48 – Tail being stepped on (1)
I ended up renting a horse from a city stable.
What I liked was that the black mane was shiny and the eyes were clear.
As I sat behind Mr. Luterrier, who got on first,
“Do you want to hold the waist or the reins?”
Suddenly, she asked, tickling my nose with her tail.
He gently removed the long golden fur that sat on the bridge of her nose, and of course stretched out her hand to grab the reins.
“Ugh?!”
She ended up becoming more attached to her body than she thought.
I was startled when her cheek touched my back, and when I took her hand away, she looked back and smiled-
“It would be much more comfortable to hold the waist. I don’t know if I’m shorter than you.”
Looking straight into my eyes, I grabbed her wrist and lifted it onto her waist.
I was momentarily taken aback by the unfamiliar texture of something thin, hot, and shaped differently from my body.
“But don’t hold it too hard. The waist is a bit sensitive.”
Those words, and the expression she showed along with her words, made me want to take her hand away even more.
Her bowed face was slightly red, and it was difficult to look at her blue eyes looking up at me.
“Are you ready?”
The stable worker came closer and gave her horse a carrot and patted her neck.
The horse, purring and catching her breath, raised her head high and scratched the ground with her paw.
“Wow,”
Although she had once flown in the sky while being held in her mother’s arms,
It was an amazing feeling to ride on the back of a horse.
With every breath, every twist of her body a little-
All movements flowed through the legs as if they had become one body.
“Would it be okay if we leave as is?”
“It’s in good condition and looks good, so I think it’s okay to go as is –
There is one thing I want to tell you.”
He scratched his chin once and patted his body, then looked back and forth between me and Mr. Luterrier.
And then he laughed.
“Everyone who went out on this ride together came back as a pair.”
My eyes widened at those words.
His hand holding Mr. Luterrier twitched.
“Huh?!”
I thought maybe it wasn’t my hand that was twitching.
The tail hit my face and got hairs on my face again.
“There are cases where that is not the case, so don’t worry too much.
Ah, if I say this, will you pay more attention to me?”
He smiled mischievously and immediately waved his hand,
The door blocking the front was wide open.
“Well, have a nice trip!”
The horse’s hooves struck the ground and made a sound,
The sunlight shining from the blue sky began to brighten the future.
My blonde hair, which looked particularly shiny, was blown by the wind, and it kept hitting my face and harassing me.
“Ubung.”
Every now and then, hair would get in the way of my lips and I had to remove them.
As he stepped on the uneven ground, his hands became more strained.
“…Ugh. Ugh.”
Every time that happened, Mr. Luterrier, who was blocking my path, would let out a faint groan.
I wanted to let go, but I kept getting scared because I felt like if I did, I would fall to the floor at any moment.
A golden tail keeps swaying before my eyes.
Warmth felt in the hand.
And for some reason, my heart is pounding.
It was so hard to organize my messed up mind that I was about to close my eyes.
“Hey, there.”
Someone in armor came next to the horse holding a piece of paper.
He looked back and forth between it and Mr. Luterrier, then turned his gaze to me –
“Russell?”
He called my name.
His body trembled for a moment, and the corners of his mouth began to rise slightly.
“That’s right. Ah, but don’t drive the horse here.
Neither side wants people to get hurt.”
People who appeared to be adventurers were gathering one by one from around them.
Each person was holding a piece of paper.
I haven’t read it, but I feel like I can understand the content.
“If you follow me obediently now, you will be able to go comfortably.
Meet peacefully with your employer without anyone getting hurt.
But only if you decide to run away from here.”
– Tap, tap, tap…
People on horseback came close to us from behind.
They were also holding papers.
The number was less than ten, but the pursuers filled my field of vision.
“I’m just trying to tell you that things might get a little complicated.
What do you think?”
Mr. Luterrier was speechless.
Everyone around them kept their mouths shut.
However, the horse he was riding slowly began to move forward.
Calmly, towards the exit of the city.
“If you want to come out like that, well…”
After saying that, the bounty hunter slowly turned around to the back of his horse and started walking.
He put the paper in his arms and just walked along with us with his bare hands.
“Can’t we just let it go?”
“Gella Luterrier. How did someone whose name was sold get involved in something like this?…
Of course, it is true that the boy sitting there looks quite cute,
It’s not profitable to touch someone who can bet this much money, right?
Or maybe he has something great.”
The stares that were looking at me were much worse than what I felt in the village.
Face, body, legs, arms…
It was as if they were touching me with their eyes, as if I were something they could sell.
“When I think about that, I still get curious.
This is a boy that a demon hunter covets.
And, it is a request from an unidentified person.
Is he a nobleman? If that were the case, I would have sent a private soldier.
If he were a higher person, he would have moved even more cautiously.
But, I wonder if there is a need to worry about that.
It’s enough just to get money. Yes?”
“Do you know what this child and I are involved in?”
“People who are looking for a bounty don’t catch people while looking at the circumstances.
And, of course, it would be dangerous.
You know, it’s less scary to say to save as much as possible.
The permission to kill someone if something goes wrong still involves less emotion.
But, unconditionally.
It is written that you must come alive no matter what.
I don’t even want to imagine what might happen?”
Shrugging his shoulders, he slowly began to pull out the noose he had attached to his belt.
The road out of the city was right in front of us, and those on either side slowly retreated back.
“Why are you falling?”
“They don’t want to see the city guards intercepting their target.
If a commotion breaks out here, it falls under their jurisdiction… And then they are not recognized for their contributions.”
“Then even if you stay here – “
“If that happens, I will send me and your location to your mother.
What happens after that is…”
Just as Mr. Luterrier said, it seemed like the guards already knew about us.
The look they gave me as they retrieved my temporary ID card was far from kind.
“You may pass by.”
However, as if they could not escape from their work, they allowed us, who had no problems, to pass by.
The window blocking the front was removed –
“Hold on tight, ya!”
With a shout, the horse began pounding the ground.
Making the dust kick up.
But it seemed that there were less than ten people pursuing them.
As soon as the horse starts kicking the ground –
“Ha, ha!”
“Stop talking now, if you don’t want things to get rough!”
Everyone, men and women, was riding towards us on horseback.
The sight of them twirling the noose and their eyes shining…
It felt as if my mother’s love had been taken out of the eyes she looked at me with.
Greed.
It was full of it.
***
“Bow down!”
I’ve already buried my face in Mr. Luterrier’s back five times.
The flying noose was targeting my body with increasing precision.
“Cheet, faster!”
Frightening passers-by on the wide road,
In the back, brown fog is spewing out –
We ran blindly forward.
Throw away the nooses that fly from time to time, or twist your body to avoid them.
“This is crazy, I was hoping something like this would happen at least after I arrived in that city…!”
Suddenly.
As luck would have it, Mr. Luterrier quickly swung the dagger and cut the line that flew in.
The messed up noose fell to the floor, and the face of the person holding it was completely crushed.
“Good… Oh, my.”
Wrinkles appeared on the face that used to smile.
The brightly opened eyes contained shadow.
There were people holding very wide nets in the back, running with all their might to get ahead.
“If you get caught by that, it’s the end. But, oh my god… Give me a little more strength!”
“Purp, purr…!”
Those chasing them had one person on each horse.
However, our horses were able to handle two people, and it seemed like they didn’t have the energy to exert more strength for the longer run.
“Isn’t there a way, a way? Any good ideas?”
“I don’t have any! Mr. Luterrier, do you have any tools?”
“There is, but if you use it incorrectly, they will get hurt or die.
If you do that, it will become irreversible!”
While he was thinking like that, the woman who was close to his side shook the net she was holding.
As if teasing me, she slightly squinted one of her eyes and urged her horse to speed up.
“…I have to write it.”
“What?”
Even at this moment, those holding the nets were slowly and surely moving forward.
As I watched the bundle of strings slowly unfolding, I finally relaxed, wiping my lips.
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As she opened and closed her mouth, she seemed to have guessed what I was going to do, and nodded her head.
“Yes, this is going to be a disaster. If you get caught here, it will be the end for you, so do something!”
Mr. Luterrier removed his hand from its slender waist.
And stretched it forward.
It spread out to take down the horse and cover the sky.
“Like the wind that spreads through the wings of a dragon,
Like the breath of winter that broke the window and tormented me!”
For a moment, I thought I had used magic incorrectly.
The image of my mother flying up holding me,
And I thought about the scene that night when the window was broken and the cold blew in.
“Ugh!!”
The net was torn and flew away.
And the pursuers were so shocked that they rolled on the ground together with their horses.
The power… Was very strong.
“Wow, it’s magic?!”
“That young guy is a wizard? This wasn’t on the wanted badge – “
The people following seemed quite embarrassed.
The wildly fluttering tail tickles my face –
“Good job!”
He gave me a feeling of pride along with praise.
Is it because I washed it well? Now that I look at it, it seems like there is a faint, refreshing flower scent.
“Damn, I’m afraid I’m going to fall out of here…”
But the number of those chasing did not decrease.
Someone even took out a shield from their back and was holding it.
“Those things may just be shields, but some of them may have spells that block magic.
Be careful, Russell…!”
Those who stood in the way disappeared.
Now, only those who tried to follow behind were left.
So it seemed like there was no need to worry.
“The source of life flowing down the valley,
Tears in the sky that cool the heat.”
A lot of water was immediately poured from the hands onto the ground.
The dirt road quickly became muddy, and the horses had to splash mud instead of dust.
“Water won’t startle the horses!”
It was Mr. Luterrier who urgently urged me,
They were the pursuers who confidently raised their shields after seeing the magic I used,
I rolled my tongue, feeling the corners of my mouth rise.
“Stopping in the biting cold,
Like white flower petals falling into the sky…
Freeze!”
– Jejeok.
With a cracking sound, the poured water hardened.
The faces of those who were chasing them turned pale.
The horses that were stepping on the ground lost their balance on the slippery floor.
“Fluffy like a hay bale, cozy like a bed!”
The last magic thrown to save those who fell head first.
The gentle wind flew away leaving a whitish afterimage.
Fortunately, people fell but were not hurt.
He rolled on the floor, but was alive.
But the road was frozen, and the horses’ eyes were wide open in surprise.
You won’t be able to chase me with this.
The moment I turned my body forward while thinking that.
“…Russell.”
Mom’s voice rang in my ears.
