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While refilling my bamboo canister with water, I search for signs of my surroundings.
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The water is running out unexpectedly fast due to the heat.
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The fact that there are more bamboo canisters makes it a little better, though.
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Ppppppp~!"
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Sola is jumping around me with energy.
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Somehow, she has been very excited since this morning.
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Is there a reason for this?
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I hope you don't just ...... something with a lot of scratches or something.
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No, because I only ...... think Sola likes scars a little bit.
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And there was one more unplanned thing.
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That is.
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Gruul."
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Adandara.
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It has already been four days since we left the village of Latome.
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He has been with us from the time we left the village until today.
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I have heard that animals and demons have territories, but I wonder if they are safe.
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I look at Adandara and she wags her tail and rubs her head against me.
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Hmmm, it's a shame I can't really tame it.
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Since Adandara was with me, we decided to stop taking the village road and continue through the forest.
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It was indeed not a good idea to walk on the village road.
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It was a good thing I had bought a map.
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Otherwise, I would have gotten lost in the forest.
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Shall we go?
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Calling out to Sola and Adandara, we proceeded through the forest, looking at the map.
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As we search for signs, we wonder.
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For the past four days or so, signs of both demons and animals have been quite distant.
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The forest we are walking through is thick in some places, so it would not be surprising if there were demons.
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I glance at Adandara.
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According to the information in the book, Adandara is a very high-ranking demon.
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Could it be that they are afraid of Adandara and do not come close to it?
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He noticed my gaze, and he looks at me and grulls and clears his throat.
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You don't look like the kind of animal or demon that would be alarmed.
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I can't imagine that the information in the book is wrong.
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I still wonder if it's not an adandara?
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The characteristics are just like Adandara.
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As I continue through the forest, I feel a presence a short distance away and stop.
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I call Sola and bag it.
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Adandara looks in the direction of the presence but does not seem alarmed.
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I think this sign is an adventurer. "Take cover so that we don't get struck down."
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"Grrr."
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He clears his throat and gallops off into the forest.
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I'm worried, but I'll trust that he'll be okay.
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I check the map for the direction back to the village road and start walking.
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I think they are adventurers, but there seems to be a little too many of them.
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The presence is moving, so I take care not to run into them.
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We go out to the village road and look for signs of the adventurers, but they seem to have gone deep into the forest.
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Thank goodness.
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A little later, we felt the presence again.
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From the thinness of the signs, it seemed to be adventurers.
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The number of adventurers we saw earlier was large for a group, and then another adventurer.
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The fact that adventurers are in the same place means that there is a good chance that the animals or demons to be defeated have left the area.
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Or perhaps a wanted person had fled into the woods.
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Take a slow, deep breath and search for signs of a wider area.
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We find another sign of what we assume to be an adventurer.
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If the signs are similarly thin and both are adventurers, then there may have been a problem in the forest after all.
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......What should we do, should we ask the adventurers?
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But are they really adventurers?
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If not, please contact .......
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I felt another different sign.
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It seemed to be walking along the village road, gradually approaching us.
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All we know from the signs is that there are four of them.
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Let's go to a place where we can see them, and then it will not be too late to make a decision.
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However, be ready to run away at any time.
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After a while, I saw four men dressed as adventurers in the distance.
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They could probably see me from that direction.
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The presence I felt was thin, similar to that of the adventurers I had sensed in the plaza, and I felt no sense of discomfort.
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I wondered if they would be all right.
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I approached the adventurers with a sense of excitement.
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"Boy, are you alone?"
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When I was wondering how to address him, he called out to me from the other side.
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I gave a small nod, a little wary.
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Hahaha, don't be so alarmed."
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The four men stopped a short distance away from us.
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I guess they didn't want to scare me.
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'That's because you're afraid of the leader's face. Don't worry, he has a face like this, but he's kind."
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It must be.
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You guys.
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They don't look like bad people. ......
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Anyway, is it safe to talk to them?
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Um, did something happen in the woods?
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'Whoa, kid, that's great. Did you notice that?"
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You notice?
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To the adventurers?
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I tilt my head a little.
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I'm surprised to notice anything out of the ordinary. Well, there are a lot of adventurers here.
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I couldn't tell if it was unusual or not, since it was my first time here, but I knew there were a lot of adventurers.
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The forest is big, and unless it is a famous cave, it is rare to meet several groups of adventurers in a short time.
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This is because adventurers avoid meeting their peers in the forest.
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When adventurers do gather in the same place, it is usually when there is a problem.
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Demons. We got word of a rather tough demon, and we've been asked to take it down.
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What if it was Adandara?
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What kind of demon?"
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A few ogres. Some say there could be as many as 10 or more."
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It was not an ogre or adandara.
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Thank God.
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It will be dark in a few minutes. There is a place nearby where adventurers are gathering. It's not safe at night, so you'd better join them."
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I look around, it is indeed getting close to sunset time.
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The ogre was, I believe, a man-eating and quite dangerous demon.
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Maybe it would be better if we let him join us.
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Do you think Adandara will be okay?
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I'll have to trust that ...... is okay.
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'Will it be a problem if I go?'
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It's all right. We have a role to play in protecting young adventurers and peddlers in the event of a request to take down a demon.
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...... I've heard that story before.
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I asked them where they were gathering and they said they would go with me.
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It's okay, right?
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'Yes, we're a group called Sword of Fire, do you know us?'
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I'm sorry. I'm not familiar with adventuring groups."
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I see. We're kind of famous in Otoluwa.
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I've never been to the town of Ottumwa before.
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Oh, it's natural that you don't know that. Sorry.
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No.
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After a short walk, we came to an open area, which surprised me a little.
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There are more than 15 large tents.
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It might be a fairly large scale defeat.
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