I ran back to where I first encountered the Manticore.
The child whose stomach is bleeding is still there after all.

“Gra~a~!”

Partner roars and the wound closes.
Its face look pale, but it’s still alive. Looks like I barely made it in time.

【Title Skill〖Hero〗has risen from Lv1→2.】

Oh, it went up.
This skill…… increasing it is a good thing, right?
That Hero from before had this skill too, and the image that Hero left behind to me is personally bad……
Oh wait, now’s not the time for that. The child first, the child first.

The title skill has gone up, but it’s not like my hardships in life will decrease any time soon.

Is this child around ten years old, perhaps?
It has pale skin, and there’s a line drawn under the eyes.
It’s also wearing a long weird-looking dress with long sleeves.
I thought it reminded me of something, it’s like a native dress.

Before anything, I need to check out for any abnormal status it might still have.

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〖Arl Turva〗
Species: Lithuvar
Status: Fainted (small)
Lv: 12/60
HP: 43/43
MP: 30/30
Attack: 39
Defense: 35 + 5
Magic: 33
Speed: 32
Rank: —

Equipment:
Body: 〖Lithuvar Dress: F〗

Special Skills:
〖Grisha Language: Lv2〗〖Stealth Step: Lv2〗

Resistances:
〖Physical Resistance: Lv1〗

Regular Skills:
〖Gale: Lv1〗

Titles:
〖Archer: Lv1〗〖Hunter: Lv1〗
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If it just fainted, then I guess that’s all right.
Since it’s a child, it’ll probably wake up soon.
That’s all good. All good indeed.

With that kind of status, I was worried if it died in an instant from the bite, but thank goodness I managed to save it.
So, is this like a tyrannical hobby of the Manticore?
It had an annoying face, and it even had a title skill that obsesses over its target, so I can’t say the chances aren’t there.
I definitely can’t say this is a good thing, but it’s thanks to that I was able to make it in time.

…… Hang on, this species…… haven’t I heard it somewhere before……

【“There is one thing that I advise you to be cautious there…… it’s a certain group called the Lithuvar Tribe, and they are treated as a demonic tribe. I don’t really know much about them myself, but I do know that there are a few of them living there, so I don’t think you’d immediately spot them in that vast forest.”】

…… I-Isn’t this the tribe Adofu talked about?
Ignore encountering one, I’ve already saved one!
Um, is this alright?
If it wakes up, it won’t jaw-drop and become unable to read the situation now, won’t it?
Its status isn’t all that high, so I can’t say it’ll be alright on its own…… rather, I can’t say I believe it’ll be alright alone.

Looking at its sleeping face, I can tell it’s a little girl with a pretty cute face.
It has no rank, no matter how you look at it, it’s obviously a human. Demon tribe, my tailbone.
I’d hate it if this ends up in a fight.
I can’t go all the way back to Haranae from here to give it rehabilitation when it might still be experiencing trauma.
What did I even come to this dangerous forest for, anyway?

And then, I sensed a presence from behind.
Oh that’s right, I remember I sensed two people before.

From inside the stonework building, a young girl looks at me.
She was basically wearing the same outfit, but with a long scarf that extends all the way down the arm.
She’s wearing a mask. It’s kind of round, and it has horn-like designs on it.
The scarf she’s wearing is…… it’s rather sewed to cover the mask.

On her hand, she has another mask sewn with cloth.
Does it perhaps belong to this unconscious girl?
It might be difficult for her to approach her since I’m here, so I stepped back.

The girl then quickly ran to the collapsed girl and covered her face with the mask.
After that, she looks at me in a daze.

“T-Thank you, very much, Ryujin-sama.”

[T.N: Although it can also be translated as “Dragon God”, but reading it as “Ryujin-sama” was somehow… rather… it sounded very nice in my head, so I’m sticking with it.]

And just like that, she bowed to me.
She then carried the collapsed girl and ran off to who knows where.

…… To be given thanks feels really good.
For a second there I nearly thought that I was gonna hit my face to a wall.

But, what’s this “Ryujin-sama” she said?
I wonder if there’s a legend or something that tells a tale of a dragon that looks like me.
Not entirely sure if it’d be a two-headed dragon though……

As I thought of that, I turned my head towards the stonework building.
I see a two-headed stone statue at the entrance.
Maybe it does exist?

Wait, what… could that be a small shrine for the dragon god?
If I had to guess from before, then would that be something built by the Lithuvar Tribe?
Wait, doesn't this looks like it came from my world? So, I’m being worshiped right now?
The Lithuvar Tribe must be celebrating right now.
Who the heck even said they were a demonic tribe?

That Manticore from before, after I sent it away, it felt to them like I came back after a long time.
Waah, I can see it now… the Dragon God, after coming back, chases the monster away from occupying their shrine.
Isn’t this like… a surprisingly good first impression?

B-But, I still got my〖Dragon Moth Scales〗……
Wee~ell, there’s no point in thinking about all that now, I guess.
Calm down, me.
Since I’m now here, it won’t be strange for a mob of adults to demolish this shrine.
Whether I’ll feel happy or be betrayed, that shock will come in later.
I’m not going to be that easy to get carried away with.

I shake my head and remove all these thoughts.

“Gra~a……?”

Partner looked at me as if she was looking at some strange creature.
What, what is it, it’s that bad?

For now, I’ll check the shrine.
Starting today, it’ll be my home base.
I put my head first inside the shrine.

There are bones of monsters and traces of blood scattered around.
It’s a little dirty, but I can’t be picky……
There are even leftovers like feces from that Manticore.
That alone already makes me want to move elsewhere.

If only I had some delicious food…… then, when I leaned to the wall, a somewhat strange-looking creature made eye contact with me.
It kinda looks like a hairy dumpling, and its size is roughly about the same as a human, or is it larger?
Its tentacle-like limb already looks like long…… eh, that’s a spider, right……

It retreats back up the tree, and after I saw one of its legs, I finally start noticing all its other legs.
That blasted Manticore… I’ll definitely burn you alive.
I was often chased back in the forest by spiders and they were all bad memories to remember so I don’t have very good impressions on spiders, but they’re all still gruesome to look at!

Hm, I thought I saw three dumplings (spiders), but they were all just one body, and the belly is carrying some kind of cocoon.
Are they eggs?
I thought spiders leave their eggs in their nest like all other egg-laying creatures.

So, they stick it in their bodies to protect them.
There are just so many unusual creatures in this world, huh.
The benefits of egg production isn’t zero. It would’ve been better if it were a mammal.

The spider looks at me with a spaced-out daze.
Then after that, its feet completely stopped moving.
I didn’t notice it until I realized that it wriggled its legs again wildly soon after.
So, it wasn’t in pain then.

I pierced my nails at the spider and killed it.
If I just leave it like that, I’ll feel bad to myself.
It needs to actually die.

【Obtained 40 Experience Points.】
【〖The Walking Egg〗skill gives you an additional 40 Experience Points.】

Since it was on the verge of death, I obtained lesser experience points than usual.
…… Anyways, what am I gonna do with this? Are spiders edible?
The only insects I’ve ever eaten are Dark Worms.
Thanks to that, worm-like foods are a definite NO to me, but I haven’t tried spiders yet.
…… Oh yeah, I also tried eating the Giant Centipede. I just remembered something I shouldn’t have.
I don’t want to eat stuff like that ever again.

Well, anything can be valuable experience.
If I’m just gonna eat it, I’d rather bury it somewhere.
The default option is to just leave the eggs along with the monster corpse, but I kinda feel sorry for it.

I’ll just gently detach the egg sac from the spider.
But, eating this…… requires a willpower as hard as steel.
It’s also a bit cold. I need to cover it with something first.
The sac itself isn’t really edible. Eh? The web is directly connected to its buttock. This will definitely not feel good for me.

This’ll be bad for the spider, but carrying it back is worst.
After I burn it, I’ll properly dispose it somewhe-…… h-hey, where’d it go?

“Gra~a~! Gra~a~!”

When Partner growled, I turned to see that she took the egg sac and attached it on her forehead, and that she looked so happy she swayed her neck with joy.
…… What do you think you’re doing?

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This is one hella long chapter to translate and I hate translating long chapters. Although spider babies have debut themselves, this chapter is still over 1500 eng words with over 4000 jap characters, so it wasn’t easy, I tell you. Only thing that motivated me to keep on going was spider baby cuteness XD