The Peerless Kobold - Chapter 185
While thanking them for accepting the urgent request based on personal trust and not through the adventurers Guild, Maril worked out the details of the search…
Meanwhile, Natalie, Maril’s mother, unconsciously let out a sigh as she watched her daughter’s figure from behind.
“She has always been such a tomboy since she was younger, but… like this, no one will take her in as a bride.”
Maril’s upper body was protected by a leather breastplate, while a machete blade hung from her waist, and on her feet were leather boots.
Perhaps Maril was uncomfortable with the fact that everyone would step into such a dangerous place and leave her in the safety of the village, so she was determined to step into the forest herself even though she could not yet handle a sword. Of course, her mother also tried to stop her, but she would not listen.
(While it’s nice that she is hands-on as the acting village chief, it’s also a problem that her sense of responsibility is too strong…)
As she sighed once again, Natalie glanced at Zeno who led the local guard group, and gave him a meaningful look that asked him to “take care of her daughter.” The man himself had no intentions of stepping deeper into the autumn forest, so he was the only one she could rely on to admonish her daughter to not overestimate her capabilities.
Although she was reluctant, Natalie put on a smile as she watched her daughter go. Maril’s parents had dedicated their lives to Viel village, so she also cared for the village and was working as hard as she could as the acting village chief.
Viel village’s guards headed into the depths of the forest sanctuary while the adventurers headed to the eastern plains after the sun rose, and the mother and daughter pair parted ways without understanding how the other truly felt.
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A few hours later, when the sun had already appeared in the morning sky, the adventurers who had already finished searching the grasslands sat by the entrance of Easteria forest and seemed to be preparing an early lunch.
“Is it really alright to just sit around and have lunch in this kind of situation?”
“Surely… this isn’t the only thing we can do. What do you think, Muriel?”
While using a dagger to prepare the prairie rat they had hunted earlier, Mirea, the hunter who acted as their scout, asked Muriel who was sitting opposite her. However, since her question was exactly what the others were thinking, Muriel had nothing to say about it.
“At any rate, we can’t enter the forest sanctuary anyway, so I guess that’s that… Muriel, fire please.”
“Okay. Fire.”
In response to Riberto who was in charge of preparing the campfire, Muriel placed her hand over the hole that was lined with firewood and kindling and uttered a word to produce fire.
From there, Mirea placed the prepared meat into skewers and grilled them. Not long after, a nice smell surrounded the area.
“Oooh, that looks delicious!”
“Hey, Ares, you didn’t do anything, go help around with something!”
“Oh come on, I’ll take care of the clean-up later, let’s dig in first!”
The meals that they could prepare while camping is usually sparse, but since they have been staying at Viel village, they were able to procure some soft bread and walnuts, so their lunch was rather lavish than usual.
“Nnngh, I know I’m supposed to be worrying about the lost child, but is it wrong that I still have an appetite? … Anyway, I’m digging in. Thank you for the food!”
After saying her graces, Muriel cunningly secured a few pieces of skewered meat as her companions would eat all of the food if she hesitated. The meat was grilled nicely, and the light sprinkling of salt made it tastier.
(...drool)
(What a delicious scent)
(I wonder why food looks tastier when you see someone else eat it?)
Hidden between the trees in the boundary of the forest and the plains, the beasts twitched their noses as they observed the adventurers nearby. However, they were no longer looking at anything since they were so focused on their sense of smell…
“Oh, you’re drooling, Mr. Doggy— mmppph!?”
Pressing a paw against the mouth of the little girl who began to speak, Blazer squinted his eyes and gazed steadily at the red haired mage who sat among the adventurers.
