Chapter 229 – 223 the Road to Owling
Prick- chirp.
A foggy dawn when the cries of unknown birds resound.
Looking out the window at the gray world, Isilite, wearing chainmail armor, checked every nook and cranny of the house for one last thing she had forgotten.
Yes. I haven’t forgotten anything.
=Anne, did you pack all your things? Has Yuri unnie forgotten anything?=
=I took everything except the dust.=
=I looked under the bed and behind the drawers, so I don’t think I forgot anything~.=
Nodding her head, Isilite took several of her gym bags with them and left the house.
The Que huddled in front of the house looked back at them, and Kurti, Isilite’s mount, approached and rubbed her face against her cheek.
=Yes, yes.=
As she began to load her gym bag on Kurti’s back, Anne, who was playing tug with Kue and Coupin, a 10-year-old male who wore her salvation light and became her own mount, laughed.
= But he is funny. Why don’t you ask us why you haven’t forgotten anything?
=Because I took care of everything for the owner.=
=…….=
She answered calmly, and Anne, who was staring blankly at Isilite as she went back into the house, stuck out her tongue.
Really great. How can the owner be single-minded like that? I’m not even a dog person.
The most popular species as escorts, maids, and servants are, by far, Luke and the human dog. This is because they are a species that will not let go of their trust while suffering pain no matter how many times they are betrayed once they recognize them as their masters.
But these days, perceptions are changing a bit. Maybe Seuli’s servants, the Inseong tribe, are the most loyal.
He would also have watched Isilite’s dedication to her Hwanin all the time she stayed in Far Heist.
It is not unreasonable to think so, as we witnessed her devotedly and voluntarily taking care of Hwanin every single day.
= Doesn’t Yuri unnie think that way too? =
= Um~. Isn’t it just that Miss Dew is special?
= I see…….=
Wearing a black and gray plaid skirt down to her knees, a dark gray blouse, a black and gray jacket over it, and a gray hooded cape, Yurpa stroked her beak and scratched her neck and wing bones to bond with Kura. Said.
= Rather, from my point of view, Miss Anne is more special than Lady Seul Lee?=
= Huh? I?=
Did she look so loyalhehe, Yurpa took revenge for the low-quality skinship she had been waiting for for Anne who smiled.
=Miss Anne is a pervert. It’s to the point where you can’t believe that she’s not a Fleur, but a perverted werewolf. =
=…… Too bad! I’m just trying to be friendly!=
= Not too much Seul and I accepted it because we were young ladies, but if she were someone else, we would have immediately reported to the guardsmen that she was a molester?
=Really?! W, I heard that girls get closer by touching each other…….=
Yu Lepa was stunned by Anne’s genuinely shocked expression.
=Who the hell taught you such false common sense?!=
=Chae, a book?=
=…… Obscene books?=
= No! …… Although it was a commercial novel for ages 15+…….=
Yurpa let out a deep sigh. When I asked why she behaved like a pervert with a beautiful appearance that rivaled that of a forest goddess, the teaching material was wrong.
However, it was Yurpa who did not feel the need to correct it.
It’s interesting that there is such a strange type of floe among the floes. She wasn’t like that because she had a dark mind for excessive physical contact, but when I realized that she did it because she wanted to get along with me, a lot of the unpleasant things disappeared.
Then the door opened and Hwanin walked out.
=…….=
=…….=
Anne and Yurpa opened their eyes wide and gulped at the atmosphere of the phantom in the gray mist.
An all-black adventurer’s outfit with a sharp and serious body fit.
On top of that, his black hair, black like a crow’s, wildly covered his face, and the languid yet sharp-looking face revealed between them exuded a masculine charm that would not be satisfied with just one look.
‘Wow. I think I’m getting more and more handsome…….’
Obviously, it wasn’t like this when I first saw it. He was just moderately handsome, but lately, I feel like my heart is shaken by Hwanin’s charm to the extent that I glance at him without even realizing it.
‘Did I just wash the bean pods?’
It seems like that, but the way Yuri unnie looks at her doryung…… Ah, Yuri unnie also likes Doryeong a lot, right?
At that moment, Anne opened her mouth slightly without realizing it.
Hwanin wears a gray hooded cloak with a nonchalantly chic appearance. Flutters – the cloak spreads wide and settles lightly on her shoulders, pushing away the gray mist from her.
Anne felt her breasts thump and her nipples harden.
Que~
Bi-bi, carrying her backpack behind her saddle, rubs her face against Hwan-in’s chest. Anne, who came to her senses at the sight of her, shook her head and let out a sigh.
He’s a real magic man
“Anne, Yurpa. Are you ready to depart?”
= Huh? Uh. Done. Right?=
Yurpa, who was still standing in a daze, was stabbed in the side. Surprised, Yurpa eagerly nodded at him.
= Eh! I didn’t forget anything. =
“Then let’s go.”
As Hwanin climbs onto the back of the emergency room, Isilite, Anne, and Yurpa, who come out after closing the door, get on their own Que.
Anne, including her equipment, said while stroking Coupin, who was still intact even after carrying herself weighing close to 160kg.
=By the way, even though it’s the day we leave, Aru doesn’t show his face.=
“I told you not to come.”
= Huh? Why?=
“We even finished saying goodbye yesterday, so there’s no need to ask her to come early in the morning.”
As soon as her heel touched Bisang’s side, it started to move forward, and the three women also gave orders to Kue, who were riding them, and started following him.
The cold air of dawn blows in and cools your heated cheeks and ears.
Thanks to Hwanin and his party arriving on time, they were able to arrive just as the southern gate was opening.
Gurr- thump.
With a heavy sound, the 5-meter-thick iron gate opened wide to the left and right, and the travelers, caravans, adventurers, wagons, and omnibuses waiting in the clearing near the south gate began to move in unison.
It was the same outside the gates. People who had been camping all night around the gate gathered around the gate, and naturally a line formed and inspection began.
=I hope you have a peaceful journey.=
Since he was on the way out, Hwanin, who had completed only a brief check (reported wanted and criminal confirmation), ignored the greeting guards and knights and left the castle.
And Hwanin was suspicious of travelers passing by or receding backwards, or people who seemed to be adventurers glancing at him.
Except for the merchants and people who made transportation their business, most of them were moving on foot, and there were hardly any people riding horses or riding dragons, let alone a group of people who all rode Que like themselves.
‘Coming to think of it, I haven’t seen ordinary people riding on anything.’
Even if they rode something, it was a wagon or a cart, and most of the people who pulled such a cart were horses or horses with lower bodies.
The only ones who saw the wagon pulled by Que were the wagons ridden by people from wealthy families, such as nobles and nobles, and the guards escorting such wagons.
Even Sidur, a blood relative of the lord of the Farhist castle, was the only one riding the Que, and her two knights were walking on two legs.
Just riding Que can drastically reduce her travel time, so why doesn’t she ride it?
“…….”
After thinking about it for a while, the reason came out right away.
The price of one Que is usually around 500 to 600 million won. Compared to horses, it has high versatility and many uses, but its main purpose is to be a ‘vehicle’.
Long-distance movement is not commonplace like the Earth, and movement between cities and towns and villages is not frequent. Maybe it’s because you can’t spend 5 gold coins on a simple mount.
The common people live in the realm of iron-hwa and fairy tales. The middle class, which has most of the 2nd to 4th grade workers, is included in the living area of donghwa and eunhwa.
Most of all, you would think that there is no reason to buy expensive Que when you have two good and strong legs.
Frankly, Anne didn’t ride the Que either.
When she asked her girlfriends just in case, her prediction came true.
=The people of the tribal union who believe in the land god prefer to walk on their own legs. I consider it happiness to be able to walk on two legs on the earth blessed by him.
=Can I use a omnibus to move from city to city or from city to village? I don’t think anyone bothers to buy their own Que. I don’t know if it’s a house that lives as well as Kantwi…….=
=In the village, you have to collect all the property in the village to buy one Kue. Villages and cities have cheaper and more convenient means of use, as Yuri said, and it is also impossible for unemployed people to travel unless they are very strong.
In addition, Que is much faster than a horse or riding dragon and has high stamina. A party usually consists of five or six people, and if all of them do not have Queue, their movement speed will be lost.
If everyone doesn’t ride the queue, there’s no reason to use the expensive queue.
“If it’s that expensive, it would be okay to breed and sell Que. Is there any other reason not to?”
When I asked, recalling the village where I stopped by while traveling with Susa and breeding and breeding Kue, Anne answered while tying her hood.
= Doryeong must have felt it while raising Bisangi, but the amount Kue eats from the time she was just born until she finally grows up is enormous. Half of the reason why the selling price was formed at about 5 gold coins is because of the cost of food.=
= We need to prepare good quality and nutritious food. Or you can outgrow words. When nutritional imbalance comes, sickness is common, and if it is serious, there are cases where you cannot reach adulthood.
In other words, breeding breeding is a story that the burden of risk is high.
=More than anything else, Que is expensive to look at. The first thing thieves and bandits target is Que. The only place that actively uses Que for this kind of problem is the military. Or a skilled adventurer like us.=
While nodding my head in response to my curiosity, I slipped through the fog and moved several kilometers away from the city.
Anne, who has been there for more than 70 days and has experienced this or that incident, mumbles as she looks back at her gray fog-shrouded city.
=It feels like something has been going on for a very long time.=
=I’ve been here for over 2 months, so maybe it’s been long enough?=
=Is that so?=
Hwanin also looked back for a moment. The fog that started from the Hololen River captures the sight as if it were eating away at the city.
When I raised my gaze a little, I saw a black dot flying over the city.
“…….”
Turning his head, Hwanin summoned the lesser wind spirits and lesser water spirits, who were curiously approaching and watching them, turned them into soul beads and told her girlfriends,
“Now speed up a little more. Fast forward to lunch.”
=Yes.=
=Uh.=
=Yes~.=
As soon as the reins are shaken, the emergency signal is received! Crying starts to speed up with her eyes twinkling.
After seeing my girlfriends following, I saw a black dot flying over Farchist again.
“…….”
Turning his head forward, Hwanin lowered his upper body to reduce wind resistance and accelerated his speed by touching his side.
Almost 6 hours until lunch.
I ran for about 40 minutes at a moderate pace, then walked for 20 minutes to recover my physical strength, ran again for about 40 minutes, and then walked for another 30 minutes to recover my physical strength.
Thanks to repeating it four more times, the party, who was able to travel a fairly long distance, got off the road and finished preparing a simple meal for lunch time.
It’s literally a simple lunch.
For the Que other than Bisang, well-dried straw bales, feed and fruit exclusively for Kue, and for Bisang, who needs to eat a lot because they are still growing, a 5kg whole roast is filled with feed and fruit.
And the group received Issilite’s lunch prepared by waking up early in the morning.
After taking a bite of the vegetable sandwich, Yu Lepa asked Hwanin as she licked the sweet sauce off her lips.
= Self. You seem to be in a bit of a hurry. Do you have urgent business in the next town?=
“The purpose is to quickly leave the area of Farhist and Kravery.”
Anne, who took a big bite of the fried sandwich in response to Hwanin’s answer, opened her eyes wide and swallowed it in one gulp.
= What is it Did you hear anything bad?=
“It looks like Crabberry has a firm grudge against the Farghist. There were many rumors that I heard walking around the city yesterday about clashes between Kraveries and Farghists.”
=That was a story that continued to circulate after the death of the third daughter of the lord.=
“We also obtained information that Kravery is gathering troops and recruiting soldiers from the fighters’ union.”
The women stopped eating sandwiches and looked at Hwanin with hard faces.
= Oh, really? Is the lord of Crabbury recruiting citizens?=
“He said yes.”
The faces of Anne and Yurpa became more serious than ever. It is a look that felt something in that war was not a problem, but that ordinary people were conscripted.
Isilite looked at the two and asked Hwanin a question.
= Master. Is Crabberry preparing for war?=
“The current lord of Crabberry is said to be stubborn, self-righteous, and full of inferiority and narrow-mindedness. It is obvious how such a person will behave when he finds out that the delegation he sent has returned after being barred from his doorstep.”
=Even if it’s a blood relative, it’s because the person in the family died…….=
Hearing Anne’s muttering, Yurpa said while pressing her forehead with her index finger.
= I heard the story too…… If that’s the case, wouldn’t it be possible that Torio Aphilex Cravery will send raiders to target him and us?=
Hwanin calmly replied while eating a meat sandwich.
“I don’t know what will happen in a few months, but I don’t think there will be any problems right now. If the Farghist lord was protecting us and the Crabberry spy was tracking me, there’s no way I wouldn’t have noticed in the past few days.”
= Huh? No way, did you go around yesterday and the day before yesterday to lure spies?!
“It was a combination of both. And… It’s not too bad if Crabberry sends raiders. It will be a chance to get many expensive items.”
=…….=
=…….=
Isilite and Anne, who blinked a few times at Hwanin’s calm demeanor, recalled how he cut four level 4.5 mummy fighters into pieces in an instant, nodded, “Isn’t that so?” In any case, it didn’t matter as long as I could have the last time with Hwanin, so I ate the sandwich.
Thanks to that, they were the ones who couldn’t see Hwanin’s eyes glistening with murderous intent.
If Hwanin had been alone or if the group had only Isilite, the next destination would not have been Rasubitan, but Crabberry.
In Hwanin’s head, there was already a plan to turn Crabberry into a huge cemetery. If you check a few checks in your head, it’s a plan that won’t tell you who destroyed Kravery.
If that was implemented, a new job called a soul mage would be born in the world, but not a soul mage…….
The pupils of Hwanin, who had been drawing Kravery covered in pain, screams, and despair in eyes as dark as the night sky, turned to her girlfriends.
The female friends who believe in his strength chatter and talk with bright faces.
Hwanin’s hazy eyes slowly turn into languor with the intent to kill.
‘There will be opportunities later.’
=I’m a 6th grade mixed occupationalist and you are a 4th grade ordinary warrior, do you seriously think you can beat me?=
=The strongest people in the world, from 1st to 10th, are all single-occupationalists.=
=Because that’s not proof that you can become stronger than me.=
=On the contrary, it is not a reason that I cannot surpass you.=
While thinking about something else for a while, Isilite and Anne become quarrelsome again. But this time, unlike the other times, he is serious without being playful.
But Hwanin was not worried.
A smile slowly spreads across Anne’s face as she stared at Isilite with an expressionless expression. It is a pure and beautiful smile that does not have the meaning of ridicule or ridicule.
= When the time comes…… I will be very happy. But you won’t give up easily?=
Seeing that smile, Isilite also responded with a bright smile like a flower bud on her face.
= I know. I know it won’t be easy. But I won’t give up.=
Then it was Yu Lepa, who smiled at the two women as she brought the last vegetable sandwich to her mouth.
=It’s good to be young~.=
=…… What. Yuri unnie is generally in her 30s now.=
=Yes~ But Lady Anne is now in her early twenties~? Seul Lee is in her late teens, right? To this lady, her youth is dazzling~.=
=…….=
=…….=
Seeing Issilite and Anne slightly averting their eyes with slightly reddened faces, Hwanin narrowed his brows and asked.
“What do you mean by normal age? I heard that Yurpa is 71 years old this year. Anne is also 62 years old.”
