Chapter 435: About Everything (1/2)

After being done with Reinhardt’s moving for the time being, Jin thought about how to pick up Stearleana.

“Hmm, but there’s going to be a coachman…”

He couldn’t just take off with her right in front of her coachman. It was a difficult problem.

If it weren’t for the fact that she was inside the Shouro Empire’s territory, it would be possible to make it look like she had run off with someone, but with things as they were, it could turn into an international matter.

If she were on this side of the Celuroa Kingdom, then there shouldn’t be any problems (internationally, at least).

Jin thought hard about how to solve this problem. And soon enough, he came with an answer.

“That’s it!”

“Father?”

Puzzled, Reiko stared at Jin, who had shouted involuntarily and out of the blue.

“Ah, no, it’s nothing, I just came up with a good way to pick Stearleana up.”

“Huh? What is it?”

Reinhardt asked with a lot of interest.

“This may be a long shot, but I think Stearleana would be hiring a carriage to return to her country.”

“Ah, yes, I think it’s safe to say that.”

“In that case, I could…”

As Jin was about to finish, Reinhardt’s face showed that he knew what he was going to say.

“Take over the carriage, right!?”

“That’s right. By doing that, if I drive the carriage right away, there would be no need to have anyone riding it. Worst case scenario, I could just have a substitute.”

“Ohoho, that sounds interesting.”

Saki, who was sitting next to them, jumped into the conversation.

“If they have departed for Roizart this morning, a normal carriage could have reached Riare by now.”

Reinhardt also tried to guess the carriage’s position. In fact, since Jin already knew Stearleana’s magic pattern, he could use a Magi Radar to pinpoint her exact location.

“The quickest way to do this would be to go to Riare tonight or tomorrow morning, and change carriages there… But it’s a little far away.”

After saying that, Reinhardt was surprised to see a faint smile on Jin’s face.

“… Right. Distance isn’t a problem for you, is it, Jin?”

Jin nodded silently, and Reinhardt closed his eyes and sighed.

“I’ll tell you about that tomorrow too once I bring Stearleana.”

“Ah, I’m looking forward to it!”

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That night, Jin went back to Hourai Island together with Reiko. He was going to give one instruction there.

“Laojun, please prepare a dummy golem by tomorrow morning.”

“Understood. You are going to meet with Miss Stearleana, correct?”

It seemed that Laojun was aware of Jin’s plan after some conversation.

Then, he contacted Stearleana using the Mana Comm.

“Ah, Jin? What is it?”

“Actually, I have this planned for tomorrow…”

Jin explained his plan. Needless to say, Stearleana sounded pleased with it.

After getting a few more details ready, Jin spent the night in Hourai Island.

Dawn of July 2nd. Due to the time difference, Jin could take it easy for the first hours of the day (though he had stayed up late at night).

He took a morning bath, enjoyed a meal at leisure, and finally went out.

He used the transporter, which was becoming the standard. He went with Pelican 1 to get to the sky above Riare. He didn’t use Pegasus 1 because he was taking a carriage with him.

The time difference between Riare and Hourai Island is 5 hours. While Jin left Hourai Island at 8 in the morning, in Riare it was still 3 in the morning.

Using Invisible to stay out of sight in the black of night, he landed in the suburbs of Riare, bringing the carriage down with him. Of course, he brought both Steward as a coachman, and a brand new golem horse along. Though performance would be dropping considerably by doing so.

Even though he didn’t rush, he managed to arrive at Riare a little before dawn.

He had already passed this road once during his trip to the Shouro Empire, so he didn’t have much trouble finding his way forward. Jin parked the carriage on the side of the road and waited for the dawn.

It was 5 o’clock. Riare was an open town, and carriages started to move about early in the morning. Jin hurried, wondering if it was time to get there already.

“Let’s see, she said it was a hotel along the way, wasn’t it? Ah, is that it?”

He had asked her back when he contacted her through the Mana Comm, so he could tell right away.