Chapter 47
I welcome the morning while riding the Ortem trolley .
I can see the sun rising over the mountains .
This kind of thing is a bit exciting because it’s so travel-like .
“…Gizel, she must be mad at me . ”
I blurted out to myself .
It would be at least three years before I return to the village .
I reached into my pocket and pulled out a copy of the map from the chief’s house .
According to the map, the lake should be in sight by now, but there was nothing but forest all around .
The map was pretty sketchy, so I can’t get a good sense of the distance .
I took three maps that seemed to be as accurate as possible, but even if I had a few, they were not very helpful .
Perhaps it’s inevitable because the Marren people don’t have much opportunity to interact with the outside world, but this map The quality of the map is not good enough .
There is even a map with some sort of a map drawn in the check-marked circle .
Even if I compare it with others, I can’t find anything of interest .
What’s the point of all this? I won’t bother to go all the way around to check this, but I’m a little curious .
It looks like an old map, maybe the lake has been reclaimed long ago . I wonder if it’s possible .
I can’t help but think about such a crazy thing .
Anyway, I’ll try to go straight ahead a bit more .
I am aiming at the city of Lomarn .
It is said that Lomarn has a lot of trade and drifters .
I’ve heard that the security is not so good, but because of that, the regulations on chimeras and dangerous magic tools should be loose .
It’s also easy to handle the items I brought in from the village .
Since I came all the way to the Capital, I have to go to the place where I can get various magic ores and grimoires . I’d like to try it .
…although the information is a bit outdated, so I’m a bit dubious about what it looks like now .
When I was about to put the map copy away, it shook badly .
The shaking caused me to let go of my hand and drop one of the copies of the map . The paper rode the wind and flew off into the distance .
“Aho! Aho!”
The bird quickly flew over and flipped itself around with the paper in its mouth .
It flew away with a bang .
“This bird!”
I thought about making it into a grilled chicken, but it’s no use getting my eye on it .
I have three copies of the map anyway .
I could easily shoot it down with magic, but I don’t want to go all the way back to get them either .
”Hey hey, get a grip . ”
Originally, the one at fault is the Ortem Trolley for badly shaking .
The one made it is me, though .
I lightly tapped the front of the Ortem trolley on its face .
Then I crouched down and then let out a gasp, and the totem trolley shook again and It slowed down .
“Huh?”
It wasn’t so much that it had slowed down, but rather that the power had stopped working .
It seems to be relying on the extra power to run now .
As I feared, it was slowing down more and more and coming to a stop soon .
“You’re kidding! Hey!”
I shouted and hit the side of the totem trolley with a clatter .
“Move! I said move it! You! You! Move, please! Wait, please!”
It’s not responding .
This is not good . We’re a long way from the village and our destination .
We’re going to die in the wild if we don’t move .
“Move, please! Excuse me! I’m sorry for coming on so strong earlier, Ortem Trolley-san! Of course, there will be shaking! Sometimes I want to shake things up too! It was my fault for not holding the map properly, so please don’t get in a bad mood! I’m so sorry! I’m sorry to be so stingy with the ride!”
I tried to cut my cross and apologize, but of course, there was no response .
It seems that the magic power has been completely drained out of him .
For now, let’s give it magic power again .
Let’s reset it and start by pressing the start button .
This is the basis of what I do when my computer goes bad . This is what’s called a “previous life knowledge cheat” .
“Oh Puppets, Dance”
I waved my wand and the wheels rattled and shuddered .
Then black smoke rose from Autem’s mouth in front of me, boffing .
“N-no way! Ortem Trolley-san!”
I went down and inspected the Ortem trolley .
As a result, the magic ore called Ledda, which accumulates magic power, was cut out, and the part that was cut out was filled with an Emict . It turned out that another magic ore had been applied to it .
Emict had originally intended to use it for this part of the body, but when a certain amount of magical power flowed through it, its properties change and it doesn’t function . I decided to use a Ledda because of the drawbacks . .
It’s inconceivable that I’ve attached it by some mistake .
I cut out the magic ore on purpose and attached it to it .
Not to break it, but to do such an elaborate imitation of it so that it probably won’t work in time .
It was designed to stop working after exactly one-fifth of a full charge of magic .
The Totem Trolley is my original .
If I didn’t know exactly how it works, I wouldn’t be able to do this .
Even the Chieftain would probably not be able to do something like this without me noticing . …
“Don’t tell me that Gizel…”
Gizel would know about Ledda and Emict’s magic ore .
I remember saying proudly, “I thought it would stop working immediately, but it seems that the converted magic power had changed Emict’s nature . I think it will work if I make it into a Ledda” .
I had also written down the fact that I could do the trick of the time difference thing, because I thought it could be applied to something .
I wrote it with my own letters and symbols, breaking it down into bits and pieces, hoping I would understand, perhaps I could decipher it .
If you remember that one, this level of crafting is possible without being familiar with the whole mechanism .
The magic ore in Ledda is not that valuable .
That’s why I didn’t bother to load them on the trolley either .
It’s only natural since the luggage is already full .
If I had been able to replace the whole thing, I could have noticed and repaired it before I left the village .
If they had been wrecked, they could have rebuilt the day tomorrow . We could have taken other steps .
However, If I show up at the village with the previous offense of escaping at night just to collect materials, then leave the village again . I can’t do that .
For the record, I don’t have the guts to do that .
They’re definitely coming to break my heart after foreseeing my character .
No, but would Gizel do something like this?
It’s true that Gizel may be the only person in the settlement who can do this .
But with Gizel’s character makes it hard to imagine her using such a prolix and insidious move .
If Gizel had sensed that I was planning to leave the village, she would have cried to me right then and there .
“Then I’ll wait for you to return . I’m sure you’re not feeling well, so take care not to collapse on the way . Don’t push yourself, and if it gets hard, please turn back immediately, okay?”
Suddenly, Gizel’s words passed through my head .
These were the words Gizel had spoken to me as I was heading to the Chief’s house .
”Ah……”
Don’t tell me that she said that expecting the I would run away in the middle of the night?
At this distance, if I turn back, I can barely crawl home with my strength .
It’s really just barely .
If I dumped all of our luggage and kept walking while drinking Abel drink, I could make it home by the end of the day .
If the distance was more open than this, I’m sure my strength wouldn’t have been able to keep it up .
I would have cut through the magic ore to adjust the operating time just in time .
Besides, ”I won’t be angry, so please don’t be desperate and come back, okay?” She even implied that he was going to be there .
Perhaps the letter was also crushed, and when I got home, “I’m just adjusting the Ortem Trolley in the morning . From the looks of it, it looks like there was a malfunction…… . Geez, brother!” I’ll say shamelessly, and maybe he’s not going to blame me for it .
It’s possible that she’s even talking to father .
Maybe if I broke down and ran back here, I would have no energy left .
My big decision is buried, I’m will be forced to exercise without eating or drinking, and will be saved by my sister who I betrayed .
By the time I reach the village, I will be physically and mentally exhausted .
I will be at the mercy of the wind . I know this very it’s me we’re talking about .
After that, the ceremony will be held as if nothing had happened .
“Guuuuuuuu………”
I groaned and lay down on the ground .
I couldn’t help but hug him as I saw Autem Torokko spitting smoke from his mouth .
I was so pathetic that I even started to cry .
Checkmate . I was completely checkmated .
Just as I was about to give up, I heard the sound of some creature’s footsteps approaching .
I looked back up and saw a wagon .
It was of simple construction, like a large cart .
A young man with green hair was sitting on the driver’s seat, looking at me with a troubled smile .
“Hey! You’re in the way! Can I ask you to stop sleeping on the side of the road!”
It wasn’t a man calling out to me . It was a voice from a pile of jute bags packed into a cart .
For a moment I thought the jute bag had spoken, and then a girl came out of the pile of bags .
She had blue hair and curled horns like a sheep from around the top of her ears .
Like the Marren tribe, there are many humans in this world with unusual physical features .
Blue hair, sheep-like horns .
I’m sure I’ve seen these features in a book, but what race are they called again .
“I’m going to give you a pillow, so you can sleep on the side of the road as long as you like!”
The sheep girl threw one of the burlap bags at me .
“Hey, hey, Mea-san, please don’t throw my goods!”
The man sitting on the driver’s seat screams out in grief as he looks back at the sheep girl .
I let the burlap sack that was thrown at me play in my hand .
Is it the thing stuffed inside wheat?
They’re peddlers, apparently .
This is an opportunity .