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- Shieldbro is kind of an ass to Firo......
- Chapter 58
- Wanted.
- "Umuu......"
- I am observing the situation behind a bush.
- Its been several hours since we picked up the second princess. Since there is a village nearby we must be cautious.
- Nearby is the village that was plagued by the dragon corpse a while ago.
- It seems what the knight said was true.
- "Devil of the shield Iwatani Naofumi slaughtered imperial guard knights and kidnapped the second princess while escaping. Wanted dead or alive. The prize-"
- On the notice board within the village, there piece of paper that has quite a large amount of price money declared on it by the soldiers of the castle.
- Is this seriously only a few hours after? They seemed too prepared for this.
- I knew this was a set up since the beginning.
- For some reason they also assumed I killed off those knights that I caught.
- I heard it.
- If you strap a bomb on yourself and charge you will go to heaven.
- These guys are putting similar insane thoughts to practice.
- "The Imperial guardsmen knights have memorized an image of the criminal! The Imperial guardsmen knight who brought the crystal ball to the castle also died after duty was completed."
- Furthermore. It seems that a hologram of me is being projected by the crystal ball.
- My face was twisted with wickedness and,I am strangling the second princess by her neck, which also appears to be bleeding.
- ......Is that amount of fabrication even possible?
- Should I make a habit of avoiding crystal balls at all costs in the future?
- Though she looks pretty healthy despite being on the verge of death......
- When I look closely at the second princess's face, despite the fact that she is being strangled, her expression is more shocked than painful.
- By the way, the country of Silt Welt is located south east of Shirudo Furiden which is north east of our current location.
- It seems that it's for us necessary to cross two countries.
- That is considerably further than before.
- We will somehow have to advance without being found.
- "If you see the devil that has a strange bird pulling his carriage. Contact the Country immediately."
- The crystal ball then shows Firo's image, and her expression is that of a bird of prey spitting poison from the mouth.
- That's good. I can use poison since they put that in the forgery.
- This is going to be a problem though, since Firo is our main means of transportation.
- We might have to leave Firo somewhere.
- "So, Firo you understand right?"
- "Noo~!"
- As I finished scouting the village, I went to Firo and to let her know.
- If we continue letting Firo pull the carriage to refuge she will attract a lot of attention.
- If it comes down to it Firo could just abandon the carriage and run off with her superior speed.
- They would have a hard time catching her but we would lose everything.
- So, I have to explain the situation.
- "We can't help it. Because you stand out."
- In the sense that she's an unusual demon.
- She is the reason I am known as the saint of the holy bird after all.
- "Can't Firo just change into a different form before anything happens? Firo will work hard!"
- "How are you-"
- Firo's body shines and starts transforming.
- She will probably pull the carriage in her human form anyway.
- Her neck and feet started extending.
- "Gueeee!"
- Firo has transformed into a normal Philo Rial that resembles an ostrich.
- Well, the size is considerably bigger than average I guess.
- "Can you maintain this figure?"
- "Gueee!"
- She nods.
- "Can you only chirp in that form?"
- "Guee!"
- "I see."
- I guess we will be fine if she can keep this appearance.
- "Firo-chan is amazing!"
- The second princess's eyes sparkles as she begins playing with Firo.
- "Gueeee"
- This high pitched screeching is better than her toxic mouth anyway.
- "When you're in that form be quiet."
- "Guee!"
- My head was gripped by her foot.
- Naturally since Raphtalia and Firo rarely attack me they forget that it violates the slave mark.
- The demon crest appears on her chest and she rolls over in pain.
- "Gueee!?"
- "Firo-chan!?"
- "Seriously, what is it you don't like?"
- "Don't use violence on Firo-chan!"
- "I didn't. The demon crest only activated because she attacked me."
- Though she is still sort of cute in this form, although her communication is lacking.
- But like this I don't know what Firo is saying.
- It seems that this could be from my inner thoughts of "it would be nice if I had a pet that will unconditionally listen to me and not be noisy."
- Firo returns to her human forms and starts whining like a child.
- "It's painful!"
- "You asked for it. Even you understand. Demons can't attack their masters."
- "Ueh......"
- The second princess is strangely worried about Firo.
- Is it because they are friends?
- "For the time being, I'm assuming you are fine with disguising ourselves."
- Up until now we were fine staying hidden as a saint, so it should work out somehow.
- "Raphtalia...... can you make yourself look a little shabby, and wear a hat?"
- So like this, the princess and I hid ourselves within the carriage while the transformed Firo and disguised Raphtalia took care of passing the village.
- "Ah......"
- Raphtalia meets the villager's eyes.
- "......"
- "......"
- We pass silently.
- "......"
- "......"
- The metal carriage passes the village as the soldiers watch.
- "Wait."
- We were halted.
- I begin preparing for being found out, we should be able to deal with the people in this village.
- "O-okay. What's wrong?"
- "The other side of your carriage has a wing mark. It resembles the one on that devil bird......"
- "N-no. I'm just a merchant.
- "Hou......May I confirm what is inside?"
- This is dangerous.
- The soldier puts hand on the door of the carriage.
- What to do. I may be fine since I am wearing common clothing and my shield is in the form of a book, but the princess will be recognized immediately.
- "Ah!"
- The villager who made eye contact with Raphtalia suddenly spoke.
- "What's wrong!?"
- The soldier turns around to face the villager.
- "I heard that someone spotted the demon of the shield a while ago over there."
- "Really!?"
- The villager nods his head.
- The soldier starts running towards the direction indicated by the villager.
- "Over here."
- The villager knocks on the carriage.
- "Hurry, before it's too late."
- It seems he's going to provide a hiding place for us.
- What to do...... the deceived soldier will come back soon and that will be disastrous.
- "Please go. I'll stall them here."
- Raphtalia senses my hesitation and decides for me.
- "But-"
- "I planned to do this since the beginning."
- Is that so?
- The second princess and I get off the carriage when we arrive at the house, I cover her with a mantle as the villager guides us.
- "There is nothing."
- "Huh? Was I wrong?"
- "No, you reported as ordered and even gave details, he just got away."
- "I see"
- The villager finishes deceiving the solder and he checks the carriage.
- "Hmmm......there are only miscellaneous goods. Is this medicine?"
- "Yeah, an adventurer asked me to transport it. hahaha"
- While in disguise Raphtalia answers with a wry smile.
- "I see, well sorry I bothered you."
- "No it's fine."
- The soldier leaves to patrol somewhere else.
- The villager points Raphtalia in the direction of the inn and she responds obediently.
- "Hmm......"
- We were peeping from the window of the private house.
- I was very nervous.
- That was pretty dangerous. If that villager choose not to help us there would have been an uproar.
- "Saint-sama are you all right?"
- "Ah yea......somehow."
- "After saint-sama saved the village we noticed you were actually the Hero of the shield-sama."
- "And you guys don't condemn me?"
- "Condemn!? No way. The saint saved the people of this village. There is no way we will repay kindness with enmity."
- "......Are we safe?"
- The second princess anxiously asks.
- "You're going to side with the devil?"
- "We received various things from the Three Heroes church. But, the devil of the shield kindly saved us from the disaster that the god of the sword caused."
- The fight here was harsh. I also learned various things from this village.
- It seems that the village is still recovering from after-effects of the plague.
- "Although you might be called a devil,under these circumstances we would be even worse than devils if we do not repay our favour."
- The villager points at the second princess is about to ask.
- "This is just a little conspiracy."
- "Well it's fine if the princess went willingly."
- The princess nods at the villager's words.
- "Currently there are those within the country aiming for my life. The Hero of the Shield-sama saved me......"
- The villager nods in understanding at the princess's answer.
- "I get it. Some of us might be ungrateful though.So you should quickly escape."
- "......I know."
- "There is a cart in the back that is fully loaded with straw. Please hid in it, and several villagers will carry you to your companion who is at the inn."
- "I am grateful."
- Thanks to the villagers who carried the cart of hay and distracted the soldier, we rejoined Raphtalia.
- "As I thought we are in considerable danger in this carriage. Let's ditch it for something else."
- "Gueee!?"
- Transformed Firo informs me of her displeasure.
- Her neck is shaking back and forth.
- "Gue! Gue!"
- "We can't help it! Do you want to be found and caught? The second princess, Mel-chan will be killed."
- "Gu......"
- Firo reluctantly falls silent at the mention of the second princess's life being in danger.
- It seems she has become quite an important friend for her to care this much......
- "You're great, Firo. You can let go of important things for your friend."
- "Gue?"
- I pat her kindly.
- Even if I don't understand what she is saying, she choose correctly.
- "After this is over we'll certainly take it back."
- "Gue!"
- Absolutely. I understand.
- "Sorry. Would you mind looking after the carriage here?"
- "......Sure."
- The villager seems to understand the situation and accepts it.
- "I will be very grateful."
- "You've already done enough for us."
- "I see. alright, second princess,come here. Change your clothes, we'll be discovered instantly with what you're wearing now."
- "O.....okay"
- The second princess doesn't seem very happy about the idea of wearing cheap clothing but given the situation she has no choice.
- It seems that the apprentice's clothing from villager barely fits.
- It's probably due to the villager having no children.
- Compared to the second princess's usual clothing, now she looks like a shabby little villager.
- Albeit a well-bred one since blue hair is only asserted with noble born children.
- Well I can worry about that as we travel. There is no reason to discard her old clothes.
- It will be a little awkward to bring it around though.
- "Fill the bags with miscellaneous goods."
- I put the more valuable things inside the straw cart and cover it.
- Anything bulky was given to the villagers.
- We should be fine going for two weeks like this. This stuff will be useful for the revival of the village.
- "Alright, let's go."
- "Okay"
- We leave the village quietly and while the villagers see us off.
- Well, we were still seen by another villager.
- After this, our best bet would be to avoid towns and villages as much as possible.
- The wagon made a rumbling sound as we began to run north east.
- If possible I hope the village won't be punished for helping us.
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