NOVEL NEXT Chapter 9: The Journey Started
When I was going to sit on the horse, my eyes fell on a man
"what a coincidence."
"What happened?"
I quickly walked towards him.
"Hi, I assume you are a jeweler"
"yeah, but how do you know?"
"Just a hunch. By the way, what type of jewels do you sell?" I already know the answer but I still asked.
"Oh, I sell everything there is, from small to large. You could call me an accessories dealer."
"What's the difference?"
"Care to take a look at my products?"
different accessories could be imbued with magic to give different effects to their wearer.
"And how much does this iron bracelet embued with magic will cost?"
"Well, it will raise the wearer's attack power, and goes for 100 pieces of silver."
"Just how much are you going to make me wait?"
Alna came right next to me, I got scared for a moment.
"It's done."
I wore the bracelet and sat on the horse behind her. I wanted the front seat but since she's cooperating so much, I can't throw tantrums.
I had learned to ride horses in my previous life.
She kicked it's belly and the horse started running.
"How much time would it take to reach there?"
"It would've taken around 6 days on a carriage. But with my horseriding skills, it'll only take 3 days" she said confidently
"I don't have that much time, can you let me ride the horse instead? I'll make it two"
"I can still increase the speed, You should've told me"
She kicked the belly of the horse, it increased its speed. I hope she won't tire it out.
SARAH'S POV:~
I heard that the heroes are from a different world, where there are no horses. But the way he's calmly sitting despite the horse being at such velocity, it seems that this is an everyday thing to him.
"Hold me tightly, I am going to increase the speed" I said
"No problem, you can increase the speed as much as you want. Just don't tire the horse out"
"It won't get tired, I've used some buff spells on the horse"
I took the horse to its maximum speed. I wanted Naofumi to hold me tightly, but looks like my luck isn't so good.
Don't worry my little Shield Hero. this time, I'll make sure that you can rely on me.
Even though we were on max speed, he was unfazed. He didn't even held me. He was managing to sit on the horse by the sheer grip of his feets.
It was becoming quite boring.
There were also some childrens on the streets, they were shouting in excitement. I bet they never saw a horse this fast.
Honestly, I don't like children. I get annoyed just by looking at them. But I can't let others know about it.
Some minutes passed and we were in the forest now.
"Hey, why are you helping me so much"
"I lost the fight, didn't I?"
This is the only conversation happened between us after reaching the forest.
We were riding for about 4 hours, my butt has started hurting. Hey, it must've been nice having so high defence stat right?
"Looks like the horse is tired." I just can't ride anymore
"Alright, let's camp here."
We found a good place to spend today's night and tied the horse to a tree.
I took out my tent.
"Where did you get the expansion bag from?"
"Why, I can't have it?"
"It is not like that, but it is very rare."
"I saved a rich merchant from bandits and he happily gave it to me."
"I bet he would be a simp."
"What does it mean?" I didn't understand.
"By the way, what is its capacity?"
"Not much, just 3 metre square"
His expression was quite funny
I started cooking food while he was feeding the horse.
"Hey, how old you were when your family died?"
"Nine."
"It must've been tough."
"It was."
He didn't asked further. Maybe he thought that talking about it will bring some bad memories, or Maybe he thought that "THAT" thing has happened to me and I was no longer pure.
But don't worry Naofumi, I still managed to be as pure as a maiden. Of course I had to kill some people for that.