Peddler in Another World: I Can Go Back to My World Whenever I Want! Volume 6 by Hiiro Shimotsuki

Author:Hiiro Shimotsuki [SHIMOTSUKI, HIIRO]
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
Publisher: J-Novel Club
Published: 2024-02-08T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eleven: The Arrivals

The days and weeks flew by and it was soon time to welcome the refugees to Ninoritch. Stella and I were waiting at the entrance to the town for their arrival.

“Look, Mr. Shiro. They’re here.”

I nodded. “Yep, looks like.”

A line of covered wagons was slowly making its way toward the little town, seemingly driven by armored guards. Knights, perhaps? I couldn’t help but be impressed by the consideration Lord Bashure, the earl of the region, was showing to these refugees. After all, they weren’t his citizens—they weren’t even from the same nation—yet he had provided them with an armed retinue, most likely formed of his own soldiers.

“Mama, do I look weird?” Aina asked as she fussed over her appearance.

“Not at all. You look adorable, Aina,” Stella replied, treating her to a soft smile which drew an excited giggle from the little girl.

From what Lord Bashure had told Karen in his letter, a lot of the refugees who were being sent to Ninoritch were children. These poor kids had been forced to leave behind their entire lives and move to a completely unknown town in a nation that wasn’t even theirs. We figured they must be terrified, so we’d brought Aina along to welcome them in the hopes that seeing another child would help to reassure them, even if only slightly. While we were at it, we had also asked Stella to join us to guide the refugees a little based on her own experiences of moving to another nation alone with a child and little more than the clothes on their backs. I had been incredibly nervous about this moment at first, but having Stella and Aina by my side to welcome the refugees had helped to ease some of my worries.

Over the past two months, we had done everything we could to prepare for this day. Patty and Team Dwarf had built the houses and the inns, and Karen had organized many, many information sessions to let the townsfolk know about the situation surrounding the upcoming arrival of the refugees, because after all, the town would be welcoming two hundred people all in one go. Sure, most of these would be children, but Karen still wanted to prevent any potential trouble from arising. As such, whenever she wasn’t busy with her work duties, no matter what time of day that was, she had organized meeting after meeting. Thanks to that—or perhaps because the citizens of Ninoritch were descended from pioneers themselves—public opinion was very much in favor of welcoming these refugees into the town. It turned out that living life in the slow lane out in the countryside made people kinder overall. Then again, adventurers had been steadily moving into the town over the past few months, so what was a couple hundred more people on top?

I was suddenly dragged out of my musings back to reality when the lead wagon stopped right in front of us.

“Heya, Shiro! It’s been a while,” said a dashing young knight with blond hair and blue eyes.

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