Chapter 11 (1/2)
Chapter 11 – The Recapture of Ona Village
The plaza located in the city of Est was ja but the clothes on their backs
That’s right, there’s no way a city wouldn’t become noisy because of that
Was there some kind of disaster?
As soon as we entered the Sawatari Trading Company, elcomed by Louise, who had a sour face, and her disciples, Suzanne & Claudia
It was rare for our team of female warriors to not be out on a monster hunt
“What happened?”
“The village of Ona has been attacked by a large group of ether with this city’s garrison and other adventurers, but eventually, our side was outnumbered and forced to retreat”
The village of Ona is located in the northern direction, not too far away from Est
Apparently, it’s a settlement built on a spacious, tranquil ers
Does this e wave that spawned near the royal capital has, in the end, e into Est’s vicinity?
“Did you sustain any injuries?”
“Yeah, but we’re fine That’s because we carried plenty recovery potions with us Still, even though ere there, we barely ers…”
Even though they recovered themselves with potions, I could tell how fierce their battlefrom their shredded leather armors
Still, to think that soive up
Even our coe, which thrives on stock-far us with the soil necessary for niter production
There were faether in front of our shop, so I decided to go and check if there were any injured people
“Louise, is it fine for me to use recovery potions on the injured people?”
“Why are you asking le time? They’re your items, so you can use them as you want”
I knew Louise would answer that way
Her response was cold, but there’s no doubt Louise would’ve done the same and used her own potions on the injured people
The villagers of Ona were people under protection of the Earl, Est, so even the healers from the city’s church arrived to help, however, they were short-handed, as there were too many injured people
‘The city is probably running short on recovery potions, so h price?’ – Is what I thought
However, I subdued this wicked thought of mine and proceeded with the distribution of my potions
“Thank you very much! Thank you very much!”
“Ah, no no, we’re on the same boat in these troublesome times, so…”
(This young villager who threw these words of gratitude atI’m a fine person Kukuku…)
You must lose a fly to catch a trout, or so they say
These villagers here live nearby, so if I de profits afterwards
(Despite saying so……)
Even though I went through the trouble of establishi+ng this company in Est…
Nevertheless, I don’t intend to look on passively as the e
‘Now that it has coth of firearht
I alone, made this resolution silently
“What? You plan to retake the village of Ona from the monsters?”
“Yes If possible, I’ll show you, later, how to push the et rid of them entirely”
I decided to visit the Earl, Est’s, castle and declare this in an impressive way
As expected, was I boasting too much? The Earl looked at me doubtfully
“Certainly, you’ll beco help to me if you can do it, but…”
“We’ll be using the neeapons, so there’s a chance for success”
I received a un and cannon being o pick them up at the moment
In thefor the location and scope of the monsters
Originally, the soldiers in the standing army of Est were scarce
And then, there was that epicenter placed near the royal capital that spawned large number of monsters
Both the royal capital’s chivalric order and its ar the main road and territories that fell under its direct jurisdiction Because of that, they couldn’t afford to send reinforcements to the territory of Est, which was located at their back
“Oh, that’s right, there are supposed to be those strange, neeapons which Takeru-dono has Fine, I shall issue a special request for extere to retrieve the village of Ona How about that?”
“Ohh, so these are platinum coins I’ve heard about the them”
Platinule piece orth 10 gold coins
In other words, 10 platinuold coins
The coins are reserved to only be used by nobilities during their trade with distinguished traders, so they can barely be found in money circulation If I were to coold coins
Looking at these glittering coins placed on top of the red table, I reached outahead As I did so, they were pulled in
“I won’t give you theet the village back”
“Yes, I understand”
‘If the Earl has this much money, shouldn’t he invest more in soldiers for his army, or hire mercenaries?” – I wondered about this, but…
To begin with, the territory of Est was a peaceful area far away and free from border disputes Perhaps, this was the reason why he couldn’t ency
It would be just the right time if there was anyone who could lend their military power
“Furthermore, if you can eliminate the nearby monsters once and for all, and restore peace to this place, I’ll give you additional 300… no, 500 gold coins!”
“Well then, please do as you as say”
I drank dry my cup of coffee, after which I left the castle behind