Short side story – A day in Ares
Hello everyone, I am the former Imperial Capital Hospital doctor, Bedivere of the Black Round Table, and the current Werner family butler and attending physician Ares.
Something rather unusual happened, so I wanted to share that experience with you. It was a few days before setting out for the forest. I came out to the market to buy medicines or preserved food to use in the forest, but people from the future, Werner’s daughter, clung to me. They say they want to go too.
Werner-nim said she had something to do with Glaceon-nim and left, Airi-nim pursued them, and Camellia-nim pretended not to be the case and went after Airi-nim, saying that she would keep an eye on her.
Thanks to that, it must be because there is no other adult besides me.
“hahahaha Ayla-sama, Violet-sama, I have a lot to live for today and I’m busy. Unfortunately…”
At that time, I suddenly thought about what would happen if these people tangled with Airi-nim and Camellia-sama. Camellia-sama pretends to be okay on the outside but is secretly narrow-minded, and Airi-sama is someone who honestly makes me think that if it wasn’t for Werner-sama, she would have hit me right away… , you will be openly angry. Well, it doesn’t really matter… but getting tired was a specification.
“I’ll buy something on the way back, so why don’t you trust me and wait for me instead?”
Well, even so, taking two people with you to take care of was a formidable chore.
“But I want to go…”
“I won’t bother you, so please.”
[Please take Erica to Dad’s market too. please. I won’t bother you and I’ll hold on to your father’s hand, so please…]
hahahaha I thought I’d forgotten about it, but after hearing that, I started thinking about it again. I thought it was a memory buried in the shadows of time, but you two did a great job finding it.
“Okay. Instead, please hold onto my clothes tightly.”
I’m caught up in the past again. I’ve sworn many times that I won’t do that anymore. Really… This is why I hate kids. Because it keeps reminding me of painful memories.
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The market was also crowded as expected. Apparently, there were also adventurers who came out to sell things that looked like the remnants of demons. Well not all of them…but honestly I don’t like adventurers. They were the ones who turned into mercenaries when war broke out.
“I hope both of you hold on tight to the hem of my dress. There are people around me who can change at any moment.”
“Yeah…”
Fortunately, Lady Ayla was holding onto my clothes tightly.
The problem is that only Ayla-sama was doing that.
“… Violet-sama…?”
“I don’t know. When I came to my senses, my sister disappeared…”
In an instant, his chronic illness came to mind. Since you suffer from narcolepsy, it reminded me of the possibility that you might have fallen asleep and missed my clothes.
“… Let’s find it quickly.”
[Hey, burn it! Hey, well, in the Empire, all three heads give you a silver coin! Children, old people, and kill them all! This is more salty than fucking monster hunting!]
Adventurers are things that can always change. When you see a well-dressed girl, it’s enough to make you think about kidnapping and extorting ransom.
“Excuse me for not having time.”
I hugged Ayla and started running around the market looking for Violet. I went around explaining Violet’s appearance to the people in the market, but no one said they had seen her. Hopefully nothing should happen, but the more I get nervous, the more I feel like my vision gets narrower and narrower.
Then, a familiar face appeared before us.
“This is Ms. Ares. Apparently you are looking for a child. Do you need help?”
Ricardo Carben, the high one doesn’t know what’s going on here, but maybe there’s patrol? Fortunately, you erased your memory so you didn’t remember that you fought with me, but…
[The bodies of the villagers returned by the knights of the Karven family were smeared with the blood of the plagued people…]
[Dad… I’m in a lot of pain… Am I going to die like this…?]
[It’s okay, my princess, mom and dad will take care of my princess and my dad.]
Personally, I hate you so much. I understand that it is wrong to resent you… but my heart couldn’t follow me even though my head understood it.
“It’s okay. I don’t need the help of the knights at all.”
“but…”
“It’s really not necessary. It’s a personal thing.”
I brushed them off and started searching alleys to find Violet…but I couldn’t find her. In an instant, my eyes went dark. My spine shuddered as I remembered the moment I had to bury my daughter who had died of an illness with my own hands.
Then, a familiar voice came from behind.
“… what’s going on?”
“Damian-sama…”
It was Damien-nim, the son of Werner-nim, who came from the future. To be honest, I was a little afraid, but since there is no one as reliable as him, I explained everything.
“… I’m sure nothing will happen. But it’s chilly, so you’d better find it quickly.”
“How can you say that? This market is overflowing with adventurers… You probably don’t know what kind of people they are…?”
Those words sounded more cruel than anyone else to me, who had suffered more painfully than anyone else how trash the adventurers of this empire were. I know better than anyone that they are a tribe that mercilessly burns down the village where I lived, tramples on women, and even kills children and patients…
“Do you think that idiot will do that for a day or two? If someone approaches him with hostility, I’ll notice right away… no, I just can. So just look around again. I’ll help.”
“I don’t know who the fool is.”
“…Have you ever had the experience of taking out intestines with your spear?”
“I know one thing that I definitely resemble my father.”
“I’ll search with you, so you can go and find it. Before I pull out that annoying tongue.”
I couldn’t help but come out to the streets again and start looking for Violet with Damian.
“Didn’t you see that black hair, slightly pointy ears, sleepy eyes or a sleeping girl?”
“Well… I’ve been sitting here since this morning, I don’t know… It looks like you’re in a hurry, but I hope you find it soon.”
I went looking for it this way… but Damian-sama was different.
“Hey, have you ever seen a black-haired quarter-elf kid? He must be wearing oriental clothes, half-pupped hair and a hairpin with a flower on it. Also, he might have a lot of sleep, and he has a small scar on the little finger of his left hand. Hey. In addition, he has a small mole on the back of his right hand, and he must have lost his way and walked around nervously.”
“Well… I don’t think I’ve seen it… I think I’ve seen it… I think I’ll remember it if my brother gives me some money…”
The rogue-looking man rubbed his fingers and blatantly asked for money, and Damian took out a dagger and thrust it into his throat.
“Instead of money, you can carve any number of cuts. What shape do you want? Star? Moon? Sun? Triangle? Continental map? Tell me what shape you want.”
“Sorry… I didn’t see…”
“You’ve never seen it before, but you made fun of it. This piece of trash.”
After punching that bad-looking man like that, he showed a question to the next bully.
Please, nothing should happen… The passing time made me even more nervous. Ayla, who was in my arms, wiped my cold sweat with a handkerchief.
“Mister, calm down. I don’t like your expression right now…”
[Cheer up Dad… Even if the village doesn’t exist anymore, I’m here… Don’t cry and jump.]
“hahahaha… Yeah, I look so excited and nervous. This doesn’t change anything.”
Then, Damien-nim approached me.
“Hey, I got information from them. I heard that some adventurer gang took a sleeping quarter elf girl with them.”
“Where are you talking…?”
“They went to the slums from here.”
“Didn’t you say you notice when someone hostile approaches?”
“…I don’t know either. I’m not feeling well, so I’d better go.”
If something happens… I might give the culprits a pain they’d rather die.