“…Sorry for the trouble, girl. I was a bit careless.” (Village Guard)
“Not a problem. Please wait a moment because you will be healed right away.” (Reese)
“Though it’s regrettable to be injured, I have a question. Are you an adventurer? I don’t mind about this but… can the medical fees come later?” (Village Guard)
“I don’t really mind about the medical fees but please explain the situation. It is because the other people are afraid and they are not talking.” (Reese)
Although Hokuto waslying down, most of the villagers were not taking their eyes off him, so we couldn’t confirm the situation.
It is also alright to bring down the monsters quickly but our request is until the investigation part only. Since we are not aimed by the monsters, there is no obligation to knock them down. The villagers appeared to have misunderstood because we did things on our own accord. Thus, they were bothered afterwards. Moreover, when I settled myself down and examined the area with [Search], horses are all attacked here and there. It was already hopeless to help them and the monsters had enough time to finish eating.
The man who noticed the situation had a bitter smile when I explained about it.
“Even if you explain it, it is as what you’ve seen. A little while back, these monsters suddenly attacked the village. I was able to take care of one or two of them but then I got careless and was surrounded. If it wasn’t because of the villagers who risked their lives to save me, I would have ended up like those horses.” (Village Guard)
There were some villagers who were injured, probably from when they rescued that man. Although I want to drive them away, the monsters already attacked nearby horses and started to eat them. Was that when we got here?
In addition to Reese who noticed what’s going on, she lined up the injured villagers. It seemed she wanted to heal them in one go. She is a very reliable child in terms of healing injuries and diseases.
“Thank you very much. We’ll take things after this, so please take a rest.” (Reese)
“But, with that number…” (Villager)
“There will be no problem. Instead of that, is the village head not coming?” (Sirius)
When I called that out to the villagers, the crowd dispersed and the village head appeared. He looks very impatient but since he was scared of Hokuto, he didn’t approached me from a distance and called me out to slightly remote location.
“A-adventurer-dono! What on earth is that white wolf?” (Village Head)
“That’s the white monster that you’ve seen in the mountain. But as you can see, the ones that attacked the horses were these monsters and this fellow came to help to defeat it.” (Sirius)
“But won’t it be possible that it will attack us!?” (Village Head)
“He won’t attack unless he is harmed. Apart from that, that monster is…” (Sirius)
“Damn! All my horses were eaten. Please get rid of the monsters quickly! Aren’t you coming here for that?” (Villager)
When I was going to say that it wasn’t extermination request to begin with, a man interrupted the village head and drew closer to me. That was coming from the owner of horses, I wanted him to shut up because I was still having discussion with the village head.
“Our request is to investigate and not to exterminate. It won’t matter if you request it because it’s already too late for those horses. Please understand that.” (Sirius)
“Wha!? If that girl heals them, won’t it be saved!?” (Villager)
“Her mana is not infinite and I think the possibility to save them is low since there is crowd gathered there. Leaving that matter aside, I must talk with the village head so please withdraw if you aren’t going to fight.” (Sirius)
“You! If you didn’t get away from the village in the first place… ugh!?” (Villager)
Since I had no intention to talk with this man who easily passing the blame to others, I gave a single blow on his stomach to shut his face by force. The villager was making a noticeable noise but he quieted down when the village head raised his voice.
“Don’t make a fuss, you guys! …Sorry, the villagers were a bother.” (Village Head)
“Not a problem. If my horse got attacked, it’s inevitable not to get upset.” (Sirius)
“But still. I had the same thought like that guy just now, but now I realized it. Your request is only until investigation. I was thinking lightly and made a simple request. That was my mistake.” (Village Head)
“However, there is still time. So, how should this be done?” (Sirius)
“…I will give the reward that I can give. I’d like to request that monster’s extermination.” (Village Head)
“Understood. Reese, please continue healing them.” (Sirius)
“Yes, please be careful.” (Reese)
A portion of villagers muttered about me… being money-grubber or something like that but I didn’t say specifically that i wanted money. I am not going to be bothered since they can’t figure the difference.