「…… I thought that if a wild beast appeared, I could use this sword to protect everyone, so I ......."

Liqin saw that Tatsubai was thinking, so she explained.

"Oh? But it's pretty good."

Chen Bai nodded in admiration.

"—Huh? Have you seen me fight them?"

Lichen asked in surprise.

"Ah! No, I just think it's amazing that you can create your own!"

Chen Bai replied with a dry smile, almost exposed!

"-Liqin, can you come over and help?"

At this time, Mark suddenly called Liqin, and Tatsubai turned his head with her to see them carrying the remains of the villagers.

"Oh!"

Liqin then looked at Chenbai and asked for Chenbai's opinion.

"Go ahead!"

Chen Bai said flatly.

"Thank you so much!"

Lichen bowed in gratitude, then returned to the crowd.

Seeing that they were busy, Chen Bai was not in a hurry to go back, and teleported them all away before walking into the village.

The village is very poor, all the houses are made of mud and some stones, the eaves are many broken tiles, and some even have only the eaves of the rooms.

The clothes of these villagers were almost all sewn and patched, and some of them were dirty, and they did not see that a single person's clothes were brand new.

Walking to the feeding circle on the side, seeing a few thin chickens and ducks inside, Chen Bai couldn't help frowning.

In this case, what's the use of raising these things, there is no meat at all, right? However, maybe for them, it is indeed a family that counts some money!

Seeing that someone was fetching water, Chen Bai walked to the edge of the ancient well, and looked down, the well was still deep, and the water source was at least ten meters above the ground......

When he got the water, Chen Bai saw that the water was very clear, and he thought it would be a turquoise water source!

"-Miu-sama!"

Suddenly a person behind him was calling himself, but Chen Bai didn't react, thinking that he had told Mark that his name was Miu, so he turned his head to see who was calling him.

Looking back at an unfamiliar face, he bowed to Chen Bai, and then said respectfully:

"Great, great...... The village chief wants you to visit his house!"

The young man said, his eyes not daring to meet Chenbai's.

"Oh? Got it!"

Chen Bai nodded, motioning for him to lead the way to the village chief's house.

"This village is the only one that interests me a little, and the others find it boring when they see their timid looks......

Tatsubai sighed and followed the young man to the village chief's house.

There was no one in the house, and as soon as you entered the house there was an open space large enough for work, and there was a kitchen with some firewood next to the stove. In the middle of the clearing was a shabby table and several chairs.

Tatsuhaku sat on one of the chairs and looked into the room.

The sunlight that shines in from the lattice illuminates every corner of the interior, so you can see the environment clearly without using "night vision".

The subject of observation is a woman standing in the corner of the kitchen, along with farm tools placed in the room.

No mechanical appliances are visible anywhere.

And on the table, there are also some things that seem to be a little old!

The house is quite clean, but because of poverty, it always gives people a dirty look. For example, there is no dust on the table, and you can't touch the dust and grease with your hands, but you can see some dirt of different sizes sticking to it.

To avoid the sun. Ainz gently moved his hand on the shabby table. There was only a slight movement, but the poorly made table shook as a result. The chair also reacted visibly to Tatsubai's weight, making a creaking and screeching sound.

What a veritable poverty.

"Being able to practice such skills in such an environment, Liqin is really amazing!"

Chen Bai admired again in his heart.

"It would be nice to take her to be an adventurer! But like this, I can't go to the same way I am now! You should also disguise an adventurer and make her stronger from it! If she becomes very strong, but finds that her benefactor is an enemy, what kind of look will she have? What will you do?'

Chen Bai couldn't help but laugh when he thought of this.

……

"Keeping you waiting."

The village chief sat down in the seat opposite. Behind stood the village chief's wife.

The village chief was a dark-skinned man with a wrinkled face.

The body is very robust, and at a glance you can see that it is a body that has been trained by heavy labor. Gray hair, almost half of which is dyed white.

Although the rough cotton clothes were stained with mud, they did not stink.

It is estimated that he is more than 45 years old based on the appearance of intense fatigue on his face, but it is difficult to tell how old he is. Because of the events of the past few tens of minutes, he seems to be getting older.

The village chief's wife seems to be about the same age.?

Although she still has the charm of the slender beauty of the past, it may be because of the hard work of the farm, and the original beauty is almost gone. There are freckles all over her face, and now she is just a slender aunt.

Shoulder-length black hair was damaged and messy, and it looked dull even in the sun.

"Please."

The village chief's wife placed a crude cup on the table. There was no part of Yarbed, because she was asked to walk in the village, and she was not here.

Chen Bai raised his hand and politely refused the steaming cup of boiled water.

Chenbai, who usually drinks dragon blood, really doesn't like this tasteless boiled water. Management is the most indispensable thing for human beings, and for him, he can still not drink it.

"—No need! I don't know what you're looking for me?"

Chen Bai cut to the point directly and decisively, he just wanted to leave with Liqin now and make her stronger, and other than that, he didn't care about other things.

However, boiling water here is really a bit troublesome, Chen Bai glanced at the boiling water rack with a firewood stand.

"I'm sorry that boiling water was prepared for me."

"You're so polite. You don't need to apologize."

Chen Bai, who bowed his head gently and apologized, made the village chief and his wife feel panicked together. It seems impossible to imagine that the person who summoned the "Undead Knight" just now would bow his head and apologize to himself.

「…… Then let's get straight to the point and talk straight to what you want to say!"

"Yes. But before the negotiation...... Thank you very much!"

The village chief bowed his head and thanked him, almost hitting his head on the table. Then the wife of the village chief in the rear also bowed her head and thanked her:

"If you hadn't come to your rescue, all the villagers would have died. Thank you very much!"

Being so grateful from the bottom of his heart made Chen Bai a little surprised.

I didn't want to save them, I originally just planned to see death and not save them, it was entirely because I saw Liqin that I was interested in saving the village.

"Please keep your head up. As I said earlier, please don't worry about it. I only came here because of Lichen and Mark."

"Of course we do, but please let us say thank you. Because of your help, many villagers have been able to survive."

The two of them said very respectfully.