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Saddle Test Ride
It has been snowing a lot lately, but unusually, it has not snowed since morning today.
The weather is good and the wind is not too strong. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com
This is a good opportunity to check out the saddle Rowen made.
「Tyrol, let’s fly in the sky today!」
「Chun!」
Tyrol looks happy since he hasn’t had the chance to fly in the sky lately.
We decided to go outside.
Leaving the mansion’s entrance, I take out the saddle I had ordered from the mystery bag.
And after placing the saddle on Tyrol’s back, I stretched the belt and wrapped it around Tyrol’s body.
「Is it too tight?」
「Chun!」
After checking that it was not too tight for Tyrol, I climbed onto the saddle on Tyrol’s back.
I am now able to sit comfortably thanks to the saddle. There was no feeling of instability in sitting.
Just attaching two reins around Tyrol’s neck is enough to convey the direction of travel and intent to him.
「Uwaa, this is nice!」
The saddle extends slightly to the back, allowing Fuku also to sit comfortably.
This would also reduce the burden on Fuku’s body even if we’re flying for a long time.
「Oh, so this is the saddle Rowen made? How does it feel when riding on it?」
Just when I was checking the saddle, Ziruol came over from the mansion. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com
「This feels pretty good! I think I’m going to fly with this straight away!」
「Wait a minute. I will also go with you」
After creating two Magic Rope and was about to take off, Ziruol stopped me.
「 Are you free from your work?」
In the northern region where the Kontract’s house territory is located, snow falls in various places and disrupts traffic. And because of that, instead of the end of the year, documents related to tax revenue within the territory and documents about the next year’s policy are expected to arrive a little earlier in autumn.
It’s like an early year-end tax adjustment in my previous life. And due to that reason, the lord - Ziruol - should be hard at work.
When I asked him with that concern, Ziruol quickly looked away.
「....even I want to take a breather once in a while」
He blows his whistle while looking into the distance.
Yeah. He’s been shutting himself in his office lately so he needs to take a break.
I understood Ziruol’s feelings to the point of feeling pained as a former corporate slave myself.
Let’s not talk about work anymore for today.
Before long, Olga arrives from afar. Ziruol climbs onto Olga’s back and quickly takes off. The reason he took off quicker than usual might be because he wholeheartedly wanted to escape from his duties.
I also gathered my mana and sent a signal, and then Tyrol spread his wings and took to the sky.
Once we reached the skies, Olga maneuvered behind us. We are flying to test the saddle made by Rowen this time, so I guess he will leave how we will fly to me.
Understanding his intention, I decided to take him up on his offer and fly as I please.
「Tyrol, fly to that mountain!」
「Chun!」
Giving instructions to him, Tyrol flies straight.
「Uwaaー! Amazing! The sense of stability is on another level!」
Thanks to sitting on the saddle my body’s axis doesn’t shake even when accelerating. It perfectly fits Tyrol. My legs won’t feel tired since I can rest them on the stirrups and the ride was very stable.
「Tyrol, try increasing the speed!」
「Chun!」
Tyrol’s wings move much more than before and our flying speed starts to increase. The speed rapidly increases but there is no strain on my body at all. Since my body is supported by the saddle, there is no need to grip the Magic Rope too tightly.
It feels like it is not only the strain on my body, but the strain on Tyrol’s body was also suppressed.
「Are you alright, Fuku?」
「Wan!」
As usual, Fuku’s facial flesh is trembling due to the wind but he seems much more comfortable now since he can sit on the back of the saddle. Just in case I stretched a strand of my mana to fix him in place so there’s no need to worry about him being blown away. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com
I cast Body Strengthening magic and told Tyrol to increase the speed.
Immediately after that, Tyrol’s flying speed started to increase rapidly.
After reaching the speed limit from two years ago, Tyrol worriedly looked back to glance at me.
「It’s okay! We can still go on!」
After I told him that, Tyrol flapped his wings even more and accelerated.
The scenery passes behind us without pause and it feels like a compressed mass of air pressure is hitting me, but the ride is stable thanks to the saddle. Although my Body Strengthening skills had improved, it was simply due to the physical growth of my body and was not a burden at all.
After confirming I could fly faster than two years ago, I decided to gradually reduce our flying speed.
Once we are at normal speed, Olga perfectly lines up beside us and Ziruol calls out to me.
「How is the saddle?」
「It’s really great. The ride is stable thanks to it」
The ride’s quality is much more comfortable with or without a saddle.
I’m grateful Ziruol introduced me to Rowen, who made such a great product.
「If it makes the ride more stable then it is so」
「Gyaaaaaaaaaaaaa!」
Just as Ziruol was about to say something, a piercing sound could be heard from behind.
When we looked back, there was a flying-dragon-like creature flying towards us with its wings spread wide.
「Is that a wyvern?」
「Right」
It looked like a dragon for a moment, but compared to Olga’s body it was much thinner and looked more like a snake. Its arms were fused with the wings and its skeletal structure was like a bat.
It is said that dragons dislike being classified as the same species as wyverns, but it’s no wonder they would get angry if they were grouped together with that.
「What to do?」
「Arc will bring out Tyrol’s potential and defeat that」
「Eh? We will?」
「Your riding has also become stable, you say. This is also a good chance for Arc to have aerial battle experience」
I knew we would fight with the same flying type monsters if we were flying in the sky, but I didn’t think we would fight them at such a time.
「Umm, is fleeing an option?」
「Wyverns are both tenacious and ferocious. Even if you flee, there will be a chance they will chase you, and you’ll get caught up with it every time you pass through here, you know」
Geh, I don’t want that. This area is the route where Tyrol and I took a ride in the sky, so I don’t want to get attacked each time.
The wyvern roared from behind while flying our way and glaring at us.
Tyrol frowned and looked irritated by that. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com
「And if it were left alone as it is, there’s a possibility that it could endanger the people. I want it to be subjugated if possible」
「Okay. I’ll defeat it. But what do you mean when you said I have to bring out Tyrol’s strength and potential to defeat it?」
「You do not have to think of anything. It’s just the same as flying around like this」
What do you mean ‘the same as flying around like this’?
Hearing what Ziruol said, I tried to think about it in my own way.
And then, I made a simple decision right after.
「Tyrol, don’t worry about us and defeat that wyvern!」
「Chun!」
I don’t have any experience in fighting in the sky like Ziruol and I also have almost no basic in aerial battle.
But, the subspecies of Frost Bird - Tyrol - has the sense and experience to reign and win over that mountain in the past. And I just have to believe in him.
When I thought Tyrol’s body tilted, I felt a floating sensation and an enormous gravitational pull, and when I realized it, we were already wrapped around the wyvern’s back.
It seems like he successfully performed a high-speed loop-the-loop.
「Chun!」
Tyrol - who had taken the rear - shoots out a Cold Breath attack from his beak.
The wyvern was trying to evade the attack by leaning its body, but it was too late and the attack hit its right wing.
Ice slowly starts to eat away the part being hit and hinders the movement of the wing.
And Tyrol won’t miss such a big opportunity.
Tyrol readied his claws and flapped his wings to accelerate rapidly.
The claws hit the back of the wyvern, which continues to fly unsteadily.
「Gyaaaaaa!」
Then we suddenly dove while Tyrol tightly grabbed the wyvern’s back.
When we were near the ground, Tyrol released his claws and rose up.
Only the wyvern was slammed to the ground from above with tremendous force.
「Did we defeat it?」
「Most of the ordinary creatures will not survive such a technique」
As we cautiously looked from the air, just to be sure, Ziruol - who watches over us from a distance muttered with a slight twitching on his face.
Looping around to get behind the wyvern and shot Freezing Breath. Taking away the opponent’s mobility by freezing their wing and then attacking the opponent with his claws. After that, slam the opponent from the sky to the ground with the added energy from that action.
I never thought Tyrol would launch such a brutal attack.
After the strong spraying of snow cleared, we checked the crater and saw the wyvern lying on its side, already dead.
「Yay, Tyrol! You defeat a wyvern, amazing!」
「Chun!」
When I praised him for the splendid result, Tyrol puffed up his chest as if saying ‘This much is natural’.
「What do we do with the wyvern?」
There is the corpse of a wyvern in front of us.
I wonder if the total length is around 4 meters. It’s quite big when I look at it up close.
It certainly is threatening when I think about a situation where such a big creature flies in the sky and swoops down on me. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com
「Olga could take it home, but――」
「Gururu」
When Ziruol glanced at Olga, she let out a low noise and looked dissatisfied.
It’s obvious from her manner that she is not keen on the idea.
「......let us just take its magic stone and some of the materials and go back home」
「Are materials from wyverns pretty useful?」
「The wing membrane, skin. Their bones can be processed to make armor and poison can be collected from their tail spines. The meat is a bit tough, but there are plenty of them and they are fairly delicious」
「Do you want to bring them all if we could?」
「Do not force yourself, okay? You need to save enough stamina for our way home」
There’s a possibility that it will become a hindrance if I get carried away and bring it back with us just because we still have stamina.
It’s fine if it is just our way back home, but what if we get caught up in an unexpected weather change? Or what if we were attacked by a monster like with the wyvern? Flying in the sky is by no means safe.
We have to conserve our familiars’ stamina in anticipation of all sorts of situations.
「It’s okay. Tyrol is not the one transporting it」
「What do you mean?」
Glancing at Ziruol who looked puzzled, I started to approach the wyvern’s corpse.
I took out the mystery bag from my pocket and pressed it against the wyvern.
Immediately after that, the mystery bag’s cover opens wide and swallows the wyvern’s corpse.
This was the first time I stored such a large object, but it looks like it can be stored in the mystery bag.
「Wha! What is that!」
Just as I was feeling delighted this turned out to be a good verification, Ziruol looked terrible surprised.
「Is this the first time I show this to you, tousan?」
「Showing or not, I have never even heard of such a thing!」
…………eh? Was that so?
「This is called a mystery bag. It is a very convenient item that can store anything and it doesn’t spoil」
「......I don’t understand. Where did you get something like that?」
「Fuku had it. Right?」
「Wan!」
Fuku energetically barked as if he agreed with what I was saying.
The truth is, this is actually a gift from Inugami, but there is no point in telling him that and it’s a fact that Fuku had it.
「Come to think of it, there was such a bag hanging around his neck when we first met him....」
Ziruol placed his hand on his temple and muttered as if remembering things after hearing our conversation. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com
「You should tell me something like that quickly」
「I’m sorry」
It’s not like I was hiding it or something. It was just that there was no good timing to tell him.
「Are there no other bags like this?」
「There is no way there could be a more incomprehensible bag like that. Let me see it. Just what kind of magic principle does it work on?」
Since this is a world where magic is advanced, I thought there would be other bags like this, but it seems like they didn’t exist as far as Ziruol knew.
「Mu? I can not store anything like when Arc used it?」
Ziruol raised a doubt while holding the mystery bag.
He was trying to stuff the pile of snow into the bag, but it seemed like it could only hold as much as it appeared to.
「Eh? Let me see for a bit」
「Umm」
Once the mystery bag was handed to me by Ziruol, the snow was stored inside the mystery bag’s subspace.
「It looks like it can only be used by Arc. It would be convenient if other people could use it too」
Since this is a gift from Inugami to Fuku, only I - as his master - have been given special permission to use it. When I think about it, it makes sense that other people couldn’t use it.
「…………is this bad?」
「It is. It will overturn the concept of distribution」
「But, it will be useful to get important goods from inside the territory, right?」
I understand how amazing the mystery bag is, but that’s also why I think it would be a waste not to put it to use for the rest of my life.
「There is no reason not to make use of it if we consider the territory’s situation, but do not carelessly spread it around, alright?」
「What happens if it leaks out?」
「We will get pressured by higher-ranking nobles and large merchants to try to get it. At worst, there is a possibility that it will be confiscated by the royal family」
「But, there is no point if other people can’t use it.....」
Only I can use this so there’s no value in this if others get it.
「Then you will be the royal family’s shopping attendant for the rest of your life」
「I don’t want that」
No matter how much money was offered to me or how my life was guaranteed for the rest of myu life, I don’t want to have such a life cause it’s no fun. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com
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