104 Camp (1/2)

Black haired wise man Chiyuki

Below me on the griffon, I can see the warriors preparing for the camp.

It's still early in the day, but the preparations will have to start now or they won't be ready in time.

The location of the camp is where the country used to be.

If the country still existed, up to five hundred people could live there, but now no one lives there.

We don't know what caused the country's demise.

However, the walls, which have no one to protect them, are half decayed and broken in many places, but they are still standing. It's just right for camping.

The problem is that it's just too small to accommodate all the warriors.

Most of them can't, and most of them will camp outside the city walls.

Most of them will camp outside the city walls, but no complaints are heard.

Is it because most of them live outdoors?

I see naked warriors laughing at each other.

Many of them, as far as I can tell, are not wearing any equipment.

As far as I can tell, many of them are not equipped as far as they are concerned, and some of them don't even wear clothes on a daily basis.

They are called mad warriors, and they believe in fighting without wearing armor.

However, although it's good that they don't wear armor, I'd like them to at least wear underwear.

Because of this, it's sometimes hard to look at them.

Reno and Nao laugh at my situation.

I wonder if they are okay with it?

Shirone seems to be okay with it.

She says it's something cute like that.

Maybe she's seen more amazing things in the past, but I'm too scared to ask.

The white rabbit isn't here.

We flew to the nearby Kingdom of Argoa from here. Of course I told him not to enter Nargol.

Well, we'll be back by morning.

'Hey, Mr. Rage. Let's get out of here now. I'm tired.

Reno, who was riding the hippogriff with Nao, tells Rage.

The insufferable Reno looks tired of being on the hippogriff.

'All right. Reno. That's why. Chiyuki. Let's go down and get some rest.

Rage looks at me and smiles at me.

'All right. Everyone. I'd like to ask General Porthos what his plans are, and it's time to get off.

I nodded at Rage's words on the Pegasus and dropped the gryphon off at the place that hit the country square.

''It smells good, doesn't it? It looks like they're making a better treat than usual tonight.''

Nao says as I get off, looking around.

I'm drooling. Haphazard.

In the square, the encampment chasers are preparing dinner.

The encampment chasers are not warriors, they are people hired by the kingdom of Velos.

Their main job is to bring supplies, cook meals and take care of us.

I see one of them pulling salted meat out of a crate.

There are preserved foods in this world, just like in ours. Drying, salting and so on.

However, unlike in our world, there are also foods preserved by magic, which shows the uniqueness of this other world.

This magical preservation does not degrade the food and is better than the preservation techniques of our world.

However, there are only a few people who can use this magic, and the maximum effect seems to be limited to about three days for those who lack magical power.

For this reason, many preserved foods are made without using magic.

However, preserved food without magic is not tasty. Salted food is too salty, and dried bread is too hard to eat unless you soak it in water.

I also tried it, but it wasn't good.

''This is brave people. Your tent is ready.''

One of the female camp chasers who had noticed us came over and bowed to us.

She is one of our caretakers.

Ekaras, King of Velos, has assigned a special person to take care of us.

Unaccustomed to traveling, they came in a carriage, unlike the other camp chasers. Therefore, their clothes were completely clean.

In addition, they gave us a bed to sleep in, a bathroom to cook in, and someone to take care of the pegasus and griffon.

It was utterly perfect.

Apparently, Ekaras expects us to solve his problems.

But I'm not sure I'm going to live up to his expectations.

”Thank you. We will take care of you.

Rage smiles and I can see her cheeks flush when she smiles.

It's not a bit amusing.

''Well then, Rage-kun. I'm going to go to General Porthos.''

Yeah. Come on. Chiyuki.

Not wanting to be seen in a bad mood, I decide to head alone to General Porthos' camp.

Now where is the general?

I look for a handful of camp pursuers and see a pair of men and women walking towards me.

'Huh?　Isn't that Mr. Remus?　What are you doing here?

Walking in are Remus and Charis of the Red Bear Warriors.

''This is the black-haired wise man. We're here to help you distribute the food. We need to make sure that no one is taking food illegally, so Charis is helping me.

Then the girl in the bikini armor beside me nodded.

'I see, that's tough. But I think Remus-kun can handle it. Because you're excellent.

Such as .......

Remus blushes when I praise him.

He has a moderately well-groomed face, which makes him a tease.

I met Remus on the march.

He can read, write, and calculate, which is unusual for a member of the Tors warrior group, and he never forgets a face he has seen.

It's difficult to run an organization with people who have no ability to do anything but fight.

Thanks to someone like him, the Red Bear Warriors would be greatly helped.

However, he is too slender to be a warrior.

Remus is unusually clothed for a Thors warrior, so his upper body is not visible, but he seems to have no muscles.

I'm beginning to worry about whether he'll be able to make it among the warriors who are often rough around the edges.

However, he wouldn't want to leave the warrior group. That's because of Karis, who is next to him.

Karis is quite a pretty girl.

Her brown skin peeking out of her bikini armor is very healthy.

Karis is a warrior of the goddess of war, Amazona.

She has a slender appearance, but she is quite strong, probably due to the inspiration of the beast.

Apparently even male warriors of her age are no match for her.

She was defeated by Syrone, but I recall that it was a pretty brilliant move.

That Karis looks unamused when she sees Remus, who has turned red.

How smiling is that?

You'll be able to find out more about it, wise man. Where are you going, Sage-sama?

Uh, I'm looking for General Porthos, Mr. Remus. Have you heard of it?

Oh, in that case. You'll be in your tent at the end of this one.

Remus then points to it.

'Yes, thank you. Well then, you two, I'm interrupting, I'll go.

The two of them look surprised when I say that.

And then, soon after, they blush.

It's a totally enviable relationship.

I decide to leave quickly.

I walk away from them.

Remus leads me to a tent that looks like it, and I soon find it.

I'm not sure if it's because there are a lot of soldierly men who are clearly not freedom fighters.

The tent of General Porthos is designed to reinforce the broken city walls.

It seems that General Porthos uses the inside of the walls mainly for supplies for his expeditions, and for lodging for non-combatants, such as camp pursuers who brought them in.

General Porthos brought 6 knights and 50 soldiers with him.

They also seem to sleep outside the city walls.

When I announced my arrival to one of the soldiers, he took me to the tent.

The tent is magnificent, and it seems to be more comfortable than those lodges.

When I entered, I found that Generals Porthos and his men were already gathered there.

This is the dark-haired wise man. We thought you would be coming soon. We have been expecting you.'

A burly man in fine armor stands up and leads me to my seat.

This fat man leads the warriors as General Porthos.

He is said to be from a prominent noble family of Velos and has the title of knight, but he doesn't look very much like it.

This is because if he doesn't wear knightly armor, he looks like a normal, middle-aged, overweight uncle who can be found anywhere.

I'm beginning to doubt whether I can really ride a horse.

I'm sure you'll be able to see that the reason I've come this far is because of the brave men. I am grateful to you.

When Porthos said that, those present nodded in agreement.

''It was really hard work, wasn't it? General. After all, they are not disciplined ....... In a way, they are more dangerous than the goblins that attack us at night. The only thing better than that is the Red Bear Warriors led by Master Arcus.