Chapter 303: 303
At Tsuia
All in all this time, our lineup had my party: Meat, Ichika, Rokuko and I .
Followed by Team Bacchus: Gozoh, Roppu, and Wataru .
We even had Maidence, a noble of Tsuia, and her maid . Oh, and the no-good elf Shikina .
We had ten people in all, the coachman excluded . Maidence and the maid will be left in Tsuia though, so we would be heading for the imperial capital with eight people in all .
By the way, the carriage and coachman were furnished by the Tsuia family . It was a noble’s wagon, one with a door that had their family’s coat of arms on it . It was no covered wagon . It was a properly made box-type carriage . Big enough that all ten of us could fit .
Thankfully, we’ll be able to use this carriage up until Tsuia . We’ll be fine with our luggage since we have [Storage], too .
Gozoh came to talk with me before we left .
“Hey Kehma . Eh, erm, what about Salamander-dono?”1
“It still has to discipline the flame dragon and it’s being a bit difficult, so it won’t be leaving Tsuia Mountain yet . ”
“O-Oh . So it’ll come if you call for it?”
“How would I? Send it a letter or something?”
“Huh? No, I mean isn’t there something for that in your contract? Like that time in [Flame Cavern] . ”
“That’s just because it was originally hiding there . That guy’s been passing his time in [Flame Cavern] from the start, after all . ”
There’s a Salamander passing the time by idly in there… well, that’s the sort of setting we’re going with for Ontentoo’s public appearance .
“I see . So that’s why I felt so comfortable with you there…? Or maybe the key to it was Beddhism?”
Like I’d know?
Well, after all that, we started on our journey to the capital .
Rei, I’ll be leaving the inn and dungeon to you!
*
We arrive at Tsuia in the horse-drawn carriage without much of anything really happening .
Still though, for us to take just two hours for the trip… it used to take us six hours hiking from the dungeon to Tsuia way back when . I doubt it’d take even one hour on a fast horse .
“That was such a comfortable ride, as expected of a noble’s carriage… but still though, we didn’t even have to be examined or pay the toll since Maidence-sama was with us… truly, as expected of a noble . ”
“Ya shouldn’t need money to walk into yer own house aye? And this carriage here’s basically one big identification device . ”
“That’s correct, Gozoh-san . Though nobles do need to pay the toll . Even I have to!”
“Oh aye, you were one of them kinda-nobles since yer a Hero, Wataru . I forgot . ”
I mean, we could have went past without paying the toll for a single carriage this time since it’d be put on the guild’s tab .
So I guess we should really be saying more like as expected of Haku-san, the adventurer guild’s grand master .
“Haaah, I want to stay with Kuro-sama though . ”
“… We’ll be reading the lord’s manor soon, so prepare to get off . ”
“It’s alright, Kuro-sama . I left my preparations to my maid, so I can be next to you until the last moment . ”
We’d decided to head to the lord’s manor right away .
Doing so, we received a personal greetings from Yudence Tsuia, the lord himself .
“Oooh, Kehma-dono . It’s been a while! And you too, Nishimi-dono! Mai, have you been doing well?”
Wonder what made him greet me first? Did he have some ulterior motive?
I can’t see it as him just greeting the person watching over his daughter first, since he greeted Wataru—the person to bring her to me in the first place—second .
“Yes, father . I have also deepened my relationship with my fiancé, Kuro-sama . ”
“I see, I see! So you’ve gotten to the point of giving Kuroinu-dono a nickname! Isn’t seeing our children getting along so well refreshing, Kehma-dono?”
“Hahaha… . well, as you see, your daughter has been brought back safe and sound as you anticipated . ”
I couldn’t tell what his hidden meaning was there that well, so I went with forcing a smile just in case .
“Wait, what!? Her fiancé…!? Kehma-sama, isn’t Kuro-chan a… . —!? No way, a crossdresser…!?”
“Y-yeah, Wataru, are you okay?”
“Ah—sorry, I lost myself there for a moment . ”
Oh yeah, Wataru had that marriage fraud issue with the crossdresser a long time ago, didn’t he .
“Kehma-sama . We will be parting from you temporary, but please, feel free to continue using the carriage . So long as you have it, your exit from the town should go just as smoothly . ”
“Hmm…”
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