Chapter 5 (1/2)

Chapter 5: Departing towards the neighbouring countries with the adventurers

I arrived outside of the adventurer’s guild at the agreed time, but the entire team from Iron Will was already there.

“Sorry for being late.”

“It’s okay, we just came too early.”

The leader of Iron Will, Werner-san said while smiling.

It seems that they have been accustomed to mobilising early.

That’s some intense dedication there.

“Shall we make our move then?”

I gave a nod and we left for Veenen.

The departure from Kiers and begun our journey smoothly.

Iron Will maintained their battle formation throughout.

I stood in the middle of it, while the lead was Rita the scout. On my right is Vincent the swordsman; on my left is the mage Romon; behind me were Franca, the cleric, and Werner-san.

This arrangement is to ensure the protection of the client, me, when the critical moment strikes.

“Is it about time to have a break?”

With Werner’s suggestion, we took a mid-noon break.

As per the agreement, I started to prepare everyone’s meals.

While I say that though, it is not a simple task due to the limited time we have.

Firstly, I took out the gas stove, which was purchased from the Internet Supermarket, from the item box.

“Wow, Makooda-san has the item box skill. In addition, that’s a magical stove, amazing!”

To Vincent’s query, I nodded my head while replying, “Its capacity is pretty small though.”

I heard that there are people with item box skill out there, but most have small capacities, so I set mine to have a small capacity while using it.

I concluded that using it this way is more convenient and is far less suspicious than using it secretly.

“I received this magical stove from an acquaintance of mine. He said he no longer goes out camping and has little opportunities to use it, so I got it at a fairly cheap price.”

I gave the lie I cooked up beforehand without any stuttering.

Lying is one of my weapons too.

While talking to Vincent, I made a simple sandwich using 2 slices of bread, cheese and ham.

Next, I put instant consommé soup base in a wooden cup, and of course, all this was hidden from plain sight.

After pouring water into the cup and boiling it with the gas stove, I announced that lunch is ready.

“Everyone, lunch is ready.”

I pa.s.sed the sandwich that was on a wooden plate and the soup that was in the cup to the adventurers.