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Goodbye, Lazerica
「I can see Lazerica now」
The ship continues to advance through the desert for some time.
Then Salva muttered and pointed into the distance. I saw a castle when I looked in that direction.
Behind those castle walls are spires and a white palace taller than the castle wall itself.
It has a close resemblance to the World Heritage Site from my previous life, Taj Mahal. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com
「We’ve finally arrived」
The time was still before nightfall.
No matter what I wanted to return to the mansion before sunset so I was extremely relieved we were able to arrive at our destination.
Normally it would take half a day of walking. But when you take the existence of monsters and the weather conditions into consideration, the distance would take around 3 days.
However, by using the Earth magic for the flowing sand boat, we were able to move quickly despite the steep slopes and even dangerous monsters.
「To think you can maintain your magic until we reached Lezerica....」
Shanaria - who accompanied him - also looks surprised.
The mana consumption of the magic is indeed huge, but it’s cute compared to Teleport.
This kind of movement magic, I can use it continuously for days. It was worth it for me to train to increase my mana at an early age. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com
「Yosh, let’s go pass through the castle just like this」
「Please don’t it will create confusion among the citizens」
Salva was saying something ridiculous, it was as Shanaria said.
Besides, there is no sand under the castle gate so it’s impossible to proceed like this.
It would be different if I floated the ship using Psychic, but it would trouble the people guarding the castle gate.
When we get closer to the castle gate, I ask Salva and Shanaria to get off and cancel the flowing sandboat magic.
The boat made of sand instantly crumbles down and returns to the desert.
Salva was grumbling about something like showing it off to his family or some such but carrying it all the way in front of the royalty is no joke.
「Al, what are you doing?」
「We’ve arrived at our destination so I cancelled the magic. Salva-sama, see you again」
「What are you saying in your half-asleep state now? You have brought me here with your magic. It will dishonor my name as the second prince if I do not give my thanks properly」
「Eehー, it’s fine alreadyー」
Just when I was about to join the line of travelers and merchants lining up in front of the castle gate after getting off from the flowing sand boat, I was pulled by Salva.
Now that we’ve reached our destination I wanted to break up with him, but it looks like he won’t let me do it.
I intensely feel the sign of being taken all the way to the royal castle this time.
Of course, as the prince of this country, Salve doesn’t need to wait to enter the city, we continue to advance toward the castle gate confidently.
The travelers and merchants standing in line successively open a path and respectfully make way.
It may be a pleasant sight to see, but this feels kinda uncomfortable for me who is not used to this. To begin with, I am not a person of this country.
And perhaps the people guarding the gate finally noticed us since guards holding spears hurriedly approached us. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com
This is bad. At this rate, it will gradually lead straight to the royal palace.
It looks like I am going to be squeezed into a carriage and taken away to the palace without being able to escape.
There are people around, but most of their line of sight is focused on the prince - Salva - and his bodyguard - Shanaria.
Salva and Shanaria also turn their sight toward the approaching soldier and are not looking at me.
This might’ve become a bit forceful but if I want to escape then the time is now.
「Salva-sama! You have returned earlier than planned, is there something unusua―nowaa!」
A slightly strong wind suddenly blew so I used Wind magic as if to amplify the wind.
I also stirred up a bit of sand so the people around won’t notice me.
Shanaria doesn’t notice such a weak magic. Apparently, she’s not as good at perceiving mana as Elna-kaasan.
That’s such a relief.
While everyone’s sight is covered by the sand, I used Teleport under the cover of the wind and sand.
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Having cast Teleport in front of Lazerica's castle gate, I returned to the snowy field in Koryatt village.
「Cold」
Clothing for desert activities is designed not to expose your skin and protect it from the sun but the materials themselves are cool and breathable.
Even if I’m wearing a long sleeve, it will still not be enough to protect me from midwinter’s temperature so I immediately cast fireballs and make them warm the air around me.
While warming up the extreme cold around me, I took out my winter clothes from the subspace and quickly changed into them.
I didn’t want to experience this again so I should have changed my clothes before using Teleport, but I didn’t have the time to do that.
I quickly changed my clothes into my winter clothes and stored my Lazur clothes in the subspace and sighed in relief. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com
The sky over the Koryatt village was gradually darkening as the sun set.
I continue to walk down the straight road to the mansion while watching the gloomy clouds and snowscape.
Until now the entire area around me was a desert world so I’m relieved to be able to see a proper road and mountains now.
I was just walking and kept on walking in the desert where the scenery didn’t change at all.
「Looks like I will also be able to move smoothly on snow if I were to use magic in the same way as I use the flowing sand boat magic」
That way I feel like I will be able to quickly reach the top of the slope when skiing or snowboarding.
But oh well, being able to realize such a finding was also because I went to Lazur kingdom.
「Though I actually want to find spices needed for making curry」
The original plan was to arrive quickly at Lazerica with Teleport.
Then I’m going to slowly and carefully look around the market in Lazerica and plan to buy all the spices needed for curry including cumin.
But that was all ruined because I encountered the second prince of Lazur - Salva Lazur- and his bodyguard - Shanaria.
If I just go with the flow back there, I’m sure I wouldn’t have been able to return to the mansion today. And if I don’t deal with the situation tactfully, I might have been surrounded by the royalties including Salva.
It was indeed very rude to disappear in front of the prince but I hope he forgives me.
But if I continue to get along at their pace, I could see a very troublesome future ahead of me.
Well, a lot of things happened but I managed to get this far so it’s my win.
I couldn’t go on a buying spree for spices, but I found cumin which shows a possibility of making curry. Besides, I can now go to Lazerica anytime to get the spices with Teleport.
So let’s just be satisfied with this result here today.
Just that, it seems like it’s going to be difficult to look for spices for the time being. Since Salva and Shanaria might be looking for me.
I should just choose a suitable time and casually look for the rest of the spices when they have forgotten about me.
I’m already sick of the situation where I can’t even escape with Teleport anymore.
「I’m backー」
I walked through the mansion’s door as usual while making such a decision.
「Welcome back」
And it seemed like Eleonora-neesan was just passing through the hallway as I heard her carefree reply.
When I looked over, I saw her holding a glass of milk gelato and a spoon.
To think she will eat cold ice cream in the warm mansion, that’s quite a luxurious way to be lazy.
Now I feel like having something cold too. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com
Just as I was making my decision on my next course of action to go to the kitchen, I suddenly got hit in the head.
It’s not like it was a strong hit as it was just a light one, but that still surprised me since it was so sudden.
「Eh? What?」
Eleonora-neesan’s actions are always incomprehensible but today are even more unclear.
――was there anything in our conversation we had just now that made her hit me? It was just a normal family exchange of ‘I’m back’ and ‘Welcome back’, right?
「There’s sand in your hair you know? Just where did you go to have such fine sand in your head even though it’s now winter?」
As all kinds of doubts were running through my mind, Eleonora-neesan blew them all away with her question.
While I’ve properly changed my clothes from the Lazur-type clothes, it looks like the sand from the desert is still stuck in my hair.
She would probably not care about it if there were snow on my head, but I think anyone would think it’s strange if I got such smooth sand in my hair. She would ask what I was doing.
「I was just practicing my Earth magic. I haven’t been able to use it much since it’s been snowing a lot lately and I don’t want it to get dull」
Un, it’s the truth that I practiced my Earth magic when I went to Lazur. Convincing myself like that, I also conscientiously try to dispel the discomfort that seeps into my body.
「Is it possible to make this kind of fine sand?」
「Un, but it requires a little harder to control than usual」
「Hmm……Al is kinda serious when it comes to magic, huhー」
Perhaps such an excuse was enough to convince her or maybe she just didn’t want her milk gelato to melt. I feel like it’s probably the latter and Eleonora-neesan went upstairs.
I let out a sigh of relief after Eleonora-neesan disappeared from my sight.
The sand in my hair was a blind spot.
「I was thinking of getting myself milk gelato too, but I guess I should take a bath first」
After getting my change of clothes, I decided to remove the sand sticking to my body and the fatigue from the day by taking a bath. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com
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