167 – 167 – Missing My Home # 1
167 – Missing My Home #1
Dang dang dang-.
Heading to the City of Flowers, a bell sounded like an emergency.
Soldiers run wild.
Adventurers and citizens are moving around with ropes and shouting something.
“I went over there!”
“Check up on the roof! He runs on rooftops!”
It was like trying to catch a raccoon that had escaped from the zoo.
However, people’s expressions were very serious, and I couldn’t help but become serious as well.
“What kind of fuss is this?”
dark night.
torchlight.
Voices of angry people.
It is urgent and insane in many ways.
“Victor-kun, Nike really did this… ?”
I didn’t answer Enio’s question, which contained some doubts.
He just looks around and tries to find the familiar pink hair in this messy situation.
However, there was no friendly pink anywhere.
All that exists in the night city is red and black, and brown fur that has appeared from somewhere.
“appear… !”
“There on the roof… !”
someone shouted.
When all eyes were on the roof of the tall cathedral building.
There was something flying under the moonlight.
It was a man covered in the fur of a strange beast.
wearing a black dress.
On his face, he even wears a mask that looks like it was carved out of wood.
In his hand was a staff that seemed to be made of wood.
The vines were twisted and entangled, so the appearance was very mysterious.
Moonlight rising high.
high spire cross.
And the figure of someone fluttering the hem of the skirt under it took my gaze in an instant.
like.
It’s not like reality.
“It’s a raccoon… !”
“A raccoon dog appeared in the Flower City again… !”
Someone immediately shouted.
As a signal, people throw ropes or hooks toward the roof of the cathedral.
Whirik. Whirly Rick.
However, the woman wearing a strange raccoon skin escaped the attacks and ran across the roof. At that speed, people couldn’t react and were just astonished.
“Is that human speed… ?”
“What are you doing… ! Hurry and catch… !”
People seemed to want to capture the raccoon-skinned woman.
When I am stunned by this situation, someone comes up to me and passes the rope.
“That school uniform! Are you a Ludens student? uh, student. It looks like it’s going to take a lot of energy, please help me… ! If we continue like this, the arsenal and depot will burn again… !”
He looked like an old soldier.
Since he seems to know a lot about this situation, I decided to ask lightly.
“What is this situation?”
“A raccoon appeared… !”
Then, Arnoi, who was looking at this situation, tilted his head.
“You mean a raccoon… ? No matter how you look at it, it’s not a raccoon, it’s a human… !”
“Of course not a real raccoon. that’s just what i’m calling It’s because I’m wearing a raccoon skin. But like a real magic raccoon, it’s quick and nimble… .”
It was an old soldier who let out a deep sigh.
I decided to ask him for more details.
Because it seemed like it had to be.
So, the explanation I heard is this.
“Raccoons are evil villains who often appear in the Flower City and attack or bully people. Even if I tried to catch it, it was so fast like a real beast, and in the end it ran away into the Rash Guard Forest… .”
“is it.”
to attack people
I couldn’t believe it at all.
“Victor-kun, maybe that raccoon… .”
Enio whispered to me in a small voice, so I nodded and answered lightly.
“Yes, he must be someone we know well.”
The woman wearing leather was Nike.
Nike Mokey Mokey.
I pondered for a moment why Nike was doing this.
It sounds like you’ve been doing it for a long time.
How much more does it appear in the city and attack people?
I thought there must be some misunderstanding.
Although Nike was poor materially, he was not poor at heart either.
There’s no way I’d do anything reckless to other people.
That was the moment.
Fire-.
“The logistical depot is on fire again… !”
“Damn it, raccoon boy… !”
“Come on, turn off the light… !”
I could see smoke rising in the distance.
I hurriedly go there and see a building burning with fire.
Ariole sniffed and raised her hand high.
“It smells delicious… !”
Is it the soldiers’ food storage?
Even when I smelled it, it smelled delicious.
“This guy… ! To set fire to the quarters again… !”
“Tomorrow’s meal was sweet and sour pork… ! You look like you can’t eat… !”
“I know we won’t be able to enter Rash Guard Forest just because you’re like this… !?”
The soldiers were indignant and shouted at the sky.
Suddenly, I thought I could understand why Nike would do this.
Maybe it was to stop people from entering the forest.
Burning soldiers’ food stores and raiding armories.
He wanted to stop the advance of the soldiers.
of course… .
I don’t know if this is morally correct.
Seruk.
Soon, Nike, no, a raccoon, covered in skins, appeared on the roof around the supply depot.
A raccoon holds a torch in its hand.
“I am the fury of the forest… . Anyone who invades Rashguard Forest will experience greater wrath… ! Humans, listen… ! Stop invading the forest… !”
It was a loud voice that was not like Nike’s usual hesitant voice.
The voice sounded very angry and very serious.
Pissiung-.
Then someone shot an arrow at the roof.
An arrow that flew through the wind.
When it targeted Nike’s belly, and I panicked for a moment -.
pod.
Nike lightly caught the flying arrow with her hand.
At the same time, people are surprised.
“Wow, grab the arrow… ?”
“A monster… !”
They seemed to be unable to use their hands on Nike’s performance.
Well, Ludens’ students are, in a way, like superhumans.
But.
I thought I couldn’t just watch Nike go wild like this.
Right now, the supply depot is on fire.
If things get worse in the future, someone could get hurt.
There may be a bigger problem that can’t be undone.
So I made my way through the gaps in the crowd.
“Go there.”
“… … !”
I could feel Nike, who was covered in leather, startled.
“B, Viktor… .”
“Nothing is solved this way.”
“… But, those guys are ruining the forest! They harass the Mokey Mokeys and set up traps! Viktor, you taught me not to put up with injustice. I… .”
Burr.
Nike’s hand holding the torch felt trembling.
yes.
Fighting against injustice was what I was talking about.
“But not this way. It’s just another victim you’re harassing. You are doing the same thing as the bullies in Class C you hated.”
“but… .”
“There must be a better solution. So stop running around and come down from the roof.”
“… … .”
Nike seemed very agitated by my story.
He seemed to be looking at the surroundings with the pupils behind the mask.
Finally, “Then… It was when he was about to slowly step downward.
* * *
The guys appeared suddenly.
They were all clad in white armor, and there was something out of place in this night city full of torches and roars.
“The de Winter family knights.”
“Has the knights finally arrived… !”
“Come on, catch the raccoon… !”
They said they were the Knights of the de Winter family.
There are about ten of them.
They may seem small in number, but their armament is excellent and they exude an unusual aura. Soon the mustachioed man with the longest cloak draped over his shoulders spoke.
“A villainous raccoon that disturbs the security of the Flower City. From now on, I will arrest you according to the orders of Lady Carlot, who is the ruler of the City of Flowers and the Countess of the De Winter family.”
Sagittarius – forward.
At the cool order, some of the knights hooked the arrows on their backs to the strings and pulled them tight.
hard.
The drawn arrow finally leaves the demonstration and cuts through the night air.
Fishy.
“Shut up… !”
Unlike the arrows shot by ordinary soldiers.
The arrow shot by the de Winter family knight flew so fast that it was difficult for the eyes to follow it, and grazed Nike’s arm.
shiver.
While I was worried for a moment while watching the blood flow.
“De Winter… . I can’t forgive… . That’s right, Viktor, as you say. There was a separate party who had to pay for the sin. I, I’m going to the bastards… !”
Nike looked at her bleeding arm and jumped onto the roof.
The sight of him jumping on all fours with his hands on the ground is like a wounded beast itself.
the knights shouted.
“He is heading to the Flower Palace… !”
“Go and tell everyone! Protect the Count!”
Pass.
Nike rode on the roof and quickly disappeared.
It’s like a raccoon running through trees and forests.
It was enough to understand why the soldiers and knights struggled.
“To think that the manager would do something like this… . This Arnoi is unbelievable… . Manager Nike is a kind person who always combs Arnoi’s hair… .”
Arnoi seemed quite sad about this situation.
She burst into tears and finally burst into tears.
Soon Ariol, Puipui, and Poipoi burst into tears as well.
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Just like how dogs bark when they bark.
It seems that when one nymph cries, the others also cry.
Empathy… , no, it must have nymph sensitivity.
But that’s not what’s important right now.
“De Winter guys.”
To show up at the moment when you could have persuaded Nike and hit the candle.
It got me into trouble in many ways.
“Victor-kun, wouldn’t it be better to follow him soon? It seemed a little different from the usual Nike. It seems like a decision has been made… .”
Enio’s serious voice made me regain my composure.
As Enio said.
I don’t have time to be like this.
Nike is already out of sight.
“Isn’t it too fast? It was the first time I knew Nike could move like that. As if it were a real animal… .”
I responded lightly to Enio’s admiration.
“”Wild Skin”. It is a Druid skill. You can transform into an animal or gain powers corresponding to it.”
To be honest, I didn’t even know Nike could use Wild Skin.
After all, the more you know, the more interesting it is.
The more I knew, the more curious and at the same time, the more I understood.
Right now Nike has nothing but anger in his heart.
empty anger.
“We are going too. To a place called the Palace of Flowers.”