The Neighborhood High School Girl, Miss Isezaki, Is the Great Saintess Returned from Another World~ And I, Suddenly Awakened as Her Exclusive Mana Supply Uncle, Travel Between Earth and Another World with Time-Space Magic~ - 136. Cleanup

136. 136. Cleanup

Now it’s time to clean up the bandits.

While they were aiming for us and our belongings and got what they deserved, we won’t leave their bodies lying around. The bodies need to be burned for disposal.

It’s not out of compassion, though. Leaving the bodies untouched could turn them into living dead due to the influence of mana in this world. Therefore, it’s necessary to burn them thoroughly.

Of course, there are occasions where bodies are left behind, for various reasons or due to poor manners, but cremation is the norm. Even during our journey to the capital, we had witnessed cremations.

By the way, does this world not have burials? No, burials exist as well.

Nobles, high-ranking clergy, wealthy merchants, and the like are given proper treatment to prevent mana influence before being buried. It’s a form of authority, you could say.

So, ‘Stinger’ quickly dispersed, each member walking to collect the bodies.

While Colin inspected the carriage for any abnormalities and Isezaki-san followed her, I approached Regina. She’s the easiest to talk to within ‘Stinger,’ followed by Gandor.

“Regina-san, I’ll help too.”

“No, no, I appreciate the sentiment, but this is our guard duty. Just rest.”

Regina turned back and fluttered her hand. But I didn’t back down with a simple “Okay.”

Although Isezaki-san praised me for being considerate, I felt quite embarrassed about my blunder with Colin, and I had worried ‘Stinger.’ So, partly as an apology and for another reason.

Above all, I thought I was the best at collecting bodies among us.

Though it’s not something to boast about, if it helps finish the task faster, that’s better. We’ve already lost time due to the attack.

Since Regina didn’t shoo me away, I followed her, and we arrived at a spot where several bodies were piled up.

“Well then, might as well have you help. I’ll drag these two, so I’ll leave those to you, Matsunaga-san.”

Regina instructed as if we were moving cardboard boxes lying around. But what lay before us were grotesque corpses we shouldn’t just toss around.

But even seeing that didn’t make me flinch. Perhaps witnessing the grim battles up close had made me somewhat accustomed to it. I realize I’m far from delicate in such matters.

“Um, where should I take these?”

“You see, isn’t Gandor over there?”

Regina pointed in the direction where Gandor was dragging four bodies, each wedged under his arms.

“You see that patch of grass ahead? Around there.”

“Got it. I’ll take care of all of them then.”

Regina paused for a moment, then clapped her hands.

“…Ah, could it be, you’ll use ‘Storage Space’ to carry them? Oh yeah, that’s another way to use it! That would be a huge help!”

Regina smiled brightly, but I’d rather refrain from that.

‘Storage Space’ allows me to retrieve things from my mind, but it’s not like a game where windows and icons appear. It’s purely based on my imagination, so it’s quite vague.

I might accidentally forget about a body and leave it behind. That would be troublesome to dispose of later, and there’s a quicker way.

“No, I’ll use this.”

I promptly deployed a spatial net-like structure—Spatial Mesh—near the bodies.

Seeing the Spatial Mesh spread out, Regina took a few steps back in surprise.

“W-What’s this!?”

“This is my time-space magic. Let’s use this to carry the bodies.”

I shaped the Spatial Mesh like a soccer goal and pushed the bodies into it like a bulldozer. All that’s left is to drag the Spatial Mesh with the bodies inside.

“There’s still space, so shall we collect the other bodies too?”

“Oh, yeah… Let’s go over there…”

Regina, who had been staring fearfully at the Spatial Mesh, replied hesitantly. She guided me, and we walked around collecting scattered bodies.

During the work, I turned around when Isezaki-san, standing near the carriage, waved at me. Notos approached and stared intently at the Spatial Mesh with interest before Regina shooed him away to work.

Thus, we pushed the scattered bodies into the Spatial Mesh several times and transported them to the collection point.

Eventually, the area became completely clean, and a mountain of corpses was piled up at the collection point.