The Great Sword is not the Main Body!-Chapter 57: Karahan (3)

"Noah, can you see where it's located clearly?"

"Ah... uh... um... It's this way."

She pointed her finger at the small stone near the woman's left navel.

Then,

Fwoosh-

Without any hesitation, Rubia stabbed a knife into the woman's stomach.

"Ugh, ah..."

Hephaestus, standing next to me, screamed in shock.

"Ugh, ugh... Rubia...? Are you, are you okay?"

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I, too... felt the same way...

Ah... no matter how much, doing it like this... without any hesitation...?

But Rubia paid no mind to our reactions and began to twist the knife.

"Yeah, this kind of thing happens often. Among the monsters, there are some that lay eggs inside human bodies. So, I'm used to it. I know how to cut and heal as well..."

Her voice was calm, but the knife mercilessly moved through the woman's belly.

"The method is a bit rough, but it heals perfectly without any aftereffects. If she were conscious, she'd probably have phantom pains or trauma, but since she's unconscious now..."

Fwoosh- Thud- Slash-

"I'm worried about the blood loss, but I'll try to heal as much as possible. It's better than being caught by them again, right?"

Every time Rubia spoke, the woman's body twitched and convulsed.

Unable to bear it, Hephaestus went to a corner and began to gag, and I could only let out a soft moan, my hand still gripping the hilt of the knife.

During that time...

"Ah, I found it."

The knife was pulled out with a fwoosh, and Rubia's voice sounded a bit brighter.

Thinking it might be over, I carefully placed my hand on the hilt and opened my mouth.

"Is it... done...?"

"No, not yet. I've opened it and taken it out, but I haven't closed it yet."

"Ugh..."

I clenched my other hand tightly instead of holding the hilt.

Opening and closing...

Is a human body so easy...?

After such a terrifying time passed...

"Ha... It's done now. Fortunately, it hasn't activated yet."

I heard the sound of clothing rustling, and Rubia's footsteps approached.

Immediately, I grabbed the greatsword handle and examined the woman's condition.

"She... looks fine...?"

Aside from the slightly weaker heartbeat, she seemed quite alright.

The # Nоvеlight # healing seemed to be progressing faster too...

"Of course, I've healed worse injuries than this recently..."

"Is it... over... ugh-"

Hephaestus, stumbling and walking from behind the rock, alternated his gaze between Rubia and the woman before gagging again.

"We should move the camp. We haven't fully located the position yet, but we can't be sure... and those corpses too."

"Agreed... Absolutely agreed!"

Hephaestus vigorously agreed with Rubia’s suggestion.

Then, he immediately began packing and preparing to leave.

"Well... Can we do a little tanning first? Because... Minotaur leather is really expensive... and those horns too..."

He pointed at the corpses behind us.

"The fur of the Horned Wolf... it's really warm in the winter... Oh, and the horns... they said if you brew them, they're a great nutritional supplement..."

It's a shame to just leave.

We've been sick of hunting orcs, which are common everywhere, but...

A Horned Wolf and Minotaur!

How much money would those skins, teeth, and horns bring...!

It might take some time, but... still!

"Hmm... Can I just finish up when we're done packing?"

"Er... Do we... not need to pack together?"

"I'm fine!"

"Of course."

"Re... Really?"

Rubia and Hephaestus nodded readily.

"Th-Thank you...!"

Immediately, I grabbed the tanning equipment from Hephaestus's nearby bag and rushed to the Minotaur's corpse.

"Heheh..."

"This looks good."

We decided on a new camp, a cave-like spot.

It wasn’t deep enough to be called a cave, but it was a somewhat cave-like... enigmatic place.

"Then, I can just set up the tent, right?"

Hephaestus carefully set the woman he had been carrying down and asked.

"Yeah. And Noah, just keep watch like before."

Rubia let out a soft sigh while taking off the large bag she had been carrying on her back.

I... I'm not carrying anything.

I was too short to carry the woman, and carrying a bag would prevent me from focusing on the battle, so I was told to go empty-handed...

Plus, all the materials I tanned were put in Rubia's bag...

I felt so awkward that I almost wished a monster would pop up, but... not even an ant showed up...

But still! They want me to just watch this time too!

I feel so awkward!!

I'm not unemployed!

"Hmm... I can still keep watch while working..."

"It's okay. Rubia and I will be enough, so just rest."

But Rubia insisted strongly.

"...Okay..."

I sulked and sat next to the unconscious woman.

We put some spare clothes on her and wrapped her up tightly with a blanket.

From what Rubia said on the way here, it seems like the woman had been kidnapped.

The organization’s name was Red Scorpion.

A rather outdated name, but... apparently, it’s a notorious criminal group in Ursphere.

It looked so pathetic, but many adventurers and knights had taken on the mission to uproot it, but they all failed.

The group's members reportedly had red scorpion tattoos somewhere on their bodies, but apparently, this woman didn't have one.

She had so many scars on her body that it might have been erased, or something... but it's not clear. Maybe not?

Rubia also mentioned she had gone through many bad things...

She seemed to have spent time worse than slavery, so she probably isn’t part of that group.

But... what kind of things happened, Rubia didn’t explain.

She said it was too early for me and Hephaestus to know, and she'd tell me when I was an adult.

Even if Hephaestus didn't know, I am an adult—why won't she explain it to me...?

I’m 20 years old here, and in Earth... uh... how old was I?

Anyway.

I'm an adult... I know everything...

"Sigh..."

I angrily kicked the ground and squatted.

"Ugh..."

There was a cracking sound coming from the woman’s neck as she lay there.

Her eyes slowly opened.

She’s awake!

"Uh, um... Are... are you okay...?"

I placed my face in front of her to let her know I was there.

"Who, who..."

She still couldn’t see properly, I guess.

But if she asks who I am... how should I explain that...?

No one will know who I am just by saying my name.

Hmm...

"Ah...! I’m a gold-ranked adventurer...!"

Hehe... I’m now a gold-ranked adventurer! Cool, right!!

But... this still feels weird...

Should I have just said something like ‘I’m the one who saved you. You can relax now’...?

"Mo, Member...?"

As I was thinking of other possible things to say, the woman grabbed my collar.

"Th-Thank you..."

Then, with a trembling voice, she looked directly at my face.

"Heh, huh... Hah! Ah, devil... Drinking... blood...!"

She stared straight at me and suddenly muttered strange things, causing her to convulse.

"Ugh, ugh... Ah? Rubia...!!"

"Noah? Why... Ah, she’s awake... What’s wrong with her...?"

Rubia quickly ran over and checked on the trembling woman.

Still not calming down, she carefully released some divine power and removed her robe.

"Huff, huff... Hah... Ugh... Save... Ah... Priestess...?"

"Yes. Are you okay?"

Then, the woman seemed to calm down a little, gripping Rubia’s hand tightly.

"Noah, sis... What’s going on?"

"Hmm... She... She saw me and... reacted like that..."

She definitely said... I’m a devil... a blood-drinking devil...

Did she say my nickname...?

"Ugh... It’s probably because of the rumors about me..."

"Huh? Your rumors...? Well, but would that be enough to make her react like that? If she saw it for real, I’d understand."

"Hmm... Well... I don’t kill people..."

That’s true.

No matter how scary rumors are, I’m not someone who goes around killing people.

I only kill monsters...

After a brief pause, Hephaestus, who had been staring at me with a strange expression, suddenly got angry and brushed his hair back.

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"Hah, but it’s ridiculous. Still, Noah was the one who found her and saved her. I’m annoyed that she’s acting like that to the person who saved her."

His face twisted with irritation as his voice filled with annoyance.

"This won’t do. I’ll go explain to her—"

"Ugh, no, don’t do it, Hephaestus... Calm down first."

"Why? I mean, she should know who saved her, right?"

"Well, that’s true... but... Let’s wait until she calms down first..."

I struggled to calm down Hephaestus, who was all worked up, when Rubia’s voice reached me.

The two of them had a serious conversation, then... was it over?

"Noah. Could you come here for a moment?"

She waved her hand to call me over.

Can I go...?

What if it happens again...?

I hesitated for a long time, gripping the hilt, when Rubia, holding the woman, walked toward me.

"Sorry... I’m sorry. I was so out of it. I shouldn’t have said those things to the one who saved me..."

She quickly hid behind Hephaestus, then suddenly apologized.

"Eh...?"

"I’m really sorry... What I saw in Rohallan... I just couldn’t forget..."

Rohallan?

Oh... someone saw me in Rohallan.

"Ah... It’s fine..."

As I nodded, accepting the woman’s apology, Hephaestus murmured from behind me.

"Hmm... I can see why that would happen if you saw that scene..."

Why?

Was I not cool...?

"When you killed that mage who was interfering... Honestly, I was a little shocked too."

"Ugh, huh...? Mage...?"

"Yeah, that person... the one shooting arrows from behind—"

"Ah, that one?"

"Yeah? That one...?"

The three of them gave me strange looks.

I don’t know why they’re looking at me like that.

I continued speaking anyway.

"That wasn’t a person, it was a monster."

A monster that dared to touch Rubia.

"So... I killed it in a particularly cruel way."

I guess normal people are shocked by seeing a monster die...

Well... I can see that.

I should keep that in mind.