CSA 99 - I Was a Loner (Patreon)

While looking from above at Seiankyo, which is neatly organized like a checkerboard, Lotorl spotted an armed group of dwarves marching a little further away, so she decided to continue scouting and was now wondering whether to intervene by force or not.

“All conflicts shall be eradicated. I am Lotorl.”

Joking aside, I'm genuinely curious about where that group of armed dwarves is marching, so I decided to follow them and watch them from above so they don't notice.

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I followed them for a while, but as the sun began to set, the group of armed dwarves started preparing for camp, so I built a simple tree house in a tree and slept there that day.

The next day.

I woke up earlier than the armed dwarf group without oversleeping as was my habit from my days at the orphanage, so I had a light breakfast and waited for the armed dwarf group to resume their march while checking for the hihiirokane bug and transforming an ore.

The bug has been firmly fixed, so I guess I should offer a prayer of appreciation to the god. (Is the guitar done yet?)

...Was that an auditory hallucination? Phew, I'll do my best today too!

I shouldn’t be religious enough that I’d hear god's voice, so I ignored the auditory hallucination, and just like yesterday, continued watching the armed dwarf group as they resumed their march, and followed after them.

After following them for a while, I saw an elf forest-like settlement in the distance, so I realized that this group of armed dwarves was marching towards it.

“Are elves and dwarves on bad terms in this world as well?”

As expected, even I am starting to feel like I need to resolve myself, but it's not like anything has happened yet so let’s see how this goes. When something happens, that’ll be the time.

As the group of armed dwarves finally arrived at the elf settlement, they raised their weapons high in the air, and the group of elves responded by raising their bows and spears as well, and a fun-looking party began.

“W-what am I being shown...!?”

For the time being, a bloody war never started, so that was a good thing, but for a party, the atmosphere felt strangely tense.
Since I was watching from high in the sky, I couldn't really understand their conversation, but I could hear lines that raised death flags here and there.

“It’s like before a raid battle... ah.”

I was reminded of a player event in a VRMMO I played in my previous life where guilds interacted with each other before a raid boss battle, called the eve party, but I was a loner that had a communication disorder, so participating solo felt a bit awkward, so I never did... How sad... the me from my previous life...

At that time, I heard players jokingly saying death flag lines to each other, so it's similar to this current situation.

I’m not a loner right now, you know? No, it's true that I'm alone right now, so I'm a loner, but please don't jump on my mistake. Because I'm not a loner.

“I wonder if there are some kind of boss monsters?”

For example, demons, snakes, foxes, and spiders too... Japan in my previous life sure had quite a few boss monsters. I don't know if they really existed though. They were legends, so there is a high possibility that similar beings existed.

“Now that I think about it, a demon king also existed there didn’t it... Japan in my previous life was dangerous!”

It was later proven in historical studies that he never called himself the Demon King, but because his impression in anime and games is so strong, the general public recognizes him as the Demon King, so he is still the Demon King.
I feel that being called Demon King by others has a higher rank than calling yourself a Demon King.

* (T/N: this is talking about Oda Nobunaga right?)

Anyway, I'm glad it wasn't a bloody big battle between elves and dwarves.

That day, the party continued until night, and Lotorl-chan watched the party all by herself. It's painful to have memories of my past life coming back...

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