CH 49

"The Royal Capital of Renaloute is in sight."

Diana, who was outside the carriage, told us that we were close to our destination.

I looked out the window of the carriage and saw the Royal Capital of Renalute.

There is a castle.

Yes, it is a Japanese type castle.

I had somehow thought it was, but even from a distance it was quite impressive.

There is a town surrounding the castle, so it looks like a castle and a castle town.

As I gazed out the carriage window at the capital, my father called out to me from behind.

"Rid. It is natural that there are many differences between Renalute and Magnolia in terms of common customs. Be careful not to let your foot get caught in the door."

" Yes, father".

Father had a stern look on his face, but the words he spoke to me were filled with worry.

I responded to him with a smile and a strong voice.

He seemed satisfied with my reply and gave a small nod.

Before entering the castle town, there was a checkpoint as well as a customs gate, but we were soon let through.

Naturally, they must have been notified by Magnolia that we were coming.

Then one of the dark elf soldiers at the checkpoint spoke something to Rubens.

He shook his head at the soldier's words and immediately approached the carriage window to report to father.

"He will lead us to the castle, if you don't mind?"

"I'll leave it to him."

Rubens relayed father's words to the soldier, and the carriage began to move again.

The carriage followed the soldier who was leading it through the castle town of Renalute.

Looking at the townscape from the carriage, it was strangely nostalgic.

I wonder if there are many wooden houses with tiled roofs.

And then there are the dark elves passing by, dressed in mixed Japanese and Western clothing.

Women wear hakama and shoes, and others wear kimonos.

As expected, though, their hair is normal.

Many of the men are also in kimonos.

Occasionally, there were people dressed like the soldiers and it was a true blend of Japanese and Western clothing. styles

Moreover, the fact that the dark elves were dressed like that was a novelty, and I never got tired of looking at them.

As I looked out of the carriage with a sprk l in my eye, I heard Deanna's voice saying, "We are about to arrive at the castle.

Looking ahead through the carriage window, I could see the castle much closer.

There seems to be a water moat surrounding the castle, but the area near the gate where we are now passing seems to be an empty moat.

Naturally, the walls of the water moat and the empty moat are stone walls.

The castle gate in front of which the carriages are proceeding is larger than at check point .

The carriage stopped in front of the gate.

I have little knowledge of castles.

But when I saw the closely , I let out an exclamation of admiration.

"Wow, it's so beautiful ......, and the stone walls are so high ......."

"Hm?"　Rid, you know what a "stone wall" is?"

My father reacted when I said "stone walls" with a dubious look on his face.

Because there are no stone walls in Magnolia. He seemed a little surprised that I knew.

"Huh?　Well, I learned about it when I read the documents on Renalute.'

'Well, Renalute's castle is quite different from Magnolia's,. It's a good opportunity to broaden your horizons. Take a good look.:

"Yes, I understand.:

I said a few words to him and let the situation pass.

However, I never thought that I, with my past life memories, would have the opportunity to come to such a Japanese like castle in another world.

I was a little deeply moved and touched.

At that moment, the gates of the castle began to open on both sides.

And then we went inside and the carriage proceeded through the castle.

I thought we were going inside the castle, but the direction we were headed was a building that looked a lot like a mansion in Magnolia.

Then, the soldier leading the way turned around and said in a loud voice to us,

"This is the guest house where you will be resting. I'll send someone to you now. Please wait a moment."

He bowed and entered the house.

Soon after, dark elf women in maid uniform arrived and began to carry our luggage into the guest house.

My father and I also got off the carriage.

I stretched out my body and said, "Hmmm.

Father was jerking his neck and rubbing his shoulders himself.

Then a dark elf who looked a little older bowed and called out to us,

"I am very grateful to you, Master Rainer and Master Rid, for coming all the way to Renalute. My name is Zach Riverton, and I will be in charge of taking care of all of you and managing the guest house. I look forward to serving you ."

The dark elf who introduced himself as Zack was soft-spoken and very pleasant.

He looked like Garn, I thought to myself.

I replied with a smile, thinking so.

"It is my pleasure to meet you."

When I said that I bowed.

Zack looked a little surprised to see it , but soon returned to normal.

What's wrong?　

My father, on the other hand, greeted Zack in a lighthearted manner.

:I am also looking forward to working with you ....... Mr Zack, .:

"Yes. It has been a long time, Master . Rainer."

Zack bowed to father. He said, "I am glad to see you again ". I wondered if they knew each other.

I watched their exchange with a curious look on my face.

Father noticed this and explained to me.

It seems that it was my father who was mainly in charge of information exchange between the Imperial Capital and Renalute at the time of the Barst Crisis.

It is true that it is only natural, since they are neighboring countries.

"At that time, I was indebted to Mister Zack for a lot of help."

"No, I believe that it is thanks to you that our Dark Elf brothers and sisters have been able to return home."

"I have only served as a messenger pigeon. Everything was decided by His Majesty ".

Zack returned father's words with a hint of a smile.

Then he looked at me, smiled, and turned to my father.

'But I had no idea that Master Rainer have such an honest and lovely child.'

'...... not just honest and pretty, though.'

Father glanced at me as he replied with a sly look on his face.

"Ahahaha,......."

Is he holding a grudge about the candy ball?

I let out a dry laugh.

Then I heard Deanna's voice.

"Master Rainer, I have moved all the necessary luggage to the guest house."

'Mm, thank you for your hard work. Then let us go to our rooms."

Zack led the way as my father answered,

"Let me show you to your room."

I thought the guest house would be Japanese style, but it was not.　 but it was not so different from the house where I usually spend my time.

, "Since it is a guest house, we have made it as similar to Magnolia as possible.

I entered the room and Zack gave me a brief explanation of the room.

Then I was struck by an interesting remark: "T

'It may be a rarity in Magnolia, but the guest house has a hot spring. Would you like to try it?"

"What?　There is a hot spring."

Zack looked a little surprised that I had unexpectedly taken a bite, but he continued to explain.

He explained that there are separate large public baths for men and women, and that I could take a bath there anytime that I wanted to.

This was the moment when the Guest House became a hot spring inn in my mind.

"Yes, I'll go in there later. "

I said, and he asked me to let him know if I wanted to use the hot springs.

After that, Zack bowed and left the room.

After he left the room, I lay down on my bed on my back.

'Hah, I'm so sick of horse-drawn carriages .......'

Compared to the first time, the candy Chris gave me and the fact that the road leveled off a bit made it somewhat better from the beginning.

But it was still tough.

I was already feeling a bit anxious about the journey home.

Then there was a knock on the door and I answered it, and Chris came into the room.

She looked at me with some concern and said,

'Were you all right from the carriage ride?"

"Yes, I was fine. Thanks to the candy bars that I received , Chris gave me, I was very lucky."

"I am glad I could help you. "

She had a relieved expression on her face.

"You didn't just check the effect of the candy canes, right?"

"Yeah. Thanks for worrying about me. Is something wrong?"

"No, not at all. I am very honored that you showed us to the guest house as well. However, considering the future, it is difficult for us to move around, so we think we will stay in the castle town."

I see. Indeed, what Chris and his group are asking us to do this time is to create a new commercial channel.

The place that should be the base is within the castle of Renalute, it will be difficult to come and go each time.

I looked at Chris and nodded.

"I understand. I'll be a little sad, but I can't help it. I'll let my father and the people of Renalute know, so if anything happens, report it immediately.'

"I understand. I'll move on and visit some of the merchants."

"Yes, please do."

When Chris heard my reply, she bowed and walked out of the room.

"I'm going to go to the room.　What's wrong Deanna?"

"I was instructed by Master Rainer to stay in the same room with you as an escort. I'm sorry, but you can just think of me as 'air."

'Oh, right. ......."

The presence of a maid in the room with a sword strapped around her waist, standing upright and immovable, is very noticeable.

But I was already at the limit of my carriage exhaustion, and I said to Deanna, "I'll be fine.

'Hah,...... I'm going to sleep for a bit, wake me up if anything happens.'

'Yes, Master Rid."

And I decided to take a little nap.