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Chapter 509
Chapter 509
Chapter 509
Liza didn’t seem to be bothered
“Alright, Leo. You have to eat the herbs again…”
“Wuff. Wou…”
“It tastes bad, doesn’t it? Sorry.”
“…Wuff.”
After the somewhat somber discussion, we returned to our positions.
As I thought the effect would have worn off, I had Leo eat the herbs that would strengthen her ability to detect presences.
However, it clearly tasted bad, as Leo scowled.
And so I petted her and apologized.
“We’re ready, Mr. Ekenhart. How is Liza?”
“She says she is fine. She is not nervous, like Tilura was. I suppose it’s because she does not see the orcs as a thread… After all, she saw you and Tilura fight them. Either they appear weak to her, or she understands her own strength, and knows that she can win…”
“Indeed… Well, I’m sure she also feels safe with me and Leo here…”
“Regardless, as long as she fights as well as she did a moment ago, she will be fine. However, I do wonder about her weapon.”
“She really can’t wield a sword?”
“Mmm. The sword I and the guards use are out of the question. But even Tilura’s special sword is too big. She will be off balance with anything aside from her knife. Even though she seems to balance with her tail… It would be dangerous to give her something that will hold her back. So she might as well use the knife.”
The biggest concern about Liza fighting the orcs was her weapon.
Her reach was already short, so it would have been better to have a longer weapon, but that was difficult in the present.
While I was feeding Leo the herbs, Mr. Ekenhart had tried to make her hold other weapons, but it was no use.
When standing up, Liza reached the stomach of an orc, and had much shorter arms.
And while that was usually a disadvantage in battle, it could not be helped right now.
Furthermore, Liza tended to hold her knife in a backhand, which made the knife even shorter…
So I just hoped that her speed would make up for it, and she would kill the orc without being injured…
“Papa. I’m going to do my best, so watch me!”
“Aye, of course. And I will help if things get dangerous.”
“Wuff!”
“Yes. But I’ll be fine!”
Liza said with a nod, and raised her fist.
“…It should be soon.”
“Indeed. I can hear sounds from afar.”
Just like before, Phillip and the other guard had gone out to lure the orc towards us.
And since it was Liza fighting, they would be careful to only bring one this time.
Well, even if there were more, Leo would deal with them immediately. But I was glad, as I wanted Liza to be able to focus on just one.
As I turned my attention to the forest, I heard the sounds of rustling.
It should only be a minute or more now.
Because they were being careful, the orc would likely not be too excited either.
“Ha-ha-hmm…”
In the meantime, Liza was moving around and stretching in preparation.
Her eyes were still directed towards the forest, so I could not see her expression. But she still seemed calm.
“Liza. I was nervous…but she isn’t. That’s amazing.”
Tilura muttered as she stood with Ms. Claire and Ms. Anne.
Indeed, she had been quite nervous… Well, once the battle actually started, she had been fine. So that was also impressive.
As for Ms. Claire, she was watching from a closer distance this time, as she was worried about Liza. And Ms. Anne was with her.