Dropped Into Another World V3C8

Chapter 8 – Because My House is Here!

「Your lordship, are you going to leave the forest?」

Is what I talked with the one eye vice leader yesterday already spreading?

I look at Koa and find that she’s looking at me with an anxious expression.

Chai next to her has a similar expression. What’s with that?

Is there something wrong?

「I want to hire a teacher for the children so I’m going to look for one.」

「Teacher for the children?」

Don’t you know what a teacher is?

「A teacher is someone who teaches children to study.」

「Oh, so that’s a teacher. I know about them but never found one so I wasn’t able to recall right away.」

Koa nodded in understanding.

「Your lordship, why do children need teachers?」

「If they don’t know the common sense of this world, things will be hard for them once they get out of the forest.」

「When they get out?」

「Yeah. They will all leave someday.」

The children will be interested in going out of the forest someday. I’m sure of it.

And some of them will try to make a living once they’re out of the forest.

Areh?

Koa has an indescribable expression on her face.

Did I say something wrong?

「I don’t think the children will leave this place….」

「Eh?」

They won’t leave?

Ah, maybe that’s what they are saying now.

However, when they grow up, they will change their minds.

I’m preparing for that. How can I convey it to them?

「Even if they say they won’t leave the forest now, they may change their mind when they grow up.

」

「Is that what you mean?」

「Yeah」

Koa, who lives in the forest, might not understand.

I wish I could explain to her how people change better but I’m not good at it.

「Is his lordship going to return to the forest?」

「Eh? What are you saying? I mean, this is my home.」

「I see.」

Koa’s tail twirls.

Could it be that they thought I wouldn’t come back once I left the forest?

Eh? Why?

I left the forest a few times but I came back, didn’t I?

I don’t know what I did to make them feel uneasy.

….I can’t figure out why no  matter how I think of it

In any case, if I’m making them uneasy, I just need to clear up the misunderstanding.

「Koa, for me, this is my home, a place where I return to. If I leave the forest and go to some other country, it only means I’m going to do something and not leaving the forest permanently. I intend to live in this house forever.」

「I see! I understand!」

Her tail is wagging more and more.

Chai next to her is having the same reaction.

They were quite happy so I guess they understood my feelings.

That’s good.

 

However, I’m still wondering which of my actions made them anxious.

It all started with the conversation I had with the one eye yesterday.

…..I still can’t think of anything.

「By the way, Koa, Chai.」

「Yes?」

「What’s the matter, your lordship?」

Chai always speaks after Koa speaks, doesn’t he?

Is it because Koa said that she’s from a higher species?

Or is it because he’s already part of Koa’s ass?

I stare at Koa and Chai.

Chai glances at Koa a few times while looking at me.

「「Your lordship?」」

「Ah, my bad. Ehto, I need you to take me to a country where there are a lot of beastkins.」

「I know where there are many beastkins but I don’t know if it’s a country.」

Well, a country is something that humans and beastkins made up by deciding a boundary line.

It looks like those who are living in the forest are not interested in that.

「I see. Then, take me to the place where there are a lot of beastkins. I want Usa and Kuuhi to study together with the others so I want to find a beastkin teacher.」

They were mistreated by humans so it would be better not to have human teachers.

Koa nodded.

「All right. It will take two days of traveling through the forest to get there.」

Two days away?

「Are we going to bring the teacher back right away?」

「No, I need money to hire them. I heard that magic stones can be exchanged for money so I’ll have to exchange them for money first.」

「Money. I heard that you need it to do something you want.」

Chai nodded to Koa’s words.

「Yeah」

Both Koa and Chai have knowledge of money.

「Do you know the units of money in this world?」

Koa shook her head.

Chai shook his head too.

Well, none of us here have any use for it.

「I’m sorry for asking a strange question.」

「It’s alright. But, if we kidnap them, we wouldn’t need money, right?」

Koa!

Chai too!

「No, we shouldn’t. To have a smooth life in this world, we have to hire people with money.」

「Is that so? Humans, beastkins, and elves are a pain in the ass.」

The words Chai had said startled me. I couldn’t help but stare at him.

「Your lordship?」

Chai has a confused expression.

「Ah, my bad. Are there elves in this world?」

「Your lordship doesn’t know?」

「Yeah. I have no knowledge of this world. When I found humans and beastkins, I can only look at them from above but I don’t think I’ve ever seen an elf.」

I remember the word “elf” very well.

My little sister has shown them to me many times in her otome game she’s playing and they are super beautiful according to her imagination.

I think they had well-defined faces and pointed ears.

And I believe they were supposed to be a long-lived race.

However, that was the setting of the elves in the game my little sister was playing on earth.

I have to be careful because how the real ones look might be different.

「Is there an elf country?」

「I don’t know if that is an elf country but I do know where many elves live.」

If there are a lot of elves, should I assume that it’s the land of the elves?

「So, where does his lordship wants to go?」

I have to consider Usa and Kuuhi first so the teacher must be a beastkin.

「Take me to a place where there are a lot of beastkins.」

 

—Scene Change—

 

「Your lordship, there they are.」

It took a little over a day for us to arrive there.

She said it was going to take two days but it actually didn’t take that long.

The reason for that is Koa.

She was running faster in the sky than before.

I praise myself for not screaming.

「Your lordship, looking from where we are, I can see a lot of beastkins. They aren’t many here yet but if we thread this road, you will be able to see a lot of beastkins.」

The place where Koa had taken me before was covered with fields.

It was field as far as the eye could see and for some reason, I felt magical power coming from the field.

I thought it was a bad idea so I removed the magic power with the help of a magic stone but after that, I regretted it a lot.

I thought maybe they intentionally put magical power into the soil.

This time, I decided not to do anything unnecessary and just to see what would happen.

However, if I could exchange the magic stone I brought for money, I would.

「Koa, for now….」

I’m crossing the border illegally again.

However, there doesn’t seem to be any beastkin cracking down illegal entry by the looks of it.

It’s rude to intrude from the sky, isn’t it?

This is another reminder from last time.

「Let’s walk around to check if this is a village.」

「Okay.」

I look behind me.

Today, I’m with Koa and Chai and two of their pups.

Do they stand out?

Areh?

Come to think of it, isn’t Koa one of the so-called kings of the forest?

I think that’s what she said when I asked her.

A king of the forest walking around the village?

….we will definitely stand out, don’t we?

「Haa, I don’t want to startle the villagers so Koa and Chai, stand by.」

「Why? You’ll be left with only two guards. Sure, I trained my children myself but I’m still worried.」

「Koa, you’re one of the kings of the forest, right? Don’t you think you are too prominent?」

「Ugh, if you say it like that….」

Koa’s tail droops.

I’m sorry but I want to act inconspicuously.

「I can’t too?」

Chai slams the ground with his forefoot.

「Eh! Don’t you want to stay with Koa?」

「….well, that’s true.」

Chai became a little shy.

But Koa hits him on his head with her forefoot.

「Ouch, Koa, it hurts.」

「Is it?」

Koa’s glaring at him.

Look, Chai’s tail is already on his belly.

「Chai is tough」

「That’s because I trained him from the start.」

「I did my best….hahaha」

Well, what happened?

Chai’s looking at a distance.

I’d better not touch this.

「Okay, I’ll take Chai as an escort. 」

Koa nodded in satisfaction.

Chai seemed to be relieved seeing Koa’s mood had improved.

Good.