The Banished Former Hero Lives as He Pleases: Volume 2 [Parts 1 to 8] by Shin Kouduki

Author:Shin Kouduki
Language: eng
Format: epub

The Former Hero Explores the Outskirts

The next day, Allen, Beatrice, and Riese left the mayor’s house behind and wandered the outskirts of the village, looking for anything that might be connected to the rumor they had heard.

“At the very least, we know there was a rumor,” said Beatrice. “There has to be a reason for it, even if it was just started to capture people’s attention.”

“That’s true,” Allen agreed. “It’s hard to imagine anyone would just make it up out of the blue. There’s gotta be some kind of cause.”

From what he had heard, the rumor had first started a year ago. It said nothing more than that Alfred had been spotted on the outskirts of a certain village, so it was natural to assume that they would find some kind of trace—or something—in those very outskirts.

The group had briefly inquired around the villager but had heard nothing that sounded like a clue, which was another reason they had resolved to finally explore the village outskirts.

“Still, there’s nothing but empty plains out here, right? Nothing wrong with a nice walk, though,” Allen remarked.

“That and some vegetable fields,” said Beatrice. “Although I doubt we’d find anything in those, and it’s hard to imagine the villagers would let us explore them anyway.”

“Yeah, they might even chase us away,” said Allen. Although that would hardly stop him if searching the fields proved necessary, there was surely no value in such a course of action since it would only serve to anger the villagers.

“Well, that in itself would tell us something,” Beatrice noted.

“True. It would mean there’s a good chance that whatever we’re looking for is in there. Plus...” He trailed off. There was no need to finish his statement.

Beatrice looked over her shoulder for a moment, then nodded knowingly. Riese, head still hanging, trailed behind the pair, predictably appearing even more downturned since they had failed to gather any leads from the mayor.

The other two had, in fact, decided to perform the current search in part hoping—perhaps in vain—that it might improve Riese’s mood. Unfortunately, it had produced no such effect thus far.

The group continued to walk the plains. Though they were distracted by their own thoughts, the area was so bare that they would quickly notice anything important if they came across it. True, this was only the most perfunctory display of a search, but even that was better than doing nothing. Still, no matter how far they walked, all they found were more plains.

“Should we head back at this point?” asked Allen.

“I think so,” Beatrice replied. “We’re not going to find anything new. Besides, much farther and it will hardly be ‘the outskirts’ anymore. I think we can conclude that what we’re looking for isn’t here.”

The expedition had ended up being more of a stroll than a search, which they had more or less expected from the start. Still, it was no mere excuse for a relaxing outing—it was important for them to be sure they weren’t missing anything.

The group turned around and began to go back the way they had come.

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