Chapter 41 . 5 : Minstrel

Maybe because he was scared of me, Daigan was retracting his words .

「Loves………… Beans? That strange, I though wolf loves meat?」

The little girl seems puzzled .

After placing the soup in front of us, the girl then sat in front of me .

「EH! ? 」

Why did she sit in front of me?

「Hey, you’re a minstrel right? Sing something for me! ! 」

The little girl was looking at me, her eyes filled with expectation . Which reminded me that I disguised myself as a minstrel .

「The song of the minstrel that came before was interesting . That’s why sing for me too, uncle! ! 」

It saddened me to be called as an uncle by her . But then, I might be an uncle from the perspective of the girl at her age .

The song of a minstrel was a song that was retelling a story about a legend which rearranged in the form of song . And that was usually taken from love story, heroic tale, or the tale of this world .

「Sorry…… . . My musical instrument is broken in the middle of my journey you see . Thus I can’t sing for you . 」

I’m looking at my broken harp .

It’s a lie . I can’t sing, even if my musical instrument wasn’t broken . I brought a broken musical instrument on purpose .

It was my intention from the very beginning to show my broken musical instrument if I’m asked to sing a song .

「E~h, bo~ring! ! Everyone is so busy and no one have a spare time to play with me…… Hey, you should be able to tell me some story right?」

I’m bewildered when this little girl saying so .

To be honest, I’m about to use sleeping magic on her but, I hesitate to use such magic to this little girl .

「U~hm, let see……… . . Then, shall I tell you the tale of the Thunder Dragon that dwell in the sea of cloud………」

「Dragon of the sea of cloud? That sounds interesting, please tell me!! ! 」

The girl’s eyes were sparkling due to excitement .

I then told her about the story of the Thunder Dragon that I met before .

「E~h, no way . The Dragon gave you its power . 」

The girl couldn’t believe it . It’s the truth though .

「But it was an interesting story! ! 」

Smiling as she said so .

h.e.l.l YEAH! ! I’m taking a guts pose in my mind .

Because the girl who seems afraid till a while ago seems to enjoy my story .

「Hey, tell me more story, uncle! ! 」

「Uhm, let see………」

When I was about to tell the next story .

Daigan was starting to act violently .

「What’s matter, Werewolf-san？ 」

The little girl is asking so to Daigan .

「This smell! ! IT CAME, THOSE OGRES HAVE CAME! ! 」

Daigan was screaming on the top of his lungs .

「Come to think of it, there’s this sweet smell in the air……… . 」

It was as the little girl just said . There’s sweet smell around the air .

「Kujig the ogre has come! ! 」

Werewolf has outstanding sense of smell . Maybe, the ogres had really come .

It’s completely slipped out of my mind since I was engrossed in talking with the little girl .

Standing up from my chair .

It seems that It’s time for me to make my move .

◆Sword Maiden, s.h.i.+rone

「What’s with that castle? It’s approaching us . 」

I’m looking at the castle that kept coming closer from the windows .

And thanks to the cloudless night, I can see it clearly under this bright light .

Under the moonlight, I saw something big coming closer .

「Is that, the confectionary castle? 」

I’m giving a nod in hearing Kyouksan voice . We’ve an extremely sharp vision upon coming to this world . The castle was still far away from Algore and yet I could see that castle very clearly from my position .

「It should be the castle of that ogre called Kujig . According to the story, the wall is made of lebkuchen, the roof is somekind of patries, and the windows is made from transparent gla.s.s . Though I don’t know about the type of confectionary of this world, it seems something similar to our world exist . 」

Kaysan was doing the explanation .

By the way Lebkuchen is the kind of cake made by utilizing variety of nuts or orange peels with honey condiment on top of it .

「What is that? The ants are, carrying the castle? ! 」

It’s as Kyouksan has said, I saw a lot of Myulmidons carrying the confectionary castle as like carrying portable shrine . [TL : Pyramid slave]

My longed marchen is destroyed by such spectacle . [TL : marchen = fairy tale]

The confectionary castle stopped right before Algore .

When it came this close, its contour became even clearer for me .

The spire is made from cream . The windows are made from various sweets . The wall is Lebkuchen-like baked sweet . The hanging lantern that shaped in various form such as human and animals made the confectionary castle even more bewitching under the moonlight .

Light was rising from one of its spire . The light then started distorting and projecting an image like a screen .

No doubt about it, it’s the video magic . The figure of a person is projected in that image .

I knew the name of the one who appeared in that image .

「That’s, Kunsama! ! 」

Regena shouted that woman name as soon as she saw her .

Yes, it’s as she said . The one who appeared in that image was the Silver Haired Woman who we met in Velos .

Why is that girl in the castle of those ogres?

Looking closely, there’s something that resembled those ogres in the background .

Though I don’t know the reason, it seems that she’s working together with those ogres .

「GET THE h.e.l.l OUT HERE! ! s.h.i.+RONE! ! GET OUT AND FIGHT KUNA! ! IF YOU’RE NOT COMING OUT! ! I’M GOING TO ORDER THESE ANTS TO DESTROY THIS COUNTRY! ! 」

The girl in the projected image screamed loudly .

Looking closely, the myumidons were wriggling around the confectionary castle .

「It seems she’s calling you, s.h.i.+rone-san . 」

Saying so, Kyouksan is looking at me .

「I guess she’s looking for me…… . . Well I guess I have no choice if she goes as far as calling me . 」

I drew my sword from its sheath that fastened on my waist .

Just right when I wanted to get the full story from Kuroki but I guess I can ask her directly too .

「It’s dangerous if you go there by yourself, s.h.i.+rone-sama . 」

Kaysan is worrying about my safety .

「Uuhn, it’s alright . I’ll retreat if the situation goes beyond what I can handle . Rather than that, Kaysan please help me to stop Kuroki if he came! ! 」

Saying so to Kaysan, I then leapt from the windows . Unfolding my wings, I then flew toward the confectionary castle .

The myulmidons who can fly is obstructing my way .

「OUT OF MY WAY! ! 」

But I dispatched them with one slash of my sword .

「A FIGHT IS IT! ! BRING IT ON WITCH! ! 」