The Porter Is Not Interested in the Hero Party

25 – Reservoir Vipers (6)

After I changed my clothes first, the hero suddenly changed his mind and agreed to my proposal.

“Thinking about it again. I think it would be better to do as you suggested. We don’t have that much time, and they might attack you while you’re changing, so I think it’s better to just cover each other with a cloth in the same tent and change clothes.”

Ashuria, Millet, and Lena all nodded their heads. Lena sniffed and kept rubbing her eyes, which made them slightly swollen. Ashuria patted Lena on the back and said.

“Lena. A cold-hearted assassin shouldn’t cry like that.”

“…I’m still cold-hearted, right? Look at this.”

And she tried to make a blank expression or laugh again. There was no comedy in the way he forced his expression while holding back tears. Lena, whose tears stopped when she saw us giggling, scratched her head and entered the tent first, followed by Ashuria and Millet inside.

“Ah, what! millet! Don’t touch me!”

“Hug! Humans say hugging like this makes you feel better!”

“you’re right. millet. They say that hugging each other like this makes you feel better.”

“Oh, oh, let me change my clothes! Because I’m fine now!”

If you show your emotions clumsily, you will receive terrifying comfort and attention. I moved around in my soldier’s clothes, waiting for the time to end quickly for the comfort that was happening in the tent.

******

Happenings passed like the wind, and now all we have left is us in soldiers’ clothes. The warrior put on the iron plate with a satisfied face, and Ashuria pressed her hand to her chest and said.

“I feel pressure in my chest because of the iron plate… … . It is felt. It looks like someone is pressing it with their hand.”

Her tone was frustrating, but her lips were chapped, so I avoided eye contact with her. It was because he seemed like a really scary person when he enjoyed even this moment. Lena straightened her clothes with a happy face, then gathered her equipment and put it around her waist.

We had to take our own clothes, but the clothes Ashria and Millet wore were borrowed for disguise. The role of Millet was to be left to a boy who ran errands here, but there was no clothes for this child, and the nun’s uniform worn by Ashuria was not available in the camp.

“It doesn’t matter as long as you get another set of clothes from church. But it’s a question of what Millet should do.”

“yes! I don’t care! I have a few more for spares!”

He said that the armor a warrior would wear would be one of Randolph’s own.

That blonde-haired young man in the role of a warrior and a slightly bigger man in my role. And the skinny soldier who plays Ashuria and the sly-looking guy who plays Lena. And a fake Hero party made up of a kid who played the role of Millet was created.

I expressed my deep condolences to the role of a porter carrying a large bag. He was bigger than the rest of the group, but he didn’t seem to have the experience of lifting a heavy load for a long time. I held him by the shoulders and corrected his posture so that he could lift it more comfortably.

“It will be more comfortable to lift like this.”

“Oops, yes. thank you.”

The other party did not have much conversation with their alter egos. Millet was just tilting her head at the boy in her clothes, and Lena was drawing a spider tattoo on the neck of the soldier in charge of her role.

“Stay still. If you wash this tattoo with water, it will be erased right away. Erase it as soon as you enter the river. got it?”

“Ah, yes I understand.”

The hero was touching his chin as he watched the soldier wearing armor and standing like a warrior, and he held his sword forward and supported his body like a staff, and took the same posture as the soldier. He nodded his head in satisfaction, and when our eyes met, he put his sword back on his waist and whistled and blushed.

Randolph confirmed that everyone was ready and gave orders in a low voice.

“great. You guys will become a party of warriors from now on, leaving our formation and moving towards the kingdom capital. Change your clothes and wait again at the first military camp you see on the way, and when the reinforcements I requested arrive, join them and come back. Got it?”

“Yes! All right!”

The soldiers looked excited at the thought of being able to get away from this battlefield and rest in a better place. Hearing the trustworthy spirit, Randolph nodded, and they hugged his shoulders and prayed for success.

******

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Next day.

The fake warriors’ party stood in front of the unit with the dignity of a warrior’s party and a stylish ceremony. Randolph cleared his throat when they acted too much like soldiers. The soldiers, not knowing what was wrong, looked at each other, but the sentry standing at the entrance

“You can’t make it right. You are not soldiers.”

When I gave advice, belatedly, they showed a bad appearance by widening the distance between each other halfway or stepping on each other’s legs. Standing one step away like soldiers, we whispered to each other and chatted.

“…Did I cross my legs like that?”

“It’s a bit of a bad version. Even the doppelganger is different from the original.”

Even when Lena said that, Ashuria tilted her head with an incomprehensible expression. Randolph seemed to like the appearance of this Hero party who unexpectedly changed their attitude unexpectedly. He nodded with a satisfied expression and said:

“Then, thank you for stopping by! Take a look!”

Then, the fake hero flashed his bangs and gave a subtle smile. He looked at Randolph with deep eyes and said in a soft voice:

“Yes. Then Randolph. Good work on you too.”

“Puff… !”

Lena turned her head away, but she couldn’t help laughing. Randolph also laughed with a ridiculous expression, and the warrior’s expression rotted in real time. The warrior looked at me and said.

“there… . I, have you always been like that?”

The warrior’s face was worried that he had unconsciously acted like that. I shook my head and said.

“The warrior is even cooler. There was a charm that couldn’t be captured with such a clumsy imitation.”

“you’re right. warrior. The hero is attractive even without combing his bangs like that.”

The hero was able to build a relieved expression only after hearing our praise. Millet, who belatedly pulled the hero’s collar, spoke.

“Warrior. But can’t you just do that once? going over the bangs. I think that would be cool.”

“…I will never do that.”

“I think it would be cool.”

Millet, who wasn’t meant to be teased, was making an expression of regret, and I looked at Millet and said,

“I will do it for you. hot! How is it?”

When I brushed my bangs and made the same expression as the fake hero who had just disappeared, Millet backed away in fright.

“…..ugh.”

“Ahahahaha! Aww!”

Lena’s laughter spread. Even though we wore soldiers’ clothes, it seemed like we were a party of warriors after all. Randolph waved to the group of fake warriors as they walked away, then looked at us and said,

“Then, thank you for the next few days.”

When we saw Randolph’s expression, we stopped playing and nodded. If the hero’s calculations are correct, the Assassins will come here in the next few days.

******

Two days passed like that. Me and Ashuria were yawning as we stood on the outer perimeter. Soldiers who were constantly playing created a sense of incongruity in the barracks, so the hero suggested it. If we melt into the ranks of the soldiers while digesting the perfect soldier schedule, even the assassins will not be able to suspect us.

Ashria was reading the Bible by the fire, and I was yawning while leaning against a pillar. In case information leaked out, Ashuria did not speak outside the barracks unless necessary.

Silence and the sound of turning pages.

The torch ignited the embers with a unique sense of beat, and I picked up a stone and threw it into the darkness. When the reeds were hit, the sound of the reeds being crushed spread.

Took.

Without thinking, I picked up the stone again and threw it at the reed field once more.

widely.

After reading the Bible, Ashuria looked up and took out a knuckle from her pocket. I slowly got up from my seat and fixed my weapon.

The sound of hitting stones was different. There was a sound as if the stone had been grabbed by something, and the stone did not fall to the floor. I drew my sword and spoke softly.

“Who are you?”

There was no answer in the dark. My line of sight ended where the bonfire was shining. I don’t know what lurks in the darkness, but a faint presence tickled my nerves.

There is something beyond the dark. Something not a wild beast is watching us.

I straightened my grip on the sword again, and Ashuria tightened her knuckles and began to warm up.

how much time has passed

A confrontation with no promise ensued in the dark, and I spoke again.

“Come out.”

Ashuria staggered, then picked herself up and snuggled next to me, whispering.

“Kick the torch.”

Ashria didn’t explain what that meant. I took a step back and kicked the torch at my opponent with all my might. Trees snapped and flames colored the sky with orange stars, and the distant lights revealed the figure of an assassin crouching in the darkness for an instant.

The assassin was startled by my sudden action, staring at the torch and poised.

And.

Taking a glance is always a fatal mistake.

When the assassin turned his head, Ashuria’s fists were already flying towards his face, emitting a piercing sound.

“uh… !”

bang!

With a heavy blow, the assassin’s body pierced the floor.