65 Episode 65: The Ruins of an Old Village and the Kings Ride of the Black (Road) (1/2)
─ ─ Yuki perspective. At the site of ”Village of Fira”...
For the first time in 200 years I stood at the entrance to 'Village of Fira'.
The village kept its original form more than I thought.
Around the ”Village of Fira,” there is a stone wall that shelters from demons. It was made a long time ago.
This remains with little collapse (crumb).
But the door that was replacing the castle gate is off and rolling to the ground.
If you look closely... Oh, the hardware on the connection is rusty.
This is what happens when you're exposed to rain storms all the time. Can't you help it?
Taking Odette around the gate, the familiar village showed itself.
The village I haven't returned to in 200 years was............ quiet.
I can't hear people talking at all.
All there is is is the sound of the wind shaking the mountain trees and the sounds of the birds.
The Bat Corps is only a branch of a tree or the sound of staying under a building.
”... really... no one”
There's no voice, no appearance, nothing.
It's just that there's only one house left.
It's also, like, half of what's left of the complete
The rest of it has a broken roof... broken walls... and the early story is broken due to aging.
But it doesn't look like he was vandalized by animals or demons.
My user demons and their descendants seem to have been protecting the village for a really long time.
A peek inside the house...... it was nicely organized.
The villagers took the necessary baggage and cleaned it properly before leaving the village.
”... I'm relieved.”
”Really?
”In the village, I wondered what I would do if a white bone body was rolling”
The house is broken properly and normally.
No marks of burning, no marks of destruction at the hands of men.
Honestly, I was a little worried.
After I died, the Sanctuary Church attacked the villagers.
But there's no sign of battle anywhere.
After I died, the villagers honestly followed The Sanctuary Church. The 'Sanctuary Church' also accepted it and did not attack the villagers.
That's what I finally found out.
Well, after that, Lyle dived into The Sanctuary Church and made a lot of noise.
”Damn. Don't let the Patronus worry you.”
”That's hard work. Yuki.”
When I realized, Odette was holding my hand.
He's laughing at me, shaking his golden hair, reassuring him.
”Did you notice? You looked nervous the whole time you got here, didn't you?
”Really?
”That's right. I'm glad the villagers have escaped safely.”
Then Odette looked intrigued and circled the village,
”… so this is the village where Yuki and Iris lived in their previous lives,”
I sighed like I was kind of impressed.
There is nothing in ”Village of Fira” that has become an abandoned village.
There are so many bats hiding in the shadows and underneath the house.
I don't think there's anything interesting about Odette seeing it.
”Yuki. What is it made on that slope over there?
”Takahata.”
”Takahata...”
”There's a water source on the north side of the mountain where the water flows naturally. It's a system that makes crops that need a lot of water up there, and crops that need less water down there.”
”How do you secure water?
”I magically searched for water and secured three places. Two of them are clean spring water. You can keep drinking.”
”............... yes it is”
Odette nods with a complicated look.
So, there's nothing interesting about it.
”There's something like a fence on that slope over there?
”It's a trap for capturing prey. Looking at the hung prey as it is, the villagers didn't remove it.”
”Well, what about the big building there?
”It's a public bath. It's starting to draw water from water sources. Hygiene control is important, so I can wash my body at any time. Unfortunately, I could only make a small heat-resistant tub with hot water boiling.”
”By the way, what about the little cabin next to it?
”There's a village message board over there. He tells me to write about the appearance of demons, what he noticed in the village, and when he wants to ask me to do something. It's called information-sharing.”
”What about the little fields and cabins next to it?
”That's a herbal field and a lab. There was a clan that liked that, so I made the equipment. I think he's been selling potions to nearby towns for generations.”
”Next door is a blacksmith facility... you have hair decorations that are ready to be made...”
”There was a mechanic. It is the ancestor of Rhodelia of The Grail Chamber of Commerce. He's been taking orders for a lot. I wasn't very interested, so I helped procure the ingredients.”
”.................. heh”
Odette has his eyes round.
”Was that unexpected? Alice and Rhodelia said a lot, but this is a normal village. There's nothing interesting about Odette.”
”Yuki.”
”Oh.”
”... this is a village 200 years ago, isn't it?”
”That was a village 200 years ago.”
”............... why is it so functional”
Odette knelt on the ground and nodded disappointingly.
”I'm going to feel defeated. There are no villages in the Duke of Slay's territory that have progressed this far. What, this village”
”I wonder”
”Yes! In the first place, it's odd that there's such a big village on the mountain. How did you spread the land?
”Good luck to all”
”What happened to the demons in the mountains?
”Me and the villagers were exterminating it on a regular basis. Because the people in our village, usually magic, can use them all.”
”... that's so awesome”
No, it's not even that impressive.
Why are you dropping your shoulders disappointingly? Odette is.
”He said I've just spent 150 years helping him adjust a lot. If the Duke Slay's house had just as many people alive, we could do this.”
”Yuki.”
”What the fuck?”
”Why don't you do the Patronus in the Duke of Slay's territory?
”I don't do it. If I did, I'd be able to keep an eye on The Magic Guild this time.”
Besides, it was the villagers who actually switched villages.
I just ”somehow” asked for my opinion and ”somehow” helped.
I can't even ask you to do the same thing in another village.
”If they were from this village, they would have done it without me. Probably.”
”What do you think? It is”
Odette snapped his neck.
”Absolutely on our side, even after we die, they remember us - didn't the villagers feel safe working because they had such a patron saint (you)?
”... I guess that's what it is”
”It's my opinion that you're human. Trust me.”
”I see, because I'm a beginner in human beings. You should hear the seniors.”
No. Yuki and I would be the same age.
Odette looked like she was in trouble and laughed.
Then I headed to the old castle where I used to live.
In the middle of the mountain lies the ancient castle where I was, at the end of the climb of the ”Village of Fira”, which is also ahead.
From here, it's hard to see hiding between trees...
”... I knew the roof was broken”
There's a big hole in the roof of the old castle. Around the hole, there are also burnt marks.
He was burned in sorcery. The work of the Sanctuary Church?
I held Odette and activated my 'flying' skills.
Kick the village roof and raise the trees to the scaffold.
Keep it up. We'll go over the old castle.
And when I went inside through the big hole in the roof, there was this big hall I was used to seeing.
”This is... your 'Throne Room' from your previous life?
”The villagers called you that funny. This is just a study room. This chair was just used by the blacksmith to repair it for me year after year.”
The chair is crumbling under a broken stone.
And where I died. I can't even see the blood anymore.
”I guess it's more of a child protection room than a children's study room... Alice and her parents, Lyle and Remilia, have been studying letters and calculations here all along.”
”How did you get the material?
”Because there weren't any books, sometimes, I flew up to Port Town with the one with good memory, memorizing the bard's song. When I left, I woke it up in letters and used it as a teaching material. If you're calculating... it has to do with magic. I used to make all kinds of learning tools by hand.”
”What is it, that brilliant education? Which senior nobleman are you?”
”No, it's getting fun while the village patron saint is doing it... Follow”
That's a long time ago, too.
Lyle and Remilia are gone.