The journey continued in a calm way. There were no attacks wasting the total guard-stand of the entire group. After the first night of camping in the open air, where guard shifts were planned, and not an enemy attack ca, the group continued their journey but this ti calr.
Not counting my perception in the white world, only Kara kept crows following us and watching our surroundings.
Since there were no attacks, I was finally able to concentrate on the optional mission; Collect Potion Materials.
With my eyesight it’s easy. It is much easier than having a minimap that marked with a yellow-point the location of materials such as herbs for potions.
By the ti we could see the gates of the Blue Crystal Grass village. The special jade boxes for dicinal herbs were used halfway with herbs of the best qualities.
Although it’s a pity that I couldn’t find higher grade dicinal herbs. But, near the capital and on a main route, it would be very rare for a millennian herb to escape scrutiny.
"Wow~ We’re finally HERE!" Magen stretched and yawned.
Magen expected bandits to co and attack us in search of revenge for their bandit comrades. But that is already impossible.
With the secret-guard now protecting us from afar, I doubt we’ll even find bands of bandits near this town, which is the point where the bandit quest should begin.
Perhaps by this ti, that gang has already escaped. It’s a sha...
We arrive at the entrance of the village. This ti the wall is much larger than the one in Rice Lake village.
The wall has a stone base of one ter followed by thick tree trunks reaching a total of about three to four ters in height.
There are platforms on the other side of the wall, as I see guards looking outwards, as well as watchtowers also made of logs that reach six ters.
It’s late at the mont and we’re basically arriving a day later than planned. But despite being late, you can still see carts and carriages full of rchandise waiting to enter the city.
Strange, because on our trip we didn’t see a single cart going to the capital...
"Why are there so many carts and we didn’t see a single one in our path?" I asked aloud.
"You co from the Capital, right? Thanks to the bandits there is no one who wants to go to the capital without an escort. Many rchants are still waiting to hire a team of rcenaries to be able to go to the capital, but unfortunately our village is not very big, and the rcenary teams are all busy."
A guard spoke to answer . She wears worn and simple leather armor, with a sword at her waist and a knife.
She is an older woman, about 40 years old but she is not seen to be very strong.
"Thank you for your information, Kyrias Guardia~" although the woman seems to be just a low-level guard, I thanked her with a noble gesture of greeting.
"What a young Mair so polite, do you co from the capital city? Didn’t you have a problem with the bandits?"
The guard on patrol asked. Although it may seem strange that she asks questions about the carriages that arrive, it is quite the opposite. As a guard you must inspect the new arrivals and be on guard ready to report if there is an attack.
It shows because despite everything, the guard has not taken their hand off a black rod on their waist on the other side of their blades.
After I got out of the carriage and stepped aside, while I was answering the guard, the others of my team got out and at the end Ragna.
"We are the team commissioned for the bandit hunting task issued by your Blue Crystal Grass Town"
Ragna replied concisely and directly without giving the guard any respect.
"Can I see the mission scroll?" the guard asked Ragna maintaining a touch of authority but with a touch of respect.
"Here" the scroll is kept by .
So when the guard asked about the scroll, I took it out of my backpack on the side of my hip and showed it to her.
The guard turned to in surprise and took the scroll with both hands. She opened it a little and looked at the official seals.
It seems that this guard has a lot of experience with this.
"Thank you for showing , I have checked it, and you don’t need to stand in line to enter, you can go directly to the village chief’s mansion. Co"
The guard leaned over to and the others and said to us with a polite smile.
"Xifia, can you drive the carriage? Everybody gets into the carriage, I’ll go with the guard."
"I’m going too" I said, as leader of my Party I must do this kind of thing right?
We arrived at a guard house next to the entrance gate to the village. The double door is wide enough for two carriages to pass side by side, but now only one door is open letting only one carriage pass.
As we approached, the other guards, about four, greeted the guard who was leading us as their leader.
All the guards were, obviously, won. As well as car drivers, and most foot traffic at ninety percent!
Despite living in a city with a large population, as well as what I saw in the village of Rice Lake, I still don’t get used to the fact that the male population in this world is very small.
And for so reason, despite my clothes, everyone looks at and ignores Ragna next to . They give all kinds of looks, from amazent, to admiration, to lust and perversion.
All the looks these won give send a shiver down my spine and my skin gets like chicken!
I think I should have brought Destan, at least I would share the pressure with him a little...
At least little girls are the ones who give the most innocent looks of admiration and wonder.
Little ones, please stay like this with your innocence!
"You can register your na and that of your companions here please, Mair..."
"My na is Vremya and of course~" take a special feather handed to by the lead guard and on an open parchnt I started writing everyone’s na.
In the anti, they had let in one carriage and let out another while they made a quick inspection. But as our carriage approached and passed by the departing carriage, I opened my eyes for a strange feeling and then, in the white world, I saw that the departing carriage had a false floor in the place where they kept goods and I could see small bodies inside.
The vital signs told that they were alive, but they were asleep.
"Stop!!" I shouted after detecting those small bodies and with wind magic, I ran to the carriage and stood in front. The driver beca nervous but had only to stop the carriage.
Then three rough n got out of the carriage, and I noticed.
Also, the driver is male!
"Everyone, arrest them!"
Hearing my voice, Destan and the others ran up to and drew their weapons surrounding the n.
"What do you think you’re doing! Who do you think you are to stop my cart!? Guards!!"
"Vremya what’s wrong?"
"Vremya?"
"...."
My Party and Ragna asked, but they still looked at the n ready to fight.
"If I’m wrong, I’ll apologize and pay you ten tis the value of your goods, but let check your carriage," I said, looking at the n with a serious expression.
" And who are you to be able to do that? We are a caravan of registered rchants, and we have paid the fees and are protected by the laws of the kingdom!"
"HA! Girls, put them down!" at my command, the girls and Destan attacked and subdued the n.
"What do you are doing?"
"You will regret this!"
The n began to struggle but they were very weak to the won despite looking like normal n from my previous world.
After a mont, the four n lay on the ground face down with their hands held by special ropes.
The Town guards wanted to say sothing, but the guard who greeted us and who seems to be the leader stopped them.
"Mair Vremya, is sothing wrong?"
"Mm!" I just nodded and opened the part of the carriage that was like a truck box for transporting goods.
Without worrying about anything and with the help of my wind magic, I expelled all the things from the carriage box, then, with the help of my perception, I quickly found the hidden door.
When I opened it, I found a dozen children between the ages of two and eleven. And seeing them like this made very angry.
"Vremya?" Ragna climbed up to the box and as she approached, she saw the children.
"This!" the lead guard also followed Ragna and seeing the children lying tightly under the false floor she also froze and then beca angry.
The reason is that they were not only kidnapping children, apparently so had not eaten for days and seed malnourished while others looked like they had just been kidnapped.
Putting aside my fury, I conjured fairy magic to heal wounds as well as Sera’s vitality fire.
Two fairies of lights appeared on either side of my shoulders, turning white with small orange flas.
Small white flowers of orange fire fell on all the children guided by my will. Each child’s complexion improved with the naked eye and those who breathed weakly improved.
I didn’t wake them up though. I didn’t want them to wake up in such a place, so I sneakily used so of Succubus’s magic to keep them asleep and make them have a sweet sleep.
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