85 Chapter 85 - On the Road Again (2/2)

”There's no way that he'll make it to Valkland with that wheel.Do you have anything that can fix it?”Annie felt bad for the guy's situation since he had his two daughters with him.If he was by himself then she would just leave him to ride his horse back to the city.

Gren could just replace the entire wheel but he had to take it off by hand.The wheel was kept on using a wooden wedge that had been hammered in so it would be easy to remove it... if you were Ahk.”Can you get this for me?”Ahk pulled the wedge out like it was nothing.”I'll go do some repairs and be right back.”

Creating a functional replica of the wheel was easy but Gren had to wait in the back of the wagon.The elves didn't seem to trust him and chose to wait outside in the cold so he just sat there awkwardly while sitting in Jasmine's lap.He didn't want to sit in her lap but she was strong so it's not like he had a choice.”I think I've waited for too long.Can you let go of me now?”

”Do I have to?”Jasmine was only half awake and she didn't want to let go of him.”Your hair always smells so good.Just give me another five minutes.”Gren only managed to get free when Annie came in and whacked Jasmine on the head.

Gren brought the new wheel with him and put it on the carriage without letting the guy inspect it.Hopefully the guy would never notice that it looked nothing like their own wheels.The man thanked Gren and gave him a couple silvers before Annie took them, giving one silver each to the two girls in the carriage.”Come on, Gren, we've got to get going.Ahk has already moved the tree so there's nothing keeping us here.”

After getting back on the wagon, Gren and Letta switched places.Letta was riding next to Osmond on the driver's seat while Gren entered the wagon.The elf girls looked uncomfortable with him there but Annie convinced them to stay inside.Gren could only hear bits and pieces of their conversation but what he did hear made him understand why they were afraid.They still thought of him as their master, even though Gren had already freed them.Their last master was a terrible person that used them as sex slaves so they thought that Gren would do the same in this enclosed place.

They were only children... they shouldn't need to worry about things like that.The world he was from was far from perfect but at least things like slavery were illegal.He should be considered someone important in this world as the son of their Goddess so maybe he could make a change.

Even if nobody listened to him, he could always singlehandedly bring about the industrial revolution and make it where they don't need slaves anymore.It wouldn't do anything get rid of the people that wanted sex slaves but it would be a start.He could understand their desire for beautiful women that gave them sexual release whenever they wanted but that's what brothels were for.He hadn't been to one yet but he remembered seeing that one in the slums.

”Getting rid of slavery won't be that easy.”Eh?Gren looked down and saw that one of Mimi's tentacles was resting on his hand.”There's no way that people will give up their traditions for some machines that they don't understand.”Mimi unlatched the hatch on Annie's armor and pulled herself out, bringing the core of her body to Gren's lap.”Can you think about those machines again?Especially that one with the giant spinning blade on the front.”The harvester?”Whoooa, just imagine that thing in a battle.”

”They're not meant to be used for war.They cut up crops and then separate the grain from the stalk.At least, that's what I think they do.I've never actually used one.”Gren wasn't sure if he could make one with the system's blueprints.Mimi moved away from Gren when he thought about the system.”Don't worry, I won't use it when you're touching me.”

”I still see that thing in my dreams sometimes.”Gren felt bad that he caused her nightmares and still wondered what she saw.”If you want to know, I can tell you.It was mostly dark but there were voices all around me and they seemed to be coming from the dead souls around me.The monster seemed to be devouring those souls with its large tentacles.It was covered with eyes with one really large one in the center of its body.”A soul-devouring giant tentacle monster with eyes?Gren would bet money on it being evil.”When the large eye locked on to me, I started to panic.”

Gren was planning on showing Mimi some tanks and planes when his head started to hurt again.This wasn't the first time that it happened but they would suddenly come without warning.Using healing magic didn't help them but they never lasted long.There was nothing wrong with his body according to the scans but it didn't make sense.There was nothing that he could do about it so hopefully it didn't get worse in the future.

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Gren's calculations were off; he didn't know that horses could only travel for eight hours a day.Instead of the two days he expected, it would take three to get to Fort Togo.So much for not camping in the wilderness.They would be spending the night in a clearing at the side of the road.The snow was melting which made the clearing muddy so Gren's magic was needed to separate the water from the dirt so that they could set up their tents.

”Should I set up some barriers just to be safe?”Gren had some iron walls made a couple of months ago for when he started doing missions but never had a chance to use them.Annie didn't know what he was talking about.”I'll just set them up and you tell me if I should keep them.”The camp was larger than the one he prepared for so he set them up on the side closest to the forest.There was a small watch tower that could be attached to the walls so Gren placed it in the center.”Is this good?”

Gren turned to see Annie's surprised look.”Where did these come from?”Right, Annie didn't see him using the pocket dimension before this.

”You know, it's hard to explain that.It's technically coming from inside of me.”This would take a while to explain.He'd have to tell her about his preparations for the battle since she was the leader, right?