I Parry Everything: Volume 6 [Complete] by Nabeshiki

Author:Nabeshiki
Language: eng
Format: epub

Chapter 121: The Beastfolk Village, Part 1

It really wasn’t long before the children’s village came into view. Nobody was keeping watch, from what I could tell, and we encountered not even the slightest bit of resistance. It was so quiet and seemingly devoid of people that I started to wonder whether it was abandoned.

“Is anyone here?” I called.

A sickly-looking man poked his head out. Lynne had barely finished explaining the reason for our arrival when he turned on his heel and rushed deeper into the village.

Sometime later, an old man with stark white fur and animal ears came tottering toward us. Once he was close enough, he got down on his knees and pressed his hands and head into the sand in supplication. “My brethren’s actions have caused you harm. I implore you to accept my humblest apologies. The fault lies with us elders. Please, spare the children, at least!” He gazed up at the young bandits, who were still on the roof of our coach, and cried, “Oh, you absolute fools!”

The old man was hoarse and more sad than angry. “You don’t need to bow your head,” I said to him. “We’re not going to do anything to the kids.”

“Y-You would grant them your forgiveness? Truly? I was told they attempted to steal from you.”

“Well, as you can see, they’ve already been punished.” The children were safe from the sun, but it must have been like a sauna under their cloaks. “Right, Lynne?”

“Yes. They’ve learned their lesson, so we’ll overlook it this time.”

“T-Truly?! Y-You accept my apology?!” The old man prostrated himself again, his head practically scraping against the ground.

“You can stand up,” I said. “Really. We’re more interested to know why the children attacked us in the first place.”

“If you seek a definite answer, I will need to ask them. But I can venture a guess. They must have been acting for the sake of the village—not that it excuses them! Their actions were unforgivable.”

“Could you elaborate for us?” Lynne asked. “If your village is having trouble, we might be able to help.”

“W-We wouldn’t want to presume on you! Overlooking our crime was generous enough!”

“We need money,” announced the boy leading the children; Ines and Sirene had finally let him down from atop the coach. “And we need it now.”

“What for?” I asked.

“We can’t save them without it.”

“Save who?”

The old man with white ears slowly shook his head. “As the village elder, I shall explain. These children... Most of their families are suffering from a disease with no hope of recovery.”

“Ah. A disease, huh?”

“Yes. The whole village, save a few people, has contracted the illness. We are not prosperous enough to buy them medicine, and even if we were, we would not know what to get; we do not have a doctor, so we have yet to identify the disease, and we are too poor to summon one from elsewhere. The children’s desperation must have driven them to banditry.”

The situation sounded pretty dire, all things considered.

“Instructor Noor, would you mind if we looked around?” Lynne asked.

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