Chapter 31 (1/2)

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at 2nd of July 2019 03:11:58 PM

Chapter 31

This has beco to fail to keep my promise with Ruiseine, I now have to travel away from the city for the first time in my life

Ruiseine has an appointment at the tedomIn order to reach the vice capital, Anbis, ill need to travel east from the capital city for about three days

Anbis is the kingdom’s center of administrationThis is because the capital city is surrounded by dangerFurtherrounds, occasionally invadeAs such, dom’s important institutions are in the vice capitalMuch of the general public, likein the vice capital would be betterMost people, however, can’t transfer because of their obligations

By the way, apparently the king stays in the capital for half month and then spends the second half in the vice capital

Anyway, today is the day we head outThree days have passed since Ruiseine told me to meet her at the East Arc de TriompheBack when I told Ruiseine that I’d pick her up at the temple, she told et the feeling things will be really hard for me three days fro to help my classmate, the shrine maiden, Ruiseine, travel to the vice capital

She was shocked to hear that soht with precious money and now uses a wooden sword that looks like it was throay and wears it his waist like a treasure, can serve a shrine s for my journeySince the trip to the vice capital will take three days, it will be a six-day tripThere is a lot I need to bring and sorting through thestar and Mistral that I wouldn’t be able visit thestar lare at ed me with teary eyes which only made Mistral’s ivewith herHowever, but if I don’t return with souvenirs, things will be very bad for uess I came too earlyI don’t see Ruiseine anywhere in the Arc de Trio before do as, “Arc de Triomphe,” but it seems to be the re the early days of the kingdo, the capital city was protected by castle wallsHowever, an invasion of flying dragons, the into disrepair over the years, plus a constant increase of the population lead to theate was left and it was preserved as a historical buildingNow, it’s just an old looking and unappealing gate

At present, even though the royal capital’s territory extends beyond the Arc de Trio eastThat said, the lands in the north and south are not suitable for traveling while the ferocious dragon tribe inhabits the westAs such, everyone leaving the capital goes east

While I a the old Arc de Trioreen, hair shi+htShe wears her shrine maiden uniform as usual

Both shrine maidens and priests have their own special outfitTheir outerwear is a piece of clothing that folds in front while the lower half has strange plus spread around itThey look like clothes froo, and it has a different style from the current clothes styleThat’s why, those fronize even froer than her body, greatlyher stand outFrom what I’ve heard, that sword is the weapon of the war shrine ation training because she was only going to act as a support shrine maiden

Before Ruiseine can noticeI , I just arrived too”

We greet each other with a polite bowRuiseine has always been polite, but I can’t help but follow along and return her politeness

Ruiseine s

“Then, let’s leave immediately”

Prompted by Ruiseine, we leave that place

“Ruiseine’s luggage is s sword in her right hand, her luggage is very littleIt’s only a fraction of mine

“Even if you say that, Ernea, you have quite a lot of luggage, eh?”

“That’s right, since this is a six-day trip after allI already cut it down, though”

It would be bad if we ran out of water and foodI already tried reducing the a and heavyOn the contrary, Ruiseine’s luggage is only a s froswordWhy is it so sivesto be a six-day trip, why are bringing soabout? We will need food and changes of clothes, right?”

Ruiseine makes a troubled expression atwrong?

Ruiseine talks to ered words

“Etto… Once we get on the highway, there will be a post town before the vice capitalWe can have our meals there… We can wear these sae at the vice capital… E-Ernekun, is this, maybe, your first journey?”

“…”

W-Whattttttt???

I as wide, and

I-I didn’t knoas convinced this journey would be like trekking through the wilds of mountains and valleysMyShe must have made the same mistake as me

But if you think about it, that makes senseThe royal capital and the vice capital are quite closeThe highway spanning between them will be loaded with traffic, so there will be inn and cafeteriasI don’t need to carry any foodI just needed to bring a few days’ worth of clothing

My fah to travelHence, neither of us noticed such a basic fact

We haven’t even left yet and I’e for six days?

Uhhh

“F-For the tiainErnekun, do you want to bring all this luggage?”

Ruiseine comforts me, but my feet are heavyI have exposed ht now, iht be sos you don’t need”

“Uhhhhh, Ruiseine, so even you think e is unnecessary”

“T-T-That’s not itErnea, your preparations are definitely going to be usefulIt’s just that s at all tieous for you to sell them to thean the unusually flustered RuiseineI shouldn’t tease a shrine hwayRuiseine seeh it is still early in thebyWe are still within the lihway isitA couple of the early stores have already opened and are now trying to attract custo before me is new and freshWhat is thatat such early ti? What kind of adventures are those star eyed adventurers going to have?

As I hile looking around in amazement, I notice that Ruiseine watches

“Ernkun, looks like you’re having fun, eh?”

“I-Is that so?”

I blush at her words

Did I look that excited? Maybe I a about traveling with the beauty, Ruiseine

Where did allthis trip

“I’ to continue the trip, Ernekun”

“I don’t feel reluctant at all, thoughAnd isn’t this service work due to not keeping my proive me at the vice capital, but this ison a proper journey with Ruiseine

“It helps me if you say soBut your service work and promise are different matters, okay! Please tell me the secret properly”

“U-Un, I will tell youI will say it once there are fewer people, okay?”

“Oh leefully smiles

Of course, I will tell youThis tistar for permissionFor one, Ruiseine is someone I trustAlso, as a shrine maiden, she’s a trustworthy personSo, I’m positive I can tell her about itHowever, if she tells Kiri and Inea, they will definitely tell RistiaEverything is still good if it stops there, but things will get if that information spreads even furtherI just need to make sure she promises not to tell anyone

By the way, I’ve been wondering, but if I’ Ruiseine on a journey, why is it called service work? No matter how I look at it, Ruiseine is a shrine er for shrine ood, reverent, believersAs no one wants to incur the wrath of God, the shrine maidens won’t be attacked by peopleEven if the threat of a de the shrine maiden, she is a priestess trained in combatI don’t really think I’m needed to accompany so her

“Etto, that…”

Ruiseine immediately blushes

“Ah, can I tell you later? I will definitely tell you properly, so…”

After saying so, Ruiseine walks ahead of meI hurriedly follow after

What is it? I wonder if there is a secret reason for this journeyI’ll just believe that she will tell e the topicI don’t like the aard at journey, and if we enjoy our trip, we’ll never get tired

Ruiseine and I converse while walking

The buildings along the highway get smaller and the fields becoranary lays in the eastern area of the capital citI think since land for expansion in the north, south, and ere limited, production could only be established in the east

The granaries are flourishi+ngThey not only exports to the Arhboring countryIn exchange, a lot of domThat’s what a teacher said in a lecture, anyway

We pass rain fieldFroardless, we focus on heading east

Ruiseine tells ranaries all the way until the vice capital

As a oes to the vice capitalShe usually goes with Kiri and Inea, but those two are currently traveling with the hero, RistiaI’ll ask him what he’s been up to once he returns