[Editor: Arhael]
“Well then, we have some business”
I shouldn"t talk about internal affair too much. I boosted Charon a bit, but it would be overkill if I do more than this.
I remembered my purpose coming here and decided to leave early.
“Ah, I"m sorry for taking your time. I"ve been taken care of by Yumir”
“You owe me the favor.”
Put my fingers up and declare to sing.
Looking at me, Yaju-san scratched in defeat and Charon make a red face, but this is usual.
It"s also about time to rescue Alicia or not she will be obese with sweets and juice.
“Alicichan want to eat donuts?”
“Yeah, there baked sweets are more delicious. Here, I"ll let you eat. Open your mouth.”
“Ahn~”
Don"t let Alicia eat sweet at night, are you guys planning to make Alicia into a piglet, bas*ard?
At least make one with low calorie.
“Alicia, thanks for waiting”
“Yu-nee, welcome back!”
Alicia jumps off from the chair into my chest…… in her hand, a donut is gripped firmly.
Ueh, I"ve to wash this clothes already.
Grasped firmly with oiled hands and I fell down unintentionally. Well, although the washing is done from the inn service ……
I asked them whether they was selling harness at the counter as it is.
“I"m sorry, harness is -”
“Ah, are you done with your business Yumir-san? Wah, the uniform was very cute -!”
“Shut up, culprit”
I glare at Emily who was following at Alicia.
“Haha, I"m grateful, because my first a.s.signment was completed successfully thanks to you”
“Emily-san also owe me a favor, it"s also a big one”
“B, be gentle … well then, what can I do for you today?”
“Harness, for Urara and Seiko!”
“Harness? Urara? Seiko?”
Emily shook her head to Alicia who interrupted abruptly.
This person, her att.i.tude is very lovely, but why the content is very regrettable……
“I bought two horses, because I need to go back to the gra.s.s land”
“Ah, a harness is it? But it"s a dedicated horse is it, wasn"t it quite expensive?”
“I bought it cheaply from merchant, 80,000 for one horse”
“That is cheap isn"t it? 2% discounts I guess?”
Emily-san start to take out the harness from the back shelf while talking.
You are very talkative as usual. She might be a rare person in this systematic branch … no, not really.
I remember the female employee who was with Alicia, that"s impossible and shake my head.
Women here are basically cute, I guess she works while keeping her desire.
There are only a few staff members who is no good like Emily. Well, it"s nice to be lively.
“Well then, it will cost 2,000 Gils for one harness.”
What she took out was a saddle with stirrup, it"s a set of reins fix with a bellyband.
“Su, surprisingly expensive isn"t it…….?”
“Well, you can ride if you have one.”
I never thought it would be beyond a thousand Gils. I thought it would be cheaper because it was a rough wooden leather.
2 set will cost 4,000 Gils …… but, lets" think of this as an initial investment.
“Then, that -”
I noticed there is someone pulling my sleeve. It"s Alicia.
“What is it Alicia?”
“Yu-nee, that size won"t fit, you know?”
“Hmm?”
She told me so, I take a look at the harness.
The horse I saw n this city was larger than Sara breed, but there was not much different in size.
The harness in front isn"t much different from what I see on horse racing that I watched on TV.
But this, to Bamba horse who is proud of its size, Whether I say it"s fit on Seiko and Urara or not –
“It won"t fit, certainly”
“Eh, this is a standard sized harness though? Most horses should fit with this.”
“I got horse for farming, it"s twice big than normal horse.”
“Uwa … that, it"s a bit out of order if it"s compared to ordinary farming horse”
Such harness design to fit with normal sized horse.
However, the back thickness is bigger than the saddle if the body is twice big.
If you attach this sized harness to those horses will cause injury.
When Emily heard that, she brought out a bigger harness.
“Yeah, farm horses usual didn"t used for riding and farmer often ride on it naked, so we don"t have the harness for it exclusive use. Adventurers also don"t ride farming horse.”
Said that, the saddle that was taken out was cut oddly.
Certainly, if an adventurer wanted to ride, they would choose the horse that suitable for horse riding. A farming horse in some sense it"s a special horse.
“Because this is for gryphon, so it"s bigger than usual. Maybe it"s going to fit with this much?”
I imagine the body thickness and compare it with the saddle.
Yeah, maybe it"s fine…I guess?
“Maybe it will …. can I return it if it doesn"t fit?”
“Yes, it will be fine within 3 days. If you contact me at that time, it will be easier to process.”
“Then, this will do.”
“Ah, I"ll give this to you, here. Grooming set!”
Next, she took out horse brush and a rough towel.
We supposed to take care of the horse with this?
“Because horses gets lonely easily, please take care of them with time and effort as much as possible”
“I understand, but it think Alicia will do it without being told”
I also have heard that in my original world. Like grooming is important mean for communication or so?
Fortunately the saddle price didn"t change, so wasteful expense could be suppressed.
She looks a bit lonely after I finished paying with guild card.
“Both of you will leave in three days isn"t it?”
“That"s right, we can"t leave the village to long”
It takes more than 2 weeks to return, it"s not a short distance to go back and forth.
“I"ll be lonely, because there"s no moisture in this workplace ….”
“No, aren"t there many female staff here?”
“It"s already dry! It"s a dead tree, withered - ow ow ow ow!?”
“Who is the dead tree?”
A older senior was creeping behind Emily-san. She deserve it.
“But healing like Alicichan will be gone, I"m also disappointed. If it"s okay, within the few time left, you don"t need to do it but please show your face here.”
“Ahaha, I"ll try my best. Well then, Alicia, let"s go home. It"s about time to go to bed.”
“Okay, see you again, Onee-chan!”
Most of the female employee wave their hands to Alicia energetically.
And it"s somewhat strange that few of male employee were also waving their hands.
“Ah, Yumir-san, I"ll carry your luggage”
“They are having a party over there, what are you going to do if the main character is missing? Attentiveness means is something around that you know?”
In the background, I saw Adrian drinking alcohol in the lobby to celebrate his new leader and Yaju-san is ordering a light snack.
Since the lobby sometimes held an interview with client, so they are prepare some light snack to deal with it.
For that reason the dining room was made. Although the price is cheap but the taste seems to be bad.
“Uhh … that"s certainly, I was careless. Then see you again”
“Yes yes, see you again”
If you stay together with this guy for long, his character will be activated. Please give me a break from being humiliated in public.
Meanwhile, Alicia received a donut as a souvenir from another staff member.
This child …… surprisingly shrewd.
Next morning, I headed to Cazalsan blacksmith.
Today is the long waited day where the sled prototype is completed. If it goes well, the action range increased.
Both of me and Alicia heading to the blacksmith while pulling the horses hami.
The horses with huge body that can"t be compared with a young girl are following without opposing.
“Good morning, Cazalsan, the sled is ready?”
“Oh, so early. If it"s the prototype, it"s done. It"s not a big deal since it"s just a combination of horse drawn carriage and sled”
Went around the shop and the carriage was there.
There was a carriage with skis instead of wheels.
The size is about 3 meters wide, about 4 meters in length. It"s about the size of medium sized truck.
But this is …
“The suspension is exposed?”
“Ah, I thought of riding it first. Since the suspension will be covered with leather later, so there"s no need to worry about being entangled”
“Then it"s fine. Well then, I"ll connect the horses okay?”
The two horses tied on the carriage while being guided by Cazalsan.
Since it was made for 2 horses drawn carriage, so we were able to connect Seiko and Urara big bodies without problem.
“But this horse is sure huge … I didn"t expect it will be this big. Do you want to make a little more bigger?”
“No, if it"s bigger than this, I"ll be troubled in the city streets. This is enough”
“I was worried that the carriage was too big, but there would be no problem at all with this”
Ride the carriage and head outside of the city as it is.
It was a first time for me to ride a carriage, so Cazalsan will be driving.
I"m going to make you teach me after going out from the city.
In spite of the large resistance because it doesn"t have wheel, the two horses walk lightly as if it"s nothing.
Cazalsan also had his eye wide open seeing the horses strength.
“This is amazing, this horse must be expensive”
“Eh, no, it was cheaper than normal you know?”
“You made a profit. No, it seen as investment I guess…?”
That merchant … it"s reminds me Keith-san slender eyes high calculation level.
“Perhaps, I guess so. Because I"m also a right holder”
“Right holder!?”
“Eh, I didn"t mention it? The labyrinth that found in the gra.s.s land -”
“That!”
Speaking of which, I feel like I didn"t mention about that.
“It was near to the middle of the gra.s.s land if not mistaken …… well you should have a sled, isn"t it?”
Arrived at the gate, Cazalsan shows his resident card and went out.
If you show a resident card that is the proof of residents of the city, you don"t have to pay the entry tax. One silver coin, there"s no problem with a hundred Gils, but it"s nice to be able to save troubles.
Going out from the city, gra.s.s land - even I said so it"s not a entirely gra.s.s land, but it"s small part of it and runs there.
The near gra.s.s here is short and not too st.u.r.dy, so there is no need to worry about being entangled.
The suspension have X shaped design and it made the ride more comfortable than I had imagined.
Seiko and Urara who are pulling the sled also seem to be satisfied and running around so much.
Cazalsan is checking the carriage after confirming the comfort and maneuverability.
“Fumu, there isn"t much deterioration on the metal parts. Well, it"s an hour test, so I don"t know if about it in long distance.”
“I was satisfied enough you know? Satisfied enough to buy this as it is already”
“Well wait. If this horses who are going to pull it, this sled will be more durable if I replace this twisted rod with iron.”
The twisted rod that Cazalsan says is the part which form X shaped, twisted rod has a slightly different meaning in the original world.
But it may be have the same sense as suspension I guess?
Anyway, an idea came out to change it from wood to metal.
“That will be heavy…… well, I guess it will be all right with these girls?”
“Right? However, since it will be a long distance, it would be better to keep the load a little.”
Was I got exposed that we would go home with rice seedlings secretly?
I feel like I got nailed beforehand.
“Ehehe, I"ll do that.”
“If you install a canopy, I can be a subst.i.tute for a tent”
“Ah, that"s nice. Sleeping outdoors is painful too.”
Since the carriage has a suspension attached, it seems that I can sleep better than sleeping on the ground.
Besides, it"s also good as a measure against rain. Although the gra.s.s land has less rain, it"s not entirely doesn"t rain.
We can also prevent the baggage from getting wet, so I"m agree to install a canopy on the top.
After that, we held a small discussion and finally had design for the finished product.
“Then, I only need to give this idea to Ako?”
“Yeah, it"s hard for me to spread it.”
“If you put your name out, you would get quite a lot of money.”
“This sled is originally an idea from Ako-san”
I only improved the idea.
Besides, if the sled is spread, the adventurers that will visit the village will increase and it will increase my income indirectly.
Surely there will be no loss in long run.
Thus, we got a transportation for a long distance.