“Pass. We must come back before the sun goes down.”
“yes!”
As soon as the wagon drove through the gate, the blue sky and green meadows and forests appeared. The people who live in the city surrounded by walls all the time were slightly thrilled by this sight that can only be seen once or twice a year.
Especially the kids liked it.
“and! It’s a meadow! There are so many trees over there! It’s different from what you see from the top of the castle wall!”
Looking back at the happy children, Carrot smiled. Crank drove the wagon through fields of budding wheat to where Argon, the Ark City, was beginning to recede from Asrai.
There was also a small stream near the forest.
In the vicinity of the city, the communal arable land is expanding every year due to clearing work. Surprisingly, there were many wheat fields, orchards, and plots around it, and it was not suitable for women to freely pick spring greens. So I had to come out a little far, and for that I needed an escort.
“It can be dangerous if you go too far, so let’s do it here. You must always be in sight of us.”
“yes-!”
The virgins and women cried out. Crank first deployed automatons around the wagon. Under their protection, people started digging for wild greens and medicinal herbs. The kids didn’t care about that and were busy running around.
“Catch me!”
“Wah ha ha!”
“It is difficult to go beyond this. Please go back.”
The silver-haired automaton Charles blocked the children running aimlessly through the green spring field. The children who were looking up at Charles with bewildered eyes asked.
“What are you doing here, sister? Is that a mask on your face?”
“I am not your sister. That’s an automaton. It’s a walking doll! They say you’re good at fighting!”
“and! really? Are you a doll? I want one too! I want a doll!”
“What is your name?”
“Let’s play with us!”
Charles was a bit difficult with young humans. The reason was simple. It’s because you’re good at doing dangerous things without malice.
“It is the original face. you’re right. It is a combat automaton. For the price of a new product, please contact your sales agent. My name is Charles. It’s not possible. We are in operation now.”
Charles answered businesslikely. Then the children looked up with sparkling eyes and soon found dark adults wearing masks and gloves picking mushrooms or something nearby, and everyone rushed toward them.
“Uh hee hee! There are so many red deer antlers!”
“What is your sister digging for?”
“Wow! Come on! My hair is so black!”
“Your eyes are pretty! Take that off your face!”
“and! I’m wearing glasses! glasses!”
“Uh, uhh?”
Tuna was taken aback by the sudden appearance of the children.
After a while, however, she began lecturing children on the names of poisonous plants, their performance, and how to handle them. Like Crank, he didn’t know how to deal with children, so he started talking nonsense.
Whether you heard it or not, it didn’t matter. It was important to get out of the moment of crisis right away.
“poisonous mushroom? But why are you digging something like that?”
“Will you die if you eat that?”
“Now, if you use it well, it becomes medicine, right? yes, die So, you have to be careful when handling them.”
“Wow, amazing! really? Poison becomes medicine?”
While Tuna was frantic, a savior appeared.
“oh! You were here! These pranksters! Mothers are looking for you!”
“and! Carrot!”
“It’s the carrot sister!”
“Yes, Carrot sister! Come on! Wolf! yap! Eight!”
“Wow! help me!”
Fortunately, Carrot appeared and caught the children who were trapping Tuna and took them away. Tuna stood up from her seat and waved at the whining children who were being grabbed.
“Oh, hehehe, everyone is cute. I was a little crazy.”
“Do you like children?”
Suddenly, Charles asked. Turning her head, Tuna said.
“Yeah, ear, it’s cute. Although it is an emotion for the breeding of the species, cute ears are cute.”
“okay. I don’t have very good memories of children. People of that age are very illogical.”
Tuna, who was staring at Charles with her mouth wide open at the evaluation of her experience, was about to say something when Crank appeared.
“Here you are.”
Crank came with an armful of strange-looking roots.
“Hey, isn’t that the root of Hikoste!?”
“It is a return for what I wrote before.”
“Oh oh! Thanks, uh, stock was running out anyway.”
Crank, who had received the strange-looking tree root and looked at Tuna, who liked it, looked at what she was digging up and asked again.
“Isn’t that a poisonous mushroom?”
“huh. Now, if you use it well, it becomes medicine.”
“There are many other people in the studio, so please be careful when handling it.”
“Uh, yes, okay. Hee hee.”
Crank nodded and turned around and walked towards Ariete, who was now standing far away, basking in the warm sunlight.
“How are you? The 3rd repaired Shion?”
“Oh, Crank. Very good. There is nothing inconvenient about moving. It also looks pretty.”
“Try to try lotte and daemura at lunch. In preparation for the actual battle, let’s find and reduce the problem areas as much as possible.”
Ariete’s face brightened.
“i get it!”
“And, this is here again.”
Crank took out a fine stationery from his pocket. Ariete’s happy face suddenly hardened.
Upon receiving it, Ariete tore the letter into small pieces with a face filled with anger and scattered them around. Crank asked while watching the pieces of paper flying in all directions.
“You tend to come often these days.”
“I wonder if it would have been better for me to hide my identity as you said. I was too careless.”
Crank crossed his arms. And I looked at Ariete for a moment. Then he turned around.
“Don’t ask any further. If there’s something you want to say, do it yourself. Just call if necessary. I will help.”
“Why are you being so nice to me? Is it because I am in a bad situation?”
Crank stopped walking and looked back at her. Ariete kept her mouth shut, looked at him with a strange face, then slightly averted her gaze. Crank, who came back, looked down at Ariete and said.
“Looks like you forgot. You were nothing more than an object to satisfy my intellectual curiosity. I wonder how far it can go in that state, and also because half of your body is mine.”
Krank, now bent down, whispered in Ariete’s ear.
“Don’t worry. You are not my taste.”
Ariete’s face turned red as she listened. And the eyebrows rose to the sky.
Ariete raised her arms and shouted out loud.
“Actually, I like being younger and thinner! That’s why I hate big muscle mass like you! Now let’s hear your taste! What the hell!”
Ariete and Crank started playing hide-and-seek in the meadow. Maria, who was eating wild greens, looked up.
“What are you doing?”
“Oh, never mind. I go there often.”
The picking of wild greens was halfway through, and it was time for lunch. Ariete and Lotte started the dance while they ate with their packed lunches.
Kang-! visor!
Seeing Ariete clashing swords and stepping back, Lotte praised.
“Awesome. Maybe it’s because the engine’s output has gone up, so my body movements have gotten faster.”
“oh! is it?”
The two faced off again. Ariete, surprisingly, showed almost the same reflex speed as Lotte. The big fight continued until the crank dried up.
“Okay, let’s continue tomorrow.”
“Hogok?! My, are you going to have a spring picnic tomorrow too?”
Tuna, who was sorting out the loot, intervened. Crank nodded.
“Collecting spring greens does not end in one day. Do at least 3 days. Well done. If it’s outside, I can do the big dance to my heart’s content. No matter how automata it is, training and practice are important. Carrot was raised that way too.”
Carrot, who was taking care of the children, turned to make a V with both hands.
Also, Maria and the women who were eating lunch next to the story helped.
“That’s right, until last year, when we were bored, we would fight each other.”
“You have no idea how surprised I was when I thought we were fighting for real.”
“Oh oh! It’s a heartbreaking word! Training and practice!”
Ariete liked it.
So the next day, hearing rumors, more people gathered.
“Doesn’t it seem like twice as much as yesterday?”
“Yeah, it’s because you all say you’ll watch it for free. We will pay for the carriage rental.”
“All right.”
Laughing hahahahaha, Carrot raised her arms.
“You can guess the atmosphere of the village by the energy of the women who live there! Let’s do our best today and try to rip them off!”
“Wow!”
This time, four wagons passed through the gate. There seemed to be more than 40 people on board, including children.
“Actually, I wanted to let the kids play outside at least once in a while, right? Unlike other places, Crank doesn’t treat you harshly or charge you high fees.”
Experienced adventurers tend to avoid escorting spring greens by village women because they don’t pay and they have to stay all day. That’s why adventurers and novice adventurers who couldn’t get a proper request because of their poor reputation and skill usually received the job.
“uh! Who is that?! Hurray! Boris!”
Carrot, who was climbing a wild plum tree and dropping fruit, recognized the person in the distance and beckoned. The other side also recognized Carrot and waved her hand.
Boris approached, looking around, looking up at Carrot from the tree.
“Tell me honestly. Do automatons open in trees?”
Village girls and women who were picking up fallen plums burst into laughter. Carrot, who was hanging upside down, laughed.
“hahahaha! Didn’t you know? Is it rarely open? Wherever there are good people, it doesn’t matter if it’s a plum tree or an apple tree.”
“really? Do they really grow on trees?”
“Does the apple tree in front of my house grow if I do a good deed?”
Unexpected victims appeared one after another. Seeing the children running around, Boris nodded.
“You brought the kids here too. nice Shall we also bring in an automaton?”
“I’m not going to say anything like an automaton, but don’t rely too much on tools. Develop your eyes to see the situation and your skills first. Don’t run hastily, walk slowly. your life is one Someone said that power without justice is violence, and justice without power is incompetence.”
Boris, who was listening, scratched his head a little.
“It’s hard to balance.”
Nearby maidens intervened.
“Carrot, who is this man? I’ve never seen a man who looks so good with a ponytail.”
“My name is Boris! Age is! party! uh, what was it?”
Boris, with a neat face and long straight black hair tied in a tight ponytail, opened his mouth with a sullen face.
“Except Vita, we are all 20 years old this year. There is no party name. I should build one. It was like that every time I registered under the name Geo.”
“Shall I build it for you?”
“What?”
Carrot, who had fallen from a tree and landed on the ground, looked up at Boris and said,
“Rookie Tigers!”
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“What’s wrong with that carrot Tigers?”
Carrot laughed out loud.
“Anyway, a party name that is easy for people to call and memorable is good. Think about it and try to build it.”
“hmm. I have to go. thanks for your effort.”
Carrot, who had waved at Boris as he left, now jumped onto the next plum tree.