Something must have happened for her to need help in a place like this.
Had she gotten lost, just like me?
If so, I wouldn’t be able to ask for directions…
In any case, we rushed to the place where the voice came from.
“Ha… Ha… Ha…”
“Wuff!”
I was getting out of breath while running, but Leo still seemed perfectly fine.
I suppose it was because of a lack of exercise that I was like this.
“Someone!”
“…That…”
As we got closer to the area that the voice was coming from, what I saw was the back of an orc.
And in front of the orc, was a woman who had fallen on the ground and was shouting for help.
…Blonde hair?
She had pretty, long blonde hair which was rather unusual in Japan.
The orc looked down at the screaming woman and raised its spear.
“She’s in danger! Leo!”
“Gaau!!”
Leo reacted immediately, and in a flash, she passed me as I ran and jumped on the orc.
“Graauu!”
Leo barked and swung her claws. And like that, the orc was split into two.
The orc wasn’t even able to scream as the two pieces fell apart and sunk to the ground.
“Ha…ha…ha… Leo…well done…ha…ha…”
“Wou!”
I finally reached Leo and praised her with a feeling of pride. Then I caught my breath and called out to the woman.
“…Ha…ha…are you all right?”
“…Uh…yes. …Somehow…I’m fine.”
The woman who answered looked to be in her twenties. And her face was every bit as pretty as her golden hair.
I felt that if she were to walk through town, every man would turn their head to look at her. That was how beautiful she was.
“…”
“…Um…is something wrong?”
“…Ah. No, I’m sorry. …Are you hurt?”
“No.”
“Wou!”
Damn it. She was so pretty that I had been staring.
I hoped that she didn’t think that I was a strange person.
Leo. Don’t look at me with that exasperated expression.
“Thank you for helping me. Uh…the Silver Fenrir that defeated the orc. Is it your familiar?”
“…Silver Fenrir? Familiar?”
“Wou?”
For some reason, she was calling Leo a Silver Fenrir… But Leo is a Maltese. Well, though she hardly resembled one now.
Leo also looked puzzled.
Were Fenrir those wolf monsters from games?
And what is a familiar?
“Um…what is a familiar?”
“Huh? Well…it’s a monster who obeys and works for you…”
Monster…yes, monster…
Had I been playing video games before falling asleep…?
“And what exactly are monsters?”
“…Huh? You don’t know what monsters are!?”
She looked at me with a shocked expression.
Was it really so surprising?
Did everyone know about them here?
My idea of what was common knowledge was starting to collapse…
“I’m sorry, I really don’t know much about anything… Could you possibly tell me?”
“…Ah… Uh, monsters are creatures that appear in nature. No one knows why, but they just seem to appear. It is said that if left alone, they will breed in great numbers. Many, like the orcs, are known to attack indiscriminately, so you have to be very careful and avoid encountering them when coming here.”