Chapter 627 – Age of Faded Seagulls (6)
As with airplanes, a modern artifact, it was only half a day that I enjoyed riding the Wyvern.
On the first day, the thing that dominated my head as I was slicing through the camp set I had taken out of the stone slate was the thought, ‘If I do this shit for a few more days, I’ll get bored’.
Still, it was a good idea to decide to ride a wyvern.
If he had been on a horse, he would have suffered from monsters and thieves in the wilderness. He had come after chasing away a group of barbarians who had come to set up the tent a while ago.
Fortunately, there were no flying monsters in the east, that is, in the wilderness of Kitai.
According to Mahjan, it was said that our supply capacity would be twice as fast as riding a horse.
His mouth was about to tear when he pulled the tent out of the stone slab, but now it’s to the point where even if this bastard wakes up in surprise, it’s not very inspiring.
─Tap, tap.
At night, while the party was asleep, I pushed up my glasses on the bridge of my nose while reading a book against a bonfire in the background.
I’m not trying to imitate Frank who used to cosplay as a secretary, but it’s a magic item that Baitznia Salsu dropped. As if he had obtained it to disguise himself as a merchant, it was an item that increased the readability of the writing.
It’s not bad. Readability is important in reading.
Readability is something that cannot be ignored in reading texts, but it is a well-known fact that in most cases authors of academic journals often harm readers’ readability by lacking attempts to divide paragraphs of articles, and such consideration is lacking. These glasses, which provide an inestimable advantage of reading convenience in reading books that are available, are compliant from an objective point of view——
“What are you reading?”
“The Magic Book.”
I said while turning over the theory of modern magic.
It was a new book that I felt while using rune magic.
‘It’s like fucking fucking reading.’
Still, it was expensive.
If rune magic is a programming tool, modern magic is about macro.
It means that if you know the runes, you will become knowledgeable about magic, but seeing it right away, I thought I could think of this in the opposite way. It is a change of thinking.
‘If you increase your understanding of runes, the way you use them will change.’
It depends on understanding and combination.
Just as the same words sound completely different depending on the situation or speaker, the same rune can be used in many ways.
Conversely, modern magic based on runes is applied to rune magic.
‘I just ran out of time to analyze the runes.’
I took my eyes off the book.
After landing, Toothless, who had been resting his head on a bucket of water for about 10 minutes, was fast asleep. There were several rune charms attached to the scales of his carapace.
Originally, the runes that elves put on horses were attached to the wyvern’s back.
“He drinks a lot of water, is he okay?”
“ᚱ(Raidō) and ᚹ(Wunjo)’s talismans give them stamina and speed, but at the expense of dehydration. If you drink enough water and rest, there is no problem with your health.”
Mahjan replied with his eyes wide open even though it was late at night, as if he was not sleepy.
‘I think it’s a rune that increases the horse’s speed.’
I spent the rest of my flight analyzing those runes. How? Not sure what It is to see through Odin’s eyes and increase his understanding.
Of course, that kind of enlightenment won’t come.
Anyway, I didn’t intend to learn all the runes anyway.
Let’s pick a few more runes that look useful and dig into them. I said flipping through the book.
“Aren’t you sleepy?”
“Aren’t you sleepy, Lord Nord?”
“You don’t have to sleep for one night. There are night shifts.”
From the days of Narmer-Nail, our family’s night watch has been taken by the Valquiriers. Aren’t they the best guards, faithful murderous maid robots who don’t know fatigue?
“Okay. Well, even to my eyes, who don’t know much about western countries, Mr. Nord seems to be a great person. Just look at the treasures you have and your skills.”
“You must be upset.”
As he stabbed her to the core, Mahjan blinked at her as if he had been hit, then smiled.
“Maybe. I haven’t been able to relax yet, but I feel like I’ve accomplished something. I also think of colleagues who made the wrong choice and couldn’t understand. I felt like we became very close until he tried to kill me.”
“How are you? Animals fight over a single bean.”
“Aren’t we beasts?”
“So we fight over something else instead of beans.”
It wouldn’t be any different than a dick or a dick.
I closed the book
I was in a place where the natural environment was a bit overgrown for a tasteful night, and I had no interest in talking to boys. However, it is true that it is difficult to know the local situation at all.
“I’m bored.”
So I threw the book into my bag and opened my mouth to make friends.
“Hey, is there anything interesting to say?”
“… Yes?”
What the fuck Do you stand for the first time in the night?
Mahjan was sweating, squeezing out all the nonsense stories and telling funny episodes. Most of the stories were boring, just like his personality, but it was still worth listening to.
That’s how we made light friendships every night and moved all three days.
And around 3 am on the 4th day, we found the border area of Vaiznia.
“Lower your altitude! If found, big deal!”
We landed as Mahjan said.
A black wyvern flying at high altitude.
It wouldn’t be very noticeable, but it would be annoying if found.
“In terms of distance, if you walk from dawn tomorrow, you will arrive around morning.”
“It’ll be perfect if you get a little sleep and move.”
After setting up camp again, while Mahzan was asleep, Veronica drew her magic circle on the ground. Toothless seemed content to fly faster than she could for the past few days.
“If you don’t go back, Shatle Luca will cry, so don’t think about going somewhere else and go back.”
The smart wyvern stretched out with its wings for a moment and then disappeared with
Since I had sent the Valkyrie on my back, I was going to send it back to the barn. Aren’t they really good maid robots for all sorts of errands? I should take care of my salary.
“Did you go back all night? If it weren’t for him, I wouldn’t have crossed the wilderness so easily, but he didn’t even greet me properly.”
Mahzan regretted Toothless’ leaving while she was asleep, but she shook off her pity and took us to the border castle.
A little more bribes, a little networking.
With that, Mahjan, who prepared our ID cards in a short time, entered the front gate as if inviting us to a castle with a feeling of Dingho.
“This is Ando Fortress. It got its name because it was a castle that guarded the border.”
It was a brief explanation as it was not even his hometown.
I looked around the city and smiled bitterly.
“The whole town is red.”
“You seem to like red.”
I was impressed by the townscape that used red for its buildings.
Dana looked around for a moment, and the unfamiliar scent of hers made an awkward impression. Sometimes in places with different cultures, there are times when the difference in smell of food is intense, and this is exactly what it felt like.
“You’re not leaving right away are you?”
“It takes time to get the horse. I’ll stay for a day or so, so let’s go to the inn.”
Mahjan lowered her voice as she magically carried us away – Mahjan had her own, too, dressed in local clothes.
“And from now on, you must not use the Britannian language as much as possible.”
“Know. Because it stands out.”
By status, they are northern people, but the language is Britannia?
Even if the people here couldn’t understand the Britannia language, if we didn’t know the language of the northern people, we could get caught. So the wives and Nefertiti kept their mouths shut and pretended to be familiar with the local area.
Of course, the acting wasn’t that perfect, but it didn’t look strange because it felt like an outsider pretending to be familiar with Byznia.
Mahjan said, lowering her voice.
“I will guide you to the finest inn. Don’t worry, I’ll take care of the travel expenses.”
“Not the best. That kind of inn is where the most prominent people gather.”
Dana, who has a lot of experience on business trips, refused under her word. I was also there.
Being good in another world meant not only money and power, but also fighting and magic skills. It was better to avoid the local powerful people or those with good eyesight.
“D, that’s what you hear. Then, I will guide you to the appropriate inn.”
Mahjan, who also covered his ears with magic, nodded her head in understanding.
At a glance, it seemed that this bastard hadn’t stayed at an expensive inn here. It seems he was thinking of not hurting us.
The guesthouse we arrived at was like a set for an old Hong Kong movie.
Of course, I could feel the gaze on the way there.
Rather than looking at us suspiciously or suspiciously, it was similar to the feeling of just staring at westerners walking down the street.
I was the only one who looked at him with eyes that said, ‘He’s yellow!’
A little boy came out to greet guests at the inn.
“Welcome! Are you having a meal? Are you drinking? Or lodging?”
Oh my god, it’s a real shop. I was moved and smiled.
“All.”
“Wow! You are the best guest! Welcome!』
Jeomsoi kindly handed over the table.
Sitting in a hard chair, I tried to look at the menu and noticed that there was no such thing in this culture. Maybe it was a characteristic of this guesthouse, but anyway, there was nothing that wasn’t there.
『… Give me as many steamed buns as you eat at the table over there, and give me the most expensive meat dish and the best-selling dish here. Give me a bottle of alcohol.”
“Yep! I’ll be back soon!”
I thought about asking Jeomsoi about this and that, but I skipped it because it doesn’t have to be now.
Mahjan took off his hat like a local.
“Haha. It’s really nice to see that Jeom Soi is so sharp.”
-There are many armed men. I guess something is going on.
The outward speaking and the ringing in the ears were completely different.
‘What the fuck. Is it transmission?’
I half-opened my eyes and noticed that it was a technique using two runes.
While making up words with the rune of ᚨ (Ansuz), they were sent away by the wind with the rune of ᚱ (Raidō). I drew the rune of ᚨ (Ansuz) in the air under the table.
—It’s probably not the Army of the Northern Expedition, it’s probably the ones called in place of the conscripted soldiers.
… Flinch!
Mahjan, who was hearing telepathy for the first time, smiled awkwardly as if he wasn’t surprised anymore.
『As promised, I will pay for the cooking.』
─To fill the vacancy of the guards? They don’t seem to be of very good quality.
─Hmm. You can tell just by looking at our eyes.
—… In a bad mood.
『… Haha! I miss drinking because I’m tired. The mayuju sold by the peddler who often visits my hometown tastes so good.”
Veronica and Nefertiti also intervened in the transmission of runic magic—telepathy. As if to hide his surprise, Mahjan stopped saying anything and drank the steaming water.
Dude, you’re not good at acting.
『Meal is served!』
Jeomsoi skillfully brought several dishes. Meat and bread were placed in front of all of us, and fried meat was served in a fairly wide bowl.
『Okay, this is the end! Alcohol is also here!”
Finally, Jeomsoi brought a plate of tempura.
‘Is it sweet and sour pork? I miss you.’
Worried about whether her wives would be able to use chopsticks, I thought it was a good idea to order steamed buns, but I couldn’t help but admire her brilliance.
It’s probably different from real sweet and sour pork, but since it’s fried meat, it can’t be tasteless…
“… Det?”
──No, is this really sweet and sour pork?
I found the ’round eyes’ that shouldn’t be in the part where the batter was undercooked, and hurriedly gestured to Jeom Soi, who was setting the dish.
『Little boy. What is this?』
『The best food in our inn! I won’t give you alcohol!”
『… What was it made of?』
Jeom So-yi put on a bright smile like a child.
“Sluggish! I coated it in tempura batter and lightly fried it!”
─Thump!
One fried slug spilled out of the bowl that Jeomsoi had put down.
After trying to escape, the beetle larva ripened to its outermost touch rolled in front of Nefertiti and stopped.
The round head and short limbs are cute.
“… … “
Nefertiti’s complexion turned pale.
