Crank looked over the wagon and nodded.
“For now, this is the limit. It needs to be properly repaired at the rest stop.”
“thank you! There is no place to be so grateful!”
The coachman, with bandages on their heads and chests, bent over and did not know what to do, and the people who stepped out to help them grinned.
“I have to help and live.”
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As soon as the situation was over, a large group of people in charge rushed in front of the old gentleman during tea time.
“Can I hear your name? We are the conductors of the moving vehicles belonging to the Maine Coon Trading Company.”
“I am the chief of the car guard.”
The old man with red-tinted glasses shaking a teacup under his nose said.
“It’s nice.”
The old gentleman, who returned the cup to the maid and stood up on his staff, looked up at them.
“I am Boyd D Wizard, leading a humble viscount family. As a reward for your help, I will send a letter of appreciation and a gift to the organizations you belong to.”
People only nodded their heads because it was an aristocratic name they had never heard of. the captain of the bodyguard asked.
“Do you have any idea who the attackers were?”
Viscount Boyd laughed with a bad expression and said:
“I don’t know. It’s because I’m not the only one who’s dissatisfied with me. Anyway, I was a bit surprised that he attacked me so openly. When I go back, I will go to the guards and have them investigate.”
“If you do, it will be more comfortable. thank you.”
“Good job. Thank you for your help.”
There were also many stiff and inattentive nobles, whose names I had never heard of, but in quite some cases they walked away, thinking that they were proper old gentlemen. And since I couldn’t just stand on the side of the road, I hurriedly started moving. the lead conductor shouted.
“Let’s go to the rest area like this! We will follow!”
It was a little uneasy about rolling, but the wagon was still able to reach the rest area without major problems. It was already evening when we arrived.
Maine Coon and the capital, Liznet, were separated by a distance of about two days by carriage, and there was a rest area in the middle, providing convenience to passengers using intercity transportation vehicles as well as nearby adventurers.
“Oh oh! It’s here! I’ve been tied up here a few times too! It reminds me of old memories.”
After getting out of the car, Ariete walked around the rest stop building and was thrilled. Because I thought I would never see these insignificant buildings and landscapes again.
“By the way, where is our accommodation?”
“This way.”
Crank, who was looking at the tickets, unpacked his luggage in the room with the specified number. The general accommodations of the rest area were different from the inns, so they were just used in a large room with a foldable camp bed spread out.
“But still in the same room! What do you think of my young lady?!”
Pie, a modest maid from an aristocratic family, couldn’t stand it and expressed her dissatisfaction. Crank, who was unfolding the bed, lifted his helmet and looked at her. Ariete, who was helping by the side, said.
“I don’t really care?”
“I care! How could you, a grown-up girl, sleep in the same room as a man! It’s impossible! The same goes for your bed in that studio! perhaps… Maybe in a place like that… … !”
“Excuse me! that’s my home I’m the only one who can put my mind to rest!”
Crank, who had assembled the three beds, stood up while hearing the two of them chatting.
“Pai, what you say makes sense. But don’t worry. You two are not women by my standards.”
Pi and Ariete, who turned their heads, raised their eyebrows in different ways and raised their eyes with an axe. Ariete started pounding his big shoulders with her fist.
puck puck!
“I don’t care what you say while I wiped the bottom! This is too much! cancel! Not a woman! Then what do you see!”
“Ouch, that hurts. Don’t hit me.”
However, Pi suddenly felt dizzy because he had heard the strange words.
“Mi, what, how… one… Sai?”
“Um, is that what you mean?”
Ariete, who was banging on the crank, turned her head and told me about what had happened in the crank’s workshop immediately after being rescued. After hearing those words, Pi, who had been staggering, slumped back in his seat and put on a futile expression.
“Ah, it’s all over… … .”
“What do you mean?”
“What is it! You are pure! oh my god! What the hell are you doing, you! crank! You are in charge! You should make our Ariete your wife!”
“radish… ! with something like that! I don’t care! I’m so grateful that you even gave me limbs! Are you ashamed to expose your private parts to see a doctor!”
The two started arguing in the room. Crank, who grabbed the helmet, made an expression that his ears hurt. Among the automatons sitting on chairs and staring at them, Carrot laughed.
“Wow, you guys are having fun. Try some more. I think I can show you this for money.”
In the end, Ariete was the victor in the quarrel. Pie couldn’t break her stubbornness and insistence, which was completely blocked.
“I’m going to go eat now.”
“I’m done. My blood pressure is rising because of you, so I need to rest… … .”
“I get it. I’ll make sure to bring you a packed lunch.”
They went to a restaurant, leaving behind Pie, who had fallen on the bed with a towel covering her face, and Lotte and Venus as escorts.
“The soufflé here is delicious.”
Ariete, who sat down, smiled brightly, which is rare. Carrot, who had accompanied her to the restaurant as an escort, looked up at her. Then he turned to Crank, who was looking at the menu.
“Isn’t it somehow lively? Ariete.”
“Of course. Even dogs won’t back down easily if they fight in front of their house.”
“I am not a dog!”
“Right, what is a dog to a person?”
“It was just an example. let’s order hungry.”
While doing so, it is noisy from the other side.
“Ah! I can’t win!”
“This old man, isn’t this a joke?”
“Ughhhhh! Young people, is this enough?”
“what? what?”
The short cheers and exclamations did not stop, so Carrot, who was curious, got up from his seat and moved on.
When I went there, I saw the old gentleman of the day sitting with a checkerboard spread out. Standing next to the Maid Automaton, she was smiling eerily while wearing red-tinted glasses, like a king sitting on a throne.
The young man sitting across from him scratched his head and moved on to play chess, but was immediately caught by Viscount Boyd.
“and! This old man is great!”
“me too! It’s me this time!”
Carrot, who was pathetic that people rushed to the checkerboard after eating, turned away.
“Rather than entertainment like that, eat first.”
At that time, Viscount Boyd’s voice came to Carrot’s ears.
“Are there any more? If anyone can hold out for 10 minutes, I’ll grant you one wish.”
“Ohh?”
Carrot’s eyes became ax eyes. And I glanced back.
“Carrot isn’t coming.”
“This soufflé is so delicious.”
“oh! yes? You know the taste too!”
Ariete liked it. Crank, who was eating the fifth soufflé, lifted his pitcher at the noise next to him, then stood up holding his plate.
“Is that, like Carrot?”
“huh?”
When I moved to my seat, Carrot was sitting in front of Viscount Boyd with both hands raised and having a snowball fight.
“Where is this going?”
“You can go this way and this way.”
Boyd giggled and showed me how to move the words. He moved his words accordingly, but was immediately interrupted. Looking down at Carrot, who was screaming while holding her head, Viscount Boyd smiled cutely. Then, looking at the approaching crank, he said.
“You’re the friend who put the wheels on the wagon. Is this your automaton?”
“That’s right. Excuse me. You looked spoiled.”
As Crank lowered the plate and said, Viscount Boyd smiled and waved. He took out a cigarette and put it in his mouth. But the fire did not ignite.
“It’s okay. thank you for the day Hey, what’s your name?”
“It’s an adventurer crank.”
Boyd pointed his finger at Carrot without answering. Crank also taught me Carrot’s name.
“I saw it in a fallen wagon. He fought well. I’m alive thanks By the way, may I ask why you made it look like a human?”
Crank, who was silent for a while, conscious of the eyes and ears of the people around him, covered it appropriately.
“Honestly, I wondered what would happen. But he liked it. this guy.”
“Why did you want to be like a human? A doll must be like a doll to be like a doll.”
Carrot, who was looking down at the chessboard with his hair wrapped, answered.
“The humans who made us wanted that. Where did you say this could go?”
Viscount Boyd laughed, his legs crossed and his arms resting on the armrests of his chair.
“It can go beyond the opponent’s words. Sounds like something I didn’t want to hear. Actually, I don’t really like the soft skin of Automaton. An old friend fell in love with it.”
“Even if you ask me in detail… … ?”
As he put a cigarette in his mouth and turned his head, the automaton maid who was standing like a stone statue took something out of his pocket and flicked it with his finger. Then, in an instant, a fire breaks out.
Pak-! Chow!
matches!
Only because of the rarity and the flavor felt in its unique premiere, the unusual ignition device used by some smokers was introduced, and the eyes of the crank as well as the onlookers widened.
Viscount Boyd, who inhaled deeply, exhaled white smoke and said.
“Phuhuh… … ! He built a soft-skinned automaton with his dead wife. The lady was someone I knew well. how the same As soon as I saw it, I got goosebumps. I really wanted to do that. It was a great fight.”
It was a crank that started thinking a lot about something.
“Who is he?”
“Dead. As a fortune teller.”
The faces of the people crowding around changed strangely. Some of them even got angry.
“Ask for my impression!”
“ah! You’re about to feel bad all of a sudden!”
“What the hell is this beggar feeling?!”
Carrot, who was playing chess, looked around with long-winded eyes.
“What is a good boss? huh? Are you hearing this for the first time?”
“You don’t have to know.”
Ariete put her hand on Carrot’s head and said.
“Cover your words.”
“Chuckle, cover the horse, isn’t this kid an automaton? Actually, aren’t you in a bad mood?”
Viscount Boyd, who had put ashes in the ashtray, leaned back in his chair. His fingers on the table are still smoking thick cigarettes.
in that smoke.
Received the fear and praise of the people gathered in one body.
The old gentleman, who looked like a demon king, opened his mouth while wearing red glasses.
“People are I think you should care for and love the same person.”
* * *
Ultimately, Carrot, who was defeated by the long-term demon king, gave way to the next person. Ariete murmured as she finished eating and returned to her room.
“Viscount Boyd’s comments are getting on my nerves.”
“why?”
“It can be interpreted as words that do not consider other races.”
Carrot, who was chasing after Crank, said.
“Ariete, in the dictionary sense, a person is not a word that refers to a human being. An animal that thinks, uses language, makes tools, and lives in a society. That’s what a person is.”
Carrot, who was talking, stopped with a surprised face. Then he covered his cheeks with both hands and smiled brightly.
“Ook! then! then! Are automatons not people? Doesn’t it fall into that category? Aren’t I a human?!”