Chapter 4

"It's crowded over there, but you're the only one there. I feel like I'm being bullied, so I don't look good."

"By thhe way, what is that to a lifesaver? We know each other by name, but we call each other names."

"Since when... Mirea became my lifesaver."

"In the end, what I saved is what I saved. Rather than that, as I said, I'm doing it on my own, so isn't it better to take care of the people of the denomination first? How come that priestess is working alone?"

"They will eat well on their own."

Saying that, Aris estimated the number of the people in the denomination. 15 armed men alone. There are only 5 other people. 20 total. It seemed that they were thoroughly prepared for going through the beast forest. But this one....

"If you can't even eat one meal alone, you're a child, isn't it?"

Mirea untied the pair of swords from her waist and set them aside. Then he sat down comfortably. Aris glanced at Mirea's sword. Although he mainly uses a sword, he also took rifle with him when he entered the forest just in case. It's junk, but better than nothing.

I didn't think that I couldn't eat alone in the yard I passed through the polluted beast forest alone, but it's really not moral if I let it eat alone. In particular, myryeon is a culture that thoroughly treats guests. If Mirea said she would eat alone, it wouldn't be strange to say that the villagers all cried out in disappointment.

"Well, apart from that, the food of this country is delicious, so if you give it to me, I will appreciate it."

Mirea took the spoon and bowl, gave a brief greeting, and began diligently carrying the food into her mouth.

"When are you going back?"

Mirea quickly swallowed the thing in her mouth and answered.

"I plan to move with the denominations when ther move. From what I heard earlier, it is late today, so I think we will be moving tomorrow."

Still, I was relieved to see that he didn't say that he would go back alone here. Aris couldn't understand why she had to step out and worry about that person's safety instead.

"Well, moving alone at this time can be dangerous..."

"And if I move with the denomination, even if I'm still, those people will take care of it, so it's completely beneficial."

"I'm not friendly."

"I'm doing this because I'm not friendly. If we are close, we help each other."

Mirea said with a brazen face/

"Do you have a place to stay tonight?"

Again, this person gives an absurd answer.

"Let's stay in a suitable place. Even if it looks like this, it's not a town that's so harsh that it doesn't treat guests. What do you want to stay at my house? It's a room that fills up when one person lies down, but..."

"You can't cause trouble like that. And if I stay there, where will Aris sleep? I can sleep with a sleeping bag in the truck bin."

Mirea, who had cleaned the food, arranged the dishes neatly. And I asked Aris, who emptied the bowl at a similar rate.

"What does Aris mainly do here? Being a foreigner, it would not have been easy to settle in."

"Well... Mainly hunting in the forest or..."

The short answer was that there was nothing more to say. What Aris did in this town was not great. Personally, I only provided food for myself and did not do any other productive work. If the village needed someone to use its strength, they would only help for a while.

Then, in return, he received something like rice. It's was just enough to make it dry by itself . When I first came to this village, I used to teach the village children to study as a snack, but the knowledge needed in this place was not like that. So it didn't last long and I stopped.

In a word, Aris, who was in a blank state, just skipped the back words and remained silent. I moved on to the next question without asking whether Mirea understood that part too deeply.

"Have you lived here long?"

"No. I was only thinking of me for one season."

"Ok? It's autumn here..."

"I see. slowly..."

As Aris had planned, one season had passed, so it's was time to leave this village sooner or later.

"Are you leaving?"

Instead of the back words that Aris swallowed, Mirea asked.

"I don't like it."

Aris cut it like a knife. But Mirea shrugged her shoulders without showing any signs of disappointment. Aris got up from her seat, taking Marea's ampty bowl as well. Mirea followed, but clapped her hand to signify that she was just resting.

"Again, don't sleep outside, stay somewhere."

"I don't want to decline the favor, but the baggage I have left in my truck is a little more important. I'm afraid to just leave it alone."

Having said that, Aris did not recommend any further. Mirea waved and walked down to her truck, which she had parked in a remote locaton.

*****

As the night deepened, the town, which had been excited by foreign guests after a long time, also calmed down. In the deep darkness, the cries of the beast were intermittently heard. Aris turned off the lights and lay on the bed, but did not fall asleep. He turned his body to the side and curled up, drenched in thoughts alone.

"Shall we go to border area..."

A blue spark erupted from the tip of Aris' finger. He drew a map in his mind.

"I'd rather follow the polluted area, so there won't be any trouble."

Sparks moved around with a rattling sound between his fingers. Aris looked at it blankly and thouht.

"If you hide your magic well, I think you can survive without the Holy Power barrier."

Aris was now thinking about what would happen after she left this village. However, little information is available on how the contaminated area might have changed while he was cut off from the world.

It seemed like it would be good to get outside news from the people of the Surrey Church who came this time. Whatever the situation, outside information was needed in many ways. I still didn't think of being together.As I thought about it, the question came to mind again.

Is it really a coincidence that Rashvalen and the Orse of Frost came to this town at the same time? Aris couldn't raise any doubts that they might have another target. As I said to Mirea earlier, it really seemed like it was time to leave.

smart.

Then, someone knocked on the door of Aris' house. Still, he felt that someone was approaching his house, so he deliberately did not answer. Because no one was looking for him at this hour.

"Aris, are you there?"

I heard Lisel's voice outside and knocked again about three times.

"Excuse me in the middle of the night if you are there, but can I see you for a moment?"

A shadow flew past the door and the window on the other side. Shinnyeo only had a voice, but Kicheok was not alone. If necessary, villagers or denominations may have accompanied them. It could be that something really happened. However...

Smart.

After the knock, Lizel's footstep, which were silent for a moment, moved away from the door. Aris took a deep breath slowly. Seeing that lizel's presence was getting smaller and smaller, I loosened the strenght in the hand holding the sword hilt, but as the window shattered, something like an iron ball rolled into the house.

"Damn it?!"

As soon as he thought it was too late to bounce back to safety, Aris covered his head with his hand, and the grenade exploded at the same tie. A small tinnitus rang in the roar. Debris flew into the walls and furniture, and the door was ripped out. If an ordinary human had stood right in front of the bombardment in a defenseless state, it would not have been possible.

However, as the dust settled, Aris stood up, wiping the rubble with his limbs intact. His magical power, which he had spread out like a shield to protect his body, was scattered, and fragments of magical power scattered around his right hand with a crackling sound. He waved his arms to disperse the magic that was still creating a chain reaction of power.

"What are you doing? My clothes are a mess."

Aris licked his tongue where he saw the tarrered top that had almost flew away from his right side that was covering his body, A familiar voice heard Aris' words.

"Ah, too."'

Lisel flew away from the door and learned to the side of the remaining door frame, glaring at Aris with cold eyes.

"It's not just sword, can you use magic?"

Passing through Lizrl, two men with swords rushed at Aris, Instead of dealing with it, Aris came out through the broken window, As expected, the outside of the house was surrounded by people with weapons. The sword flew to the side of Aris without notice. Aris picked up the sword she was hiding behind her back and blocked it.

The person holding the sword against him was a face he remembered passing by at glance among the froup of the Frost Church who were having dinner earlier. When I hit it, a sword flew from another place. In the midst of a struggle between the swords, the sword penetrated from an unexpected place. Aris leaned back and avoided it.

"Hey, wait, goddess? Without my knowledge, the way of greeting people in Surrey has changed to throwing bombs and shovels at the sleeping person's house?"

Aris said to Lizel, slashing the swords that attacked him from all directions.

"But I don't really like it."

Then, he swung his sword loaded with swords and struck several swords at the same time. As the people checked and took a step back and turned into a confrontation, Lizel raised her hand to calm them down.