Let's Manage The Tower

After leaving Mixen, Kaiseki, who had left several towns and villages, were searching the streets for the campsite of the day.

Where the auxiliaries are currently proceeding, the new colonization is not going well, there is a distance between the village and the village, and even if they blow up in a self-propelled carriage, they must camp twice.

Since we camped once the day before, we should arrive at the next village the next day for calculations.

Yes, I was on a planned trip, but Schlein, who was sitting on the podium to change his mood, noticed something and drew the attention of the other members.

"Mmm. Looks like there's a fight going on up ahead."

In one word, the air in the car that had been filled up before changed and became nervous.

Nevertheless, if there had been a third party in the car, only a slight change would have been felt.

In monsters around here, it's almost impossible to threaten the scholars.

Still, it was just a change to be vigilant.

However, the slight difference is important to the examiners.

When the auxiliaries arrived at the location of the battle, the battle was still ongoing.

However, it did not appear to be an urgent situation even when the examiner looked at it.

"Oooh! Need some help?"

In the event of intrusion without speaking up in advance, it may be rubbed later with the distribution of materials.

That's why it's adventurers' manners to speak up when they think they can afford it.

Otherwise, of course, you will join the fight without asking questions.

The additions and subtractions therefrom shall be at the discretion of the later group only.

As a result, it is also the cause of rubbing, but at least this time it did not happen.

Because one of the adventurers in battle replied firmly.

"Please! I want to finish this quickly!

If the purpose of the fight is material, I would like to avoid the trouble caused by the intrusion of other parties, but if I simply want to finish the fight quickly, it would be overwhelmingly faster to use my help.

It seemed like a caravan escort request, so the escort request was preferred to the material.

In response, the scouts joined the fight, leaving Kouchi and Sylvia to escort the carriage.

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The battle was originally dominated by the adventurers, so it ended quickly with the participation of the examiners.

"Oh, thank goodness."

A man on the adventurer's side lowered his head to study aid with a smile.

"Well, when you're in trouble, you're like each other."

"I appreciate you saying that, but you guys are quite a high-ranking party, right?

The leader listened with a confident face to the examiner who answered with a similar smile.

Leaders aren't listening to anything.

I had a good look at the moments of judgment after mixing up in battle and the tricks when I ended the monster raid in no time.

Otherwise, there were some tinted glasses that said they gave away all the monsters they had defeated.

The examiner, who was not going to bother to deny the high rank, nodded honestly.

"Well, is that so?

"Hahaha, don't be modest. I can make that kind of situational decision. That's quite something, isn't it?

Kaiseki returned a bitter smile to a leader who was confident that he was above him.

The leader didn't mention the rank anymore, whether he understood that he didn't intend to specify the rank after looking at it, or simply decided that he couldn't help but keep talking about it.

Instead, the leader who turned his gaze to Tyroli and the self-propelled carriage became half surprised and half astonished.

"... I've heard rumors, but I didn't know it really happened. A carriage without a horse."

"Ahahah, I made it. I use it conveniently."

Especially since I used it with dignity without stopping, it seemed that rumors about self-propelled carriages were spreading.

"I heard you run faster than normal, don't you?

"Well, that's how much it costs."

The leader nodded after telling the examiner that he was putting a lot of money into it.

"I guess. It would be worth it if I had the ability to just listen to it."

I don't know exactly what kind of functions are loaded, but I can see that there are quite a lot of functions loaded just by running without horses.

It is easy to imagine that a magical instrument of that kind cannot be made without loading a considerable amount of money.

"Well, how about that?

There was nothing I could do to deny it here, so I answered vaguely.

I know it makes the other person feel suspicious, but I can't tell you the truth.

I think it is the best way to deal with it.

At the time the examiner was talking to the leader of the adventurer.

Floria was spoken to by one of the merchants in the caravan.

No, no, you're strong.

Well, I'm ranked high enough for that.

Florian nodded and said, smelling that it would be expensive to hire regularly.

The merchant nodded with a bitter smile after reading the intentions behind Floria.

"Well, I guess so. Otherwise, I won't be able to carry magic objects like that."

It was the self-propelled carriage that the merchant glanced at while saying so.

Adventurers do, but merchants also exchange information with each other.

Especially since it is a campsite, it is common to exchange various kinds of information when we are together.

Of course, some of the information was about self-propelled carriages.

The merchant who was listening to the story was listening in the middle of the story, but what he actually saw made him realize that the rumor was true.

At the same time, I was wondering if I could hear more about this carriage.

Anyway, it's a carriage that can run without horses.

If you can handle it, it's not a dream to grab a thousand dollars.

He was a merchant who managed to keep his head from expressing himself in an attempt to obtain information, but unfortunately Floria was out of the box.

"I don't know how you want to get it, but I can't do it first.

"... ho? Can you tell me why...?

Floria nodded briefly to the merchant who had been hearing about it while concealing her inner agitation.

"What? It's a simple story. Do you think there's anyone else who likes to buy a carriage that costs a country's national budget to make one?

"... yes?

Floria returned a bitter smile to a merchant who was stunned by a mistake.

"For that carriage. I spend about that amount of money. I'm not keeping it a secret, but most rumours aren't spreading, are you afraid your colleagues are hiding it?

The merchant in front of him laughed as bitterly as Florian, assuming that he dared to spread rumours silently, mixing remorse and mischief that he should catch like himself and grab something insignificant.

"... I see. That's quite possible."

Certainly, the merchant who decided that he could not handle it very much never asked Floria about the carriage any more.

As for the self-propelled carriage, rumors are spreading throughout the continent, but it has not been important until now because it was judged that the people who actually listened to it were very beyond their control.

Incidentally, even if you try to steal directly what the auxiliaries are using, it will be a waste of effort to get the best security equipment in front of you.

Thanks to the high security equipment and widespread rumours, they were able to carry on their journey without being strange.