I am riding a Nata.

Taurin appeared like a storm and invited me and my party to their hideout.

Saying he liked me, he even put me on his back.

At the same time, he added that it was okay to be moved because I was the first person to ride on his back.

My companions quietly obeyed my words without complaint.

If any of the party had a different opinion on what I said, it would have been quite embarrassing.

‘But it’s unexpected that he readily accepted Beatrice.’

At least I thought she would show some reluctance.

When I accepted, he nodded his head without much resistance.

Rather, he was examining all aspects with interest in Nata, who was riding for the first time.

You can’t be a very unique person.

“Arrived. get off.”

It didn’t seem to take long, but we arrived at the looters’ hideout.

Upon hearing her words, the first thing I saw was a spring reflecting the sunlight dazzlingly in the middle of the tent.

I know that Sam

An inexhaustible fountain in the only oasis in the northern desert.

The spring over there is connected to the groundwater of the mountains, and the groundwater is sufficient to last for hundreds of years to come.

“Now, this is our home.”

The party was a little embarrassed by her friendliness, which was unimaginably hostile until just now.

I was the only one who didn’t react much to that look.

‘As expected.’

She was mentioned a little in the original work as well.

It was also a person who had fought with the protagonist, and the looters living in his hideout were killed by the protagonist.

There is no place where the main character did not do real damage.

“You guide them to a place where they can rest. You are my guest.”

“Yes!”

The marauders didn’t even vomit at Taurin’s words.

As if her words were law, she did it right away.

“You follow me.”

Taurine looked at me and grinned, showing her teeth.

As for Taurine’s appearance, she belonged to beauty.

A healthy beauty with tanned skin tanned by the sun.

It was said that she was beautiful because her red hair and red eyes harmonized exquisitely with her swarthy skin.

But when you go down there, things change.

All kinds of scars were located on her strong body, which covered only the main parts with animal skin.

And the wounds were all so large that it could be said that they were fatal.

Imagine a muscular beauty covered in scars laughing at you, showing her teeth.

Even those eyes were very sharp as to what they were thinking.

Of course, wouldn’t it be scary?

‘It was a godsend to know and deal with her in advance.’

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Knowing her personality helped a lot.

She hates servile people.

I despise those who abandon their allies.

On the other hand, I liked people who sacrificed themselves for their comrades and did not bend their heads even in front of the strong.

If I didn’t know that and tried to run away from her.

Rather than invite me home, she would have decapitated me and carried me back as a trophy.

she was that kind of person

“Go in.”

She dragged me into a tent close to Sam.

The injured were lying there.

And some of them, no, most of them were faces I knew.

“uh… !”

“You, you… !”

The marauders lying idle were surprised to find me.

And I was twice surprised by the taurine that came in with me.

Taurin looked back and forth between me and the marauders and said:

“A face everyone knows, right?”

What is the reason that brought me here?

The patients lying there were marauders wounded by me.

The aura I created, the ones caught in the storm.

Taurine took me to vengeful men.

What is the intention of this?

Maybe it was to attack me in front of them and take revenge instead.

I know she’s not one for that, but I couldn’t stop my hand from reaching for the sword.

“Aren’t you tired of your eyes?”

But Taurin glared at the looters, not me.

He raised his hand and pretended to poke their eyes with his index and middle fingers.

“… .”

They closed their mouths and lowered their eyes.

And carefully looked at me and taurine.

Even from their point of view, the current situation is completely incomprehensible.

“Becoming a warrior. If you lose, you have to admit you lost. Do you still have that in mind?”

Warrior.

A person who protects the weak from the strong.

Unlike knights who have something to protect, those who live for their beliefs.

Taurin called the marauders, for whom that word did not quite fit, warriors.

“sorry.”

marauders and warriors.

Is there any word that doesn’t fit as well as that?

But I couldn’t tease it.

“You should always be grateful to the person who saved you guys.”

Taurin said that and turned to the marauders.

The marauders said nothing and kept their mouths shut.

“Stupids.”

Taurin glared at them and shook his head disapprovingly.

“Go out.”

And he took me out of the tent.

Taurin went to the place where Sam was in silence for a while.

Then he looked back at me and said

“thanks.”

I couldn’t say anything at her unexpected words.

I know her personality and act, but I still can’t understand her thoughts.

I am the enemy who attacked them.

But just because I sent you alive, you can call me a benefactor.

Their way of thinking is hard to understand.

“Then why did you let them live?”

“I didn’t feel the need to kill.”

“What a funny guy.”

Taurine bursts into laughter.

It also took me directly to the place where I slept for a while.

And he leaves, saying that he will not forget this grace.

I stood there until I couldn’t see her, and as soon as I couldn’t see her, my body relaxed.

‘Sword masters are not human.’

He tried to stay calm by her side, but every moment was a hardship.

The implicit flow of her momentum was the kind that was difficult to endure without using an aura.

Maybe it was because he always dealt with weak people, so it felt a bit different.

There are many strong people like this in the world.

And I was worried.

Because even these strong people were no match for the main character.

“You are here.”

When I went inside, Alice, who was making the bed, greeted me.

She was looking at me with a worried face.

Click.

He took off his mask and sat down on the floor.

There were no beds in the tent.

After tying leaves together and laying them on the floor, they put animal skins on top to sleep.

“What about the kids?”

“Miss Mahol and Reina are resting in the tent, and Miss Bess went to visit the wizards.”

Elise did not know that Beth was Beatrice.

“It must be because of magic.”

I knew why she went to see the wizards.

“Yes. It is said that their magic patterns are different from those of the kingdom.”

I guess so.

The wizards who live here have improved their magic to suit the desert.

It was understandable that her eyes would turn to the magic patterns she had never seen before.

“Get a good rest today. I won’t be able to do that from tomorrow.”

Although it was in the middle of enemy lines, ironically, there was no safer place than here.

At least here, there was no need to worry about monster attacks.

The Sword Master is guarding it, so what are you worried about?

And above all, she was a woman of conviction who kept her word.

So don’t worry too much.

“Yes. Would you like to go to bed right away?”

“It should be. Even if it’s safe here, it’s not a place to stay for long.”

safe.

To the extent that it can be said to be the safest in the North.

But that doesn’t mean you can stay here for a few days.

This is a village of marauders.

And we are strangers

‘The plunderers don’t welcome strangers that much.’

It was like that when I first came here.

In this seemingly ordinary village, everyone carried a knife.

And they showed hostility when we entered this place.

Marauders do not like strangers.

no, i absolutely hate it

Each of them was either a criminal or a fugitive driven from the continent.

So there was no way to welcome those who came over from the center.

Rather, I couldn’t kill him.

Some of them have committed the worst crimes and remained wanted criminals for decades.

So there will be many who are worried that we will go out and make their presence known.

Still, there was one reason why they didn’t attack us.

‘To them, taurine is order and law itself.’

Taurine said we were her guests.

Unless she changes her mind, there won’t be any marauders attacking us without going mad.

At least in the village it was.

So you can be as comfortable as you are now.

“Don’t do anything else and go to sleep. Don’t go out and collapse just because you’re taking care of me.”

“Yes.”

Elise nods.

Then he pulled out a sleeping bag and put himself in the opposite side of me.

And just fell asleep.

Although she didn’t say it, she was in a state of considerable fatigue.

I looked at her and turned my head to look at the ceiling.

I move because I want to live, but I can’t believe I’m sleeping behind enemy lines.

I laughed at my contradictory appearance.

The marauders’ morning began quickly.

I woke up before the sun rose, got ready to go out, and cooked rice.

The sound naturally made us wake up at that time.

“Good morning.”

When I put on the mask and went outside, I was greeted by Beatrice with wide eyes first.

Her eyes were bloodshot red, perhaps because she had been up all night.

It is clear that he was blinded by the magic of the marauders and analyzed them without realizing the passage of time.

“Did you sleep well?”

When I was about to pack up and move, Taurine came to me with a lively face.

And we shut our mouths as if we were about to leave.

And said with a slightly sunken face.

“Are you leaving now?”

“Yes. Thanks to you, I had a good rest.”

When I lowered my head, she said it was nothing and told me to straighten my back.

But there was something strange about her expression.

He wanted to say something to me with a confused face.

“Is there anything you want to say?”

“… you guys. Shouldn’t I be here today?”

“… ?”

“It’s a little outside now… not. you will do well You don’t look like the guys who go around getting beaten up.”

She stopped talking and scratched her head.

I was just embarrassed by that action.

Doesn’t it feel like something is going on outside right now?

“Are you going to the mountains?”

“Yes.”

“Then ride these.”

As I nodded, she appeared and handed me three.

Two brown natas and one red natas.

“Yes?”

It was hard to believe that they were handing Nata, their most important asset, to a stranger.

When I was taken aback, she said with a slight blush.

“If you reach the mountain range and release it, it will come back on its own. And… Come back alive.”

She twists her hair with her fingers to make it look out of place.

It felt like my hair went white in an instant.

Why is this woman doing this all of a sudden?

“Because I really liked it.”

her little murmur.

I felt chills run down my spine at the sound of that voice.

Oh, why did I forget this.

Ruler of the North, Sword Master of the North.

Taurine She was an old maid and was currently looking for a husband.

And all in all, I think I liked it.