Chapter 102: Vol 7 – Chapter 1 – To The Dwarves

“Tek here, when I went on a business trip, I often caught sight of people being sent off by their family or friends, all wishing them luck. I wonder how it feels to be sent off like that? I’ve had that thought more than once, but when I experience it--well, it feels quite awkward.”

“Are you leaving no matter what?” Viscount Nina, who has come to see us off, tries to detain me.

I can see behind her, there are more than 20 servants and maids who have also come. The maids aren’t wearing the plain uniforms that they used to--it seems that Arisa had finished off her designs and made more modern frilly maid clothing. With the skirt coming down to mid-thigh and other changes…They are incomparably cuter than before.

Both the Baron, and the fake hero, agreed with Arisa’s plan when she brought it up. Nina just shook her head with a sigh, not going against the plan, but frustrated with how guys--and some girls, like Arisa--think; she seemed to be fairly old fashioned.

It’s early in the morning right now, the sun has just risen over the horizon.

To be honest, I didn’t expect that this many people would come to say farewell.

At the edge of my field of view, I could see Tama and Pochi receiving something from Lady Soruna. It looks like they were sweets, which the two girls placed into the small purses on their belts.

As for the others--the Baron, Hauto, and Zotol have also come.

Karina isn’t here--I asked the maid, the one who attends her, to not wake her up. Since she’s always begging for lessons, or randomly ambushing me, I want to avoid something like that if possible. Though I’m not a Monster, I left her a note saying goodbye, which I also had the girls sign.

“Really, won’t you at least leave Arisa here?” Nina suddenly speaks up.

“No! I can’t live without my darling Master!” Arisa shouts with enthusiasm, thrusting a fist into the air--which causes Nina and most of the others to laugh.

I say one last farewell to Nina and the Baron.

Nina has given me several letters of introduction for nobles of various cities. She also asked me to deliver several letters for influential nobles, letters from her.

“I sincerely ask you to take care of Pochi and Tama.” The Baron is giving off a feeling like he’s sending off his daughters to a wedding--yep, he is too obsessed with them. I will be careful not to allow him near them…No, it’s not something like jealousy, since I would be fine if they found males their age, it’s that he is old enough to be their father--

I ignore him.

Liza and Nana are already on their horses. Lulu is waiting in the driver’s seat, so I take the lull in the conversation to get into the wagon--and leave Muno castle behind, and wave a few times back at the people on the wall.

***

Now then, even though there have been various things happening during these two weeks, the one that’s immediately apparent is this wagon.

I was allowed to freely use one of the workshops in the city, so I got the chance to remodel the wagon as much as I wanted to. I mainly tried to fix the suspension system by strengthening the shock absorption--but since most of my knowledge was theoretical, it wasn’t anything fancy.

The wagon is now pulled by four horses, increased from the two before, so I expect an increase in speed. Especially since the horses that Mia and Tama rode into battle somehow managed to level up, and are now pulling the wagon.

For the sake of scaring off thieves, Liza and Nana wear armour and ride horses. The Baron gave us a horse for Nana, from the same species that Liza is riding, Shuberien. The full plate armour that the two are wearing were created by me.

Needless to say, the reason why the ones riding the horses are not Pochi and Tama, is because they are too small and cute. From a distance, they would look like children, and it would be more likely to invite thieves instead of repelling them.

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Mia is also riding a horse--well, I say horse, but in truth it’s a Unicorn that was being sold illegally on the black market. Unicorns are usually sold for their horns, since not only can they detect poisons, they can heal most sicknesses; which is only possible otherwise by being specialized in healing Magic, having the Saint title, or being the highest-ranked priest/priestess.

The Unicorn already had its horn cut off.

Both Mia and I wanted to return it to where Unicorns mainly gather, but since it didn’t have its horn, the herds would reject it. Apparently, the horn is a very important organ for Unicorns. It allows them to use their race-specific Abilities, but it also cannot communicate with others of its species.

We’ll take it to the Bornean Forest together with Mia, and let it live in peace there.

“Lulu, I’ll change places with you as the coachman.”

“Please don’t do that, master is now a noble, so when we are where other people can see, master should let his slaves or servants drive the wagon for him.” Lulu sounded apologetic as she explained.

Well, that is also what it says in some of the lessons I got from Yuyurina--so I may as well let it be. It’s not like I am obsessed with driving the wagon anyway, Lulu knows where to go.

I sit back against the board that separates the driver’s seat from the wagon. Arisa wanders over and sits on my lap, leaning back against me and wrapping my arms around her waist with a pleased noise. Tama and Pochi come over and lean against both my sides.

Come to think of it, since we were busy with various things while we were in Muno territory, we hadn’t been together much beside the times we had sex at night. I decide to pamper the two Beastkin girls until they are satisfied--So with either hand, I gently stroke their hair and fluffy ears until they fall asleep with looks of bliss on their faces…so cute.

I am surrounded by girls--and I don’t mind.

Soon, the wagon leaves Muno City and heads towards the highway.

We can now speed up now. Since we were going slowly in the city, the wagon now goes at three times faster. Unfortunately, the leveled-up horses increasing the wagon’s speed doesn’t only bring benefits--the anti-vibration countermeasures aren’t sufficient.

***

Four days later, we manage to leave Muno territory.

During the journey, thieves showed up on my radar, but their scouts just loitered around for a while without attacking us even once. So, having strong guards does help.

Our route isn’t towards the Capital of the Oyugock Dukedom, but towards the self-governing dominion of the Dwarves--which is slightly off our previous planned course.

The Dwarves is inside the Oyugock Dukedom, but isn’t technically part of the Dukedom--and four days away from Muno territory.

It only adds a couple of days to our travel, so I decided to go sightseeing--in my opinion, it would be a bit wasteful to not see real Dwarves when we are already so close.

Well, there is also a letter that viscount Nina asked me to deliver there.

After following down the highway, which is located next to a river filled with reddish-brown water--we arrive at the hometown of the Dwarves.

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