They crushed the bandits who were using the wolves
“By the way…”
“Hmm? What is it, Takumi?”
“Uh, it’s just that… A little while ago, I heard from a Ractos guard…that there were more sights of fenrirs recently. But I was thinking about how people could have been mistaken and actually seeing wolves…”
“Then they were likely the same wolves. As you say, Takumi, there are many people who have never seen real fenrirs. Besides, the forest is quite dense and dark. Also, fenrirs are much too cautious to be discovered by humans like that.”
So that was the reason…
Perhaps they had been brought there for training. Or to see which merchants pass through close to the town.
Maybe someone had escaped, and then mistook the wolves for fenrirs.
Had I been more suspicious when I heard about it…
I could not help but bite my lip angrily.
“Well, I understand how you both feel. But the bandits were being cautious too, and were well hidden.”
Euto said consolingly to us.
“In the first place, why are there even wolves in that forest…”
According to him, it was likely because we visited Ractos a lot recently.
We did not hide that Leo was a Silver Fenrir, and many of the people petted her.
It had been said that Silver Fenrir did not obey anyone. And yet, people were not hearing stories about how once threatening fenrirs were being quietly obedient.
We knew that there were more people with familiars in Ractos now.
However, there was a need to be able to communicate with each other, and there was usually some kind of battle.
Obviously, people knew that Claire lived in a mansion close by, and they did their best to avoid the notice of the guards.
“They were attacking caravans because they were already bandits. Well, it was not as if I was able to interrogate them. I didn’t want to. And I couldn’t…”
“The bandits were so strong that you couldn’t question them?”
“Ah, that’s not what I meant… But Lugretta…”
“There is no point in talking to people like that. One must eliminate them on sight.”
As Euto looked awkward, Ms. Lugretta answered for him.
“Did you use…your magic, Mr. Euto?”
“No, I barely did anything. I used magic so they wouldn’t see us, but Lugretta did most of the work.”
“It would have been very easy, if not for the wolves.”
“Hahaha. Indeed, in terms of ability… They were only able to beat the wolves because there were over ten of them.”
“Ms. Lugretta took on that many by herself?”
Perhaps it was because of my training, but somehow, I knew that Ms. Lugretta was a master fighter.
It was her posture and the way she walked and even sat. Her core was always steady.
Otherwise, she would not have been asked to protect such an important person.
“It was very one-sided! After all, they were not able to see us. So I just had to watch her from a distance… The bandits were panicking and swinging their weapons at nothing.”
“Ah, I see.”
The fear of being attacked from a place where there was no one… And Ms. Lugretta was swinging her sword without mercy.
It sounded like something from a horror movie.
“…Still, what about the wolves? Wouldn’t they be able to smell you anyway?”
“Now that I think about it, you did say something about how it was meaningless for the fenrirs.”
Both fenrirs and wolves had a very sharp sense of smell. And their hearing was also much better than humans.
So they should have been able to detect her location.
Thanks for the chapter.