Chapter 94 (1/2)
”What a great city, it's the royal city of Lastoria!”
”Kyui! Kyui!”
”Huh? Do you want something sweet? No wonder. Frau will pay for it with her money.”
Frau, who is riding on top of Panda, steps forward.
What you see from here is the royal capital of Lastoria stretched along the seashore.
From the rumors I've heard, it's a pretty prosperous place.
I don't know if it's the smell of the sea, but an unusual aroma reaches my nose along with the breeze.
”Master, is that the sea?”
”Probably. It's quite broad and huge.”
Thanks to our elevated position, we had a great view of the city and the ocean beyond.
It is bright and blue.
My father used to say; ”The sea is truly glorious”, and now I think I understand what he meant.
The sea is glorious in itself.
”If I remember correctly, my father had a house in Lastoria.”
”Did the master's father grow up living by the sea?”
”Yes, but my father and his brother never got along, so they ended up completely estranged.”
My uncle had visited us once with his family, but I have few memories of that time.
What I vaguely remember is the scene of my father and someone arguing.
I think I was so scared that I hid behind my mother.
Maybe the other person was my uncle.
Still, these are very vague memories.
”Hey, Lord, what should Frau and the others be called from now on?”
”That's right, we're not the 'Manyu Brigade' anymore, are we?”
Frau and Kaede looked at me, then I snorted.
What should we do with the name of the party?
It would not be good for us to remain as the Manyu Brigade.
I already told King Armand that we split up.
How complicated.
The sound of multiple footsteps echoed, and eight men appeared from the depths of the forest.
”If you don't want to die, give us your belongings! And the women too!”
Some thieves showed up.
Dirty men stand in our way, with swords and knives.
”Time's up! Now die!”
A muscular man swings his sword sideways towards my neck.
”Hyaha! Blood splatters are beautiful, huh?”
”Ho-hi-ha? What's wrong?”
I jumped in front of his attack and caught his sword with my teeth.
*Crack*
The sword broke down the middle and I spit it out after chewing on the shoddy iron.
”Ueeeh! It's a monster!”
”Kaede.”
”Yes, 'Ice Rock'.”
The bandits are frozen from the neck down by Kaede's magic.
Their faces were pale with fear.
”What is your name?”
”Danube Inochi.”
”No, the name of your party.”
”Little Hound.”
How subtle.
I think it will work.
”From now on, we will be using the name 'Little Hound' for our party.”
”Yes yes, it's yours, but please release us!”
”Perfect, thank you.”
”Um, ice, hey!”
We are now the Little dog party.
I'm glad we have a new name.
Now, let's go to the royal capital.
I could still hear the thieves crying from a distance.