I’m a NEET but When I Went to Hello Work I Got Taken to Another World (LN)
Eighty story journey ①
On the first day of my journey I was chatting and practicing dirt magic.
Day 2, they complain that dirt magic is dusty.
"If you want to do it, climb the roof."
I need to practice earthly magic, but I'm spared time. I don't even want to do that.
"No way. It's cold and I miss you."
I say it back to Ellie as she holds Satie to her knees. It's cold so I'm holding Satie and wearing a blanket to keep her warm, but both Satie and I are fully equipped. The armor is chattering like flirting, and there is no color.
Besides, even though the carriage is reserved for us, there are people in your company who don't like it very much. Ellie doesn't even have as much free time as I do because she teaches magic to Anne and Tirica opponents.
I have no choice but to watch the scenery outside the carriage with Sati.
I thought the journey was more dangerous.
I thought it would be less dangerous than the woods, but this is a little too boring. Except for the occasional wagons and travelers, they really don't show up in anything.
There is an idyllic countryside in front of you. On the first day we were going down a plain with nothing, since around the second day there have been more villages and fields. They grow a lot of wheat this time of year.
"That's picking a safe path to get around, and people live in places like that, making them even safer. The town of Siorii and Fort Gorbas are more special."
But separated by several towns from the demonic side, there is always a demonic intrusion, even though it is overwhelmingly less dangerous than in the towns of Siorii and elsewhere. The fields are uneven, but the passing towns and villages are all surrounded by fences and walls, and the gatekeepers not only look at the entrance. A farmer carrying a weapon may also carry it.
"Don't worry. We'll be in danger soon. Relax while you can."
I normally stayed in town the first day. They can stay in a decent inn today and tomorrow. Besides, the cost has been negotiated with the merchant of the merchant squad.
"Sounds good. When?"
"About the fourth day. From there, there's also Nojuku."
That's something I don't like. Is it better to be bored after all?
"If you're bored, read a book!
Satie. That's the worst choice I've ever made. The road here is paved with stone, but far from comfortable, and the carriage is rattling and shaking. Tires are made of wood. There doesn't seem to be any rubber. Fortunately, nothing got me into a car sickness, including me, but the book would just be tight.
"Are you gonna get drunk?
Satti doesn't seem to understand very well. I'm leaning my neck. When I went to Fort Gorbus, it was two days each way, and I couldn't afford to go, go home, be a person.
"What do you think? I'm fine."
"Fine."
"I'll never make it."
"I guess I can't either. Carriage sickness doesn't have a lot of healing magic."
The hangover has healed, but I don't know if this is a triple tube shake or something.
"Want to read it?
Take the book out of the item box and give it to Sati. I've been able to read it by myself lately. You'll see if you're okay with it for now.
"Yes!"
Thirty minutes later, Satti was sober. The book still seemed tough.
"I feel... bad..."
"I'll heel you one more time, just hang in there a little longer"
"You can also take off your armor now. It's almost the next town."
"Hey, I'll take you off"
"Sorry for the inconvenience..."
I did it on my heels a few times, but it still doesn't work very well. Not throwing up is at least the salvation.
"It's almost the next town, isn't it? How much is it?
Ask your people. This guy is the oldest old man in the merchant corps, and he doesn't seem to be interested in girls at this age exactly, and I guess that's why he was put on our carriage.
"Right. Maybe half an hour."
Can it be that much?
"It's close to town, so I'll take Satie. Look, Satie, we're getting out of the carriage."
"Maybe that's a good idea. There's no danger around here."
"I'm coming down, too"
"Tirica stay on. 'Cause I'm gonna fly."
"Masal, me too! Me too!"
I don't know if you two are okay.
"Satie's in front and Tirica's in the back. Try not to fall."
We can both use levitation where it fell, so it'll be fine though.
"Then I'm going first"
"Say something to Mr. Lobos before you go."
Mr. Lobos is the owner of the merchant corps and should be in the leading carriage.
Activate [Fly] and fly from the rear of the carriage. I flipped around, lined up at the head of the carriage, went ahead and told him I was waiting at the entrance to town, and he slowly rose as he increased his speed. You looked weird, Mr. Lobos. I guess the two girls flew in together and thought something was up.
"How are you feeling, Satie?
"The wind feels good"
Looking forward, the town looks small. From what I can tell, it's more of a village than a town, but if it's a town, it's a town. After all, the perimeter is covered with walls, with fields spread out around it.
Fries are fast and easy. Spending magic is tough, but it doesn't matter to me. I'm really sorry I can't use it for a long time.
"I wish I could fly away all the time"
Satti says potpourri. I guess I heard Tirica too.
"If you can use it"
"Let's not do that."
I'm in trouble if I make a fuss again.
"I was so sick earlier."
"Right."
"Can I run away tomorrow?
No, you can't. Well, if Satie can afford it, then this looks like it.
"When you stop. I need to read a book. I'm fine."
"Is it..."
'Cause if you're normal, you're not gonna get a carriage sickness.
"Yes......"
"If I feel bad again, I'll carry you like this."
"Yes!"
"Me too!
"Yes, sir. And Tirica."
Looks like Satie's feeling better now. I'm getting energized in my voice.
It's time to get closer to town, so I'm slowly going downstairs.
I'm probably pissed off when I try to get inside on my own. Hopefully enough to piss me off, but you'll have a bow or something. One of the gatekeepers noticed this one and stared at it. I waved back that way, too, when I waved lightly. I can't believe you're suddenly shooting arrows at me, but it doesn't hurt to show a friendly attitude.
"We're going down."
"Yes. I'm kind of hungry"
"Should I go into the store somewhere when I get into town? Making that or something?
"Ramen."
"I like ramen too"
Is that fake ramen with that pasta? When I get to the inn, I'll rent it in the kitchen or in the garden, and I don't think I'll make it in a long time.
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The third day felt similar and I was very free.
"I don't feel bad today"
That's what Satie reports to me.
"Good for you, isn't it?
Today's cuddle is Tirica, and Satti is sitting in my front. Satti's looking at us.
"You want to fly again?
That's what Tirica says.
Oh, well. That's what I was talking about when I got sick.
"Reconnaissance. Go scout, Satie. On the fly."
"Yes, let's go!
Satie can flatter her face.
"Tirica is..."
"Waiting."
Just a five-minute walk in the sky, but Satti seemed very satisfied. After that, Tirica took him out the same way. Ellie can fly herself, and Anne's not interested. Maybe Ann is a little hypophobic.
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Day four. The streets went into the woods, changing the scenery from the previous countryside.
And there are eight more carriages. We are still at the rear.
"Why are there more carriages?
You're going in the same direction.
"It's like we're escorting someone."
"It's not like, I am. If anything happens, we'll protect you."
I didn't get a escort fee or anything, but I don't feel very good because they seem to have added more work. We've been on alert since this morning.
"It's important to help each other. And sometimes you can be a warrior."
I guess the dissatisfaction appeared on my face. That's how Ellie explains it. Indeed, the merchants are also properly armed. Some of them are up adventurers, and if anything, they'll count enough for battle.
But it's not nice to have a long line. Shorter sensing range of sign perception with respect to the forward. In the noisy carriage, even for Sati, auditory detection is halved and not very reliable.
"Sati, go scout."
"Yes, Master Masal"
Unlike yesterday, this time it's really reconnaissance. Satti also looks serious when she finds out that.
"I know it's okay, but be careful"
Ann says worryingly. Those who leave are somewhat worried, but these days Ann can also raise the stick technique to fight melee fights, as well as Tirica's summons. I also thought about leaving Satti at the radar clerk, but if it was dangerous, it would be in the direction of the path.
Hold Satti and fly over to the roof of the leading carriage and tell him that we're going to see what's going on ahead.
"There's a square ahead, and that's the resting point. Can you take a look at that?
"Okay. If nothing happens, I'll keep waiting in the square, okay?
They won't even tell me to go back and report it. In general, fries consume a lot of magic.
In just a few minutes you'll reach a place like that. Even if it's an hour in the carriage, Fry won't be long.
"You weren't in anything."
"Yes."
It hasn't been that long since I got out of town. I guess we're still ahead of us when we say we're in danger.
"You're free while I wait."
So I decided to practice my sword in my spare time while I waited. With a real sword. Satti is strong. He's weaker than Lord Sergeant, but he's definitely a step above me, so it's okay to really punch in there. Besides, Satie will never attack me, so don't worry. Still, I do it with a real sword, so the tension is different.
Only the sound of a sword trident echoes in the quiet woods.
Carriage, I'm here.
After a while, Sati says as he fights.
"Let's do some more"
The carriage proximity was detected by signs, but it became fun with a good sweat.
But the carriage stopped in front of the square. I don't see how it moves while it stops. Is there some kind of trouble?
As we cut up the practice and tried to go see the carriage, a few people walked away from the carriage and headed this way. I immediately saw Mr. Fabio and the others.
"I heard you fighting, was there something?
Mr. Fabio is middle-aged and older than me, but he's completely respectful of me. I thought I'd solved some misunderstandings during my journey.
"Ah... excuse me. Why are you practicing your sword while you wait..."
That would be alarming if the sound of the sword was ginging in the direction of progress. Explained, Mr. Fabio and the others returned to the carriage in a relieved manner.
Ellie pissed me off when I went back to the carriage.
"What are you thinking about practicing with a real sword?"
"I thought it would be a good time to kill..."
Satie's got her ears all over me, too.
"Fair enough, calm down, Ellie. But I was worried something was wrong."
"I'm sorry."
"I'm sorry."
Still, the previous reconnaissance was useful, so I decided to continue. The merchants are happy, and I don't have to be bored. That said, I think that's the first thing I need to do in this case if I don't give some thought to the means of communication, and I talked to Mr. Lobos and the others.
If safety is assured, raise the wolf smoke at the rest point. If you're in danger, go back and report it, or let them know with flashy magic or combat sounds, and this is what happened. I feel pretty appropriate, but it's not the military, and I guess it's enough to this extent. I'm most certain to contact you using the subpoena, but I've decided that the subpoena is a secret for the time being.
But once again, we go on reconnaissance, but we find nothing in particular. They say if you go behind the woods, there are demons, but I guess that means demons along the streets have been eliminated.
The offering of reconnaissance from noon is replaced by Tirica. This is a serious reconnaissance and I'm not doing a separate empty walk, but it seems to have made me jealous because it's practically like that. Or maybe I'm tired of staying in the carriage all the time.
But after noon, there was something caught in the sign detection. The reaction is one along the street. From the size of it, it's an oak or a human. It's barely moving. I slowly approached it by lowering altitude to near the forest so that I could not find it, and there were six more reactions. I still don't see how it moves while staying along the street.
"What do you think?
Ask Tirica for her opinion.
"Bandit."
"Just the seven of us?
"Enough to hit a small merchant squad or a walking traveler"
"What do we do?
Until the carriage gets here, we still have more than half an hour to spare.
"Catch or kill"
You kill me... you better catch me. I'm fine with killing demons, but I'm just hesitant to kill people, even if they're bad guys.
"If I catch you, will you stick it out somewhere?
"Yep. So after I look into it, I'll enslave it. I get half the money I sell to the people who catch me. Sometimes there's a prize on it."
With slaves. Wouldn't that make a pretty good income even if it was half?
"One or one of them away, let's see what it is first"
Tirica nods and agrees. Even if you want to go back and report it, you should check to see what's there first.
We descend into the woods far enough away from bandits and suspicious reactions. Ask Tirica to put out her stirrups and keep her at a distance to continue. If this guy was a demon, it would be easy to talk about. You can magically blow it away.
He was still human when he approached a visible distance, sitting on a large branch on a tree about 3m, blurring out over the street. He has a sword on his hip and a bow on his shoulder. I wear something that looks like skin protection, but it's worn out, thin and dirty, and the Adventurer's Guild is going to eat the off-limits.
I definitely feel like a bandit. The average person wouldn't do surveillance of the streets, and if it was some organization, they wouldn't use such a filthy human being.
Return and report to Tirica.
"I'd like to catch you and interrogate you"
My people seem to be pretty far apart, and it won't be hard to capture. If you shoot it off with a thunder, the ground will be soft, and you'll likely have to have about the worst fracture.
Sneak away in secrecy again.
Just in case, dig back and soften the ground with dirt magic. I was worried that I might be doing it quietly, but the one up there is yawning with ease. I was a little upset.
Shooting a weak, magical Thunder in his face, he fell without raising his voice. The regulation of power seems to have worked, and he says he will keep his eyes open. I'm numb and I can't move, and I guess I can't talk.
"Grow up. Don't open your mouth. If I'm gonna take care of you, I'm gonna kill you right here, okay?
When I poked the short sword at him and threatened him, he became quiet.
I didn't know what to do if this guy was a sinless person, but he's a criminal by the looks of it, no matter what. Well, if not, then that's the time.
I noticed a terrible smell as I tried to tie him up with the robe he was putting out. How much hasn't this guy taken a bath or something...? It felt somewhat clean when I purified it, so I tied it up with rope again. Just in case I stiffened my legs with dirt magic and disappointment, I lifted them in Levitation and headed to where Tirica was.