Chapter 25 – Madis
Waking up refreshed in the early morning, Martha straightened her tousled hair and, as always, prayed to God.
“… Lord, thank you for this meeting.”
In the past, people prayed in gratitude for all the blessings the Lord bestowed on this world, but after meeting the warrior, the prayer text changed a bit.
Having finished her prayers, Martha got up, gathered her things, and left the room.
When I came out of the room, I ran into a warrior who had just washed her face and left the room, probably because God was proud of Martha, who prayed from early in the morning.
“Hero, good morning.”
“Yeah, good morning. Did Martha just wake up?”
“Yes that’s right. But, warrior…”
Martha, who approached the hero with luck, pressed her face into the hero’s face and asked.
“If… Didn’t you break the promise you made with me last night and not go to sleep?”
“Yes?”
Last night, the training continued until late at night, and the warrior said that he would train alone until morning anyway, but Martha dissuaded him and eventually returned to his room.
“… You slept last night, right?”
“Yes… I slept.”
Those who are still bad at lying.
The part on her face that revealed all the lies was also lovely, so Martha didn’t say anything and withdrew.
“Then… I’ll believe that. The hero is not the one who breaks the promise he made with me.”
“Huh… Thank you for trusting me.”
The pure heart that felt remorse even for such an insignificant thing stimulated Martha’s motherly love.
Enduring the desire to hug the hero like this, Martha left the inn with the hero.
When I came out of the inn, the other party who was one step ahead were on top of the carriage.
Horde was yawning in front of the carriage, and Lina, Mirian, and Yuria were riding in order in the back of the carriage.
The hero got into the carriage first, followed by Martha.
Somehow, Martha’s seat was right across from Yuria, and Yuria had her head bowed, probably because of what happened yesterday.
As Martha sat down across from her, seeing Yuria’s shoulder shaking even though her carriage hadn’t even started yet, Marta was intoxicated with her sense of victory.
‘Whoops… Shall we look at the faces of losers…’
Pretending it was her mistake and dropping her purse on the floor of her carriage, Marta bent down to pick up her purse and looked up at Yuria’s face as she looked up.
‘… Uh?’
YuRia, who bowed her head, couldn’t hold back the tears or the light of sadness on her face.
Yuria was smiling.
To be precise, she was desperately holding back her laughter, as if a funny joke came to her at a funeral and she was desperately holding back her laughter.
Have you not woken up from the alcohol you drank yesterday?
Perhaps, because of what happened last night, she was so shocked that she went crazy, but to Marta, Yuria’s smile didn’t look like the laughter of a demented person.
‘… Something is unsettling.’
I don’t know what happened last night, but it’s clear that something has happened since Marta left.
‘What the hell…’
It was Martha who kept thinking about why Yuria held back her laugh, but Marta didn’t know what that laugh was until she eventually arrived at Tektis.
‘… I’ll need to watch it for a while.’
With those thoughts of hers and her insecurities in her heart, Martha stepped into her tectis.
*****
“Bur, are you home already?!”
Thinking that it would take at least a few days for the hero to return, she was surprised to see the unscathed face of the hero.
“It was close… The investigation itself was over quickly, so there was no problem.”
“Yeah, that’s right!”
She thought that it was not a matter of near or far, but that she was called a dragon because she was an existence that could not be measured by common sense.
“Then, would you like to hear the results of your investigation?”
“All right.”
The more he heard the report of the hero, the more calm his face was. At first, his face was stained with anger and shame for the village and their own complacency, but as the report progressed, his face changed to a smile.
“Is that really true? Ah, dozens of mental arithmetic predators… ?!”
Mental arithmetic predator.
As a special A-class monster, if left alone, it was a very dangerous monster that could grow to hundreds of meters and even become an S-class monster.
Even though there were dozens of such monsters living in the mine, I didn’t know. This was a big mistake that even the guild master, of course, could not make up for even if there were several heads of the upper echelons.
“The problem isn’t that. Where did the iron and nurture stones carried by the mental acid predators go?”
This is only the warrior’s guess, but it was a good guess to say for sure, seeing as the mental acid predator didn’t shoot iron or rock.
“Maybe they sent all the iron they collected in the mine to a place like the supply base for the Demon King’s army.”
I don’t know where, but there must have been making weapons out of iron and supplying them to the soldiers.
And if something like a supply base actually exists, it wasn’t hard to imagine how many people were guarding that base.
“… Warrior, this is your chance.”
As the article said, this was a golden opportunity to destroy the supply base of the Demon King’s Army and at the same time to surely eliminate the Army’s corps commander.
The supply base would be a hidden place, so the defense would not be that thorough, and above all, it would be difficult to connect with other corps commanders, so this opportunity could not be missed.
“It’s just my guess, so I might be wrong.”
“No! Based on the circumstances so far, it is safe to say that it is 100% certain!”
“… Speaking of which, guessing the supply base for the Demon King army, would it be okay to leave it to a scout belonging to the guild?”
“Are you talking about us?”
Yes, it is efficient to divide the work, but it was clear that the hero was considerate of the guild, which was lacking even with several heads.
Bonji, who was not stupid enough to not notice the consideration, bowed his head deeply to the warrior and said.
“Since you saved our face like this, I really have nothing to say…”
“I did it for efficiency reasons. You don’t have to keep your head down.”
“Even so, all I can say is thank you… With this, the necks of our staff, including myself, will stick around a little longer.”
After receiving a definite answer from the magazine that they would first report to the lord and the mayor, and then select and pursue excellent elites, Hero and the others tried to leave the room, but the magazine called the warriors to leave.
“By the way, what do you plan to do next, Warrior?”
“I’m thinking of heading to Elysium for magic training. I will be back as soon as possible, so don’t worry.”
“Elysium… Oh, then you will go by airship from Mardis!”
This paper was familiar with the geography of this area, probably because it was the guild master of this Tectis.
“Then please wait a moment…”
Returning to the desk, Bonji took something out of the desk drawer and started writing something on a piece of paper, just as Lindmer’s guild master once did.
“Hero, please accept this.”
What this paper handed over was a ticket and two documents.
“What is this ticket?”
“Guild masters of adventurer guilds in various places can rent airships or wagons with priority in case of emergencies. That ticket and power of attorney.”
Looking at the power of attorney, it was written that this ticket was temporarily rented to the hero party along with the signature of this magazine.
“This… Would you mind giving it to us? If an emergency arises…”
“It can’t happen all of a sudden! Even if you happen to have one, it’s okay because you can arrange for a wagon as many times as you like! Speaking of carriages, please look at the other powers of attorney.”
After listening to this article, the hero looked at another power of attorney, and it said that the right to use the guild master’s wagon was delegated to the hero.
“I’m not proud of it… A high-end carriage driven by a horse bred with a beast. The wagon as well as the wheels are enchanted, so the wagon will never shake and will easily go through any rough road!!”
This magazine said that he had no intention of boasting, but he seemed quite proud that a wagon of that size belonged to him.
“You seem to like that wagon quite a bit, so would you really mind lending it to us?”
“If not the hero, who else would you lend it to?”
“That won’t happen, but… There might be an accident in the middle and the wagon would break or the horse would die…”
“Ugh… !”
Hearing that, Bonji seemed a little hesitant, but soon made up his mind and said.
“… Since the hero was chosen by God, I believe that such an unfortunate incident will not happen.”
“… Then I will borrow it with gratitude.”
“When you arrive at the guild over there, please register your information. That way we can give you the information ASAP!”
“Yes, I will.”
After saying that, Hero and the others came out of the guild master’s room.
After coming out of the room, the Hero group found a guild-only stable, showed a power of attorney to the coachman, and rented a wagon from this magazine.
As the magazine said, the carriage was as luxurious and luxurious as that of a nobleman’s carriage.
The exterior was decorated with splendid rose decorations, and the wagon’s body and wheels were faint, but magical power was felt.
The horse leading the wagon had several times more muscles than an ordinary horse, and as it was inherited from the blood of a horse, its body was larger than that of an ordinary horse and seemed to be full of energy.
“What will you do, warrior? Shall we start right away?”
There were no luggage left at the inn, so there was nothing to take with you, and the carriage you came in could be left at this stable.
Seeing no reason to stay longer, the champion nodded and spoke to the Horde.
“Yes, we are leaving immediately. There’s nothing wrong with starting early.”
So, the hero’s party began to climb into the wagon one by one, and with the sound of horses roaring, the wagon driven by the Horde headed for Madis.
After leaving the city and coming to a place where the road was rough, Lina said in amazement that the carriage did not shake at all.
“And… Doesn’t this really shake?”
As this magazine boasted, the carriage did not shake at all even while running on rough roads.
Even Lina, who had lived a long time unimaginable by humans, was excited by her first experience, and said to the Horde, let’s go on a more rugged road as a part of her childlike voice.
As time went on, Hero and the others became accustomed to the wagon’s functions and adapted to the comfort of the wagon without being fascinated by it.
However, only one person, Martha, was constantly worried about Yuria and could not leave her body comfortably in the carriage.
