189 Episode 128 Carriage Journeys and Fake Bandits

Upon being informed by Sakya that we were leaving for the summit of the Elgant Empire, we (+ Vega) decided to move to the city closest to the border with the Kingdom of Sanokia, the northernmost point of the former Kingdom of Eldia.

From the former kingdom of Eldia (now Eldia territory) there is the Kingdom of Sanocchia on the north side, and by going further north there is the Kingdom of Elgant.

The shortest route between Eldia territory and the Elgant Empire is by carriage through the woods in the Kingdom of Sanokia. If you go through this route, it usually takes a week to take a carriage.

This time, it's the forest route we're going through. There is some risk as we advance through the forest, which is the realm of demons, but the danger should be reduced to the extreme more than we accompany.

The truth is I'm quick to get to the Elgant Empire with a inferior wind dragon (Wyburn), but Sakya says there's no reason to jump over another country with a inferior wind dragon (Wyburn).

Because we have no choice, we travel by inferior wind dragon (Wyburn) to this city closest to the Kingdom of Sanokia, from where we cross the Kingdom of Sanokia on a carriage journey to the Elgant Empire.

"Well, then let's go to Sakya."

"Ooh!

"Ooh!

The youngsters (Mio and Dora) are as good as ever.

Currently, Sakya is preparing to leave at the Lords' Hall in this city.

Since there was no reason to transfer directly to the Lords' Hall on the boulder, it was decided to transfer to the branch of the Advanced Chamber of Commerce as a relay point.

Well, it's our maid who's partitioning the Lords' Hall, so there's nowhere to complain about a direct transfer.

Walk through a city that is naturally not lively because it is a defeated country and head to the Lords' Hall.

If you look at the map, you won't get lost, but the merchant (maid) will guide you.

Six carriages lined up in front of the Lords' Hall.

Speaking to Sakya in advance, he said that participants in this summit would be as small as possible and that only five people from Heavy Town would accompany him, except Sakya.

A small group of fewer than 50 escorts and samurai will also be said to be combined. Thinking of it as a king's move, it's a disgusting number of people.... if it should be.

A: There were voices out there saying that there were even fewer meetings in Castar. But when Sakya said 'Gene and his people will accompany him', such opinions disappeared. Rather, it shifted in the direction of reducing the number of accompanying people, because a large number of people would make Gene unable to protect them.

I'm too trusted in the heavy town of Castar, aren't I?

A: Yes. They say it's Gene's policy to take care of Sakuya.

The treatment of the queen of the great powers is appropriate.

Upon entering the premises of the Lords' Hall, the maids who were working inside noticed and immediately bowed their heads.

"Welcome aboard,"

For the record, one of the maids who has now bowed his head is a lord who is partitioning this city and also has a nobility. He is a slave-made nobleman in the matter.

As the maids guided us along the property, we discovered Sakya, who had just come this way.

"Ah, brother. Just fine. I'm leaving soon, so why don't you get dressed for knight gear?

"Oh, okay"

"Me, too."

Sakura and I have made-up clothes for you.

"Thank you, Sakya..."

Me and Serra are going to wear the Silver Knight set as escorts, and the rest of us are going to go to Sakya in maid clothes as samurai.

Sakura and Dora's maid clothes were first released in Japan.

Divide into men and women and head to the dressing room.

I decided to use my maid's hand to wear armor. It's a hassle to wear it alone.

"What do you think...?

"What?"

After regrouping, Sakura in her maid's clothes, Dora, asked me for my thoughts.

Would it be a compliment to say that made-up clothes look good on you?

"Mio, should I praise you here?

Ask Mio if you don't know.

Look, because Mio has the number one female history in this.

"What, are you asking me here!? Well, look, it's your husband... Yeah, you deserve a compliment. I'm asking," What do you say? "I'm asking you to praise me."

"Oh, you look great."

Take Mio's advice and praise the two just fine.

"Good..."

Wow!

For the record, maid clothes with four people coming are the classic type with long skirts.

Well, the royal samurai doesn't know what it means to be a miniscame or anything.

For the record, Vega was wearing a secretarial suit, so it stays that way. Not as a maid of honor, but as I participate in the secretarial framework, it is not a problem.

"It's been a while since we've worn made-up clothes."

"Right. I'm in charge now."

Mio and Maria used to wear made-up clothes too, but they were almost gone after more maids.

He doesn't mean to be a maid of honor, so it's going to be awkward to dress the same next to a gutty maid. It takes a lot of courage to cosplay next to a real job, doesn't it?

This time it seems to be breaking it off by saying 'role' like that.

"Looks like you're ready. Shall we take the carriage then?"

"By the way, what happened to the heavy town of Castar? Looks like he's not in the Lordship Hall..."

Sakya tried to get to the carriage, so I asked.

I checked on the map that there are currently only maids and sakya in this hall.

"Master, I think we're on our way."

"Oh, really."

When Mio prompted me to check the map, I could discover that the maids were taking me and the likes were on their way.

"Because I was working on your brother's alien premise. I had people waiting for me somewhere else. I'm all set, and your brothers are here, so I went to get them."

"So from now on, should we make it a knightly way of talking?

Look, Sakuya's here, but you're the queen, right?

Externally, we need a respectful response.

"You don't have to. Everyone who accompanies you this time is aware of your brother. Just in case you don't get into trouble with your brother, the candidates were pretty careful. I'm close enough to talk vegan too."

"Sakuya is serious about everything..."

"Naturally! I'm so sorry to turn your brother against the enemy!

Sakuya snorts hard at Sakura's light scratches.

He chose someone who had a good grasp of the situation if he could accompany a bad nobleman and get into trouble with me.

"I see, I understand. Well, then, you don't have to worry so much, do you?

"Yeah, because the Guardian Knight and the Samurai (maid) chose from your brother's subordination. There's nothing wrong with you either."

"Whatever the maid, is the knight of the escort under my command, too?

"Yeah. I've decided to take the maid knight. It's more reassuring in terms of strength. You can also get support related to your brother in times of need."

In order to protect Sakya, a dignitary, the Cavaliers of Kastal are forced to infiltrate the maid.

They hold the position of Queen Knight, who is not a regular knight but also a close guard of Sakya, and their strength is highly regarded... Apparently.

It should be noted that this is the first time Sakya has been escorted, but I (Gene) am also a queen knight.

"There's no reason to cause trouble with your brother..."

"As for Sakya, the latter is more important...?

"Of course, Sakura!

Sakuya snorts strongly at Sakura's words.

Well, if you solidify it in your body, you won't have any chance of getting extra trouble.

Then some time later, the heavy towns came to the Lords' Hall.

Four middle-aged men and one woman in her late 20s.

One of the middle-aged men approaches when he realizes me and Sakya exist.

"Knight, Gene. You've never greeted me in person like this. My name is Rudolph, Minister of Finance. Thank you for being escorted by the Queen."

Minister of Finance Rudolph obviously didn't treat me as a knight (Gene).

'Cause there's no reason for a minister to thank a knight who escorts his own queen...

He said it was a first, but it's not actually the first time he's met with Finance Minister Rudolph.

When I was working on paperwork in Castar, I was greeted, and I talked to him lightly.

He is the minister who has called me to order. Would it be easier to understand if I said to the retarded nobleman a minister with belly bread?

A: He is also the head of the marriage proponents of Sakya and the Master.

What... and...

"It's not like you're thanking me. I'm involved in the invasion of the kingdom of Eldia. I can't ignore boulders. Sakya's escort follows."

"What, is my escort better with you?

"Oh, here we go."

Sakuya shrugged in a vegetarian state, but there seems to be no mistake in saying that Heavy Towns didn't even care who they could talk to without the usual "of".

"Still, as the escort of Her Majesty Queen Sakya, there is no one more secure than you. That really helped."

"Aren't you expecting too much from me?

"I think it's harder to tell you not to expect from being shown all that strength"

You're being treated completely as Jin Tang Jen.

Honestly, I'm not hiding much of my abilities from my Castar opponents.

I haven't given a specific explanation, but the ministers have also had the experience of strange events happening around them, because it won't be once or twice......

"Well, I'm not gonna get out of my way to do it."

"Please do."

That's what I say and I bow my head, Minister of Finance Rudolf.

Afterwards I also received greetings from the other four but omit them.

Basically, it is a facial rash that is commonly seen in Castle Kastal. I see them, but there were about two people who didn't know their names.

They all spoke the same way they understood who I was.

After I finished greeting him, I was immediately to board the carriage.

They're pushing the time a little bit.

The carriage is 6 carriages with only escorts aboard. Carriage with 2 people in heavy town (+ escort, maid). Sakya and the carriage we rode. Carriage (+ abbreviated) with 2 heavy town people. A carriage (+ abbreviated) ridden by one person from Heavy Town. The carriage, in which only the escorts rode, was to proceed in that order.

They're placing Sakya's carriage in the middle to make sure it's safe.

"You don't have to cut us off when you have to. I ask you to put Her Majesty's safety first."

is the valve of Finance Minister Rudolph, behind which the other heavy towns were also nodding.

Sakya is only a treasure, and a well-made minister.

When two hours had passed since I left the unnamed city (Note: I have a name) while being dropped off by the maids under my command, I finally saw the border with the Kingdom of Sanokia.

Only two hours of travel were accompanied by 'Finally' because on the map we had been asking about the border since before we left. 4 If we could check the area, we could see the border as well.

And when they say 2 hours to get to where I see it on the map, I feel long when I do.

Lately, the speed of travel has been rising rather than normal.

For the record, it's the horses we bought when we left Eldia who's pulling the carriage we're riding now. I haven't had a chance to catch a carriage lately, so I plan on getting it to work hard for a long time.

"It's been a long time since you've been through here."

"Yeah? Has Sella been here before?

I picked up Serra's grunt when I saw her outside the window and listened back.

"Yeah, I should have gone this way when they sold me. 'Cause it's a sight I've seen with care."

"With that said, Serra was from the Kingdom of Sanokia..."

As Sakura put it, Serra was originally a noble lady in the Kingdom of Sanocchia, but she has a history of saying that she was sold as a slave because of the amount of food she eats due to her skills (blatant exposures).

There are other routes from the Kingdom of Sanokia to Eldia, but it seems that it was just this route that Serra went through.

"Uh, I'm sorry. Did I remind you of something nasty?

"No, it's not like your husband cares. I thought maybe not, but I didn't think I needed to tell you."

When I apologized, Serra shook her head to the side.

I can't even look at the look on your face and see how you care at all.

"Mio, you're just like Maria. There is no sense of belonging in this country. I'm not interested because I have plenty now, and I don't think I want to go or not."

"You don't seem to have any good memories."

"Even if I had good memories, I think it was ruined at the time it was sold"

"That's right."

Mio and Maria are also nodding at Serra's words.

"Honestly, before your husband bought me, I'm starting to lose track of you."

"Oh, I know that! The impact of events that have taken place since your husband bought them is too great, and the memories that preceded it are dont fade away!

"Yeah, I am. How's Mr. Maria?

"I am at the time of my devotion to Jen, abandoning all that preceded me"

"I didn't fade, I threw it away... Sounds like Maria."

"Right..."

The three members of the slave group do not seem to think that they have already been sold as slaves as a heartbreak.

What do you care? These three are mentally strong.

I'm hungry.

Dora claimed to be hungry, along with the sound of her belly saying 'Gu'.

At the point of the belly sound, it is an assertion without any more...

"It's time for lunch. Shall we have lunch near the border? If we cross the border, we'll be in the woods in less than half an hour, so it's better before then."

We decided to eat before we crossed the border at Sakya's suggestion.

You won't even have to eat in a forest full of demons. Just leave Mr. Tamo alone and he'll be safe, though. Because the heavy towns don't know that.

We proceeded with the carriage and arrived at the border.

While Heavy Town and the others interact with the guards, the maids (maids) prepare their meals.

"This... is a much more luxurious meal than I thought. Since I heard you were headed to the Elgant Empire in the shortest distance, I have been prepared for crude food..."

Minister of Finance Rudolph shouts his surprise when he sees the dishes being prepared.

"I have an item box."

"I see. So you're also saying you can have a fancy meal until dinner?

Usually, you don't often save dishes with the magic of an item box or 'stored'.

Unlike mine, the food inside is influenced by the passage of time.

As Finance Minister Rudolph said, if you cooked in the city, you should eat it out by dinner.

Originally, when nobles travel by carriage, they try not to do wild lodging or anything like that via the city.

And while eating in the city as much as possible, put the food in the item box and serve it as food until the next city.

This time, we'll take the route through the woods.

In other words, I can't replenish the food on the road, so dinner will be the last extravagant dish... there's no reason.

You think I'm gonna lose the quality of my meal?

There would be no reason for that.

"No, my item box is specially made, so I can keep the food fresh."

Finished It is a perfect excuse.

"I don't mind you expecting me to cook as much as I do between breaking through the woods."

"Well, I've never heard of an item box like that.... No, nothing goes into it."

Surprised, at the end of the day, Minister of Finance Rudolph, who looks like he gave up.

Now you're deluding me about the Infinite Storage, right?

A: ……….

For security reasons, the food is to be taken in the carriage.

In the meantime, the escort takes turns standing outside, eating if he is not escorting. We're having dinner with Sakya. It's not about escorting. Now.

It should also be noted that one of the reasons I eat in the carriage is because Selah and I take off our helmets.

I can only put out my mouth, so I can't eat it as it is, but I usually don't like it.

From outside the carriage: 'It's delicious! What is this delicious food?' I can hear the line you said.

Apparently, the heavy towns are screaming at the delicacy of the food. I guess it tasted extraordinarily better than the food in the castle.

"Yeah. After all, the dishes your brother's cook makes are delicious"

"Right."

Mio, the head of the cook, stretches his chest with the admiration of Sakya.

"I knew it would be a long trip, so I made it with everyone. If 100 people were in January or so, I'd just have to live. There are many variations in the menu."

"100 people x 3 meals x 30 days...... 9000 meals!?

That's a number you haven't heard of.

A: By saying the master is going on an expedition, it looks like the cook maids in the distribution have strained.

You're a little too tense.

... Well, it's a good thing you don't have to worry about food on the road, so let's not worry about it.

Let me ask you something, you're not affecting the food distribution on the market or anything, are you?

I hate to say that there was a food shortage in some city for my expedition or something.

A: Naturally, we use ingredients from the inner circle, including the labyrinth.

Good then.

"After the expedition, can I eat if I stay?

"I can't. It's our policy to keep the rest of it as an emergency meal."

"Mr. Mio! Please stop imitating me!?

Mio rejects Serra's tone in response to Serra's crappy inquiry.

"It was a treat" x 7 (Vega doesn't need a meal)

We even ate dessert after meals and were to leave when we had had enough time off to eat.

For the record, I came to negotiate whether the heavy towns could pull through the maids who prepared the meal.

They took their souls to the maids' dishes. Naturally, I said no.

There is nothing wrong with crossing the border and the carriage journey continues.

"... did you get any information from somewhere?

"What's wrong......? Oh, Jen, your solitary..."

"That's the usual pattern. Which..."

Sakura and Mio, who picked up my whine, check the map with Xu (Omoro).

Behavioral patterns, you've been read.

"Look, we didn't make it. It's a regular route."

It's not even something to hide, so I'll tell you the answer.

"Whew, what a bunch..."

"Maybe, bandit, right...?

It is obvious from the map that there were more than 100 armed groups lurking near the route bypassing the forest.

"You're not just a bandit."

What?

It doesn't mean "prey."

Looks like the bandits are preying in the Dora.

Oh, that's my educational achievement. That......

"Gear is not what bandits deserve."

"Yes, of a uniform standard… definitely military or Knights gear"

Looks like Serra and Maria, combat personnel, have noticed.

The bandits' gear is uniform, high-quality, and they don't deserve what the bandits have. Besides, the way you lurk is clearly controlled, and you don't look like just a bandit targeting a merchant carriage.

Almost 100% would definitely be an assassin. You must be a knight or a soldier who just disguised himself as a bandit to attack us.

"Should we assume that information has been leaked from somewhere and ambushed?

"Um, there's not even so many routes from the former kingdom of Eldia to the Elgant Empire, so I guess you set up an ambush in anticipation of the route?

"Master. Sakya's predictions are more correct. Some of the bandits were lurking in the city earlier. The masters are not putting forward an advance team, so we're planning to attack them on the road."

Vega answers my and Sakuya's questions.

When speaking so that everyone can hear you, it's easier for the terminal (Vega) to hear you speak than Alta's remarks.

If a nobleman (with gold) travels on a carriage, etc., he or she may send an advance party to reduce the danger and ensure safety on the road before proceeding.

Apparently, he was planning to hide himself while the advance party went by and then make a raid when the main unit went by. He said there were people lurking in the city to predict the timing.

This time, we're not sending out an advance team, so the lurkers are ahead of us to pass on the information, and the bandits are ready for the raid.

"Nevertheless... you work hard until brilliant"

"Right...... I can't believe you ambushed us on a route we don't go through..."

Yes, their behavior is total labor. It's a waste of bones.

'Cause we're not going that way.

"No, because I don't normally think the royal family will break through the woods. If your brother wasn't with you, he would never choose such a route..."

You don't normally think a royal carriage would break through the realm of demons, do you?

Conversely, to say that you do not know that information is to say that the people of Kastal did not leak information, but someone from some country who has information about the summit.

"Master. They are soldiers of the Kingdom of Grants in the eastern part of the Elgant Empire. Some of the soldiers state that they are nobles of the Kingdom of Grants."

Of course, it was Vega who answered me.

"I haven't been to the north side any more than Eldia. I don't know what kind of country it is."

We stayed away from the Eldians until the war began, so we don't have any information about the country northeast of Eldia.

I don't care what you're not interested in, me.

"Master. The Kingdom of Grants is a country narrower than Castar, Estea, a small country with no notable features or great history. Recently, the king collapsed and a prince, aged nine, took the throne, he said. I haven't sent you a subdivision, so the information I can collect is to that extent."

"I guess you mean the king of decorations.... or a demonic conspiracy."

Anyway, it could be a demonic conspiracy to say that a nine-year-old prince has been chosen by saying that he is a convenient king to the people around him.

The case of the completion of Sakya carried out by the Demon Nation (Romaria) in Queen Castar is new to my memory... don't you? It was quite a while ago, wasn't it?

"You mean the success story of Castar's conspiracy, right? Ugh, not another HR..."

"Without Jen, Kastal would not have been safe."

"Yeah, really, brother."

Sakuya, who I remember, looks bitter.

"But what does the Demons do with that Grants kingdom in their hands?

"Surely the Kingdom of Grants was adjacent to the Elgant Empire, wasn't it? Is it not possible to say again what you tried to do in Castar and Eldia?

Serra, who remembered the country's positional relationship, gives an opinion on Mio's question.

Using Castar's high-level adventurers and saying they would attack Eldia was the devil's (Romarian) strategy.

Now that the majority of the brave people are in the Elgant Empire, it would be easier to do things in the future if we had neighboring countries in hand. Naturally, you should be able to attack. It's just...

"Selah, it seems difficult."

"Oh, why?

"Selah. That's because of the huge difference in power between the Elgant and Grants kingdoms. If the Kingdom of Grants attacked the Elgant Empire, there would be absolutely no winning without the brave. In the case of Castar, there were several S-rank adventurers comparable to the brave ones."

It would be hard to think of calling it a re-bake of Castar, as Vega replied.

Anyway, if the Demons make a stand and move, if they fought under cover of the Demons' involvement, they have no winning eye over the Kingdom of Grants.

"In the first place, do you want to use the failed measures as they are elsewhere? It's bad luck, maybe we should think of it as having another thought... After that, I don't even know what the Kingdom of Grants is after us."

"If the Kingdom of Grants is falling into the hands of the Demons, is there no line of retribution for Castar killing the Demons in Eldia?

Mio says something sharp inside.

Yeah, you didn't think about that possibility.

If you ask me, Jean, the mysterious knight, has killed nearly a thousand demons in Eldia, so it would be possible to move the Kingdom of Grants in retaliation and make us attack.

"Okay! Looks like some nobles in the Grants Kingdom will be quick to hear it in person!

"Jen..., what are you willing to do...?

"Naturally, it's a bandit hunt. There's no way a bandit in my eye has a right to life, is there?

If you're going to pretend to be a bandit and come at me, hunt like a bandit and what can't you do?

Six carriages plug into a street with bandits.

"Do it!"

Soldiers from the Kingdom of Grants, who were lurking around with the hanging of men, appear together.

We are all uniformly dressed in thin, dirty attire, and we only look like bandits.

But the move is sophisticated, with nearly 100 bandit soldiers attacking the carriage undisturbed.

"Here comes the enemy! Everybody, take your weapons!

When the man in the carriage stopped the horse and raised his voice, an armed knight descended from the carriage.

The knights defend the carriage while shielding the attacking bandit soldiers. It looks like he's going to protect the carriage without being forced to attack and buy time for the other knights to come down.

"Attack him quickly!

Among the bandit soldiers, a captain flies, but the knight's defense cannot be broken.

One knight after another comes out of the carriage, and gradually the situation of the bandit soldiers becomes unfavourable.

But the knights rarely attack.

"Hey...... What is this...?

The number of knights that came out of the carriage was over 100 when the captain groaned that way.

The knights are still coming out of the carriage.

After a while, a knight in an international luxurious silver armor stepped out of the carriage.

The knight said out loud as he looked around.

"Capture the woman and the nobleman! Everyone else is a killer!

"Yes" x 250

At that time, the number of knights coming out of the carriage was over 250.