Chapter 134 - 133 – Those Cowards.

At Dala's sudden declaration, even the guild master looked surprised. The only one who wasn't surprised was his daughter.

"Since when?" The master asked as he looked at her curiously.

"Well, when my husband was still alive he worked as a merchant. I helped him with some things, he was the one who taught me how to drive a carriage." She looked a little embarrassed.

But there's no reason for that, it's a pretty cute story.

"Okay, could you drive the carriage for us?" I smiled at Dala and she nodded.

"It will be a pleasure." She gently approached the carriage and then went to where the coachman stays normally. It was a separate space from the main cabin, but there was a good amount of space there, someone could lie down to rest if they wanted.

"So all right, isn't it? Are your things already stored?" With my question, the three girls nodded positively: "So now we're off. Don't you want to say goodbye to the master first?"

"The three of us have done this before, don't worry." Who answered my question was Rieli. After that, it was my turn to say goodbye to the guild master.

"I hope you take good care of them. If something happens, you already know what will happen, don't you?" He was looking seriously at me, but I just ignored it and smiled at him.

"I want to see you manage to do something." I walked over to him and said it low enough that the girls wouldn't hear. Hearing this, the guild master clicked his tongue and then turned to enter his mansion.

But just after reaching the gate, he turned and started waving to the girls inside the carriage. The three girls waved back as they poked their heads out the window.

"Okay, now let's go," I said, and a moment later Dala swung the ropes attached to the horses and the carriage began to move.

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Before long, the carriage was parked in front of the adventurers' guild. We couldn't take her to the inn since the streets were narrow, so I decided to stop right here.

There was no one around but guards, so we wouldn't have a problem with someone trying to steal the carriage or the things in it.

"Do any of you want to come with me, or are you all going to stay here? I'll be back quickly anyway."

"Let's stay here," Rieli replied and the two maids nodded.

"I'm staying here too, I'm a little tired." With one side of the carriage unoccupied, Rose dropped onto the upholstered seat and looked like she was about to go to sleep. So I turned around and left.

I arrived at the inn and soon found everyone in the main hall.

Lisandra, Eli, Taciane, Ciaphia and Sara.

All were seated at just one table. The empty plates on the table indicated everyone had already eaten and was just waiting.

"I arrived, the carriage is already prepared." With my speech, they all turned their attention to me.

"Mom, you took too long!" Lisandra was pouting.

"Stop that, your mother didn't take long." Unlike Lisandra, Ciaphia was supporting me.

"Let's stop this, it's time to go. Get all your bags and let's go, I'll help you." I still had to take my bag, but it was quite small so it was no problem.

But the five girls here had brought a lot of stuff, so it would be a little tricky.

"Listen, Emma." As I grabbed some bags, Sara called me.

"Hm?"

"Don't you want to take some food or ingredients for us to prepare on the way? You didn't prepare anything for us to eat, did you?"

"You're right. Bring a few things, but it doesn't have to be a lot. I plan to hunt on the way so we won't have any problems with food."

"I see, so I'll just take some vegetables, rice, and also beans. Maybe I should also bring some noodles? This looks good." Sara was excited, but I let her took what she wanted.

But after she left the kitchen, I had another big bag to carry.

I was carrying most of the bags, but it wasn't heavy. The only problem is that my movements were a little...

I managed to ignore all this inconvenience and walked towards the adventurers guild along with everyone. Before leaving, Sara locked all the doors of the inn, even padlocked the door.

She was a very cautious woman.

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Arriving in front of the adventurers guild, everyone seemed very surprised by the quality of the carriage.

When she looked inside, Lisandra looked pretty happy since the seat was upholstered. I can understand her.

"Okay, now put all your stuff here." I entered the carriage where the others were and then opened the trapdoor on the carriage floor. Then I was picking up the bags and putting them inside.

But of course, not all of the bags fit there, so some had to stay with their respective owners. But most of them chose to leave their bags lying in the corner of the carriage beside the seats.

Then everyone started to introduce themselves.

Lisandra and the others already knew Rose, but they hadn't had contact with Rieli or the two maids. They all greeted each other with a smile on their faces, they looked very happy.

.

Especially Ciaphia, she seemed pretty excited to have more company. Isn't she even more childlike than Lisandra?

"Okay, you guys can stay here and get organized. Sara, can you handle this for me? Dala will be at the front where the coachman stays, can you organize the others back here?"

"Clear. But here there are only eight seats, if we sit here all the seats will be taken. How are you going to go?" Sara looked confused.

"Did you forget that I came to the capital using a horse? I'm going to use the horse again, I'm going beside the carriage."

"I understand now."

"Be right back."

Saying this, I left the carriage behind and headed towards the entrance to the capital where the guards were. Probably the guys who guarded my horse are around here too.

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I arrived at the gate and spoke to the same guard who had taken me to the castle. After that, he sent the same guards as before to fetch my horse he was being kept in a saddler nearby.

I didn't know there was a saddler around here, but it seems to be quite common for adventurers to store their horses in them. At the time I worked here this was not common.

But it was pretty easy, soon after they came back bringing my horse. The horse was well taken care of and didn't look hungry either, they did a good job so I thanked them.

I tried to offer some money, but...

"We can't accept that kind of thing." That's what the older guard said as he refused to take the money.

So I gave up trying to reward them and got on my horse.

"I missed you, boy." I gave him little slaps on his back and he whinnied looking quite happy: "Okay, now let's go back to where everyone is."

'Or not...'

As I prepared to leave, I noticed the carriage approaching the capital's gate.

Dala was in the front driving the carriage, and I could see Lisandra and Ciaphia's heads sticking out of the carriage. They were bent over and their heads out of the window.

"Listen, you better be careful or you're going to fall out of the carriage." I approached the carriage and said.

"That would never happen," Lisandra said.

"That's right, we're not that stupid." Ciaphia seemed confident about it. I honestly wanted her to fall now.

"How are things in there, isn't it tight?" I asked Sara that she was also sitting on the right side of the carriage. It was the side I was on.

"It's all right. On that side are me, Lisandra, Eli, and Ciaphia, and the other four girls are sitting on the other side."

Then that's it.

"Since everything is fine, we should go?" The guards were looking at us confused, but we ignored them, and then the carriage started moving. They opened the gate for us to pass.

Now it's time for our trip. I hope it's smooth and we don't run into too many problems along the way.

Can you imagine finding the army of monsters on the way? I think I better not think about it.

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Many kilometers from the capital of Southlein.

"Listen, aren't these monsters too slow?" A thin man with metal armor covering his vital points asked. He had ears that looked like cats on top of his head.

A hole in the helmet had been made for his ears to stick out.

"No, I think they are at normal speed. We'll arrive in the capital in 3 days. I think it's good." Another man with cat ears said. Unlike the other, he was more muscular and looked stronger.

"By then won't the main armies have met?"

"I do not think so. They even look like they're afraid to attack. Those cowards. BWAHAHAHA." The man laughed loudly as he balanced himself on top of his horse and took a swig of beer from a bottle he carried.

"Hey, I don't think you should be drinking so much." His partner said worriedly.

"Don't worry, even if I die these monsters won't stop."

"Don't say that, you won't die."

"You know, I hope not too. BWAHAHAHA.." He looked happier than he should have been in this situation.