He grinned like crazy, and rubbed the rope to the small stone tied around his waist, and sparked the thin rope in front of him.

If I remember correctly, that thing seems to be called 'dynamite', which is mixed with several materials called saltpeter, sulfur, and charcoal in a certain proportion. As for the purpose--

"Hahahaha, this is the end of the day when you dare to hurt me!"

Just as I remembered the purpose, the explosives were thrown under the carriage in a burst of laughter, and the sparks on the string slowly burned towards the roots.

"Damn it! Damn, you can't hook your hands at all!"

I cursed myself and gave up taking it out of the undercarriage.

"Nayue, Amy, you two are out quickly!"

"Huh? Isn't it very dangerous outside??"

I reached out to the carriage door handle, but it was completely locked from inside.

Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh! Why would I ask them to lock the door!?

"Open the door, just open it!"

"Mr. Yake, what happened!?"

Amy was shocked when she opened the door, and I dragged her out without saying a word.

"Tait, I'll leave it to you!"

I shouted at the deserted wilderness, because I was sure that the ears were not for decoration either.

Amy's footsteps had not yet stood firm, and she fell into my arms and was thrown out by me in a scream.

The storm that rushed out of the crowd jumped up and caught the short Amy landing safely.

I quickly turned around and stepped into the carriage and stretched out my left hand to Natsuki.

"Natsuki, give it to me───"

Just as Natsuki stretched out his hand, the picture in front of him disappeared in the violent burst of fire.

"Does go!"

With the great sword of the mountain master swung, the thief blocking the road was easily cut into two sections.

"No! These guys can't afford to offend them, so you'd better run away!"

The remaining thieves fled in panic, leaving behind their companions' bodies, and disappeared into the mountains in a hurry.

A dazzling and violent explosion came from the carriage. The horse was swept into the spot by the explosion of cigarettes. The carriage that was out of touch with the carriage was blown over and rolled toward the cliff beside it.

He put down Amy's teeth and ran wildly, trying to catch up with the storm that was blown away, but just before he caught up, the ground on the edge of the cliff collapsed and fell, and the carriage that fell off the cliff disappeared into the last sunset and merged into the dark and bottomless abyss.

"Yak--!"

Zier, who arrived, stood by the cliff and shouted the name of his best friend to the bottom of the cliff.

However, the only thing that responded to him was dead silence.

"How could it be..."

The long stick slid from his hands, and Tiya looked blankly at the crack that devoured the two.

Matadra, who gave up her pursuit, noticed something was wrong behind her and immediately rode her horse and turned around, but there was no sign of the carriage.

"team leader……"

Ya was lost and lowered her head and clenched her fists, her sharp fingers and claws pierced into her palms, and her blaming blood shed.

Matadra got off the horse by the cliff, bent her knees to look at the endless cliffs. After almost eternal silence, he stood up with a melancholy back and replied with a deep pain:

"We will go down the mountain immediately, and even the body will be retrieved..."

“No.”

As if he wanted to deny the despair in front of him, Zier slowly shook his head.

"That guy didn't die so easily. He had fallen to the higher cliffs. As long as Yak was still alive, he would definitely protect Natsuki."

He put away Yaoan and squeezed out a stiff smile to everyone. He knew that he could not be discouraged at this time, nor could he give up any meager hope.

(No matter how many times, I will save that idiot from the god of death.)

The consciousness gradually woke up in a blur, and I supported my heavy body that had almost dispersed on the gravel floor, and a severe pain immediately came from my right leg.

"───Uhhhhh!"

Several pieces of broken wood pierced deeply into the flesh, and their pants were stained with blood. They hurt so much if they touched it a little.

Being able to feel such a strong pain means I did not die of falling, and this life is really not an ordinary hard.

Although this time it was not as deep as the cliff...

Now isn’t the time to be glad to save your life! Where is Natsuki!? Where is Natsuki’s people?

I looked around in the dark sight and hurriedly looked for the traces of the carriage. Finally, in the grass a few meters away, I vaguely saw the overturned half-carriage.

Dragging my right leg that was unable to move, I climbed towards the carriage hard. Every time I advanced for a short distance, my injured right leg kept bleeding. After finally climbing near the carriage, I had already left a long blood stain.

"Damn...it's a little bit..."

Finally climbed onto the carriage and opened the cracked wooden door. While I was exerting force, the burning blood overflowed from the wounds of my body, causing me to stop for a while.

"Natsuki! Where are you!?"

The carriage was empty, with only a broken mat and a lizard fleeing in panic.

"Yak!?"

Natsuki's top voice came from behind me.

I barely turned around, and Natsuki looked nothing serious except for a few scratches and muddy all over her body.

"Yak! You finally woke up. No matter how you called you, you didn't get up, and you almost scared to death."

"You're okay...it's so...good..."

As the nervous mood relaxed, the consciousness began to gradually blur. I could only vaguely hear Natsuki's shouting, and then there was darkness in front of me.

"Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

It seemed as if my whole right leg was torn apart, and the pain spread throughout my body made me wake up suddenly from the darkness.

"Yes, sorry! I've learned bandaging, but I don't have the experience of actually treating wounds."

Natsuki lowered her head and apologized violently, holding a large piece of blood-stained wood chip in her hand.

Judging from the smell of blood filled in the air and the blood flowing on my entire leg, the wood chips seemed to be pulled out directly.

Regardless of whether this treatment is effective or not, I will die of excessive blood loss if I continue like this.

I reached out to block Natsuki and protected my painful thighs.

"I'll handle it myself next...Where is this here?"

The fire illuminates the narrow cave, and the shadows on the rock walls are swaying due to the fire. Heavy rain is pouring out of the black cave, adding a lot of moisture to the warm cave.

"A cave nearby, I discovered while surveying the terrain - ha, ha!"

Natsuki hurriedly covered his mouth and nose with his hands, turned his head and blew his nose in a low voice.

Only then did I realize that Natsuki was not wearing the burgundy shawl, and her whole body was wet.

"Where is that shawl you originally had?"

"In order not to let the firewood get wet, I just wrapped it."

Natsuki scratched her face awkwardly and pointed to the wall that was rubbed into a wet shawl.

If this continues, Natsuki will catch a cold... By the way! This plush jacket.

I touched the white bear fur on my body. Although it was a little dirty when crawling on the ground just now, it was not raining. She probably dragged me into the cave before picking up firewood.

"You can wear it."

I took it off and handed it to Natsuki who was trembling.

"May I?"

"I think it's cold here, just take it."

Besides, this is meant to be given to you, it is too luxurious to wear on me.

"……Thanks."

She took the thick plush jacket, smiled shyly, and warmed her arms for a while before putting on.

"Did you also raise this fire?"

"I'm right, how about it? It's amazing, right?"

Natsuki put his hands on his hips, straightened his waist proudly, looking very much like Amy.

"Bandage and fire, I didn't expect that the princess could even drag an adult man here in addition to surviving skills. You are really strong."

"That last sentence doesn't sound like praise."

"Hahaha, these things shouldn't be taught in etiquette class, right?"

"Well..."

Natsuki lowered his eyes and stared at the burning fire thoughtfully.

A faint smile appeared on the corner of her mouth and answered at a slow and rushing speed:

"Maybe I want to learn - the way to live alone in the mountains."

Natsuki turned his head and looked out of the hole. I followed her gaze. There was only a heavy rain outside that could wash away everything.

"When I was seven years old, I sneaked out of the city and went up the mountain alone."

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"Because of getting lost, I accidentally made a friend. He told me that because my parents were gone, I lived alone in the mountains."
Chapter completed!