Read Novel Full Chapter 217
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Chapter 217 – Cleaning Up and Reward
When I returned to the top of the stairs, Myrril-san was waiting for me, rubbing her cheek against her Uzi and talking to it about something.
“I’m sorry… but even though it was because of the Fox Demon’s curse, I treated my precious “Wuji” in a very rough way… and I’m going to polish every corner of you later…”
“What are you doing, Mir-san?”
At the side of the suspicious Mir-neesan is a wilting imperial horse with an uncomfortable look on its face and a horse-drawn sleigh full of gold ore. Two red cloaks, dead with their eyeballs shot out, and…?
“What’s that?”
I tilted my head at the wrinkled, curled mass of unidentified objects. I’ve seen something like it before. It was a stuffed fish made for export in the Edo period. It is said to be a fish and a monkey…
“It’s the end result of the fox.”
“Huh? Is that the fox? Not a dried kappa? Or rather, what is it? A fox?”
“It is the northern lord named Molls. She attacked me with a terrible spell, so I had no choice but to kill her. I’m sorry.”
“But this is a freshly killed one? No, I don’t really care, as long as Myrril is safe. But is it freshly killed? It looks like it’s been dead for weeks or months…”
“It’s true, I just shot her. The moment she died, her magic left her body or something.”
Well, that’s okay. The lying bodies are stowed away just in case; the horse-drawn sleigh is also stowed away, and the horse is released.
The sturdy Imperial horse looked back at Myrril with a frightened look on its face as it ran out.
“Let’s go back now, shall we?”
“Umu.”
When we reached the point where we could see the hovercraft, we saw the guards spread out around us, standing guard. Ivan-san smiled when he saw that we were empty-handed.
“You don’t have to tell everyone. As for the Northern Lord, it is my responsibility.”
“At least the Imperial Army and the remnants of the Northern Lord are not our fault. They killed each other and were wiped out without us having to do anything about it.”
“And the miners?”
“The miners were killed.”
Ivan-san and the others shook their heads with downcast faces.
“We should have killed that fox a long time ago. That’s Mir’s to blame.”
“…Are you blaming me?”
“They would have been executed anyway. It would have made the paperwork a little easier if we could have gotten them to talk.”
“No, Captain Ivan. If we had gotten a bunch of extra charges out of them, it would have doubled our workload, wouldn’t it?”
“No doubt.”
The guards and I decided to just laugh it off and be done with it. Considering the disgraceful behavior of the Western Territory soldiers, I didn’t feel like reporting it to the Western Lord. He wouldn’t even have the decency to give us the gold ore.
“Come on, let’s go back to Sarz and rest.
I saw a guard walking awkwardly, and when I looked closely, I saw that he had broken his leg before coming here.
“Wait, are you sure you can walk like that?”
“Yes, Moff fixed most of it. It doesn’t hurt, and I’m fine, but it’s a little itchy, like it’s just starting to heal, so it’s a little hard for me to walk.”
“Woof.”
The snow wolf with the cheat ability makes a sound as if to say, “You’ll get used to it soon.
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It had been an hour since I had launched the Griffon. We were running through the snowy landscape when we noticed swords, spears, and shields lying in various places.
“Mir, what’s that?”
“I think it’s what the Green Cloak left behind.”
“Ivan-san, do you want to pick it up?”
“No need. There’s no end to it, and it’s not worth the effort to pick it up. If you touch that thing, you’ll catch the disease of cowardice.”
The guard captain was right; it was a dull sword that had not been well cared for. Since it was a nuisance, we ignored it and moved on.
“Thank goodness, at this rate, we should be able to return to Sarz in the light of day.”
“Thank you, Takifu. And Mir, too.”
Looking back, I saw Ivan-san and the rest of the guard bowing in the back seat.
“What’s with the sudden change?”
“Until this morning, I didn’t think I would make it out alive. I was ready to die in the crossfire with these bastards.”
“Now we can drink again, Captain.”
“Let’s have a party. Takifu and Mir should come too. We’ll treat you tonight.”
“That sounds great. We’d love to have you two join us.”
There were cheers and laughter. Some were laughing, and some were crying. In fact, it must have been quite dangerous at one point. I am glad to hear that they are safe.
We have killed for whatever reason, whether we were forced, driven, or had no choice, and we don’t often feel that we have saved someone. It is moments like this that make me glad we came to the Republic. It’s a funny thing, too.
It’s quite likely that the war would not have happened if we hadn’t come here.
“After that, through the forest, we’ll be in Sarz.”
Well, you know. Here, in the usual course of events, just as we are relieved to see the city walls, the city is attacked by enemy forces, smoke from the battle rises, and hordes of magical beasts rush in…
“Oh, boys. The garrison is coming for us!”
Good. Nothing seems to be happening this time. I see the guards waving at the gate and the “Witch of Sarz” with her arms crossed and smiling. A few horses were nearby. But it didn’t look like they were going out to look for the enemy at this hour.
“Hey, look at this. It’s got a star pattern on its belly. Isn’t that Kesrel’s horse?”
“That chestnut must be Makina’s horse. They’re back!”
The rear cheered, and I slowed the Griffon. The guards, who seemed to be the owners of the horses, jumped off in a hurry and ran toward the city gate.