34.クレブスクルム解放戦線その3
口角が釣り上がるのを必死に抑えて、なるべく相手を見下した表情を心掛けます。
「逃亡奴隷を連れてどうするつもり、ですか......それをこの街に於いて人ではないあなたに教える必要が? 」
「......ほう、どうやら死にたいらしいな? 女だからといって容赦はせんぞ? その死体の切り口を見れば只者じゃないことはわかるからな」
そう言って短刀を構え、相手も拳も構えます。どうやら拳打で戦うスタイルのようですね? 一応腰に短剣を差してますが、使われた形跡が一切ありませんね? 手入れはしているようですが............。
「ち、ちょっとレーナさぁ〜ん?! 」
囀るユウさんを無視して互いに相手の出方を探り合います。どちらも間合いが狭く、薄暗い路地というこの立地、そして実力も未知数の相手ですからね、お互いがカウンターを警戒している感じです。
「来ないのならばこちらから――――」
「――――待たんかバカタレ!! 」
「っ?!親父?! どうしてここに居るんだ!! 」
おや? 誰か知らないおじいさんが男性の頭を殴りつけましたね。
「......私は別に二人同時でも構いませんが? 」
「......お主もここは一旦矛を収めてくれんか、場所を移して話がしたい」
ふむ? まぁ、当初の目的には沿いますしむしろ手間がなくて良いのですが......そうですか、お預けですか............。
「......残念ですが、そうしましょう」
「はぁっ〜、若いモンは血の気が多くていかん! ほれ、そこで突っ立てる兄ちゃんと座り込んでる君らもささっと移動するぞ! 」
「っ! あ、は、はい! 」
「た、助かった〜」
まぁ、ユウさんならともかく、せっかく助けた女の子たちを戦いに巻き込むわけにもいきませんからね。ここは引いて最初の目的の達成のために動くとしましょう。
「っ! 親父?! まさかコイツに頼むつもりか?! 」
「......そうじゃと言ったら? 」
「でもコイツは!! 」
「わかっておる、でも他に手はないのはわかっておるじゃろう? 」
なにやら揉めてますね? 私が何かあるのでしょうか? さっきまで殺気を飛ばしあってたからでしょうかね?
「とりあえずささっと移動せんと見廻りが来るぞ、ついてこい」
「そうですね、行きますよユウさん」
とりあえず、案内してくれるようですので素直についていきましょう。
「ワシのことはロン老師とでも呼んでくれ、こっちは愚息のロノウェじゃ」
「..................よろしく頼む」
その直前に軽い自己紹介がされますが、大柄な男性――――ロノウェさんは素っ気ないですね。とりあえず今は放っておいて先を急ぎましょう。
そのままおじいさんは路地を出てから反対側の路地にまた入り、途中の建物の裏口に入って中の店員を無視して店内を横切ってから別の部屋にある階段から地下に降り、しばらく進んでまた登って外に出たと思ったらそこは街の外でした。
「......なるほど、探しても見つからないわけです」
「......このまま船に乗るぞ」
そして出口から近い小川に船が係留されており、それに促されたまま乗り込みます。
「このまま海まで出る」
「えぇ? 大丈夫なんですか......? 」
不安そうに辺りを見回すユウさんに水月への肘鉄をお見舞いしようかと思ったところで『ぐぅ〜』という可愛らしい音がしたので取り止めます、命拾いしましたね。
「お腹が空いてるんですか? これ良かったら食べます? 」
「いいの?! 」
そう言ってインベントリから、昨日と今日とで情報収集のために散々買った屋台の食べ物を取り出しニアさんに渡します。
「に、ニア! すみません! 」
メアさんは一応遠慮しますが、食べたいのが隠しきれてませんね。今も『ぐぅ〜』とニアさんと同じ音が聞こえてきました。
「いいんですよ、ほらメアさんもどうぞ」
微笑みながらそう渡すと、『うっ、すみません! ありがとうございます! 』と深く頭を下げてお礼を言いながら食べ始めます。
別にそんな大層な物じゃないんですけどね。買う時にユウさんが『いや、情報収集ってなにも屋台って決まったわけじゃ......』とか言ってたので酒場に行こうとしたら、『まぁテンプレだけども......』とかほざきやがったのでその場で腹に膝蹴りした曰く付きですが、まぁ大丈夫でしょう。少なくともお腹を壊すことはありません。
「............意外と優しいんだな」
「あなたは私をなんだと思っているのです? 」
ロノウェさんがこちらを訝しむように見てきますね、私そんなにおかしなことをしたでしょうか?
「............いや、なんでもない」
「カッカッカッ、こやつは頭が固いからな、気を悪くせんでやってくれ」
「親父」
「事実じゃろう? 」
へぇ〜、親子仲は良さそうですね? ........................本当にさっきのお預けは残念でなりませんね、まぁ今は我慢しましょう。
「まぁ、構いませんよ」
「カッカッカッ、すまんの」
そうこうしているうちに海に出ました。それからもしばらく船を漕ぐと、一際大きな船が岩礁に隠されるようにしてありました。
「あれがそうじゃ」
「あの船がですか? 」
「あぁ、そうじゃ我ら――――クレブスクルム解放戦線のアジトじゃ」
やはり思った通りビンゴですね、上手くいったようでなによりです。これからの計画がまた随分と進みますね。
Chapter 34 - Krebskulm Liberation Front (Part 3)
I desperately tried to suppress myself from smirking. In fact, I was trying to show some consideration to the person in front of me who's showing disdain.
"What will I do with runaway slaves, you asked...? I'm not obliged to tell you."
"... Oh? It appears to me that you're ready to die. Don't think I'll go easy on you just because you're a woman. I know you're no ordinary person just from looking at how cleanly that man's head was lopped off."
I readied my shortsword and my fist. He seemed to be a fighter with a fist fighting style. I kept my shortsword sheathed on my waist, and there was no trace of evidence that it was used. Well, it was armed as an extra defense...
"H-hold on a second, Rena!"
Ignoring the pestering Yuu, both of us were probing each other cautiously. We were in a dimly lit narrow alley which did not give us much room for movements. Both of us were being vigilant since we did not know each other's fighting style and abilities.
"If you don't attack, I'll start --."
"-- Were you waiting to attack, idiot?!"
"Huh? Father? Why are you here?!"
Oh? An unfamiliar old man hit the big man's head.
"... I don't mind if you come at me at the same time."
"... Would you please lay down arms? I'd like to speak with you, so let's go somewhere else."
Hmm? This development was going along with my original purpose and less of a hassle... I should put the fighting on hold for the moment...
"... Well, that's too bad, but let's do that."
"Hmm, young people are too impulsive! Hey, you standing over there and you sitting down there, let's hurry and leave this place!"
"Oh! Ah, y-yes!"
"Oh, that was close."
Well, leaving Yuu aside, it would be unwise to get those girls that I just saved involved in a fight. I shall pull back for the time being and move so I can achieve my initial goal.
"Huh! Father?! Are you going to ask this gal?!"
"... What if I am?"
"But...!"
"I know. But you also know that we have no other choice, right?"
They seem to have a bit of a conflict, eh? Do I have something they need? Is it because we were showing our killing intents earlier?
"Anyway, patrols will get here if we stay here any longer. Follow me."
"I guess. Let's go, Yuu."
For the time being, it seemed that they would guide us, so I decided to go along.
"Call me Sage Ron. This is my son, Ronove."
"... Nice to meet you."
It was a simple introduction, but that big man -- Ronove seemed to be curt. I decided to leave him be and hurry on ahead.
After we left that alley, the old man led us to another alley across the street and went inside the back door of a building in the middle. He ignored the clerk inside the store and proceeded down the stairs in another room to an underground passage. We trudged along the passage for a while and emerged outside the city.
"... I see. It's a secret passage no one could find."
"... We're going aboard a boat."
The boat was moored on the stream near the exit of the secret passage. We promptly got on the boat.
"We're going out to sea."
"What? Are we going to be all right...?"
Yuu looked around in anxiousness. When I was about to nudge him, I heard one of the girls' stomach growled loudly; it was almost cute. They just escaped a dire situation after all.
"Are you hungry? Would you like to eat this?"
"Really?!"
I took out the food I bought for the information gathering quest yesterday and today from my inventory and then gave it to Nia.
"N-nia! I'm sorry!"
Mea refrained from taking the food I offered them, but she could not hide her hunger. I could hear her stomach growling, just like Nia's did.
"It's all right. Here, please take this, Mea."
I gave them the food with a smile. She replied, "Uh, I'm sorry for troubling you! Thank you!" She bowed in appreciation and started eating.
It was nothing much, though. When I bought them, Yuu complained about how we did not decide to gather information at a food stall, so we went to the bar instead. He then was about to prattle about the template, so I struck his gut with my knee. Well, the circumstances were difficult to explain, but I guess it would be all right. At least it would not cause food poisoning.
"... You're unexpectedly kind."
"What do you think I am?"
Ronove seemed to be astonished as if I just did something out of the ordinary.
"... No, nothing."
"Ha ha ha, this guy is thickheaded, so please don't take offense."
"Father."
"It's true, isn't it?"
Hmm, their parent-child relationship appeared to be close... Even though it was a pity we put the earlier fight on hold, but I should restrain myself for the time being.
"Well, it doesn't matter."
"Ha ha ha, please pardon him."
After engaging in various conversations, we finally were out at sea. We rowed our boat for farther. There was a remarkably huge boat hidden behind a reef.
"There it is."
"That boat?"
"Yeah, that's right. That's our -- Krebskulm liberation front's hideout."
Bingo! It was as I suspected. I was glad they had come to organize a liberation front. With this, my plan would move along quite far.
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