Embarking
Boarding the ship. It's a big deal for the people of the southwestern continent.
First of all, going to another continent also means crossing countries.
People move between countries for various reasons.
For business, for politics, for battle.
…For exile
Exiles are especially troublesome.
It is natural for countries, aristocrats, and rulers to want to suppress population outflow.
[I want to live a richer life]
There are many people from the southwestern continent who hope so and want to escape to the empire.
As an empire, there is no problem as long as the procedures are followed according to the law, but other countries naturally dislike it.
It seems like my thinking is a little off
In short, in order to board a ship, you need to prove that you are on board through official procedures.
"""Saーーーーーーfe!"""
The three idiots join hands and board the ship bound for the Empire.
If you are a student at a school, your student ID card serves as proof of your identity.
"What are you doing..."
"Well, I understand how they feel. I'm excited too."
Next to me, who was shocked, was Mileina, who was smiling bitterly but was also a little excited.
"Is this your first time on a ship?"
"Yes, this is my first time at the sea!"
"I see, do you have any motion sickness medication?"
"I've brought it."
It looks like you've prepared a lot of things.
"Ara, you guys are early."
Eugenia also boarded the ship a little later.
The number of other ordinary people heading to the Empire continued to increase.
Everyone seems to be wealthy, even if they are ordinary people.
"Thanks for the student IDs!"
"I’m glad I’m a student!"
"We're also among the rich!"
But please wait
These three are just helping Eugenia's father.
"Then Mac and the others will work from here."
A stern, bearded old man gives instructions to three people.
He is Eugenia's father.
Naturally, they couldn't resist and disappeared somewhere.
"Now it’s quiet."
"If you don't get your work done in a way that's commensurate with the compensation, you'll be in trouble."
"Hmm, is it okay for me to stay here?"
Mileina is fine
She paid her own money to board the ship.
"Don’t you think a country girl would stand out in a place like this?"
"No, not really?"
Mileina's appearance is carefully managed by Eugenia.
"If they were to treat the current Mileina-san as a country person, then she's a country noble pretending to be a king."
"Isn’t that disrespectful to the country's nobility?"
"That’s right, it was a slip of the tongue. Yes, that’s right, I’ll correct it to Eri Drassel, a popular marquis, not a country aristocrat who pretends to be a king."
I really hate that woman.
"Prince"
As we were having such a lively conversation, several stern men stood in front of me and bowed their heads.
"How many people came?"
"There are 12 people in total. Four of them will always be by the prince's side."
They are soldiers of the Empire, my bodyguards.
"Twelve is a lot, is there a problem?"
"Recently, the number of pirates has increased, so we are being extra careful."
Pirate
It's a profession that was created after the continent collapsed.
Looting using a ship that they somehow obtained somewhere.
Attacking fishing boats and unsuspecting merchant vessels
Attacking villages facing the sea
Well, it's a bandit who decided that plundering was easier than working.
"Is it troublesome?"
"As an Imperial soldier, I can tell you that it's easy to deal with, but that doesn't mean we can be careless."
That's natural
Security is only achieved by taking action before damage occurs.
Then the soldiers sit in the seats around me.
"Are those outside the ship's guards?"
"Well, their armament is different from ours."
"Is that so?"
We looked at the soldiers on the deck through the glass and shared our impressions with each other.
Eugenia seemed to be interested in the content.
"The firearms those outside have are a little older."
"It's probably an old model imported from the Empire."
"It's an old model, but it looks quite expensive..."
"Oh, what model is that?"
"It's a Sirius type 7. It uses gunpowder bullets."
"Oh, I hope there won't be a situation where they open fire."
Gunpowder type is so noisy
There is also a story that hearing the sound of gunshots close up can cause your ears to collapse.
"Has the entire empire transitioned to Prokis 4?"
"No, in rural areas and safe areas, Type 3 and Type 2 are still in use."
"What kind of firearm is that?"
"Ah... can I say that?"
"No problem"
I received permission from the guard to talk about the Empire's armament.
Well, I'm not bragging.
No, I'm proud of it
The Empire no longer uses gunpowder in firearms.
"They use something called a coilgun."
"Coilgun?"
"I don't know much about it, but it's a gun that doesn't use gunpowder and makes almost no firing noise."
Sorry
It wasn't worth bragging about.
First of all, I don't know the structure of a coilgun.
Also, the fact that we didn't use gunpowder was a lie.
I just remembered that sensei took a gunpowder firearm with him when he left for Tuega.
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