Chapter 49

With a rumble, the wagon swayed .

I was on top of a pile of burlap bags, looking around .

I love horses . Im starting to wish I had a carriage .

A long mane, a well-groomed mane .

Long, st.u.r.dy legs .

In a previous life, I only saw them at horse races when I happened to be turning on a random channel on TV .

At the time, I just wanted to eat horse sas.h.i.+mi, but once I saw it in person, I found myself yearning for it .

In the next life, I might want a horse .

As I was gazing at the horse, something hit me on the back .

I turned around and saw Mea grabbing a burlap sack in both hands .

Maybe she threw the burlap sack at me .

Its about time for James to cry .

Those hair and eyes, youre a Marren, arent you? What are you doing there?

Um well, Ive run away from home . Its just that our customs and values dont quite mesh .

Eh, youre the same as Mea . Mea also runaway .

What, I thought you and James-san have been traveling together the whole time?

I didnt expect to make a runaway friend along the way .

Maybe theres a runaway boom going on around here .

No, no, it was only a week or so ago that Mea met with James-san . He happened to be in Meas village, so I just cried to him and asked him to take me away .

Mea replied, shaking the burlap bag in her hand .

Its time to get that off your hand . Youre not going to throw it at me, are you?

I guess the village customs dont suit you after all?

Hmm, how do I say this? Look, here .

Mea lowered the burlap bag in her right hand and indicated her own forehead with her finger .

Apparently, not having a magic crystal on Meas forehead, although Mea is born from the Doom tribe .

I remember .

Doom clan, Ive read about them in books .

Their traits are that they have two horns and a crystal on their forehead .

Their nature is extremely nasty, the books said, and they have high magic, belligerent and cruel, and do not know how to hold back .

In other words, they were curious and in good shape .

In the book, it was written that they have a bad impression, but that was probably because the Doom people were trying to invade the royal capital at the time it was written in the book .

Five hundred years ago, the Doom tribe fearlessly declared war before attempting to a.s.sault the royal capital with a small group of men, and on the way, It is believed that the guy at the tops head was taken off and the commotion died down safely .

In short, hes an a.s.shole whos on a roll . Maybe thats the perception, Im sure of it .

It was hard to remember what species they were, but the lack of magic crystals on their foreheads made their features match because it wasnt there .

So where did you put the thing that was supposed to be on your forehead?

My mother fell down while she was pregnant and thats probably when it came off .

It can get off with just that?!

Rather easily . Its as easy to remove as a pressure ulcer . Its the pride of the Doom tribe, though, and no one voluntarily removes it . Once its removed, it never grows back . Its like Mea was born with her pride stolen from her .

I thought it was a joke, but her face is serious .

I dont know what it is, but the crystals on the forehead of the Doom tribe seem to be like kuwai .

Its not like it doesnt matter because it was there, and its easy to remove, but its kind of a bad omen .

Because of that, well, Mea has fairly received a rude treatment . Its better if it was only from other places, but my father, mother, and brother all called me stoneless . I just want to tell her that youre the one that gave birth to me!

As she says it, Mea hits the burlap bag in her hand with her fist .

A bobbing sound can be heard .

Hey, James-san, please stop this girl .

The burlap bag will be ripped off sooner or later .

. . So you decided to roll into James wagon as he pa.s.sed by and escape?

Thats about it . I think the timing of Meas birth was a little bad, and if I stays here too long, Ill be in trouble . So I grabbed my mothers savings and ran off with it .

Mea fingers a sachet from under her feet . That seems to be his mothers savings .

Shes an aloof girl for a girl who was hara.s.sed by the whole village since she was born .

. .

The person in question doesnt seem to care too much about it, but after all, shes a bit concerned about it .

What can I say in return?

At least at this point in time, I was almost forced to marry my sister, and when I ran away from her, she destroyed my vehicle . I dont feel like I can say .

Im starting to feel small .

Mea scratches her head with a plop .

Hmm, its kind of a heavy feeling . Its all over now, its over . From now on, Mea has decided that shes going to use her mothers savings to play hard to get in the city, so its rather a bright story .

Mea throws the burlap bag in her hand over to me .

I cant just avoid it, so I caught it with my hand .

Here, here! Go ahead and throw it back at me .

I hesitated a bit, but maybe it was Meas way of thinking about dispelling the heavy air .

Ill go with her .

I threw back the burlap bag .

Whoa, nice ball . By the way, why did Abel run away from home?

Mea throws again .

I catched it and throws it back . This is getting a little fun .

No, well, thats why its a value proposition .

I catched the burlap bag that was thrown at me again .

Just as I was about to throw it back, the next burlap bag flew at me again .

I hold out my hand and add my magic power, killing the momentum of the burlap bag and dropping it in front of me .

Well, if you dont want to say it, it cant be helped . Ive heard the Marren tribe cant leave the village alone unless theres a good reason .

The speed of the burlap bag Mea was throwing at me gradually increased .

I manage to kill the momentum with my magic and drop it in front of me .

What, do my people look so introverted to other people?

No, the Marrens are basically thin-skinned and unadaptable, so if you leave the settlement alone . It was rumored that youll be homesick and the worst thing that could happen to you was that you would die .

What?

Are you susceptible to colds and homesickness?

Arent the Marrens a bit weak in mind and body?

Theres a gap!

While I was confused, Mea swung at me and threw a burlap bag at me .

Ah! Thats not fair, wait

The burlap bag hit me in the face and went flying backward .

It was plainly painful .

You did it . Its war from here on out . Youre going to have to make me do it for real, okay?

I take out my staff from my pocket .

Im confident that if I use wind magic, I can hit 300 kilometers per hour with a burlap bag .

Please, please . I hope so .

The wagon came to a halt .

James-san was looking back at me with cold eyes .

I-, Im sorry, I was getting a little carried away .

Ill go get it now .