Chapter 266: Means of Transportation (1)

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Once Solomon verified that things were set in place for Artesia and Lastrada to move their orphanage, Mira hung up with a confident look. Then she reached for the device again, as well as her notepad with some annotations.

『Hello, this is Alioth.』

Someone else's voice rang within the wagon. That was Alioth, the Fifty Bells』 strategist. Kagura had given Mira a number to call, in case Mira ever needed anything from them again.

「Ohh, it's been a while. It's me, Mira.」

When Mira replied, the voice from the device cheered up and said, 「It's nice to hear from you again.」

As with any time people got to talk after a long absence, Mira and Alioth ended up engrossed in a lengthy conversation, especially since Mira was curious to learn what happened with Sentopolly and Roseline.

「I see, I'm glad to hear everything is progressing smoothly.」

According to Alioth, there were still some small kinks to iron out, but overall, things had been taken care of. Now, they were mostly helping Roseline rebuild and expand.

『Either way, was there any specific reason why you called?』

When Alioth brought that up, Mira realized how much time had passed, and exclaimed, 「Oh right, I nearly forgot!」 and finally went into the main subject.

「There's something I'd like to ask from Ka…I mean, from Uzume.」

Mira asked if Kagura was available to talk, and Alioth asked Mira to wait a moment. Soon, he returned and informed Mira that there was one of her shikigami at the headquarters, so she would be able to talk through it.

That once again reminded Mira of how useful that ability of Kagura's was, and she waited until Kagura arrived.

『Hellooo, are you there grandpa? What's this about a favor?』

A short while later, Kagura's voice rang through the device and into the wagon. She sounded the same she always had.

「Ohh, right, so there's this little situation—」

「That voice! Kagura! I'm Artesia, it's been so long since we last talked! I'm glad to hear you safe and sound.」

Just when Mira tried to get right down to business, Artesia interrupted her, overtaken with joy at their reunion. Right after, Lastrada also joined saying, 「It's good to hear you again, Kagura!」 ℞????NǑβЕs

『Huh? What? Artesia?! And…was that Hoshizaki Subaru?』

「The one and only!」

Artesia spoke with a soft giggly voice, while Lastrada's was overly enthusiastic. After that, Mira briefly explained how she met up with them, and then detailed what the favor was. Mira wanted to use the Fifty Bells' Spirit Flying Ship to transport the orphans.

That was the idea Mira had gotten. There were too many limitations to traveling on the ground, and the only way to fly available to her was her wagon, Pegasus, and Hippogriff, which meant a total of around eight people at once. The trip to Arkite would be faster that way, around two or three days in each direction. The downside was that there were upwards of a hundred children to transport, so it would take more than a month of constant flying between both locations to get everyone there.

Repeating the same actions constantly for more than a month seemed incredibly mind numbing, and Mira really wanted to take a break for herself now that she had found Artesia and Lastrada.

So that was when she thought of Kagura's Spirit Flying Ship. Flying Ships were still a new invention and exceedingly rare, even in countries like Arkite. But one of them would allow all of the children to travel at once.

『Sure, you can use it. I'll do it for Artesia and the children.』

Kagura gave a prompt reply once she heard everything, agreeing to let them use the Spirit Flying Ship. She said it was for Artesia and the children, but she probably was also doing it for Arkite.

With that decided, they began arranging how to do everything. It was a more involved process than Mira initially imagined.

『Alright then, for now just place an easy to spot mark somewhere.』

「Sure, I can do that.」

After sorting out everything, Kagura hung up and went to prepare the ship, while sending Piisuke to scout the area ahead, as she needed to get a proper look at the location to find a good spot to anchor the ship.

Kagura was informed of the general coordinates, and she estimated Piisuke would get there in two or three hours. A few minutes before that time was over, Mira would go out on Pegasus to stand as a beacon in the sky for Piisuke.

「Thank you Mira, I'll go tell everyone right away.」

Artesia was beside herself with joy, knowing that the children would be blessed with a better environment to grow up, and she ran off to the church to spread the word.

「Well then, General. I'll also head out now. Today, I'm in charge of training the older group, and I can't afford to set a bad precedent by being late. The red roofed house should be ready for you to use if you want, so just head there.」

Lastrada pointed to one of the houses near the church, and added, 「Let's meet again for dinner!」 and then left. He did not show it quite as much as Artesia, but it was obvious he also cared about the children.

「Hmm… I guess I just have to wait for Piisuke.」

Getting there had taken a considerable effort, so after the pair left, Mira stored away the note with the Fifty Bells' number, and then looked for the house that Lastrada had pointed to.

Guardian Ash pulled the wagon to the house with a red roof. As they got closer, Mira realized that the color came from beautiful red flowers that acted as the roof.

That made her notice that the other tree houses nearby all had unique colorful roofs as well, creating a scene that looked straight out of a fairy tale.

「I quite like this.」

While the leaves and flowers had vibrant colors, they all melded together in harmony, creating a peaceful environment.

Mira continued looking at those flowers as she sent Guardian Ash away, and then entered the house with the red roof, where the comforting scent of wood greeted her.

Surrounded by all that nature, she made herself comfortable and leisurely studied the Encyclopedia of Skills while waiting for Piisuke's arrival.

Once it was almost time for Piisuke to arrive, Mira went out and began flying around the area on Pegasus.

「There really aren't any villages nearby.」

There was only dense forest as far as her eyes could reach, and there were no human settlement or traveler trails in sight. There was a small chance something could be hidden amongst the trees, but that was highly unlikely.

Mira would have never thought to search in that area, even if she followed the rumors of the orphanage. Switching her target to Fuzzy Dice had been the right call after all.

「This reminds me, I wonder who the leader of the slave traders is?」

Lastrada had been confident he had everything he needed to destroy that evil group, regardless of how powerful the members were, so Mira did not really feel the need to worry about it.

But Mira was starting to realize that there were multiple shady groups hiding in the world.

She already had fought a similar one in the past, Chimera Clauzen, and chances were, she would run into yet another one in the future.

The Nine Wisemen were also known for being on the eccentric side, so what had happened twice could easily turn into a third time, making Mira feel slightly apprehensive of where her next travels would take her.

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