Don’t Look for the Resurrected Villainess - Chapter 73

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Chapter 73

Since the Temple and Imperial House are chasing after her in droves even though she herself dislikes it and runs away, it’s only natural that a peaceful journey would be impossible.

“Oh, Anelli!”

Lost in thought as I walked, I quickly arrived in front of the cave. Anelli, who had been surrounded by the Dura’han, spotted Jeon and waved her hand halfheartedly.

When she said something, the Dura’han stepped back a few paces.

“The Knight hasn’t come yet, I see.”

Jeon, who had been looking around listlessly, turned to Anelli to suggest that we just leave by ourselves.

However, he stopped short, forgetting what he was about to say.

“What is this?”

“Huh?”

“Who did you fight? Why is this melted?”

Only after Jeon’s pointing it out did Anelli look down at her own arm. Skin was visible through the clothes that were riddled with holes. Fortunately, she didn’t seem to be injured.

Anelli, who calmly checked the damaged parts, shrugged her shoulders.

“Ah, I guess some splashed on me.”

“Splashed? What did?”

“The Village Chief came to add another barrier. When I blocked it, he threw something at me.”

At Anelli’s calm words, Jeon’s eyes widened.

“That bastard did this to you?”

“Yes. But thanks to you breaking the barrier at the right time, I subdued him without any major problems.”

“Ha, that crazy old man really.”

If the clothes melted to this extent, he must have attacked with serious intent.

“By the way, the magic tool used for the barrier must have been an illegal magic tool. Seeing how easily it broke like this.”

“What?”

An illegal magic tool? Although Jeon had broken it easily, this magic tool was a properly distributed magic tool made by someone of considerable skill.

It was puzzling enough that a Village Chief of such a fishing village would be using it.

“That Village Chief boasted that only the Mage Tower Master or his disciple could break it.”

There wasn’t a trace of suspicion toward Jeon anywhere in her peaceful tone. Though he had never specifically mentioned who his teacher was, he hadn’t expected her to not consider even a sliver of possibility.

Just as Jeon, who had been silently uncomfortable, was about to speak, Anelli first handed him something.

“This is the second barrier magic tool that the Village Chief was trying to install. I brought it for now, but would it be useful?”

“You robbed him?”

“It’s medical expenses and compensation.”

So she was saying she had robbed him.

Jeon slowly examined the magic tool. Like the medium he had broken earlier, this too was a type of properly distributed magic tool.

“As you said, it’s a barrier. It seems to be the type that completely hides appearances… but this alone can’t be used. There’s probably another medium like the previous one.”

“Then it would be useless to take it. Can you break it?”

“Of course.”

Though it looked like a solid stick on the outside, Jeon could see the magical formulas wrapped around the stick. When he pressed a few spots firmly, cracks appeared all over the stick.

“How on earth did he have such a magic tool?”

“He said he received it as a gift.”

“Who on earth would give something like this as a gift when they had nothing else to give…”

“Right. I can’t understand it at all.”

A sneer spread across Anelli’s profile as she muttered like that. Perhaps because she was smiling with her original appearance, she looked even colder and more chilling. Of course, it suited her very well too.

Whether from daily life or from the fight she had just had with the Village Chief, her clothes were tattered.

Moreover, her disheveled silver hair hung carelessly, and her face looked so pale that it was hard to find any color, let alone makeup.

Honestly, it would be difficult for anyone to receive the modifier “beautiful” in such a state.

But Anelli was accomplishing that difficult feat. Jeon realized anew how harmful her appearance was.

“Ah, Samuel is coming.”

At Anelli’s quiet murmur, Jeon came to his senses.

Samuel, who had emerged from the eerie darkness, could be seen coming this way.

Jeon, who had been watching Samuel without much thought, frowned. He could see something wriggling behind him.

“What is that?”

Was he seeing things because it was dim?

“Something is moving.”

Something was following behind Samuel. What had initially appeared as just a shadow gradually revealed its specific form as it got closer.

Something of short stature was waddling along behind Samuel.

“That couldn’t be…”

Instead of Jeon, who couldn’t continue his words, Anelli muttered in an incredulous voice.

“I said to let it go, not to bring it along.”

The thing with a light green exterior and black eyes without whites was walking while dragging a long tail, resembling a lizard in appearance.

Jeon moved his lips for a moment, then decided not to say anything at all.

Well, while traveling with the Dura’han, what problem could arise from adding one more Young Lizardman? It was due to such complacent judgment.

Or it might have been simple escapism.

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[Kyu…]

This Young Lizardman doesn’t understand language. It wasn’t that there was suddenly a problem with my ability. It’s just…

[Boss, it’s too young.]

[It’s a baby, a baby.]

[There was a reason Ganic couldn’t pass by.]

[Tsk, did it eat properly?]

[It got even thinner while we weren’t watching.]

When the Dura’han each made a comment with chatter, the Young Lizardman made a frightened expression, mumbled, then clung tightly to Samuel’s leg.

The Young Lizardman’s two hands, much smaller than my palm, desperately gripped Samuel’s leg.

“As you can see, it won’t let go, so I had no choice.”

“You managed not to kill it.”

“Wasn’t enduring all this trouble to avoid killing it?”

“That’s true.”

I carefully knelt down and matched eye level with the Young Lizardman. The Young Lizardman clinging to Samuel’s leg only poked its head out slightly to look at me.

“Do you understand what I’m saying?”

[Kyu?]

“Seeing that you followed Samuel Bent, you recognized that he’s the person who saved you, right?”

[Kyuu…]

“No?”

[Kyu.]

“Why did you follow him?”

[Kyu kyu!]

Wrong. I can’t understand at all.

Finally, as I was about to get up without any results, Jeon asked in a small voice.

“What is it?”

“I don’t know.”

“Pardon?”

“It’s too young, so it doesn’t understand language.”

[Kyu kyu kyu!]

With an incomprehensible cry, the Young Lizardman suddenly launched its body. Samuel was startled and grabbed his sword hilt, and Jeon tried to swing the broken stick he was holding. Of course, the Dura’han reacted immediately too.

However, they couldn’t take any further action. The Young Lizardman that had scurried over in front of me was completely harmless.

The Young Lizardman, who had cut off the tip of its own tail, politely held it out with both hands.

To me.

“Anelli, what kind of threat did you make?”

And I even received an unfair misunderstanding.

“I didn’t make any threats.”

No matter how bad my personality is, I don’t intimidate kids who can’t understand language.

“….”

After firmly refusing, I looked down at the young Lizardman with a steady gaze. Perhaps because I wouldn’t accept its tail, the young Lizardman’s expression gradually turned into a tearful face.

The creature fumbled with the piece of flesh using its small webbed hands and whimpered.

[Kyuu….]

Its large eyes gradually became moist. Jeon looked at me as if I were a shameless person.

“Now you’re even making a child cry!”

Hey, I didn’t do anything!

“It seems blood wasn’t the only thing used as bait.”

Fortunately, Samuel rationally and calmly assessed the current situation.

“The act of cutting off its tail seems to have been learned.”

“I thought it was just a monster that resembled a lizard in appearance, but I never expected it would also share the trait of cutting off its own tail when in danger….”

Jeon, who had been trailing off, knelt down to match eye level with the young Lizardman. Seeing his gently smiling face filled with warmth, he seemed to be feeling sorry for it.

“You don’t need to cut off things like this anymore. You’re free now.”

[Kyu?]

“Oh, it seems to understand what I’m saying. It’s not crying!”

[Kyu!]

“As expected, what matters is the heart….”

The young Lizardman held out the piece of flesh it was holding to Jeon. At the sight of the creature looking up at him with big eyes, Jeon couldn’t finish his words and closed his mouth.

Jeon, who had been looking at the piece of flesh at a loss for words, reluctantly accepted it.

“Y-yes.”

[Kyukyu!]

The young Lizardman cried out joyfully after giving its tail to Jeon. Then it held out both empty hands.

As if demanding something in return.

Eventually, Jeon gave up on communicating with the young Lizardman and asked me for help.

“…Lady Anelli, please don’t just watch and help me.”

I, who had been leisurely watching his antics with my arms crossed, replied with a bright smile.

“Why, you said what matters is the heart. Give it your heart.”

“Are you really going to do this?”

Jeon looked up at me with eyes full of injustice and bewilderment.

But it wasn’t like I had any particular solution either. We couldn’t communicate with it in the first place.

[Um, Captain…?]

Ganic cautiously stepped forward from among the Dura’han who had been standing back and watching this spectacle like me.

When the large-bodied Dura’han approached, the young Lizardman jumped in surprise and clung to Samuel’s leg.

Ganic, who had fought monsters for the young Lizardman’s freedom, seemed inwardly hurt. Ganic, who had been coughing awkwardly, carefully voiced his opinion.

[I think we need to give it food.]

“Food?”

[Yes, it’s still a baby. It was most likely tamed with food.]

At Ganic’s words, Palides quickly chimed in.

[Come to think of it, Ganic was the only one among us who had children!]

[Ah! That’s right, Ganic was an uncle!]

[Since Ganic has raised children, he would know well!]

Jigol and Tristan followed suit. Ganic clicked his tongue at those Dura’han and replied.

[Raising children and handling young monsters are completely different matters.]

[But they both have the common factor of being young! Ganic, it’s your time to shine!]

Ganic, who received the Dura’han’s encouragement, let out a sigh.

[Anyway, Captain, it would be best to feed it something for now.]

I stared intently at the young Lizardman clinging to Samuel’s leg. The creature was glaring at us, strengthening its guard that had seemed to loosen momentarily.

Samuel, who couldn’t shake off the creature and stood awkwardly, swallowed nervously. Fixing my gaze on that sight, I answered.

“That creature does follow you around, doesn’t it?”

“Yes.”

“Then we should move locations first.”

Whether we fed it or did anything else, getting away from this place was the priority.

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