CH 71.4

A friendly looking, middle aged centaur, who had come to me along with Rabeita-san, spoke to me with a smile.

「Hey hey, neesan, is it true that mage cities are full of wheat?」

「Hnn? In my hometown, wheat fields are covering the land that’s even larger than this wilderness.」

「That’s great. Can everyone eat bread?」

The man, whose eyes are sparkling, had a bony arm and his horse part wasn’t very musclely.

The people in this area seem to lack food.

「Yes. I have never been hungry since I came to Torquiva.」

「Are there jobs?」

「Adventurers and transporters are always in demand. Also, since the wheat field’s all the way to the horizon and beyond, they’re always looking for farmers.」

「Hee, myself aside, I want my children to have a better life. The next time those nobles try to do something shady, I’m thinking of moving out.」

「That’s a good move. The south is always in need of help.」

It’s true that if the top is like that, the commoners will have it hard.

If they have to endure that in a place where they can’t even eat, it might be better to live along with humans even though it might get a little hard.

「How do we get there?」

「Just follow the railroad tracks all the way to the south. There are three cities, Torquiva, Ruefuma, and Torkus, that are surrounded by farmland. They call it the temple granary.」

「I see I see」

「Every city has its own middleman and if you want to work, they will take care of you.」

「hou〜」

I looked at Jiren-san’s face and found that she was nodding, which means I’m 100% correct.

「Though centaurs are very unlikely to be targeted, slave hunters exist. Make sure to be careful on your journey. 」

I heard from a slaver that centaurs are not very popular slaves because of their gluttony.

I had never been hungry ever since I became master’s slave and I think I grew so big because I was fed dozens of bowls of wheat porridge every day.

The centaurs of Keineros are about two heads shorter than me and I guess they are fundamentally malnourished.

「Thank you for the info, neesan. We’ve lived by herding animals around here for generations so we don’t know much about the city.」

「Gold, silver, and cheese can be easily converted into money.」

「Money, well, I have some but it didn’t have much use in Keineros.」

「The human world revolves around money.」

「Right! We have also received money for helping travelers on several occasions. We exchange them for cloth in the city.」

「My master once told me, “Money is money, and goods are money. In this world, having no money is the same as having no life.”.」

「The human world is a scary place.」

I just shrugged my shoulders but I’m sure they would be able to make it if he comes to the south with a group.

As I traveled around, I found that the south is basically richer and people there are more open minded.

In northern cities, I was sometimes refused entry because I’m a centaur.

「What’s taking you forever! Let’s go!」

We just heard the screeching voice of a person left alone in the distance. We looked at each other and laughed.

「Then, take care.」

「Yeah, you too, have a safe trip.」

I shook hands with Rabeita and watched them leave into the wilderness, melting into the darkness.

The win, which had stung my skin when we left Torquiva, had somehow become humid and warm.

The stars had changed their alignment and the dragon king, which used to be a winter wonderland, was no longer visible, even its tail.

「By the time we arrive at Torquiva, it will be summer.」

「yeah」

「When we get home, I’ll eat so much Torquiva roast that my stomach will burst.」

「I’m sick and tired of eating wheat porridge.」

Everyone’s talking about getting back to the home we recognized as our home.

As for me, I never once thought of that mountain village on this trip.