Journey (2)
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After camping a few times, the scenery changed as we headed towards the zodiac.
A well-maintained road, not a dirt road, began to extend for a long time, and the form of buildings and clothing changed every moment.
The longer the trip, the more towering buildings, and the more glamorous the clothes became.
There was no shade anywhere, at least it was pushed out of sight.
The children of the Earl of Phillips opened their mouths in admiration and groaned in despair.
However, no one was bored.
As the road was long, there were many difficulties, but the most difficult was the cost of accommodation.
The closer you got to the ecliptic, the more expensive the accommodation became.
Moreover, due to the chaos of the empire’s power structure, prices jumped once more recently, resulting in a much higher overall expenditure than expected.
Originally, it would have saved money by increasing the number of camping trips.
However, Mohammed’s party was on the move to meet the emperor.
I didn’t know when other people’s gaze would follow, so I had to refrain from damaging my dignity.
And it was clearly dignified to camp out in the lodgings.
In the end, while Mohammed shared a single room, the remaining children and the workers had to fill two or three rooms to sleep.
Even Alesia was wallowing in the same room with Karen, Johana, and Luna.
Ray was able to grasp reality again.
In the past, when we headed to the Imperial Palace, Count Osiris provided security for us.
Being a wealthy Count Osiris, he was able to comfortably visit the Imperial Horse Tower with enough extra money.
At the Imperial Palace, Alesia even borrowed clothes and accessories from Floria.
However, the cost of this trip had to be fully borne by the Earl of Phillips.
As always, Count Phillips was in poor financial condition.
Even if I reduced the number of people who would go to the Yellow Island as much as possible, I had to go on a trip with bumps on a plate that was not enough, so my pocket situation could not help but cry.
‘This is a bit of a misunderstanding.’
Ray didn’t expect it to be this hard.
Alesia seemed to be having a lot of fun hanging out with her children, but she was not receiving the proper treatment she was supposed to receive.
“Well…”
I’m honestly a bit sorry.
Still, there was no way to solve the problem until they reached the capital, so they persevered.
As we approached the ecliptic, the scenery changed once again.
All the power, technology, and capital of mankind who prospered on the continent were gathered and bloomed in front of them.
Artifacts for real life that cannot be mass-produced were seen infrequently, and convenience facilities that had not been heard in the outskirts were lined up.
Compared to the people on the streets, even Alesia’s attire seemed scruffy.
The children were distracted, and Alesia looked around the city with her mouth half open.
It was the behavior of the villagers on the outskirts.
Alessia pointed to a splendidly decorated building.
“I don’t know what they’re doing over there.”
“Uh… it’s like a restaurant. A place that sells food.”
“Oh, I heard!”
It was difficult to find a restaurant that specializes in this world.
They are usually in the lodging business and provide meals to guests.
However, many nobles or similar people came and went in and out of the emperor, and not all of them had a villa near the emperor, so the service industry such as a restaurant was quite developed.
Of course, it was difficult for commoners to use it.
As Alessia and the children stalked around the fine dining building, a nervous voice rang out immediately.
“Don’t be silly and get out of here!!”
Alessia, who had been scorned, ran to Rey and admired it.
“My knight!”
“yes.”
“This is the first time I’ve been treated like this!”
“…”
The clothes are scruffy, and the carriage is scruffy. Thanks to that, it was normal to be ignored.
In this area, there were a lot of people who were a little lower in status than Alesia but had much stronger actual power.
He was a nobleman who was destined to inherit the title, and it was hard to put pressure on his neck.
At first, when everyone saw Alesia’s outfit, they didn’t even think that Alessia was a proper noble.
Alesia shared her impressions of the city with the children, even though her mouth was pouting.
There were so many things to see on the way to find accommodation.
There were all kinds of convenience facilities for the aristocrats, but there was no entry and no money. The dress code was the problem, not the identity.
The carriage, which passed most of the shops, stopped at a shop selling high-end desserts.
The children, whose eyes turned to the sweet smell, drooled and stole the corners of their mouths in a hurry.
Alessia stopped the carriage and took the three workers and their children to the dessert shop.
It was possible to eat inside the store, so I wanted to sit in a chair and enjoy the desserts as much as possible.
However, the clerk guarding the entrance to the dessert shop shook his head when he saw Alesia and the children’s attire.
“You cannot enter.”
Alesia, who had her mouth shut properly, had a droopy face.
“Can I pack some sweets…”
Soon the sweets for dessert came out in a basket.
Alessia handed out sweets to the children and users to try.
Sharing food on the street was a very dignified act, but Alessia’s soul went out of her mind after repeated fuss.
“Yum yum yum yum.”
The sight of them gathering on the street and savoring sweets filled with sugar was the first of the villagers who had come to the city.
Regardless of what others thought, the children and users who ate these sweet and savory cookies for the first time laughed as if they were intoxicated.
Alessia was also impressed.
I laughed out loud when I saw the quality dessert that I had only experienced in the old royal horse pagoda after a long time.
This was the reason why I gained so much weight in the tower.
At that time, a nobleman who came out of the store after eating saw Karen and approached her with admiration.
“Hey, off-white in the subject of the body model is quite pretty.”
“?”
Karen didn’t eat the cookies sparingly and hardened.
The nobleman, who was adorned with jewels, did not hesitate to put his hand on Karen’s chin, as if he had already identified her identity by looking at Karen’s outfit.
“If you decorate it, it will look much brighter.”
The eyes of the children, including Karen, rolled.
Rey warned us over and over not to step out, so we just looked at each other.
Alessia was about to say something with a look of anger on her face, but Ray hit the player.
“If you don’t let go of your hand now, I will cut off your wrist.”
“?”
A question mark appeared above Alesia’s head at Rey’s remarks that were far beyond the expected level.
Where did the guy who asked you to be careful?
Kagak!
One of the nobleman’s guard knights reflexively grabbed the hilt of the sword, and Rey immediately stretched out his arm and grabbed the knight’s sword, Pommel.
The knight tried to pull out the sword by force, but Rey’s hand didn’t move at all.
The moment the remaining escort knights felt the situation was unusual and tried to pull out their swords, a flash of light exploded from the side.
Rather than the flash itself, the knights trembled at the overwhelming momentum that passed through the skin.
Mohammed, who had developed a sword, asked in a low voice.
“I’m on my way to the Imperial Palace to receive the Emperor’s call and sing the glory of the Empire. What’s stopping you?”
“…”
The nobleman who grabbed Karen’s chin, Satchel, hurriedly released his hand and bit the knights back.
Unless you were a nobleman from a fairly high-ranking family, you could not treat Graduite carelessly, but above all, Mohammed spoke of His Majesty the Emperor.
Only then did Satchel realize that the Graduate of the Earl of Phillips, whom he had heard rumors about, was the knight in front of him.
“You made a big mistake.”
What kind of villagers they were, if they were a party of knights who were called by the emperor, the story would be different.
What’s more, Mohammed’s momentum was extremely sharp, and the body he had just touched didn’t seem like a normal body type.
Satchel, who did not wish to complicate matters while thinking about whether it was a “relationship like that,” apologized promptly and politely.
“You have committed a very rude offense. Please stop by the Crawford House in the Imperial Palace on your way home from Your Majesty, so that I can make up for today’s mistake.”
“I’ll consider it.”
“Then I will go away.”
After being polite to Mohammed, Satchel quickly disappeared.
Alesia, who was looking at Satchel’s back, tilted her head belatedly.
“Shouldn’t you apologize to me?”
Alesia was the highest rank in this position.
However, no one who did not know Alessia’s face did not think that Alessia was the daughter of Count Phillips.
On the road today, I was terrified of saving money, and I was in trouble with the children.
“…Alesia-sama.”
“Well!”
“Can’t you just pretend you’re not a noble until you get to the emperor?”
“My knight, am I ashamed of you?!”
Unlike Alesia, who was astonished, Mohammed and Jenkinson also somewhat agreed with Rey’s opinion.
If Alesia reveals her identity right now, she will only be chewed by the fact that a countryman who is not even aristocratic is roaming behind him.
I was thinking that it would be better to finish dressing properly later, when it’s going to be so chewy.
“I’m sorry…!”
Alesia, who was sobbing, clenched her fists.
Come to think of it, Karen seemed to have pushed her off-white color as well.
Didn’t Satchel point to Karen among the boys with similar outfits?
“Ugh…!”
In the Countess of Phillips, I lived in a bit of a mess, but how did I end up here?
Alessia was realizing that the prestige and influence of Count Phillips in the Empire was as small as that of a swamp.
Rey was comforting Alesia, who was grimacing, when someone approached her again.
Rey, who had been standing quietly, raised the tension for a moment.
Facing the sharp momentum, the wizard burst into laughter.
“Where are you going with the sword I gave you, and you’re wearing such cheap stuff around your waist?”
Rey, who narrowed her eyes and looked at the wizard’s face, let out a sigh.
It was a brief meeting, but a face that remained strong in my memory was in front of me.
“Ah… Maybe Zeppelin-sama?”
“I saw it right. Just in case. You’ve grown a lot.”
Zeppelin, who happened to find Rey while passing by, threw Rob’s hat behind him.
The impression of Zeppelin, which was easily remembered because of the ups and downs, was clearly revealed.
Ray raised an eyebrow and greeted him warmly.
“Long time no see. But what’s going on here…?”
“Because I have to stop by the zodiac. So what are you doing here?”
Ray briefly explained the situation.
Zeppelin understood the situation and greeted Mohammed briefly.
Alessia sneaked up to her and gave her strength to her neck.
“Nice to meet you. I…”
“Don’t bother me.”
“!”
Alesia’s body was shocked and leaned to the side.
Ray said with a smirk.
“Why are you harassing my girl?”
“I was just saying it was annoying.”
A Zeppelin-like wizard craftsman was in a position to ignore Alesia enough.
There were not just one or two high-profile knights looking to purchase the sword Zeppelin had made.
Zeppelin turned to Rey and asked her question again.
“Where did the sword I gave you go? I didn’t tell you to put it in the warehouse.”
Zeppelin’s X series.
It wasn’t a single penny sword.
Even if it was stored in a warehouse or sold, it was not that I could not understand it, but if I did, it was a huge disappointment.
Ray scratched the back of his neck and answered.
“Oh, it’s broken.”
“…What?”
Zeppelin asked again, just in case.
“It’s broken? The sword I gave you?”
“Because it was served as a service, the robbery was not at all.”
There is nothing free in the world.
Rey said that and laughed haha .
