Until I, A Fallen Nobleman, Was Called the Great Sage With My Hazure Skill “Super Jack-of-All-Trades

“I’ll be going then.”

Dad and the townspeople soon disappeared into the mountains. Nord is mostly a neglected child, but he is able to greet people and helps them properly when he get leftovers from their meals.

Everyone knows that his father is a bum. That’s why the townspeople took pity on Nord and came looking for him.

“I hope he’s okay ……”

“I’m worried ……”

Some of them looked like adventurers with swords, so they seemed to be in good shape in terms of strength, but I don’t know if they’ve been gone since today or yesterday ……

But from the looks of the townspeople, the situation was not looking good.

“I wonder why he went into the mountains ……”

I shook my head in reply to my brother’s worried muttering.

“We’ll never know unless we ask. I hope they find me ……”

“Yeah ……”

He is the first friend of my brother, so he’s probably wondering if this is the last time he’ll see him. We looked towards the mountains for a while, but I decided to start walking.

“Lars?”

“…… I’m going to go. Dad and the others might be going deeper into the mountains, but he might still be around where we used to play. So I’m going to go look for him.”

“What!? If they find you, they’ll get mad!”

“But I’m worried about him. You wait for me, brother!”

I took the wooden sword my father had made for me and headed for the foot of the mountain. And then.

“I’m coming with you!”

“Are you okay?”

“Of course I can’t let my little brother go alone!”

I couldn’t help but smile at him as he took my hand and started walking forward.

“What, is something wrong?”

“Nothing, let’s go, brother!”

Soon we were in the mountains, rummaging through bushes and shade trees. Snakes and rabbits jumped out in surprise, but we couldn’t find Nord.

“Hey, Nolt!”

“Answer me if you’re here!”

But there was no answer, only the quiet sounds of birds and insects.

I used to go into the mountains normally, but now that Nord was gone, it seemed like an alien space to me. When I grow up, I’ll never touch a frog, though …… No, I guess it’s not the same …… When I was thinking about this, my brother came over to me, wiping sweat off his face.

“Did he go deeper, after all?”

“Maybe. Oh, starting from here is the place that only Mom can go ……”

“You’re right ……”

The wildflowers that Mom uses to make her medicine are only found deep in the mountains, or in this case, the forest, so she sometimes comes this far. My brother and I had gone with her once or twice, but this was the first time we had come alone.

“They’ll really get angry if we go any further. Unfortunately, we’ll just have to leave the search to dad ……”

“Yeah …….”

My brother was disappointed. Maybe he thought we could find him. In fact, I thought that we, as friends, were the ones who could find our friend.

I thought I knew that in my heart, but my child’s body pulled me in, and I never doubted that we could find them.

I was about to turn on my heel and start walking when my brother looked up and said to me.

“Oh yeah, isn’t there a river nearby? I’m sweating. Let’s wash our faces and go home.”

“Oh, that’s good. Let’s go.”

I remembered that I had played in the water with my mother, so I hurried to the river. I was not without hope that Nord might be there.

But what we found was the worst thing we could have done.

Grrrrrrr ……

“Uwah!? I-It’s a bear!?”

“Brother!”

Grr ……?

Yes, I encountered a bear drinking water in the river. I hurriedly pulled my brother who was shouting and hid myself in the bushes. But I think he probably recognized me by the voice I just heard.

“(Brother, we’re going slowly!)”

“(O-Okay ……)”

“(But aren’t bears supposed to be further in ……?)”

At the same time, the idea that Nord might have been eaten crossed my mind. But the size of the thing is so big that even if you add my brother and I together, we wouldn’t be able to keep up. It’s not something we can defeat.

“All right, I’m going to run all the way  ……!”

“Ah, w, wait!”

“What!? Oh …… when did that happen!”

We started to run down the mountain, but my brother pulled me back up and I fell on my butt. The bear had circled in front of us before we knew it.

“Thi-, this is bad ……”

“We don’t taste good ……”

It wasn’t that bad, but the slowly approaching bear made us squirm. But when I saw my brother, I got up and stood between him and the bear.

“Lars!”

“I, I’ll hold him off, so brother go get help!”

“N, no, I’m not leaving without Lars!”

“Come on! Hurry!”

My brother hesitated for a moment, but then nodded, thinking that it was better than falling together. But then…

“Lars!　In front!”

“What!? Uwah, It came all at once!”

Grrrrr!

The bear slobbered and attacked me! As soon as I got my wooden sword up and thrust it out, it hit the bear on the nose, and it was startled and backed away. I was hit in the body and fell to the ground.

“Uah. ……”

“Lars! U, Uhhh …… I, I’ll protect Lars ……!”

“Run, brother. …… Cough. ……”

He could have escaped while I was being attacked …… but at least my brother was still holding the wooden sword and wouldn’t move. He may have been too scared to move.

“Guarrrrrr!!”

“Uwah …… S-Stay away!!?”

“Brother ……!”

So it’s no use …… I closed my eyes, regretting that I was going to make my father and mother sad. But then a dignified woman’s voice rang out.

“!”

“Growl!?”

“……?”

When I opened my eyes, I saw that the bear that was closing in on my brother had become entangled in a chain made of water and was unable to move. Immediately after, more voices echoed.

“!”

Dobush!

The bear chained by the water chain was skewered by an earthen sword sticking out of the ground. It struggled for a while, but the bear soon stopped moving.

“W-Wow ……!”

“Lars!”

I exclaimed in amazement as my brother helped me up out of the bushes. The grass cushioned my body, and although I have some scratches, my bones don’t seem to be broken.

“That was …… magic, right?”

“Maybe …… though it was nothing like Mom’s water magic.”

“Who could it be”

I thought it might be the people who had gone with Dad, so I waited for them to show up. Then I heard a rustling sound and a person appeared in front of me.

“U-Um ……. A, Are you okay? Did you get hit by the magic?”

“I-Its here!?!”

It was a woman who muttered to herself with trepidation. When we saw her, brother suddenly fainted. That’s because she was a witch …… with tattered, black clothes and shaggy hair.

“That’s not fair, brother! I can’t faint now anymore!”

“Oh, l-looks like you’re okay! He fainted too, so d-do you want to come over?”

“…… you won’t eat us?”

“No, I won’t eat you!”

Nevertheless, I don’t feel safe. But it is true that she saved me from the bear, and I can’t leave my brother behind when I run away.

“…… then, please.”

“Yes.”

The witch clapped her hands together in front of her chest and tilted her head. I wonder if she’s okay. ……

Brother ……

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