El, Labrys, and I are together for the first time in a long time, we’re going out to patrol around town together.
A monster stampede just happened, even if it ended up falling flat.
I’m sure the normally peaceful Almana is in a state of chaos and…
“Three cheers for the monster stampede!”
“Fuu~… And to our great mystery hero!”
“Monster meat! How about some monster meat skewers?”
I guess not.
“I-it sure is peaceful…”
Even more than usual.
It’s like there’s a festival going on.
“What happened…”
We keep looking around.
“Hey! I heard there was the corpse of a dragon!”
“What!?”
Townspeople take off running.
“I-I see… The town is making money off the corpses from the monster stampede.”
The primordial dragon’s breath vaporized a lot of them, but there should still be hundreds of corpses.
That’s got to be worth a lot of money.
The economic effects of monster corpses are nothing to be sneezed at.
When a large monster is put down, adventurers, butchers, craftsmen, etc gather around it, and stores open nearby to cater to them… Basically, it’s like a whole new town is put together.
Apparently something similar to this is happening now.
“Yesterday’s monster stampede might actually be a plus to this town.”
“I’m just glad everything is peaceful…”
“…Hmph. What a laid-back town. I was worried for nothing.”
“You were worried about this town, Labrys?”
“…I-I was not.”
Labrys then turns away.
She really doesn’t want to get along with me.
“But if we really think about it, doesn’t the fact that so many monsters came out mean it’s actually safer now?”
“Well, I guess so… Monsters are living beings. It’s not like there’s an endless supply of them.”
Say El and Labrys.
I’m assuming everyone else has reached the same conclusion.
Unless you know what’s to come, you’d never guess calamities would happen in succession.
(Oh well, I’ll just be happy that it’s peaceful.)
I didn’t save this town to see it become dark and depressing.
If it’s peaceful, that’s for the best.
“Chrom! Laby! There’s an all you can eat of monster meat over there!”
“Wait, El… Don’t pull me by the hand. It’s embarrassing…”
And they’re having fun too, so it’s all good.
And so, we’re going to start by going around checking the stalls.
They’re a good source of information too.
“Hey hey, you’re patrolling today, Chrom?”
“Can you even settle a quarrel if one breaks out?”
“We can’t count on a failure like him.”
“T-that’s not true! Chrom is very dependable!”
The owners of the stalls all look at me with frowns on their faces.
It’s a small town, so most people know me because I live in the house of its feudal lord, Mister Sirius.
Not that I’m as popular as El.
“El is looking cute as always!”
“It’s big sis El!”
“Here Miss El, take an apple!”
“Geez. It’s such a waste for her to marry Chrom.”
“M-marry…!?”
Everyone makes a big fuss about her.
“…You’re the town’s idol, El.”
“Well… It’s because the Moonhart family has an aura of the light attribute. I’m sure that comes with a charm that attracts people.”
“Maybe. I’m not like that at all…”
“You attract a lot of attention too Laby.”
“Eh?”
We look around, and see half of people’s attention really is on Labrys.