I Can Speak with Animals and Demons - Chapter 20.1

Chapter 20.1

After explaining the situation to Nina, the keepers rode back with an old woman on the horse .

“Is Fred okay?”

A white haired old woman wearing baggy robes got off the horse and headed towards the hut where Fred is lying down .

I’m no longer useful, and Nina is watching over Fred . I want to return home quickly, but I remain in case I’m needed for first aid .

I came here originally to chat with Kangkichi, so I’m sitting in the grass and talking .

『I see, you can talk with demons . That’s great . 』

“I never thought I could talk to goblins, orcs and monsters . ”

『Is that true? They won’t attack from the west side of the forest?』

“Yup . It seems that way . I’m worried that they’ll come to the mansion every time they have business, though . ”

『That’s scary . Over time, monsters and animals may start to rely on you and turn up at the mansion . 』

Kankichi exhales from his nose and mentions this disturbing fact .

“Birds sometimes come, but if Orcs come, it may be dangerous . ”

『Can’t you discuss it?』

“No, it’s not like that, my father and brother wouldn’t bother to ask questions before striking . ”

『Ah, your father is amazing . I went to get rid of bandits once, and they were swinging their swords over and over . I was pretty excited . 』

But it’s a shocking thing . Kankichi talks happily about when my father was on his back .

Hmm, Kankichi really loves my father .

I’m also interested in stories involving my father, so I listened intently to Kankichi’s story .

Then someone called out to me .

“Can I have a minute?”

Now that I think of it, it’s the old woman brought back my the keepers .

She seems around 60 years old? She has a gentle expression and beautiful hair . Due to her still being in her prime, we can easily imagine her in her youth . I don’t want to be bald in the future, I want to be in my prime like her .

‘Yes, what is it?”

When I answered, the old lady smiled, and crouched .

It’s amazing, she doesn’t feel any pain in her knees . Her body isn’t thin at all and looks healthy .

“Are you the one who treated Fred with healing magic?”

“Yes, yes, I did beginner level first aid, but was it bad?”

“What if I told you that Fred’s rib is stuck to the hip joint? No, I can’t do anything anymore . No it looks fine . Fine . It should be fine . It should be safe if every part of the rib is fixed in place . It’s okay because Fred’s defenses have incresed . ”

I’m intimidated . The old woman laughs with a gentle voice, as if sensing how I feel .

“No, that was a joke . I didn’t need to do anything because it was treated perfectly . ”

“That’s good . ”

I pat my chest as I hear those words . It’s good that there was no change in the position of the internal organs .

“I arrived late, but I am working as a healer in this village . My name is Onoki, a former priest . Are you a son of the Clifford family?”

“Yes, I ’m sorry for making you come . I’m Jed, the third son of the Clifford family . ”

Do I give off a noble air?

“No, your hair is a testimony of Gerald and Claire’s blood . Everyone in this village can tell . ”

Ah, dad’s green hair sure is conspicuous . Gladys and Girion have inherited my dad’s hair cleanly, mine is probably different due to my mother’s darker hair, so I have dark brown hair . If you look closesly, it’s greenish, so everyone can tell .

“There’s also your clothes . Because there are not many people in this village with high quality clothes . ”

Is that so? It would still be the case if I wore clothes like your robes .

Everyone in this village is wearing loose clothes . I like that too .

“I see . ”

『Only you is wearing such aristocratic clothes . 』

“Noisy . ”

“What was that?”

Whoops . I talked to Kankichi as usual . I seem like a pervert who talks to himself .

“Oh, no, nothing . ”

“Huh, is that so?”

『It seems to be difficult for Jed . 』

Behind me, Kankichi is laughing madly . Do you want me to stuff stones under your hooves?