The armored knight stopped moving and crumbled; this time, it didn’t move.
“You beat it?” (Mia)
Mia asked anxiously.
“I think so.” (Yuna)
I approached the crumpled armored knight and kicked its rolling head like a soccer ball. The head flies far away. The rest of the body does not seem to move.
Mia and Carol looked relieved to see that.
“Yuna, are you okay?” (Kagali)
Kagali-san called out to me from a distance.
“I’m fine.” (Yuna)
Swaying Bear and Hugging Bear, carrying Fina and Kagali-san, came over.
Kagali-san got off Hugging Bear and approached the armored knight.
“Oh, it’s not moving anymore?” (Kagali)
“Because I broke the magic stone that powers it. So what is this? It doesn’t seem to be a monster.” (Yuna)
I asked Mia and Carol about the armor lying at my feet.
Mia and Carol looked at each other and started talking.
“We call them guardian knights.” (Carol)
“Guardian Knight?” (Yuna)
“It means the knight guarding this building.” (Mia)
“It seems that the ancient people made it as a countermeasure against intruders.” (Carol) 𝚋𝚎𝚍ｎ𝚘ｖ𝚎𝚕.𝚗𝚎𝚝
Does that mean it’s man-made?
I see it’s not a monster, so it didn’t react to the detection skill nor alert Swaying Bear and Hugging Bear.
Yeah, I’m convinced.
“So, don’t you have anything to say to us?” (Kagali)
“Well, you saved us this time. Thank you. You look so weird, but you’re strong.” (Mia)
It seems wherever I go, my bear costumes look weird.
Well, I’m having a hard time responding to being told I look beautiful or something as well.
“Thank you so, so much.” (Carol)
After Carol thanked us, Kagali-san smiled at the two of them as if she was plotting something.
“Well then, I guess I’ll ask for a little compensation for helping you.” (Kagali)
“Are you asking for money?!” (Mia)
“Wait, we don’t have much money.” (Carol)
The two look troubled.
“I don’t need money. I just want you to tell me a little about this place.” (Kagali)
The little girl smiled wickedly.
I see. She’s going to ask us to provide information as thanks. Then we don’t have to tell them our information, and we can listen to them one-sidedly.
But you won’t find a little girl with such a wicked face anywhere in the world, will you?
Mia and Carol are also pulling back.
Well, even though she looks like a little girl, she’s actually an old lady who’s lived for hundreds of years, so it can’t be helped.
“Yuna. Are you thinking of something rude?” (Kagali)
“I don’t know if it’s fair of me to say this, but I just realized how uncomfortable it can be when what’s on the outside doesn’t match what’s on the inside.” (Yuna)
I think my bear outfit would have suited a prettier girl better than a boorish girl like me.
We then asked them to provide information in return for saving them.
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Author’s Note:
Reunited with Mia and Carol again.
My apologies.
I previously wrote that I would be posting every 3 days, but I will be posting between 3 and 4 days for a while.
※ As always, thanks to everyone who has been reporting typos. I am unable to reply, so I will leave this here.
※[Postscript]
The next posting will be on 3/27.
-Kumanano
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