“So all that happened?”
After dinner, we tell Rurika, Sera, and Hikari about meeting Reid and the others.
“But did you do what you went out to do?”
“…I want to meet a blacksmith, but it doesn’t sound like that’ll be easy. But… I want to try talking to Ryuryu.”
The beast king will probably ask for something if I talk to him, so I think I’d rather talk to Ryuryu.
“Why not ask her directly? She said she would drop by tomorrow.”
Apparently that happened during the day, and she told them she’d be here tomorrow too.
And the beast king wasn’t with her.
“It sounded like he’s really busy now that the tournament is over, and Ryuryu is alone and without much to do. She said she felt free, but she looked a bit lonely.”
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The next day, I try talking to Ryuryu about it, not expecting much.
It’s not like it has to be that one dwarf, I just want a tour of sorts.
What I really want is someone to teach me, but I assume there won’t be that many people willing to do it for just some guy.
That’s how I see craftsmen, but that could just be me.
“A tour of the workplace of a blacksmith… Yep, that sounds tricky. I think most in this city would say yes if King End asked, but I don’t think they’d like it. And despite what he’s like, King Endo doesn’t like to throw his weight around like that.”
I kind of expected that answer.
Would it be better to just Transfer to Eldo and look there? I’m pretty sure there are blacksmith in Nahal.
But then…
“What about gramps then? He’d be happy to if Ryuryu asked.”
Someone says, and when I turn around, I see the beast king.
“King Endo! Slacking off again!?”
Ryuryu looks furious, but a little happy too. She’s suddenly full of energy.
“I got permission to come here. Right?”
The beast king shrinks back from that threatening pressure, and asks the person that came with him.
“Yes, his wife did let him come here.”
Says the other person with a nod.
“…Fine then. Gramps’ place uh?”
“You’d be going back home too, so that’d be nice. I-it’d be tricky if you took my wife too, but… I can write a letter of introduction. What do you think, Sora?”
“It’d be nice for me, but…”
“That’s settled then. Ryuryu, I am giving you an assignment as king. Escort them to the village.”
Ryuryu mulls it over, but accepts.
I also hear that the beast king’s wife hasn’t gone back to her village in a while. It might have to do with her husband being the king for so long.
“That’s the only way we can get Ryuryu back to their village.”
He says with a sigh. And he also says that his daily life means she’s kept busy as his chaperon, so he wants her to relax a little.
At least he’s self-aware. He could just get it together, but when I tell him that, he looks away. I’m not one to talk, so I don’t force the subject too much.
I feel like I drag people around and cause too much trouble.
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Once that’s decided, we start getting ready to travel.
We talk about using magic beast wagons, but Rurika vehemently objects, so we’re going with normal wagons from Fors to a town to the west called Siffert.
But since all the wagons are out, we do some things in the meantime.
First, I get a house in Fors, basically just to use Transfer. It’s safe, and relatively big.
I’ll probably end up leaving it with someone else or selling it, but that’s something to think about later.
Next, we go shopping, mostly to buy food. Ryuryu’s village is over a two week walk away from Siffert, and apparently in a forest, so they asked us to take some things there too. Among them are stuff like ore for the blacksmith.
I have an Item Box, so it’s no problem for me.
Once everything is ready and it’s time to go, Naoto and Argo’s party arrive, then Siphons’s. This is part of the reason why we couldn’t go right away.
When I asked Ryuryu if there wouldn’t be a problem, she said there wouldn’t be enough rooms for everyone in the village, but Argo says they have tents so it’s fine.
After all, camping is part of being an adventurer.
“Time to go. You got everything you need?”
She asks, and everyone nods.
“Let’s move out then.”
Everyone follows her lead and gets on the wagons, and we’re off to Siffert.
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