Chapter 95
Chapter 95
The next morning I woke up groggily around dawn, made my preparations, and left the inn .
Stifling a yawn as well, Merumo also exited the inn . Her bedhead stood up like a tornado .
“Your hairstyle’s pretty cool . ”
When I complimented her, Merumo touched her own hair .
“Darnit~ . I forgot to comb out my hair before I went to bed~ . ”
She said as she fixed her hair .
When we went to the church Alfred-san and the others should have stayed the night at, a carriage was stopped in front of it .
Savoy was already awake and making the preparations .
“Good morning . ”
“Good morning . You’re quite early . ”
“Yes, I thought we shouldn’t be late, at least . ”
Not being late is a habit from my previous world .
Savoy brought the feehorse over, and while Merumo and I brushed it, I drew a wind magic circle on its legs .
Savoy wound a belt around the feehorse and stopped it .
“I’ll pull it on the way, so please tether it behind the carriage . ”
“Naoki-dono is going to pull it?”
“That will probably be faster . ”
I wound the belt around my arm and pulled the carriage a bit to show him .
Savoy was so surprised his eyes were about to pop out, but he nodded .
“Savoy-san, please show me the way we’re going . ”
“Understood . I will call Alfred-sama now, and we’ll be off . ”
Savoy hurried into the church and brought Alfred-san . Behind him, the HillLake Kingdom Investigater, Guile, came along in a hurry .
The two entered the carriage, and Savoy sat in the coachman’s seat .
“Is everything ready?”
“Yes, everything’s fine . ”
Savoy responded .
“Merumo, do your best to keep up . ”
“Yessir . ”
I pulled the carriage according to Savoy’s instructions .
If I run full out the carriage will shake, so I keep it to a light jog .
Even so, the feehorse tethered in the back began to fall behind .
Merumo also seems to be having it tough while following behind, so we took a number of breaks in between .
Even though I overtook carriage after carriage, startling traveling merchants and travelers and the like, I ran at a fairly good speed . I don’t want to stand out, but when I figured I wouldn’t come this way a second time, I didn’t really care so much about attracting attention .
They said it would take two days to arrive at HillLake’s capital, Nokking Hill, but we arrived around noon .
The castle town was flourishing, and there were a lot of people . The streets were overflowing with people, but there’s never been a guy who pulls a carriage before, so they naturally gave way .
When I had gone all the way up to the large gray castle, the guards stopped us wanting to know who we were; at that time Guile called out from inside the carriage so we avoided further troubles .
When the carriage door opened, Alfred-san and Guile frantically seized a chair, their arms trembling .
I wrote a letter saying, “A curse will befall you if you make the canals,” put it into an envelope with some earticks, and sealed it .
I handed it to Guile and had him take it to the King’s room .
“Even if you use the space between the door and the floor to get it in, it will be fine . ”
When I said so, Guile consented and headed to the castle .
I headed to Nokking Hill’s Merchant’s Guild .
There’s no particular need for me to pull the carriage anymore, so Savoy attached the feehorse to the harness .
“We will be going to the Merchant’s Guild . ”
“Understood . We will make arrangements at an inn . ”
Alfred-san replied as he went outside and rotated his shoulders .
I went into town and headed towards the Merchant’s Guild while asking people and guards where it was .
Even though the Merchant’s Guild was crowded with people, everyone properly stayed in line and we arrived at the counter inside .
“Can I have you post a job advertisement poster?”
I showed my Merchant’s Guild card and asked the old lady employee .
“What kind of job is it?”
“Extermination . ”
“Extermination?”
“Yes, it’s a trade where we exterminate the bug monsters and masmascarl inside houses . ”
“Heeh~, how novel! Go ahead, write it out on this paper and stick it to the board next to the stairs, please . ”
So saying, the granny employee gave me a spare piece of paper .
I received the paper and wrote, “Taking extermination jobs . If you want to exterminate earticks, bugroaches, or masmascarl, leave it to us!” and stuck it to the board .
The rumors of two dragons appearing around the northern border was the hot topic within the Merchant’s Guild .
Those two are probably at Margaret’s house in Floura .
“President, are we done?”
“Yeah . Pretty much . Now we just wait for a request to come from the castle . Want to eat lunch?”
“That sounds good . ”
Merumo and I went outside and looked for a place to eat .
While we walked, a number of adventurers invited me with, “Won’t you come defeat the dragons with us?”
Looks like they want to add me, a guy with the power to pull a carriage, to their battle forces .
It’s obvious that would be the case, but I refuse flat out . Particularly persistent adventurers followed us all the way to the restaurant, but Merumo struck them and knocked them down . After that, there weren’t many people calling out to us .
The restaurant was one with a lot of guards in it . My reasoning was that a shop with a lot of locals coming to it can’t be too bad .
I requested the meat of a deer monster, greendeer, with bread and vegetable soup .
For us who had set out so early in the morning, it was breakfast and lunch .
“When we finish our business in Nokking Hill, are we returning to Floura?”
“That’s the intention . Ah, do you also want to visit your hometown, Merumo?”
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“No, I said I wouldn’t return for five years . ”
“I see . Are you guys still keeping in contact?”
“Yes, I sent them the bonus from before, too . ”
That’s filial piety for you . I came to another world, so I can’t do that . And anyway, in my previous world, I think I contacted my parents about once every few years .
I wonder how they’re doing now . I feel like I should have honored my parents before I lost my familial connections . I also can’t remember their faces well . When we return to Gnomefield, I’m going to tell Ayl and Velsa to honor their parents as best as they can . I don’t know about Ayl, but it seems like Velsa’s are alive .
“I’ll teach you magic circles later, and you can make a communication bag . ”
“Eh? That embroidered, troublesome looking bag?”
“That’s right . If you send a communication bag to your hometown, you can contact them whenever, right?”
“I don’t really want to contact them much, though . ”
“Haa~ good grief, this is why youngsters are - . There will come a time when you want to honor your parents but they’re gone … well, that’s fine . ”
My superior at work in my previous world also said the exact same thing . That superior probably felt the same way I do now .
Even if you tell them, they won’t understand if they’ve never experienced it . I was the same way .
“A letter is just right for your purposes, na . But a communication bag is useful, so it’s better for you to learn how to make it . ”
“Sue, I guess . ”
I’ll push the communication bags for Margaret-san to Merumo .
“President! Didn’t you just have a nasty look on your face?”
“No, not at all . Do you want some wine?”
After that, I covered it up by getting Merumo a little tipsy and then we left .
When we looked for the inn the carriage I had pulled was stopped in front of, I spotted Savoy-san at its side .
He guided us inside, told us to take it easy, and handed us the key .
Entering the room, I taught Merumo how to make the communication bags, and just when I stopped Merumo as she was taming the bugroaches, officials from the Merchant’s Guild arrived .
They said a request for extermination had come from the castle .
It took until dusk, but it seems like the earticks properly did their job .
“That was faster than expected, huh?”
“Fufufu, it’s because my eartick-chans are excellent . ”
Merumo puffed out her chest .
“Is Alfred-san there?”
When I left the room, I called out to Savoy .
“Are you already going to the castle?”
“Yeah, the request came . ”
“Understood . I’ll make the preparations, so please wait a moment . ”
After waiting for a while, the sleepy Alfred came out .
We left so early in the morning, it seems he was taking a nap .
The castle is close, so without using the carriage, we walked towards it .
I only realized it now, but there are a lot of guards in Nokking Hill . The cotton sells well, so the military power was raised up, I suppose . There’s already no cotton fields, so I wonder what these people will do .
“They most likely have reserves, so they’ll probably be fine for a while . The Central Government could also take them . There will be a ton of work to do once the toll roads are completed, after all . ”
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When I voiced my thoughts, Alfred responded .
When we arrived at the castle, we were guided to the front of the King’s room immediately . Alfried-san is an official of the Central Government so he was going to guided to a different room, but he said, “I have to meet the King anyway,” so he came with us .
“King-sama! Please open up!”
Guile was pounding on the room’s door .
“Ah, Naoki-dono!”
“Hello . Did the King raise a fuss about itchiness?”
“Yes . He seems to be writhing around, and just now there have been the sounds of something falling . ”
Merumo smiled . She had given the earticks orders to attack the person who opened the envelope .
“Then, can that be opened?”
I asked as I pointed at the door .
“Currently the guards are rushing to bring the keys, so if you would wait a bit . ”
“Ah, no nee-d . ”
When I said so, I drew the unlocking magic circle while hiding it with my body, and the door opened .
It took the smoke-type insecticide out from the item bag, had it begin smoking, and tossed it inside .
It doesn’t have much insecticidal strength, it’s just smokey, but the effect works .
I shut the door, and after a while a man that seems to be the King came flying out of the room, his face and arms covered in red spots .
“Cough cough! Fire! Guile! My room is on fire!”
“There’s no fire . ”
So saying, Guile took the King by the hand led him to a different room .
“Then I’ll leave the after care to you guys . ”
I said to Alfred-san .
“Umu . I’ll leave this here to you . ”
Alfred-san and Savoy followed the King .
Merumo and I entered the King’s room, opened the window, and let the smoke outside .
Merumo tipped a jar over and called the earticks, and they entered the jar .
The earticks finished their job without even a scratch . Merumo put bread crusts into the jar as a their reward .
Lastly I used Cleanup on the room, and our job was done .
The guards with the key were standing in front of the door .
“This is an ointment type of recovery medicine . Please pass it to the King . I believe it will also be effective for itches . ”
I took the recovery ointment out of the item bag and handed it to the dumbfounded guards .
When I’d passed by the Royal Guards, entering the passageway, I remembered the matter about remuneration .
“Um- … the extermination fee is 3 silver coins, and the ointment fee is 1 gold coin…”
“Please wait a moment . ”
The guard ran further into the castle and returned right away .
“We will bring it tot he inn, so please wait for it at the inn . ”
“Roger . Thank you for your work . ”
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“Th,thank you for your work as well . ”
Merumo and I headed towards the exit and left the castle immediately .
Leaving the castle, I went directly to the Merchant’s Guild and took the job advertisement off the board .
“Oh, are you already done with that?”
The old lady employee ask .
“Yes, I earned enough at the castle . ”
“I see, I see . Our guild also had a request, though . ”
Just as the granny said, I can see masmascarl making nests in the attack rooms with the Search Skill .
“How about 3 copper coins for every creature? Merchant’s price . ”
“Is that alright? Hold on, I need to ask my superior . ”
The granny went into the interior .
After that, I officially took a request from Nokking Hill’s Merchant’s Guild and went to exterminate masmascarl . Although it was work done in passing, I did it properly and exterminated 48 masmascarl . ”
“Alright . That’s 14 silver coins and 4 copper coins . ”
“Thanks for the business . ”
I received more unexpected income than I expected .
We returned to the inn, and while we were eating dinner in the dining hall, Savoy returned .
“Here is the remuneration . ”
“Ah, thank you very much . How were things?”
I received the remuneration from Savoy and asked .
“The matter with the canal was accepted, but it seems difficult for him to accept that the plantation was destroyed, so the discussions are not proceeding smoothly . ”
“Is that so?”
“In the end, Alfred-sama will argue him down . Ah, thank you for the recovery ointment . It was very effective . ”
“Ah, that’s good . ”
“How long will Naoki-dono and company stay here?”
“We’ll return to Gnomefield tomorrow morning . Please inform Alfred-san and Guile-san . ”
“Understood . ”
So saying, Savoy returned to the castle .
After Merumo and I ate our fill of a Nokking Hill dinner, we returned to our room .
In the room the two of us made two communication bags, then retired .
Before we slept, Merumo spoke up .
“Tomorrow, I wonder if the windmill will be done when we reach Gnomefield?”
“It might be…”
“Cynthisan, I wonder if she’ll enter our company?”
“I wonder…”
I got some unexpected income, so I intended to go to Nokking Hill’s brothels, but Merumo’s question attack continued late into the night, and I succumbed to my sleepiness first .