KT Chapter 271

APRIL 5, 2023 ~ YUKINARISAN

Happy Wednesday!

Here’s the chapter, enjoy.

「Hey, what’s going to happen to us?」

「As expected, do we have to fight?」

We, no, the Dragon Forest Market was currently surrounded by the feudal lord army. Though I called it that, most of them consisted of his private army and the town’s hoodlums, but now that it’s come to this, we had to prepare for battle against the feudal lord, no, the noble. 

A few days after the messenger came, the feudal lord brought his private army with him and came to the market. His purpose was, of course, to take over the market and take the money. The people in the market had already taken refuge thanks to the information they received from the townspeople of Frey Town and the people from the guilds. Though I said that they had evacuated, they just hid in Dragon Forest, but if it was the entrance of the forest, then no monsters would appear, though the adventurers were guarding them just in case.

It would be great if we could evacuate as well, but unlike those who took refuge, including the orphanage, we lived near the forest, so after the market had been taken over, it would probably only be a matter of time before they notice the people at the orphanage and the farm, so we decided to deal with the market so that the children would not come to any harm. Since the orphanage and the farm shouldn’t have been discovered by the feudal lord and the others yet.

Though I said that we would deal with it, there was a high probability that we would end up fighting, so there were only children who could fight here. That was most of the adventurer group, but the older members of the productions group were here as Director-sensei’s escorts. We told them that it would be dangerous, but Director-sensei stayed at the market, saying that she was the representative, so there was no way she would let the children experience such danger by themselves.

Those who remained were not just those from the orphanage. Several people from the Commerce Guild and the Adventurer Guild stayed as well. Because their organizations did not have any relationship with the kingdom, they stayed as witnesses to the fact that we were being attacked by the feudal lord. Maa, they were witnesses, so they had to survive, but there were several adventurers guarding them, so they’ll manage somehow or another. Or rather, I would like them to do something about this.

The information regarding the feudal lord and the others taking up arms came from various channels, so the adventurer group and the familiars took up positions in the market within the fence and laid in wait. If an arrow was shot, it would easily slip through, but at that time, it would be fine if I used magic to make a mud wall.

The feudal lord army took up positions about fifty meters away from the market. If this was a war, then they would probably be much further away, but they were just taking control of the market, and to begin with, there were only about fifty people, so it wasn’t necessary to be that far away. Or rather, if we included the familiars, we were the ones with more people, but did the feudal lord army think that things would work out somehow?

However, the feudal lord army that gathered, somehow, there’s no sense of unity. It seems that they were using the same swords and spears, but their armors varied. There didn’t seem to be any soldiers nor knights, but as the feudal lord, was he alright?

「This is the final warning! This is my domain, obey the law of my territory!」

Seeing the feudal lord army, a person came out before we knew it and shouted this. They were not the feudal lord, so perhaps they were someone who specialized in speaking loudly? From our side, a person from a guild came out and rejected them.

「Something like this, we can just quickly destroy it!」

The representatives from both sides were shouting and just as we thought we heard something coming from the feudal lord army, several people attacked. They were probably the hoodlums and were not part of the private army, and they approached the fence with their own weapons in hand.

「「「「「Growwwwwl!」」」」」

The moment the hoodlums raised their weapons, the wolves leapt out from behind the fence and took them down in an instant.

「W, what!?」

「Tsk! Grey Wolves, huh!?」

「You guys, kill those wolves!」

Angry that the hoodlums had been defeated, the feudal lord army headed towards us and tried to attack us.

「How~~~~~~~~l!」

At that time, Queen howled loudly. When she did so, the wolves that had been hiding somewhere appeared on both sides of the feudal lord army and half surrounded them.

「Wha! Why are there so many wolves!?」

「We, we’re surrounded?」

「Damn it! What are we going to do!」