「 I’m not worried about you, but make sure you don’t kill who you’re fighting okay? Also, don’t go for accidents on purpose 」
「 What are you saying with such a serious face 」
The old man is giving me a firm grip on both shoulders and saying weird things with a scary face.
Don’t kill in a fight, don’t cause accidents on purpose, isn’t it too obvious that you don’t have to warn me about that?
The lad chuckled at the situation and just patted me on the head.
「 Don’t worry, senpai. I’m sure that this guy’s going to continue torment them without finishing them off to make sure they understand the difference in status. You’d be able to pin them down and smash them until they cry and beg for mercy, right?
「 What are you talking about? 」
What kind of person do you think I am?
I’m just an ordinary guy.
The only time I think of doing something devilish, outlandish, and sadistic things is when I’m banging Lina-chan you know?
「 No, but, in that situation… 」
「 If it was a normal kid, it’ll break their mind 」
Somehow, these two old men are having an understanding with a distant look in their eyes. I don’t get it.
Me and the dudes had such a heart-warming interaction, because today’s the day we leave the village and head to school.
Spring of the 12th year. It’s time for children with mana to leave their lands and set out on a journey to be exposed to the rough and tumble of the world.
I will be heading to the soldier school where Zatsuryu and others attend, while LIna-chan’s going for a school for the Kiryu and Junkiryu. The soldier school is the biggest in town, nearest to the village, but the better school is set up in the city on the side of the capital, so it won’t be easy to meet Lina-chan once she leaves the village.
I’ll miss her so I seeded her a lot yesterday and waws going to say again today until the last minute, but Lina-chan’s been taking a snooze since a while ago.
I knew it was because I snuck into Lina-chan’s house and had sex with her until dawn.
I couldn’t bear to wake up Lina-chan, who’s sleeping happily while leaning on her luggage, so I had no choice but to talk to the dudes.
While waiting at the entrance to the village, a cloud of dust could be seen rising beyond the horizon. Something’s coming at a very fast pace.
Dododododo…..
I hear the noise as they approach. A large half-human, half-horse centaur pulls a sturdy iron wagon comes to my view.
The giant body stopped in front while I was staring at the centaur in surprise. The lower half of a horse and upper body of a human goes about three meters in height? Four? Anyway, it’s huge. The human upper body is bigger than the old man, and the horse’s lower body is muscular.
「 I made you wait. That girl must be the Junkiryu—Oops, seems like it 」
「 Shut it 」
「 Hahaha, sorry! I was running as fast as I could to pick you up! 」
Lina-chan, whose sleep was disturbed by the noise, makes a grumpy noise while gushing out her mana. Seems like she was in a middle of a nice dream, and now she’s grumpy.
「 I’m Ben. My duty is to send the Junkiryu back to town. Load the luggage in the wagon behind you. If there are any fragile items, that’ll break. We’ll reach the town by the end of the day, so we’ll leave when you’re ready 」
「 Hmm… 」
Lina-chan whose eyes are still half-closed, put her small bag on the wagon. The wagons were lined with cushions to reduce the vibration somewhat.
I led her by the hand and got her in the wagon.
「 Hmm, is that boy the Zatsuryu? 」
「 Mine… 」
「 I see. Certainly 」
Ben nods, looking at my clothes, then he was convinced of something. Huh, what?
「 Uhm, I was told to walk to the nearest town 」
「 No problem. This much baggage is within the margin of error 」
Huh? I’m going in too?
「 Then, let’s go! 」
「 Ah, wait! Give me my luggage old man!
「 Oh, yeah. Take this! 」
My luggage was still on the ground, so the old man took it and handed it to me. Seeing that, Ben started running as soon as possible.
The people only sending us off were the old man and the lad, then Mother and Father who took their time off from working in the fields, and Lina-chan’s parents, the village chief who had to be there.
Stay healthy. Be careful not to burn your clothes! I hear Father’s voice moving away. The second time my family saying goodbye was easy. I didn’t cry either, and my parents were fine. This is what it’s like in this world.
As for Lina-chan, she immediately dozed off with my arm as her pillow. Not even a glance at her parents. The village chief didn’t tell Lina-chan anything either, just watching her go off.
The village quickly moved away with a lot of rumbling. When will we return to that village? I don’t see anyone from the city returning, and maybe we’ll never come bac
I burned the fading village in my memories. Lina-chan’s happily sleeping.
I had some free time while Lina-chan’s sleeping so I spoke to Ben, and he revealed something shocking.
「 Are there are lot like Ben? I never saw one in our village 」
「 Hmm? We’re quite rare. Most people don’t buck their hips against a horse, do they? 」
「 Huh? 」
Ben told me the details, and it seems that someone with a very strong sexual appetite and ejaculated inside a mare to release their pent-up lust, and it happened to make Ben. A human father, and horse mother. That’s the half-human half-horse centaur.
Naturally, they’re rarely born, and Ben, born of a mare, is sold to the Lord, who orders him around like this.
So people can have children between human and horses in this place.
I might’ve taken this other world too lightly.
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Ben’s legs were fast, and we arrived in a town a little after lunch.
I was told to wait in the town square, so I waited with Lina, then a Green-haired man slowly descended from the sky.
「 This is the Junkiryu girl? Hmm, you look cheeky 」
「 Who? 」
「 I’ve no need to name myself. You need to learn some manners before coming out 」
「 What did you say?! 」
Lina’s magic, which alerted the man, had swelled up, and when she was about to attack, I pulled her arm.
The man in front of us is too far off the magic scale. If we fight now, we’ll lose. It’s unwise to pick a fight.
「 Hmm? The Zatsuryu that Ben informed me about. Very well, an extra Zatsuryu won’t make a difference 」
A man glanced at my clothes, pointed his hand at me, and a cocoon of green wind formed to envelop us.
「 Waa?! 」「 Kyaa! 」
「 Come with me 」
The next moment, the cocoon of wind that enveloped us launched us high up to the sky at a tremendous speed.
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「 Wow, this is beautiful, right? Lina-chan 」
「 R-Right… 」
It’s our first air trip. The cocoon of wind showed the surrounding scene like transparent glass.
It was chilling to fly at high altitude with nothing underfoot, but once you got used to it, it was fun to catch a glimpse of the ground. Lina-chan’s trembling in excitement too.
「 Lina-chan, look! 」
「 Lina-chan, there! 」
「 Lina-chan, you see that? 」
Every time I find something, Lina-chan and I enjoy it together. The beautiful five-colored birds, the boats fishing on the lake, the carriages being attacked by monsters and killing each other, it was exciting for us who never left the village before.
After some time of air-travel, the city came into view, and it was a large city. The city stretches out in concentric circles around a large white palace, surrounded by high outer walls and a long queue of people.
The people above the capital, probably the city defenders, were staring at us, but we passed by them waving our hands.
Then, I saw a different city.
The town spreads out around a white building similar to the earlier palace. The mix of buildings were lively, and the atmosphere is filled with mana.
As the trajectory of the wind-cocoon that’s gradually losing altitude, it seems that this is the upper dragon school where Lina-chan will attend.
So why am I here? Do I have to walk from here to the soldier school?
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「 Junkiryu, Lina-san from the Reya Village. I’ve confirmed your arrival. Huh? A Zatsuryu’s okay to stay here? I never heard about allowing a Zatsuryu accompanying a Junkiryu? 」
「 I never heard of it either 」
The receptionist dude who took me through the enrollment process just let me through as well. I was also told by the soldiers in the village. Old man, Lad. I’m here to thank you one of these days, so ready yourselves.
So that’s why Ben and that green man brought me with Lina-chan. I was treated as Lina-chan’s accessory from the start it seems.
「 Lina-chan, we’ll be together too! That’s nice 」
「 What are you saying? Isn’t that obvious? 」
Your confused face looks cute too. You didn’t hear any of the stuff about us being separated because I’m going to the military school, did you?