Chapter 119

Seras glanced outside of the cave .

[It seems that you’re back . ]

Coming from outside of the cave, Eve returns .

[I’ve finished leashing the horses . ]

[Good work . ]

[Umu . ]

Eve intensely shook her body .

The moisture began violently flying away from her fur .

[The place I’ve tied them on should be able to withstand the rain and if something were to happen with them, we could immediately come running towards them from this place . ]

I handed a dry cloth towards Eve .

[I’m sorry, I made the interior wet too . ]

[It’s no problem . ]

[After taking our meals, we would take turns in sleeping . Monroy is considerably far away from this place and we would need to get some rest . It would be quite troubling if we were exhausted from fatigue before we enter the Demon Zone . ]

[Umu, you’re right . ]

[Pyuriii~]

Pigimaru jumped out of my robe .

Walking away from me, he started quivering nearby the wall .

It seems like he’s on rest mode for a while .

As for our meal, we started cleaning up the ingredients that wouldn’t last for a long time .

Eve skillfully made a fire .

I placed a small pot over the burning wood .

[If your clothes aren’t going to get dry before you go to bed, you should change your clothes . I would turn around . ]

[I understand . Liz, should we go?]

[Y- Yes . ]

Seras began pulling Liz’s hand and moved into the back .

[In that case, I would start maintenance on the weapons and armors . ]

Eve sat in front of me .

[………… . . ]

[Mhmm? What is it, Touka?]

[I didn’t really notice it before because of the fur all over your body, but you’re surprisingly more lightly dressed that I thought . Even your armor looks quite light . ]

If a human were to wear something like that, you would think that kind of clothing would expose your body a lot .

I wonder if were-leopards just don’t care much about exposure .

[Umu, I’m wearing armor which focuses on the ease of my movement . One of the forte of the were-leopards is our agility . Isn’t it better for us to take advantage of our strength?]

[I could certainly see that you’re really agile . Of course, you should take advantage of it when in battle . ]

For a few seconds, we went silent .

[…It looks like you don’t particularly want to hear about Liz or my past . ]

[As long as the other party doesn’t want to talk about it, I don’t intend to force themselves to talk about it . After all, even I had some past that I don’t want to speak of . ]

That’s also the same case with Seras .

Before she became a Holy Knight, she used to be the princess in the country of the High Elves .

Why did that princess relocate to the Holy Kingdom of Neia, which was under human rule?

What happened in the country of the High Elves?

How is her life while she’s in the Holy Kingdom of Neia?

If we’re going to talk about mysteries, that would be the first one I want to know of .

However, I wouldn’t go ask her about it myself .

I also had a past that I haven’t told her .

She doesn’t need to know everything about me .

That’s what I think .

The same goes for Eve and Liz .

[If you want to talk about it, then just say it . I don’t really know that much about Seras’ past . However, that’s fine with me . ]

[I understand . Then, I won’t dare to dig deeper into you and Seras’ past . After all, it would be better sometimes if there’s a certain amount of distance from each other . ]

Our journey together with Eve and Liz only goes as far as when we arrive at the home of the Witch of Taboos .

The two of them don’t need to know about us that deeply .

Until I finished my revenge with that f*cking goddess, the two of them wouldn’t know anything .

After we finished our conversation, Eve went to check out the horse .

Beside the small pot, I started cutting the ingredients .

Making hotpot is easy .

If you just cut up the ingredients and season them, they will all go into shape .

As for the magical leather bag… I guess I’ll use it if our food weren’t enough .

[L- Let me help you . ]

Liz has already finished changing and is now standing next to me .

[Aren’t you tired? Don’t overdo it, okay?]

[W- Would you please let me help you?]

[………… . . ]

When you have to make a face like that…

[Then, will you peel off the skin of these?]

[Y- Yes . ]

Liz looks happy .

She skillfully peels off the skin of the vegetables .

[Fumu, you’re quite skillful . ]

[I- I’m thankful for your praise…]

Embarrassed, Liz’s shoulders shrunk .

It seems she’s glad after being praised .

[I had been helping with cooking our meals before . ]

[So, cooking is your strong point huh?]

[The people who come into our shop would be delight