Volume 2 - CH 289

Lize went to pick up Carter and quickly took out the orcs that had been chasing him.

The meat was very tasteless and physiologically unacceptable, so it decided to leave it as it was.

Lize was worried about the other side.

But Carter seemed to want to strip off the material, and the moment he understood that the crisis was over, he pulled out a knife from his waist.

Lize would not allow that to happen.

It bit him on the leg as hard as it could, thinking what a fool he was being when Meryl was waiting for him.

“Dhad hurds-!”

“Guruah!”

“J-just a little bit. ……”

“Guruaaaaa!”

“Ouch! I got it! I said I got it!”

It pushed Carter’s still reluctant body away with its arm and forced him to go to the place where Meryl was waiting.

Lize was so stunned by how he could be so careless.

The boy who helped them was strong, but it would be a bad idea to leave them alone forever.

You never know when a monster might appear.

Carter and Lize decided to return to the location of the carriage.

Carter was annoyed that he sometimes looked back and regretfully saw the dead orcs, so Lize roasted them whole with Raiden Hotaru, a skill that Lize had. (*Lightning Firefly)

The meat would be unusable, and the materials would be almost completely gone.

Raiden Hotaru is a lightning sphere.

It looks like a firefly as it floats in the air.

It is beautiful at night, but don’t be fooled by the power it generates.

The moment it touches the body of the orc, an electric current flows through the corpse with a buzzing sound.

It continues until the Raiden Hotaru disappears.

By the time the Raiden Hotaru, which gets smaller and smaller with each use of power, has disappeared, the orc’s corpse has turned completely charred.

“Why did you do that!!?”

Carter falls to his knees, clutching his head.

Still not learned his lesson, Lize made the Raiden Hotaru appear once more and brought it closer to Carter.

With the murderous intent as if it tells him that if he doesn’t start walking seriously soon, it will kill him.

After finally turning pale, Carter stands up with a shudder and starts to run.

Lize wishes he could be this serious all the time.

When they return, they are sitting behind a rock.

They were doing this so they wouldn’t have to be on guard in all directions.

Thinking about how the boy knows what to do even though he is young, Lize and Carter finally joined Meryl.

”! Lize!”

“Gau!”

Meryl, who was sitting next to the boy, jumped on Lize.

Lize patted her head with its tail and did this until she was satisfied.

“Thank goodness ……. Boy, thank you for looking after the young lady.”

“Errh, ah, yes! …… Wait- the young lady ……?”

“That’s right. My name is Carter Isright. The second son of Count Aldea Isright. 

“Count? T-the Count!?”

Who would have thought that the son of a count is the one moving around with such a small escort?

No wonder he was surprised.

However, this Carter is certainly one of Count Isright’s sons.

In the past, he was the son of Dora, who ran away to become an adventurer because she was fed up with her family’s education.

Disregarding all his duties as a nobleman, he is the one who put all his energy into only improving his own abilities.

Then he returned in a flash.

Lize was there at the time, so it remember those days well.

That was the first time it saw such a thing as a family meeting.

If it had been Lize, it would not have wanted to be there.

It’s not that it couldn’t escape …… It’s because Meryl wouldn’t let go of its tail.

However, the skills he developed as an adventurer were real, and he was able to defeat all of the Isright family guards that were around at the time.

Count Aldea Isright recognized his skills, and he was assigned as an escort for the Isright family.

There are many other problems, but let’s leave it at that for now.

“Uhh umm… ……! Oh, I’m- that’s not it ……, my name is Jigal! I’m an adventurer and an apprentice of both of the Lightning Bows*!” (*Kaminari Yumi)

“For real?! The Thunder Bow! Oh come on, seriously, ……, they didn’t take me as a disciple even though I bowed down to them so much.”

Lize muttered to itself in its mind that he must have had an ulterior motive.

But if he is an apprentice of an S-rank adventurer, it is no wonder he is so skilled.

It seems like they could be counted on.

It would be a little awkward to return to the Kingdom of Salettana on their own.

In case a monster as big as that one appears again, they don’t know if they can handle it.

Lize has a certain amount of power, but it is difficult for it to fight with others due to its characteristics.

If possible, Lize would like him to accompany them, but it is still inconvenient that they can’t talk to each other …….

As it was thinking about what to do, they saw a pair of women running toward them from a distance.

The moment Carter saw them, he wrapped a cloth around his mouth to cover his face.

It had no idea what it meant, but when he saw the duo, it understood.

“Jigul! Are you alright?!”

“Yurie-san. I am fine. I just saved someone a while ago.”

“Oh, that’s great. Are you hurt?”

“T-thanks to him…..”

When the two lightning bows said so, Carter answered with a hesitant smile.

Lize not going to pry into what happened in the past, but …… well, let’s leave it alone.

With more people, Meryl seems to be relieved and can finally look up and listen to what everyone is saying.

She still won’t let go of Lize’s fur, though.

“I mean, why are there already monsters in the area?”

“Maybe the survivors? But it’s rare to see orcs in this area, so I’m going to investigate a little more.”

“I’m going back to the Kingdom of Salettana with Carter-san and the others. I don’t think it is safe to do so. ……”

“Oh, then I will do the same.”

“Eh? Is that okay ……?”

That’s what Lize hoped for.

This is where they would like to ask them to accompany them.

Carter nodded in agreement, and the negotiations were quickly settled.

They promised to pay a reward if they could return to the mansion, and asked him to escort them to the Kingdom of Salettana.

With this, the return trip would be no problem.

The moment it was decided, Lize looked at Meryl’s face.

She stared at the boy, who called himself Jigul, the whole time.

Lize tries to poke her head and shoulders with its tail, but she doesn’t move her gaze at all.

[…… oh my …… what should I do?]

Seeing Meryl completely fall (in love), it was Lize who was worrying about what she should do from now on.

By the way, it goes without saying that Carter, who accompanied Meryl’s selfishness and slipped out without an escort, was given a heavy penalty, but that’s a confidential story.