Tensei Saki ga Shoujo Manga no Shiro Buta Reijou datta Chapter 127

Encouraged by Ricardo, I mysteriously got more energetic.

[…Un!]

[Then why don't you sleep even if just a bit. It's okay to snore you know?]

[But, how about you?]

[I'll look out as much as possible. You should sleep so that your physical condition doesn't deteriorate tomorrow. I have more physical strength, and I can manage to get up.]

[Thank you.]

Since my leg was injured, I must not let my physical condition to worsen and became a burden on the way home.

I decided to go along with Ricardo's words and fell asleep.

Early the next morning, I felt chilly and woke up. Unnoticed, the sound of rain had stopped.

No living thing had started to move yet, it was a quiet morning.

I felt a warm body temperature from behind me, and I remembered that I fell asleep while being embraced by Ricardo yesterday. He seemed to be leaning on me; his shoulders were a bit heavy.

When I gently moved my line of sight to him… it seemed that he had fallen asleep while burying his face on my shoulder.

[…Eh, he fell asleep? He did walk down the mountain path to help me, so he must have gotten tired.]

When I thought that it was pleasant, Ricardo who reacted to my voice raised his head slowly.

[U… Britney? I'm not asleep, I'm awake. I was just resting a little.]

[Resting a little? Thanks to you, I could sleep nicely.]

[So you're saying that you're awake? I was really awake a little while ago. It's getting brighter now, I should light up the signal flare.]

Ricardo went out of the tree hollow and brought out 3 signal flares from the tent.

He ignited them all using the fire starter tool and placed them across the tent.

[What kind of tool is that?]

When I called out Ricardo from inside the tree hollow, he came back and explained it.

[It seems that horse excrement is contained in it. It's a large cylinder, but the amount of smoke and burning time are minimal. In truth, it seems to be combined with flammable leaves and other things.]

[I hope our safety can be communicated.]

[If the rescue party doesn't come, I'll carry you so don't worry. Britney doesn't have to be anxious about your leg.]

The reliable Ricardo looked at my leg with his green eyes, his face showed a difficult expression.

[It's swollen red. Will it worsen when you're carried?]

[I think its fine since it's below my knee… n?]

When I looked up at the sky from inside the tree hollow, I could see a lot of smoke going up.

[…It's probably the smoke of signal fire from the other side. They probably saw our sign.]

[I see, so the rescue party will come right?]

[Aa, that's right.]

Ricardo smiled to assure me and turned his gaze towards the depths of the trees.

A while later, the sun had approached its peak, I could hear people's voices from a little away.

When Ricardo responded quickly by generating more smoke, the voices gradually approached. The rescue party was here.

I could hear the sound of plants that was wet from rain being pushed apart, and the sound of footsteps on the muddy ground.

[We're here!]

When Ricardo raised his voice, the footsteps became louder.

Soon, Ryuze and several soldiers appeared.

[Ricardo, Britney! You're both safe… you're injured?]

Ricardo answered Ryuze's question.

[Britney might have broken her leg. It's swollen and red.]

[All right. Let's bring you both to the nearby village immediately.]

I tried to get out from the tree hollow… but my butt got stuck on the entrance.

(So hateful-! It's so embarrassing in front of a lot of people!)

Ricardo pulled me out and Ryuze came over.

[Are you alright? Your leg is injured?]

[Yes, it hurts and I can't move it.]

[As Ricardo had said, it might be a bone fracture. Britney, did you apply first aid?]

[I did. Afterwards, Ricardo neatly treated it again.]

Ryuze lifted me up even though I was tremendously fat right now, we then turned back to the direction they came from.

[Thank you, Ricardo. Thanks to you, Britney is saved.]

[No need to worry… I couldn't stand still. I did it arbitrarily.]

Ricardo reluctantly separated from me.

(I… perhaps I want to stay with him for a while longer.)

Chapter end