Chapter 2 - Part 2

"Did you come over here with those relief aids alone?"

"I'm sure I wasn't alone in the presence of the members of the Frost sect."

"No, but you're the only one from Lashballen. Did you come alone without any other person in charge of the delivery of relief supplies?"

"The truth is, I had a group, but I had no choice but to come alone due to internal issues. It wouldn't have been a big problem because there were members of the Frost sect anyway."

"What were you going to do if you were in trouble alone?"

"I thought something would happen though."

There is no countermeasure…

Aris' expression was strangely distorted by Mirea's answer. And he whispered in a low voice so that he could only hear her.

"Have Frost Sect and Lashballen been on good terms lately?"

"No? It's not particularly good compared to before."

"But you knew something was going to happen, so you decided to go with the members of Frost Sect, and you came all the way here without a colleague, thinking you could do something by yourself?"

Mirea burst out laughing.

"Haha, they're all priests, and no matter how bad they are, what would they possibly do?"

Rather, Mirea's expression was as if she was asking if it should be the case.

"We arrived safely in the end."

"What if the end wasn't good? You could have died if you had been unlucky to pass through such a forest full of demons."

Mirrea also scratched her cheek and said, "Then that's all."

There's really no countermeasure! But what really worries him is that she doesn't even have that worry look in her eyes. She spoke with a cheerful expression all the time, perhaps because she had a cheerful personality.

"If you worry about each of those things, you'll have a hard time living. Anyway, if you think about it in advance, you can go ahead and think about it even if you don't even get an answer. And I couldn't help it. It's more efficient to join them as soon as possible because if we move or travel separately, the number of security guards will double."

It's not wrong, but even so, few people live this way. Shouldn't we have to have a minimum plan?

It was true that she was accompanied by the Frost Sect members, but there was a limit to intervening with each other because they belonged to different groups.

Even if it wasn't, Mirea looked young to take the heavy responsibility alone without any other colleagues. It means that she looks inexperienced. It was insane of her to come here so stubbornly.

He didn't know who was responsible for handing this responsibility of delivering the relief supplies over to Mirrea, but he seemed to feel somewhat comfortable.

However, to dismiss it as nonsense, Aris saw Mirea's swordsmanship earlier. Seeing her use a sword, one thing was clear that she is not the criminal.

It's been a long time since he had seen anyone who can control the situation with only a single sword except for Aris himself. If Mirea insists that she is confident that she will not die even if she falls alone in the middle of the demons, Aris won't be able to deny it.

When he saw it, it was not that there was no way to believe it at all, but even so, it wasn't enough to say that he was the only one.

"I wish I could meet the village mayor."

"The village mayor is over there."

Mirea turned her eyes to the direction Lizelle pointed out. She walked to find an old man in the church who was supposed to be in charge of it. Aris watched Mirea's behavior casually, not taking his eyes off her.

What are you going to do by yourself?

She was strange, whether she was fearless or had about ten lives.

Regardless of Aris' suspicion of Mirea's mental condition, Lizelle seemed to enjoy herself.

"Anyway, thanks to her, the village will be rich for the time being. Winter is coming soon, and I've been worried about the decrease in hunting."

"I'm sorry for my poor hunting skills."

Aris murmured quietly next to her. Among the people in the area, most of whom have brown hair and black eyes or brown eyes, Lizelle, who has blond hair and blue eyes, was from outside without much thought… Like Mirea with red hair and light green eyes.

The small temple of Frost in the center of the village, forms a protective boundary to protect the village. It was managed by Lizelle.

In fact, this village was somewhat large, but it was not a place of frequent outlying and visiting because it was a basin surrounded by forests. However, using the forest as its home, the village flourished quite a bit.

A year ago, when the forest was polluted and quickly became a forest of demons, the villagers were left isolated in the village without any time to evacuate. Literally, it was like an island that could not be crossed. To leave or enter the village, you had to go through the forest of demons.

As a result, it was completely disconnected from the outside world, forcing most of them to become self-sufficient. However, the village, which used to have forests as its home, was deprived by Masu (demons), and as long as there were no forests, their self-sufficiency was limited. The village became impoverished and always lacked food.