Chapter 514: Border Checkpoint

Chapter 514: Border Checkpoint

「Sniff sniff」

「How is it, Urushi?」

「Woof...」

『No good huh?』

We were walking around while eating our meal in Didianne, looking for Zelos Reed with Urushi’s Nose. If he were in town, it would be next to impossible to escape from Urushi’s nose.

We had fought him so many times that Urushi remembered his smell after all.

However, we didn’t get any results. There was no trace of him, not even a hint of his scent, so it was safe to say that he was no longer hiding in this town.

『It’s no use. The information was uncertain after all』

「Nn」

As for Fran, she felt that it couldn’t be helped and she wasn’t that depressed. It’s like saying that she didn’t have high expectations to begin with, so she was doing this as a tour.

『So, what should we do now? We’ve stocked up on a lot of cheese, but should we stay here in town tonight?』

「It’s fine, let’s go to the next town」

『Are you sure? 』

「Nn. I’m tired of cheese」

Aah, now that she mentioned it, she was thinking earlier that we shouldn’t buy food that doesn’t have cheese, but it seems, she got tired of eating too much cheese. Well, cheese is not something you would eat in such large quantities after all.

『The next town is already in the Belios Kingdom. But before that, there’s the border. We must take the proper route into the country or it’ll be troublesome for us later』

「Okay」

In this world, countries’ borders were vague things. There are no lines drawn or walls to separate them. It was easy to ignore them if we wanted to.

I also heard that many countries that were on good terms with each other have no particular restrictions on traffic.

However, Belios Kingdom was different. It has one of the strictest immigration controls in this world.

『Let’s just go on like this for the time being. We’ll be misunderstood if we continue to ride on Urushi after all』

They might think that a dangerous magic beast was attacking them and will prolong our exit.

「Woof woof!」

We then headed for the border checkpoint, and the procedure went very smoothly. We were the only ones there, so we didn’t have to wait that long, and with her adventurer’s card, they didn’t take us into more complicated procedures. All she had done was answer with “an adventurer” and we were let out of the country.

They were a little skeptical that Fran was really a B-ranked adventurer, but once they found out that her adventurer’s card was real, they didn’t ask too many questions. Many adventurers don’t like to be questioned about their personal life, and if they were a real B-rank adventurer there was no way for them to afford to offend them.

Rather, it seemed to be more difficult for us to enter the Belios Kingdom.

『Let’s walk until we get over the pass. Urushi being here would only cause more confusion after all』

「Woof」

「Nn」

The pass was not that steep and it was said that an average person can get through it in about half a day.

Magic beasts are also said to appear around this area, but since the soldiers were hunting them down, those who might appear would only be a magic beast with a threat level of F at best.

Currently, the strongest magic beast that has been confirmed was said to have a threat level of D, but it is said that they were only witnessed once every few years.

Unless we encountered a magic beast with a threat level of D, it would take Fran and Urushi less than half a day to cross the pass. It was already evening, but even if they camped out, they should be able to reach the border checkpoint by tomorrow morning.

Well, that was what it was supposed to be, but――.

『Don’t tell me, did I just raise a flag?』(1)

「Nn?」

『No, it’s nothing. More importantly, let’s help them first!』

Near the peak of the mountain, we came across a traveller that was being attacked. Moreover, they were being attacked by a Storm Wyvern, a magic beast with a threat level of D.

「Urushi, let’s go!」

「Woof!」

Note:

(1) Raise a flag means “bring something to notice”. The phrase Raise a flag originated from “raise a red flag” which means to alert someone about potential danger or trouble ahead, the origin is that red flags are often literally used to warn people of possible peril.