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Chapter 318- Discussion

"You've all heard the story, right? What are we going to do now?”

“We have to go to the Beast Kingdom, right?”

“Yes, we do.”

I have to go to the beast country now that I have told Bequa that I am going to participate in the tournament.

If we continue like this, we’ll be entering the country illegally, so let's go back to the royal capital and get a permit.

“Oh, that's right."

Sophie's arrival in the elf village was a completely illegal. If Sophie had had any malicious intent, she would have been caught. Normally, people would have been caught regardless of their malicious intentions.

No, I was smuggled in the first place, wasn’t I? I don't remember getting a permit. I found myself in the elf village all of a sudden. Well, maybe Emily, the queen of the elves, had something to do with it.

"Shana, I believe you reported this to the academy, right?”

“Yes.”

As expected, going to another tribe's country requires a report to the academy as well, even if the purpose is for sightseeing. Sophie and Shana seemed to know about it, but I had no idea.

“Elira, are you okay with this?”

“I have a letter of permission from the queen to enter any country I want, so I should be fine.”

I heard that Emily-san said that Elira is allowed to go anywhere as long as she stays with me. However, if Emily-san and others call on her, she has to comply.

“Then when do we go back to the royal capital?”

"In a week."

Shana answered my question. I remembered that Shana had one more level to evolve. If that's the case, she’d like to evolve before she left.

“If there are no objections, I think we should go in a week.”

When I said that, Elira raised her hand. I looked at her and nodded, meaning for her to speak. She, sensing my intent, began to speak.

"How many levels are you at now Carina?"

“I’m up to 80.”

She has gone up four levels in just one day. The reason why her level hasn’t increased more than Shana, who has a higher level, is probably simply the difference between acquiring the long-range attack of magic. There weren’t many monsters that used magic, and the magic borrowed from me and Sophie was used up in the beginning.

“At the rate we are going, it would be difficult to do it in a week, but I think Carina will be able to evolve in less than two weeks. Then I think we should go to the royal capital until Carina evolves, or until two weeks have passed."

I guess the reason for arriving at two weeks conclusion is that even if Carina doesn't evolve, we have to take into account the possibility that it will take time and effort to get the permission letter.

By the way, according to Sophie and Shana, it takes about a week to get the permit. And Carina told me that it takes about a month to get to the beast country by carriage.

“I think Elira's idea is fine, but does anyone disagree?"

This time, no one's hand went up.

It was decided that we would stay in this deep forest until Carina evolved or two weeks passed.

“By the way, how do we get from the royal capital to Beastland?”

There would be about five options.

1. Have a hired driver take you there.

2. Rent a carriage and go there.

3. Buy a carriage and go there.

4. Go as an escort of someone going to the vicinity of the beast country

5. Go running.

“First of all, I don't want to go as an escort because of the possibility of getting caught in some unforeseen situation.”

Sophie is right, the escort travels at the convenience of the client, so there’s no hurry in case of delays or other problems. Also, if something goes wrong, they have to move at the client's direction and will not be able to act freely.

So option 4 disappeared.

“Whether you rent or buy a carriage, it doesn't necessarily mean you'll get a carriage on the way back home."

As Shana said, I think we could at least get a place to put the carriage in the beastman country if we told Bequa about it. However, it’s not always possible to return by carriage. In case of an emergency, we might return by Sophie's transition.

Now we are out of options two and three.

“Even if we do a light run, it would still be faster than the carriage, right?”

It is certainly true. We don't have an expensive magic ring by nature, so we need to use a carriage for such a long trip because we have a lot of baggage.

And since we don't need an escort, we don't have to carry the hired help's luggage.

“Besides, the shortest way is to travel along the outside of the deep forest.”

The paths that would normally be impassable by horse-drawn wagons are not a problem on foot.

“To summarize, we can walk or run along the outside of the deep forest, right?”

When no one raised any objections, we decided on this method of transportation. If we go through the forest, we may not need a permit, but it would be a bad idea to smuggle in someone who is going to participate in the beastman's competition. Huh? Weren’t the demons smuggled into the country? No, since demons aren’t allowed to enter the city in the first place, they can't even be considered smugglers.

“Then let's take turns resting and spend the rest of the night.”

Now that our future plans have been decided, let's rest our bodies for the night.

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