The Regressor Is The Villain

I dreamt a terrible dream

The weather in the scene I saw was a snowstorm.

In the snowstorm, several human silhouettes were seen running from something.

There was a small black-haired child running along with several people. But suddenly a horrible shadow appeared in front of them all.

The woman with red hair shouted at the little boy who was with them.

"Run away, young master!"

"---!"

As soon as he said that, the monstrous creature in front of them slaughtered almost everyone there leaving only the little boy and the woman with red hair.

She ran while carrying the child with her...

...

I opened my eyes with an annoying headache.

(Ugh, so annoying.)

I don't know why but I feel very unhappy about something, am I having a nightmare?

Whatever it was, I quickly got up from this mattress that was quite hard compared to the mattress in my room.

(It's been a long time since I felt a hard mattress like the floor.)

In episode 1, I was used to sleeping on the ground but maybe this body isn't quite used to it yet.

Standing up, I looked at the window.

I wrinkled my forehead looking at the window, it was currently snowing outside plus the clouds were gathering making the sun hard to see.

(This weather is very bad for hunting, plus for some reason this weather makes me uncomfortable...)

...

After that, my members and I continued our journey.

On the way, it snowed but not as I expected. There was no blizzard and the weather somehow got better the closer we got to our destination.

After a few hours, we finally reached our destination.

"Hmm, Ruskelka. What a gloomy place."

One of my members said while looking at the atmosphere in this village.

I looked sharply at the person, the person was immediately frightened to see my sharp gaze.

(Is he stupid? Or did he forget what happened in this village...Tsk)

I immediately asked Erlan.

"Are you going to keep quiet? Quickly take me to the nearest post."

"A-ah! O-okay!"

(What's with this squad, do they not understand how the Wolfled military works?)

While complaining inwardly, Erlan led us away to the nearest outpost.

As we walked, I could see how much damage had been done to the village. There were many ruined houses, and I could even see some lifeless bodies covered in snow.

Although it looks severe, this kind of damage is a small thing for the Wolfled people. As the only territory that fights the most wars, life is a small thing.

(Even so, a life is still a life, nothing can replace the life of someone who has been gone)

"Is the young master not surprised?"

Signe then asked while hugging me as if it was natural.

I then answered while letting go of Signe's hug also very naturally.

"As the heir of Wolfled, if I'm surprised just because of this it would be tarnishing these dead people."

I said while feeling a little guilty at the same time for not being able to protect my own people.

"...young master..."

Signe muttered something as if sensing something from my words. Did this woman misunderstand what I said? Well, I don't mind being labeled as evil or cold instead it's good.

As we continued to walk while looking at this horrible scene, we finally arrived at our destination.

"What a rotten post-Ah!"

One of the men said this but immediately stopped for fear of me.

But I can't blame that guy, because I was thinking the same thing.

The post that was supposed to be a guardhouse was the most dilapidated of all the buildings I saw. One could even say that it's not a post anymore but a ruin.

(Did the damage caused by the Alpha monster get this big? No, precisely because damage of this magnitude occurred here, the village only received minor damage.)

I saw an old man and a young man digging in the ruins.

I approached the person and saw the mendali on their clothes.

(I see, they've been honored by father...)

When I approached, both of them looked at me like a lost child but when they saw the cloak with the wolf symbol, the old man immediately bowed their heads, although confused but the young man also followed suit.

"I greet young master Wolfled!"

"E-eh? S-I greet young master Wolfled!"

"Raise your heads."

Both of them raised their heads.

"Is this really the post that guards Ruskelka village?"

"Yes, young master!"

"Where are the other members?"

"Most are dead and there are no wounds left to treat."

"I see..."

I coldly replied, the youngest one visibly annoyed by my cold tone.

"You must have heard the orders from your superiors, right?"

"Yes, we will guide the young master to eradicate the remaining monsters. But since the post has been damaged and the necessary tools are still buried, young master can please wait for a while."

(Hmm, that's right. Judging from this damage, it will take some time to secure the items buried in the ruins.)

"I can't wait..."

As I said that, the youngest man looked angry and glared at me. Looking from his red eyes, it seemed like he lost a valuable person in the fight this time, even so it still had strong eyes to challenge me.

(I like those eyes)

"B-but-"

"There's no reason, you have to take all the tools needed today."

"Stop the nonsense-"

"For that, I'll lend my people."

"Eh?"

"Don't just silent, get moving."

I then told my squad to get moving, I also helped out. Although the whole crowd was forcing me not to but with my cold command, they immediately fell silent.

After few hours, the entire ruins had been cleared.

After that, we ate together. Somehow while cleaning up the ruins, each squad's relationship with me only got better.

(Are they masochists?)

We then ate together, after we finished eating.

By the time everything was done, the sun was already up.

We prepared to set out to eradicate the remaining monsters.

As we were packing up, the old man from before came up to me.

"Thank you young master."

"Stop it, I don't need your thanks. I'm doing this because I want to finish this mission soon."

(I'm not lying, after all, right now the irregular monsters are still on the loose. I need to kill those monsters as soon as possible.)

"Even so, I would like to thank the young master."

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