Chapter 53: Interference
Next morning.
We left the town with no problems, except that I didn't get enough sleep.
"Kuhaa..."
"That's quite a yawn."
I was seen by Rumseil
"I didn't get any sleep for various reasons"
"...Ah~, I understand. Humans take a lot of time to mate."
“Eh, the Lizardmen finish it quickly?”
"We don't do that."
"Are? There are children in the Dragon Mountain, right?"
“When we find a female we want to have a baby with, we give her a seminal vial. That's what humans call a confession, a proposal."
"Heh~, that's very different."
"My father also told me to find a mate as soon as possible."
"You don't have one? Someone you like."
"I'm not really interested in that sort of thing."
He's really all about training.
“How is Sermus these days?”
"Me!?"
I have free time in the carriage, so I talked to Sermus
"Ah... with Gotton-san."
"With Gotton-san?"
"I'm going to fuck you until a man is born!"
"Well, it can't be helped"
“Because the successor is always a man.”
"No, what Gotton-san wants is not a successor..."
"No?"
"She wants a blacksmith successor..."
"........."
"......I'll have to do my best until I have two boys."
"Do you have to keep trying?"
"I should."
The first son will be a blacksmith for sure.
That's what Gotton-san would prepare him.
"Baron-sama!"
Suddenly the coachman spoke
"Wha! ...What's wrong!"
“There are people in the middle of the road. A lot of people!"
I look out the window to check.
Dozens of men ahead
Dirty-looking, but...
"Oi, they're carrying iron swords."
"Only their weapons are splendid. It looks like something a knight would carry."
I have a bad feeling about this. No, I was certain of it.
So I shouted to the carriage behind
"After stopping, immediately dismount! Get into a defensive posture!"
"Shiro-san!"
"Sermus, as soon as we stopped, get in the carriage behind us."
"I can fight too."
"If they did anything to you, it's over. Rumseil, please protect him."
"I will do my best."
A carriage is approaching, but there is no sign of them clearing the way.
The carriage horses in Sermus territory are trained not to run over people, and problems arise at times like this.
(I guess we need to educate them to run over people when the need arises...)
This is largely due to Sermus' pacifist ideas.
Sure enough, the carriage stops
I get off the carriage and approach them alone
“You guys are in the way. Can you please move?"
"Ah! If you pay the toll, I'll let you go, you know?"
"How much?"
"All the cargo, all the women, all the lives of the men."
"I see."
These guys have killed many people like this.
The way they hold their weapons, the way they hold themselves, the poor judgment they have in drawing their swords now.
"First-rate weapons, second-rate skills..."
"Ah?"
He rushes in and I hit his head
"M-my head!"
Now that's the leader, huh?
How easy is life for this guy?
"Y-you!"
He speaks up every time he approached.
"Die!"
He speaks up even before he attacked.
Thanks to that, it makes it easier to deal with.
"Hyii! My sword!"
"Can't you do anything without your weapon?"
You attack with murderous intent, so you should be more prepared.
That's why it's so easy to steal his sword.
"What's the matter! Is a weapon the only thing you have!"
"Oh, it's a woman! Aim for the woman!"
Are you stupid?
She's guarded by guards
Even if you can break through miraculously, it will take time.
And with your backs to me, you're defenseless.
"How could I miss this opportunity, right?"
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Yes, it's over
Well, I killed a few people.
Sermus' guards have also become stronger.
It's no wonder, they're still alive even fighting synthetic dragons.
Or rather...
"Isn't Sermus stronger than these bandits?"
“I guess so. They're all amateurs."
The guards don't look tired at all.
"Check the wounded. If they're wounded, even slightly, be careful."
"Think about the possibility of poison. Okay."
"Are the horses all right?"
"No problem"
“Then, we will depart as soon as we checked them.”
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The carriage starts running again
"What do you think?"
"The guys from earlier?"
"Yeah, I think they're after us."
"It's hard to call it a coincidence..."
"We might not be able to relax until we reach the royal capital."
"I don't think there's a problem with that much... but after that."
"Ah"
“You two, what do you mean by 'after that'?”
Rumseil didn't seem to understand
“Their weapon is too good. They were the kind a knight would have, right?"
"Yeah, the quality of the weapons was clearly superior to ours, wasn't it?"
"A noble's interference?"
"What for?"
"To keep us away from the Royal Capital?"
With so little information, we can only speculate.
"Well, if we were killed in that place, who would be responsible? So?"
"Whose territory is that area?"
"Watinas territory. I haven't heard of anything happening there."
“Is their goal to bring down that Watinas?”
“Watinas is a baron like me, right?”
"Isn't his position too low to aim for his downfall? It's not very profitable."
"We'd better speed up a little."
"Don't push the horse too hard, okay? Rumseil will cry."
"No, I won't cry. And even if we speed up a little, they won't get tired. I raised them with great care."
Then the carriage picks up speed
The distance to the capital is four days
We speed up with the intention of shortening it to three days.
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