Chapter 43 – 43. Contract

After the commotion, Master wrapped my bandages and started talking.

“So…… You said you got hurt while hunting monsters?”
“Yes. Yes.”
“Why is that…… You said housework is something I just want to do. You don’t have to do anything more…….”

Master wrapped up the bandage and looked up at me. The sorrowful eyes seemed to tell me not to hurt myself any more.

However, I looked at her without breaking my firm resolve. I didn’t say anything, but she seemed to read my thoughts too. Master sighed lightly and carefully opened his mouth.

“…… Yes, what Just like I took your job because I liked it – if you took mine because you liked it too – I won’t say anything about it.”

“Then—”

“However! You can’t get hurt like today. If you get hurt like this again, hunting is prohibited from that day on! I’ll even ban you from going out!”

“That is a bit harsh.”

Haha, I passed her words with a laugh and looked behind me. Margaret, who had been attacked by the Master’s magical power earlier, was pinned in a corner in a pouting state.

When I approached her, Margaret didn’t even look at me, as if telling me to get off. I sat down in front of her and pulled her wrist.

“…… What?”
“I’m sorry. Mr. Margaret.”
“Okay, what did you do?”
“I should have stopped Master right away…… Even if that’s not the case, it’s my fault that Mr. Margaret was attacked. I just didn’t want to tell Master…….”

As if someone who knew that acted like that, Margaret glared at me fiercely. I laughed awkwardly and met her fierce eyes.

Turning my head and looking behind me, I realized that Master was away to put bandages and medicines in storage.

Realizing that fact, I carefully whispered into Margaret’s ear.

“Mr. Margaret, we…… Shall we go on a date?”
“…… What?”

Margaret looked up at me with a startled look, as if asking what the hell she was talking about. I just smiled as I looked at her.

* * *

─Sweak sack-.

The snake flicked its tongue and looked at the corpse of its dead child. My son, whose shiny scales were particularly attractive, had lost his life with only a few bone fragments left.

It was humans and wolves that killed the snake’s offspring. Humans smelled like witches, and wolves smelled like forest masters.

Both were too powerful beings for the snake to handle. Powerful beings who would only lose their lives if they dared to kill their own children.

In the world of animals, when something like this happens that there is no way to do anything about it, it is considered unlucky and quickly gives up.

The wilds were too harsh to hold grudges. So the snake must have forgotten its own offspring and moved to meet a new mate.

Originally, it would have been.

“It’s sad, very sad.”

As if reading the snake’s mind, the woman stroked his scales. It was a snake that bit all creatures in sight, but for some reason the woman in front of me didn’t feel that way.

Rather, he felt the same paleness as himself. The snake rubbed its head against the body of a cold-skinned woman like itself.

“What can compare to the sorrow of losing a child…… I will avenge you on your behalf.”

The woman who said that grinned, her sharp fans shining.

“Send blood instead. The currency of your soul.”

Whatever the woman said, the snake understood with the spirit.
The snake willingly sticks out its scruff.
Sharp fangs pierce the snake’s skin.

Merchants who buy and sell blood made a pact with the snake.
A contract to avenge my child.

* * *

Chatter.
If I had to describe the city in one word, I would be able to describe it like that.

People are full of energy, and their faces are always smiling. Criminals were invisible, and the laughing citizens acted as if they firmly believed that their future would shine brightly.

‘Uncivilized humans.’

It was all thanks to the witch that they could act like this. To be precise, it was thanks to the witch hunt to catch and hunt the witch.

What if a bad harvest ruins farming? It’s because of the witch, so catch and kill the witch. What if an epidemic returns and kills people? It’s because of the witch, so she kills the witch.

He unilaterally puts all his sins and grudges on the witch, kills the witch, and acts as if everything has been resolved.

Nothing is actually solved. Whether the witch dies or not, a bad year is still a bad year, and the plague still doesn’t go away.

It was just rolling your eyes.

‘That’s why I’m turning into an idiot.’

Realizing why modern politicians want to fool the public so much, I walked slowly through the city.

Do these people know? That I’m walking through the city with a witch.

“Where are we going now?”
“I do not know. To where Margaret wants you to go?”
“Ugh. Since your disciple-kun seduced you, should your disciple-kun escort you?”

As she said that, she raised her chin and looked at me, as if to see where I was leading her. The attitude that seemed to somehow show the upper hand made me laugh out loud.

In fact, I don’t even know what’s in this city. I don’t even know what witches like. But it didn’t matter.

“Then let’s go to the forge first.”
“Why is the forge…… ?”
“Actually, I came here to buy weapons. Dating is a bonus.”
“…… Hey, was it like that?”

Margaret, who realized my intention only belatedly, hardened her expression as if she was disappointed. I’m sorry for her, but can’t we walk to this distant city?

I took Margaret with a frown on her face and headed to the blacksmith’s shop to get some equipment. I bought new armor and bought additional iron nets.

“10 gold for everything.”
“It is expensive.”
“Then go out.”
“Do you want to pay 8 gold?”

The blacksmith silently nodded and accepted the deal. Looking at that figure, it looks like it could have been shaved off more…… I didn’t know the detailed price, and it was a waste of time to fight in a place like this, so I packed my equipment and went straight to the smithy.

After leaving the smithy, she handed out her equipment to Margaret and asked her to take care of it. Although she was upset, she did not refuse this request.

Seeing the armor and chains, she asked me back while putting the equipment in the subspace.

“…… What are these? Why do you need this?”
“There are monsters to catch.”
“Do I need armor or something? A bit strong monsters can even break armor?”
“But you don’t have to go around naked.”

Other fantasy characters neglect armor because they die in one shot anyway. If it’s an attack using magical power, the opponent will die in one hit anyway, and I’ll die in one hit…….

It seemed pretty stupid to me. Whether one died in one shot or not, the armor had to be worn. That way, the standard of dying in that one shot would go up even a little bit.

After purchasing the equipment, I really enjoyed the date. Even when she went to the smithy, Margaret was quite angry, but as time passed, she gradually began to let go of her anger.

“Hey, disciple-kun. Do you like this?”
“I don’t think there will be a man I don’t like.”
“Okay? I mean……”

Margaret stared at the long dress in front of her and began to let out a sigh of interest.

An open dress with the upper chest and cleavage half exposed with a stocking-like material, and the side breasts, sides, and thighs open at all, which did not suit this slightly conservative era.

She pointed to some underwear and the like that went well with this one-piece dress, and asked me to pick them up and follow her.

“I’ll try it on, wait a minute!”
“…… Are you trying it on? No how.”
“Take care of yourself!”

Saying that, Margaret took the clothes and entered the dressing room. As she said, I was guarding the dressing room.

The man went carrying the dress by himself, and when he was standing in a daze in front of the changing room—an employee who wondered if something had happened suddenly approached him.

“What are you doing…….”
“No big deal. I just wanted to try on some clothes.”
“Yes? This is a women’s clothing store……?”
“I know.”

The staff looked at me like a madman.
I couldn’t understand why, so I looked at him and tilted my head. The clerk sighed and went back inside after saying that he had to buy what he was wearing.

No matter how much it is a medieval fantasy, I wondered if it was too much to buy the clothes I wore once.

“Disciple? Are you there?”
“Ah, yes.”

And then, Margaret’s voice came from inside. She confidently picked up her clothes and went inside, but due to her cursed nature of being unable to touch objects that did not contain magical powers, it must have been a problem soon.

“…… Would you please come inside? He, help me.”
“—I understand.”

I went straight into the locker room. Then, she immediately met eyes with Margaret, who was naked and was only wearing a dress and underwear.

She used to walk around naked in the cabin, but she blushed and scratched her cheek, as if she was embarrassed to show herself like this outside.

“That…… I tried to wear it with magic, but it just doesn’t work…… Would you like to put some on?”

“How?”

“Eh, starting with the underwear…….”

As she said that, she carefully reached out her hand so that I couldn’t see her nipples or vagina. It seemed like she was trying not to see my precious parts, but I snatched her clothes.

“When do you wear it like that? Turn around I will wear it.”
“Ahhh? Ugh, ugh……”

After that, Margaret cautiously put her arms forward and got herself in a good position to put on her underwear. I moved closer behind her and slowly began to put her underwear on.

…… She smelled like Master.