The next morning, after the prayer, we put the statue of the goddess in our nostalgia and grab our luggage, and we all ride in the luggage truck in Krull's tow to the forest entrance. There's some sheet metal, to say the least, and we're going to be away from everyone for a while.

When you reach the forest entrance, ask about the streets a little deeper. Is it something to announce the onset of the rainy season, I see a cloud that seems heavy in the distance?

Occasionally, travelers pass by in carriages, queues, and walking like pedestrians'. I don't know if you want to travel as far as possible before a full rainy season. The road is muddy. It's hard to get around.

Eventually a carriage came faster than those and stopped at the side of the woods. Normally, if you want to repair something, you can park it somewhat on the safe meadow side, but I parked it on this side...

"Camilo."

I approached the carriage with my luggage and I spoke.

"Oh, there you are.

A familiar face emerges from the top of the carriage.

"Oh. Help me.

Have Camilo hand you a box containing sheet metal and pull it up. I rode straight into the carriage.

Nothing else passes by now. I decided to leave in the meantime. Stand on the carrier and wave to the woods. When my family waved to make sure they responded to it, I sat down on the carrier.

The carriage runs out. Somewhere along the way, I noticed the discomfort.

"Is this guy... equipped with suspension?

I didn't look closely when I got in earlier. No, maybe he was faking it so that he wouldn't know what to look at.

"Oh. Finally, I've got an idea where I can use that. I'm hiding it so that it won't be imitated because I don't have the purpose of mass production yet.

Camilo replies to my almost solitary twinkle. It shakes all the time, but it doesn't come with gutsy thrusts like before.

"If this was in the Demon Crusaders carriage, I guess the back pain would have been a little better.

"I'm going to sell in one of these days, so maybe I can get in the mounted car if I have the next one.

"I just want to pray that there's no next time.

"Is that right?

Camilo laughed, and so did I. I don't really want to do that. I'm just a blacksmith.

A carriage runs down the street. A regular carriage would be as fast as if it wasn't loaded.

"This speed would get us to the Empire sooner than we thought, but it still takes a few days.

That's what Camilo says.

"So let's move on to the details on the road ahead.

"Okay. I'd also like to know why the Marquis made the request in the first place.

"Oh. That's easy. The Marquis is my client for the empire.

"That's a lot of courtesy for a request to rescue a mercenary that's supposed to be disposable.

"... well.

You mean that's not all in this mouthful? I guess it's better if I don't tell you what I know now.

I sat back deep in the carriage seat and started talking about something else.