Chapter 618: Departure from Basson
In the afternoon, Bauz and 100-man commander Becker showed up at the troop house in a flash.
“Hey Smithson, who’s the biggest guy here right now?”
“100-man commander. ……Emm, probably Isaac, but it should be……”
In front of the barracks, I was sitting on a bench lined up for rest (a sturdy stone platform with wood thatched over it so that ogres could sit on it) and my eyes were searching for Isaac. He must be training or tending to equipment in the early afternoon, so he must be there. I go to……where he taps me on the shoulder from behind.
“Hey, Smithson. You forgot about me”
“……A, Ah……you were here too”
It was Williams, another crossbow 100-man commander.
“There! I was there the whole time! Why does everybody react like that to me!? I’m the double leader here now, for crying out loud! Why is everyone all over Isaac!”
“Because……I don’t feel like I can rely on you to solve anything……”
“You’re so prejudiced!”
Williams is suddenly at maximum tension and Becker folds his arms and sighs, 「Well, I don’t really care either way」.
“There are some kids who want to move here. Can you help me arrange that?”
“Emigration? Emigration……what do you mean by that?”
“……Why don’t you know the situation?”
100-man special duty commander Becker was stunned. I explained the purpose of this visit when I arrived here. It seems Isaac didn’t get it.
“It’s always young girls from the south coast and from Lapal. Five in all”
“I thought it would be a lot of trouble if they were foreigners……”
“All of them have been victims of trafficking and drug trafficking at one time or another. For now, we’ll help them find a place to live and a job……I’m sure Captain Dianne will get around to it”
“E, Eh……you’re going to push them with our authority if they don’t have a clear identity?”
“……You’re no good. Bring in the cow”
“Ah, no, no, no, I’m not saying we won’t do it! I’m just saying we’re aware that there are problems!”
To begin with, Celesta doesn’t manage family registries that thoroughly. Or should I say it can’t be done. There are many people living in areas such as the Great Desert Labyrinth that the authorities do not have a grasp of and the miscellaneous lifestyles of the various races make complete control nearly impossible. It is almost impossible to completely manage them. Efforts are still being made to collect taxes and other taxes, but to a certain extent, the situation has been given up on. Therefore, it is not unusual for a newcomer to obtain a family register and it is not so complicated. It would be even easier if Dianne, who has a lot of contacts in various places, helped them out. What Williams is reluctant about is that if he is entrusted with the job, he would have to look after the family in case of trouble. The military’s guardianship would make most things go away, but it would still be more trouble than it’s worth. I’d like to see a lot of people who are willing to work with us.
“Isaac would have said, 『If that’s the case, leave it to me』 and taken care of it……”
“He’s got a big mouth, but he leaves all the paperwork to Mikagami. He’s a very dependable guy, but you can’t trust Isaac to do all the paperwork”
“When Mikagami wasn’t around, he did it himself……he’s only assigning work because he’s helping out”
“No, it’s just corruption! I know! He’s not as capable of being a leader as you say!”
What’s your point, Williams? It doesn’t make you a better leader.
“What’s Bauz doing here?”
“He wants to know when the next move will be. If it’s going to be long, we’re going to have to think a little bit about where we’re going to put the boat”
“Yeah”
Bauz is taking people out by boat. If you leave it around, it will be much more noticeable than a horse-drawn carriage. It would indeed be concealed by an illusion, but it can’t be maintained for a long period of time after a single treatment.
“I don’t intend to stay that long……or rather, I could leave tomorrow if the girl’s side of things on your side is adjusted”
“I’ve hardly seen you guys moving around town, but……”
“I know the town well. I know some people down the street, so I’ll stop by every so often if I’m heading south and there’s not a lot I really need to do here right now”
“I see……the climate is nice here. The women were happy to find such a nice place, but I guess it’s not so attractive to you”
“I do think it’s a nice town”
Bauz is right, the climate is just right. It doesn’t have the snowy winters of Polka, nor does it have the extreme heat of the desert. The town has a moderate Celesta-like liveliness, but it’s not so bad that it’s unsafe. And there are not many demons attacking the town. The crossbowmen usually hunt them down before they do. It is a very nice town to settle down in.
“But then, there should be more people who want to live here”
“It’s only the first one. I’m sure there are many other places to visit, right? There are many girls who decide where they want to go after they have seen it”
“I see”
Surely there is no rush to decide on a permanent residence? The journey that would take a lot of money and time on foot or by boat can be done in a fraction of the time it takes now.
“Then, I would like to stop at as many places as possible……and they should be livable places, too”
I’d like to visit the desert cat beast colony, but I don’t think we need to stop at this one on the way there. At any rate, it’s not a good place to settle women from the outside. It would be fine on the way back. So that would be a route east of the desert, closer to the prairie area, if we assume we’re going to Rennesto…… We would go around Rennesto once, then cross the mountain range again and take a break around Helicon and stop at Sitar on that coast for a while before going to the Lapal Islands. If we plan to stay about two days each, we’ll be in Polka in about two or three weeks. Then I could go back to Kalwin and see Leyla and Corti. I can picture the route in my head. I thought of a route that would take me to the Blue Snake Mountains. ……If I were to take a route that did not cross the Blue Snake Mountains directly from here, but went south for a while and then turned east at a right angle to go to Rennesto, I could stop at Harmonium on the way there. It’s called the City of Crafts and is the base of the Northern Legion. I’ve never been there. I don’t have any connections there that can help them emigrate, but I’m personally a little glad to be able to stop by. The publisher of that masterpiece erotic picture scroll, 『Dance of the Whore』, is there. It’s a big city and I’m sure I can find it if I look for it.
“……Well, if Williams’ work is up to snuff, we’ll leave tomorrow evening. Our next destination is Harmonium”
“Harmonium? I thought it would be hard to move to that part of the world”
Special duty commander Becker made a strange face.
“Well, that’s true, but there’s something I want to go buy for myself”
“There may be more goods than here or in Officlade. Why don’t you just go to Talc?”
“Talc might not have it”
“?”
100-man commander Becker looks doubtful. The city of Talc is larger and has a longer history, so if you are looking for weapons, tools, liquor, or other similar items, you can probably get them in Talc. However, this is not the case with erotic picture scrolls. However, no matter how many men are there, it is hard to say in front of serious Bauz, 「This is to buy erotic picture scrolls!」.
“Well, well. It’s completely selfish of me, but please forgive me at least that much. It’s just for sightseeing”
“N, ah……that’s because you’re like the host, so I won’t complain”
“Hmm……sightseeing, huh?”
The next destination is decided.
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The next day.
“Anyway, we’re going to our next destination soon, so everyone get ready”
『Yees』
Aside from the members of the Bauz side, my female slaves were well accustomed to traveling, and when I gave the order, they put their belongings into the wagon in 30 minutes. We were not planning to stay long to begin with. Tetes and the others were going to Rennesto and the rest of us knew that Lapal was our destination, so we didn’t spread out our luggage too much.
“I guess this means I have to say goodbye to Celesta for a while, huh?”
“No, Tetes-chan, you don’t have that many feelings for Celesta, do you?”
“I’d rather stay in Polka, but the thought that I might not be able to leave Renfangas for a while makes me a little sad to leave the exoticism behind”
“Ah……it’s not easy being the daughter of an important man”
“I’m also concerned that as a black arm I might be in a bit of trouble……”
“The knight chief should concentrate on the troublesome things and cool off a little. She’s been poisoned a little too much by 10-man captain Smithson”
“You say the meanest things”
Following the Gauntlet Knights, who are as talkative as ever, are Irina and Fennel, then Neia and Beatrice, Luna, Hilda-san and Anzeros and Aurora.
“See you later, Smithson”
“Ou. Take care of the girls, Isaac”
Isaac came to see me off, so I waved him off and got into the carriage. I sat down in a chair and looked around the carriage, looking out the window and noticed that the female slaves (and some not female slaves) in the carriage had started taking off their clothes as if they were in the changing room of a hot spring and I was taken aback. I was stunned.
“……What are you doing?”
“I’m going to serve you in every way I can until we get to Harmonium, of course”
“Tetes, you!”
It seemed that Tetes was the first one to enter the carriage and everyone else was just going along with her suggestion.
“Oh, that’s fine. I’m not busy anyway and if Beatrice and Neia are already interested, there’s no need to worry about them”
“Look, Beatrice. I’ll help you with that”
“Ugh……h, how could you guys agree to suddenly ask me to get naked in a place like this with a straight face?”
“Of course I’m embarrassed”
Beatrice couldn’t reach out properly in the small carriage, so Neia helped her undress. Fennel helped Irina, Almeida helped Sharon and Tetes helped Naris with their clothes, which was quite a sight to behold. I took a break.
“……I’m not going to make any moves, okay?”
“Yes”
“I’ll take care of it”
“I’ll serve you with my mouth and my hips”
Everyone was in high spirits.
“No, I don’t really want to have sex, you know? There’s no point in trying to hold on in this situation, so I’ll just follow the rules as a social etiquette”
“Naris, you’re so noisy by yourself. Be honest sometimes”
“Stop being noisy, we have our own pride! Let me finish!”
……I’m sorry, but if you’re going to join in right away, your pride is completely worthless, Naris.