161 – 161 – Is this the mainland? # One
161 – Is this the mainland? # One
The latest mana-powered cruise ship “Kitanic” cut through the current without any blockage.
Although there was a little wind, the weather on the sea was very clear, so we were able to continue our smooth sailing.
“Huh, I think I’m going to live a little bit now.”
As I was passing through the hallway of the cruise ship, I bumped into Victoria, who was wearing a towel around her neck.
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Judging from the slightly flushed face and steam rising from her body, she must have just washed up.
“what. Were you waiting for me to wash up?”
Guggets.
Victoria frowns.
This guy couldn’t get so angry when he saw me.
Well, since I went through a breakup and my life started to get complicated in many ways, even if you hate me, it can’t be helped.
Still, one thing must be made clear.
“I wasn’t really waiting for you.”
I was just passing by my room.
My room is located beyond the shower.
Then Victoria seemed more angry for some reason.
“Huh, what. I bet you do. Anyway, when we get to the mainland, you and we will be doing our separate activities. okay? Because our schedules don’t overlap with you.”
That’s right.
We should head to Rash Guard Forest as our club.
The student council should head to the villa in Rash Guard Forest as the student council.
Apparently, the student council was ready to be treated as honored guests by the de Winter family of Rebekah.
Is it the summer residence of a splendid aristocrat?
I couldn’t even imagine what it would look like.
I’m curious.
We have our schedules, so we can’t help it.
“Hey, are you listening? As soon as we arrive on the mainland later in the afternoon, you and I will be separated. You can’t follow us at all.”
Victoria muttered wildly.
Are the people in my club worried that they will catch up on their splendid trip?
“You don’t have to worry. After arriving on the mainland, you and I will have nothing to see. We are among our clubs. You guys just have to do well on your own.”
“… … .”
Guggets.
Victoria frowns.
The guy immediately turned around with a snort and a snort.
I don’t know if it’s because of my mood, but the relationship between him and me seems to be getting deeper and deeper.
Unlike Enio, whose life is in danger in many ways if negative favorability is maintained.
Victorica’s minus favorability was at a level to be seen.
Even if it gets a little rough and annoying.
You won’t kill me or hit me in the back.
Rather, there was also a ‘special quest’ that was born out of negative favorability.
Because of that, I deliberately worked on a negative impression.
still.
Dealing with Victoria, who has always been prickly, made me feel a little bit heartbroken.
Being hated by a pretty girl.
The past life is enough.
I want to heal myself in this life too.
So I headed to my room, thinking about what kind of favor gifts Victoria would like.
Even if it’s not until we can joke and laugh with each other.
I hope it’s at least to the point where you don’t get angry when you see me.
* * *
Port city “Caribbean”.
I heard that this is the port of the mainland closest to Ludens, the island of amusement.
Of course, it grew into a city where people live by boats and merchants going to and from Ludens.
Perhaps because of that, it seemed that there was no big difference from Ludens Island even though it was the ‘mainland’.
“It’s cleaner than I thought.”
Stepping into the harbor, I looked around and made a brief evaluation.
The lanterns made of magic stones are wonderful, and the roads and the streets of the port are neatly docked, which is very surprising.
To be honest, when I said ‘mainland’, I imagined a medieval world that was decades behind Ludens Island.
Like roads where the streets are dirty and horses are kicking around in the mud.
But wouldn’t this be enough to live on the mainland?
“This Arnoi, this is your first time coming to the mainland… ! Indeed, the scent of this unfamiliar land… . It’s a very cool thing… !”
“This Arioldo Island is the first to get out of it… ! Ah, they sell the port’s specialty, ‘Caribbean Grilled Squid’… !”
Arnoi and Ariol made a big fuss.
The place where the eyes of such guys are directed is the squid that is being grilled.
Baked with butter and spicy sauce, it was a dish that looked delicious even at a glance.
Then Enio said a word.
“That kind of thing is what villagers buy and eat when they visit the city for the first time.”
Arnoi and Ariole grow sullen.
Of course, I took out my wallet and bought some grilled squid.
“Give me the number of people here.”
“Are you a student returning from Ludens? Welcome back to the mainland.”
Anyway, this is my first time going to the ‘mainland’.
It’s a first experience that I’ve never experienced in a game, so I’m excited.
“So Viktor-kun, what should we do now?”
Enio asked me while munching on one of the squid legs.
Well.
Even if you ask me, I don’t really know anything either.
“Domina, what should I do now?”
The person in charge and guardian of this vacation trip was ‘Domina’.
I wondered if she had a plan, so I asked, and the female teacher opened a long booklet-like thing and started reading the letters.
“According to the City of Flowers tourist brochure, it is better to ride the carriage at the top of Edelweiss. Then they say we can go to the City of Flowers.”
It’s a system that moves by carriage.
So, where can I ride that wagon?
“There is a carriage to the Winter City.”
“To the Southern Arklight nature—.”
“The carriage heading to the royal city of Babylon… .”
Is it solicitation?
Carriages were lined up in the port, as if there were a lot of taxis standing in front of a station or terminal.
Among them, what we found was a wagon with a white flower-shaped flag.
Domina, the female teacher, said, “Everyone is waiting for you here,” and then approached the carriage and seemed to be talking to the coachman.
And soon, it gestures toward us.
“it’s okay! You can ride this!”
That’s right.
That’s the carriage on top of that edelweiss.
The wagon was quite large.
To the extent that two horses are connected.
It seems that there will be no problem even if all the members of the club board.
“It’s been a long time since I rode in a carriage… !”
Nike climbed into the carriage and liked it very much.
The same goes for nymphs and imps.
Compared to that guy, Enio said, “Wagon travel would be a little boring… .” he grumbles.
Of course, I was slightly excited.
It’s the first time I’ve ever traveled by carriage.
A carriage running through a plain full of flowers and reeds.
It feels like traveling abroad.
No, it would be more correct to go on an adventure to a fantasy world rather than a foreign country.
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Just imagining it already made me feel healed.
It’s like a vacation trip, it’s my first time.
* * *
Rumble, rumble.
“hehehehe… ! Puipu, it’s sickening… !”
“This Ariole is suffering too… .”
Nymphs and imps were in pain.
I sympathized with their suffering.
I was expecting a wonderful trip.
A wagon going up and down a bumpy road was quite a terrible thing.
Of course, I was willing to accept this to some extent, but I was slightly disappointed as I was expecting a romantic journey in many ways.
Well, there was a saying that buying a trip is hard work.
Originally it would be something like this
“Eek, evil-!”
Even Nike screamed whenever his hips moved.
“Ugh, I’m going to bruise my butt… .”
It was Nike who placed her palm between the chair and her buttocks like a cushion.
“My butt doesn’t hurt anymore!”
I guess so.
The carriage has stopped.
The worst thing about carriage travel is at times like this.
“Oops, this wheel got stuck in the mud again. Everyone should come out and help.”
Yeah, that’s it.
I got off the wagon.
As the bald middle-aged coachman said, the wagon’s wheels were stuck in the mud.
It’s very muddy mud.
“This, I can’t move until I call people.”
The coachman looked around and wiped his forehead with a handkerchief.
It seems that the sweat is dripping from the warm sunlight.
Domina asked.
“How much longer do we have to wait?”
“Okay, let’s come. The rainy season came not too long ago, so there are a lot of damaged roads and things like this. The people at the top will be busy too, so half a day at the earliest… .”
Do I have to stop here for half a day?
It was literally a vast plain.
A plain where there is not a single tree to shelter from the sun, only grass or weeds growing in a vast area.
It felt good because it was open, but thinking about spending half a day in a place like this made me quite nervous.
What do you do in a plain under the scorching sun without a cell phone or laptop?
The humidity was high, perhaps because of the recent rainy season, and there was no way the carriage had air conditioning.
Soon hehehe-smiling coachman.
“Hey, from what I’ve heard, they seem to be the Ludens teachers and students. So, can you use magic as well? How can I use that magic to get the wheels of this wagon… .”
exactly.
Ludens’ students are elite.
However, Enio shook his head.
“Magic isn’t all-powerful.”
That’s true too.
“Can’t you? Everyone, keep an eye out.”
I took off my shoes and rolled up my pants.
Nike asked, “Victor, what are you going to do?”
The place I headed was toward the wheel of the wagon.
He held onto the mud-soaked wagon wheel with his hand.
“You mean to lift the wagon by hand? How can you lift a wagon barely pulled by two horses with your hands?”
The coachman clicked his tongue, but I thought it might be possible.
If you give strength to your legs and waist and lift it—.
interest. creak.
“done.”
I put the wagon well on dry ground.
Thanks to that, my legs were covered in mud, but well, the result was good, so it worked.
“Oh, oh oh, is this the power of man? Are all Ludens students like this?”
The coachman seemed very surprised.
Even people in a fantasy world seem to have strange things.
“Muhuh, Chef Victor’s power doesn’t end there… ! The chef can cut logs like paper… !”
Arnoy was elated for some reason.
However, the coachman innocently admired Arnoy’s bluffing story.
“Ohhhhh, this has great guests! I heard that there are bandits on the road to the flower city these days. If you have student nari, you will be relieved… !”
“A band of bandits?”
Enio opened her slender eyes.
Soon the coachman added a few words of explanation.
“I don’t know of the people who spent time on the island. The public sentiment of the kingdom is at its worst these days. Inside, the bandits and the dukes’ meeting recently broke down.”
Dukes’ talk.
It was natural for Enio to respond to this keyword.
“What do you mean?”
Is this the first time Enio has heard it?
the coachman added.
“It is said that there will be war. Between the Arclight and Blackstar houses. The country is about to split in half because of the greed of the stupid dukes.”
The coachman spit and spit.
“Damn it, the common people are dying because it is hard to live, but another war. Without the Wildrose family, the two dukes go out on their own.”
At the Duke’s complaint, Enio’s expression became quite serious.
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Judging from the coachman’s attitude, he seemed unaware that Enio was the duke’s daughter.
“War… . It’s the first I’ve heard of it… .”
Enio seemed shocked that there was something he didn’t know.
Suddenly, the image of Ballack, the Duke of Black Star, hurriedly leaving for the mainland before the two-man triathlon against Enio came to mind.
Does it have anything to do with the current situation?
But a war with the Arkwright family?
It was certain that the relationship between the two families was not good, but it wouldn’t have been enough to risk a war.
“Okay, then get on.”
Hee hee hee-.
the horses run
When the vast and boring meadow continued for about half a day.
Before we knew it, a flower field with colorful flowers like snowflakes appeared next to us.
The smell of flowers permeating into the wagon is very surreal.
However, the place my eyes were headed was not the colorfully shining flower field, but Nike, whose eyes were shining while looking at the flower field.
Nike looked out the window and said.
“This is the path of the flower storm… ! If you go a little further, you will see the City of Flowers, and if you go a little further, you will come to Rash Guard Forest… !”