Chapter 100 - Chapter 16: Summons #2 (1/2)
Chapter 100 - Chapter 16: Summons #2
The biggest advantage of a flying ship was the ability to ignore the terrain.
There were no inevitable detours like there was when moving through a land route. Of course, they had to consider the air flow, but it wasn’t like a carriage that had to go through a mountain or get past a river.
In order to get to the Lycanthropes’ Palace from Spider Forest, they had to reach the lycanthrope territory and then cross half of it.
It would take more than 10 days on land, but it was a different story with a flying ship.
Sepira, the vice captain and navigator, calculated that it would take two to three days to reach the palace.
During that time, the party didn’t sit quietly.
Amita, who was in Daphne’s arms as always, gathered everyone in the captain’s room, the largest room on the airship.
”Now that the rough preparations are over, I will receive individual orders.”
The look on Amita’s face almost looked like a human expression. It was the expression of someone who didn’t want to do a chore but had accepted it anyway.
”Tell me the equipment you each desire.”
Daphne was the first one to reply to Amita’s words. She caressed Amita’s fur and said,
”I want armor, as I mentioned before.”
”Yes, I’ll make a dress with embroidered protective spells.”
Amita smiled and nodded. It seemed like they had already talked many times about what Daphne wanted.
Carack blinked and asked,
”Huh? Raccoon person, is that possible? Isn’t it tough for you to sew?”
“Why, do you have a complaint? Eh? Do you have a complaint?”
Amita snarled at Carack, but the rest of the group just looked at Amita’s little hands. The thought of a raccoon sewing with those hands was very cute.
Carack also had similar thoughts, but instead of teasing them, he just replied with a wide smile,
”No, raccoon person is very talented.”
“Bah.”
Amita snorted, but they didn’t hate the praise.
”Well, let’s keep going. Satyr, tell me your order.”
Karma stared at Amita, then said in a cautious voice,
”I will ask for armor.”
She hadn’t participated in the fight to defend the last flame as well as the negotiation.
Amita looked Karma up and down after hearing her order.
”You prefer speed, so I’ll have to make it light. It will be a partial armour. Okay, next.”
Amita’s gaze turned to Seira this time and she responded with a serious expression,
”I need armour that can be worn after a transformation.”
”Well, I guess I’ll need to make resizeable armor. It depends on the material, but the armour will basically be heavier, so the defense is higher. Is that want you want?”
”Some weight is okay. I’ll use it after the transformation. I just want you to consider that I’m a warrior who uses my fists.”
”Understood. I will take it into account. ...You?”
Amita’s voice abruptly changed at the end. It was because Carack was the target.
Carack scratched his chin and grinned.
“I also want armor.”
After Karma and Seira, that made three consecutive orders for armor. Daphne’s order of clothes also belonged to the category of armor, so all the orders from the party so far had been armor.
Amita jumped from Daphne’s arms and pounded the floor with their tail.
”Why are the orders all armor? Isn’t this too much? Eh? Armour is the hardest, so are you trying to mess with me?”
The biggest piece of equipment was armour.
Carack waved his hands and shook his head like there was a misunderstanding.
”Armor is necessary. Who wouldn’t want sturdy armor with the purpose of keeping them alive to come from the best craftsman? Moreover, Karma, Seira and I are the escorts of princes and princess. There are many things to be done, so it is natural that we need armor.”
It was a logical claim for an orc.
Amita couldn’t come up with any way to refute it, so they sighed and shook their fists. Sepira, who was standing with Silvan in a corner, stared at Carack with amazement.
Delia noticed the gaze and moved to block Sepira’s view. Amita jumped back onto Daphne’s lap and looked at Delia.
“You? Do you also want armor?”
Delia was an aide like Carack and Seira.
However, Delia shook her head.
”Amita, I want a shield that is small and light but has good defense and a wide range of defenses.”
Delia was a dark elf and dark elves were usually highly exposed. Exposed armor naturally had a low defense, so instead of flimsy armor, she wanted a shield.
At Delia’s order, Carack and the others all looked at Amita nervously. Delia’s order was quite contradictory, so they thought Amita would become angry.
A shield that was small and light, yet it should have excellent defense and a wide defense range. Was that even possible?
“A shield. It is for defense, but it isn’t armour. Okay, I like it.”
It was likely that it was possible.
Amita nodded and Delia smiled as she returned to her seat.
The aides finished making their orders, so the only remaining ones were the royal children.
Amita turned to Caitlin first.
“What about the amazing princess?”
“Uh... um...”
Caitlin licked her lips and didn’t answer immediately because she couldn’t make a decision between armor and gauntlets.
Caitlin had grown up among lycanthropes who never used weapons, so she had never thought about using weapons. It was because she didn’t think there was a weapon that a fists warrior could use.
However, Caitlin’s thoughts changedsomewhat after seeing In-gong use Earth Quaker. She wanted to have gauntlets that she could use as a weapon. However, she would also like to have armor.
While Caitlin was worrying about it, Amita started to wave their tail with impatience.
Amidst everyone’s nervousness, In-gong pulled Caitlin’s hand and whispered to her,
“Ask for armor. I’ll give you gauntlets from my share.”
Caitlin’s eyes shone at In-gong’s suggestion.
“Really? Is it okay?”
Everybody became curious because Caitlin’s reply wasn’t a whisper. In-gong grinned and nodded.
“Yes, it is.”
In-gong was supposed to receive a full set from Amita.
Gauntlets and a shield were included in the full set, but In-gong already had Earth Quaker and White Eagle. So, the gauntlets and shield would be best placed somewhere else.
Caitlin would receive the gauntlets and Carack would get the shield.
It was the reason Carack selected armor instead of a shield.
Thanks to In-gong’s consideration, Caitlin’s worries were relieved and she smiled brightly.
“Please make me armor. Light and sturdy armor should be good.”
It was the sixth defense and fifth armor order. Amita sighed as their shoulders sagged.