Souta checks the magic lock once he reaches his house. It’s still locked.
Souta touches the gate and releases the magic, and the lock opens with a ‘click’.
When Souta steps into the garden, Ed rushes over to Souta.
Asks Souta to Ed while stroking his back.
Ed thinks a little, and then shakes his head.
Of course, there is no one who can pass through Souta’s magic and enter, but besides that, there was also no one that came before the gate.
Souta stops stroking Ed, closes the gate and locks it again.
After confirm that the gate is properly locked, Souta heads towards Ed’s bed and casts magic to clean everything around him.
Souta sits down on the fur and is followed by Ed, who sits next to him.
「Ed, we just moved here and have only lived here for a day, but we need to leave again tomorrow.」
「This time it'll be a long trip unlike when we went to the mountain. Will you come with me?」
Ed quickly swallows the fruit and gives a loud neigh to express his joy to travel with Souta again.
Noticing the feeling behind the neigh, Souta smiles as well.
Souta puts Ed’s dinner and drinking water in the clean buckets.
Ed begins to eat again, and after stroking his head, Souta goes into the house.
In the living room, Souta takes out the remaining stall food and eats it as dinner.
The impression is like naan with curry, however, the curry-like sauce has a unique taste. The sweetness is strong, but it also has a somewhat sour taste.
「Delicious!」
「I tried it because I ate something similar in Japan, but …. this is seriously good.」
Souta still has some breads stored inside the dimensional storage, and he smiles when he realizes he can make this again.
Souta makes another one then heads to the bath after finishing his meal.
「First, I'll receive a letter of introduction tomorrow morning, and then I'll get a letter of introduction from Carena. I also need to procure food and water for the trip, and probably some books for killing time during travel. Should I also get a blanket? Since I might not able to take out the tent every time.」
As it’s getting late, Souta gets out of the bath and goes to his bedroom to sleep.
In the morning, Souta wakes up before the sun rises. He goes outside to check on the gate and unlock it for when the lord’s messenger arrives.
Ed is still sleeping, so after Souta puts new food and water in the buckets, he moves away and takes out an iron sword from the dimensional storage.
Once Souta opens his eyes, he starts doing practice swings without making any voice.
While Souta keeps swinging, Ed wakes up and eats the newly prepared meal, but his eyes are following Souta.
By the time Ed finishes his meal, Souta also stops his practice. The sun has already completely risen.
The man gets down from the carriage and talks to Souta.
「That’s right, you are?」
Souta already made a guess, but he still asks for confirmation.
「My name is Barth, I’m Elvas-sama's, the lord of this town's, messenger. I’d like to have a meeting with Souta-sama.」
「Is that so? Well, I'm that Souta you're looking for….」
Barth quickly lowers his head to the ground.
He just by chance happened to have morning duty, so the lord ordered him to send the message, but he doesn’t know the face of the one who saved the lord's granddaughter. Realizing he's been rude, his face turns pale.
Souta scratches his head and then speaks to Barth.
「No, but to have that attitude to Elvas-sama's important friend … …」
Barth replies with his head still down.
「Like I said, raise your head.」
「Even if I’m a friend, I’m just a mere adventurer. You don’t need to take it that far.」
「That. is. fine! Fulfill your duty first before that. Elvas entrusted something to you, didn't he? 」
He looks relieved for a while, then he rushes back to the carriage and pulls out his bag. From there, he takes out a single envelope.
「I-I apologize for my mistake. Here is the letter of introduction Elvas-sama told me to give you.」
「Oh, thank you. Please give my thanks to Elvas.」
「Umm! That, there is still something else … … I was told to ask the specific time of your departure…….」
「Ah, that’s right. I don’t decide the specific time yet, but I'll depart as soon as I ready. Well, maybe around noon? It’s not really specific, but that’s the closest.」
Barth lowers his head again.
After saying that, he goes back to the carriage again and heads back to the lord’s mansion.
「How can I say this, he seems easy to get carried away…….」
Ed who came near Souta unnoticed snorts, agreeing with him.
t/n: believe it or not, the posture barth use to give the letter is the posture of shy school girl use to give love letter in anime or manga