming out of the forest. I guess there’s a wild boar hoard lurking in the forest.”
“It’s true, there are a lot of footprints!”
““Mm, lot’s of them!””
“There are so many wild boars…”
There are many footprints leading out from the forest, but we’ll investigate the village a bit more to narrow down where the spotted boars are hiding.
Before that, I decided to go and say hello to the village chief, who is the client, first.
Incidentally, there is an old man passing by, so I decided to ask him where the village chief’s house is.
“Hello, I’m an adventurer who has come to receive a request from your village. I would like to go and talk to your village chief, may I know where his house is?”
“Oh my, it was quicker than I expected. I’m the village chief.”
“Oh, Grandpa is the village chief huh.”
“Hohoho, that’s right. Well, it’s the chief’s job to check who got out of the carriage you see.”
Oh, I thought I had found the first villager, but it turned out to be the village chief.
Wait, did he come to check on the passengers getting off the carriage?
“I’ll show you home, follow me.”
“““Ye~s”””
Thus, we all head to the village chief’s house with the village chief in the lead.
First of all, I have to ask about the situation.
This is translated by Yume Neiji. Kindly read at yumeineijiworks.wordpress.com.
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