59 – Scar-13

won

My body felt as if it would collapse at any moment, but my mind was clear.

Orcs were fleeing in all directions. Their fighting spirit could not be broken by anything, but once the tide of battle was broken, they escaped more easily than anyone else.

There was no room to step. Orc corpses filled the land.

“that…”

If it was a kid who could cast such a spell, there was no one he could think of other than Farseer.

However, I was too tired to go looking for her right now, and I was in too good a mood. So much so that I don’t want to ruin this feeling of elation by looking at her face.

“We won!!!”

Those who survived were shouting a victory cry. I also slowly returned to where they were.

“Good job!”

The lord himself rode a horse and came running, supporting me as I trembled.

“To punish the Orc Road is a ridiculous major! Her Majesty the Princess will also praise your achievements!”

I felt it when I moved directly to the tavern and gathered people, but he was a pretty decent person.

The aristocrats I saw during my travels may have lowered my expectations too much, so I didn’t know that I was going to see him as a good person.

“Are you done?”

I felt like I had to chase down the fleeing orcs. But even when I thought about it, ordering a pursuit with these tired soldiers was unreasonable.

Since the Orcs lost their central point once, they would not be able to unite greatly.

It will take care of whether adventurers or troops are sent in later.

“Of course! I thought my eyes went dark when I saw the Orc Road… At best, I thought it was a demon’s relic or an Orc Breeder.”

I nodded. If I had known that I would be fighting such a formidable enemy, I would have reconsidered participating in this battle.

“I didn’t have the means to deal with such a monster. I almost killed everyone by my mistake.”

Ever since I heard that I was fighting an orc in the field, I had expected it to some extent. There were too many other variables, so I couldn’t be sure.

“Anyway, let’s go back. I’m thinking of holding a banquet even if it’s a little overdone.”

“…thank you.”

I got on his horse with a limp body. There were wounds all over his body.

There was a lot of work to be done. I was grateful for the moment, but I also need to know why Farseer is here, and I have to finish it with Eleanor.

“That was great!”

“That-what was that? What kind of light…”

However, seeing people greeting me half-collapsed made me feel better.

“Thank you for your hard work, Master!”

The maid’s body was also stained with orc blood. There were no sane people anywhere.

“…”

a little sorry If I had moved a little faster, I might have reduced the number of victims.

An adventurer wearing a prosthetic leg approached with a limp on his least healthy foot.

“Thank you. I’m glad you’re alive…”

Tears were welling up in her eyes as well. Did the suppressed sense of loss come out during the battle?

Even if they had won, there were not a few corpses. To me, they were people I saw for a day or two at most, but it was clear that they were family and friends to her.

“no.”

I was lucky.

Not all good deeds produce happy results.

It was rather tolerable for the person being helped to be unappreciative or to ask for help reluctantly.

Some demanded more and were forced to, while others demanded unreasonable demands.

And it wasn’t just bad people who produced the worst results.

If they had fought a little less clumsily, if they had been a little weaker, no matter how hard I killed the orcs, in the end all that was left behind would be their corpses.

“I will.”

Seeing all the people he tried to protect died was the most horrifying thing.

“thanks.”

More people survived than I thought. It must have been the influence of magic, and maybe it was because the Orcs were agitated when the Orc Lord died, but they endured so well.

Only then could I laugh a little.

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The smell of roasting meat wafted out.

“Oh, Dad! Is that right?”

The maid was watching the meat being cooked over a fire with a suspicious look on her face.

“No, could I be wrong? I’ve been cooking at this inn since before you were born!”

“At most venison or rabbit, and most of it is made into stews and pies!”

As she stamped her feet, she shouted that it was burning all over the place.

“This isn’t even a pig raised nearby. It must have been expensive meat, but if it was burned…”

“I can’t concentrate, so be quiet!”

She called me urgently as if she thought that talking directly could not solve the problem.

“That, do something about it, baron. It looks like a big deal!”

“Well, isn’t that enough to comply?”

As a cook, I was lousy, but over the course of my travels, the low point for my cooking was endlessly lowered.

“Still, it’s the meat the lord gave me personally… I’m just grateful that you let us all eat it together…”

“Because I can’t eat all of that by myself in the first place.”

It was not a wealthy estate. Even if the feast was held, not everyone could eat the delicacies.

That one pig was a gift given to me.

“By the way, by the way, could it be that the lord didn’t get a pig as all of his reward?

“…I don’t even need more. Well, I don’t think I ever intended to do that from the beginning.”

“Isn’t the baron supposed to eat there? The lord, the princess, and the other knights are over there too…”

“It’s okay. This inn is comfortable.”

When the waitress covered her mouth with her hand and made a touching expression, she couldn’t help laughing.

“Dad, did you hear? Baron, you came because our inn was comfortable!”

“So what did I say? Didn’t I tell you not to skip cleaning and do every nook and cranny meticulously?”

“Oh, you did! That’s why!”

“It’s not like we’re going to bring in exotic furniture, it’s all about diligent management and service. Isn’t that the result of all those efforts that he also liked our inn?”

I felt a little sorry for the innkeeper who was so excited, but in fact, it wasn’t because of that reason.

I wanted to enjoy it a little more. When I saw the hero’s party, I thought I wouldn’t be able to stay as comfortable as I am now.

The lord was very sorry that I did not attend their banquet, but he handed over the pig to enjoy it in a comfortable place.

“I didn’t know you were hiding such power. Has this happened many times before? It’s like a complete chivalry novel. Suddenly appearing and taking down a threat…”

“There wasn’t, but I wasn’t a knight.”

“Wow, really? With that kind of strength? Or did you become stronger through training later?”

“That’s… a bit vague.”

Here, if the story started with ‘I used to be a hero, but I handed over my power and followed the hero’s party…’, it was difficult to gauge how far the story would grow.

“My dear, don’t ask me too closely. The baron must have a reason for everything.”

The innkeeper embraced me. Naturally, it was not a normal situation for a noble to move with only one maid.

You will look like a person who has lost his position and is on the run, or who has suffered from family conflicts. I, too, was more comfortable seeing it that way.

“But you’ve been on adventures here and there, haven’t you?”

“It is.”

Since she is also an adventurer, she must have had a lot of experience traveling here and there. Rather, he might know more than me, who has only been in a fierce battle with the demon lord, and has only been in this world for a few years.

“Do you hold a party like this in other towns?”

I pondered for a while.

The warrior party had saved many people, but I didn’t know what happened after that.

There was no time to fight to save them, no time to sit back and enjoy the banquet.

After leading a tired body and receiving a thank you in a dry voice, I had to pack my luggage and go on a trip.

“Well, I’m not sure about that, but it probably wasn’t easy. The Demon King was alive a while ago…”

Of course, I wasn’t the one to take credit for that fight.

At best, I only asked them to fight or helped fight and evacuated civilians, but I did not actually fight the enemy myself.

Still, this fight was different. I protected these people, and I defeated the Orc Lord.

I did it on my own, without sacrificing anyone.

“The dish is here!”

It was not a particularly sophisticated dish. Although the baron gave them generous amounts of spices and salt, there was no way they could get delicacies from the mountains and seas at an inn like this.

However, the meat dripping with oil could not be tasteless. The outside was slightly burnt, but when I lifted a knife to expose the inside, it was quite cooked.

“Oops! I need to bring a drink… You should have told me in advance when it was done!”

The maid grumbled and ran to the keg. Other adventurers agitated her by asking for a drink as well.

They were laughing like that, as if no one was sad.