I Transmigrated as my Bias's Messenger Bird - Chapter 10
“My Lord, the gorge is clear.”
“Good work.”
Rai replied dryly. His hair was blowing in the breeze, but his eyes never wavered. Reina stared at his sidelong glance.
‘What could be the reason?’
Recently, trolls had been plundering the upper reaches of the trade routes, and the Emperor had requested the Tower Lord to exterminate them. But the Tower Lord refused for various reasons, sometimes because he had a lot of work to do, sometimes because he didn’t think it was worth his time.
‘The last time he refused, he stated that he was unwell and unable to leave…’
The news that Rai had rejected this last request from the Emperor had even led to rumors that the Emperor had fallen ill and spent several days bedridden. But this time, the Tower Lord himself had personally led the extermination mission. Moreover, he summoned a 9th-level Meteor. He intended to wipe them out in one fell swoop.
Reina’s gaze turned to Rai’s hand.
From his casually outstretched right hand, bright orange rays of light continuously shot up into the sky.
The beam of light instantly formed into a giant fireball in midair, and it crashed down on the trolls’ heads. Rai watched them plummet to the ground like a swarm of moths caught in a lantern.
Reina cautiously approached him.
“My Lord, we will handle the rest. You can save your strength now.”
“I will finish this.”
Reina did not take another step. She could only vaguely guess at the Tower Lord’s intentions.
Not too long ago, trolls massacred the residents of a border village. It was a small village of peasants. Trolls who had previously only been pillaging the upper regions had turned their sights on the village as their new prey. Upon hearing the report, the Tower Lord did not hesitate and immediately set out to exterminate the trolls.
“At your command.”
Reina stood at attention, and that was that.
“Keeeyyaaah! Die!!”
It was a surprise attack.
Trolls riding trained hyenas had sprinted up the hillside to attack Rai and Reina, hurling their spears at them all at once.
As the spears, which must have numbered at least twenty, whistled through the air, Rai’s eyes locked on theirs, and they stopped. The spears stopped as if they had been deflected. They were just about to hit Rai and Reina when they suddenly changed direction and flew over them. It happened just in time.
“Keeeyyaaah!”
The spears that had changed direction pierced through the trolls’ bodies one after another, and they helplessly fell to the ground. The hyenas, who had lost their masters, panicked and fled.
“Exactly when did I…? Whew, thank you.”
Reina expressed her gratitude, and Rai, as if nothing had happened, once again gazed into the distant sky. The trolls were still falling.
The corners of Rai’s eyes narrowed slightly as he gazed ahead over the horizon. The sky was an alien color, a feast of reds and blues.
‘…That must be…’
It was at that moment.
Slasch!
In the blink of an eye, Rai’s figure, which seemed to be lowering his arm, vanished.
***
I don’t know how long it was. When I came to, I was falling.
‘I’m falling. I’m really falling.’
As I continued to fall, terrified and unable to open my eyes, something enveloped my body. At that moment, my rapid fall came to a halt, and I began descending slowly to the ground.
Everything was silent. There was no overwhelming heat. If anything, there was a faint, cool breeze, which puzzled me. I gradually opened my eyes.
The bright sunlight blinded me for a moment, but then I saw a pair of deep turquoise eyes. The gentle wind began to blow, and his black hair flowed in the breeze.
“Ah…?”
It was Rai Sherfied.
‘How…? Oh, I see, the automatic teleportation stayed on even after I lost consciousness. Incredible…’
But I don’t think I landed on his shoulder, this angle is… looking down, I think I’m… being held? Did I try to sit on his shoulder and lose my footing and fall?
I was trying to second-guess myself.
“My Lord, this is…”
Reina said, running up to me. Her eyes were alert as she looked at me.
‘Yes, I’m sure she’s never seen a messenger bird fly through flames, me neither.’
I stared at Reina with frustration and sorrow.
“…Take her to the Tower for treatment first.”
“Understood.”
Rai. Just as I was about to get a little emotional, Rai handed me over to Reina, who took me in with open arms.
‘Why use both arms…? One hand should be enough, shouldn’t it?’
Something felt odd at that moment. It was like experiencing lag and then having several translucent pop-up windows quickly appear.
[Fainted!]
[Auto-teleportation is disabled due to the fainting effect.]
[Transformation is canceled due to fainting effect.]
[Caution! Falling!]
[Fainting effect has been lifted!]
[Falling has stopped!]
‘…What?’
So many windows flashed by at once that I felt goosebumps instinctively form all over my body, even though it was clear my brain hadn’t yet registered the entire situation yet.
There seemed to be a crucial line in the middle that shouldn’t be there… So, those pop-ups are indicating…
“…I’ll go to the wagon and get you something to wear.”
Oh, right, so I’d lost my bird form, fallen naked, and been rescued by Rai. So the thin fabric around my body is Rai’s cloak…?
Oh, no. Please save me.
