The Porter Is Not Interested in the Hero Party

76 – Good Friends (2)

The fact that we were leaving the capital was confidential. It was because the moment we mobilized, it was obvious that there would be difficulties in the operation due to the tension on the frontline of the demons. Thanks to this, we were going forward, hiding in the wagon with hoods on, like people being pursued by creditors.

As for the supply, it was planned to spread the supply in a specific place from the place that was contacted in advance, so when we left this time, there was no connection with the village for a while. Millet bid farewell with tears to the closing gates of the capital with a thunderous sound.

“Hello chicken skewers. I will come back alive and eat.”

Hearing the sobbing voice made me feel like I was going to die, but since it wasn’t unusual for Millet to express himself as he pleased, nothing other than a chuckle and a simple comforting expression of stroking Millet’s hair appeared among the party members. did not

Lena, who couldn’t sleep because she was hugged tightly to my chest yesterday, was yawning with dark circles around her eyes, and I, too, was closing my eyes, giving myself over to the pleasant rocking of the carriage. Ashuria read the bible even as the wagon rattled, and straightened her posture without wavering.

The hero, who was tinkering with the hood and tilting his head, asked Ashuria.

“Ashuria keeps reading the Bible.”

“Because it is a scripture in which the word of God is written. When you go out on an important operation, engrave the words in your heart and recite them to make your heart feel at peace. Would you like to try it too?”

“yes? Ashuria usually picks out some words and reads them.”

Ashria, who was sure to die at any other time, was recommending her favorite bible verses to the hero with a calm face. It seemed to her that the walls of gender were as deep and wide as the walls of paganism. Lena was unable to doze off, so she turned around and laid down on the carriage with her bag on her back.

Ashuria stopped talking and told Lena.

“Lena. If you fall asleep like that, you will get hurt.”

“It’s fine. are you okay. I’ve even slept on a cliff. A first-class assassin from the Black Society… … .”

At that moment, the carriage bounced loudly with a rattling sound.

“Ugh!”

Lena floated in the air and was thrown under the seat. In that brief moment, Lena braced herself up with strength in her legs and grabbed the bag that was floating in the air to keep the contents from spilling out. Rena put on a stance like an inverted spider, and Lena let out a blank laugh.

“…have you seen it? These are the movements of a first-class assassin from the Black Society.”

“Wow!”

Millet cheered and clapped her hands. Lena wiped the sweat from her forehead and smiled in sync with her applause. Ashria shook her head and asked me.

“What’s going on out there?”

“Looks like a prisoner escaped from the convoy.”

At least that was the scene unfolding before my eyes as I looked out of the carriage. A man in a prison uniform whimpered and struggled, and the driver transporting us calmed the horses by patting their heads. Soldiers in armor with church seals pressed the prisoner to the floor and shouted.

“Tie the rope! hurry!”

“Yes!”

Even though 4 soldiers rushed at it, they could not subdue an adult man and the disturbance was getting bigger and bigger. Dirt was rising from the man’s body like fire rising, and the coachman was breaking a cold sweat from forcing the horses to keep going down the slope.

Ashuria looked over the situation and spoke to the hero.

“Wouldn’t it be better to help?”

“no. We must remain calm until we reach the front. I know you want to help, but please keep your cool this time.”

The warrior flatly refused. After hearing her words, Ashuria had a sad look on her face, but reluctantly nodded and went in. Lena didn’t lean out and put her ear against the carriage wall and closed her eyes.

The voice of a man crawling next to the wagon came clearly.

“Sah, save me! there! People who are there! please help me! These people are dragging away an innocent man!”

“Be quiet! You won’t know if you’re guilty or not until you’re judged! You can’t come in right now!”

“no! I’m sorry! I’m sorry!”

The hero shook his head even though he made a complicated expression. Millet asked restlessly.

“Aren’t you supposed to help? You look very distressed.”

Ashuria said.

“All sinners say they are innocent. pour it out The Church’s judgment is entirely trustworthy.”

Lena raised a corner of her mouth at Ashuria’s words and sneered.

“Well, the Church is highly accurate. They say that out of 10 people, 9 are criminals?”

Ashria did not turn over the page of the Bible she was reading. Instead, he raised his head and looked directly at Lena as he asked.

“What do you mean?”

“Got it! Push it back!”

“Help! uh heh… … ! hehehe… … !”

The man’s scream filled the gap in the conversation between Lena and Ashuria. Lena smiled brightly even as she received Ashuria’s sharp gaze. she said.

“There are times when there is a little bit of a difference in perspective between looking at it from the church’s Heresy Inquisitor’s point of view and looking at it from the back alley. So… … . that there may be a misunderstanding. We have slightly different points of view.”

“The Church’s judgment is correct. I don’t see the church’s meticulous investigation process, so sometimes that kind of misunderstanding occurs.”

“Should I really be mistaken?”

Ashuria looked at Lena again. With the sound of the Bible being closed, the carriage began to move. Our bodies, which seemed to be firmly fixed, were shaking and the world was slipping, unable to catch up with the carriage. The two mountains peeking out from behind Ashuria’s back disappeared after hitting their tails at the back of the wagon.

“Lena. What do you want to say?”

“I don’t trust church judgment. How poorly managed are rural churches. Do you believe the real church is immaculate?”

Ashuria stared at Lena. Both Millet and the hero were staring at Ashuria’s waist. It was because she was about to suddenly change and slap Lena in the face. However, Ashria closed her eyes again to catch her breath and nodded.

“…I understand. Let’s not talk more about this subject. Not good for travel.”

“yes? Okay.”

Lena nodded and leaned her head back on her bag. Then, humming a song with my eyes closed, I fell asleep again. Ashuria read the book without saying a word, and Millet looked around between the two before coming to my side. The hero sighed and fiddled with the sword, and I, too, decided to forget the trivial conflict that had just happened and closed my eyes and went to sleep. Because the carriage had a long way to go.

*****

“Why did you do that?”

When we reached the first supply depot, we fell apart for a break. No one decided, but Ashuria was approached by the hero, and I approached Lena. Lena was stretching and yawning, and the little coffee shop she was carrying rolled around as a footrest. Lena looked at me with a languid expression and snorted at the question.

“What?”

“The conversation you had with Ashuria-sama.”

“What do you think, uncle? Was he really a sinner?”

I thought for a moment. A sad expression and a sad crying voice. Desperate tone of voice begging us to help. I didn’t think I was a sinner just by hearing his voice.

“I don’t know. He didn’t seem like a bad person, but being a sinner isn’t determined by contemplation.”

Lena scratched her head and put her legs together. And he looked at me and made an impression.

“Is not it? I don’t know. I just have to get over it, but lately I’ve been getting nervous. Should I just say I didn’t like it? It just seemed like Ashria was advocating everything about the church.”

“Since I lived in the Empire, I do not know what the Church of the Kingdom was like. In the first place, I wasn’t even a church member.”

“But you must have met the church members too, didn’t you? Wasn’t there a bad incident at the church there?”

“Religion is full of troublesome things when it comes to digging, so I had never investigated such a thing even when I was on active duty. Even if I did my research, wouldn’t it be impolite to compare the Church of the Empire and the Church of the Kingdom in that way?”

“…right? It is, but… … .”

Lena nodded and crouched down again. As the operation approached, she became sensitive and nervous.

*****

“I understand. I don’t care too much about it, so there’s no need for the hero to care.”

“But Ashria. That… … . Talking about church work… … .”

Ashuria shook her head at the hero’s words and spoke calmly.

“I heard that the Black Society was like a family to Lena. You can’t help but feel bad about a mission like this. At that time, everything in the world seems unreasonable and bad. You’ll want to blame something. I also acted like a child because I heard nonsense. It was a little too much. I will apologize first.”

“That’s good, then.”

The warrior nodded with a strange expression. For some reason, I didn’t feel good.