Chapter 64: The Road to the Royal Capital

On the first day, we arrived at our planned town without any problems. However, as the name “frontier county” implies, the town becomes smaller as soon as we get a little farther away from the capital.

The place where we will stay today is still on the larger side. From here on, we will be staying in a town or village for a while. Even so, it is much better to stay in a town or a village since we are not staying in the open.

It was dusk when we arrived at the town. We went straight to the inn without looking around the town. The owner of the inn seemed to have already known that we were coming, and he immediately welcomed us.

Rosalia, my sister, still looked fine. Perhaps it was a good thing that I had prepared a fluffy cushion for her so that she wouldn’t get a sore bottom. Thanks to that, my bottom still looks okay too.

I ask Lionel over dinner. We all eat together during the trip, as you would expect.

“Lionel, do you have any news of any monster outbreaks or bandit activity up ahead”

“None at the moment, sir. Of course, we’ve sent out scouts and are moving on, so there’s nothing to worry about.”

“I see.”

We eat our meals in silence.

This is an important time of year before winter arrives. On the road to the royal capital, there are many wagons carrying food for the winter and daily necessities.

Thieves would appear here and there to take advantage of these wagons.

As expected, the road leading to the royal capital is well-defined and the lords along the road dispatch soldiers to patrol the road. Therefore, the road we are on is relatively safe, but we cannot let our guard down.

Incidentally, this town is in our territory, the Margrave Heine territory, so the soldiers patrolling the roads are dispatched by Margrave Heine.

If there had been an infestation of bandits in this area, I would have had to lecture the patrolling soldiers.

However, from the next town, we will be in neighboring territory. I am a little worried, but he is a lord who is in charge of the roadside. I would like to think that he will be fine.

After the meal, I wiped my body and went to bed. There is nothing else to do but sleep. I can’t make magic potions, and I can’t practice magic. I had no choice but to sleep in bed with Rosalia.

Rosalia, who was sleeping next to me, looked pale. She must be worried. I was worried, too. But I can’t show weakness here. If I became weak, Rosalia would worry more and more.

The next morning, after eating breakfast, we set out immediately. The weather was fine. I’d like to get as far as I could before the weather turns sour.

The road gradually became worse and worse. Many times the carriage shook with a loud thump.

“Rosalia, are you all right?”

“Brother ……, I don’t feel so good.”

It seemed that Rosalia had been intoxicated by the carriage. This is not good. We still have a long way to go to the capital. Let’s use that thing we prepared.

“I made some ‘anti-sickness medicine’ just in case something like this happens.”

“Anti-sickness?”

“Yes. If you drink this, you won’t feel sick.”

The carriage was stopped and we decided to take a short rest. I magically filled a glass with water and handed it along with the motion sickness medicine.

“It’s sweet, but don’t chew it. It’s bitter if you chew it. Gulp it down with a glass of water.”

“Okay.”

Rosalia obeyed me. Lionel was watching her intently.

Rosalia was soon revived and rode in the rocking carriage in a good mood after that. I was getting sicker and sicker, so I took some anti-sickness medicine too.

We arrived at the town as planned, and Lionel asked me if I was ready to go.

“Julius-sama, what was that medicine that you and Rosalia-sama were taking just now?”

“Huh?　That’s an ‘anti-sickness’. Don’t you know?”

“Yes. I have never seen it before. So, if I take that “anti-sickness medicine,” will it possibly stop me from getting coach-sick?”

“Yeah. That’s right. Of course, there may be some people for whom it does not work.”

Ah, is it possible that there is no anti-sickness medicine in this world yet? As I recall, the motion sickness medicine in the game was one of the items delivered by the magic medicine guild. So I thought it was generally sold, but it seems I was wrong.

“Julius-sama, if you don’t mind, could you also prepare that “anti-sickness medicine” as a regular medicine for the knights? Some of the knights inevitably get carriage sickness.”

“Okay. I will prepare it. Well, if there is any other medicine that would be good to have, please let me know.”

“Yes, I’ll ask again, but what I need most right now is a medicine to suppress stomach upset.”

“I understand. I’ll get it ready for you, along with the anti-sickness medicine.”

I see. There is no anti-diarrhea medicine? I’ll make some. I should also make some athlete’s foot medicine. You’ll probably need it. Then again, it’s a pain that I can’t buy the ingredients for magic potions. I wish I could do something about that.

The fourth day of traveling smoothly. On the fourth day, we were stranded in a village. Lionel was told  that the Great Big Boar had appeared in the vicinity of this village. it was dangerous to leave now because it was a very dangerous monster.

“Apparently, it was seen this morning.”

“This is a very bad time. Now what to do?”

Lionel reported. This is a problem. I don’t know when it will be resolved. It seems that word has already gone out to the neighboring towns and villages, but it seems that it had crossed paths with us.

The usual way to deal with such a situation would be to ask the nearby adventurers’ guild to have adventurers take them down. However, we did not know how long that would take.

“If we ask the adventurers to do it now, it will take at least three days to solve the problem. If not, I don’t know how long it will take.”

“I guess so. We can’t stay in this village for that long, can we? All right, let’s leave this village tomorrow as planned.”

The knights were startled by my declaration. Rosalia also clung to my arm anxiously. Hearing this, Lionel, who had been pondering for some time, opened his mouth.

“With all due respect, isn’t it dangerous?”

“Lionel, which is more dangerous, the wyvern or the Great Big Boar?”

Lionel nodded approvingly.

“As you say.”

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