Chapter 16: Escape! That is my struggle!
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…But well, even though I tried to say it in a cool way, looking at it objectively, can I beat them?
<<It's impossible, isn't it?>>
Right.
<<That is, facing them head on.>>
Right.
<<However.>>
Escaping from this place and surviving. As for that?
<<It’s possible.>>
…Right!
I calm down, to start, and analyze the situation once more.
I’m now sitting upright after having been kicked back and fallen to the ground.
Two scum are approaching from the front.
The Scum Boss is standing in back.
I focus my eyes. [Magic vision] activated.
Each of the scums’ bodies are covered in a red-black haze of magical power.
The Scum Boss has an especially large amount of magical power.
I can’t win.
No matter how much I trained under the guidance of Omake-sama, I’m not a reincarnator with a divine protection.
I’m nothing but a well-trained five-year-old; my strength doesn’t come close to thieves who have been living by fighting.
Ah, [magic vision] is a technique that was, as always, something that Omake-sama <<saw in the Magic God’s isekai reincarnation broadcast>>, and visually grasps magical power.
It’s supposed to be quite difficult to learn, and when I did it relatively easily, Omake-sama kept praising me with, <<Great job, Emmy! >> and <<You could be a genius!>>, lots of flattery like that.
Getting carried away, I asked, "Then, could I have a really good magic aptitude or something!?” but responding <<No, you don’t.>>, I got instantly denied. What the heck!
Well, at that time I was only three.
Being complimented is nice, but getting overconfident and finding myself in danger would be bad.
That was the Omake-sama-style childcare technique.
So, the reason I was overly anxious when the scum found me was probably because I could feel their magical power.
All creatures in this world have some amount of magical power, but without awareness of it, some will leak out.
Based on the amount, it is possible to estimate someone’s strength.
However, it seems that pros in any path, with some level of training, will have less magical power leakage, so it works with things like wild monsters or power-reliant bandits.
"So, who’s going first?"
Scum A asks Scum B, his fist making a clap each time he hits it against his other hand’s palm.
"Go ahead. Just, Tappa. Don't overdo it and kill her right away?"
Scum B said so and took a step back.
Hearing this, Scum A approaches me, his nasty smile becoming even more unpleasant.
An instant is all I have.
In an instant, hit them hard and run as fast as possible.
I closed my fingers around an item with the hand I had snuck into my right pocket.
"Hehehe… Do you know what’s gonna happen to you now? …You don’t? That’s why you look so spaced out, huh. Hehehe."
Scum A steps closer.
I tried to be even more expressionless than usual, pretending to be stunned.
Scum A steps closer.
As far as they know, I am an ordinary girl who is dazed and unable to move well after being kicked.
Scum A steps closer.
Disguising myself so.
I remain alert.
"Hehehe… Hehehehehe!"
Scum A drunkenly reached out to grab my hair.
……now!!
I instantly focus [body strengthening] on my right arm!
I pull out one of the pebbles that I always keep in my pocket and, aiming at Scum A’s face, [stone throwing]!
The rock flies with a hyun.
And an unpleasant sound echoed immediately after.
“Gyaaaaaaaaaaaah!!?”
Scum A holds his right eye.
Blood gushes out.
My pebble made a perfect hit in Scum A’s right eye!
"Tah, Tappa!!?"
Scum B widens his eyes, astonished.
If the targets get bigger, then this’ll be easy!
Jumping and taking a distance, I use [stone throwing] again.
“Gugaaaaaaaaaaaaah!!?”
This time, blood spouts from Scum B’s right eye.
Now you’re matching with your friend. Good for you!
“You… Braaaaaaaaaaaaat!!”
The Scum Boss ignored the suffering lackeys and lunged forward.
I keep on [stone throwing], [stone throwing], [stone throwing] while jumping back to widen the distance!
However, it’s useless.
He is the Scum Boss after all.
He holds up his arms and protects his eyes from my pebbles!
Even if my [stone throwing] hits them, I might not be able to scratch the Scum Boss’s thick arms with [body strengthening] applied.
Pa, pa, paan! The rocks bounce off noisily.
The Scum Boss approaches me with furious momentum.
Maybe if he chases after me, I’ll lose.
[Stone throwing] is pointless, and his leg strength is also higher.
Nothing I can do?
……Absolutely not!
My hand thrusts into my left pocket.
I take out the pouch and throw the contents towards the Scum Boss’s face...!
"Guh… What the!? Ah… Ooooooooww!?!?"
Scum Boss cries out in severe pain after the flying powder gets in his eyes.
This is it! My trump card this time!
Freshly gathered shoma fruit powder!
The rare spicy seasoning that I found after much effort! That is it!
No time to check the taste! We’ll use it as a weapon against the Scum Boss!
Damn it! Damn it! Damn it, I wanted to try it!!
<<We can always find more shoma fruit later! Emmy, right now…>>
Aiyo, Omake-sama!
The lackeys are crouching, and the Scum Boss is stopped, hands over his tear ridden eyes.
With this chance!
I will!
Run awayyy!!!!!!!
I know Naso Forest better than anyone! Once I get some distance, I’m free!!
Waaaaaaahhahahahahahahahahaaaaaaaah!!
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By the time the pain had subsided from Megzam's eyes and he was finally able to move, that expressionless black-haired homeless child had already disappeared.
She got him.
He was beat.
By such a child.
In the dimly lit forest overgrown with naso bushes, it would already be impossible to find her.
With insects crying, “chii, chii” from the surroundings, and the moaning of the two underlings beside him.
While a burnt smell drifted from the cooking meat.
Megzam was just stunned.
◇ ◇ ◇
Yeah~! And that’s how Emmy-chan’s safe escape was a success!
After that, I started running toward Trash Village with a good amount of [presence concealment].
<<But Emmy. Even if it’s to get away from those bandits, isn't going to that village still quite dangerous for you?>>
Un, well, that’s true.
If the villagers find me, I might really be injured this time.
However, now that they stole my Naso Forest hideout, I won’t be able to relax there anymore.
Since it’s like that, I think it would be safer to sneak into the attic of my parents' house overnight.
That drunken trash man basically only drinks and sleeps, so even if I'm in the attic, he wouldn't notice it.
It's kind of disappointing to have to rely on the village that I had cut off though!
If the bandits do attack the village again, Torch-kun should take care of them easily.
Well, anything to do with him would be pretty scary to get involved in though. It’d be hard to get out safe…
I mean Torch-kun, Torch-kun’s the problem! What’s wrong with him!
The scum bandits attacked the village, right?
Why are they still alive?
Didn’t I get robbed of my base because you couldn’t properly kill them!
Aah what the hell.
Why does he always make things hard for me?
<<Now now. Even if you complain, there’s nothing we can do about it, right? More importantly, the village is already getting close. Please completely erase your presence.>>
…Un, I guess.
After being attacked by bandits, the security of the village should be more strict as well.
For now, let's look at the situation from a distance with [presence concealment], and we’ll begin the invasion after dark.
Dusk.
The sun is steadily sinking.
Purple stains the blue sky.
Leaving the forest, I crossed a small meadow and hid behind a tree on a hill to scout the village.
By now, they’re probably preparing dinner.
Houses with smoke rising from their chimneys, glittering under the orange light of the setting sun… is what I should have seen.
Yes, “should have seen”.
But all of that was nowhere to be found.
I was stunned.
Why?
To put it shortly.
The village was destroyed.
Chapter 16: Escape! That is my struggle!
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…But well, even though I tried to say it in a cool way, looking at it objectively, can I beat them?
<<It's impossible, isn't it?>>
Right.
<<That is, facing them head on.>>
Right.
<<However.>>
Escaping from this place and surviving. As for that?
<<It’s possible.>>
…Right!
I calm down, to start, and analyze the situation once more.
I’m now sitting upright after having been kicked back and fallen to the ground.
Two scum are approaching from the front.
The Scum Boss is standing in back.
I focus my eyes. [Magic vision] activated.
Each of the scums’ bodies are covered in a red-black haze of magical power.
The Scum Boss has an especially large amount of magical power.
I can’t win.
No matter how much I trained under the guidance of Omake-sama, I’m not a reincarnator with a divine protection.
I’m nothing but a well-trained five-year-old; my strength doesn’t come close to thieves who have been living by fighting.
Ah, [magic vision] is a technique that was, as always, something that Omake-sama <<saw in the Magic God’s isekai reincarnation broadcast>>, and visually grasps magical power.
It’s supposed to be quite difficult to learn, and when I did it relatively easily, Omake-sama kept praising me with, <<Great job, Emmy! >> and <<You could be a genius!>>, lots of flattery like that.
Getting carried away, I asked, "Then, could I have a really good magic aptitude or something!?” but responding <<No, you don’t.>>, I got instantly denied. What the heck!
Well, at that time I was only three.
Being complimented is nice, but getting overconfident and finding myself in danger would be bad.
That was the Omake-sama-style childcare technique.
So, the reason I was overly anxious when the scum found me was probably because I could feel their magical power.
All creatures in this world have some amount of magical power, but without awareness of it, some will leak out.
Based on the amount, it is possible to estimate someone’s strength.
However, it seems that pros in any path, with some level of training, will have less magical power leakage, so it works with things like wild monsters or power-reliant bandits.
"So, who’s going first?"
Scum A asks Scum B, his fist making a clap each time he hits it against his other hand’s palm.
"Go ahead. Just, Tappa. Don't overdo it and kill her right away?"
Scum B said so and took a step back.
Hearing this, Scum A approaches me, his nasty smile becoming even more unpleasant.
An instant is all I have.
In an instant, hit them hard and run as fast as possible.
I closed my fingers around an item with the hand I had snuck into my right pocket.
"Hehehe… Do you know what’s gonna happen to you now? …You don’t? That’s why you look so spaced out, huh. Hehehe."
Scum A steps closer.
I tried to be even more expressionless than usual, pretending to be stunned.
Scum A steps closer.
As far as they know, I am an ordinary girl who is dazed and unable to move well after being kicked.
Scum A steps closer.
Disguising myself so.
I remain alert.
"Hehehe… Hehehehehe!"
Scum A drunkenly reached out to grab my hair.
……now!!
I instantly focus [body strengthening] on my right arm!
I pull out one of the pebbles that I always keep in my pocket and, aiming at Scum A’s face, [stone throwing]!
The rock flies with a hyun.
And an unpleasant sound echoed immediately after.
“Gyaaaaaaaaaaaah!!?”
Scum A holds his right eye.
Blood gushes out.
My pebble made a perfect hit in Scum A’s right eye!
"Tah, Tappa!!?"
Scum B widens his eyes, astonished.
If the targets get bigger, then this’ll be easy!
Jumping and taking a distance, I use [stone throwing] again.
“Gugaaaaaaaaaaaaah!!?”
This time, blood spouts from Scum B’s right eye.
Now you’re matching with your friend. Good for you!
“You… Braaaaaaaaaaaaat!!”
The Scum Boss ignored the suffering lackeys and lunged forward.
I keep on [stone throwing], [stone throwing], [stone throwing] while jumping back to widen the distance!
However, it’s useless.
He is the Scum Boss after all.
He holds up his arms and protects his eyes from my pebbles!
Even if my [stone throwing] hits them, I might not be able to scratch the Scum Boss’s thick arms with [body strengthening] applied.
Pa, pa, paan! The rocks bounce off noisily.
The Scum Boss approaches me with furious momentum.
Maybe if he chases after me, I’ll lose.
[Stone throwing] is pointless, and his leg strength is also higher.
Nothing I can do?
……Absolutely not!
My hand thrusts into my left pocket.
I take out the pouch and throw the contents towards the Scum Boss’s face...!
"Guh… What the!? Ah… Ooooooooww!?!?"
Scum Boss cries out in severe pain after the flying powder gets in his eyes.
This is it! My trump card this time!
Freshly gathered shoma fruit powder!
The rare spicy seasoning that I found after much effort! That is it!
No time to check the taste! We’ll use it as a weapon against the Scum Boss!
Damn it! Damn it! Damn it, I wanted to try it!!
<<We can always find more shoma fruit later! Emmy, right now…>>
Aiyo, Omake-sama!
The lackeys are crouching, and the Scum Boss is stopped, hands over his tear ridden eyes.
With this chance!
I will!
Run awayyy!!!!!!!
I know Naso Forest better than anyone! Once I get some distance, I’m free!!
Waaaaaaahhahahahahahahahahaaaaaaaah!!
◇ ◇ ◇
By the time the pain had subsided from Megzam's eyes and he was finally able to move, that expressionless black-haired homeless child had already disappeared.
She got him.
He was beat.
By such a child.
In the dimly lit forest overgrown with naso bushes, it would already be impossible to find her.
With insects crying, “chii, chii” from the surroundings, and the moaning of the two underlings beside him.
While a burnt smell drifted from the cooking meat.
Megzam was just stunned.
◇ ◇ ◇
Yeah~! And that’s how Emmy-chan’s safe escape was a success!
After that, I started running toward Trash Village with a good amount of [presence concealment].
<<But Emmy. Even if it’s to get away from those bandits, isn't going to that village still quite dangerous for you?>>
Un, well, that’s true.
If the villagers find me, I might really be injured this time.
However, now that they stole my Naso Forest hideout, I won’t be able to relax there anymore.
Since it’s like that, I think it would be safer to sneak into the attic of my parents' house overnight.
That drunken trash man basically only drinks and sleeps, so even if I'm in the attic, he wouldn't notice it.
It's kind of disappointing to have to rely on the village that I had cut off though!
If the bandits do attack the village again, Torch-kun should take care of them easily.
Well, anything to do with him would be pretty scary to get involved in though. It’d be hard to get out safe…
I mean Torch-kun, Torch-kun’s the problem! What’s wrong with him!
The scum bandits attacked the village, right?
Why are they still alive?
Didn’t I get robbed of my base because you couldn’t properly kill them!
Aah what the hell.
Why does he always make things hard for me?
<<Now now. Even if you complain, there’s nothing we can do about it, right? More importantly, the village is already getting close. Please completely erase your presence.>>
…Un, I guess.
After being attacked by bandits, the security of the village should be more strict as well.
For now, let's look at the situation from a distance with [presence concealment], and we’ll begin the invasion after dark.
Dusk.
The sun is steadily sinking.
Purple stains the blue sky.
Leaving the forest, I crossed a small meadow and hid behind a tree on a hill to scout the village.
By now, they’re probably preparing dinner.
Houses with smoke rising from their chimneys, glittering under the orange light of the setting sun… is what I should have seen.
Yes, “should have seen”.
But all of that was nowhere to be found.
I was stunned.
Why?
To put it shortly.
The village was destroyed.
