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…although the information is a bit outdated, so I’m a bit dubious about what it looks like now .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 .