Chapter 149 - #148 Meeting 2 idiots (2/2)

This caused her to wake up and stare at Akashi with a blank expression.

'Do you really have to carry me like that? You have both of your hands free, so why not something more civilized like princess-carry?' Poney thought while staring at Akashi with a face saying 'Are you serious?'

Akashi noticed her look but he decided to ignore her but he still couldn't help but smile a bit which caused Poney to angrily stare at him for the rest of their way.

When they ran more than 10 kilometers away from the previous location, they joined on the main road leading directly to the Capital.

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”Fuuu, still, that was scary...At first, I thought that it was a Danger Beast but thankfully it was just a thunder...still, it's a bit weird since everywhere I look, I see only a clear sky.” A boy with short, dark brown hair and white martial arts headband said with a slightly panicked expression while walking alongside a black-haired girl.

”Ieyasu, don't be such a wuss. I still can't believe how you were able to escape from those bandits...” His companion replied while holding her forehead with a tired expression.

”Hey! You are the one who got scared the most when we heard that thunder, Sayo! And what's the surprise about me escaping unscathed? Maybe you aren't aware but even Tatsumi has problems when fighting me...Hm?” He immediately shouted back at the girl with an upset expression before he started talking all big just to stop talking when he noticed 3 people coming out of the forest and joining them on the road.

'Oh! What a cutie, and we still aren't at the Capital...' Ieyasu started completely ignoring Sayo while looking at Kurome who was all smiles while talking to Akashi who was still carrying Poney.

'Why the hell did he stop talking and started completely ignoring me?' Sayo thought frustrated by this change so she took a look to the side, over Ieyasu and she immediately understood the reason which made her glare at Ieyasu.

'Heh, he has no chance, looking at how that girl has all her attention on that boy...?!' Sayo thought with a wide smile while looking at Kurome and Akashi. She decided to check what is so interesting on Akashi since already one beautiful girl was paying him attention. It was more of a womanly instinct, however, when she was checking him out, he turned at her and made eye contact with her which made her quickly turn away.

'Huh? What's their problem?' Akashi thought with a confused expression. He recognized their clothing and knew that they come from Northern Tribes or at least somewhere near its borders.

”Can you finally put me down?!” Poney who kept quiet all the time suddenly snapped while bearing her teeth at Akashi, ready to bite his hand.

”This cat has rabies” Akashi muttered while holding up Poney in front of him under her armpits.

”Hah?! I am not a pet!!” She shouted and started wiggling all around, kicking with her legs and swinging her hands around.

Both Sayo and Ieyasu who saw this had a blank expression on their faces. At least they got to know that masked figure is a woman by her voice.

”*Hey, should we ask them if we are on the right road? We lost everything during that ambush after all.*” Ieyasu asked Sayo in a whisper.

”*Why should we? It's pretty obvious that this is the main road, we have met a lot of vendors already.*” Sayo replied while giving him a strange look.

”*Well, it's kinda awkward walking next to them without saying anything. Plus who said that we can't make sure if we are going in the right direction anyway?*” Ieyasu said while scratching the top of his head with his hand while having a silly smile across his face.

”*I knew it! You don't care about directions at all! Well, they don't look like bad guys so I guess it's alright*” Sayo replied while glaring at Ieyasu since she knew what was his goal.

Akashi was actually able to hear their entire conversation since they weren't exactly whispering that quietly, not to mention his enhanced senses which include a hearing. However he pretended like he never heard anything, the only thing that caught his interest a bit was so-called 'ambush'. He also noticed that they didn't have and backpacks or anything.

Akashi decided to put Poney down since he was expecting those 2 to approach them shortly.

And as he expected, the boy was the first to introduce himself with the girl behind.

'They definitely came from the village but still...That girl has some fair skin and silky hair...I quite pity her beauty already. She will have a hard time in the Capital.' Akashi thought while he was introducing himself and his companions which showed those 2 that he is the leader.

”If you don't mind us asking, do you know how far the Capital is from here?” Ieyasu asked while looking at Kurome but she simply frowned and tilted her head to the side with a confused expression.

'Cute!' This was Ieyasu's first thought when he saw Kurome tilt her head to the side.

*Smack* ”Ouch!” Ieyasu felt something hit back of his head so he turned at Sayo with a confused expression.

”Oho, sorry...I saw a fly on your head but it managed to get away.” Sayo replied with a menacing smile while failing to hide it behind her hand but when she noticed Akashi looking at her with a weird expression, she changed it into a flowery gentle smile.

'These guys are naive idiots, they will die the first day inside the Capital.' Akashi thought.

”It's probably about 25 kilometers from here if you will follow this road...We are going there too.” Akashi quickly replied since Ieyasu's question was about to be forgotten.