The "Master swordsman” who was reincarnated, wants to live freely - Chapter 93

Translator: Paul | Editor: Nebosuke

There is some time between my “contact” and Iris going out to buy drinks.

Instead of Iris returning, I met with a knight standing on guard.

The knight guided me to an abandoned house along the coast.

It was once used as a storage unit, but it seems that it’s been a while since people actually used it.

Within this abandoned house there laid a body.

“Who is she?”

“We’ve confirmed her to be Nowee Reeshin, this town’s renowned fortune teller. She seemed to be missing for quite a while now”

“I understand”

This woman – This body, is from Nowee Reeshin. She’d been cut from shoulder to waist. No sign of resistance either.

There seem to be no other wounds that stand out aside from this one. She had been attacked straight on and had died soon after… I deducted this quite quickly.

What’s more is that the wound was rather beautiful, done by someone with significant skill. I understood that the one that assaulted her was rather good with the blade.

I knew that the “Swordsman Gang” member was hiding here in town. Perhaps the offender was one of them.

“A single frontal blow. And quite some power too”

“Wha- You..! How did you enter?!”

The knight left out a voice of surprise. Alia had entered the storage unit.

I ordered the knight to stand down and stood before Alia.

“I thought I told you to wait on the beach. This isn’t something children should be seeing”

“But you’re also a child Mr. Alta. And at this pace, I seem to actually get used to it. This isn’t really something you can keep hiding, can you now?”

“— Report to the other knights, and tell them to be cautious. I will leave this here for you. I’ll have to move out as well”

“U-Understood!”

The knight left after he received my orders. I too left the abandoned house. 

But then there was still Alia — I left out a small sigh.

“I get it. If it’s going to be like this then you will go and do check things out by yourself, won’t you?”

“Yes, that’s exactly right”

The fact that Alia hadn’t gone to check things out before is because she trusts me now — If she actually had left thing to me this time then nothing significant would’ve happened.

And then we could’ve ended this class without any issues… But this time round she too really had the urge to know more about what was going on.

“You remember the Swordsman Gang, don’t you? The organization that was after Iris”

“! Those hit-men you mean? Are you telling me they’re here now?”

“Yes, we confirmed one to be here though… The chance of them residing in this town at this moment is quite high. What’s more, we even have their name and their specialties too. 

Once we noticed we had already deployed several dozens of knights here. The fact that they don’t come directly at us must mean that they’re very cautious as of now”

The Swordsman Gang is a group of war crazy lunatics, but they’ll never pick a fight they can’t win. 

Their number one was Adyl Grash, but even when he fought me, he never really felt like he was about to lose.

“Ooh, are they after Iris again…? If so, then we must tell Iris”

“If that were the case I would tell her, but it’s a little different this time around”

“…Do you mean they’re after you this time?”

Without even giving any form of information she had already figured it out. Her hunches were quite good.

Perhaps she understood by how I responded and talked. The chance of the Swordsman Gang coming here and lying in wait is rather high. 

And if they’re not targetting Iris, it must be me – Is what she must be thinking.

As I nodded in response to Alia, she seemed to have gotten angry and frowned her eyebrows.

“Then why didn’t you tell us sooner?”

“Ahaha, to talk about that stuff is kind o—“

“This is no laughing matter. You’re targetted, and the enemy is coming. This is exactly the kind of stuff you should tell me”

Alia puffed her chest as she said this. She then looked around her and continued talking.

“I will find their hideout. If I were to find their hideout I can fend for myself, and find you to report about where they are”

“Alia, I am grateful for thinking with me but—“

“You’ve saved me, so if I can’t help you now it would be unfair. And even if you don’t like it, I will give you a helping hand”

…I understand what she had said, it was even a bit threatening. But I am sure Alia is able to – I for one really understood that much.

That being said, even if I never wanted any help, she was going out on her own to see what’s happening and report to me as she gathered more information.

But if that’s the case, we might as well work together — That’s what I wanted to say.

“The enemy is the Swordsman Gang. You’ve fought them as well, haven’t you, Alia?”

“I have. I can fight them again”

I only asked to confirm, but then she answered it as clearly like this. 

She answered as if she was never going to back down.

I shrugged with my shoulders, and with that agreed to Alia’s choice.

“… I understand. But I won’t let you go out and investigate on your own. You will move as I tell you to — That’s the condition I will make. 

I won’t let you poke your head into dangerous situations, and won’t let you enter unsafe places. If you can do that I’d be happy to let you work together with me.

“Understood. You can trust me on that, for I am quite unlike Iris”

Alia might say that she differs much from Iris, but I’d beg to differ. They’re quite the same. 

If they’ve decided that they’ll move out for one another, they’re more than happy to risk their lives.

It’s quite something that they’re able to do this for one another, but in return, it’s also rather worrisome.

… That’s also exactly why they’re best of when placed under my supervision and work right next to me.

“By the way… Weren’ you waiting for Iris to come back at the shore. She went out to buy drinks, right?”

“Well, it didn’t look like she was coming back any time soon. So I figured she saw you moving here and then followed you as well”

“I see. Let’s first go and meet Iris then. If trouble were to arise in this area, I’d be quite dangerous for her to be alone.

Please keep an eye out for her at the shoreline.  If anything happens, come and see me”

“Understood. Shall I tell Iris about this?”

Alia asked. The fact that Alia’s worried about me is one thing, but to tell Iris as well is another.

“No, there is no need to tell her — I am sure you feel so as well, right?”

“… Yes. It’d be quite dangerous if Iris knew”

“Did she really just say that? She really is quite something, that Alia”

As I sighed out, I whispered these words.

The Swordsman Gang is on the move – We too have to move out soon.