The Great Sword is not the Main Body!

Heeeing-

“Stop eating...! You’ll get a stomachache!”

I grabbed the mouth of the horse that was chewing on Nol’s corpse.

The horse was so upset that it started drooling and twisting its body.

“Ugh, ugh... Don’t drool...!”

Purrung- Purrung-!

Whether I wrestled with the horse or not, Eileen just stared blankly at me.
She didn’t help me at all...

“Ah, Eileen...! Stop this guy! This is going to be a big deal...!”

“Why would this be a big deal...?”

Eileen tilted her head.

“Ugh...? Go, meat! They eat meat! Horses are, uh, vegetarians...”

“What are you talking about, Noah?”

Eileen’s reaction was strange...?

“Of course horses eat meat. How can they maintain their size if they only eat grass?”

“Huh...? Carnivore? Really...?”

In this world, the horse is carnivore...?

Really...?

I looked back at the struggling horse.

Ppurung-

He nods.

You, you understand words...?

“Uh... um... sorry...?”

I apologized and let go of the hand that was holding the horse’s mouth.

Ppurung- Phu-

With a thud, something splashed on my back.

Uh...
No way.
Hey. Stop...?
No way? That’s not true, is it?!
I apologized!!

Please, please, I turned my back to Eileen, begging that it wasn’t true.

“Ah, Eileen... You’re not...”

“Phuh... Uh, Uh... Keuheheheup...! T, Spit... Gyahahahaha!”

“Don’t laugh!”

This brat.

He spit on me.

“This... profit... this, this kid...”

My body was shaking.

Heeeeeing- Purung-

Woot- Woot-

The little brat looked at me, snorted, and started playing again.

I want to hit the back of his head!
But, what if I hit him and he dies...?

Then, then... I want to spit!
But... if I do the same thing...

Wouldn't that make me the same level as this, this stupid horse...?

Oh, no... I can't believe it...!

The moment I was trembling while looking at the horse, Eileen grabbed my wrist and lifted it up.

I remembered my school days.

When my friends got into a fight, and we were just arguing with each other, but someone grabbed me and started to stop me...

Suddenly, fire would start and they'd say, "Let go!" Let go!!" I always wondered why while watching.

Now I understand.
I feel courageous!
Because I knew that even if I tried to hit that beast anyway, Eileen would stop me!

And I was trying to appeal that I was this angry!

Hey! Talk! I'm angry!! Seriously!!!

"Let go...! You, you little punk...!!"

"Really? Then. Do whatever you want."

Eileen's hand that was holding my wrist loosened weakly.

"Tch."

Thanks to that, I froze in place.

Isn't this the picture I drew...?

"What? You weren't angry? Why aren't you doing anything?"

"Huh...?"

"Catch it and boil it, fry it, kill it, or let it live, do whatever you want with Noah."

Huh, huh...?

"Huh... huh...? Hmm... Now that I think about it. If you get hurt... it'll be a bit, hard... I'll endure it."

"Pheuheu- Really? Okay. Then come here."

Eileen took out a handkerchief from her bosom and waved it at me.

I walked towards Eileen and turned my back.

"Is it okay for an adult to fight with an animal?"

Eileen gently rubbed my back and muttered.

"We didn't fight..."

"Yes, yes. Now, give me your hand."

The hand that had gently approached me earlier lifted my wrist.

"Ugh... doesn't it smell?"

"It does smell, but there's nothing I can do about it."

"Ugh..."

Swish- Swish-

The sticky liquid on my hand was all wiped away.

Jumul- Jumul-

But, why won't you let me go...?

Jumul- Jumul-

“Ah, Eileen...?”

“How can such small hands hold such a greatsword?”

Eileen kept stroking my hand and quietly muttered.

“Be careful not to get kidnapped. Your body makes me want to dissect it... If someone offers to buy you something delicious, don't follow them. If Hermilla or my friend tells you to talk, don't follow them. Okay?”

“I know! I'm not a kid...! But, you kidnapped me and... dissected me? Who...?”

Is there a place like Nasa in this world?!
In this world of swords and magic?

“That's what Magic Tower is like. If they find someone special or someone with a special constitution, they use a sleep spell... Whoosh!”

“Whew...!”

The startled hand squeezed Eileen's hand tightly.

“Besides, the Magic Tower is a pretty prestigious place, so even the Empire can’t do anything carelessly. Do you know what I mean? If you get caught, it’s over. Over.”

Eileen said, swiping her hand across her neck.

“Huh...”

“Always be careful. You never know where the Magic Tower wizards might pop out from.”

“Yeah...”

Am I really being experimented on...?

I’ve seen the Magic Tower story in the game, but it was so long ago that I can’t remember it clearly.

Was Magic Tower really a group of lunatics?

Just in case, let’s hide it as much as possible…
Since even in Alva, where rumors are rampant, no one has ever found out who I am, so it should be possible…?

“Well, if you’re scared of Noah, you can hold hands like this. I don’t have that kind of magic, so it’s okay.”

Eileen said, shaking her hands.

“Eileen doesn’t have magic…?!”

“Yes. Isn’t it cool?”

I nodded my head vigorously.

The counter of the evil long-range dealer was right next to me!
As expected, Eileen was a good meat shop... a good friend!

“But, since it’s only a curse spell, you can’t use me as a shield or anything?”

Oh.

“Oh, dang... Of course not...! What do you think of me as...”

“Huh- I think you were trying to use me as a shield, but I’ll trust you. So what should I do with your hand? Should I hold it?”

I felt the warmth of my hand.

I didn’t know until I held it just now, but now that I feel it like this, I feel a little embarrassed.

But... if I weigh this slight embarrassment and kidnapping on a scale...

“Grab, grab it... You have to be careful as a wizard.”

“Yeah. That’s a good idea.”

Eileen nodded readily.

“Then shall we go? Just detect the surrounding demons like before. From now on, I’ll catch them.”

I thought about Eileen’s abilities.

The time it took to catch the first Nol was about 10 seconds.
When I fought the group that came later, it was about 5 seconds.
On the other hand, the firepower was weaker.

But well… I can finish it off with that much firepower.

And I can find it in advance.

I roughly finished calculating and nodded.

I held Eileen’s hand tightly, opened my closed eyes, and glanced at the horse.

I’ll see you after this request is over.

Purrrrrr-

Unlucky guy.

“Let’s go… Eileen.”

I turned my head and grabbed Eileen’s hand.

But Eileen didn’t come at all.

“Noah. You should take the horse with you.”

Ah, really annoying.

“... Yes.”

*****

“The sun is starting to set...”

Eileen looked up at the sky and whispered quietly.

She had walked a long way from where she was earlier.

The number of fish she caught here and there was already over twenty.

“Then... what should we do...?”

She looked back at Eileen and asked.

I can walk well even without light, but Eileen might have a hard time.

Physically as well.

Eileen thought for a moment, then opened her mouth while looking at the map.

“We’re about halfway there now.”

“Yes.”

“There’s a place to rest not far from here. It’s a ruin, but that house is still okay.”

“A house? Did you go there before?”

“Yeah. It’s not too bad. There was a bed. It was dirty, but… Anyway, should we rest there for a bit until the sun rises?”

Eileen asked, tilting her head.

I nodded, not having any reason to object.

“Then, I’ll go first. I remember the way.”

“Yes.”

Eileen’s hand guided me.

Purrung-

Daegak- Daegak-

I followed Eileen’s hand, and with my free hand I swept the stone wall of the ruins.

It was cold, but felt smooth.

It seemed like an expensive stone.

It felt… like marble?

It didn’t feel like real stone! It felt like processed stone.

It felt completely different from what I’d seen in games.

“What are you doing, Noah?”

Eileen looked back at me and said.

“Ugh... I liked the feel of the stone. I was touching it for a bit...”

The smooth and cool feeling is incredibly addictive!

After rubbing the stone for a while, I heard Eileen’s voice, which had calmed down a bit.

“But, Noah. Do you know why this village became a ruin?”

“Uh... No?”

“Until 20 years ago, it was an ordinary village, but there was a rumor that this was a village of thieves. That there were a lot of thieves living there.”

“Th-thieves...!”

“Then one day, a thief stole the heirloom of a very high-ranking noble, and there was a rumor that he hid in this village.”

“Ugh...!”

“So that noble was so angry that he destroyed this village like this.”

“Aha...”

“But... this village wasn’t actually a village of thieves. The thieves didn’t even hide in this village. It was just a rumor..”

“T-what the...!”

“It’s really not funny. They just believed the rumors and turned an innocent village into ruins like this.”

Eileen looks up at the sky.

“It’s called the ‘Hablon Disaster.’ That incident. This village was called ‘Hablon Village.’”

“Hablon...?”

Hablon?
Hablon... Hablon... Uhh... I think I remember!

Eileen’s face turned to me again.

“But, do you know what the most important thing is?”

“Yes...?”

Ugh! Eileen told me to fly away again!

“Just because this village became ruins, it disappeared from the map.

Just because it was taken over by the demons. No one felt sorry. No one was angry.”

Bandits... Village... Ruins... Hablon...

“Because there’s no one left. Because everyone died. But... if, in this village... there were survivors... if there were people who remembered this village...”

Bandits, Village, Ruins, Hablon, Survivors.

Oh, I remembered.

“How much must that person be burning inside. This land has been taken over by the demons... and has become something they can’t even reclaim.”

8 years ago.

The first request I received when I started [Black Sun].

“How much-”

“A survivor of Hablon...”

“Yes, yes...? Noah, what did you just say...”

The title of the request was.

‘Survivors of Hablon.’

And the survivor’s name was.

Lucci.

Platinum Adventurer.

Squinty-eyed Lucy.