Several minutes after I sent the letter to the Adventurer's Guild.
I realized I was being followed.
At first I thought I was being observed by Ruijerd.
Whenever I'm alone I always seem to get into some kind of problem or other.
Which is why I thought he might be on standby in the case a problem occurs?
However, these past few months, Ruijerd hasn't gone out of his way to follow from behind and just acted together with me directly.
In the first place, Ruijerd 's ability to follow is extremely superior.
There's no way I could notice it.
The one who is currently following behind me is too obvious.
There's no way it's Ruijerd.
And then, most likely, it's not Eris either.
Eris is lousy at following. It wouldn't be strange if I noticed her presence from the time we left the inn.
I can't think of a reason why they would specifically choose to follow starting from the Adventurers Guild.
Then who is it.
Someone who would have a grudge against me in this country... I don't have any ideas.
After all, we just arrived in this country yesterday.
There's a high probability something will happen with this country from here on out, but currently we have yet to trouble anyone.
Otherwise, maybe it's related to some incident that happened on the Magic Continent.
Who would go out of their way to follow us all the way from Magic Continent just for revenge?
There's no way that can be the case.
There is the possibility that there are survivors from the smuggling organization of Saint Port.
They might have come across me coincidentally and chosen this chance to try and finish me off.
Although the probability that there is no relation is also high.
The fact that I was able to notice them is proof that their tracking techniques are crude.
While turning around a street corner I stole a glance behind me.
I saw a small shadow quickly hide under cover.
It's a child.
There's the possibility some neighborhood child somehow or other decided that I was conceited and therefore a villain, then started play following me.
I won't even bother thinking for what sake.
I'm sure there are children who suddenly start up with that kind of play.
I wonder if I should hide somewhere, then when they come up and start panicking after losing me, jump out and yell "Wah!"
No, in this world there's also the hobbit race that have a short height.
Negligence is forbidden.
I decided to lose them somewhere.
While thinking that I crossed over two crossroads and turned right into a bit of a small alley.
"...Hnn?"
Suddenly, I felt like something was out of place.
But, without worrying about it much, I created an earth wall.
Using my magic power a 3 meter or so wall suddenly came up out of the ground, turning the alley into a dead end.
On the other side of the wall, I heard the sound of panic and hurried movements.
And then, the sound of hitting the wall without power.
There was no sign that they were going to try to destroy the wall with Magic or Swordsmanship.
I thought it could be Eris chasing after me, but if it were her she could jump right over a wall of this size.
I wonder if after all it was a prank by some children from the neighborhood.
After being satisfied with that conclusion I started to walk away from there.
Well then, I ended up coming a bit deep into this alley in order to break away from that child.
Which way was it to the main street?
It seems like I'm a bit lost.
Well, if I can find some sort of large road then I'll quickly find my way back.
While thinking that, I walked around various twists and turns of the alley, but I wasn't able to go in the direction I wanted and kept circling around.
The main street of this town is bent and twisted.
It's a huge difference from Milishion which has roads like a Go Board.
Even I, who doesn't have the attribute of a lost child, am surely on the verge of being lost right now.
In worst case it would be fine if I use magic and jump up onto the roof.
Come to think of it, the scene Hitogami showed me was similar to an alley like this.
"Ah!"
Then, I remembered back to that out of place feeling from a moment ago.
That wasn't feeling out of place.
It was feeling something you've experienced before, déjà vu.
I quickly returned to where I left.
I ran through the many turns of the alley.
While getting lost in the forked roads, I continued to turn around and returned to the path from just now.
"No, stop it!" I heard a young girl’s scream.
The earth wall I created entered my field of vision.
"Give it back!"
I put my hand on the earth wall and started to concentrate on my magic power.
Using earth magic I manipulated the wall and created a fissure in it while simultaneously using wind magic to launch a shock wave through the center of the wall.
[BANG] a loud sound let out and the earth wall shattered into tiny pieces all over the place.
In my field of vision that scene entered.
A single young girl was violently captured.
The ones with their hands holding her were soldiers.
There were two of them.
The one who wasn't holding the young girl was tearing up a piece of paper taken from her.
"Don't rip up the letter I was sending it to father!"
The two soldiers looked at me with dumbfounded faces.
"Wh-who in the world are you...?"
Young girl.
Traces of Lilia could be seen her in face, she wore a ponytail with the same brown hair as Paul, while wearing a small maid outfit.
That face gave off the impression of normally being lively and aloof and it was currently distorted with tears and a dripping nose.
Looking down on that, those vulgar faces...
No, the two soldiers weren't making a vulgar face.
If you were to ask which, they were making apologetic faces.
They were just doing their jobs to the end, and their intention didn't seem to be in it.