Chapter 47.2

“Nn?”

Looking out from the window, Rose could see a silver-haired girl heading out . Rose couldn’t help but laugh as she saw the girl being wary of her surroundings as she walked .

As Rose was about to move to capture the fool—

“Excuse me . ”

“Aah?”

—The door was knocked and a rough voice came from the other side .

Rose wore her coat as she replied with an “Enter . ”

A tall man with a frightening looking face— Alek had entered the room and gave a bow .

“What is it?”

“Sorry for the bother but I couldn’t seem to find Felm anywhere, have you seen her…?”

“Aah, you mean that . ”

Distorting her mouth into a monster’s smile, Rose’s line of sight fell onto the window . Looking outside, she could see Felm sneakily moving and trying to hide herself . She probably had some sort of plan to secretly leave with Usato as she was carrying a lot of luggage…

—She was still not at a stage to leave from here yet .

“I see, she’s going after Usato and trying to leave here . ”

“Probably . ”

After opening the window, she put force onto her legs and jumped out . With Rose’s physical ability that far exceeded an ordinary person’s, she instantly moved in front of Felm who had been walking ahead all this time . Felm who had been slowly walking was petrified when she saw that had Rose suddenly appeared and couldn’t understand the situation…

“……!”

“Well, just wait a moment . ”

Felm ran away in the opposite direction once she regained her senses . However, Rose caught Felm by grabbing onto her clothes as expected and Felm dangled fruitlessly in the air .

“I-I’m sorry…”

“Even if you apologize at this point, you know…”

Felm’s face went pale like never before as all the power in her arms and legs were drained of strength . It was understandable considering the abuse she received from Rose thus far . At the moment, Felm was being held by the collar by no other than an evil spirit that resided in hell known as Rose . Felm understood she would be beaten up right away if she took on her usual attitude right now .

“You were probably planning on following Usato and going to a different city…”

“Y-you’re wrong… . ”

“Which part is wrong? Huh!?”

As Felm let out a pitiable voice, Rose started walking with Felm in hand towards the lodgings . It wasn’t like Rose couldn’t let Usato take care of this fellow . It would be a great chance for Felm to learn more about humans and what is considered normal for them . But given the circumstances and Usato’s important mission, Rose had decided against it since she didn’t want Felm to get in the way .

“Either way, you would have been stopped by the gate guards . There’s no way you would get through . ”

“…E-even I…”

“Huh? ‘Even I’ what?”

“I-it’s nothing…”

Felm had wanted to say something in objection but stopped halfway through . As Felm went silent, she also became dispirited and hung her shoulders down .

“Well then, I still have to give you your punishment for heading out without permission . ”

“… . Eek . ”

Felm knew . She knew that she wouldn’t be forgiven even if she begged Rose . Felm had personally witnessed Usato getting beaten up without question by Rose . When she saw Rose for the first time on the battlefield, Felm just thought that she was scary . Now that Felm met Rose in person, Rose was an existence to be feared as she should shiver in terror before her .

‘I’m going to hold a grudge against you for this… Usato . ’

Felm had those thoughts against Usato who had left as she was dragged away into the hell called training .

Alek who had witnessed this scene from the window could only shake his head and think ‘just the usual’ . From there, he went back to continue his own training .

*

Weren’t there too many people to greet me as I made my way to the gate? A lot of people had called out to me in loud voices as I was walked towards the gates . Before long, I could see a group with horses and the gate itself .

There were roughly around 10 or maybe more people? In that group, a young man had gotten off the carriage and waved his hand at my direction .

“Usato!”

“Ah, Kazuki . ”

I didn’t hear about the specifics of how we would be travelling but it seemed we would be moving by a horse-drawn carriage . Looking closely, I could see several lightly armored knights that surrounded the carriage . They were probably arranged that way to protect the horses and the people riding them . In that group of knights, I could see Ark-san .

“Bluerin, you… Will you be alright riding this?”

“Gwuh… . !”

There’s no way I’d be fine, is what Bluerin implied as he kept pounding on my legs .

“Why you… You’re really not holding back against me anymore . ”

“You’re just too sturdy and tough, Usato . ”

“Gwuh . ”

Bluerin nodded in agreement with Amako’s words which irritated me a little so I flicked his nose with my finger for the time being .

As I headed towards the carriage arranged for us, I called out to Ark-san .

“Good morning, Ark-san . ”

“Good morning!”

Getting off his horse, Ark-san placed a fist on his chest as he returned my greeting . As I was thinking he was energetic as usual, he suddenly presented two of his hands before me .

“We will handle your belongings, Usato-dono . You should head towards your carriage in the front . ”

“A-ah, thank you . As for Bluerin…?”

“I’m sorry to say so but he’ll be moving along with us instead . ”

As expected . Well… I can’t imagine Bluerin getting onto the carriage . As I gave my luggage to Ark-san, Amako and I started walking to the front where our carriage was— As we were walking, Bluerin was scowling at me as he gave a ‘Gururuh’ sound and retrieved my belongings that I had placed on the ground .

“Don’t give too much trouble to Ark-san, okay?”

“…Guruah . ”

“What’s with that uncertain reply of yours…?”

…It should probably be fine . If anything happens, I just have to come outside and watch over him .

Bluerin handed over my belongings to a knight that was close by and I headed inside the carriage . There was enough room to fit about 10 people and it looked a little more modest on the inside than I had initially thought .

Paying closer attention to the surroundings, there was Inukami-senpai and Kazuki… There was also a woman with a white robe and long light blue hair, Welsey-san .

“Good morning, everyone . ”

For now, I should greet everyone . Amako and I replied with our own greetings .

“It’s been a while since we’ve talked, Usato-sama . ”

“Eeh, Welsey-san . You’re also coming on this journey?”

You really left quite the impression on me, after all .

Like when you suddenly took me by the hand when you found out about my magic attribute .

Or how scared you looked when you saw Rose .

“Yes, it would be too much to leave everything to just the heroes which is why I’ll do my best to help until we reach Luquis . ”

“Is that so…?”

It’s not like I thought we would be the only ones moving but Lloyd-sama was really generous to send a mage like Welsey-san who was really important to this Kingdom .

“As for me, I’m really glad to have someone like Welsey-san come with us . ”

“No no no, I can’t contribute much with my amount of power . ”

“Senpai and I learned magic from you, have more confidence in yourself teacher . ”

The two of them had a lot of trust in Welsey from the looks of it . Maybe Welsey was similar to how Rose was like to me as my teacher… Although I would have preferred Welsey-san’s calming aura over Rose’s . After all, Rose’s aura was like a savage animal’s where just looking at her would cause me to tremble .

If I said this to her in person, there’s no doubt she would beat me senseless . As I was lost in my thoughts, Amako suddenly tugged on my uniform’s cuffs in silence . Amako showed an expression of worry and directed her gaze towards Welsey-san .

I could somewhat understand what her thoughts were and called out to Amako .

“This person is alright . Rather, you should be more wary of Senpai . ”

“… . Yeah . ”

“Nnn? Just now, did you naturally treat me like some dangerous person…?”

Inukami-senpai didn’t seem content as she said so and showed a sour expression .

Ignore it, ignore it .

I let my back rest on the wall . . when the carriage suddenly shook and I could hear the wheel of carriage bumping into something .

“It might’ve been good to just walk . . ”

“That reminds me, Welsey-san . The letters . . ”

“I’m taking good care of them, don’t worry . ”

Welsey-san went through a small rucksack and retrieved several sheets of paper .

“Suzune-sama and Kazuki-sama should have already been told this but these are the letters you’ll be sending . At the moment I’ll be taking care of them but I’ll hand over the letters to everyone once you go your separate ways . That’s why you don’t need to worry about these letters for now . ”

“When we depart? We’re not sending a letter to Luquis?”

“For Luquis, I’ll be the one to send a letter . Is what I’ve been told but I don’t mind if Suzune-sama and the rest want to come along . ”

… . In other words, Welsey-san would be setting up an example of how we should give out the letters? If that’s the case, it would really help . It’s not like you could suddenly appear to give out a letter to an important person and be like ‘bye’ .

Leaving aside Kazuki and Senpai who were in the student council in my former world, I wasn’t used to doing something like this at all which was why I was worried .

At least one of my worries had been resolved . Thinking so, I leaned back in relief as I looked outside from the window . I could only see green everywhere from the trees surrounding us . I was still used to the scenery before me but after a few hours, I’ll be able to witness ones I haven’t seen .

The beginning of a journey— A new place .

It would a great adventure with a dangerous road full of the unknown .

For better or worse, I had become accustomed to this world . I didn’t know what would happen beyond this point and I could only absentmindedly dwell on the possibilities .