Kochugunshikan Boukensha ni Naru

018. Escort 1

[It's dawn. Get up]

I had been drinking a little over a long time, so I asked Nanom to wake me up. By the way, it is not a hangover. It is very convenient if you ask, because Nanom breaks down alcohol.

Clelia and I stayed at the guest building. Travelers often ask for overnight accommodation, so they say they have a dedicated building.

It was really good yesterday that I was fortunate to get along with the people in the village. The big bores that the villagers were able to get rid of would be great.

At worst, Clelia's follower was in this village and thought that it might be a battle, but it seemed to be uneasy. On the contrary, considering Zack's response, the pursuers may not have come here yet. This is good news.

Clelia is still sleeping, so she decides to keep it. I'm tired.

Leave the building and go to the square. Already some villagers are awake and doing some work.

"Good morning! Alan!"

Zack's son Beck.

"Good morning, Beck"

I drunk together with Beck yesterday and became quite friends. He is nineteen years old and is slender but has the same solid shape as Zach. It looks like a good young man with brown hair and blue eyes.

Beck seems to have a longing for the swordsman, and he was shy to talk to Clelia, but because Clelia said that I was stronger, she came to me this time and did not hesitate to dig a lot of leaves I was asked about digging swordsmanship.

I did not know anything about swordsmanship, so I was deceiving, but for some reason I had to practice in the spare time during my trip. Well, it doesn't matter during the break. Leave the basics to Clelia.

"It's early, Beck"

"I want to leave as soon as possible. I have packed some luggage, but I'm collecting them for sale because they haven't gathered yet."

"When will you be leaving?"

"Yes, I'd like to leave at least before noon. Speaking of which, my father told me to come out."

"Ok, try to find it."

Clelia ran for some reason there.

"Good morning, rear"

"Alan! I wish I got it up!"

Are you angry? I don't remember offending you, though.

"Hey, it looks like Zack is looking for me, so I'll go."

"I'm going too!"

It seems to be in a bad mood. I told you that Zach's house was that. It is the largest building in the village. As expected it is a village mayor. As he approached, Zach came out of the house.

"Good morning! Zack. I heard you're looking for me?"

"Oh! That's a matter of reward clothes. Come here a little."

Passed through Zach's house. The room near the entrance was like a warehouse, with lots of clothes on shelves.

"Here are the clothes for sale and we are collecting them now, but we're almost done collecting the things that Alain is likely to wear. You can choose your favorite set from these."

"Thank you, but there are quite a few. Well, which one did you choose?"

"I'll choose!"

Clelia raises a happy voice and seems to lie about her grumpy feeling.

"Well, choose slowly"

Zack has gone out.

"I'll ask you for the rear."

I have never worn clothes with such a design and I do not know at all whether it is good or bad.

"Leave it!"

Clelia is happily taking her clothes off the shelf and looking at me. Honestly, I don't know what is different. Shouldn't it just be the same size? There wasn't much size that fit, so it was pretty good. Creamy shirt and black pants.

"If you go to town, I'll make a choice."

"Thank you, Leah. I was saved, I'll ask again."

Clelia seemed dissatisfied with few choices, but when she asked again she seemed to be in a good mood. Zach has just returned.

"Zack, I'll get this."

"Yes, I need underwear. Unfortunately, there is only one kind of underwear."

There seems to be only one kind of underwear in one size. But it doesn't really help.

"Would you like to wear it?"

"It's yours, don't like it."

Clelia went out in a hurry as I started taking off the jumpsuit.

Yeah, I'm sorry, but I'm not bothered more than I thought. The size is perfect. When I finished my clothes, I came out of Zack's house and Clelia came running. I'm checking something. He seemed to get a passing score.

"After that, you said that you wanted preserved food, but what do you do? I'll have food for four people."

"Then, that's enough. I'm going to hunt halfway. Do you have any help?"

"Well, help me pack my luggage."

Then she returned to the warehouse and helped her wrap her clothes, like big sheets, with Clelia. It's too bulky to make it as small as possible. I managed to wrap it in a few hours.

"Okay, let's have breakfast!"

Zack declared and had breakfast. Breakfast was naturally big boar dishes. However, the seasoning was different from banquet dishes and it was delicious. Load the luggage in a double-drawn carriage. There was a lot of luggage other than clothes, and when I asked what it was, it was cotton. It seems that the specialty of this village was cotton. This was also tightly compressed and loaded.

I asked what to do if it rained because it was a carriage without a hood, and that time was that time. There's nothing you can't do without it. The young villager who goes with him is a young man named Thor, who is a childhood friend of the same age as Beck. This is also a very good young man. He seems to take charge of Beck. He left his luggage in a heavily loaded carriage and left. There are quite a few people.

"Well, Beck, don't step on it."

Zach tells Beck.

"I know, dad."

"Alan asks Beck and others."

"Leave it to me, I will definitely deliver it to Gotania."

Departed from the village, but since it is quite a downhill to the highway, everyone walks slowly while braking on foot.

Get out on the highway and start again. According to the story I heard yesterday, it takes about 20 days by chariot to Gotania. Surprisingly fast.

Beck and Thor are the masters, and I and Clelia are sitting on a pile of luggage. This seems good. It travels at a speed that is incomparable to walking. There's nothing you need to do as you're progressing while detecting. The detection range is the same radius of 700 meters as before.

"Beck! How far are you going today?"

"Today I left late, so I'll be staying in a noshuku. There is a good place to stay, so that's it."

"I understand. If anything, please do not hesitate to say."

Since the carriage is noisy and noisy, it cannot reach the platform unless it is loud.

Beck is talking to Thor somehow, but I can't hear it. Since I am free, I will spend time talking with Clelia. It's basically the same as before going to the village.

Clelia tells me how to fire the Flame Arrow, but I don't have any. Just an image. So I taught that image is more important than anything else. Clelia thought. Am free.

Oops, it's a customer. Nanom has detected magic.

"Rear, Greyhound. One head, 500 meters, the direction is over."

The direction is ten-time direction. The direction is bad.

"Please, let me do it."

I ca n’t help you. Leave it to me.

"But I don't know if I'm here yet"

In terms of movement, Greyhound has not noticed this yet, but as the carriage is approaching, he may eventually notice it. Greyhound's movement has clearly changed when the distance to the carriage is less than 200 meters. I'm approaching here. Would that be the case if only this rattled sound was made?

"Beck! Stop the carriage."

The carriage stops and gets off the carriage with Clelia.

"What ?!" said Beck.

"Greyhound, one head. Rear takes care of you."

Let me tell you. Clelia drew her sword and held her arms in front of her chest with her sword.

A greyhound appeared about fifty meters from the carriage. There is no sign of caution and he runs and heads here. I also hold my rifle down.

"Frame Arrow!"

A fire arrow appears in front of Clelia and flies to Greyhound. About 10 meters from Clelia, the arrow penetrated Greyhound's chest.

Oh, it was early now! In about 15 seconds, the magic appeared. In the past, when Clelia used the Flame Arrow, it took about 30 seconds, which is a huge time reduction. Moreover, Clelia was using her magic with her eyes open. This is a major advance.

Beck and Thor are terrible and uproaring.

Although Clelia would normally be happy to jump up, she has a clear face today. Before Beck and Thor, he wants to do something natural, but he can't hide his nimanima. Well, it's a touch of a great knight, so I don't know my feelings.

Don't forget to take the magic stone. Glow the sword to make two greyhounds and remove the magic stone. Again, Beck and Thor are in a fuss. Roll the greyhound down the valley and drop it.

"Now let's leave"

"That's amazing, Alan! Is this always like this?"

Today, I'll make Clelia's face.

"Yes, it looks like this. I'm leaving."

""Yes!""

Even after the carriage starts moving, the two people are talking with some excitement, feeling like they were not getting excited.

"How was it? Alain"

Celia asks her feelings that she can no longer control her joy.

"It was good. I was imagining for a short time. The best thing was that I could use magic with my eyes open."

"Oh? Did you open your eyes?"

I don't seem to be aware.

"I've opened it properly. The remaining task is to save even more time. It's 10 seconds at longest. What I can do without holding my hand. Shoot without speaking. If I can do this, If you have the time to prepare before the start of the battle, you will surely be able to defeat your opponent. This is a great advantage. "

Clelia listens to her.

On the contrary, I wonder why I couldn't do it until now.

"How did Lear learn the magic?"

"In order to learn magic, you usually have to read the magic book and remember it. The magic will not be activated unless you follow the magic book steps one by one."

"The magic book ... looks terrible."

"For example, there are 17 steps for a fireball and 50 steps for a flame arrow."

"So, is that Leah doing seventeen steps in his head in the ten seconds before he fires the fireball?"

"That's right."

It is amazing! Isn't it a level that can be called a genius anymore? I don't want to close my eyes. I don't know what the process is, but it's a calculation that's done almost two times a second.

"I've never heard of using magic only with images, like Alain."

Hmmm, it's certainly a process of kneading magical elements to release magic, or it may be difficult if you don't know the image. I also remember learning from the NPC guru in the game for a few days. That's right, the process of creating the same image.

"Is it common sense that you need a magic book to be able to use magic?"

"Of course! Everyone who can use magic can read and read the magic book and can affirm it ... except for Alan."

I can't say for sure.

Well, I guess the first person who could use magic only with an image, but the only thing he thought about making it available to others was the magic book. So has it become common sense that magic can only be used once you have learned the magic book? It seems possible enough.

Oh, but Zach said that there were a couple of people in Zach who could use magic. Did they read the book?

"Speaking of which, there were a couple of people in Zac who could use magic?"

"Oh, I guess it's probably people who learned the contents of the spellbook from people who can use magic, and who can use magic, though incomplete. Is very few. "

Indeed, the magic can be remembered without the magic book if the contents are accurately conveyed. However, it means that accurate images cannot be conveyed unless they are magic books.

"Well, I guess that's what I learned for the rear, but the magic is all that's needed for the image. Faster, sharper, the ability to imagine how much magic you can put in.

"Image power ..."

Clelia thought again.

I lay down on my luggage because I was free. The weather is great. I hope it doesn't rain all the time.

Oops, no. I almost fell asleep. When I looked at my watch, I was lying down for about an hour. Even if you fall asleep, you can be warned because Nanom is doing it, but you are disqualified as an escort. Let's be careful.

Clelia sits with her eyes closed. You seem to be meditating. ... you're not sleeping?

At that time there was a response to the detection. It is a small reaction that can be sensed and the direction of the carriage. Another four hundred meters. It doesn't look dangerous.

Zoom in at another hundred meters. You can see a rabbit or a round white tail. It is hidden by the bushes on the side of the highway, but from this angle the tail is fully visible.

Rabbits seem to be able to hide from dangerous things and pass them away. I have been surprised several times when I suddenly jumped out of my feet when there was no detective magic. If you don't escape, let's hunt for dinner tonight.

"Rear, there's a rabbit."

Clelia snaps her eyes open. Did you not sleep?

"Where? I'll do it!"

"Hiding in the bushes there"

"I can't see it."

"I can't see it from here. So, I'm throwing a stone, why do I try to jump out?"

Take out the stones in the collection bag.

"Try"

I raised my arms and started to stand. Rabbits do not escape yet. It looks like he's going through it. Let's set it up when we get closest.

... another 30 meters, ... twenty meters, ... ten meters, ... there! The rabbit threw a stone in the immediate vicinity where it was hiding. The rabbit jumps out in a hurry.

"Frame Arrow!"

Did you miss the timing? The arrow of fire flies, but it seems to come off in a regrettable place.

I thought, but the fire arrow changed its trajectory just before the rabbit and stood on the rabbit's neck! great!

It seems that Clelia's frame arrow had a homing function, not just a frame arrow.

I can't believe what Clelia did! No, this is rude. I was thinking when I was meditating. Great. The idea was not. I seemed to have been trapped by common sense. I have to emulate.

Beck suddenly stopped the carriage, amazed at Clelia's magic. Me and Clelia got off the carriage and went to collect the rabbits. It's a big, fat rabbit. Rabbit meat is quite addictive, so let's drain blood immediately. Beck and Thor are another great fuss. Clelia is also behaving as expected, but is tingling with her mouth grinning. Anyway, it's a dinner meat get.

The carriage proceeded without incident until near evening, and Beck stopped the carriage where he thought he would stay today. It's like a square just beside the highway.

Water springs out of the rock surface, creating a small spring. It would be a good place to stay for travelers who can't get water by magic.

"Let's stay here today. There is no better place to go."

"Okay. I'll pick up the firewood. Leah will ask for an escort."

"Roger that"

It is easy to collect firewood because it is a mountain. Let's collect a lot. It didn't take long.

"Beck, what kind of food is there?"

For now, let's grasp.

"All food is in this."

I was given a pretty big bag. Something is full. There are seasonings such as dried meat, lots of bread, lots of potatoes, salad vegetable sapa, leafy vegetables, salt bags, bags with dried herbs.

There seems to be no problem in quantity. But try to avoid preserving things as much as possible.

"Aran will cook?"

Thor approached and said. Beck is unloading his luggage.

"Yes, I like cooking a lot. I'll do it if there's no problem."

"Then I'll help you too. Should I handle rabbits too? I'm told I'm good at handling them."

"It won't help, please."

The menu should be rabbit meat, potatoes, fried leafy vegetables, and a lot of rabbit meat sandwiches. I want to taste it before the bread hardens.

Let's use up the rabbit meat. If you do, you can have breakfast for tomorrow.

Let's wash the vegetables. Thor has already begun handling rabbits. I am used to it just because I am good at it.

"What about cutting meat?"

"Can you roughly cut it in bite-sized pieces? Let's eat it all today. If you have more, breakfast tomorrow."

Rabbit meat is basically lean meat. There is not much meaning in separating the parts.

"Amazing, today's treat! I can eat so much meat!"

I also help cutting meat. It's a big rabbit so it's pretty big. Well, I'm okay because there's Claire

Put the meat in a large pan and season. Seasoned with plenty of garlic, herbs and salted pepper. Because the meat has quite a habit, the flavoring is deep.

"Where do you put the fur of Alan rabbit?"

"Can we throw away the fur?"

"Eh, that's not surprising, you can sell such fine rabbit fur. It may not be a big deal."

I don't need it. I don't know how to handle it.

"Then I'll do it for Thor."

"Thank you!"

I was thinking of having an early dinner today, but Beck wanted to practice swordsmanship. Of course, Toll is the same.

"Lear, would you please teach me the basics?

The two cheers. Apparently the evaluation of the rear in today's activity is like eel climbing.

The rear doesn't seem to be in full shape either, and says that I understand it.

They seemed to have prepared a wooden sword. Leah teaches how to hold the sword.

The sword practice continued for about an hour and a half. I feel like I've become a better sword player since I started.

It's getting a bit dark so let's have dinner. The meat may have tasted good.

Firewood can be fired on the Kamado that was originally made in this open space, and when the rear lights up with magic, cheers will come from them again.

First, fry the potatoes in a large frying pan brought by Beck. After some heat, put a lot of meat. Let's go live. When the meat starts to slowly pass through, add leafy vegetables. I want to take care of the texture of vegetables. It ’s ready to fry.

In addition, a large amount of food is placed on a wooden platter brought by Beck. It became a large plate. This was more than expected. Come on.

Everyone puts their dishes on their own wooden plates to compete. I continue to heat the bread cut into two pieces by the frying pan.

Everyone is watching the situation while stir-fried meat. It was funny because they were all three.

If the bread is slightly browned, remove it immediately. It feels good to suck the fat from the frying pan. Put the sappa leaves on the baked bread, put a lot of stir-fried meat on it, put the sappa leaves on the bread and sandwich it with bread. Place the sand on each plate.

Oops, let's boil the water in the pot now.

Alright! I will eat too! The first is stir-fried meat. Yeah, delicious. Rabbit meat is red meat, so after eating with a big boa meal, it feels persistent and very delicious.

Extra garlic, herbs and pepper completely eliminate the smell of meat. After all, it might have been good to spend a little time pickling.

Next is a lot of sand. Lightly baked, fluffy bread, crisp bread, bread feels like a frying pan, crispness of sappa leaves, deep-fried meat stir-fry, all come together to create a superb finish. This is a delicious dish.

Everyone is crazy and eating. He seems to like it.

Apparently, even Claire couldn't have consumed this amount of food. Stir-fried meat remained in a good amount. Let's have breakfast for tomorrow. Green tea after meal was put in the tea leaves which had been divided by Zak.

"Wow, Alan! It was incredibly delicious."

"You used plenty of salt and pepper, isn't this luxurious food for the first time?"

Yes, salt and pepper are valuables. Speaking of which, the village food did not use pepper and the saltiness was light.

"Yes, I'm glad you like it."

"No, I don't like it. Why don't you open a store when you get to town? I'll go."

"Cooking is a hobby. I don't want to work."

"But will you cook during your trip?"

"I don't mind it. Rather let me do it."

"Hooray!"

Thor and cheers. It's already night. Will we go to bed early tomorrow?

"Well, now we're going to take a break. I'll take turns taking care of the rear with me, so sleep slowly."

"But ..."