CH 118

“I tried to go to the Royal Capital, but as expected, a cliche appeared.”

Translated by Dawn

“I tried to go to the Royal Capital, but as expected, a cliche appeared.”

A few days after the commotion of stuffed animals and wooden dolls, something arrived that I did not want to come. It was a summons from the royal capital.

When I woke up in the morning, a messenger from the feudal lord came to me and presented me with a summons, thinking I had been summoned in a hurry.

“That’s why, Rolando-kun, I want you to head for the Royal Capital.”

“It can’t be helped. I’ll get ready and head there right away.”

So, after a brief greeting with the feudal lord, I immediately prepared for my journey to the royal capital. But there was little need to prepare for the trip.

I could return to my home in Orargrand at night by instantaneous transfer. What I needed to do more than prepare for the trip was how to deliver the goods to the Greg Trading Company while I was on my way to the capital.

For the time being, however, I had only delivered a certain number of items to the Greg Trading Company, and the excess had become storage fodder, and that number had already ballooned to the ridiculous number of several hundred thousand. So I was thinking of delivering all of them to the Greg Trading Company.

In addition to that, I must also think about increasing the number of security golems in consideration of the possibility of getting into some kind of trouble as the size of the trading company grew.

By the way, the distance from Orargrand to the royal capital was about 10 days by horse-drawn carriage, and it would take 7 or 8 days if the adventurers were to run seriously with their bodies enhanced.

“That’s why I asked you to watch over things for me.”

“I understand, boy. Leave it to me!”

I gave my farewell to Greg and left the Greg Trading Company. Next, I went to the Adventurers’ Guild and the Commercial Guild to inform them that I had been summoned to the royal capital and that I would be leaving Orargrand today. The guild masters of both guilds were very kind to send me off.

After making the rounds to all the guilds, I was about to leave for the royal capital, when a little problem occurred.

“Rolando-sama, I will take you to the capital.”

“If you insist, I can take you there.”

I was not sure if they had heard the rumor from somewhere or if it was just a coincidence, but Fahren and her escort, Kukkoro-san, came to me at this exquisite time. When I told them that I was leaving for the royal capital, they began to offer themselves as my guide.

If I was a person with no ability, it would be reassuring to have a guide, but for me, it was useless and, frankly speaking, nothing more than a hindrance.

As I was searching for the best way to decline the offer, more trouble came my way.

“What are you doing, Master?”

“Good morning, Master. Your Maylene is here.”

“It’s unusual to see you this morning.”

“What’s going on?”

Then, Gyrmzak and the other three members of his party showed up. Before I could say anything, Fahren told them that I was leaving for the royal capital, and like a fish out of water, they started chirping, “We’ll go with you.”

It was not difficult to imagine what would happen if Gyrmzak and the others were added to the troublesome situation of Fahren alone. But then a happy miscalculation occurred: Fahren and Gyrmzak and his party started to argue over which of them would guide me to the royal capital.

I left the place without making a sound like in a manga or anime and headed for the gate of Orargrand as fast as I could. I decided that it would be troublesome to stay there any longer.

I quickly completed the formalities at the gate and escaped from Orargrand. I felt like a bad guy, but I had not committed any crime. I was just running away from troublesome people.

“Okay, I’ll be back as soon as I can.”

Muttering to myself, I activated my body enhancement and ran along a slightly off-the-beaten-path in an area that was hard to be seen. With stats that were stronger than ever before, I left the surrounding background behind me like a bullet train.

As I continued on my way toward the capital, I heard a scream from what sounded like a young woman, so I rushed there and found a young woman and several men, who were probably the same ones who had screamed earlier.

“N-no, please stop!”

“Give it up already. No one’s coming to save you here.”

“This one is a real piece of work. Looks like we’re in for a lot of fun.”

While saying that, the woman put up a desperate resistance to escape from the men who were trying to surround her, but since it was obvious that there was a difference in strength between men and women, she was easily subdued.

“Nooo, let go! Stop iiit!!”

Just before the man’s hand was about to tear her clothes, it turned in the wrong direction with a clattering sound. Well, it was me who did it.

“Gyaaa, w-w-wh-what!? My, my haaaaand!!”

“W-who’s there!? Come on out here!!”

One of the men, noticing the unusual behavior of one of his companions and immediately judging it as an attack from someone else, raised his voice. I would like to come out to meet that request, but I had no time to worry about the unknowns as I had the objective of heading to the royal capital.

“[Warm Wall], [Ice Mist].”

I quickly took care of the thugs using the magic combo I had used earlier to save Natalie. With the men instantly transformed into ice statues, I turned my attention to the woman who was still stunned.

She was in her early twenties, with shoulder-length glossy chestnut hair, yellow eyes, and a very glamorous body. That was exactly the kind of body that a man would love to see, so much so that it was no wonder that she was attacked by thugs like those guys…

“U-umm?”

“It’s a little troublesome, so I need you to be a little quiet.”

“Eh? W-what in the world are…k-kyaaa!”

I picked her up in my arms, ignoring all possible explanations and introductions. It was what one might call a princess’s hug. She was taller than me, so it might have looked a little awkward from other people’s points of view, but I had no choice but to bear with it and carry her.

As it was, I carried her up to where there were signs of people, and as a result of her flailing around too fast, I had a case of grabbing a large rounded lump of fat of hers.

(Well, I had to hold her body in place so I wouldn’t drop her if she got so out of control. Yeah, it had to be done.)

I was making excuses to no one, but my twelve-year-old body had not yet awakened, so I could not feel any of those emotions when I grabbed hers. At best, it was no different from squeezing slime.

In such a situation, I finally reached a place where I could feel the presence of people and released her from the princess’s hug. It was very frightening for her, as she had experienced an artificial roller coaster, and she slumped down on the spot.

I didn’t have time to wait for her to regain her strength, so I used recovery magic to restore her strength, and then I pulled her by the hand and approached the covered wagon that could be seen ahead.

“W-wait kid! What are you doing here all of a sudden?”

“Just follow me.”

“What is it…geez.”

I guess she realized I wouldn’t listen to her. She complained, but remained quiet and did as she was told. …I don’t mean that you do as you are told, you know?

When we arrived at the wagons, the guards blocked the front, but when one of the guards saw me, he raised his voice.

“Aren’t you the hero of [Demon Hunter]? What are you doing here?”

“Well, things happened. Who’s in charge here, by the way?”

“I am.”

A man in his forties or so came out of the wagon. He was probably a peddler and seemed mild-mannered in terms of atmosphere, so I decided to entrust her to him, thinking that she would be in good hands.

“I’m sorry to bother you so abruptly, but could you take this woman to the nearest town without asking me any questions?”

“Even if you suddenly say something like that…”

“Of course, since it’s so abrupt. That’s right…how about this?”

Saying that I held out a burlap sack with a considerable bulge. The color of the man’s eyes changed when he saw the contents of the burlap sack that was suddenly handed to him.

“T-t-th-this is!?”’

“These are large and small [Magic Quartz Bracelets], [Hairpins], and [Scrunchie] that they deal in at the Greg Trading Company. If you take this woman to the nearest town, I will pay you this as a reward. What do you say—”

“I’ll take her! No, please let me take her!”

The man responded with a devouring smile before I could finish. Apparently, our product was becoming quite well-known, too. Splendid, splendid…

Since it would have cost me a lot of time if I got involved any further, I tried to force him to accept the burlap sack and leave the scene, with the reward paid for in advance…

“W-wait! Please wait!!”

“What?”

“T-thank you very much for the help. Um, can you tell me your name?”

“You don’t have to know my name. I just happened to see you. Don’t mind it.”

I then told the peddler man and the adventurers escorting him to leave her alone in a soft tone of voice, and I left. She looked like she wanted to say something as I left, but I didn’t want to get involved any further, so I said goodbye. …What? What a waste? What do you want me to do, I haven’t woken up yet, you know?

It was a sudden cliche, but I had some idea of what to expect, so it was still within my expectations. But I didn’t expect the same thing to happen four times, though…

After steadily completing the cliche event, I arrived in the Royal Capital four days after I left Orargrand.