Isekai ni Kita Boku wa Kiyoubinbode Subaya-sa Tayorina Tabi o Suru Chapter 114

The south gate where I was to meet up with Daniela was crowded with other Adventurers . For a second, I wondered if they were going to investigate the area too, but from what I could hear, they were just on a hunting quest . I could hear ‘orcs’ being said several times .

But more importantly, where’s Daniela? Where’d the lovely girlfriend go…

“Asagi . ”

“Woah!?”

I jumped at the sudden voice from behind me and turned around to see the familiar face .

“Don’t scare me like that… Do you want to kill me?”

“You walked right past me, so I stopped you . ”

Oh . I hadn’t even seen her . Maybe I was too focused on trying to hear what the others were saying . In any case, we were reunited again, and so we started to walk towards the gate . Even now, I could hear them going on about orcs .

“They say that orcs have appeared on the other side of the valley . ”

Daniela began .

“Five days ago . A village was ravaged by them . An Adventurer who was visiting home discovered the site and quickly came back and asked the guild for help . ”

“So they’re going out to deal with the orcs?”

“It seems like it . ”

I see… So that’s why there were so many of them . The number of orcs must be pretty bad . I fought against the orcs a while ago, but the thought of going against a horde of them made me shiver .

“Did you hear anything interesting about the valley itself?”

“A few things about these mysterious shadows . First of all, sightings only started to increase one week ago . The valley is usually shrouded in mist, but the mist had thinned that day, and a merchant who was crossing the bridge saw several wriggling figures . ”

“A misty valley, huh? Isn’t it likely to be mist goblins?”

“Apparently, not . Because mist goblins do not show themselves when the mist is thin . And the merchant claimed that these figures were ‘large . ’”

Large… The mist goblins were quite small .

“And they never investigated it until now?”

“The orc attack was reported just two days later . The guild had to assemble a party to hunt down the orcs, and the investigation was delayed . But there have been other sightings in the meantime . ”

“I see, and those guys are what they assembled . ”

“Yes . As an Adventurer’s City, Replant has a sizable fighting force . And so their connections with the empire’s military is kept at a minimum . So the army will not be involved here . At most, there may be someone for sending messages . ”

I looked around us as I listened to Daniela, and saw that there really were only Adventurers here . No one was dressed in a military uniform . Not that I even knew what the empire’s uniforms looked like…

We were now just in front of the large gate . We told the gatekeeper that we were going to investigate the valley, and showed him our status cards . We didn’t have resident cards, because we weren’t Replant citizens . When that was finished, we were allowed through . We thanked him and went on our way .

Flatlands spread out beyond the south gate . There were a few trees here and there, but it was mostly a clear, unobstructed view . There was a rocky area that could be seen near the horizon . The village that had been attacked by orcs would be somewhere over there .

“It is a five days journey to that village . And three days to the valley . ”

“That’s far…”

“Well, we will take it easy . We are not going to be slaying any orcs . ”

True . I turned around and saw the noisy clanging of the Adventurers party behind us . I highly doubted they would even make it in five days . And I didn’t like the idea of a large group of them tailing us . And so Daniela and I decided to gain some distance from them, by walking faster than we normally would .

And so we were able to arrive a whole day early . Two days after leaving Replant .

“So this is the valley . ”

“It really is shrouded in mist…”

We stood above and looked down into the valley . The mist was so thick that you could not see the valley floor .

“Well, Daniela . Let’s move as planned . ”

“Understood . ”

Daniela prepared to use her magic . A jade colored magic . Wind attribute . She also used the power of the wind spirits to enhance it further .

This was what we decided to do upon reaching the valley . First, Daniel would use her wind magic to blow away the mist . Now that I knew that Daniela could cause a tornado, I would fully rely on that . Daniela had been out buying potions while I was getting the other supplies, and there were also potions that replenished your magic if you ran out . I didn’t think we would be using them so early on, but then again, we came up with this idea because of the potions .

We assumed that whatever it was that was wriggling on the valley floor, did not have the ability to fly . And so we thought of a bold plan to ‘blast the mist away and use Legs of the Forest Wolf to move to the center and expose it . ’

“Alright, here we go . Support me . ”

“Leave it to me!”

“Hey!? Where are you touching, you idiot!”

I was so pumped up that I had made an error . I quickly fixed it, and Daniela coughed before stretching both arms out towards the valley and unleashing all of the stored up magic .

“Galestorm!”

As it was a great spell, she shouted the name as she activated it . The strongest wind magic were these ‘gale’ types, and it was actually difficult to cast them with just saying the name . But that’s Master Daniela for you .

The jade tornado that she created moved along the rim of the valley, it’s point directed down toward the mist . Daniela’s outstretched arms moved to the side, and the tornado began to move in that same direction . I watched as the mist was pulled in by the strong winds, and the valley slowly became clearer . I wanted to move forward to get a closer look, but I had to stay here and support Daniela .

After only a few minutes, the galestorm had completely cleared the valley floor of all mist . Daniela was drained of magic, and she collapsed on the ground, her face eerily pale . And so I quickly opened a magic recovery potion and brought it to her lips . Daniela drank it slowly and sighed . But she had no strength to stand, and so she lay, her head on my lap, and rested .

“Ahh… I would recover much faster if this was the lap of an adorable girl…”

“Sorry, only ugly boys here . ”

She was at least well enough to crack a joke . I brushed away her sweat covered hair from her face and she smiled . Her silvery hair was thin and soft . It was straight and felt like a luxurious cloth . Daniela’s hair was on the short side for a woman, but it wasn’t because of the trouble of taking care of it . It was short for ease of movement . She actually cared about it a lot .

“Now that I think of it, your hair is quite different . ”
“It is?”

It was in this world, anyway . As a modern man…it wasn’t too unusual . I suppose you would call ‘asymmetrical . ’ Women in this world generally kept it short or long and tied it up .

“I looked in the mirror after cutting my own hair once, and I like the results enough to keep it . ”

“Is that right . ”

Oh, so she was just incapable of cutting straight… Maybe she cut one side too short and kept trying to fix it by cutting the other side . I could imagine her frantically fighting with the scissors already . Thinking about her look of shock when she looked in the mirror was enough to make me start laughing .

“What is so funny?”

“Hehe, uh, it’s nothing . ”

“Hmph…you are mocking me!”

I stroke her hair as she scowls at me . Then she immediately closes her eyes quietly and relaxes . Too easy .

We rested like this for a few minutes until the potion’s effect had fully kicked in, and Daniela felt better . I felt a slight feeling of remorse when her weight left my lap, but then I picked her up and activated Legs of the Forest Wolf, jumped, and hovered over the edge .

“Hmm, I did a fairly good job . ”

“I doubt anyone’s ever had such a clear view of this place . ”

The mist was completely gone now, thanks to Daniela’s magic . It was impressive . But from what we could see here, there was nothing unusual lurking below .

“Well, let’s go down a little . ”

“Do not descend to the floor . We should investigate while looking down from above . ”

“I know, I know . ”

Slowly, I allow myself to fall towards the center . The valley seemed much bigger when we were this close . And it was deep . We were already below ground level . When I looked up, I could see the sky getting narrower as the valley walls pushed in . Still, it was clear and blue .

Chapter end