The Peerless Kobold - Chapter 107
“Thank you for waiting, Sir Archer, Sir Wallace.”
Glen gets off the driver’s seat and hands me the reins which he held in his left hand, but… I shake my head from side to side.
“Bururuh!!”
“Hihin!”
“Van garuouaaa…” [They are wary of us…]
“Now that you mention it, you are a Kobold after all… What about you, Sir Wallace?”
“Well, the cat people are people of the forest, so we do not ride horses.”
In the forest where there are many obstacles, horses can only move on even footing. Thus, it is more advantageous for the cat people and kobolds who can easily move in the forest terrain. Considering the cost and efficacy of maintaining a horse, forest people like us do not keep horses because it is not economically reasonable.
“Lady Ernesta?”
“It’s fine, you can send some of our men with them. They would have nothing to do without the carriages, after all.”
Ernesta answered while she dismounted from the carriage in the same manner. Glen slightly bowed before he turned and walked away.
“I heard everything from Glen. Looks like we’ll be relying on you again.”
“Wau, worua kuruaooua.” [Well, it just so happened that we were helping the cat people.]
After thinking for a bit, I showed my true intention and continued.
“Garuu kuruooan?” [Can I have this as part of the reward too?]
“Hmm, sure. That was originally part of the equipment I provided after all.”
“Kyuon kuruoou… Gauruo, gaugoau voruoaaan?” [Then I shall receive it with thanks… By the way, what is the situation with the Bleeding Disease patients?]
In response to my question, Ernesta ruffles her beautiful, silver hair and groans.
“Urghh, we found out that the disease was a curse that circumstantially causes the magic inside the body to run amok, destroying the body little by little from the inside, but the thing is, the effect of the curse is now weakening.”
“Although…” she added,
“Once the body is ruined, it won’t return to normal even if the curse loses its power completely. We can’t be optimistic that the magical disturbances in the body will also recover naturally, so we can’t rely on the Holy attribute’s healing magic either.”
“Guruouaru…” [So it’s just like before…]
“No, it’s hard to help the people with terminal infections, but if we can slow down the progression and stabilize those who are exhibiting the early signs of infection, then we’ll have a fighting chance. This is a critical time for us…”
The only patients of the Bleeding Disease I’ve actually seen were the purple-haired female Knight and her crew who were sprawled on the street. It would weigh on my conscience if they died of illness, but… it seems like they have a good chance of surviving now.
“Vuu, garuann.” [Then, please do your best.]
“Yes, thanks.”
As I continued to talk to her a while after that, two men who appeared like coachmen cautiously approached.
“… We’ve heard so much about you. It’s a pleasure to meet you, Mr. Holy Beast.”
“Pleasure to meet you, sir.”
I nodded lightly as the two coachmen who approached us took off their hats in greeting and made their way to the carriages.
“Guruo, gaoruaaann!” [Everyone, get inside the carriages!!]
“Aouwan.” (Got it.)
“Kyuaon♪” (This looks fun♪)
After lightly checking the inside of the carriage, Blazer went in and was followed by my sister who used her inherent leg strength to leap inside the vehicle. I followed them after and called out to my two remaining companions to get inside the other carriage.
“Wauu, guruu kuuaouaon.” [Ax, you and Lancer get in that one.]
I point out to the second horse wagon that Wallace just got into.
“Guruo, aoon.” (So we’ll be going there, right?)
“Wau, waonn.” (Okay, got it.)
“U, uuwh” (It’s so impressive…)
The coachman nervously sweated as the big, blue, macho kobold slowly approached the carriage. And it was not just him, but the horses as well.
“Buruaaaaah!!”
“Hihiiiiiiiiinn!?”
“Kuu!? Ki, kyuun.” (Wah!? I-I’m so sorry!)
“Hooo, y-you guys need to calm down!!”
When the coachman managed to pacify the horses who were about to go wild, Ax ducked and entered the carriage and Lancer followed suit.
(He’s the most harmless guy in the group though…)
And after all of us boarded the carriages, I lightly waved to Ernesta who saw us off.
“Garuoon.” [We’ll be off, then.]
“Take care.”
After the exchange, the carriage left and passed from the gatehouse to the outer walls of the castle and into the streets of Selkram, the Royal Capital, where the people were suddenly excitedly talking about the Holy Beast.
