Episode 10 Trading and Exchange
Momonga and Narberal headed for the kingdom, and Ulbert, Yuri, and Nigun headed for the empire, respectively. I leave the exploration of the Great Forest to Cocytus and Aura, and first head to Carne Village with Mare.
Although the days had passed, Peroroncino stepped into the village while cautiously checking to see if there was a man who claimed to be the royal warrior chief. He looked around for Enri and Nemu, suddenly spotted a familiar back and called out to them.
“…Village chief, how are you feeling?”
I approached the village chief while being conscious of his bright voice.
The village chief shook his body for a moment as if he was surprised, and then he looked back at me with a relieved look on his face .
"This is... Master Peroroncino! I didn't expect you to come."
Welcomed with a smile, Peroroncino naturally smiled broadly.
“I want to get along with you because you helped me, and I was a little worried about it too… It seems that the reconstruction is progressing smoothly.”
Peroroncino spoke while looking around, and the village chief also looked around the village. As Peroroncino said, reconstruction work is being carried out everywhere in the village . .
Restoration of devastated fields and destroyed houses, simple and shabby fences built around villages.
Only women, children and old people are working, and the men who should be the most reliable are only seen a few times.
But it was inevitable.
By the time Peroroncino and the others came to rescue the village, the majority of the village had already been sacrificed, most of them young men with the power to resist.
The dead never come back to life, and everything must be done by the survivors alone. However, in that case, it would take time to save lives and rebuild the village. I could see the color of fatigue on the faces of the workers, and it seemed like a painful situation.I wonder if those sisters are working somewhere,Peroroncino hides his face slightly in his heart.Peroroncino couldn't help but see the images of his sisters on the brink of collapse at any moment.
I rushed to ask about the whereabouts of the sisters, but it was quicker for the village chief to call out to me first.
"By the way, who are those people?"
Ahead of the village chief's gaze, he holds a cane in both hands and hides behind Peroroncino.
When Peroroncino came to his senses, he remembered the purpose of this time and looked back in a hurry. He took one leg half a step back and tilted his body, gently pushing the small back behind him to urge him forward.
"Ah, that's right! This child is Marley. She is a child who serves us, and she is a very good and excellent child!"
"Ma, mare, it's... Ah, um, nice to meet you."
Marley lowers her head timidly while putting strength into her hand holding her cane.
The village chief unwittingly smiled at his naive attitude that tickled his desire to protect him.
However, even so, he doesn't look down on him just because he's a young child. Perhaps it was because he was with Peroroncino, but when the village chief got down on one knee and looked at Mare, he bowed his head politely.
"Is that so? Nice to meet you, Mr. Mare. I am the mayor of this village. I look forward to working with you."
"Yes..."
“Actually, I brought Mare here with the intention of putting Mare here as my substitute. If you have any, please tell this child.”
"No way! I can't help the village and cause you any more trouble!"
"No, don't worry about it. To tell the truth, I've always wanted to interact with humans. We are very happy that you accepted us! Please let us get along!"
The mayor seemed a little overwhelmed by Peroroncino's momentum as he clenched his fists.
But there is no negative color to be seen in his face.
With a small smile, the village chief accepted Peroroncino's offer by nodding and bowing his head.
If this had been Momonga or Ulbert, for example, it might not have gone so well . had deepened their interactions with the villagers during the short time they were gathering information.
"Good! Thank you, Village Chief!"
"No no, this is it. Thank you for caring about people like us."
"Alright! Well then, let's go..."
"Oh! It's Peroroncino-sama!"
Peroroncino puffed out the feathers on his chest and was enthusiastic, but he was interrupted by a young, high-pitched voice that he suddenly heard.
When I closed my mouth and looked around, I saw a girl running towards me with a big smile on her face.
The girl brakes hard on her tiny legs and stops in front of Peroroncino, looking up with twinkling eyes.
"Hello, Peroroncino!"
“Hello, Nemu-chan.
It is so cute to see her cheeks dyed red and a big smile on her face.
Peroroncino desperately tightened his sloppy expression, but he couldn't control his impulses and gently reached out to the girl. She gently caresses her little head as she combs her hair, taking great care not to hurt her with the sharp fingertips of her gauntlets.
Behind him, Mare was staring at him with inorganic eyes, but fortunately or unfortunately Peroroncino didn't notice it at all.
He stroked Nemu's head without getting tired of it, and finally stopped moving his hand when he suddenly heard the girl's voice again.
“Nem, why are you suddenly gone… Pe, Peroroncino-sama!?”
“Hello, Enri-chan. You look even cuter today.”
Peroroncino quickly whispered sweet words to Enri, who was surprised by her presence, who must have come looking for her sister Nemu.
As expected, it should be said that there is nothing more than chanting “Eroge is my life”, or rather, it is almost a conditional reflex and speaks stinky lines proudly.
If Momonga or Ulberto were here, they would have stared at Peroroncino with white eyes, as if they were looking at a pervert .
Mare was staring at the sisters with the same inorganic eyes, the village chief had a puzzled expression, Nemu was flirting with Enri, and Enri was blushing with a bewildered expression. While Enri was at a loss for her reaction, Nemu, who had been flirting with her, looked up at Peroroncino with her innocent smile on his face.
"How long will Master Peroroncino be here?"
"Hmm, there's something I want to talk to the village headman about, so I'm going to stay until that's over. I wonder if I'll be here for the rest of the day."
"Wow! Yay!"
"Hey, Nemu! Peroroncino-sama is busy... I'm really sorry!"
"No, no, it's okay. I'm happy that Nemu-chan is happy."
Peroroncino spoke in a gentlemanly calm tone, but his face remained loose under the golden helmet he was wearing. If he saw such a face, he would not have had any dignity.
Peroroncino took a fist pump inwardly at Nemu's more favorable impression than he had expected, but somehow managed to not show any attitude and treated them in a gentle and gentlemanly way.
“…By the way, what have Enri-chan and Nemu-chan been doing up until now?”
“I was tending the fields.
Peroroncino felt a sharp pain in his feather-covered chest as Enri smiled stubbornly while his face was darkened.
While thinking that I would like to help if possible, I suddenly remembered the main purpose of coming to this place.
Dangerous, dangerous! Involuntarily, a cold sweat appeared in my heart. If I had just forgotten about it and left, Momonga and Ulbert might have punished me severely...
Deciding to finish it quickly before forgetting it again, Peroroncino vigorously looked back at the village chief.
“Mr. Village Chief!”
"Ha, yes!?"
"Actually, I had a consultation with you!"
“Ha, ha…, what exactly is it?”
Peroroncino glanced at the village chief, who had a somewhat uneasy expression on his face, and turned his gaze to Mare, who was standing by his side.
“Mare, can I ask you something?”
"Yes. Please wait a moment."
Mare nodded once at Peroroncino's words and gently closed her eyes with both hands holding the cane. With a short chant, the space in front of Marley distorted, and a single shadow gradually emerged.
While the village chief and his sisters could hear the sound of gasping in surprise, a huge block of stone appeared in the empty space in front of them.
"this is
"Rental... is that...?"
The unfamiliar words made the village chiefs involuntarily give a strange look.
Peroroncino realized that he had made a mistake in his choice of words, and hurriedly opened his mouth to correct himself. He desperately chooses his words in his mind, hoping that somehow the deal will go well.
"Um, in other words, I would like to lend you this stone golem for 5 copper coins a day."
"Is this..."
“It will take people to rebuild the village, but we can't help all the time. I think so....Besides, the village mayor-san will feel more at ease if we pay a fee, right?”
At the end, the mayor gave a small wry smile to Peroroncino, who made a joke about it.
Peroroncino wanted to provide it free of charge, but Momonga and Ulberto strongly opposed it.
One is that it is easier for human beings to feel at ease if it takes the form of a transaction rather than free.
I don't know if it exists in this world, but in the real world where Peroroncino and others were, there was even a saying, "There is nothing scarier than free. " prove it, it would be safer to dare to take this form, and the village chief would be relieved.
Next, there was the current situation that no matter how much money there was in this world, it was not enough.
There are many piles of gold coins in Nazarick's Treasure Hall, but those are gold coins from Yggdrasil. I don't know if I can use it in this world, and even if I could, I didn't want to use it so much .
However, if you expand your activities to the outside world, you will need more than a little money.Since we didn't know how much the adventurers Momonga and the workers Ulbert would earn, it was necessary to take other measures.
"So... what do you think...?"
"... I can't throw away the kindness of Peroroncino-sama. Although it is painful, I will gladly accept the offer."
"Oh, thank you!"
“However, we are not familiar with that golem. Would it be okay if we could use just one golem first, and then decide on the number of golems later?”
"Of course! If you decide again, please tell Marley."
"understand"
Peroroncino nodded back to the village chief who nodded with a serious expression.
Once I looked at Marley, I turned my attention to the village chief again.
“I would like to introduce Marley to other people, so is it okay if I go around the village for a while?”
"Of course. Everyone will be happy to see Peroroncino.
"Yes! I will guide you!"
Nemu cheerfully raises his hand while interrupting the village chief's words.
While Peroroncino and the village chief looked at Nemu involuntarily, Nemu smiled broadly, and Enri turned a bewildered face to Nemu and Peroroncino.
"Ah, umm... Nemu also said this, so is it okay for us to guide you to Master Peroroncino?"
Peroroncino couldn't help but throb with glee when he received an unexpected offer from Enri as well as Nemu. I never thought I would be able to capture the sisters so quickly! I tremble with joy that is too early.
I clenched my fist in my heart as if I was going to miss this opportunity, and I looked back at the village chief with a mask of calmness.
"I don't mind at all. I think the village chief is busy."
"But..., no, that's right. Enri, Nemu, can I ask you something?"
"yes!"
"Yes!"
Enri and Nemu replied with cheerful voices.
The village chief nodded with a soft smile, and the sisters each nodded back and walked over to Peroroncino.
"This way, Master Peroroncino!"
Nemu holds Peroroncino's right hand with a cute smile. At that moment, Mare reacted with a small twitch and stiffened his expression slightly, but Peroroncino didn't notice it at all either. Just writhing inwardly at Nemu's cuteness, she begins to move her legs as prompted by her.
After briefly exchanging greetings with the village chief, Peroroncino took Mare, the Stone Golem, and Enri, and followed Nemu's guidance into the depths of the village.
The same scenery as when Momonga and Ulbert and the three of us took a walk spread out in front of us.
Reconstruction is progressing somewhat, but it is insignificant and it seems that it will take a long time.
While carefully observing the current situation in the village, Peroroncino greeted all the villagers he met and introduced them to Marley and Stone Golems.
All the villagers welcomed Peroroncino and the others with a smile, and although there were some who were a little confused, it can be said that the trend was good enough. Peroroncino was especially welcomed by the men who survived, who began training in defense.
Wooden logs and scarecrows are set up in an open space, and each wields a weapon towards them.
Most of the items they possessed were those of the knights who attacked them, and in general, there are many long swords. But there was also a bow and arrow inside, and Peroroncino walked towards it as if drawn.
After briefly exchanging greetings with the men, I looked back at Kakashi, who had been targeted by a bow and arrow.
Kakashi was standing exactly 30 meters away from where Peroroncino was standing, and most of the arrows fired so far had pierced the ground at Kakashi's feet. There were only two or three sticks stuck in the scarecrow itself, and even those stuck in the stomach and thighs of the scarecrow, so they didn't have much killing power.
"...can you lend me that for a moment?"
"? ... that's fine, but ..."
After receiving a bow and arrow from the man closest to him, who had a bewildered look on his face, Peroroncino opened his feet shoulder-width apart, stabbed the arrow, and readied his bow.
Peroroncino is aiming for the farthest scarecrow.
While the sisters and men who understood what he was trying to do held their breath involuntarily, an arrow was fired with great force as if it had been repelled. It cuts through the sky like a bullet and grabs Kakashi's soft forehead.
The arrow that pierced deeply between the eyebrows without the slightest misalignment or distortion caused the sisters and men who had been quietly watching until now to cheer loudly.
As for Peroroncino, he let out a small sigh of relief as he slowly lowered his bow. But it wasn't a relief that he didn't miss his aim, it was that he didn't make a mistake with his power.
For Peroroncino, this distance can be hit even if you look away .
Peroroncino's arm muscle strength is level 100, which allows him to shoot arrows at extremely long distances. If the target was very close and weak like a scarecrow, it was easy to destroy with a single arrow. I'm really glad I relaxed and let it go...I let out a sigh of relief once again.
Still, when I turned my eyes to see how the sisters would react, Enri was the only one with a solemn expression among the men who were still making a fuss. He cast his eyes down for a while, as if thinking about something, and Then he vigorously lifted his head and looked up at Peroroncino.
"Dear Peroroncino!"
"Yes!?"
"Please teach me how to use a bow!"
"Huh!?"
Peroroncino opened his eyes wide under his helmet and let out a small breath.
Enri's big eyes, which reflect Peroroncino's face, have a strong will and determination.
With a slightly bewildered expression on his face, Peroroncino called out to him in a calm voice to calm him down.
"...Why did you suddenly say that?"
"It's not all of a sudden! I've been thinking about it for a long time... At that time, I felt frustrated that I couldn't do anything! If you hadn't come to my rescue, Nemu and I would have died at that time!"
“……………………”
"I want to become stronger...! Even if it's just a little bit...I want the power to protect Nemu and everyone else!"
As he spoke, his emotions rose, his big eyes began to moisten, and his voice distorted painfully like a scream.
Peroroncino looked at Enri, who was desperately arguing, for a while, then took a small breath and gently placed both hands on her small, thin shoulders. Bending his waist and lowering his gaze, he brought his face closer to Enri as if peering into it.
"Calm down, you don't have to be so desperate. I understand what Enri-chan wants to say. But to be honest, I don't know how much I can teach you. It's odd-shaped."
“……………………”
Hearing Peroroncino's words, Enri sadly distorted her face and fell silent.
However, the previous words were unmistakably Peroroncino's true feelings.
It's because he's different and of a different race... but in Peroroncino's case, it's just an avatar that specializes in archers in a game called Yggdrasil that has become his own body. So to speak, Peroroncino's power is a skilled skill accumulated through training and experience.
Even if you don't know the basic stance, your body will take the basic stance on its own.
His instinct, not his head, knows how to pull his arm and where to put his strength to make the arrow fly.
I wonder if I can teach people in such a state...
However, even in such anxiety, there is a feeling that I want to help her.
Peroroncino put his hand on Enri's head, who was looking depressed, and stroked it gently so as not to damage it with the claws of the gauntlet.
Eyes met with Enri, who looked up in surprise.
"Even so, I really want to help you guys. I don't know how far I can go, and I can't do it every day, but if you don't mind, I'll help you."
Thank you very much! Thank you very much!!”
In an instant, Enri's face flashed brightly with a burst of smile.
Seeing the girl who was almost jumping up in joy, Peroroncino smiled as well.
I straightened my crouched back and looked at Enri again.
"But it's not good for today. I'll tell you again the next time I come to this village. For now, Enri-chan, train your arm muscles as much as you can! Is it okay?"
"understand!"
Peroroncino's smile deepened even more at Enri who nodded firmly without making a disgusted face. She secretly decided to have Ulberto make a bow for her by the time she came to this village next time, and Peroroncino nodded back.
Around them, the men of the village began to ask Peroroncino to teach them, and Nemu happily flirted with the stone golem.
Feeling the peaceful scenery and the warmth of the villagers, Peroroncino was enjoying this moment from the bottom of his heart.
Despite the difference between the human species and the heteromorphic species, there is not a single shadow in this place.
Thus, exchanges with Carnet Village, which is based in Peroroncino, began with a promising future.
Why... In the scene with the sisters, Peroroncino-sama looks like a pervert... (sweat)
Enri seems to be an archer in this novel!
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