My First Trip was to Another World

Even in the morning, the rain had not stopped. It's not as rainy as it sounds dusty, but it's a way of getting down to the point where it's sure to get wet. It's not raining enough not to be able to force you to leave.

I'd still like to wait if I were you, but now that I have more unnecessary errands to stop by the Elf village, I think I'm going to leave.

"It's still down, can we go?

"Fine."

"I'm all right"

"I don't mind, but, well, isn't that okay?

"Which route do you go?

It doesn't seem to be a problem to leave. The route...

Crossing the bridge through the streets of Milgia is the official route. If you leave here, you will be asked a job question by a soldier. If you want to avoid trouble, you just have to go through here.

However, I am worried about the expiry date of the cross-border permit. I probably still feel like I have about two days left, but maybe it's expired.

We don't have a calendar because it's unusually high in this world. As a result, it is difficult to confirm the number of days at such times.

"What's the deadline for your permit?

I think it's still there. "

"... you're out. Until yesterday.

I'm sorry, I was surprised too. "

Claire answered as she took the permit out of the magic bag and confirmed it.

"Hmm. You didn't care because you're usually warned in the city.

You'd better avoid approaching the city of Mirzia. "

Mr. Lilly also takes out his permit and says:

In the city of Mirzia, they are warned by inns and gates when the deadline is near. If you continue to stay in the inn until the deadline expires, you will be knocked out without question.

I can only extend it by two days if I'm in the city on the day it expires. It's a remedy for the way home.

Unfortunately, we're outside Mirzia, so I can't get this service. I just have to get through with Kosovo so the soldiers won't find me on my way home.

In case you think about it, it's less risky to rush through the woods all at once, which is hard for soldiers to find. In the woods, you can escape even if you are found.

"Okay. Avoid soldiers, let's go through the woods"

"What about the river?

If we cross the suspension bridge, they'll definitely notice, won't they?

"Yeah, we're not gonna use the suspension bridge, so we're good."

Milgian soldiers are not monitoring the suspension bridge, they are monitoring the route to the suspension bridge. I don't think you'll notice if you travel well, but the river doesn't become an obstacle in the first place.

The river can run across. I went through many times in the early morning training of soldiers. Even in heavy armor I could have crossed it, so it's easier now. However, you need to be careful not to be flushed because there is no weight.

Claire has an anxious look on her face, but now Claire can cross the river without any problems. I'm only worried about the light weight, but if we all hold hands and move on, it won't be a problem.

I am used to running through the river, but the goal is to run slowly without sinking over the water.

Everyone would think in elementary school, that run. Asshole's reasoning is that if you get your foot out before one foot sinks, you can run without sinking, but with magic, it's going to happen.

I'm already ready. You can leave whenever you want as long as you clear the table. It's still early in the morning, but we'll leave early.

There are no doors or windows in this palace, so there is no locking. I think it was probably removed.

The magic of state preservation hangs on buildings. The magic has no effect on parts detached from the building. Parts that can be removed appear to have been removed at all costs.

I can't lock it now, so I can't leave my stuff behind. It's hard to imagine someone coming, but I don't feel good.

Now that the table had been withdrawn, he spoke to everyone and left the Elf Country behind.

It's still raining outside. I keep the rain out of my jacket, but the rain breaks into my clothes relentlessly from my feet.

I feel sick about my wet clothes, but I ran through them all at once without worrying. For the convenience of the map, our first destination is the dry zone we passed when we arrived.

The map of the second half of the arid zone is complete, but the area around the Elf country could not be explored because of rain, so the surrounding terrain is not known. Next time let's also think about filling the map and act.

Even through the jungle, it was still raining. The zone I thought was a dry zone only seemed to have a sharp difference between the dry and rainy seasons.

"Damn. Is it still raining here? We can't help it, so let's go west a little bit more."

"Yes."

Leeds leads the run. We're going to avoid demons until we get into Alencian territory. To make your stay in Mirzia a little shorter.

I was only going to hunt Uroboros if I saw him, but unfortunately I never met him after that. There should be up to six left in the calculations, so I want to wipe them out soon.

As we approached the desert-like drylands, the rain stopped perfectly. The sun we haven't seen in a long time shines brightly over our heads.

"All right, let's take a break around here. I want to dry my wet clothes."

Stop the squad and let out the tent. I borrowed Claire's one-person tippy because it's too big and useless in my usual tent. It has a simple structure and can be set up in about ten minutes if you get used to it.

The women change clothes one at a time. Luna made me some tea because I'm free in the meantime.

"I think you've seen the sun for a long time"

"I don't feel like it, it's been a really long time."

Having a chat with Luna, Claire came out of the tent after getting dressed. The clothes we're wearing are vampire-style spare clothes that we all have. We're all going to move around in these clothes.

I find it slightly uncomfortable to wear this garment in the sun, but I don't care.

"Hey, maybe it's time to collect some herbs?

Claire says reluctantly. I didn't do the sampling even if I saw the herb because it would wither up even if I collected it. Collecting it now will not wither away.

"Oh, I'll go out with you, too"

The women are waiting for the tent, but I'm getting dressed outside the tent. Men are easy at times like this.

I hooked my wet clothes to a tree branch and looked around.

This is almost a desert dryland, which I barely made it to when I came. I have decided that a long stay is dangerous and have not explored it in depth. I haven't even looked into the plants in detail, so most of them are first-sighted plants.

Near the tented temporary base are dotted with small and large cactus and thin trees. On the ground near it, spreading plants grew as they crawled through the ground.

They say the fruit that grows from this cramp is the medicine. About the size of a softball, it only looks watermelon. The leaves resemble bitter leaves. As far as I can tell, they're going to eat it...

"Can't you eat this?

"Eating won't kill you... but you'll suffer to die"

I need to eat it. Again, not if I judge you by your appearance.

I think it's totally poisonous, but it's strange because it's a drug if handled properly.

I've heard of such dishes as cactus steak, what about the cactus we have here. Cactus fruit must have had something to eat.

"Is there no cactus here to eat?

"Huh... Saboten? You mean this Saculence?

I've never heard of this before. They see hallucinations when they eat it, so I think it's probably poison. "

They call it Saculence in this world. And it was usually poison. After all, camping around here is very difficult. Plants that are likely to be eaten are poisonous. That's a natural trap.

The sampling was carried out until the clothes were lightly dried and returned to the temporary base. Along the way, Luna was also rendezvous and keen to sketch. Because it's a plant that Arencia doesn't have, it seemed oddly fun.

Clothes hooked to the branches dried at the same rate as expected. Leather products are damaged as soon as they are cluttered dry, so dry carefully while using Wash's magic props in a dry place.

We're all leaving when we're dry. As far as the info on the map goes, if we keep heading north, we'll get to the woods. I went all the way to reclaim the delay in the break.

Entering the woods, looking for the river and proceeding north, a large river appeared in front of him. The river is flowing with turbid water in furious momentum.

"Was this river so watery?

"No... this is the river at the border, right?

It wasn't such a terrible stream. "

Apparently, it was raining around here too. The water is increased and turbid. The depth and speed of flow are more than double the usual. I guess it's a little dangerous to walk across here.

"Tie the rope to the tree, follow the rope and cross"

"Huh?

What are you thinking? You can't go home alive if they flush you!

"It's a rope to avoid being flushed. No problem."

Pass the rope through the tree and over to the other shore to make a big circle. If we do this, we can retrieve the rope even if they all cross over.

Someone needs to get to the other shore first to do that, so I'll cross the river on my behalf. Probably fine.

The river is about a dozen meters wide. Kick the surface with one foot and the other before sinking. It's easy. I can handle it with magical powers......? You're worried.

Looks like we should freeze the surface just for a moment with cooling magic. Just kick the ice and move on.

Try it now. Go into the river with the aid, freeze and kick the water the moment you kick it. One, two, three steps......

"Zapavan!"

I took off my left foot in the fourth step and fell into the river. Flushed with rage momentum. I quickly lost sight of everyone.

Full speed crawl with full physical strengthening. Swim back against the stream to where you were. I got wet even though I got dressed because of it......

"Hey, I failed you."

"Aren't you stupid!?

Claire yells.

I'm not stupid. The idea should have been good. I wonder what went wrong.

"Um... you froze your feet, didn't you?

"You've been watching me a lot. That's right."

Looks like Luna understood what I was trying to do.

"Isn't it faster to freeze the whole river?

"Ah!"

Luna, genius. That's certainly faster. Let's just try it. Let's see what we can afford and freeze it about 3m wide.

Makes a crisp noise, the water freezes. It's an impromptu bridge. If we don't hurry, we lose the river flow and the bridge is flushed. I rushed out immediately.

When I took my first step, water began to flow on the surface of the ice. It's a little upstream with the ice bridge pinned down. Water overflowing from it flows over the bridge. Let's hurry.

"Zurun...... cockroach...... zapavan!

Taking the third step, his legs slipped and fell, flushing straight into the water and falling into the river. It flushes in an instant again. That's right. Ice slips.

Swim home on the full crawl.

"Sorry!

Luna bows her head deeply.

You seem to feel responsible as the originator, but this is not Luna's fault.

Ice slips because it has water. It shouldn't slip if you freeze it in the bees so much that it won't dissolve and freeze all the water that flows.

"No, it's gonna work out next time."

"What if I give up already?

The game is over. I'm not giving up. I'm really confident next time.

Freeze the river again. Now lower the temperature more. And keep the temperature down. Water flowing through the surface was also immediately frozen.

Running through the ice solidified by the bees, we reached the other shore lightly. I can use this hand. Let's go back once and cross with everyone.

"What do you say? It's working."

"Congratulations!

"... right. So, how did you get back?

What about the rope? "

Luna was as happy as she was about herself, but Claire gives her water. The rope-crossing operation is aborted.

"Let's all cross the ice bridge. It's safer."

"Zapavan......"

Suddenly, something fell into the water in the distance. Looking around, there's no Leeds.

"Is that it? Where'd Leeds go?

A wet Leeds walked in from afar.

"So wet, what's wrong?

"I felt like I could, but I couldn't -"

Apparently, they did my imitation and flushed it. I knew I was an asshole. Looks like he ran "Get the other leg out before one leg sinks". Asshole.

"No, I don't care what you think"

"Yeah. I could only go up to half."

Huh? Seriously? You could've gone half way? Isn't that amazing?

I froze the water and it was three steps... Looks like Leeds could really do it someday.

"It's dangerous, so please don't do it anymore, okay?

Luna's watching out for Leeds, but I don't think that's possible in that abstract way. Leeds' “dangerous” is a strange standard.

Mr. Lilli groaned with a sober face as he broke the melting bridge and tried to rebuild it.

"Hey, you just want to cross this river, right?

Why can't we just jump over it? We could all jump over it. "

… you are the best. It's only a dozen meters. Everyone can jump over easily. I wanted you to say that before it got a lot wet.

It's a waste of time to get dressed, so I decided to keep running. Already in Alencian territory. If I procure food somewhere, I'll head straight to the village of Elves.