While the mercenaries were in full swing, Luke and Roderick stayed at the village chief’s house. It was because it was the best house in town.
Luke said after examining Roderick’s wound.
“The wound is almost healed, so it won’t take long for it to fully heal.”
In fact, I didn’t even need to apply the medicine anymore. It’s already recovered to a level that can be fully cured in about a week if left to natural healing.
“Fortunately, the. Now I can take the young master with me.”
Roderick replied with a considerably brightened face. While searching the village, he found his favorite horse and equipment, and it seemed that he had a lot of spare time.
It was thanks to the fact that the village chief couldn’t sell it quickly because it was a very expensive item. At that moment, Roderick asked Gaiden as if thinking of something.
“Come to think of it, Sir Guyden, don’t you have a carriage?”
“carriage?”
“You can’t let the young master walk like this.”
At those words, Gaiden looked at Roderick as if he was bewildered.
“Do you think I can be a fortuneteller? Before you even find the young master, find out in advance and get a wagon.”
“Ugh. That too.”
The two of them were still searching to find Luke. It was impossible to get a wagon ahead of time and drag it around.
However, Gaiden’s true intentions were slightly different.
‘Damn it, I was actually going to make him walk.’
Originally, he intended to inflict all sorts of humiliation on the countess’s orders. But now, treats are all treats.
The more I thought about it, the more my head hurt. Roderick said something that drove Gaiden even more crazy.
“I can’t help it. You need to get a wagon.”
“what?”
“Wagon. I don’t need it right now.”
“No, why the hell am I…”
Gaiden looked at Roderick with a bewildered face. However, Roderick asked back with an attitude as if what was the problem.
“I can’t go out directly because of my wounds, and the young master is out of the question from the beginning. So you have no choice but to hire a mercenary and bring it.”
“Where does that money come from? Do you think a wagon costs a penny or two?”
“You can tell the lord after paying the bill. He’s not stingy with expenses either.”
“…”
Gaiden was at a loss for words at the extremely common sense answer. Actually, Roderick was right, but I hated having to go through that cumbersome process.
If you go back because you couldn’t fulfill the countess’s order, you’ll get a bad command, and you’ll have to bow down to the bastard the whole time, isn’t it?
But now that he’s here, he has to get a wagon so that the bastard can travel comfortably!
When Gaiden looked uncomfortable, Luke, who had been still, opened his mouth.
“Is it okay if I just walk away?”
“Oh, can you really?”
“yes. It may look ugly, but could it cause trouble to you?”
“…”
Looking at Luke, Gaiden was speechless. You can’t save me if you say that.
I don’t know if he was really considerate, or if he was deliberately aiming to hit the pit of the stomach.
Sure enough, upon hearing that, Roderick opened his ax eye and was looking at Guyden.
“I will get a wagon.”
Under pressure from both sides, Guyden raised the white flag.
****
“Sick. Only the mercenaries are excited.”
Gaiden, who came out of the house, gnashed his teeth at the mercenaries chattering. I was hired at most, but I didn’t work and I was playing around.
Even after plundering like that, he didn’t have anything to offer himself, and he hated seeing him shout ‘Long live the young master’ over and over again.
“Hey, mercenary over there! I have something to do, so come over here!”
“f*ck…”
“what?”
“it’s nothing. What are you doing?”
One unlucky mercenary made a smile while quickly hiding his poop-chewed expression.
Gaiden looked at the mercenary suspiciously for a moment and held out a bill to the mercenary.
“Go to the nearest city or big village and get a wagon… no, wait.”
While he was talking, a trick popped into Guyden’s mind. If done well, I thought I could embarrass the bastard I didn’t like.
“lily? What does the carriage say?”
“No, it is not a wagon. Get some ponies from nearby.”
“A pony?”
“okay. If possible, as a gentleman.”
The mercenary was bewildered but accepted the note. I don’t know why, but my employer ordered it, so I have no choice but to follow it.
Looking at the mercenary’s back, Gaiden smiled.
‘Boy, I’ve been doing well so far. Try it once.’
There is no need to show malice. If you make a few suitable ‘mistakes’, you will be given embarrassing things as they are, and the prosecution will be impossible.
Even if something happened, the bastard and Roderick would not be able to hold themselves accountable.
****
The next morning, after hearing Gaiden’s words, Roderick widened his eyes.
“Should I teach the young master how to ride a horse?”
“exactly.”
Roderick was bewildered by the sudden suggestion. Horseback riding is an essential virtue for nobles.
Even if you don’t like going to the family, you have to learn. Why do you want to teach me now?
“I told the mercenary to get a wagon, but I don’t know if there is a suitable wagon or not. So, if you don’t have a carriage, I told you to get me a horse.”
“If you don’t have a wagon, shouldn’t you go somewhere else to find it?”
“Look, Lord Roderick. Aren’t we supposed to be on this wallpaper for a thousand years? How much time must I waste before I can find the right wagon?”
“Mmm.”
Roderick fell silent at the valid objection. I certainly couldn’t spend more than a month trying to find a wagon.
If there is nothing to rob in the village, the mercenaries will be dissatisfied.
“Even if it’s not a carriage, the horse is dignified, so it’s not bad to look at. I don’t know if it’s running, but if it’s light riding, I can teach you enough.”
“That’s right.”
“If you’re nervous, you can just ride a horse to the nearest town and get a wagon separately from a nearby city. For now, let’s just teach you how to ride a horse in case of an unexpected situation.”
“…Okay.”
After thinking for a moment, Roderick nodded. In fact, I didn’t like the rush to teach horseback riding here.
Aren’t beginners always at risk of falling off the horse? But when I couldn’t get a wagon, I couldn’t even make the boy walk.
“The thing is, my horse is pretty ferocious. Not suitable for beginners.”
“Don’t worry. Coincidentally, the guy I ride is a gentle guy. Even beginners can drive it without problems.”
“Then it’s fortunate…”
“Come on, let’s go to the young master.”
Gaiden raised the hesitant Roderick and headed for Luke. When everything went smoothly and according to plan, it was to the point of bursting into laughter.
Luke, who was in the middle of servicing his bow and arrows, blinked at the words of the two.
“Learn to ride a horse?”
“yes. A situation has arisen.”
Roderick copied what Gaiden had said earlier. If you can’t get a wagon, you can ride a horse.
He even said that it was a noble virtue that had to be learned anyway, so it would be better to learn it now. Upon hearing the circumstances, Luke nodded.
“indeed. If so, you should definitely learn it.”
“you’re right. Wouldn’t it be dignified if you learned what you were going to learn in advance and died with dignity?”
At Luke’s positive answer, Gaiden quickly put in a choo-imsae. Then he quickly pushed his horse forward.
It was a rather large, majestic brown warhorse.
“He is the guy I love. He’s gentle, listens well, and doesn’t care about people well, so it’s good to ride. As long as there’s nothing wrong, the young master will give you a ride.”
“I’ve seen it a few times, but it’s still a wonderful word. Then I will be grateful.”
Taking the reins from Guyden, Luke climbed onto the saddle. By the side, Roderick assisted in the careful riding.
Gaiden, who was watching this, laughed inwardly.
‘He’s not a nice guy. But he’s pretty obscured by people.’
Among horses, even if they are not fierce, there is a guy who becomes particularly fussy when the jockey is changed. Gaiden’s words were one of them.
If a strange rider suddenly came up, he would be embarrassed and not listen. Of course, there is no way a beginner can control a horse.
‘I won’t run wild and knock the horse off, but I won’t move as you wish.’
Horseback riding is difficult to learn in a short period of time. You’ll have no choice but to drive it clumsily and eventually come down.
And later, when the mercenary brings a pony, you can say that since that was the only horse, you have no choice but to ride and learn.
Whether riding a pony among majestic warhorses or walking among mercenaries. Either way it would be very ugly.
Purruk!
“Calm down. Let’s borrow a lamp for a while.”
As expected, the stranger shook his head and resisted as he typed. Guyden snorted as Luke slowly stroked his mane and tried to calm him down.
‘That’s stupid. To a guy who doesn’t like being touched by strangers…?’
Gaiden’s face hardened. The one who turned his head away when a stranger stroked him until now became calmer every time he was petted.
Later, he stopped resisting and accepted Luke’s hand. When the horse calmed down, Luke took the reins and went on his own.
“Are you doing this?”
“It’s dangerous to move now! First of all, going lightly…!”
Roderick shouted, but Luke didn’t care and rode on. The horse followed Luke, slowly adapting to where he was going, maintaining an appropriate speed.
Sometimes I would speed it up a little, then slow it down again as I circled around.
The two knights looked blankly at Luke, who stopped after turning five times. It was a move that I couldn’t have thought of as a beginner.
“Do, young master. Have you ever ridden a horse?”
“doesn’t exist.”
“No, then how…”
Luke stroked the horse’s mane and said at the question of the two knights.
“When you live as a hunter for a long time, you understand the mind of your prey.
“consensus···?”
“Isn’t he the one who carried a lot of people around? He understands his mind and will take care of the rider on his own if he surrenders himself. I just followed where the horse led me.”
“ah!”
Roderick was amazed. It is said that even a farmer who plows a field has a piece of profound wisdom. Isn’t that what Luke is showing you now?
To become one by chasing the beast, reading the beast’s mind, and communicating with the beast. I was amazed at how unusual it was.
Luke muttered to himself as he gazed at the forest with melancholy eyes.
‘Sympathy is a piece of sh*t. Where is that?’
Actually, what I just said was made up to make it easier to hear. Does the hunter communicate with his prey? It just reads the habit and catches it ahead of time.
Hunting is, after all, a fight between two creatures. There could be something grandiose like sympathy.
‘I just rode it to the point of exhaustion before returning.’
Basically, he was a wanderer, so he always had a horse, and even spent a day in the saddle when he was chased by the emperor’s army.
Even rice was eaten on the saddle. Of course, his understanding of the horse was at the level of a fairly nomad.
[Experience increases because you have perfectly dealt with words you have never seen before. ]
[The current horsemanship level is ‘Expert’. ]
Hearing the pleasant message, Luke slightly turned his head. The guide who recommended the horseback riding was still unconscious.
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‘It looks like he was trying to eat some sh*t out of resentment, but it’s too obvious to think about it.’
The corner of Luke’s mouth went up, and Gaiden flinched. Luke spoke softly towards Gaiden.
“Sir Guyden.”
“Yes, yes?”
“Thank you for lending me my Rottweiler. You will have to walk around while I learn, but I will never forget your consideration.”
“…”