Volume 7 - Chapter 4 – Whistling (1/2)
07-04 Whistling
The next morning after they stayed in the depopulated village the weather had cleared.
“Aah, I haven’t seen clear blue skies in a while.”
Jin stretched his limbs and inhaled the refreshing morning air.
“Good morning.”
Reinhardt had also woken up.
“It looks like we’ll be surely be able to get to Delead from here before the day is over.”
Breakfast centered on preserved foods. Still, they were able to get some fresh vegetables to add a little color to their food.
After the meal that was plainer than usual, the group departed the depopulated village whose name they didn’t even know. Of course, they thanked the village head aplenty.
There was nothing strangers like Jin’s group could do to this village at the moment. They departed with painful reluctance.
And yet the sky was blue and the rays of the sun warm. You could say that spring was in full swing already. As they continued moving their moods also cleared up.
“The wind feels nice, doesn’t it.”
Jin’s carriage’s roof also had ventilation openings so they were able to comfortably ventilate. Reinhardt who was riding with them was also relaxing. Elsa was unusually for her nodding off.
Jin was talking with Reinhardt in a low voice so as not to wake up Elsa.
“Hey, Reinhardt. Is there a Guild in the town we’re going to this time?”
The Guild Jin was asking about was obviously the Guild for Magi Craftsmen.
“Hm? Probably not, I guess. Not without being at least a provincial city.”
“Is that so.”
It appeared that the town was still too small for the organization.
“Do you have some business there?”
Reinhardt asked, and Jin answered,
“Mh-hm, I was thinking about promoting the ‘vacuum cleaner’.”
“Hmm.”
Jin explained to Reinhardt that as the vacuum cleaner is a Magi Tool useful for commoners and nobles alike, if possible he’d like to have it get popular and in addition be as cheap as possible.
“That’s unbeneficial for you who helped me though, Reinhardt.”
When Jin said so, Reinhardt laughed and told him not to mind about something like that and,
“I don’t think that your way of thinking is bad, Jin. You’ve got my support.”
He said some such, then Jin bowed his head to Reinhardt and,
“Thank you.”
He said. Reinhardt then asked Jin,
“In that case, you must be on the common people’s faction’s side?”
“Common people’s faction?”
It wasn’t a word he was used to hearing. Actually, ‘commmon people’s faction’ was something Jin didn’t know of.
“Oh, there’s a categorization of common people’s faction and chosen people’s faction. People in the common people’s faction obviously want to have Magi Tools universally spread throughout the masses. And so what does that mean for the special people’s faction?”
“I guess it must be that they want to monopolize them for only a selected part of the population.”
“That’s exactly right.”
“And Reinhardt, you’re which?”
Jin asked and waited for Reinhardt’s answer. That answer could change how Jin behaved from now on.
“I’m of course…”
“Rai-nii is of the common people’s faction. Because of that he got into quarrels with Uncle.”
Elsa answered from the side.
“Oi, Elsa, don’t steal the words from my mouth.”
Reinhardt laughed, and on that subject,
“That’s because it’s boring when you two talk by yourselves.”
Elsa said and looked just a little miffed about it.
“No, that was because looked to be sleeping comfortably, Elsa.”
When told so Elsa got worked up,