Day [Life]: Incarnation
Thieves and Small Goas Near a Chaotic City

After the incident, I quickly brought the boy with us to secure myself. I also carried the bodies of his parents using dimensional storage due to an emergency. Zena was also surprised to see that dimensional space but to me it was common in games.

*shut!

I landed from the city wall and descended nearby. Then Zena who was on my back and a little boy I did not know his name was in the princess's arms.

"can you two get down?"

I said it with a bow. Then take Zena down first and then the little boy.

"Uhm... Where are we going now?"

"Before that I will put the illusion magic back. [Mirage]."

The ears of the elf Zena turned into a human. The little boy was shocked for a moment and then became calm again. I then took out the body of the boy's parents and buried it near the forest.

I also made a simple tombstone. The tombstone was a stone stacked on the graves of 2 dead couples.

"I'll remember your service for sacrificing your life for your son."

While saying it I gave her a flower.

"From now on leave it to the two of us to take care of her."

Zena said it and gave the flower over her grave. The boy was confused to see us both acting like that. He immediately approached and squatted down between me and Zena.

"Hm?"

He looked at my face with his left eye covered in cloth and then turned it to Zena's face that was closing her eyes.

"From now on we'll stay together, so please help?"

Zena who finished praying immediately said it by looking at the child's face. Then I subtly ruffled her dust-filled hair.

"She..."

He's a little bit smiling.

"I'm Meliana. Whose brothers?"

"My name is Zena, an elf...."

He accidentally remembered it and went back to being sad.

"Sister?"

"Oh!? Ah... This guy with the wounded eye is my girlfriend, Luke."

Surprised, he called it origin.

"ah! I thought you were dating!"

"...!?"

"Ah... Maybe you could be considered a close friend...?"

It seemed that Zena had started trying to forget the events of that time, and showed a smiling expression to Meliana.

"Where are we going from now on, brother?"

"Hm.. Stop calling brother to me, Just call Luke or Luke's brother is enough."

"No! then papa and where..?"

"Op-! I still haven't!"

I quickly silenced the mouth of Zena who frantically nearly hurt an innocent little boy.

"Aahaha, then please.."

With a stiff smile I said it.

"Yey!"

he jumped up in excitement as his request was accepted.

"Huh..."

Zena sighed like she had given up on Meliana's words and immediately accepted them.

"Then your name is Meli. And we'll both call you Meli, okay?"

"Hm."

He nodded his head happily.

"Ah... I'm sleepy, at least I'll continue my journey until I find a safe place."

"Uhm... Where are we going?"

"See, but it looks like it should be a little further from here."

While saying it, I took Meli and Zena's hands gently and walked towards the dense forest.

"The forest is thick.."

Meli muttered to herself and looked at the surroundings.

"Is it your first time in the forest?"

"Yes! Father and mother are just citizens, so they never go to the forest."

Zena gently looked at him with warmth. He seems tired of all this day. The sun was beginning to rise shining down on the forest. The night changed a few morning birds chirping right before the rays hit the ground.

"Papa... Mel-?"

I closed his mouth to speak. He astonishedly looked at me.

"Zena, watch out for it."

"alright."

I whispered to Zena to prepare to slash.3 bandits who were preparing at any time to storm the passing train by taking advantage of the commotion that occurred in the city of Yuma.

"Hey, boss, it's very profitable to get this much."

Say one of them while counting some gold coins. The body is full and not too thin.

"That's fine, they're in a fuss right now, and we're taking advantage of this commotion to take money, especially if they're slave traders."

He returned it while drinking a beer in the morning. Body fat...

"God! As expected of the boss!"

One of the thieves with a slender body uttered it while piling up coins.

"I'll attack him directly."

Zena whispered. But unfortunately they could hear such a small sound so they reacted.

"Who's there!"

The skinny body said it.

"Yes!"

Zena emerged from behind the bush and immediately thrust her lance into one of their daru.

*ctank!!

"Kuh! A sudden attack, huh...? Oh look, what's wrong with your shirt..? Are you ready for all this?"

"Curtain!'

Zena clicked her tongue then retreated back to keep her distance.

"Meli, you stay here, I'll be with mama against them."

He just nodded and fell silent.

*chuck!!

I managed to slash the hand of one of them.

"Kuh! Damnit damnit! There's two!"

He immediately took some distance between me and her.

"What's wrong with your left eye? Huh uh? Sick? Ahaha. Looks like it would be better to show it directly to him..."

The fat man licked his little knife disgustingly.

"Good idea boss!"

"Let's speed up the process...."

They laughed wickedly as they thought about the indecent things on his mind.

*Swoos...

The sound of the wind disguised my movements.

"You're off guard."

In a cold tone I said it. Instantly the tip of the sword was already in front of the fat neck. He immediately shed a cold sweat and began to frantically stare at the surroundings. Zena quickly also threatened one of them, the skinny one.

"Hi!?"

The last thief was just scared and wanted to run. I quickly decapitated the fat body they called 'boss' and then slashed the thief who tried to run away. Zena immediately pierced her stomach and pulled out her entrails.

We took their loot and put it in my bag that Zena had brought. Meli then immediately ran towards me and Zena then hugged us both.

"Papa, why did you kill him?"

"Because they're bad guys, but you better not do it if there's no commotion in town, okay?"

"What I mean is, if we can't act then we can either kill them or sell them as criminal slaves, but if it's under certain circumstances, okay?"

"hum."

He nodded, answering her in agreement. We finally walked back and found a cave. Before I got there, Meli said she was sleepy, so I carried her on my shoulder.

"Ah. there's shelter.."

We both walked towards the cave while making sure no dangerous animals or monsters inhabited the cave. The cave looked empty and dead-end, not too deep, and not too humid. So we decided to spend the night there.

The day had begun, Zena took out some of the cloth I had brought inside my magic bag and placed it inside the cave.

"Okay, it's ready."

While saying it, he put some cloth for a pillow. Then I put the sleeping Meli on the cloth and gave her a blanket.

"ach..."

I almost lost my balance because my body was so tired. After placing it I immediately sat not far from Meli. Zena also approached and sat down next to me.

"Are you okay?"

"Yes.. Just a little tired.."

"I'm sorry, yeah.."

"No problem.."

While saying it he stood up and knelt before me.

"I'll clean that wound in your eye."

"All right, but be careful.. It hurts.."

"Please excuse me.."

He calmly opened the tearing cloth that was bound to close my eyes. Then well make a container from the ground and fill it with water. Take a towel and then wet the cloth with water and rub it on the remaining blood that has dried. Like a couple looking after each other...?

Continues...