Chapter 262 – Epilogue 3. Wandering Mercenary
“Haha! I’m back! “This Kaede is back!”
“Well, the village atmosphere is a little different than I thought… “
A wandering knight wagging his tail with two children and a husband in his arms causes an uproar in the entire village.
It’s already a noisy village of beastmen, but it gets even more noisy when she arrives.
“Kaede!”
“What, really?”
“That stupid Kaede?”
As soon as the villagers hear the welcoming voice, they run out.
“Oh my, Inum! Have you been eating during this time?”
“Wow, what is this?”
“I even took a husband and brought him with me.”
The people of her village gathered around her and formed a fairly large crowd.
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There was a small town idiot who knocked on every door and begged for food.
Teasing,
This little boy eats so much rice that if you give it to him once, he eats it up so much that he puts a dent in the household chores.
Her child’s mother died a long time ago due to a chronic illness,
She wasn’t even a relative, so she was just a child that everyone in the neighborhood raised for her.
There was a house.
A small house roughly built with wooden planks.
The two of them lived together tightly until her mother died,
After death, the little one curled up and fell asleep alone.
“Let’s not do that and come and live at her sister’s house.”
“Right. “Aren’t you scared if you sleep alone in your bed?”
Because her personality was brave and bright, the people in her neighborhood loved her quite a bit. Also, perhaps because of the beast’s unique instinct to be sensitive to other people’s misfortunes, the village people always took care of Kaede.
Where does she go, and what does she do that makes her come back upset every day?
Even if her bathroom is a mess, she washes Kaede,
I reheated the rest of her food and gave it to her.
“Huh? “Don’t you want to?”
Not even one house,
All of her homes took care of her
“I don’t like it. “I made a promise to my mother.”
Even under such care, Kaede always returned to her own shack and slept alone,
When she got hungry, she went from door to door asking for some food and bowed her head.
I don’t know what she promised.
I just lived like that.
A kid becomes a girl,
Muscles gain,
The point has come when hunting becomes more convenient than begging.
Kaede sometimes slaughtered a large wild boar or deer, lit a large fire in the middle of her village, and held a feast for the villagers.
Then, the neighborhood people smiled and walked over to pat her head.
“I don’t know when I grew up like this.”
“Stop patting me and go rip off my leg!” “It tastes good!”
“Why does he talk like that?”
It was a village of beasts living happily.
They knew how to be satisfied with one day,
I learned to be thankful for everything.
Just one person,
Except Kaede.
“Oh my.”
In the year I turned twelve,
Kaede left.
“The coughing has stopped a bit. She came to see her face. “I’m leaving now, Kao.”
She knelt down in front of her small tomb on the hill, said her last greetings, and left.
“I’m going to eat a lot of food, earn a lot of money, and spend it a lot. Now, worry less. “I came because I thought you would just worry about me.”
That day was very sunny.
If it had rained, she would have cried and left, but Kaede smiled brightly.
“Now that I am incredibly strong, study hard, and speak well, I will go far away and make a living.”
On behalf of her mother, who gave up her dreams due to her illness,
She went out into the world.
“… I’m going. Later, when you come back holding the hands of your rabbit-like grandchildren and your precious husband, we will throw a big feast for you, so please make sure to show us your face then. “I’m going to prepare a large meal with all the delicacies you’ve never eaten in your life, so whether you’re a ghost or a spirit, eat until your stomach is full.”
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It’s been a while since a feast was held.
Kaede spreads out an armful of precious liquor and melt-in-your-mouth meat.
“Come and eat! “I brought only good things!”
“This is my first time experiencing such great performance. “It’s something I will live to see for a long time.”
People from all over the neighborhood come out and drink loudly. Everyone gathers together and tells Kaede’s story.
“Come and eat!”
“Where did you get a boy like this? It’s gorgeous.”
“Oh, yeah… Haha… “
Even though I know that, I call Kaede again and again.
“Hey, everyone will come to the next village. Stop now.”
I was wondering if you might not be able to eat it because you couldn’t lift it.
Raise her voice and sing.
“Come, grab a bite, and go!”
