Saikyou Juzoku Tensei ~Cheat Majutsushi no Slow Life~

Chapter 91 - Episode Fourteen

Chapter 91 - Episode Fourteen

Three Ortem carts were completed.

They are simple structures with four wheels and handles on a large box.

Of course, the front is carved with a face, just like Ortem.

It’s been a while since I’ve done a good job.

I was about to lift the balm bird with both arms and load it onto the Ortem cart when Gordon stopped me.

“Abel-san, I’d like to check something before we stack them up. When you catch a balm bird, it comes with a little something extra. If you have that many birds, it must have something, please lend them to me.”

An added extra?

I didn’t know what it was, but I had no reason to say no.

I silently handed the balm bird to Gordon.

Gordon takes the balm bird and sits down on the ground with his hips and puts the bird on his lap.

With his right hand, he spreads the balm bird’s beak and sticks his fingers in it. Then, with his other hand, he taps vigorously

“…… What are you doing?”

“This is a miss. I’m sure the one I missed is mixed in with the others, so at least one of them is…… oh, here it is! just a little more, a little more! Sh*t! Damn it! Sh*t! I got it, I got it!”

Gordon happily pulled out his right hand.

In his hand, he held a drool-coated gold coin.

…… In short, the extra was apparently a gold coin that had been used by other adventurers as bait and eaten away, sometimes remains in their mouth.

Even if it was happily offered to me, I’m a bit reluctant to accept it.

“…… Well, I’ll give you what comes out of their mouth. Originally, you guys were chasing after the balm bird took the gold coins, right?”

As of now, Gordon is having his work cut out for him.

However, it’s also useful as insurance against Gaston, although it’s partly because he’s the one who poked and prodded me and gave me a lot of trouble.

I’m thankful that he has muscles that I don’t, and since he seemed to be seriously afraid of me, he’s unlikely to betray me.

Considering that it’s likely to continue to be useful in the future, I’d better be prepared to pay the price.

They’re going to have to buy another bow for Mordon, but I don’t think they seem to have much money to spare.

It’s only a few gold coins or so, which is insignificant in terms of the number of balm birds.

Besides…… I don’t want to touch those sticky gold coins.

“I-Is that okay? Really? Abel-san…… no, Brother Abel!”

An impressed Gordon approaches with his hands outstretched.

“Stop with the brother. Hey, get that hand away from me!”

…… At any rate, before enough time had passed, the gold spitting was finished and the balm bird stacking process was over.

I had Mea and the Gordon brothers push the Ortem cart and started walking towards the city of Lomarn.

Even though we were divided into three equal parts, there were still a lot of balm birds.

Compared to the Gordon brothers, whose muscles were for sale, it was a little tougher for Mea.

Mea would occasionally stop to wipe the sweat off her feet and let out a breath of agony.

Then she took a quick breath and gained momentum to move forward and make up for her delayed steps.

“Are you okay?”

“No, really, I’m perfectly fine! In fact, a little bit of a hassle is just fine for Mea!”

Mea, who said this while breathing slightly hard, looked like she was having a hard time with it normally.

The position of the handle might have been a little high for Mea, too.

Should I have changed it to fit for the person a little more?

If there’s a next time, I’ll consider it.

I thought about at least carrying my own luggage by myself, but I don’t have that much time to spare either.

The more delicate a piece of magic is, the more it wears down your spirit.

And my legs are also bulging.

Even I can only walk as hard as I can. No, really.

On the way home, Gordon compares me to Mea and Me, squinting and scratching his head in frustration.

He was mumbling something, but when his eyes met mine, he quickly looked away and forced his expression back to a bland expression.

What is it, is there something on my face?

“…… Hey little girl. That one on your back, I’ll carry it.”

Gordon suggests to Mea.

“I, I don’t want to! This is what Mea was entrusted with by Abel!”

Mea speeds up her walk as if to escape and pulls Gordon away from her.

“I appreciate the sentiment, but I don’t even have anything that important in there, and it would be better if he carries it for you…’

I called out to Mea’s back as she moved away.

Mea was wobbling from side to side due to the fact that she forced herself to increase her speed.

“…… Brother Abel too, you know, you can at least carry the weight on her back.”

Gordon mouthed as he looked away as if it was hard to say.

“N, no…… I wish I could but I’m too busy, and I’m doing my best just from walking or something…… but honestly I think it’s time for you to take a break……”

“Now you’re joking……”

Gordon looked back at me and stopped his mouth from saying something.

“What? What’s going on?”

“Whe-, when did you get so sweaty, brother Abel……”

…… Even with this, I think I’ve gotten a lot better since I left the village.

“Sorry Mea, I think it’s time to take a short break. Mea, hey!”

I call out to Mea, who is walking ahead of me.

Mea looked back a little, she tried to stop the Ortem cart…… but the force pulled her back and she slumped down on the spot.

“Kyah!”

Mea’s body fell with such force that the Ortem cart almost fell into the path below the steps.

Not good.

I take out my wand and thrust it into the ground.

A magic circle appears and the ground around me is engulfed in light.

“Oh earth, alteration”

The dirt under Mea’s feet sucked the soles of her shoes in, forcing her to get into position.

“Ah…… Huh?’

Mea opened her closed eyes and tilted her head confused.

The front wheels of the Ortem cart, too, were protruding out of the road, but it had stopped moving in that state.

It was a scene that as if time had stopped.

“Phew!”

Since it was on the spur of the moment, he took a wider range in favor of certainty, which altered Gordon’s foothold as well.

This caused Gordon to hit the knee of his right foot, which had been off the ground, into the suddenly stopped Ortem cart.

“Oh, sorry. Gordon.”

“N, no, just this…… Ouch……”

I’d like to disarm the magic, but if I do, Mea’s Ortem cart will fall off the road.

It’s not that high on the bottom step, so it can be picked up normally, but if it’s tipped over, the balm bird will be damaged.

“Land”

I wave my wand.

The light from the tip of my wand reaches directly underneath the Ortem cart that is about to fall.

The terrain deforms and the soil rises.

The ground appears underneath the front wheels of Ortem cart.

“Alright, with this we’re good now”

“Oh, thank you Abel…… I’m saved.”

Mea seemed to finally relax when she saw that the Ortem cart was safe, and her body, which had been tense to look at, relaxed easily.

“H-, hey, who are you really?”

Gordon stared at the newly emerging scaffolding, his face twitching.