Chapter 69

We have left from Bailey early in the morning and arrived at a certain mountain after a half day of walking.

「Joule, Feat, thank you」

『Wafu』『Gau』

Although I say that, I have summoned Joule and others after getting slightly away from the town and we moved on them, so it didn’t take that much time to arrive at the destination.

「N~, would it be better if you turned small here?」

『Kyan』『Naa~』

It’s unhabituated mountain, but it would be unsuitable to keep riding on Joule’s and other’s backs on this mountain, so I had them turn smaller.

The s.p.a.ce between the trees is considerably narrower compared to the Gaya Forest, so it doesn’t seem like running around in their big forms would be good.

『Garu~』

Vector was in his small form since I summoned him. Well, although I say small, he’s as big as Allen and Elena. Rather, Vector is slightly bigger.

「Now then, what shall we do?」

「Searching~」

「Eh? Herb searching? It’s not like we have accepted a request, it’s okay to play around, you know?」

When I asked the children what they want to do, they returned an unexpected reply.

That’s why I thought of normally playing today, but to think they would want to do herb searching……

「Lemme see~…… ah!」

Right. It might be a good idea to look for the materials and herbs used as spices for curry. When I looked around lightly, and as I thought, I found a mint growing nearby.

「Allen, Elena. Shall we look for plants and herbs for today’s meal?」

「「Un, let’s do it~」」

Allen and Elena have displayed a great motivation.

At the same time, Joule and others drew closer to us.

「Oh, everyone will help us out?」

『Kyan』『Naa~』『Pii~』『Garu~』

That being the case, I thought of searching for plants and herbs while strolling around the mountain, but――

「「Ah!」」

「Allen, Elena?」

Suddenly, Allen and Elena began feeling presences from the surroundings.

When I also looked around with【Detection], I sensed several presences at some distance away.

「Ah~……」

Furthermore, they are surrounding us from all sides.

The presences are also gradually approaching us. This is obviously not the movement of animals or monsters. No need to guess, this is……

And then, after a few minutes, ten-odd people holding weapons appeared.

When I used【Appraisal]to see their status, their occupation had properly【Bandit]beside it. We have encountered a troublesome group.

「Head~ They are a man and two brats」

『Ussu!』

It looks like fighting can’t be avoided.

I thought of reaching my hands and pulling Allen and Elena behind me, but the two are already in a complete battle mode. Even if I tell them, they won’t obediently back away, right?

「Allen, Elena. Are you not willing to let Oniichan take care of this?」

「Elena too~」

…… Un, they are eager to act.

「Oniichan wants to be entrusted with this?」

「「………… Doing~」」

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They seemed to be conflicted a little, but they don’t withdraw. How unfortunate.

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