Carb Sears (R) 111

Chapter 111 – Along the Alley.

“First of all, getting a proper map is the first thing.”

After taking a short break at a cafe, the first place they had to stop by was the guild run by Lyudmila’s father. The map that Mediah’s mother had left behind was so brief that it was difficult to recognize.

“It’s important to bring the map quickly without getting caught by Dad.”

Everyone agreed, even though they thought that Lyudmila’s words were quite distasteful. I’m already tired, but wasting time unnecessarily was a no-brainer. Usher remembered her father.

“But your father…”
“Hick!”

Usher wanted to ask Lyudmila about her father, but she couldn’t. The moment Ludmilla spoke to him, she let out a small scream and hid behind Medea. She had been that way since Medea had given her explanation of what her adults had done and why her men and women should not bathe together.

“Huh, Ryuda. You just took a bath, right?”
“Yeah, but.”

Medea spoke as if to soothe her, but Ludmilla could hardly hide her embarrassment. Yes, it was true that she only took a bath. If it hadn’t been for the fact that she had grabbed and kneaded his hardened cock in her bath. Having learned why it grew and how she used it, Lyudmila couldn’t even talk to Usher, let alone look straight at him. If you talk, it looks like that.

“Still, Ryuda needs to be more careful in the future. If Mr. Usher wasn’t a great gentleman, he could have happened right there?”

Usher would rather have Medea stop talking. The more he did, the more Lyudmila’s face, who had been glancing at him, became redder, and he became more conscious of what had happened and what he had imagined. Had the girl not sullenly tugged at the sleeve of his dress, she might have remembered something stern.

“Anyway! What does Lyudmila’s father do?”

I’ve heard he runs a caravan, but isn’t there something he specializes in?

“I see. You’re basically a merchant, but anything that makes money?”
“What are you talking about?”
“You’ll know that when you see it for yourself.”

Soon she had found something. The moment she pointed to it with a bitter smile, Usher felt her heart drop. Because right in front of his nose was the head of a large insect glaring at him. Seeing his resemblance to the monster that attacked the village before leaving the forest, Usher’s body froze, not even thinking about pulling out the sword he had brought. But even that moment came to his senses as he saw Belka stepping out in front of him.

“Belka, why all of a sudden?”

And I realized something strange about the guy who didn’t even move even when the girl got close to him. He had only a head left of the bastard, but no torso.

“Are you dead?”
“Yes, if you were alive, this area would have been a mess long ago?”

Looking around, I could see that this wasn’t just one or two. I couldn’t believe it when I saw the marketplace lined with corpses of various insects.

“I wonder if Lyudmila’s father sells it.”
“It’s the corpse of a monster.”

Lyudmila answered his words while still hiding behind Medea.

“Does this make money?”
“Of course, don’t become money.”

Then someone interrupted their conversation. They knew who the owner of the voice was. For a dwarf, he was one head taller than Usher. Rather than being virtuous, he has a slim body type, so at first glance, he looks repulsive. The silk hat with long black hair tied back and clothes of the same color were obviously made of high-quality materials, but it was a strange look that seemed to be cheap. The identity of the gray dwarf, who looks like a small but shrewd hunter.

“Ugh, Dad.”

He was Lyudmila’s father.

“Hello, Lady Mediah. It’s an honor to hang out with my daughter.”
“Is she okay there too? And Lyuda is my friend.”

When he greeted her by raising her hat, Medea also greeted her by slightly lifting the tip of her skirt. After exchanging her greetings with her, he saw her Ludmilla.

“I heard the story. You need a map?”
“What do you know about that?”

She turned her head away as if she didn’t want to tell her, but he stroked his chin in embarrassment.

“You said you heard it from the top, but you didn’t say a word to this father.”
“I thought you knew everything anyway.”
“There’s a difference between listening directly and listening to her subordinates. It won’t matter if you go and see her for a while. This father is sad.”
“Wow.”

Even when Lyudmila made an expression that looked like she was about to vomit, he acted as if nothing had happened.

“But were you thinking of taking it, no matter how much it was from our guild?”
“I was thinking of writing it only today and returning it!”

At her words, he clicked his tongue.

“Oh my God, what did I teach you? What if you need something?”
“…A deal for sure.”
“Yes.”
“What, what do you want?”

Usher listened quietly and almost doubted whether they were really father and daughter. If he hadn’t lowered his head and tapped my cheek with his finger.

“Ugh, ugh.”

Seeing that, Ludmilla made a sick sound and seemed to notice them. She came closer and kissed him on the cheek. He smiled satisfied only then and handed her the map she was holding in her hand.

“Anyway, if you have time, would you like to take a look? A lot of good things have arrived.”
“No. I have something to do today. Bye then.”

He invited Medea, but she immediately refused and returned with Ludmilla. For them, it was more important to go to the mark on her map left by Medea’s mother. Although Usher was worried about Lyudmila, who hadn’t said anything for a while, and talked her out of it.

“Hey…”
“I hate my dad! What are those clothes! He always wears weird clothes!”

Seeing her exploding terribly, I decided to get out of this section first, even for her sake, Ludmilla. She failed in her goal of being undetected by her father, but succeeded in obtaining her guidance, so it did not hinder her.

“But there are people who make money from things like real monster corpses.”

To Usher, monsters were nothing more than unpleasant creatures. Dragons that use magic were a bit of an exception. The flesh of crayfish was quite delicious, and I had heard that the shells were sold at high prices, but it was also strange that there were people who specialized in handling them.

“There are more strange people than I thought looking for something like that.”

Said Lyudmila, biting the meat off her skewer. It was bought to soothe her, but she is still nervous about her biting as if her annoyance is not resolved.

“It’s not necessarily strange. A monster’s corpse will cause damage to the surroundings if left alone, so it feels like it came out after looking for a use for it.”

If you listen to Mediah’s words, it seems that this is rather common.

“For example, silk moss powder is toxic if left alone, but we can’t just leave it there.”

It is said that the toxicity of human excretion of silk moss causes a person to have a seizure just by inhaling it, and in severe cases, to death. However, if mixed with a large amount of soil and allowed to settle, it is neutralized and becomes a good fertilizer, so the silk moss is treated that way.

“If you treat it like that, you won’t even say anything! I’ve seen people buy the water from the monster’s eyeballs saying it’s good for the body if you boil it.”
“Yeah, that’s a bit.”
“…You boil it?”
“I don’t know. Other than that, there are many people who buy strange things.”

I really don’t think her father is wrong when he says he will do anything for money. As she talked like that, she ate all the skewers she bought one by one according to the number of people.

“Can I not eat Belka?”
“Huh.”

Still, Belka doesn’t eat meat, so she should have been eaten by Usher instead.

“Still, I think I can see a little bit of a way to go now.”
“Yes. It would have been nice to have a mark like that on a more detailed map.”

The map that Lyudmila’s father had handed over clearly showed the route and structure of this estate in more detail than the map they were holding. They sat side by side and looked at a map to get a better idea of ​​where they were going.

“This one isn’t perfect either, but you won’t have any problems finding your way.”
“Yeah, I think we can follow the eastern road to go this way.”

Finding a way was good, but Usher felt uncomfortable with the situation today. To the right, Belka was at his side, and to the left, Medea was holding a map. When Lyudmila still tried to make eye contact with him, she was busy hiding and was next to Mediah, but she felt like being among girls was something good, but it was more painful than she thought. He could hardly concentrate on the map. Fortunately, they looked at the map and found their way, so there were no problems.

“Huh? Here.”

Usher, who was walking as they led him, felt a sense of déjà vu. It was because there were few people walking on the streets, so it was certain that this place was where the Donnar uncles sold their goods when they first entered the manor.

“Wait, give me a map.”

Handed her map by her Medea, he asked her.

“Where are we now?”
“Because I can see the eastern plaza. It must be right here.”

Usher put her hand where she pointed and looked at the other map where the mark was. The size of the map was different, so I couldn’t tell exactly where it was pointing, but it wasn’t as far away as I thought. It seemed like I had to go back quite a bit, but this area was certain. He wasn’t a native of this place, so he didn’t know what was there, but there was one place he knew. Anything that could be in that location.

“Is it a shoe store?”
“A shoe store?”
“Then, did we come here to find a shoe store?”
“I don’t know about that. Let’s go.”

Usher remembered taking them to the shoe store. If you walk around the ambiguous section that is neither downtown nor completely alleyway, retracing your memories.

“Are you talking about that?”
“That’s right!”

At the place Lyudmila pointed to, there was a shoe store that had matched the girl’s shoes at that time. A vertically long, one-story building in a corner, as if sandwiched between two buildings. The old shop, which seemed to be organized but had unorganized pieces of leather piled up one after another, was guarded by an old man as old as the shop, bowing his head as he did back then. Though they approached thinking they might not know.

“I don’t see anything like runes anywhere.”
“The map hasn’t changed much either.”
“Ghmm. Was it just the location that was similar?”

I assumed it wouldn’t be possible, but it’s a pity.

“Do you guys know of any places around here?”
“It could be. It’s our first time coming around here.”
“I thought this place was mostly old places because they weren’t organized in the manor, so there was nothing to see.”

After listening to them, I saw a lot of old buildings and buildings of different sizes compared to the places where I played with them. She thought it was great when she first came here, but now she sees the passage of time here and there. When I thought I had finally found it, but now I was at a loss as to where to go.

“Alexandra?”

An old man’s voice was heard. Looking back at her, the dozing old man was staring at her girl in disbelief with her eyes wide open. Usher wondered if the old man calling someone else’s name was in trouble, having seen them before, but he remembered that Belka was wearing her mask when she matched her shoes.

“No, no. They were the kids who bought the shoes before.”

Fortunately, the old man seemed to recognize who they were, but Medea asked urgently.

“Wait a minute. How does her grandfather know her mother’s name?”

The old man looked at her Medea as if surprised by her words. Her elderly eyes, swaying through her round glasses, examined her as if to confirm something.

“Wasn’t your mother’s name Sasha?”
“Sasha is her mother’s nickname.”

Usher said that when Aiolos told her, remembering that she called Sasha when she first saw Belka, she knew it was her nickname. Medea desperately asked the old man.

“Tell me. How do you know her mother?”