After leaving the desert country of Embara, we headed east again in a magic airship.
“Haah~, it was really bad…… Ugh, uweeh~, I don’t want to remember it, but I…… that old woman’s nakedness is in my mind again.”
I blurted out as I slumped in the wheelhouse.
『Why did you run away, Master? It was a sight that you were willing to spend a lot of money to see, right? 』
“Of course I should! I don’t want to see it even if they offered me a lot of money!”
After that encounter, I quickly converted the large amount of coins back into cash. But when exchanging coins, they charge a 20% commission, so it was a huge loss even though I didn’t do anything.
“I mean, isn’t it pretty crazy for an owner to suddenly get naked in front of such an innocent baby?”
『Isn’t it because Master wanted it so badly that you even filed a complaint? Besides, she’s probably no match for Master who’s pretending to be a baby even though you are actually an old man. 』
In any case, that incident was completely traumatic.
I didn’t want to be in that place anymore, so I decided to resume our journey as soon as possible.
In the first place, our target destination is the East, and we just had a random stop along the way.
By the way, when I told her that I was going to leave soon, Eleonore went out of her way to see us off before leaving. She asked me if I could stay in the city a little longer, but I politely declined.
“Hmm, I’ve enjoyed it enough. I want to know the sword skills of the East as soon as possible.”
Fana is in a good mood after winning big at the gambling house, and she is looking forward to our arrival at the target destination.
“Ugh…… I’m penniless……”
In contrast, Anje, who suffered a crushing defeat, was left depressed because all the money she had was used up.
“I’ve been through a lot too. It’s a lot of fun to be a human being though.”
Lill, who was mistaken for a staff member, is said to have done dozens of times more work than an ordinary clerk with her overwhelming physical ability.
Moreover, because she was the only one who had different type of animal ears, she stood out. She was well received by customers, and before she knew it, she had become the most popular one.
……In fact, she wasn’t a staff member or anything.
The others were very surprised when it was finally discovered, but it seems that the owner directly persuaded her to become an official one.
Yes, I’m talking about that perverted striping old hag.
『The one who asked her to get naked was you Master. A perverted old man with a big breast fetish.』
Please don’t speak ill of people.
In the meantime, the airship passed through the desert. Going further, we came to an area of fresh greenery. It’s not just a meadow. It’s beautifully plotted and clearly man-made.
“Those are rice fields.”
“Rice fields?”
“In the East, a grain called rice is their staple food. Rice fields are where they grow it.”
“Wow, it’s like a green carpet, it’s beautiful!”
“But how do you work in such a vast rice field?”
The rice fields stretched all the way to the end.
Along the way, there are a few villages that almost look like a town, but they are clearly not large enough to be managed by that level of manpower.
When I came to this area in the past, there were rice fields here too, but they weren’t on this scale.
“There’s something moving over there.”
“You’re right…… I wonder what that is. And if you look closely, are there people on it?”
A large object with wheels was slowly moving on the soil, which still seemed to be uncleared. Strangely, after it has passed through, the soil is clearly plowed.
Normally, they use human power, oxen or horses, but apparently, they now use that mysterious tool to cultivate the uncultivated soil. The speed is much faster than using cattle and horses, let alone human power.
“Is it a kind of magic tool?”
“Maybe.”
At that time, the East was a country with backward magic, and they even abhorred magic by calling it witchcraft.
As expected, more than 1,500 years have passed, and as exchanges with the West have flourished, their understanding of magic must have progressed.
Meanwhile the city came into view. It is the same as it was at that time, and the houses with tiled roofs peculiar to the East are lined up.
“That’s the largest country in the East, Edou.”
This is translated by Yume Neiji. Kindly read at yumeineijiworks.wordpress.com.
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