This was a skill, so it was different from magic, but I couldn’t explain the skills to her, so I had no choice.
The Knight was moving forward slowly.
Still, it was faster than a person walking. We tried keeping up by speed walking.
Noa was slowly becoming exhausted from walking. And well, I was also starting to gain even more attention not by the fact that I was walking quickly but because of my outfit.
So, to escape the attention and also let Noa rest, I decided to move to a deserted back alley.
“Noa, I’m going to give you a little hug.” (Yuna)
I said, and gave Noa, who was holding Hugging Bear, a princess carry.
“Yuna-san!” (Noa)
Noa was surprised, but I didn’t care, I just held her.
“Swaying Bear is clinging on my back.” (Yuna)
“Ku~~un.”
Swaying Bear jumped on my back.
“Hold on tight.” (Yuna)
I ran down a secluded back alley to avoid being seen.
It was also in the direction where the knight went.
I used my detection skills to monitor the knight’s location.
The Knight’s signal was moving away from the centre of the town, where the buildings were densely packed, and started to move toward the outskirts of the town.
On the outskirts of the town, near the walls, I could see a tall column that was not part of the town wall.
Looking up, it resembled a watchtower.
There was a door at the bottom of the column, and it looked like we could enter through it and go up to the top.
I put Noa and the bears down and looked at the Knight.
The Knight hooked the reins to a nearby tree and used a key to enter the door.
“Is it a change of guard?” (Yuna)
I followed him, but we might have just been wasting our time.
“Yuna-san, what should we do?” (Noa)
“Let’s go home.” (Yuna)
“”Kuh~n.””
As we decided to leave, Swaying Bear and Hugging Bear squealed.
It was not an emergency cry.
“What’s wrong?” (Yuna)
“Kuh~n.”
Swaying Bear looked behind me.
I used my detection skills.
There was a human response heading towards us.
Who was it?
Swaying Bear and Hugging Bear’s cries were not for emergency.
“Yuna-san, are Swaying Bear and Hugging Bear reacting to something?” (Noa)
Noa asked as if she could understand Swaying Bear and Hugging Bear.
“It looks like someone is approaching us.” (Yuna)
“Is it a Knight? Can Yuna-san tell with your magic?” (Noa)
“I’m sorry, I can’t tell.” (Yuna)
Noa meditated.
“I don’t feel any magical connection, so I don’t think it’s a knight.” (Noa)
“You can check something like that now?” (Yuna)
“Until now, I was confused because I felt the magic power coming from different places, and I couldn’t understand it. Now that I’ve seen the knights and I know the reasons why, I can kind of understand.” (Noa)
Noa may be better than me when it came to magic sensitivity in this town.
As we talked like that, the person’s reaction was getting closer.
We hid ourselves and looked around to see what was going on. It was the Guild Master who came toward us while being stealthy.
Why was the Guild Master here?
Hmm… It seemed that the Guild Master’s aim wasn’t us, but rather the watchtower.