C45: Travel Rules

 

Me, Brunnhilde, Kutone, Lucia, Stallion the horse, and Silica the cat had become quite a large group and were on our way from the Magicalize Kingdom to the Fauve Kingdom.

At first, Brunnhilde and I were on foot, but now we’re traveling in a cart pulled by a magnificent black horse. After all this time, it’s pretty easy. The only problem is that I feel uncomfortable with all the women, for example, the first day in the field when we left the Magicalize Kingdom.

“Sage, hot water, please.”

“Mmm. Oh.”

I parked my carriage in a wooded area a short distance from the road and was boiling water in a pot when Kutone told me that. Well, she wants hot water to wipe herself.

I boiled the water in a separate pot from the cooking pot and handed it to Kutone.

“Here, be careful, it’s hot.”

“Hehehe, thank you!………You know what I’m talking about.”

“Yes, yes, no peeking.”

“Aside from me and Brunnhilde, aren’t you interested in Lucia’s body~?”

“………………”

I’m a man, too, and I’ve got a lot on my plate. I don’t think I’m going to attack Lucia, though……….When I get to town, I’ll look for a brothel.

“Sage, you’re thinking, ‘When I get to town, I’ll look for a brothel,’ aren’t you?”

“Oh, shut up. Just take the hot water, it’ll get cold.”

“Yes, sir. Brünnhilde, Lucia, let’s wipe ourselves!”

I’ve already explained the identity of Brunnhilde to both of them. Lucia knew, but I explained it again with Kutone.

It was hard to get the message across with words, so I had Brunnhilde take out [Maiden Divine Sword Excaliburn], fly through the air and make movements that were impossible for a human being.

“I guess it’s stir-fry, bread, and soup today.”

It is a dish often prepared by adventurers when they stay in the wild. It’s fast, cheap, and delicious. All we needed was some peeled fruit for dessert and we’re good to go.

We had plenty of food in the carriage, so there was no problem, but we had a long way to go to the next town, so we would eat while saving money.

“Lucia’s body is amazing……”

“It’s nice to hear you say that. But I’m constitutionally incapable of gaining muscle mass in my abs and biceps.”

“You’re wrong! I don’t care about those muscles! When it comes to awesome, it’s all about breasts, isn’t it? How do you get them so big? You have a well-rounded body like Brünnhilde’s, but I also envy Lucia’s boobs!”

“Kutone, don’t touch me!”

………I hear something. Kutone is jealous of Lucia because she’s flat. Then Silica came under my feet.

“Meow!”

“Hold on, I’m making your food, too.”

I mean, isn’t it strange that I’m the only one who can cook……?

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We finished our meal and made sure we were on the right track on our journey.

“I’m first on food duty, but we’ll take turns.”

“…………”

“…………”

Come on, Brunnhilde, why do you turn away from Kutone and Lucia?

Then the two of them say.

“I’ve never cooked in my life. I’ve always eaten at the school cafeteria…….”

“I’ve been in the……Knights for so long, I’ve never cooked before. I have camping experience, but all meals were the work of my men.”

“…………Huh.”

“Sage, I can’t make it, but I can hunt it! I’ll use the sword I borrowed from you to kill my prey!”

“Me too! I can help you roast it whole!”

“…………”

It looks like it’s going to be my job to prepare the meals. By the way, I’m lending Lucia my “nameless sword” since I won’t use it anyway.

Lucia changed the subject.

“Sometimes, Sage, I look at this sword and think, there’s no sign of……use.”

“Oh, I’ve never been in a battle before. Brünnhilde takes care of everything.”

“Yes, I will protect you.”

“………”

“What?”

“Sage, do you know how to use a sword?”

“No.”

“………Huh, no wonder. I’ll teach you. As I said before, you need to be prepared for anything.”

“No, but…”

“Oh, I like that! I’m your magic master, and Lucia is your sword master. It’s a great idea. This will make you very strong, Sage!”

“…………”

As with meal duty, there seemed to be no veto power.

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So my training began the next day, while traveling by carriage…….The break time used for Stallion rest was used for magical training.

“Sage, you’ve got the basics down, so all you have to do is improve your accuracy. You have a good amount of magic power, so let’s aim to deplete your magic power and increase it!”

“I know it’s easy to say, but depletion of magic power is really tough.”

“I know. I’ve experienced it many times myself.”

“True story or……”

“Yes. When your Stone Bullet becomes powerful enough, you will be able to learn the next spell. We will also practice “Lightning Strike” together, so please do your best!”

“……I’ll do my best.”

At the moment, all I create are rocks the size of a baseball flying at a very low speed, to be honest, it’s useless in a real battle.

I’ve got an excellent teacher, so I’ll just have to do my best.

“ Let’s do it.”

“Yes!”

On this day, we had magic training until the evening.

◇◇◇◇◇◇

The next day.

Today, we traveled for half a day, and the other half of the day was dedicated to my sword training.

My teacher was, of course, Lucia. Brünnhilde is carefully brushing Stallion with Silica on her head, and Kutone is reading through the magic books she brought with her. The reason for this, of course, is to learn the magic of the “lightning” attribute to teach me.

Lucia holds up the “Rare Metal Sword” she borrowed from Brunnhilde.

“Sage, you have three weapons: that single-edged sword, a hidden knife, and a short bow. Once you understand the characteristics of those weapons, you’ll have an advantage in mid to close range combat.”

“Oh.”

“It would be nice to train you in the style of the Knights, but it seems you have some basic physical strength, and I will teach you in the form of actual combat, come at me.”

“What?”

“Come at me. If you don’t come, I’ll come.”

“What?”

Lucia lunged at me, sword at the ready. I flung my sword around, wondered what to do, and……ran away.

“Don’t run!”

“Wait, wait, wait, wait!”

“Are you a man? How are you going to save your students?”

“Ugh…….”

Damn it, yes, I can’t just run away. No matter how much Brunnhilde and the others are here, there may be times when I have to fight. If that’s the case, this is not the time to be running away from here!

“Come on, Lucia!”

“Yeah, come on!”

“Aaaaahhh!”

I swung my sword and lunged at Lucia. I didn’t have any form and just swung my sword around messily.

“I like your enthusiasm.”

“Whoa!”

Lucia ducked under my sword and hit me in the stomach with a knee kick. I collapsed.

“Listen, don’t forget your enthusiasm. Come on, get up. I’ll teach you when you’re fired up.”

“Oh……”

Holding my stomach, I stood up and took Lucia’s guidance.

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This is how our journey continued.

Training in magic and swordsmanship took place every other day, and it was common for me to run marathons instead of riding in a carriage in order to build up my strength.

In addition to swordsmanship, I trained my body, target practice with a short bow, and practiced lightning magic. In, don’t tell anyone that I touch Lucia’s breasts a little bit during physical training.

Brünnhilde was still taking care of the animals.

Stallion seemed to enjoy Brunnhilde’s massage and brushing more than anything else. I wish I could be there to serve her Italian coffee, which tastes like coal tar, but unfortunately I don’t have any coffee beans.

Silica also seemed to be more attached to Brunnhilde than to Kutone.

Basically, Brunnhilde is in charge of guarding the camp, but Silica is nocturnal, so Brunnhilde stays awake all the time and lets her take care of her. Because of this, Kutone was sulking a bit.

There are many times when you don’t even know that a monster attacked because the moment Brünnhilde, who is playing the role of a guardian, detects the monster, she jumps down from the guardian seat, turns the monster into a lump of meat in an instant, and comes back with an indifferent face.

That’s how we came to be in sight of the town of……Jide. Brünnhilde, our driver, didn’t say anything, so we in the cart leaned out the window.

“Oh, that’s Jide town.”

“I don’t want to say it’s on the level of the Magicalize Kingdom, but it’s a big town!”

“It’s a border town, so there’s a lot of distribution. It is divided into two roads, one leading to the Fauve Kingdom and the other leading to the Desert Kingdom of Dizzard, ruled by the Rock King Fanua.”

“Our goal is the kingdom of the beastmen……”

“Yeah, let’s make sure we’re ready, Sage.”

“Sage, can I stop by the bookstore if there is one? I need to buy new magic books!”

“Sure, I need to get Lucia’s clothes and equipment first.”

The carriage slowly made its way to the Jido town.

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