Lucia, Attacked by Monsters
Upon hearing Benedetta-san’s exclamation, everyone in the room froze in shock. Then, accompanying the sudden clatters of the wood, shrieks and bellows were heard.
“Run! We have to run!”
“If we’re not safe here, then where can we go!? What a nuisance!”
“Why does this have to happen right after Her Holiness had just left?!”
“With the commander and the Dragonslayer Hero away, can the Knight Brigade still win!?”
“A lot of the soldiers went along with Her Holiness! It’s impossible!”
“No, the soldiers seemed to have returned!”
In the midst of the clamour, I also stood up.
What to do, what should I do?
It’ll be the first time that Al Tado was on the receiving end of a monster attack. The royal capital should be safe. At least, that was what everyone living here believed. Because of that assumption, the news incited a panic amongst everyone.
What came to mind was what happened to our neighbouring country, Aquilani. Last year, Aquilani was devastated by a dragon and according to the rumours, they were still recovering from the scars of that attack.
If the invader in this case is a dragon, then without the Dragonslayer Hero leading the knight brigade, there is a possibility that the Banfield Kingdom will meet the same fate.
To die without meeting Celes-san again, I don’t want that. I wanted to properly welcome him back and thank him for the ribbon.
Kikka-san and the others noticed me clasping my hands above my furiously beating chest.
“Benedetta, do you have any information on the attacking monsters?”
Kikka-san’s voice resounded clearly throughout the chaotic canteen.
“Eh, what was it… wait a moment……”
To Kikka-san’s question, the pale Benedetta-san put her hand to her head.
“If- if I’m right, they’re a group of ogres and ogresses. Since there was quite a number of them, the knights of the Third Corps and Fourth corps along with the soldiers were making preparations for battle.”
After hearing that they were ogres and ogresses, many screams were heard.
Ogres were ferocious monsters. The fact that they like human meat is common knowledge. Although it’s said that they’re not very smart, they’re still a threat for people who have no combat skills like us.
Which was why, upon hearing that, everyone rushed to the exit at once.
I didn’t want to die either. Although I like meat, I definitely didn’t want to be eaten as meat!
However, whether it was safer to run or stay inside the castle, I couldn’t decide.
At that time, a voice cut through the panic.
“Calm down! Everyone, it’s safer to stay in Al Tado! We are different from the Aquilani Kingdom! In a short while, we will be closing the castle gates and begin firing the trebuchets! If your families live in the town then summon them to the castle! This is the order of Vice-Commander Astor who was entrusted with the Kingdom’s protection!”
The soldier brigade raised a voice that overwhelmed everyone. After hearing the message from the soldier, everyone preparing to flee calmed down.
“My bad, Lucia. I’ll be heading to my family’s place for a bit!”
“Lucia-chan, wait in the castle, ok? We’ll return immediately!”
“Let’s meet later, Lucia-chan! Let’s go, Gina! We need to fetch father and mother!”
“Lucia, it will be alright. The knight brigade will protect us all. Let’s meet later.”
Kikka-san and everyone else had families in town so after saying that to me, they ran off to bring their families into the castle for refuge.
As for me who had been living alone in the castle, I could only see them off while shivering to myself.
Celes-san……please help me, Celes-san! What do I do? It’s scary. It’s really scary!
Even if it’s a world crawling with monsters, I was lucky enough to have never encountered one. Whenever I headed outside of the town to collect medicinal herbs, even when I had known full well of the danger, I had never been attacked.
That’s why I had always felt like it was someone else’s problem. Even if it’s scary, it’s not like I would actually be harmed.
But, this was reality. Fortunately, the knights and soldiers like Celes-san have returned from the purification journey so it should somehow be alright.
Perhaps Her Holiness and His Highness the Crown Prince had predicted that and thus sent the military force back. If that were really the case then they’re really amazing people.
It’ll be fine, it’ll be fine. That’s what I kept telling myself.
Although I was so scared that I wanted to escape, Celes-san is now in Al Tado. He will definitely protect us. I believed in Celes-san.
Biting down on my lips, I straightened my back and took a deep breath. For now, I needed to calm down.
And then, the nightmare began.
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TN: Eh, it’s a short chapter so I decided to post it up. (≧▽≦)ノ
Thanks for reading! And thanks to my lovely proofreader for proofing this awesomely fast!
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evil, lol, thanks for the treat ( • ̀ω•́ )✧
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Celes hurry!!
Thanks for the chapter
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Thanks~! 🙂
But, Lucia, Celes didn’t come back… 😦
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Thanks Laki-sama (ノ≧∀≦)ノ I hope that the next chapter will be posted soon because I want to see the scene where Celes rescue Lucia ヾ(≧∇≦*)ゝ
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Ehehe (〃∀〃)ゞ
Chapter 7 should be out on my regular Wednesday schedule~ It’s a pretty long chap
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One week?
Why?
Can’t you be nice and give us the chapter soon 😥 ?
Please?
Pretty please?
Insane-reader-that-might-track-you-down please?
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Haha well, that has something to do with how I’ve been working from 8.30am to 11.30pm for the past 2 days and haven’t had the time to even turn on my personal pc at home so I could work on stuff ww. I had to upload these chapters with my work pc lol~
So even if you tell me to give the chapter I haven’t actually had much written out yet, even if I do wanna just sit down with a relaxing cup of tea and quickly type out a couple of them for everyone T.T Am gonna work on it over the weekend, then send it to my proofreader, and that’s where the Wednesday update date comes from. ;w; I’m terribly sorryy
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Hey, I really appreciate the regular chapters! It’s a lot nicer than updating whenever you feel like it. Thanks for taking the time to translate it for us japanese-illiterate people haha
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Oh! I’m first? Yay! Hehehe~~
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Close!! ;D
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Oh no that ominous foreshadowing for the next chapter. Thanks for the chapter. I can’t wait to see what happens.
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thanks
its short
y u do this author
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Cliffhangers are evil, especially this one. T-T
Thanks for the quick update though.
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The cliff is higher now!! I’m soo greedy, I wish to read all of the chapters… Orz
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Oh man, I’m guessing this is close to where she ends up casting Soap! as a last resort and it turns out to purify everything, in a 180 twist to Celes saving her.
Can’t wait. Thanks for the cliffhanger.
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Thanks for the chapter please translate more soon I need to know what happens 🙂
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Thanks for the chapter! And dang, can’t wait for Lucia to reveal her powers!
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Thank for the chapter =)
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Tnx. For the chapter!
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Oharakkiii!!!
Thanks for the chapter!
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The author is cruel! QQ
Eheheheh, thanks for the chapter~
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the author is cruel for giving us an evil cliff-san T_T
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Thanks for the chapter! Eeeeeh?! Where did the fluffyness suddenly disappear?! What’s with this life-threatening development all of a sudden?!
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Thanks for the chapter Laki-same! Can’t wait for the new chapter ! Finally! Lucia’s time to shine!
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Don’t tell me Celes is gonna hear of the attack and think Lucia died! D:
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I am still amused!! Thank you very much for all your hard work!!!
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Oh my gosh, thank you so much for picking this up. 🙂
And Lucia, Celes-san is not there for a moment, but you are the MC, so I’m sure you can handle it. Hihi
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Kinda like Vice-Commander Astor for what he declares to the servants and all – bring your families to take shelter in the castle 🙂 But the, since the nightmare is about to begin, this place won’t be so safe ah? Oh oh oh
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