Overtake The Astral: Searching for Good Life in Another World

Chapter 30: Preparations

*Interlude*

This incident happened few days before Ean met Shion for the first time.

"Please! Let me fight too!"

Ean says that while looking at many adult goblins gathering up in forest. Each goblin hold a single weapon such as spear, sword and bow.

Then an adult female goblin pats Ean's head before talking.

"Ean, we need someone to protect the kids while we are away. So please..."

"But mom...!"

Ean said that to the adult female goblin who responded to her.

"You're the eldest child here. If something happened to us, we're counting in you."

"..."

After hearing her mom's words, she looks at the adult goblins finally move out in groups in order to fight against Sword Wolf.

Fighting monsters for the goblins is just an everyday occurence due to them living outside of cities and town.

But it can't be helped. As far as they can remember, no town in Elverwad would accept them. The other races don't even want to let them stay at places which is not too far from the town except the Liasr Guild Master, Stephanie.

Ean is desperate because she wanted to be more useful to others. But she can't talk back to her mother because she's aware that guarding the children is also an important job for her.

The parents and other adult goblins will defeat the monsters while Ean and other children hide while waiting for their parents to come back.

Except that unlike the usual everyday occurence, those parents never came back alive.

Only Ean sees it through her own eyes while hiding. The scene of the adult goblins get slaughtered by a Sword Wolf that is way more powerful than any Sword Wolf she ever see.

The aftermath of that battle is filled with cries and sobbing of the goblin children who know that they won't ever see their parents. The only ones who don't cry are either the kids who are too young to comprehend what happens or Ean who resolves herself to become the kids' leader.

"....!?"

In a large tent, Ean wakes up from her dream. As she gets up among the sleeping goblin kids, she looks at them.

(I am the eldest one here... that's why...)

She remembers the faces of her parents and other adult goblins for a moment.

(This time.... it's my turn.)

She clenches her right fist as she thinks that.

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"Alright guys! Go into your designated groups!"

The halfling beardy old man, Pepprica Phalanx, says that while standing on wooden box so that he can stand higher than the goblin kids standing right outside of his store.

"Yes~!"

The goblin kids separate themselves into 3 groups. Each of the group has their own leader and Ean is one of the leaders.

Today is the day where the goblins help Pepprica in creating potions for the upcoming raid. Each group have their own jobs in processing the herbs for potion making.

Ean's group has the job of grinding the herbs into mashes and as the leader, Ean's job is to oversee the kids and make sure no one hurt themselves.

Pepprica is walking around the three groups to make sure that they did a proper job as well as answer any questions from the goblin kids if they are unsure about something.