"One~day♪ Inside a forest~♪"
As usual, we're walking on the highway.
"I cooked a hotpot~♪ Made of bear-san~♪"
Futsuno-san, what kind of song is that.
But really, the people in this world sure can walk. I know that people of Edo era were good walkers as it was normal for them to walk dozens of kilometer a day, and these people are similar. Or rather, I'm surprised that I could walk this far myself. Come to think of it I don't see many horses. Maybe cause this is a remote place.
"Me think these much firewood should be good enough."
"Aye aye, you can take some rest now~"
The menu today are boiled gyoza and steamed buns.
I had prepared the gyoza and bun's dough yesterday. Actually, it's just half of the udon's dough, processed.
The meat inside is made from dried jerky. The meat itself isn't that good, but I've dipped it in the dashi stock to change the texture. Ummu, it came out fairly well. I've made the boiled gyoza smallish to make it easy to swallow. On the other hand, the steamed buns are thickish to satisfy the stomach. I'd like to get my hand on better ingredients in the town tomorrow. If there's leftover of the boiled gyoza's soup, we can use it as our meal tomorrow morning after heating it up. Yup, if there's leftover that is....
"*mokyu mokyu*"
Yes, as you'd expect, Mitama gulped them all.
Futsuno-san also ate a lot. Are all the women in this world like them? But well, as the one who made the food I should be happy that they ate them with great relish.
We rest at the camp once we've had a satisfying dinner. That said, there's no bedding so I just lay down on the ground. Hmm, wonder why. Lying on the ground like this feels nostalgic somehow. Ah yeah, when I was little, I ran out of my house at midnight and gazed at the starry sky like this too. I did some rash things back then. I'm dozing off while recalling that. It seems I'm tired after all. Well then...good...ni...ght....
BURUAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
It was a sudden explosive roar.
"Woo, w-what!?"
I woke up and checked the two immediately.
"Aa, you're awake. I was going to wake you up."
"....Some distance away. 300 meter to the north. There's something big."
"Something big? Do you know what it is?"
Shake shake. Mitama shook her head.
"I see, now then, what do you think we should do Futsuno-san?"
"'Course!! We're running away!"
Futsuno-san thumbs up at me. I don't have any objection at all, but she sure decides fast!
We get ready to depart in a hurry. We had made it so we could depart anytime. We're dressed lightly and don't have many baggage after all.
In panic, we run at full speed while being careful not to tumble in the pitch black highway.
"...This might be bad, it's coming closer. Straight here."
Mitama muttered when the morning dawn.
"Is it targeting us?"
"...I don't know, but it's going to clash with us soon. Nee-san what should we do?"
"It's obviously faster than us eh. Even if we run at full speed, we don't know if we could outrun it.... huh."
Mitama got lost in thought.
It's imprudent of me, but I thought that a beauty would still look beautiful even when she was lost in thought. Yup, gotta pull myself together. It's a matter of life and death.
"No choice but to ambush it eh. I'll wait here to receive it from the front and start casting a spell. With the magic invocation as the signal, I'd like you two to make a surprise attack from behind the rock."
"Understood."
"Got it."
THUMP THUMP THUMP THUMP THUMP THUMP THUMP
GWOOSH GWOOSH GWOOSH
I understand from the sound that something heavy is coming here, but what are the gwoosh gwoosh?
I can't check it from behind the rock. I wonder if Futsuno-san alright?
"Manifest! Flame Wall!!"
Futsuno-san invoked a magic which also acted as a signal. The thing that was running made a sudden break at the wall of flame that appeared out of nowhere. Alright! It's wide open.
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