Isekai Taneuma

Located in the northwestern Baltica, Bohemia is a large mountain range with thousand-metre mountains. Perceptionally close to the Japanese Alps, unlike the main house, the elevation was slightly lower, but the range was large enough to allow the Japanese archipelago to subside completely.

Of course, because it is difficult for people to live in such lands, in the past we used to judge the border with the Empire by whether people live or not. In short, it was called the Great Forest to the south, the Great Mountains to the north, and Bohemia was a frontier that the Empire did not recognize as a nation.

A few years after the Brave War 300 years ago, a huge silver mountain was discovered in the mountains north of Bohemia. Needless to say, silver is a global asset, but by the way, it may have been forgotten, but it was also the material of the saint's special attack that if the saint was wounded with his blade, he would die in the worst case.

At that time, for the Empire, which was waging a muddy war with the heroics, it was an important strategic hub for the question of death and survival when it was dropped. Since then, it has been a colony of the Empire jointly managed by the four powers except Hermes.

Nearly 300 years after its discovery, it still produces the best silver in the world, and it is said that all the silver coins in circulation, from the Empire to the brave, from the New World, originated from the Bohemian mine here.

Unlike the north, which can be called the heart of such an empire, the southern part of Bohemia was a barren land without any particular product. At first, iron ore can be taken from everywhere, but the output of any mine is not as large as that of the north. It is thought that there are few settlements where people settle, as a group of coal miners live that when exhausted, they will move to the next mine.

However, the merchant hired to guide the way was mistaken, and even in this barren land, the settlement seems to exist quite a bit. They are very closed and not well known because they are not comfortable interacting with the outside world, but nevertheless seem to trade quite well with the surrounding settlements and the peddlers who cross them.

"Hey, you guys are still healthy. You were just walking through the boulders and the forest."

This time, the pedestrian who bought me directions was one of the lizard merchants' caravans whose roots were heroic. Gekko is another lizard, but there is a connection here, so it seems that the secret and lizard traders in this world are like a set.

By moving supplies between settlements, they looked like merchants who earned their margins, bringing less supplies, but more craftsmen to accompany them. It seems to be the pattern of traveling from the village to the village, listening to what you are doing in the village where you arrive, doing blacksmithing and carpentry work, and having the supplies you get for it. He looks like an elder, but, well, it would be difficult to walk on this mountain path unless he had as little luggage as that.

They seemed surprised at first to see Phoenix, however adventurous, coming from the city, follow the caravan without making any noise. Of course, it was because I had been walking around the big forest until recently, but when I talked about it, I was convinced and at the same time I was very surprised.

"You're only five people in that forest? That's amazing! I see, the road is steep here, but unlike the big forest, the number of monsters is small, so I don't suppose you will. The caravan tends to grow because the merchant needs a monster countermeasure to walk through the forest. It's very, very impossible for a pedestrian of our size."

"But I think I'm used to mountain walking. It means the right material."

"Yeah, I'm light, my feet are fast. In mountains, the trick is to keep moving from settlement to settlement while the sun rises. As long as you keep it, you won't get lost. Conversely, there is a danger of distress if you try to force yourself to hurry ahead. Be sure to follow what the villagers say and make steady progress from neighboring village to neighboring village, even in the distance."

For example, in the big forest, if you are even careful about the direction of the compass, you can eventually reach the vicinity of the destination even with a force technique. However, in the mountains, simply going straight in the direction of the road can quickly hit a canyon or cliff wall, making it impossible to go any further.

Even if you are in a hurry, it will eventually be a long way away, so rather than that, any settlement will interact with the neighboring settlement at least, so it is better to rely on the information to get closer to the destination. Then, when you connect the path from village to village and finally reach your destination, if you calculate which path is closest to you, it will be the shortest route.

Somehow, it's like the connection between a network node and a link.

"That's how we're walking across Bohemia. So I'm sorry, but I don't know how to get to your destination, the fort. All we can do is guide you to your first village. From there, negotiate well with the villagers so that you can reach your destination."

"I see. Thankfully, there's no clue at all."

"If possible, we would like to find it together, but this is also a job."

"No, I don't mind."

Feng remembered as he replied.

"By the way, things change... Actually, there's something else I'm looking for besides the Congressional use. So, I'd like to talk to you, who usually walks around the mountains."

"Oh, is that so? Yeah, you can ask me anything you want."

"In fact, there are plants that are used as raw materials for medicine that only grow around here. The name of the medicine is Hypotion. It's an upper-level version of MP potions that used to be distributed to the Empire...."

Then the lizard merchant lightly,

"Yes, I know. If that's the case, I think we'll get it in the village we're going to."

"... what?

Feng didn't expect to be found so lightly, he shouted out his wild voice. Anything is too convenient, so I think it's a mistake.

"No, I don't think so... well... the ingredients of hyption are, somehow, if the fruit of a plant with rounded fruit on the tip of a stem that extends slightly from the ground ripens and gets scratched with a knife, the next day, the sap will be soaked with trout..."

"Yeah, that's right. I've seen it."

"Seriously!?

"Well, yeah... I think so... I'm losing my confidence when you tell me that."

The lizard merchant was a little confused because the phoenix was too supreme.

"... maybe it's not what you're talking about. But if we get to the village, we'll find out."

"Yes, that's right. I'm sorry, just listen to me and tell me what you're denying."

"No, that's fine. But what are you going to do with it? There's nothing you can do but recover your MP.

Of course, it's up to me to use it, but I think you might see it with weird eyes.

"That's because... we have a fellow priest! I use a lot of MP!

"I see, you want to have a lot of MP healing for your allies. If you're a boulder or a high-ranking adventurer, you're not ready."

The lizard merchant was impressed by the companionship of Feng, but his companions stared at him with cold eyes.

Then I arrived at my destination village in half a day to be led by a lizard merchant. By the time I arrived, the night was near, and I couldn't afford to look at the fields. Feng and his colleagues stayed at the village chief's house, where lizard traders were always looking after him, and the next morning they asked the villagers to show them the way to the next village.

When the village chief heard the purpose of Feng's visit, he clouded his expression.

"Ah, that fortress....."

After saying that, I looked reluctant and kept my mouth shut. I wondered if there was something wrong with it, and instead of the village chief, a young man named Dan (although he was an old man in his 50s),

"We're out of touch with the Empire and the brave, and we live here in secrecy. However, it's not funny that the Empire and the Brave Leader are beaten to death in our territory."

"Ah... I see."

We call ourselves uninvited guests. Feng and the others are sitting in a bad seat.

"Well, it's not your fault, so don't be afraid. If you get what you want, I'll help you if the fort's gone. Whether you win or lose, I want you to get out of there. I knew you were afraid the soldiers would wander around."

"Yes, I'm sorry for the disturbance..."

"Tomorrow morning, I'll introduce you to my guide. From here on out... I wonder if the village is close... ask the villagers again."

When Dan said so, he said it was too late today and took him to bed and left early. The village chief was as quiet as ever, and I thought it was kind of a waste. I thought it would be better to leave early tomorrow, while Feng and the others were on the floor.

The next morning...

As the sun rose, Feng walked to the well in the village to wash his face. Since coming to the village of Vinci, I have become completely accustomed to human life, and waking up in the afternoon was also rough, but when I was in the big forest, I woke up on my own initiative when the sun rose, without anyone telling me to do so, in order to earn some daytime time. Having gone away for a long time, it seems that the body remembered that feeling.

While washing her face with turbid water, a friendly grandmother, who seemed to have harvested vegetables for breakfast, divided the potatoes. While lowering his head, he thought that this could not be eaten raw on a boulder and wondered if he could borrow a mold somewhere... he found a white flower garden in the corner of his vision.

I wonder what that is.....

I don't know why, but I was fascinated by strange feelings... Feng approached the flower fields with a flutter. It was a slope, or a footprint, between the fields, so at first I thought it was just weed. However, if he comes closer and closer, the white flower is mixed with round fruit. Somehow, it looked like the head of a bra, which was undoubtedly a mustard.

"Wow! That was serious! Keshi was here!!

About a week ago... when I was shown this in the city of New Amsterdam, I didn't really think I'd see the flowers blooming. Feng jumped like a satsuki and May who found a black croquette and quickly tried to borrow the mustard.

"No, wait, is this somebody's field?

In any case, it seems like it is only blooming on its own, but if it is so crowded, it may be managed by someone. When I looked at it, I saw that some mustard children were fitted with something like a small bag, with trout and sap flowing into it.

Certainly Keshi generates poison as a defensive function when the immature fruit is damaged. It seems to be opium, but this must be someone harvesting it. After all, you can't take it by yourself... while Feng snatched his finger and looked at the contents of the bag.

"... do you want that?

Suddenly, Feng jumped up with a voice. He was so distracted by the bumps in front of him that he didn't realize someone was coming behind him. Feng thought perhaps the lord of this field, and hurried down from the slope,

"Sorry! It was unusual, so I caught up and watched."

"Yes... it's too early to harvest, so don't take it."

It was a small old man who came. The eyes are indented, the arms are thin as if the skin was stuck to the bones, and somehow, even if you just breathe, you're so poor that you're going to break easily. In fact, he was an old man who shook softly from walking beside him without the wind, as if he had written a junkie in a picture.

He passed by the side of the phoenix, and checked the chestnuts in the field one by one. Feng looked at the figure in a greedy manner.

"... if you want it, let's split it up.

"Are you sure?!

Of course, I was going to ask for it myself, but I didn't think the other party would tell me first, so Feng rushed to reply. The old man swayed gently toward such a feng.

"That's fine... but instead, ask me a favor."

"Is this a favor?

I wonder what it is. When I thought about it, the old man who was flustered in front of me suddenly lost his balance and was about to fall down. When Feng hurried to support his body, the old man sat on Feng's back as normal.

Well then, let's take you home first. It's right there. "

"... hah"

He was like a child crying grandfather... while thinking about it, Feng walked through the village as the old man told him.

The old man's body was terribly light, as it looked, and it really seemed to be made of bone and skin. His exhaled breath smelled like a hospital, and he could tell that his body was drugged. The voice guiding the way did not feel motivated at all, and it sounded like it was kind of half-sleep talking. As I first saw it and thought it looked like a junkie, the old man was actually quite a junkie.

As Feng was told, he covered him up and carried him home, and as he got home, he lay down on his bedside, sucked a round pipe like a scraper tree there, and started sucking on some pukapuka.

As the old man approached the tip of the pipe, there was a tiny burning sound and some smoke filled the room. When it reached Feng's nose, he just sniffed and said, "Ah, is this opium...", the dramatic comfort spread into his brain. Somehow, as if it was a dream comfort, your body was very relaxed, but your head was somehow full of motivation, and you wanted to smell more pleasure.

The old man used a pipe to woosh in the smoke, breathed out a long breath without telling him to soak it into each cell of his body, and then, rather than telling him to sit there, slapped the banquet (rather) in front of him with his tongue and fingers.

As Feng sat there, the old man lifted out the pipe he had been smoking and took the milkpot near him. Without knowing what to do with Feng, he shredded the gorillas and some crystals with a milkpot and threw the fine powder into the pipe with something like an earlobe. And as I approached the pipe with the lamp fire, I said, "Suck it," and urged Phoenix.

As Feng was told, when he inhaled the burnt smoke....

At the next moment, unspoken pleasure enveloped your body, as if a utopia had appeared inside your body. It was like a pink sheep dancing in the sky and a cheerful octopus rolling around. You can't hear it, but you can hear the Stravinsky Spring Festival from afar. Close your eyes and your psychedelic fantasy seems to be raging on the screen of the retina.

This is opium... hmm, wow... what a world this is!

"Ah... that's good..."

"Very well...."

"Yes... that's fine..."

"Yeah... give me back my pipe."

When Feng returned the pipe, the old man inhaled the opium again using the pipe, exhaled for a long time, then offered the pipe to Feng again, and Feng inhaled the opium again when he received it... and around, they continued inhaling the opium like a spinning drink.

As Feng was struck by this wonderful experience, the old man began to murmur without anyone looking into the air with his blurred eyes.

"I love opium... and I want to smoke all day long"

"I understand, I understand..."

"But come on, it's a bit short this year because of the low yields."

"Really...?"

"So, the village in the back of the mountain is still before the harvest, so I want you to share it with me. But because I'm on this street, the mountain road is tough and tough... maybe I'll die before I get to the next village. So, come on, I'll show you the way. Can you take me?"

"Ah..."

Feng was about to answer with opium, but one step ahead, he remembered his companions with reason that still remained.

"But I... I have to go to the fort with my friends."

"... fort?

"Yes... the Empire and the Brave Leader are at war in the east. I have to go there."

"Really....."

When Feng told him that, the old man showed a slightly thoughtful gesture.

"Then I'll go there, too."

"... eh?

"I remember there was a prairie near the fort. Everyone here got a split from there. Then at the end of the day, I'll have to see it."

"Hah......?

"My feet are tight, but I think I can show you the way. Hey, you. Will you take me so far?"

That's what the old man said and made Annui laugh. Feng didn't know what to say and kept quiet. Suddenly, the door of the house was opened and someone came in from outside.

"Hey, Popol! Are you there? Actually, one of the young people from far away is gone, but you don't know... I was here."

It was young Dan, whom I met yesterday at the village chief's house. When he saw Feng smoking opium with the old man, he sighed.

"Oh, my God. I'm going to show you the way home... I can't believe I'm having sex with my grandfather here..."

"Feng, you...."

He saw Guillaume holding his head behind Dan's back. Apparently, Feng was gone when he woke up, so everyone was looking for him. When I realized that the sky was blue and clear, the sun was rising a lot above the sky. It wasn't supposed to be that long since I got here, but it seems like a lot of time has passed.

Feng introduced the old man who had just dared to get to know him while apologizing to his daunting friends. Dan seemed surprised at first when he told me that he would show me the way, but eventually he was convinced of something by himself.

"My grandfather will be fine because his body is strong and his head is strong."

He pressed my thump. And Feng and his men added unto their companions Grandfather Junky, who stood still.