Chapter 5 – Wagon

The moment I realized the knife had been thrust into my throat, I froze on the spot.

Something was strange.

In the game, the slave trader held someone hostage in one of two ways.

It was the case when it was discovered that the effect of the sleeping incense did not work, or when it was known in advance and threatened or criticized. In fact, he was saying that since he found out about our plan, he had no choice but to take a firm stand.

Yea, still..

It’s not a real wound, but it’s a girl wearing a bandage around her neck, so it’s not like she’s just pushing a knife and threatening.

I said this in my heart, but in reality, I was so scared that I couldn’t do anything and my whole body was stiff. Isn’t it natural for anyone to be frightened and freeze on the spot when a knife is put on their neck?

“Kuh..”

Perhaps because I was being held, the hero couldn’t move hastily.

It’s my fault.

I thought that I knew that this wagon was a slave wagon, so I vaguely thought that this would not happen and did not respond. I thought it was a ploy to spread sleeping incense to make us fall asleep like in the game and then sell it as it is.

Even so, I was too complacent, so I was captured like this and became a hostage.

I should have done something…

“Stay still!”

The moment I tried to move, the arm around me squeezed harder and brought the blade completely to my neck. Fortunately, it didn’t come into contact with bare skin, but rather from bandages, so it doesn’t seem to be cut, but if it moved even a little, it would pierce through the neck.

Scary.

My body trembles on its own.

I should have been able to use magic sooner, but I couldn’t.

“So why not take a different carriage instead? Because of you, this child will die.”

The man said that to the hero and smiled meanly.

Another wagon?

Could it be that the warrior did something?

Otherwise, the current situation cannot be explained at all.

Come to think of it, I told them to wait for a moment and went towards the carriage alone, but if I did something to them in the meantime, I can understand the current situation.

How did you know what was going to happen when you didn’t even properly check what was inside, and threatened them in reverse?

It’s absurd, but otherwise the current situation can’t be explained.

The slave traders, who were disguised as if they had already made up their minds to take a hard line, reveal their identities and are holding the passengers hostage one by one.

“Don’t hold it with dirty hands!”

“Kuh.. This bitch..!”

Fortunately, the fortunate thing was that everyone reacted because it happened after I was taken hostage first, not at the same time. Other passengers were also running away from those approaching to take hostages with blades.

At that time, the hero ran towards this direction.

The man who was holding me belatedly tried to insert the blade into my neck, but the bandage prevented the blade from entering properly.

“What..?!”

While the man was in a panic, the man who was hit by the handle of the sword wielded by the hero who approached before his eyes fell backwards.

“Are you okay?!”

I nodded my head at the hero’s question.

Hey, thank you, but…

As my gaze rolled back, the hero’s gaze also rolled backwards.

It was only then that he seemed to have confirmed the people who were struggling.

“Ah.”

Even though you’re a hero, you’re telling me not to make that face that you’ve noticed now…

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Fortunately, things didn’t escalate too much.

The coachman of the wagon abandoned the wagon and ran away as soon as the inside was suppressed, so catching it was difficult.

Anyway, the coachman who was moving the carriage ran away so we wouldn’t catch him, so we wondered what to do now, but fortunately, there was someone on board who said he could move the carriage, so we weren’t abandoned.

“Somehow, I got it cheap… These trash are real!”

“Aagh!”

A woman, with her whole body restrained, was stomping on the hand of a slave trader who was chained to her corner, letting go of her anger. She was so upset about what had just happened that she could hear the crunching of her bones from her hand being stepped on.

It hurts that

Well, I don’t feel sorry for them because I think they’re cheap guys even if they do things like that. They left everything else and put a knife to my throat, but I couldn’t hear good feelings. All I wanted was to hit it harder.

And I can understand why she is doing that.

I turned my head and looked in the direction of the man who had been stabbed earlier.

Since there are not only people with strong personal power here, there were a few people who were stabbed while fighting. Other people were cut lightly, so there was no big problem, but the man who was presumed to be in the woman’s party seemed to have been stabbed a bit deeply.

Is it abdominal pain?

Although he was stopping the bleeding, it was questionable whether he would survive to the next village.

“Rumia.”

“..!”

It’s a surprise!

I barely endured the words that almost came out.

Was it a warrior

I wondered what was going on, so I turned my head to look and suddenly bowed my head to me.

What is it, why are you suddenly like this?

“Sorry Rumia. If I had been a little more careful, this wouldn’t have happened.”

No, I’m glad it ended like this.

To be honest, I wish I hadn’t just gotten on this carriage, but looking around at the people in this carriage now, I think it would have been better. Without us, these people would have been pickled in sleeping incense and sold as slaves by now.

I shook my head.

“But because of me…”

The hero said that and looked at me for a while, and his face turned into astonishment.

“You… There is blood on your bandages…”

“..?”

Oh when was this cut?

I thought it would have been cut thanks to the bandage, but it seems it wasn’t.

“Show me your wounds for a second.”

At the warrior’s words, I shook my head.

Looking at the slight sting, it doesn’t seem like a big wound, but I didn’t want to show it by spreading the bandage. Although, to be exact, it’s close to imitating the heroine Rumia Secretis who doesn’t like taking off bandages that much.

Perhaps it will be shown when the dragon is connected?

“Oh, I’m sorry.”

Seeing what I didn’t want to show, the hero made an expression that he realized something, said he was sorry, and sat down.

I don’t have one or two things I’m curious about about this guy, but right now, rather than that, I think what to do with that man’s wounds. It’s the first time I’ve seen a person die right in front of my eyes, so it’s a bit scary, but I want to do everything I can.

I don’t know if I can cure it or not.

In the game, she is a sorceress called a child of a star, so she is not as good as a saint, but she knows that magic exists to rejuvenate and heal wounds. She is nothing compared to the miracles of a saint who attaches fallen limbs or saves the dying, but it will be enough to buy her enough time to go to the next village.

I got up from my seat and walked towards the man.

As soon as I approached, a woman with tears in her eyes asked what was wrong. I recoiled a little from the hostile gaze directed at me, but she regained her composure. I sat down and looked at the man for a moment, pointing to the wound as if asking for it to be shown.

“Haa.. Whoa.. Are you a wizard..?”

A man’s question is heard.

Because I can’t even answer.

I just made eye contact with the man.

“Hey, you… You know you’ll die by my hand if you do anything stupid..!”

Oh, the way you talk to someone who is trying to save something is very simple.

After, yes

If I was going to stop after hearing that, I wouldn’t even start.

I carefully put my hand over the wound.

If my predictions were correct, these wounds were nothing.

I recalled the feeling of using something presumed to be magic earlier.

Common sense makes it absurd to suddenly slip and fall on bare ground full of bushes.

In other words, it can be seen that it came true because I wished for it.

I don’t even have memories of this girl named Rumia, so I don’t know anything about magic, but this would be possible.

I prayed inwardly.

Please heal this wound

And,

“What..”

“The wound…”

A magic circle appeared on the man’s hand, and the wound slowly began to heal.

“Kuh..!”

It looks sick.

Maybe it’s not a complete cure like the saint’s miracle, but a treatment method that leaves scars and pain. How much time had passed, perhaps it was judged that the wound had healed, and the magic warfare gradually disappeared.

It wasn’t me.

I just asked for this wound to heal.

But it happened.

“Hughes you..!”

“Ah.. It’s better..”

“Everything, I’m glad…”

The man touched the wound and said, Ugh, hardening his expression.

Instead of answering, I nodded and went back to the hero’s seat.

I feel sleepy because I use magic.

No, it might not be because of the magic, but because of what happened earlier.

As soon as the tension is released, I feel sleepy.

Anyway, I wanted to sit down and rest for a while.

“Wait a minute, wizard?!”

I’m going to sleep so don’t disturb me

And the way the girl over there is annoying, so I won’t talk.

I want to blow it up, but I’m tired, so I hold back.

The ride comfort is a bit rubbish, but I can’t help it.

I should get up from a deep sleep and call the warriors separately before talking.

It’s strange no matter how you think about it.

Perhaps..

No, that went too far

I leaned against the wall and closed my eyes.

I want to go to sleep now