Kidnapping the Hero Party

76. Hero party! Let’s go on a picnic (5)

76. Hero party! Let’s go on a picnic (5)

Yesterday’s enemies become today’s friends.

‘How can I be friendly with someone I fought with?’

If it were me in the past, I would have thought so.

Is it because of what is happening right now?

It occurred to me that yesterday’s enemies could be today’s friends.

… Of course, you seem to think of it as a one-sided friend.

“Ahhh!! I got that! I was going to eat it!”

“I could have reconciled, but why are you so strict? Whoever catches it first wins. If you twist it, put it in your mouth first.”

“Wow!! This guy is so shameless!”

Daniel, who regained his senses, was sitting on a mat and inhaling the food I made.

Literally inhale.

As if he wasn’t acting like a beggar for nothing, it was clear that he was starving for food.

“What, no more of this? Why are there so few of them?”

Tang-!!

Daniel smashed the empty cupboard on the floor.

The reaction of the children who saw it was cold.

“I, that one… You don’t even have a conscience, man… !”

“From one action to ten, it’s superficial. I can’t eat with someone like that.”

Hare and Saten looked at Danuel with cold eyes.

Not only was it not enough to interfere with the picnic, he was also indulging in food.

It was an understandable reaction.

At that time, Estiya slowly walked between Hare and Saten.

Estiya’s expression was as gloomy as a general going to war.

Estiya, who slowly approached Danuel like that, whispered quietly and said:

“… Stop eating.”

“hem? what does that mean-“

“Stop eating, you pig! Aren’t the saintess’ words scary!? You looked hungry, so I gave you mercy! Is it really going to come out like this!?”

“Stop, saintess!? Oh, sorry about that… !”

dump-

Daniel, who was behaving badly, immediately knelt in front of Estiya.

Estiya looked at him and said with an elated expression, perhaps feeling a sense of superiority.

“Hey, this is me!! I’m a saint!! So, stop eating!! It’s the saint’s order!! got it!?”

“Ah, I understand, saintess… !!”

Daniel bowed his head in devotion.

Seeing the highest-ranking adventurer appearing in a low profile to the drug dealer saintess.

My head started to throb and hurt.

“No matter how religious he is, isn’t he too weak for the saintess? haha, my head hurts… ”

“Mister, my head hurts too!! What kind of a saint is that! More than that, why did you allow that woman to eat our meals!!”

Rather than being angry at the saintess, Luna seemed more angry at allowing the food.

I removed the glue from the gimbap from Luna’s mouth and said.

“… I was told to wash up. Your whole body is drenched and making a growling sound, you can’t pretend you didn’t know that.”

The image of her younger brother, Daniel, being murdered is also haunting.

I couldn’t be bothered to deal with it.

Luna nodded and agreed.

“That sounds right! Uncle, you were a kinder and more thoughtful person than I thought!”

“Then, are you saying you weren’t nice and thoughtful before that?”

“Oh no! Than I thought! You’re nicer than I thought! ha ha ha… ”

Luna escaped the situation with an awkward laugh.

Anyway.

“If you don’t have enough food, be patient, there are more portions in the evening, so you will be satisfied and able to eat at that time.”

“Well, then, I’ll be patient! Because I have a big heart!”

Shrug-

Luna said okay and went back to where the children were.

And, I approached Daniel to finish the story I was talking about.

“Since you’re full, you should have something to talk to me about, Daniel.”

“Oh yeah. Sorry for attacking you first… First of all, shall we talk while walking for a bit? Were you on your way to the top? I have my cabin there, let’s talk about it there. Why am I here and how is my mental state? and… ”

“I know your mental state has been the same since before.”

“… okay. Enough about that, anyway.”

Meal was good.

“I think I know why Daniel gave such high praise. I’m sorry that my mind went back and forth.”

Fanatic Danuel.

She bowed her head and apologized to me.

Since I have personally witnessed the existence of the saint, I may be able to stay sane for a while.

I sat down on the mat and checked the children who had finished eating.

“I didn’t eat much, but… No, it was delicious! mister!”

“kimbap? And, tofu sushi? It was my first meal and it wasn’t bad.”

“right! Saint Estiya-sama was very good to eat!”

Even with Daniel’s interruption, he seemed to have had a delicious lunch.

Soupung-role food definitely seems to work in this world as well.

With that thought in mind, I organized the boxes that the children had emptied.

I don’t know why.

I felt a smile on my lips after a long time.

“When was the last time you were happy to see the meal you had finished? ”

I didn’t remember exactly.

All I knew was that it had been a very long time.

***

It took a long time from the beginning to the halfway point, but it didn’t take long from the halfway point to the top.

“It’s not that one. There is another shortcut.”

It is said that Danuel spent quite a long time in the deep mountain of penance, and it is said that he understood all the roads.

So, I was able to reach the top until the mountain got dark.

Luna and Estiya shouted as they watched the setting sun from the top of the mountain.

“Hurray! I ruled the mountain-!!”

“Saint Estiya ruled the mountain-!!”

Not a lion howling from a cliff.

The two puppies climbed to the top and rejoiced.

Hare was looking around, and Saten was exploring the plants.

While enjoying the joy of reaching the top in each other’s own way.

Daniel stood in front of the hut and said,

“Well, if you look closely, you can see… It’s a narrow and shabby place. Come in at once.”

Danuel is shy, scratching his brown hair.

Unlike the hesitant woman, I opened the cabin door without hesitation.

“hey! Isn’t it too sudden!? I haven’t even cleaned it up, but you’re so inconsiderate!”

“… I didn’t organize it. Do you live here?”

“What, right… I had to live here in order to live.”

Daniel felt like he had a story behind him.

Enough to come into the deep mountain.

It seemed to be related to something.

I pulled a chair spread out around me and sat down.

Quang-!!

“Oh, did it break because I didn’t use it too much? I have another chair I made, would you like that?”

“… I will just stand.”

How did you make the replacement chair, it breaks so easily.

First of all, there are too many dangerous parts, so the children will have to sleep outside as scheduled.

With that in mind, I asked Daniel.

“So, Daniel. Why are you here?”

“Hmm, it’s long to talk about… First of all, I will close the door and tell you.”

kiik-

thud-

Daniel closed the door to make sure the kids couldn’t hear it.

Then he breathed a sigh of relief.

“Uh-huh, the question starts with me. How did you come into this mountain?”

“I came in for a picnic.”

“Aha, you want to have a picnic with the children? I didn’t know you’d be like a nanny after that incident.”

“… There would be no need to say that.”

“Okay, relax your face. It’s scary.”

Daniel answered in a way that wasn’t scary at all.

It was a pretty annoying face.

“Still, I understand that you are not a member of the Church. You didn’t come to find me and kill me.”

“… Is the church trying to kill you? Why? It makes no sense to try to kill you of the same religion.”

“It’s easy to kill people of your own people, so what does religion have to do with it?”

… That’s right.

it’s surprising though

Danuel, who showed mad faith and even earned the nickname of a fanatic.

The Goddess Church is trying to kill you.

For what reason?

“Why is the church chasing you?”

“I don’t know if I can tell you this… Well, since I can see you as a related person, can I tell you? The Goddess’ agent is following you, so I’ll tell you. There is only one reason.”

The Fall of the Goddess Church.

and betrayal.

“The reason I’m crazy is because of that holy water-“

“No, my mind was strange from the start.”

“… The reason my mind became ‘more’ strange was because I drank that holy water once, and I knew in great detail how corrupt the denomination was. That’s why I’m hiding here.”

“Are you referring to the experiments conducted by the church?”

“If you know that, the conversation will be easier. Actually, that’s not the end.”

Danuel began to list the information he knew one by one.

That the denomination is corrupt, selling holy water in the market, and taking money.

Running an orphanage and supplying experimental materials.

He did not hesitate to tell me that he was working with Grimore.

“Recently, the flow of holy water has been strange, but you, not the church, had the saintess? That’s good, because devout Goddess members like me were having a hard time with that holy water. It is so addictive.”

“It is not. In the end, did the Goddess Church and Grimoire join hands because of money?”

“It’s also because of the money… Rather than that, our interests coincided.”

“Interest?”

“The Goddess wanted money, and Grimoire wanted something, but I don’t know that much. Hey, more than that, how do you keep the saintess?”

How do you take the saintess with you?

That can be answered very simply.

“Knapped.”

“uh?”

“I kidnapped Estiya who was in the church.”

“Uh, that’s right. Kidnapping… then the other kids over there…”

“Some are kidnapped children.”

“…”

At that, Daniel closed his mouth.

The contemptuous expression toward me is a bonus.

It felt like watching me as a criminal.

My heart was a little sad that I had to kidnap her.