Episode 55 - Enjoyed a Long Time Date
"Inn for now, then look around appropriately"
"That's right. We haven't even had breakfast yet, and let's pick something up at the stall in due course."
Aim for the inn taught by the gatekeeper while discussing that.
The city of Gandhir is a trading hub between the Kingdom of Karendhir and the Kingdom of Geppels.
For that reason, the main street is quite wide. A few carriages are large enough to afford to go and cross, and this main street runs a straight line through the city of Gandhir. In the distance, but I can also see a large gate through to the side of the Kingdom of Geppelus.
"There are quite a few buildings in the kingdom of Calendill that I don't see much of."
"That's architecture with sun-dried bricks. The kingdom of Calendil is stone, and the kingdom of Misscronia is rich in wood, because the kingdom of Geppels is not rich in those resources. They use sun-dried bricks made from clay and straw."
"Well, it depends on the country."
I feel strongly exotic when I see a series of loess walled buildings. I do feel like this is what buildings around the Middle East looked like in the original world.
Many people on the road also wear clothes made of long loose cloths. Many people in the Kingdom of Calendill usually feel like shirts and pants in costumes, so it's easy to tell.
"But what, isn't it strangely tingling?"
"That's right. The situation in the Kingdom of Geppelus is unstable, so isn't that the effect?"
"Oh, and don't let Centaur stand out"
Yes, the number of centaurs is high for the city of the kingdom of Calendyl, where there is strong discrimination against beasts. Just don't feel like there are a lot of women, children and old people. Did you come here to escape the war? If that's the case, I don't think it's a good idea to run away to the kingdom of Calendyl.
"That might also be the cause of the tingling. If there are more refugees, there will be trouble everywhere."
"I see. As a governor, what's the best thing to do?"
"Um, yeah, right"
I arrived at the Inn of Purpose while I was walking around talking about that.
The location of the inn is close to the centre of Gandhir, where there are quite a few people. But the noise reduction magic is also applied to the Inn building itself, and the hustle and bustle outside became almost deafening as soon as I entered the Inn. I almost illusion as if it were just another world in this inn.
The innkeeper treated us politely when he saw us dressed beautifully, even though we were traveling. Luxurious bed and bath with one large silver coin per person per night. Only dinner is included in the price, but you can enjoy a luxurious meal and drink at the inn's restaurant.
"One gold coin per night for both of us?"
"Well, furniture and conditioning can't even compare to a burning golden floor pavilion. I'm pretty sure it's costing me my room."
My husband says it's an inn where nobles from all countries also use it. I don't know how it feels to be aristocratic. I've also been sneaking around laughing and telling them that it's soundproof. Oh, I see, you mean it can also be used for covert conversations, because it's not as beginner or dull as I think, so I guess that's what I mean.
I appreciate that you don't have to worry about being a neighborhood nuisance.
I don't have any luggage to leave, so I gently check the room before leaving the inn.
"It's the market first! Where?"
"Wouldn't you know if you were walking? You're not that far from Main Street."
A short walk down Main Street to the Geppelus Kingdom Gate side allowed me to find a place that looked like a market. Appearing place, is.
"Aren't you idle for something?
"Uh, isn't the deal with the Kingdom of Geppelus stopping? with a double punch of flooding and civil unrest."
"If you look at places with a lot of Centaur, the trading route is suppressed by Centaur," he said.
I'm so good at what Marl says. It would never be acceptable as a Geppelus kingdom to close trading routes if they were meant to be, but perhaps there is no room for war just to lift the blockade.
As far as the refugee-like Centaurs are concerned, the situation of the Centaurs does not look good either. And from the people of the kingdom of Calendyl, the Centaurs are influxed as refugees on top of the blockade of trade routes.
"I think I'm starting to see why you're tingling somehow. I don't know what I can do about it... Granny, give me skewers and juice"
There are quite a few stalls and outdoor shops that are open even though they are idle.
What I bought was some beast meat broiled and roasted with plenty of spices. The aroma of appetizing spices and slight spiciness really match the meat that has a good underlying taste. That's the meat, you look like a sheep.
"I thought Mr. Tysi would do something about it."
"I don't care what you say. We can't bring refugees to the capital at the transfer gate, and we can feed them."
Marl and I moisten our throats with some fruit-squeezed juice as we skewer. It's a fruit about the size of a reddish walnut, and they can often be eaten as dried fruit. Oh, no, I recognize this dried fruit. I've eaten since I came to this world.
I think I've seen it in the original world. Are you sure you got a date or something? Was it nutmeyer fruit?
"Sounds kind of like you can't boil it off"
"It's tough when you can smash it. And I'm not moffing about centaurs."
"Er... is that why"
It's an important element for me.
I just said it for one reason, but, well, I have some detailed concerns. Tell Marl what I think while I sit in the right place.
First of all, I don't know if the environment in the tree sea fits the Centaurs of the Kingdom of Geppelus. Wouldn't life in a depressing tree sea be stressful for Centaur running around vast grasslands?
I don't even know if the Centaurs will be able to accept my bailout in the first place. Will you be tolerated that you will be throwing out a civil war with the Kingdom of Geppelus and fleeing to a far away sea of trees? We would have taken many lives from each other before, wouldn't we? I don't even know the reason for the civil war. I would also like to avoid damaging in vain the mood of the Kingdom of Geppelus as a result of its reception of refugees in Centaur.
"Aren't you in the mood of the Kingdom of Geppelus now?
"So is that."
I nodded honestly at Marl's words. We scratched the Queen's candidacy from the side two times in a row, so surely now?
Well, we're out of food on hand, and you want to go buy something extra?
"I'd like to eat some more. To what?
"I like something sweet!
"I'd like something a little more gutsy."
Marl bought something like sweet syrup on a pie with multiple types of nuts tightly in it. I had a bite to eat, too, but the sweetness of the syrup matches the aroma of the nuts and it's delicious. Everyone seems happy, so I buy more for souvenirs and throw them into storage.
I bought myself a luxuriously roasted chunk of meat and sandwiched it in a roasted dough that I shredded. That's it, I know this. It's Donnell Kebab. I've had it several times in the original world. The sauce looked like a yogurt base and was sappy.
Finished my tummy. Me and Marl duly bluff the market.
After all, the main thing seems to be the various items that came in from the Kingdom of Geppelus. It's mainly spices, but there are a lot of things that I don't seem to really understand either. I was much more familiar with Marr studying as an alchemist than I was with the original world of my memories.
"Spices are also quite well researched in the field of alchemy as medicines!
I was a little frustrated that I was looking at you like a fluff, so I stretched out my cheek and did it. I'm busy with Marl's.
"Yiyi Yiyi Yiyi"
"Uh, I don't feel like this exchange's been around for a long time. It's amazing. It calms me down."
"What a grace to follow people's cheeks!? I agree."
I laugh at the prickly and angry marl and buy the spices in as I forgive them. It was a bit expensive but I also got something like vanilla essence. Now you can make pudding and vanilla ice cream! You did it!
I remember the recipe, but the pudding could probably make it. Ice cream will be fine, too.
I have a lot of spices, but I can't do curry powder or anything. I don't know the formula or anything. I tried the hot cake but it didn't swell. Maybe I need baking powder, but I don't know how to make baking powder. I just know that you're going to use a sergeant. Do you want to try it at the sergeant next time?
"You bought in a lot"
"Oops. Well, Deborah and Thetan will be researching it when it comes to spices. I can make dessert with this vanilla essence, maybe."
"I'm looking forward to that! Definitely feed me too."
"Of course."
Buy in many other rare things. I bought it because the dried fruit of the nut palm was cheap and massive. They'll never rot if they keep it in storage, and they can store it for quite a long time as a preserved food in the first place. You can wholesale it to the Parmiano grocery store.
That's how I shop, I came back around the food stall earlier.
I thought, "Can I get you a drink?"
"I don't think so."
Apparently, after something decisive happened. A slightly older Centaur boy confronts and stares at the owner of a glue-faced stall with a stick like a rind in his hand, a Centaur child who seems to have been hit in the head and injured, some Centaur child who supports it.
"You're not gonna hit me with a stick like that! He's just a kid!
"Do thieves have children and adults? I'm more of a kid, so I just have to punch him. If it's true, I'm sticking it out to the guards."
Against a Centaur boy who stripped his teeth and yelled, the old man with a gripping face responded only calmly with a stick in his hand.
The penalties in this world vary greatly depending on the discretion of the city or guard, but a small amount of theft is basically a fine. If you couldn't pay it, it would be a criminal slave fall, and criminal slaves are basically crushed with harsh labor, so if you can't pay a fine, it's almost like the death penalty. Essentially, there is no way that a person who works stealing can pay a fine, so it is guesswork what happens afterwards when caught stealing.
"What do you do?
"I don't know what to do... there's no reason to be actively involved."
Proceed between the two with a sense of urgency as you scratch your head. Not only the gaze of both, but also the gaze of the wild horses around me gathered. Don't look so hard, what if the hole is empty?
I glance at the Centaur boy and glance at the old man where he was frightened. The old man grabbed the stick and gobbled his throat in a tense manner.
"Demand a cold drink"
Give the old man a copper coin while striving to maintain a crisp look.
"... maido"
The old man had a strange look on his face for a moment, but soon he regained his mind and went back to his stall to start preparing drinks.
"Oh, two."
"Yes, sir."
Looking back, a Centaur boy was looking at me with a look of falling in love with Pocan. Kids beaten with sticks and those who support them have the same look. The wild horses around me were starting to dissolve at some point like, oh man.
"Ma, wait! Why are you here all of a sudden? I still need to talk to him!"
"Don't you see? It's a customer, sir. You're missing it because of me, so just follow me honestly. You're in the way of business. Oh, with the grandma order addition. Give me meat skewers, meat skewers. Now."
"... how many bottles are you going to buy"
"So I can bake it. I'll ask you to do it right."
The old man, who received three more silver coins from me in exchange for two cups of juice, takes a short sigh and starts baking large quantities of meat skewers. He gently slapped me on the back of the appropriate Centaur boy and led me to Marl's waiting place as I relented. There is room in the corner of the market for eating and drinking using old crates and barrels.
The Centaur boy had a flashy look, but obeyed honestly. The other Centaur kids stopped by the same way they would invite them. I wouldn't have followed you if I were one of the men, but I guess I was less alert because there was a marl where I was going.
"Well, what, because if you make too much noise, it's not going to fly. Keep it that way. And the battered child, come here."
I'll put healing magic on the head of the kid who honestly walked right in front of me. It's a bit of a scratch. I guess that old man handed it off, too.
You're surprised it stopped hurting where you were suddenly beaten, and your child Centaur is surprised to get his eyes closed.
"Hey little ones, I'll pay for this, and I'll get you a drink for this brother and you."
Buy a drink for the number of people and let the kids grab a little extra copper coin and go buy a drink. There's nothing more to be wasted listening to than getting involved. I haven't heard much about the Kingdom of Geppelus. Little information comes in, especially regarding the civil war with Centaur.
I turn to Marl to leave it to him, but Marl just takes the juice and looks at Nico and this one. Apparently, he's going to make me do it thoroughly. What the hell? Already.
"Uh, what is that? I was wondering if it might have been unnecessary. Well, it's a stranger's favor. Give it up because you think the dog bit you."
"... no"
The Centaur boy replied with few words and leaned down. If you look closely, your cheeks are spilling a little, and there's an exhausting atmosphere somewhere. Fifteen or so yet, they're struggling pretty hard.
"It's Tysi, this is Marr. Well, I guess an adventurer. I've got a lot of other titles."
"It's Marl. I'm Mr. Tysi's wife."
"... Tida of the Inin tribe. What's your purpose? There's not a single thing you can do to help Centaur like me."
The Centaur boy, named Tida, stared at us with a seeping eye of fatigue. Now thin dirty, but my hair stretching to the back of my shoulder is as black as mine. I'm sure she'll have beautiful black hair as lustrous as a flam if she's clean. He looks quite handsome from me, too. It makes him look like a young man, whose cheeks and tired eyes were supposed to be boyish.
"As I said earlier, it's just a favor. Finally, the Kingdom of Geppelus, or just wanted to hear what happened to the Centaurs. For travel souvenirs."
That's how my kids Centaur and the others came back with drinks when we were talking. You're fast just because your lower body is a horse on a boulder.
"Next, go to your old man earlier and get some skewers. I'm paying for it. You have to apologize. Come on, let's go! Come on, let's go!
"Hmm, I see"
Listen to Tida as she picks the skewers the kids have secured.
Me and Marl just had breakfast, so it's really to the point of pinching. Most of them were flattened by the children and Tida. It was a long time before my stomach was full and I was sleepy, and the kids were leaning against each other and starting to relax.
"With the western part of the Geppelus kingdom now on the main battlefield, the Centaurs, which took the form of being sandwiched by the demons of the Geppelus kingdom and the Great Flood, were forced to retreat to the southwestern part, near the border with the Kingdom of Calendyl while the forces were heavily shredded, he said. You knew the flood was coming, didn't you? Weren't there any negotiations for a temporary ceasefire or something?
"I don't know the details, but it looks like there was. But no one came back. My brothers... young warriors were so angry."
Tida is also basically listening to stories about the state of war and the negotiations with the Kingdom of Geppelus, so the information doesn't seem to be very accurate, but on the contrary, it is quite useful because it would seem to be a general perception of the Centaurs who are not involved in such matters.
Conversely, raw information was obtained on the lives and conditions of the Centaurs around Gandil. The stay of the Centaurs is half acquiesced by the generosity of the lords of Gandhir, but life seems to be pretty painful because they don't have that much work to do.
The Centaurs, who are originally nomads, have also lived in a way that is nearly half self-sufficient, with not much cash or other storage. Because of this, livestock is the main asset, but there are not many of them left because they have also been hit by demons of the Great Flood or consumed as food on the move.
Moreover, it is painful that none of the leading figures of each tribe who went to negotiate a ceasefire with the Kingdom of Geppelus returned alone. Regardless, not all the major players have paid for it, so they have taken control as a group, but the holes that have fallen out are huge and seem to be the source of hardship there as well.
"There aren't many monsters around here to prey on. Besides, we Centaur don't attack the caravan people, but the caravan doesn't come from the Kingdom of Geppelus because we're here. The caravan who left the kingdom of Calendil didn't come back... we didn't do anything!
I suppose it's full of innocent sinners dressed in the absence of water. Tida said that with regret and slapped her hand in the empty barrel she was replacing the table.
"Hmm, I see"
I think if Centaur and the others were attacking the caravan, they would be living a little easier. It seems that it is mainly military supplies of food, medicines and weapons that are now exported from the Kingdom of Karendyl to the Kingdom of Geppelus. To support the Kingdom of Geppelus in its fight against the Great Flood.
If you're really attacking a caravan carrying those military supplies and looting supplies, you shouldn't have to bother staying in this gundill.
It just smells so bad.
"What do you think? Marl."
"You're going to use the demons of the Great Flood to sharpen the power of Centaur to its limits, aren't you? You just have to not let it out of the Kingdom of Geppelus as far as the caravan is concerned, and you will be keeping it by saying that you cannot guarantee the safety of your way home as far as what you come from the Kingdom of Calendyl is concerned, or you will be introducing it to the Kingdom of Calendyl by introducing it also to preachers in favor of preferential passage rights and deals that can be escaped on the side of the Kingdom of Misscronia. I don't think that means I'm killing you on a boulder. Because it's going to be an international problem."
"So you're pushing the Centaurs to see why the deal stopped on top of that. Otherwise, the residents will tingle, like Gandhir right now, and not many people out there will try to help the Centaurs. In the first place, the kingdom of Karendyl is tough on the subpeople. The math says they can hunt down the Centaurs so they can strangle them with cotton. It's insidious."
What's nasty about this measure is that the Kingdom of Geppelus has not done anything condemnable? There is an invasion of the demons of the Great Flood, and we cannot afford to extract as much escort combat power as we can to ensure the safety of our caravans in the area of control of Centaur, which is in a state of hostility. If I say so, both the Kingdom of Calendil and the Kingdom of Misclonia will have to be convinced.
If the story is passed on to the merchants of the Kingdom of Geppelus who are staying in Gandhir, the bad reputation of the Centaurs will be passed on and spread to Gandhir and the surrounding border cities, especially without having to engage in such work.
"Duh, what am I supposed to do..."
A Centaur boy stares at me with a glaring eye. Me and Marl looked at each other without a trace.
"Option one, I will be exiled to the kingdom of Karendyl"
"I don't think you can find merit in making your relationship with the Kingdom of Geppelus worse and then accepting Centaur. In the first place, because the Kingdom of Calendyl is a supreme human country. I don't think I can take Centaur."
Yeah, I think so too.
"Option number two, I'm going to exile to the kingdom of Misscronia"
"There is also no possibility of accepting asylum, but well, isn't it difficult? Centaur and the others gain full control of the trading routes between the Kingdom of Calendil and the Kingdom of Misscronia and enter into control of each trading route. I think that if we do that much, not only the Kingdom of Misscronia, but also the Kingdom of Calendyl, would be happy to accept it. However, the Kingdom of Geppelus is not supposed to allow that either, so it will come to consolidate its defences. I don't think it's possible."
"Can we tread all the way to the kingdom of Misscronia in the first place? Looks like the defectors are gonna keep coming out."
A Centaur boy leans down on me and Marr's words. It will not be possible, well, to break through the demons of the Great Flood and the army of the Kingdom of Geppelus to reach the Kingdom of Misscronia in a situation where even the children cannot be fed satisfactorily. Wouldn't it annihilate them all if they were bad?
"It will be difficult to get to the mount bus or extend to the Great Forest for similar reasons. They're both farther away than the kingdom of Misscronia."
Well, what, I won't say it in my mouth, but it would be a good situation to say that the Centaurs are almost packed. There's only one other option they can take.
"Third option, surrender to the Kingdom of Geppelus"
"Surrender will be tolerated, but those who will be the leaders of Centaur will be executed, won't they? The survivors... well, will they fall into slavery until their descendants, or will they be displaced people without land"
Heavy silence comes to the scene at the end of Marr's words.
The fourth option is to invite him to my capital, but as I said to Marr earlier, I'm not really on board. It's not like there's no use for it, but I don't know if they can take it.
I'll say it again, but it's a pain in the ass. I'm here to flirt with Marl! I'm not here to save Centaur!
I'm free to live funny and crazy! I don't want to be tied to clutches, I want to hold a woman when I want, I want to drink and eat whatever I want, I want to help others at random, I want to be self-satisfied, I want to ramble as much as I want when I want, and I want to spend time watching beautiful scenery and treasures!
Because.
"Oh, shit. If I abandon him now, he won't sleep well. That's half the fun we're gonna have."
When I shrugged like that, Marl smiled as though he had done well.
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