Wilfred's ride was shaken by the wind that swayed irregularly between strength and weakness.
In the blue spreading sky, the clouds floating forward slope diagonally.
"Uaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa....!
Wearing helmet-like brass flight goggles, Wilfred feels pressure on the harness and clings to the large back of the hippoglyph with almost a crawl.
Inspired by the wind, Hypoglyphs, however, flew with an arc to glide and quickly regained his posture.
"Are you okay? Guard."
"Daijo, it's okay... no, it's okay!!
I heard a glossy woman's voice right in front of me.
A Hippoglyph rider with Wilfred on board (Tandem), Admiral Sawa, an Air Cavalry of the Kenneth Empire.
Wilfred, Catherine, Winter Ride, and the cavalry of the cavalry.
The line leaving Saktumburg was headed south by Skydog and Hippoglyph, brought by the Empire.
It's as fast as running through the sky as any high-speed carriage can catch.
However, seeing the view flowing far down, Wilfred simply thought of falling and felt completely uncomfortable living.The spirit of Samurai underpinned Wilfred's heart.
I can't hold my body like this anymore, which escort?
With a slight smile, Wilfred's ears are echoed by the Winter Le communication voice through magic.He is on Skydog.Skydog wasn't big enough for two people to ride, so of course he was manipulating the ride alone.
Winter Lei wears an imperial-inspired masked helmet, but it seems to be a magic item that allows him to communicate directly with those around him.
"Is everyone in the Kenneth Empire doing this...?!?
I'm special, I'm used to it.
"What about the administrator!?
Along with Wilfred's hippoglyph, Catherine wore a pair of goggles right next to him and put him on another cavalry.
"When I was a kid, I had the royal palace knight on a hippoglyph.....
But speaking of which, that's all, and perhaps it's originally a healthy sex. "
Catherine was perfectly flat.
With Wilfred and Catherine on board, Hippoglyph seemed calm and used to riding people, and the rider's arm was certain.
But Wilfred is still afraid of what he's afraid of and wonders if it's normal.The spirit of Samurai underpinned Wilfred's heart.
"If you're scared, you can stick to me.Guard. "
"No, that's...."
Even the silhouette on her back whispered like a prank.
Since she is not going to the battlefield, she is lightly armed and her body is shaped with leather armor that passes through the wind that is close to her body.
"Samurai, be careful with the lady....."
"Oh yeah, she's going to be jealous next door."
I felt like I was being played.
Wilfred's tandem with this nasty female Skywalker is simply a matter of weight distribution.Beyond flying long distances, how much weight it weighs is a cynical issue, and Catherine, lighter than Wilfred, tandems with another hippoglyph rider with heavier muscles.
Well, you'll get used to it in a few days.
Either way, it will be a sea route for a while when we get to the Republic of Fariya, so it is patience until then. "
"Ha, hahii...."
The Kenneth Empire is now in a state of touch with the Holy Kingdom of Diletta and the Kingdom of Noacurio, and it is difficult for military soldiers like Winter Lee and the Emperor Cavalry to fly over Diletta and Noacurio.There is a huge no-pass zone in the middle of the continent.
As a result, the group went to the eastern empire, necessarily bypassing the southern side of the continent.If we can fly this far, it's still definitely early.
And the flyers advanced south, and south, as if they were a midday meteor.
Day three.
The party that had already entered the Republic of Falaia suffered the greatest hardship on its journey.
"Uh-oh! Whoa! Whoa!Ohh... uhiiiiii!
Roaring, intense enough to see the front, grains of rain descending from the gray sky hit Wilfred's goggles.
In addition, the wind rubs small astronauts like rough waves playing with the leaves of a tree.
Breakfast was beaten up, down, left and right in Wilfred's stomach.
"Is this really okay?!
Wilfred screams.
We knew in the morning that we were going to fly in the rain, so the riders and the Skywalkers are armed with rain gear, but that doesn't mean we can beat the rain.
It was totally amateur judgment, but Wilfred seemed to have a crasher as it was.
I saw more signs of the weather getting worse.Let's make it rain lodging in the city of your choice.
Together, into a descending orbit. "
"Ok, thank you...."
I was really relieved when the Winter Le voice resounded in my ear.
As the leading cavalry leans downwards at an oblique angle, all subsequent cavalry learn to descend.
On the rainy surface, a stone wall surrounding the group of buildings was seen.
I've just arrived near the city, so I think I've cut it off here.
Skywalkers descend a long way from the city.
Flying over and around the city should have been contacted and cleared in advance, but you should refrain from going directly to the city by skywalk as it is a disturbing act to pull out a sword in public.This is not what military personnel do in a foreign country.
The walls of the city, which looked like small toilets, looked up in no time.
And when it fell to the wet ground, Wilfred finally realized that he was alive.
"Ah, the shoes are messy.
Is the caretaker okay?I was fine because I was wearing good rain gear.... "
Even flying in that heavy rain, Wilfred was generally safe except for his shoes, rather sweaty because he was wearing wearable rain gear this hot and humid summer in the Republic.
Catherine, wearing a clear white raincoat like a robe, doesn't look tired or tired.I don't know what it is in my heart, but at least I have the technique to keep it flat without putting it out.
Wilfred thought there was something about martial arts.Even if you're about to fall, if you don't let your temper fade away, your opponent will spot you and pierce the gap.
A former aristocrat, she must have learned how to fight people since she was young.It's not like meeting a sword.
"It's okay, thank you.
... um, Mr. Wilfred.I've been meaning to tell you, but I'm not the administrator anymore, so 'administrator' is.... "
"Hmm... sure, I will.How do I call him?
"I'm calling you 'Wilfred', so maybe you should also be 'Catherine'."
"I see... Catherine,"
Temperatures suddenly rose just around Wilfred.
For Wilfred, Catherine is no longer the 'administrator in charge of me'.
Well, the excuse for being the client of an escort is common, but that's it.
Guild officials (not necessarily because the adventurer has a last name) have always called the adventurer by name, and Catherine has called Wilfred by name, but the meaning is changing.
Yes, they're no longer just Catherine and Wilfred....
"... I'm in the middle of taking it in, but may I?"
"Wow!
Wilfred remembers that there are other people in the audience as he is shouted at Winter Le.
"Hmm, why not!?
"Something's wrong with the city."
What?
That's what Wilfred noticed when he looked at the city walls.
Something's wrong.
"There's no light....?
It is dark due to heavy rain, but there is no light to be raised on the city wall.
In bad weather and at night, city walls usually have prominent lights.
It's for early detection of approaching monsters and to tell travelers where the city is.
But I can't see the light.
It was strange that even the shape of the narrow arrows in the city walls was a distance that could be observed through the rain, but the light could not be seen.
Besides, even though it's never a small city, I can't see the guards or the gatekeepers.Well, it's probably because I don't know if Wilfred's here or not.
"Now, I'm going to show you the longing of my child, who has the greatest repulsive skills.
I've been told to go back as soon as there's a danger.... "
The cavalry that tandemed Wilfred disappeared.They sent him to see how he was doing.
Beyond the rain that falls, there is a gate that stands as if stunned.
The gate is closed.The general entrance may be open.
It continued to rain.
If you wait a little longer, maybe Sawa will come back to see how she's doing....
With that in mind, Wilfred kept looking at the gate.
"Almost" was betrayed many times.
Everyone was silent all the time.
If I had noticed, it had been too long for me to stand still.
"Master Winter, it's raining...."
"No sign of weakness."
The rainy season is even more intense, making even the scenery that you should have seen fade away.
Although it is a hot, humid summer in the warm Republic of Falaia, its weight and cold gradually take away its strength.
"I'll go."
Wilfred cut out the numbness.
Remove the katana bag from the luggage enclosed in the hippoglyph and place it on the waist.
"It's highly likely that something unusual is going on, but it doesn't look like monsters are wandering around....
Worst of all, if we can keep it safe just under the gates, we can stay in the rain. "
"That's right... in the meantime, I'll try to contact the neighborhood's communications bureau.
But you might want to stay close. "
"Follow me as far as you can if anything happens.Don't lose me. "
When Wilfred heard Winter Lee's words, he imagined something ridiculous.
I wonder if the moment we lose sight of each other, we will be taken to another world, like a divine hideout, and we will never see each other again.
Wilfred walked carefully in the rain, which had gained momentum to say heavy rain.
There were no dangerous signs at all.
That was rather creepy.
--There's no one in the right place.What the hell is going on?
There was no light, and as far as I could see, there was no one there.
The gate was closed, but I think I can get into the city from the gate tower jam.
But there's no gatekeeper there to stay.
There are no corpses or blood marks.
Wilfred looked around and looked back.
Catherine and the Winter Le were there.
When they call lightly, they approach slowly as cavalry shields.
"There are still no people..."
"But is it possible to take a break?It's going to make the Hippoglyphs feel a little uncomfortable. "
"There are no signs of monsters, but please be as quiet as possible.I don't know what's going on. "
"Is it okay to light a fire?
"Then there's the fireplace....."
In any case, you must dry your body first.Born in a snowy northern country, Wilfred knows how fatal it is to stay wet, and even though he knows this is a warm region, he is still restless.
Wilfred noticed there trying to use the fireplace behind the packing place.
For a cold smell that stings your nose.
--Is this... the scent of snow?You're such an idiot. This is the Republic of Fariya, it's summer, right?
For Wilfred, it's the scent of his hometown, where he once had to flee.
I felt like I could tighten my chest.
--Cold and clear, the winter wind of Ciel-Teira and... the smell of blood...
Hyuhh.
The wind, neither summer nor tropical, blows in.
No way, Wilfred opened the door behind the packing place, thinking it was impossible.
A cold air gap blows through the door.
"It's stopping raining...."
Yeah, looks like it stopped raining.
There was darkness ahead.
The night darkness is not the result of the rain clouds blocking the sun's light.
A stone city illuminated by a rolling campfire is white and thick in makeup.
It was snow that blew into the darkness.It was only snow.
The northern wind freezes the wet body.
Snowburied stone streets… it was very similar to Wilfred's home landscape.
Day three.
The party that had already entered the Republic of Falaia suffered the greatest hardship on its journey.