Day 77 Afternoon, Outskirts of the Capital
Travel by carriage. Well, its not the first time, but this ride feels like the first carriage ride. The carriage with the Geeks and Idiots went out of sight after running wildly for a while, but how far did they go? Well, who cares?
Here, we have to slowly start the carriages in order to get the orphans used to them. After all, its the first carriage ride in their lives, and their first trip. Not to mention that they are just Lv 1 children.
There are worries about their physical strength, and also simple motion sickness concerns too. Well, even if they do feel unwell it can be fixed with mushrooms, but this being their first trip, they must want to observe the scenery until they get tired of it.
And I too am observing the scenery for the first time. Which reminds me We always traveled at ultra-high speed, so this is my first time actually seeing it too!
The Frontier is surrounded by forests and steep mountains, giving it a vague feeling of isolation, while the land outside is a vast plain. There are some hills, but in general, its pretty flat, allowing for a great unobstructed view of what feels like endlessly stretching plains.
Yes, endlessly stretching nature, which must mean endlessly stretching possibilities for outdoor play, the entire world of pleasure, but Not doing any of that? Yeah, I mean, Im getting stares?
Such vast empty plots of lands, which means, as long the population increases, it can be freely developed?
There arent enough people. Which means that if there are issues with food supply, there might be a point to rewriting the Frontiers version of the agricultural report, adapting it for the Kingdom.
I mean, there is so much land, allowing children to starve while having all this is way too much of a waste First comes potatoes.
Norfolk four-course farming is the Geeks specialty, and they even have countermeasures for the fertilizer issue, that was its weak point, so someday this entire area might become a wheat field.
But while its okay to let them teach, there is no telling what will sprout if they are allowed to farm themselves. Yes, its definitely going to be something entirely unrelated to wheat, so clearing it with fire seems like another sort of trouble?!
While flying, I always have a good view of surroundings, but when falling, all I see is a gray wall. And since Im simply overlooking things from the sky, Ive never seen the scenery in proper detail. Yeah, the only thing I have in my memory is a rapidly approaching ground?
And when Im traveling with Armored Pres-san at top-speed its nothing but a wall of blue, green, and yellow. Thats why its fine to go slowly in the beginning.
On our way to the Capital, I was doing some soil preparation to kill time, in other words, a straight road to the Frontier was completed.
Yeah, this is the chance to show the limits of Highway Star Train Aero. If we can go at the speed far higher than when we were going to the Capital, we should be able to reach the Frontier in less a day!(Hehee~en)
The horses are also steadily running over monsters, raising their levels, and growing into splendid post-apocalyptic steeds. The cute horsies from before are nowhere to be found anymore, its actually a bit sad?
The speed is gradually rising, but the orphans seem to be unexpectedly fine, so once they get bored of the view we can accelerate more. The scenery wont matter once night falls anyway, so lets just make it all the way over there in one go while they are asleep.
I mean, Slime-san is going wild here Is it that happy about meeting Poster Girl? Or is it looking forward to their dance battle? Oh, in that case even Dancing Girl might join in!
Its nice that we got such a good weather.Is there anyone who feels sick?Tell me right away if you feel sick, okay~?Yes, we are good.
Vice Pres B-san is shaking, shaken by the carriage, and what an outrageous shaking that is, rocking up and down with the movement of the carriage, acting as a shock absorber to the Oh no!
Dont get me wrong?
I was merely observing the stability of suspension and shock absorption mechanisms, and I have to say they are working marvelously, even though the horses arent running wild, double wishbone suspension is going wild on its own, and that double shaking is the WISH, but could you please stop aiming your bows at me?
(((To think there was 360 degrees all-surround infinite tentacles paradise in that carriage! (*Gulp!*))))
Although everyone is still red with a blush, they still are going to eat dinner. The orphans also started running around energetically as soon as they got outside.
They lived inside the walls of the Capital all this time. In that crumbling building inside the slums. So it must be their first contact with nature, as well as their first trip and their first picnic. Everything is first for them, so they are excited and overjoyed.
It wasnt right for them to sit in that pile of rubble, cold and hungry. Being overly energetic and running around without a point is the proper job for children. Thats whats normal after all.
Mystery meat meatballs, omelet from eggs of unknown species, something-that-looks-like-asparagus but no one knows that its actually, rolls with grilled meat of some sort, cream croquettes with unknown mushrooms, rice balls, sandwiches, teriyaki of something that was flying through the sky, and then also some deep fried stuff will be added later, just wait for a bit.
And here come fried potatoes, or rather, stuff your faces?Thanks for the treat!Aaah, we are so beat and hungry!
And then there are the Geeks and Idiots who appear only for the meal. Wait a moment, that horse wasnt listening to anyone Thats why it didnt even have a bridle and reins. In other words, it was completely impossible to control, so why is it back?
Yeah, and for some reason, its standing in line with its own food bucket.
I tried packing everything into baskets picnic style, but since its already late the atmosphere is lacking. But they are easting happily anyway. This is probably the first meal outside in their lives. So we will stick to picnic menu even if its already dark.
They have to make lots of memories, to make up for everything until now, otherwise, they wont be able to become splendid kids. And by now its kind of pointless to even try to stop the splendid small tanuki. Naturally, it goes without saying that the only splendid thing about her is the belly.
The part above is far from splendid, with completely flat plains of sorrow looking like they might even cave-in from their overwhelming sadness GYUAWAHAAAARAAh!
No, you can eat whatever you like, so dont bite me on the head? If you bite too much youll have to be reclassified into Bitchy Small Tanuki (*Gnaw Gnaw!*) GAGYGYAAAAH!
She actually bit me! Looks like I have to hurry with making that hairband into wearable equipment. Yeah, thats why I picked it, you know?
We havent bitten anyone ever! And we told you we arent bitches!!!Should we just bite him for real?!
Even bites from Small Tanuki hurt. If Bitches start biting me too then Ill end up all covered in tooth-marks, so I run away. Psychology often explains leaving kiss or teeth marks on a person of the opposite sex as an expression of the desire to monopolize them, but they actually bite with a crunch!
Totally unrelated to psychology or whatever, a pure and simple expression of desire for human flesh (cannibalism) and nothing else!
Naturally, as a highschool boy, Id be courteously waiting on a place mat if a lovely sexy lady told meIm going to eat you, but I dont want to be chewed by the Bitches! I mean, there is none of that lovely double meaning to it, theyll do it literally!
And with meal break being over we start sprinting. The scenery cant be seen anymore, and having eaten to their heart content the orphans are now sleeping.Now is the time to show the real worth of Highway Star Train Aero. At this rate, well be in the Frontier by the morning Yup, this is way too fast?
Metal rings on the wheels are scattering so many sparks that now there are two blazing lines behind us! Yeah, got to find some sort of rubber materials ASAP, otherwise, the picture looks like we are about to go back to the future any moment Speaking of back, that sounds nice too!
Alright, its nighttime. Time to do my best! Even though Im being hit with Scorpion Deathlock from Flip Piledriver [1] inside the carriage, there is a reason I cant afford to lose. Its a holy war that a highschool boy is absolutely not allowed to lose.
Its bunny girls after all~ all~ all~ (Echoing until the next morning!)
And as the tests have shown, Sensitivity Increasefrom Gloves of Poison Touchis a weapon of supreme effectiveness, able to make the bunnies tremble, moan, writhe, and crumble down by merely drawing a circle on their backs, so they ended up getting eaten while making circles around their lower areas.
And they lived happily ever after? Kind of sort of?