CH 177

My name is Fabio Visconti.

I want to get this wild boar nightmare over with as soon as possible.

That’s why I offered my help ……

The kiddo suddenly made me the leader and envoy of the survey team.

“Eh, I couldn’t hear you very well just now?”

The kiddo put on a cool face.

“You’re a handyman advisor, so I thought you’d be a good envoy.”

“Hey, you could have sent someone else.”

“Sir Rossi can’t be moved, and neither can the chiefs. You’re the only one who can. You’re the only one who can act as an envoy.”

This kiddo is so outspoken ……

Normally, he would be an annoying little brat, but he’s doesn’t act like a kid at all.

I felt as if I was being verbally abused by an older man.

Unable to say anything back, I reluctantly decided to leave.

I have a handwritten intent from the kiddo and a gift (alcohol).

I thought that if it was a village-level group, alcohol would be safe.

Sending meat would only be harassment.

The Knights are 30 people and can’t send out too many.

They are a mix of trained humans, dog tribesmen, tiger tribesmen, cat tribesmen, and winged tribesmen.

In total, there are about 40 people, and the actual fighting force is about 30.

The man in charge of the battle is the tiger tribesman, Miska Nisra.

He was recommended by the leader of the tiger tribe, Touko.

The man in charge of the survey was a winged tribesman named Shelt Nordermer.

She was recommended by Ms. Ardelheid.

She’s been looking at the kiddo a certain way lately.

She has the eyes of a hunter who wants to be embraced by the kiddo at every opportunity.

Even I, who am not familiar with women, can tell that the way she looks at the kiddo is hot.

The kiddo is a strange one too.

He can afford a harem if he goes with the flow.

If not, it is his duty as the feudal lord to leave an heir.

The people around him are also wondering.

It is common knowledge that it is a man’s duty to take more than one woman as a wife if he can provide for her.

I thought it might be because his parent didn’t have any concubines, but ……

Since they have had children, there is no need in terms of an heir.

It’s just that the head of a great aristocratic family doesn’t have a concubine easily because it would lead to internal strife.

If he was assigned to such a remote area, it was normal for him to take the daughter of the chieftain as his concubine for stability.

My father, Lord Ferdinand, also thought so.

He even went out of his way to tell me, “Please see to it that my son’s choice of wife is not biased.”

If you ask me if I’m fastidious, I’m not.

A fastidious basically demand it of others as well.

There is not a whiff of discomfort in Sir Rossi’s history with women.

There have been a few cases where he has had his own sister too.

It’s rare, even among the nobility, but it has happened.

He would make her his wife for form’s sake and hide her from the world.

It’s just a baseless rumor, but …… Church members who forbid it are more likely to have sexual relations with close relatives.

I don’t know if it’s the fact that it’s forbidden that makes it so hot.

I think Miss Kiara’s love for the kiddo is a bit abnormal.

But …… it’s not that insane.

It’s not a common thing, but …… it’s on the level of an affair that could be dangerous if exposed.

If you really try to hide it, you can fake it as much as you want.

There is another ethic to not embrace your sister to that extent.

He assumes that he is not popular.

The kiddo is thoroughly indifferent and unapproachable when it comes to his own affairs.

He is so determined to be with only Milva that he doesn’t even look at other women.

Even Milva seems to think he is too good for her.

Even Milva is not interested in any man other than the kiddo.

She’s also very active in their night life, especially for an elf.

The two of them are a strange pair in many ways.

Speaking of women …… all members are men ……

The kiddo said it as if it were obvious.

“Teacher becomes clumsy when it comes to women.”

I’m sad that I can’t argue with him.

Thanks to this, it’s suffocating.

It’s nice that I can take it easy, though.

We brought our own food, but we mainly replenished it by hunting.

Unexpectedly, I’m happy to find something other than wild boar.

It had been about ten days since our departure.

I was finally able to get in touch with the cat tribesmen who were members of the Ear.

Thanks to them, we were able to decide on the direction to investigate.

We avoided the route where wild boars were rampaging, and asked the winged tribe to grasp the surrounding from a high place.

(T/N: The Ear is the intelligence unit that was made recently, called Ravenna’s Ear)

Fortunately, we found a river.

We can use this as a landmark for further exploration.

And the villages should be mostly along the river.

I raised my hand lightly to Shelt as he came down to the ground.

“Shelt, how is it? Do you see a village nearby?”

Shelt shook his head.

“I don’t see any settlements yet, maybe they’re hidden by the forest.”

Sometimes it’s good to be all men.

They were so excited about complaining about women that they were completely at ease with each other.

The kiddo’s situation was a good snack for the alcohol.

“Miska, is it fine to move upstream as it is?”

“Yeah, let’s keep an eye on what flows into the river.”

Hopefully, we’ll find the village, as they dump things along the river.

With the kiddo’s education, everyone is thinking about things and becoming more cautious.

The words and actions of those at the top are quite contagious to those below.

As we were about to head upstream, the cat tribesmen, Kaspar Znamenacek, stopped us all.

“I feel a presence.”

They all quieted down and searched their surroundings.

I can use cloaking magic to distort their vision, but I’m also an envoy.

In other words, if I hide, it will become difficult to explain that I’m an envoy.

So I’m moving without hiding.

Kaspar is staring deep into the forest.

As he does so, a one-armed cat tribesman appears from behind a tree.

Then the cat tribesman asked us.

“Who are you people?”

He looked at us suspiciously.

Is it unusual to see a mix of different races?

Anyway, let’s try to contact them as a representative.

“We are messengers from Ravenna, looking for a settlement nearby.”

The cat tribesmen said suspiciously.

“Ravenna? I’ve never heard of it.”

“It’s a town that started developing about a year ago.”

The cat tribesmen seemed to have an idea on something.

He asked me as it is.

“Is there a large population in your village?”

The kiddo told me that I could tell him all the basic information ……

“About four thousand people.”

The cat person looks blatantly alarmed.

“Are there that many humans here?”

“No …… As you can see, it’s a mix of different races.”

The cat people seemed surprised.

“Is there such a place beside us?”

I was surprised too.

So there are still people who think like the kiddo?

This region is kind of scary ……

“You too?”

“Yeah …… So, what business do you have with us?”

Let’s get to the point.

“I know you’re trying to get rid of the wild boars that are proliferating. The Lord wants to see if we can cooperate with each other in that matter.”

The cat tribesmen said without taking his eyes off me.

“Wait a moment and I’ll ask for instructions.”

He remained motionless for about three minutes.

“All right, the Lord Commander will see you now. Follow me.”

He started to move on.

We decided to follow him without saying a word.

It would be a lot easier if the leader was like the kiddo ……

I wonder what will happen.