Bannou “Murazukuri” Cheat de Otegaru Slow Life ~Mura desu ga Nani ka?~

She once tried to challenge Millia’s cooking skills, but the food she made smelled so awful, we couldn’t eat even a bite of it.

“…now, now, let’s not fight.”

While sighing, I stepped in between the two.

I myself doubted I could stop them, so my voice lacked conviction.

However, at that moment, as though Selen noticed something, she quickly turned toward the west.

“What’s the matter, Selen?”

“You don’t hear that?”

“Hear what?”

“I’ll check from the watchtower.”

And so, Selen agilely climbed the tower.

I climbed after her.

Is it another monster attack?

If so, this would be the first attack since the group of goblins that Selen defeated.

When I reached the top of the watchtower, Selen pointed at an area beyond the wall that surrounded the village.

“Look.
People.”

“You’re right.”

Looking at us with a mix of wonder and caution was a group of about 50 people.

It seemed like they already noticed Selen and me in the watchtower.

They were talking among themselves, but they were too far away for me to hear anything at all.

I couldn’t see any weapons on them, so there should be a low chance of them suddenly invading our village.

“They don’t appear to be dangerous.
Majority of them are women and children, unarmed at that…the clothes they’re wearing seem tattered, and they all looked exhausted.
If I had to guess, I’d say they’re refugees.”

Like Selen said, about 40 out of the 50 people were women and children.

In these times, it wasn’t rare at all for people to lose their homes to natural disasters or battles.

“I heard there was a big battle recently, so they might be from somewhere near there.”

“Oh no, there are some of them that looks like they’re gonna fall any moment now…there’s no way we can leave them alone.”

This village aside, no water or food could be easily obtained in this wasteland, especially for a group that large.
It probably wouldn’t take long before all of them would die of starvation or thirst if nothing was done.

And so, I climbed down from the watchtower and hurried to their side.