An A-Ranked Adventurer’s ‘Slow-living’ - 69 Crawling shadow

In the sweltering heat, I woke up.

Around August, it’s hotter and hotter. Even sleeping just sweats.

The towels beneath the bed are soaked with perspiration and tell me of unpleasant moisture.

I quickly got out of bed and opened a closed window.

When you open the window, the cool air of the morning enters the room.

The bangs are lifted gently by the incoming wind and stroked on the skin.

The wind that cools my sweaty body feels good, narrows my eyes and relaxes my cheeks.

However, in an hour, I felt depressed that this comfortable breeze would become hot and damn.

Well, now I can’t help thinking about that.

I shake my face to shake my thoughts off, wipe my sweat with a towel that was just around the corner, and prepare for the morning.

After washing my face, adjusting my habit and putting on my clothes, I left the room and descended to the first floor.

I left the school at Magic Academy and left the Kingdom of Abalone to come to Legacy, a village northwest of the Empire of Vespania.

In fact, going straight to the west is the best shortcut, but there is a movement following me out of the royal capital, so it’s a detour just in case.

It’s awkward to take a round trip over time in this hot weather, but it’s unavoidable because I don’t want to be disturbed and disturb Aldo.

I’m a wizard, and I shouldn’t have the skills to follow and pursue, but this time I found out that I was a terrible skill because of my training with Keel and Aldo.

Go into the forest with lots of monsters to avoid the pursuers and use magic to create improvised traps and stop them. Use magic to block roads, or use magic to stimulate monsters and rush to pursue them.

Kiel said, “This is natural. I can’t use it effectively because magic can be used.” But I thought it was too nasty.

I thought the knights and adventurers commanded to follow me were poor.

The pursuers who come down in such a feeling are forcibly driven away, and the pursuers who come by indirect means are obstructed by trusted adventurers, so there is no shadow of them.

Perhaps because of the impossibility of moving around the territory of the Vespania Empire and the fact that I am persistently traveling through rural villages.

I hardly enter the territory where the power of the aristocrats is strong or in cities where check-ups are difficult. I don’t know where my information leaks out. The name of the dragon killer is not Date, but the name Kourne spreads quickly when you enter a violent city.

Then pursuers may come again.

That’s why I’m going through rural villages that I can’t see or follow.

In rural villages, it is a place that has been scattered during the adventurer days, so there is a sense of land. Because they know short cuts that only lumberjacks and hunters know, and digging huts to take a break, there is no need to worry about lodging.

“Oh, good morning Kurune-chan.”

On the first floor, the innkeeper, Hanna, smiled and greeted me.

“Good morning, Hannah.”

I got down the stairs and smiled and returned a greeting.

“I’m sorry to push late last night.”

“It’s good, Krone has the benefit of being protected from demons. It’s so cheap.”

three years ago. Hannah had been attacked by a demon in the forest when he stopped by. It happened to pass by … altogether, Aldo sensed with astounding perception, and we rushed to subdue the demon.

Hannah remembered that, and answered me two nights later, asking me late last night.

“That’s not a big deal.”

“No, I would have died three years ago without you. Thanks to you for having this life now. I can’t thank you.”

“How are you?”

I was ashamed to hear Hanna’s heartfelt voice. However, I thought that it could not be misled by shyness and shame, and decided to receive that gratitude.

I am grateful that I am still grateful for three years ago.

“Ufufu, shy and cute. I don’t think it’s one of the parties that killed the dragon.”

Hannah, who saw me shyly, laughed.

“Oh! Do you know Hanna too?”

“Recently it has been heard by rumors. Kourne-chan’s party has defeated the dragon.”

When I asked Hanna in detail, it seemed that the A-rank adventure party “Kurogin” of the kingdom had defeated the dragon. It doesn’t seem to be as clear as to the country village of Legacy.

Aldred’s name was Andrew, as was his name and appearance.

It was funny and I laughed unintentionally.

“But not only the name but also the moment of defeat is strange. A dragon is a monster larger than a large building. It would be impossible to cut off the dragon’s neck with a sword?”

“… Oh, that’s it.”

Korokoro and Hannah laughed, but I could only laugh.

Aldo, our dragon, shattered the head of a dragon comparable to that building. It is wierd, is not it? Just because you have a special sword doesn’t mean you can usually do it.

It is said that the sharpness can be improved by passing through magic, but the dragon is not sweet enough to cut it alone.

Actually everyone except Aldo tried to sword the dragon’s carcass with magic with his sword, but did not get a single wound.

Me and Hannah continue to talk about rumors and casual stories about life for a while.

In recent years, I have always been traveling avoiding contact with people, and I felt that conversations with such impatient people were very fresh.

“Hannah! Rice!”

After a while, a guest other than me came off the second floor.

Apparently he was talking for quite some time.

“Oh, I talked a lot. Sorry.”

“No, no, that’s not the case. I was able to talk for a long time and it was fun.”

I really wanted to leave before the sun rises, but I heard many interesting rumors and no regrets.

When you get to Nordende, I’ll talk about the rumored fins on Aldo. Surely, she must be faint in agony or look steep.

“Courne-chan, are you going already?”

“Yes, I will leave when I have breakfast”

“Yes, I wanted to talk more but I’m sorry.”

When we are talking like that, hungry customers begin to ask, “Isn’t there yet?”

Hannah rushes back to those customers and heads to the kitchen.

“Oh, Kurune-chan. I’ll make a lunch box, so please bring it if you like.”

“Yes, thank you!”

I will reply and sit down in a vacant seat.

There were travelers, merchants, rushing adventurers, etc. at the surrounding table and we had a good time talking and waiting for breakfast.

“What do you do today?”

“I heard that the neighboring village was in trouble because demons destroyed their crops.”

“Let’s go there!”

“Finally, will you be released from the collection quest!”

The cheeks loosen unintentionally in the sight of a nostalgic yet calm inn.

It was like that when I was on an adventure.

In my case, though, it was hard because Keel and Aldo brought difficult and difficult quests. Zara had to go to a distant country to fight strong monsters with a marginal look.

When I went to defeat a monster called a wizard killer to improve my skills, I thought I would really die.

Listen to the conversations of the rushing adventurers and have breakfast while remembering old quests.

When I finished my breakfast, I left Hanna to get my lunch.

As I walk out of the inn, the summer sun shines on me.

Unlike the early morning, I was a little sick of the hot air, but I stepped in.

If I go as it is, will I get to Nordende in a month?

At that time, I hope that this heat is a little better.

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When Kourne walks out of a legacy inn.

A man in a black robe stood behind the private house.

Even though the midsummer sun is shining, he does not take off his black robe and puts his hood on his head. He has no skin exposure and wears black gloves on his hands. It is as if the shadow was embodied as it was.

Although it is a very floating entity that is unfamiliar with the rural scenery that I was familiar with, it was completely assimilated with the shadow only in this time in the shadow of a private house.

Therefore Kourne did not notice its existence.

“… that was a wizard at an Aldred party …”

The closed mouth slowly opened.

It was terribly cold and low in voice, but subtly delightful.

“Clark’s information wasn’t a lie either. I was traveling around the countryside and was right.”

The man in black murmured and walked silently in the direction Kourne walked.

If you go further west from here, the destination is the Silphid Kingdom.

Even if he had lost track of the wizard, the man of Black Dress, who knew Aldred’s many quests, was naturally found out.

“… Aldred, I won’t allow you to escape.”

A voice resembling the grudge of a man in black coat was drowned by the wind blowing through the legacy village.