260 – Escape (4)
A ship is something that lives in the hinterlands of the Kingdom of Viend, works mainly inland, and even goes to coastal cities to taste the delicacies of the sea. It was too awkward for Monia, who hadn’t done anything above.
The boat Monia was familiar with was not a sailboat that could cross the sea, but a raft that could float on the river, and even that was not a well-made ferryboat, but a very primitive type of thing made by tying together logs.
Above all, to Monia, the term “Ship” Did not mean anything good.
Appearing from the gigantic sailboat he felt closest to him, Rotin and Urgo, his men, were enemies who wanted to take Monia forcibly to the Kingdom of Be’End, and she, above all else, wanted the man she loved close to her death. It was the enemy of Cheolcheonji who drove him.
The next time I boarded a ship, there was nothing good about the Tongdan Continent that I didn’t even need to explain. It felt good to be reminded of a floating island, but apart from that, the only good thing about it was the experience of eating a strange creature like a crocodile.
“Let’s go with that boat.”
She thinks she will hate the ship even more when she hears that she is stowed away and that she will have to hide on the ship for a long time. Jean Monia saw the ship Chester pointed at.
“Why?”
“I am carrying the most luggage. So that ship will be the first to leave. Plus it’s already loaded with stuff, so it’d be nice to find a place to hide.”
Chester explained in a low voice, in case anyone could hear it, said to come back late at night, and found a suitable inn to rest until the night.
There were many mercenaries gathered at the inn.
When the mercenaries saw the Chester family coming in, they gave a puzzled look.
The first thing I felt strange about from the group who had just entered the inn was, as expected, a giant monkey that had followed them from behind.
But the next thing I felt strange was that they were all dressed too lightly to say that they were living in the jungle-filled continent of Tongdan.
They weren’t natives, or nobles who didn’t want to step into the jungle or change their attire even if they did, so I couldn’t figure out why they were only wearing light cloth.
Everyone was dressed in light cloth clothes because they took off their wet clothes and changed into dry clothes, but from the point of view of not knowing their situation, it looked really strange.
I don’t think I’m rich, I’m not a sailor, I’m not a mercenary…… However, it is too exotic to be called a native.
Although Senna was a native of the Tongdan continent, the distinctive feature of her gray hair covered the contours of her face unique to people from the Tongdan continent.
However, the strange gaze was all there was. Since there are no more suspicious factors, everyone decided not to pay much attention to the outlandish people who suddenly appeared.
The Chester family, seated on one side of the inn, ordered simple food. As if to prove that it was a Tongdan Continental Inn, there were insect dishes on the menu, and there were many unique dishes that were rare to see elsewhere.
Moderately good cuisine. And moderately unconventional dishes. After properly mixing the two, they began to eat.
“This must be a baked bug?”
“It looks like a cricket.”
Monia took a baked worm resembling a cricket in her hand, inspected it around, and put it in her mouth.
“…… !”
“Oh my God, I just ate it!”
The mercenaries who were watching around were frightened when Monia calmly ate her bugs.
Even those who have lived through hard work were reluctant and difficult to eat the insect food of this land for the first time, and they still eat it only after seeing the cost performance. To be honest, I really don’t want to eat it!
“… …. Legs get stuck between teeth.”
Monia took out the leg of the insect that was stuck between her teeth.
“The taste, yes, is just so-so. It’s not that I can’t eat it, but if it tastes this good even after cooking like this, I wouldn’t bother looking for it.”
“Really?”
“To be honest, even Chester only eats bugs when he is in a hurry.”
“I like it because it’s easy to find and eat. They are really everywhere.”
Sena is originally from the continent of Tongdan, and she has been eating since she was young, so she is used to it.
“Is this a banana?”
The next thing Monia was interested in was how she removed her seeds from a banana, then pressed it flat and baked it.
It looked hard on the outside, but when I actually touched it, it was moderately soft to the point where I could feel a little stickiness.
“When I just ate it, it was full of seeds and tasteless, but after baking it changes like this.”
After eating the banana dish, Monia drank her cider.
As much as the Tongdan continent is a paradise for creatures and fruits as well as natural resources, all kinds of fruit wine were prepared at this inn.
There were fruit wines that looked spoiled due to poor storage, and in fact, there was an absurd phrase on the menu saying that compensation would not be given even if spoiled fruit wine appeared, but fortunately, Monia’s fruit wine was fine.
“Hmm. It’s good. Aren’t you more toxic than you thought?”
“Isn’t the fruit wine from the floating island strange?”
“Is that so?”
“Wine is fruit wine in a sense, right? On the other hand, the wine isn’t too strong either.”
“Chester, if you look for wine, there are many strong types?”
“Really?”
“Let’s try it sometime.”
Chester nodded and popped the browned slugs into his mouth.
“What bug is this?”
“That’s a creature’s intestines, Monia.”
“Built-in.”
Monia listened to the strangely long dish, but stopped for a moment when Senna said she was an organ.
“Um.”
‘I ate the heart and liver anyway, but what?’
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Chester even ate the eyeballs of prey he caught in front of Monia’s eyes.
Monia put her intestines in her mouth.
“It’s better than I thought.”
* * *
Thanks to the fast movement on the river, I was able to spread the distance, and the Chester family was able to safely go out late at night after spending time at the inn.
First, after asking Rex, who stood out the most, to move separately, they approached the sailboat they had seen during the day.
Around the sailboat, there were many mercenaries and sailors who appeared to be escorts to protect the sailboat.
“Are you going to kill me?”
“No.”
Chester answered Monia’s question right away.
“If even one person dies, there will be a big commotion. Then we will definitely search the ship thoroughly.”
“Then it would be better not to knock it down if possible?”
“Yes. If anyone faints or is knocked down, of course the ship will be searched.”
So said Chester, and he climbed onto the roof of the building and watched the encirclement around the ship.
The siege network, which divided a certain section and patrolled around the section, was so difficult to hide unless someone was defeated.
“… ….”
That’s why Chester turned his gaze to the air instead of the ground.
‘If you jump right on the boat, you’ll get caught. So… ….’
The target is the sailboat next to the sailboat they want to ride.
Due to the situation in the harbor where ships were lined up densely, the distance between the ships was closer than expected, and thanks to this, it seemed possible to cross from a sailboat to a sailboat by using a pole after climbing on the mast.
‘It bothers me a little that there are people on the guard over there.’
There is only one person on the guard. Moreover, it is night, so the view is inevitably narrowed. So he was confident enough to break through the gap.
‘A place that is appropriately blind to the sailors on the lookout… ….’
After thinking about which sail to ride and how to get over it, Chester came downstairs and told Monia and Senna, who were waiting, how they would move.
“Now, let’s go.”
* * *
“Then, shall we go now?”
The aristocrat who was enjoying life on the continent of Tongdan suddenly said so.
It was fun to have fun making Rorowan a hero here, but then I realized that I had been on a continent with nothing but this natural resource for too long.
‘I miss the gourmet food of my hometown.’
I wanted to quench my thirst with smooth and luxurious liquor made by artisans using techniques honed by artisans rather than crude fruit wine, and I wanted to lubricate my stomach while enjoying a feast that commoners would not dare to enjoy even with one meal in their lifetime. .
What I brought with me to the Tongdan Continent had already been used up while having banquets with nobles every day, so I had to go back to my hometown to feel the taste of my hometown.
‘In addition, I have to look at the slave market in my hometown. A new slave might have appeared.’
Nodding his head, the noble asked his butler.
“Where is the ship that leaves the fastest?”
“Captain Shearp’s ship is scheduled to depart in a week.”
“It’s been a week. No, that’s okay. We’ll leave right away in two days.”
“Yes?”
“I want to go back soon. Tell the captain to prepare for sailing tomorrow. I’ll get on that boat and go back. You guys, prepare the ship so that I can stay.”
The butler was momentarily taken aback, but it was not the first time he had received an absurd order from a nobleman.
“Okay.”
After the butler left, the noble went into bed with the female slaves he had saved from the Tongdan Continent.
‘It’s finally back.’
Sitting still in the corner of her room, Tiara let out a sigh of relief at the thought of finally being able to escape this terribly savage continent.