The 5th Story: Guard travel
“Yoji, do you see something?” [Peddler]
The person who asks the question is the travelling peddler Mare-san.
I am currently standing on the carriage’s roof while watching the surroundings and answer.
“No, for the moment I don’t see any monsters. Please advance the carriage as it is” [Yoji]
“Then ok, please keep watching for monsters” [Mare]
Such conversation has been repeated many times today.
Currently I am guarding the merchants.
Why? Because I hunted kept hunting monsters surrounding the village and now there are no monsters around.
So when I consulted about various things with Father, he recommended me to go to the town and become an adventurer.
However, a travel to the town by foot is at least three weeks long.
There are small villages on the way, but it is certain that we will be camping out.
(If you are reading this in a page that is not https://sheeptranslator.wordpress.com/ , this is a stolen translation, you should support the original translator)
And it is a suicide to sleep in a place where there are no monsters without guard.
In a RPG game there would be an item to sleep safely, but the world is not that convenient.
So I made a deal to travel with the merchants for 1 month as a guard until we arrive at the town.
When I asked the village chief to ask for me, he had an unpleasant face.
It seems that the village chief had the idea of finding someone in the village to marry me and have me protecting the village from the monsters.
Father somehow managed to convince the village chief, and the village chief reluctantly talked to the merchants’ leader Mare.
The merchant group were only going to use 5 beginners to guard them, but when they heard that I alone hunted down the monsters around the village and I only needed them to take me to the town, they happily accepted.
The merchant group is made of the 45 years old leader Mare (Male), the 23 years old assistant Carna (Female), the 10 years old apprentice Gash and the other merchants.
And the adventurer escort unit.
18 Years old Gal (Man) soldier (leader), adventurer rank E.
16 Years old Mill (Man) soldier, adventurer rank E.
17 Years old Naria (Woman) cleric, adventurer rank E.
18 Years old Kira (Woman) mage, adventurer rank E.
14 Years old Kia (Man) archer, adventurer rank E.
They are officially adventurers accepted by the adventurer guild of Valles Casttle, property of the Earl Garren, and our destination for the moment.
(If you are reading this in a page that is not https://sheeptranslator.wordpress.com/ , this is a stolen translation, you should support the original translator)
Although they are a low ranking party full of young people, it seems they have done the guard duty more than 10 times.
They are young, but the leader Mare trusts them because they do their job properly.
“Yoji-san, I feel a bit bad. Letting you keep watch all the time” [Gal]
The escort unit’s leader Gal says to me with an apologetic face.
“What are you saying, the right man in the right place. I have good sight, so it is less dangerous. Don’t worry about it” [Yoji]
I say so to ease Gal’s heart.
Well, I won’t receive any money for doing guard duty, so I don’t have to be that serious doing this.
“I don’t keep watch during the night, so I will this at least” [Yoji]
It was the arrangement done with the village chief, so I could sleep through the night.
“That is right. Yoji indeed has good sight, thanks to that we have not suffered any ambushes from the monsters. The proof is that we are travelling ahead of schedule” [Mare]
Mare-san said so to Gal.
In truth, if I use the ability “Hawk Eyes” to look from the carriage’s roof it is easy to find where the monsters are.
Especially in plains like the one we are in now, I can see up to 5km from here.
So I can discover the monsters, identify which type they are, stop the carriage to avoid them or leave the group of five adventurers to guard the carriage while I go ahead and subdue the monsters.
Well, the most common are goblins and orcs, and these are not my enemies since my skills have improved remarkably.
Accurately identifying the monsters and their weak point, in the worst case, I choose the most suitable weapon to battle against it.
And by raising my status to counter it, I can achieve results that are normally impossible.
I am just an amateur in the military arts and swordplay; it is just the work of Skill Bonus-sama.
“No. But it is really bad. We are just walking around the carriage. And Yoji-san defeats all the monsters that are found” [Gal]
“Aniki, don’t say any more. If you worry too much you will become bald” [Mill] [1]
From the side, Mill joins the conversation.
Gal’s otouto throws a joke happily. [2]
“But, in case you forgot, we are the formal guard, so we can’t be having too much fun” [Gal]
Gal still seems to mind it.
“Gal is really worried. If a strong monster comes out we will fight it, isn’t it ok?” [Kira]
Kira says to Gal.
Naria and Kia, nod in agreement.
“Is it okay that way?” [Kira]
Gal is still indecisive.
I listened to their conversation, and could not help but think that they are a good party.
The leader Gal thinks about the party as a whole and worries about them, the rest of the party know it well.
(If you are reading this in a page that is not https://sheeptranslator.wordpress.com/ , this is a stolen translation, you should support the original translator)
To be honest, their abilities are low, but they have good balance.
They all grew up in Valles Castle, their age is different, but they all registered to be adventurers on the same day, and formed a party that way.
Since then they have been doing their adventurer work safely, and now their party is already 2 years old.
According to Mare-san the first year of the adventurers is the most dangerous.
It is said that many adventurers day on their first year.
Perhaps they have arrived at their second year without such event.
“Even so, Yoji-san is really versatile and strong. To be honest, seeing you, I wonder if we could win” [Mill]
Mill said so to provoke me a bit.
Then Naria says.
“Right, right, it isn’t necessary to have special skills to beat goblins and orcs fast by yourself, with a bit of healing and attack magic it can be done” [Naria]
“How do you do it?” [Kia]
Kia asks.
“It is because. Hmmm. It is because I am a genius. Fufufufu, Hahahaha” [Yoji]
I said a lie to break off the conversation.
““Eeeeeeeh. Please tell us””
The five of them said a bit sad.
While interacting like that, we continued our travel to Valles Castle, but in the way we encountered a troublesome enemy.
The 5th Story: Guard travel
“Yoji, do you see something?” [Peddler]
The person who asks the question is the travelling peddler Mare-san.
I am currently standing on the carriage’s roof while watching the surroundings and answer.
“No, for the moment I don’t see any monsters. Please advance the carriage as it is” [Yoji]
“Then ok, please keep watching for monsters” [Mare]
Such conversation has been repeated many times today.
Currently I am guarding the merchants.
Why? Because I hunted kept hunting monsters surrounding the village and now there are no monsters around.
So when I consulted about various things with Father, he recommended me to go to the town and become an adventurer.
However, a travel to the town by foot is at least three weeks long.
There are small villages on the way, but it is certain that we will be camping out.
(If you are reading this in a page that is not https://sheeptranslator.wordpress.com/ , this is a stolen translation, you should support the original translator)
And it is a suicide to sleep in a place where there are no monsters without guard.
In a RPG game there would be an item to sleep safely, but the world is not that convenient.
So I made a deal to travel with the merchants for 1 month as a guard until we arrive at the town.
When I asked the village chief to ask for me, he had an unpleasant face.
It seems that the village chief had the idea of finding someone in the village to marry me and have me protecting the village from the monsters.
Father somehow managed to convince the village chief, and the village chief reluctantly talked to the merchants’ leader Mare.
The merchant group were only going to use 5 beginners to guard them, but when they heard that I alone hunted down the monsters around the village and I only needed them to take me to the town, they happily accepted.
The merchant group is made of the 45 years old leader Mare (Male), the 23 years old assistant Carna (Female), the 10 years old apprentice Gash and the other merchants.
And the adventurer escort unit.
18 Years old Gal (Man) soldier (leader), adventurer rank E.
16 Years old Mill (Man) soldier, adventurer rank E.
17 Years old Naria (Woman) cleric, adventurer rank E.
18 Years old Kira (Woman) mage, adventurer rank E.
14 Years old Kia (Man) archer, adventurer rank E.
They are officially adventurers accepted by the adventurer guild of Valles Casttle, property of the Earl Garren, and our destination for the moment.
(If you are reading this in a page that is not https://sheeptranslator.wordpress.com/ , this is a stolen translation, you should support the original translator)
Although they are a low ranking party full of young people, it seems they have done the guard duty more than 10 times.
They are young, but the leader Mare trusts them because they do their job properly.
“Yoji-san, I feel a bit bad. Letting you keep watch all the time” [Gal]
The escort unit’s leader Gal says to me with an apologetic face.
“What are you saying, the right man in the right place. I have good sight, so it is less dangerous. Don’t worry about it” [Yoji]
I say so to ease Gal’s heart.
Well, I won’t receive any money for doing guard duty, so I don’t have to be that serious doing this.
“I don’t keep watch during the night, so I will this at least” [Yoji]
It was the arrangement done with the village chief, so I could sleep through the night.
“That is right. Yoji indeed has good sight, thanks to that we have not suffered any ambushes from the monsters. The proof is that we are travelling ahead of schedule” [Mare]
Mare-san said so to Gal.
In truth, if I use the ability “Hawk Eyes” to look from the carriage’s roof it is easy to find where the monsters are.
Especially in plains like the one we are in now, I can see up to 5km from here.
So I can discover the monsters, identify which type they are, stop the carriage to avoid them or leave the group of five adventurers to guard the carriage while I go ahead and subdue the monsters.
Well, the most common are goblins and orcs, and these are not my enemies since my skills have improved remarkably.
Accurately identifying the monsters and their weak point, in the worst case, I choose the most suitable weapon to battle against it.
And by raising my status to counter it, I can achieve results that are normally impossible.
I am just an amateur in the military arts and swordplay; it is just the work of Skill Bonus-sama.
“No. But it is really bad. We are just walking around the carriage. And Yoji-san defeats all the monsters that are found” [Gal]
“Aniki, don’t say any more. If you worry too much you will become bald” [Mill] [1]
From the side, Mill joins the conversation.
Gal’s otouto throws a joke happily. [2]
“But, in case you forgot, we are the formal guard, so we can’t be having too much fun” [Gal]
Gal still seems to mind it.
“Gal is really worried. If a strong monster comes out we will fight it, isn’t it ok?” [Kira]
Kira says to Gal.
Naria and Kia, nod in agreement.
“Is it okay that way?” [Kira]
Gal is still indecisive.
I listened to their conversation, and could not help but think that they are a good party.
The leader Gal thinks about the party as a whole and worries about them, the rest of the party know it well.
(If you are reading this in a page that is not https://sheeptranslator.wordpress.com/ , this is a stolen translation, you should support the original translator)
To be honest, their abilities are low, but they have good balance.
They all grew up in Valles Castle, their age is different, but they all registered to be adventurers on the same day, and formed a party that way.
Since then they have been doing their adventurer work safely, and now their party is already 2 years old.
According to Mare-san the first year of the adventurers is the most dangerous.
It is said that many adventurers day on their first year.
Perhaps they have arrived at their second year without such event.
“Even so, Yoji-san is really versatile and strong. To be honest, seeing you, I wonder if we could win” [Mill]
Mill said so to provoke me a bit.
Then Naria says.
“Right, right, it isn’t necessary to have special skills to beat goblins and orcs fast by yourself, with a bit of healing and attack magic it can be done” [Naria]
“How do you do it?” [Kia]
Kia asks.
“It is because. Hmmm. It is because I am a genius. Fufufufu, Hahahaha” [Yoji]
I said a lie to break off the conversation.
““Eeeeeeeh. Please tell us””
The five of them said a bit sad.
While interacting like that, we continued our travel to Valles Castle, but in the way we encountered a troublesome enemy.
