I Only Summon Villainesses

She looked at me, though, expression shifting to something more practical. ”Are you taking it with you to the city? Wouldn’t they confiscate it or something? I mean, they didn’t teach us about harvesting cores because they didn’t want us to know.” Her voice dropped. ”The knights of the church could bully you and collect it. Shouldn’t you hide it?”

We both stopped at the entrance of our ride.

’She has a point...’

The problem, though... where would I hide it so that it wouldn’t be stumbled upon by some lucky bastard?

”I think hiding it is better than hoping they won’t take it,” she added, climbing into the carriage.

I paused and stood there for a moment, looked at the bag, then traced my steps into the bush by the side of the road.

I secured an area beneath some plants with large canopy leaves and placed the bag beneath them, of course after sneaking out two cores and hiding it with me. Then I commanded with Warlord’s Command, focusing the power into the vegetation around my hidden treasure.

”Grow!”

[Attribute Proficiency has increased]

[Attribute: Warlord’s Command has reached a new level]

I had no idea if it would actually work, but all I intended to do was give the plants a growth buff so they could fully cover the bag. I marked the area mentally — third tree from the gate, distinctive moss pattern on the trunk — and joined Elena in the carriage.

From five of us to two of us. It was a bit disheartening.

As I settled in and the carriage started moving, she looked at me seriously, her tone shifting to something dangerous.

”What happened with the D-rank? You better not lie to me.”