CowGirl took a deep breath and wiped the sweat from her forehead, she wasn't anywhere near done with her chores and she had already been awake since before the sun had gone up.
She spared a moment to look at the cows grazing in the distance and she took a deep breath, for a moment she allowed herself to enjoy the silence of the world around her.
Bit by bit, she listened to the sounds of the farm animals and she pretended that they were the music of her farm.
She could hear the chickens- birds- cows- horses and even the sheep.
She opened her eyes as she heard the sound of rumbling in the distance and she noticed that none of the animals reacted to it anymore, the sound continued to get closer until a small dragon walked past her farm.
The dragon was barely larger than a warhorse, or at least that was what Goblin Slayer said to her when they had seen the beast.
On the dragon's back was the same knight that usually came by during this time to patrol the nearby area.
The first time that the man had passed by, the animals had been so terrified that they nearly escaped from the farm, Cow Girl was relieved when she saw that the man had noticed this and kept his distance from the farm.
It took some time for the animals to get used to the dragon that came by every morning, but just like her, they got used to seeing it.
Soon it would be time for her to take the first of what she hoped would be many deliveries to the knight's fortress, her uncle had warned her about the knights.
The man worried far too much, but she had to admit his words did sound true.
He warned her about the clothes she should wear, but the man stopped talking when he looked her up and down.
"You know what forget what I said," her uncle said to her as he hinted something about her figure
"Look, I know they aren't originally from this world but they're still knights, nobles from some distant land"
"I know they seem nice and all, bu you are a young attractive woman and if just one of them decides he wants to enjoy himself with you, no one can sop him' her uncle had warned her
CowGirl tightened her grip on the broomstick she held and for a moment she trembled at the thought, she had heard stories about what knights did to village girls they liked before throwing them away as used goods.
Most women and girls could go back to living their lives as the people around them pretended that nothing ever happened, while others had no choice but to work in brothels or join a nunnery.
The cool wind blew and she felt it brush on her face, the wind felt strange as if it had a purpose.
CowGirl wondered if it was announcing the change, she wondered just how much change could happen in the frontier, after all the only people that lived here were either the ones that were lucky enough to go unnoticed by monsters or the ones strong enough to fight off said monsters, there is no in-between.
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The sky began to darken and everyone prepared themselves for the rain, both adventurers and villagers ran to put away anything that could get wet.
Guild girl did her best to ignore the giggling coming from upstairs, Noble Woman wasn't a regular of the guild so she didn't know that everyone could hear her and her subordinate enjoying themselves.
She turned to the knights and the adventurers and to her relief she noticed that they were all ignoring the sounds coming from upstairs.
'hey I got a question for you guys" Spearman said to a group of knights as he walked up to them
The knights all turned to look at the man waiting for him to finish.
"So are you guys going to start recruiting? I'm not asking because I want to join you guys, but kids will want to you know" Spearman said to the knights
"No, not for a while, we still have a lot of things to do before we can even consider that" one of the knights answered Spearman
"Why?" Spearman asked the knight as he sounded with genuine interest
"It's too dangerous and seeing kids die, it's not something you get used to"
"One moment you say goodbye to them, the next you find out some godforsaken creature got to them" another knight answered Spearman
"Yeah I know what you mean, kids come here because it's their only option left and a lot of them don't make it," Spearman said to the Knights
"Sorry to bother you," Spearman said to the Knights
"Don't worry about it" the first knight answered him
The sound of thunder rang through the guild before the sound of rain falling on the guild's ceiling and walls filled the building and mixed itself with the voices of the people inside.
The door swung open and Guild Girl watched as several men and women she had never seen before walked in.
"Excuse me, we came to deliver the proof of our ownership of the recently recovered lands," a man said to her, and once again it was her boss that took the parchment
"Where are you keeping the animals and the settlers?" her boss asked the man
"We were all given a map of each location that was given to us, so they are all heading towards said locations at this very moment" the man answered her boss and Guild Girl could feel everyone's eyes on the man
"I see," her boss said to the man with a neutral voice
"I have confirmed that these are the p[archments proving that you are the owners, the guild hopes to have a prosperous future with you," her boss said to the man
Guild Girl watched as the group of men walked out of the guild and back into the rain outside
She knew that most if not all of the people that had come with them would be dead, not even the adventurers, the people who were experienced with the frontier, traveled when it rained.
Even if they did survive today and managed to rebuild the village, they were completely unprepared for what awaited them.
"Don't" Guild Girl heard a knight say to another as the man was trying to stand up
'They're going to die"
"I know, but if you act now, you might be setting them up for something even worse in the future"
She listened to the knight's conversation and she was saddened to know that just like the adventurers the knights had to pick their battles.