Chapter 320: The Four Companions, and Preparations for the Journey

Meaning I accepted Freit’s request and became to aim for the Holy Kingdom escorting these two together with five companions but...

Still the companions not appearing...

Later than the client (request target?) thinking how, but because the time only roughly known the meeting about this ordinary, apparently.

Well me for some reason knowing the time in seconds.

"Oh became late. Sorry."

Among that the first to appear Giacomo.

"Therefore said how about going out a little earlier."

Then Giacomo’s A-Dule Marika together too.

Marika walking half a step behind Giacomo puffing her cheeks.

The cat-like cute face looking extra cute.

Then the same loose A-Dule clothes as when first met fitting well.

But the ferociously large breasts exposed from those clothes completely unmatched with Marika’s quiet and cute appearance.

Well that fine too, maybe.

"Hahaha no. Oya? What about Master Hiroyuki’s Dules?"

Trying to divert Marika’s talk Giacomo applied a hand to the forehead and looked around as if looking far and asked me.

"Master Hiroyuki’s Dules for some reason not going on this journey."

Freit who returned somehow answered Giacomo’s question.

Probably mindful because hard for me to say.

"Not even one? Ho I see. That regrettable."

No no in front of one’s own Dule saying that no good, thought but.

Giacomo properly hugged Marika close and kneaded the breasts and followed... apparently.

Thinking whether fine doing that in front of people, but the Marika in question looking up at Giacomo with a flushed and enraptured face.

The persons themselves seeming good so fine, probably.

Besides likely snapped at you say that.

"What this person!"

Christina who returned together with Freit frowned as if looking at a dirty thing pointing at Giacomo hugging Marika and pressed Freit.

"Y-yes. This person Viscount Steinfurt Giacomo Lothar. Will have escort Lady Ekaterina together with Master Hiroyuki. Viscount Steinfurt, these the escort target Lady Ekaterina and Lady Christina."

The pressed Freit descended about two steps and introduced Giacomo and Ekaterina, Christina respectively.

"This this in good spirits. Former Cardilia Kingdom’s Viscount Steinfurt Giacomo Lothar. Saint Ekaterina and temple knight Christina, no difference?"

The introduced Giacomo elegantly self-introducing appearance unimaginable from the usual Giacomo, as expected a noble impressed.

Behind Giacomo Marika awkwardly but bowing her head too.

Even so former...

Then saint...

"Mu. Latius Holy Kingdom temple knight Christina Stefur. This Saint Ekaterina."

"Ekaterina. This time’s escort to the Holy Kingdom please."

Christina and Ekaterina performing self-introduction to Giacomo.

"Ha!"

This time Giacomo stood at attention and applied the right hand to the chest.

This Giacomo’s country’s salute, probably.

"May the sun god illuminate the path going."

To Giacomo’s salute Ekaterina directed the fingers of the right hand to Giacomo and drew a complex seal.

This time’s Ekaterina different from the earlier greeting to me the friendly smile quieted and with a solemn expression like a different person.

Combined with the pure white clothes looking divine.

Saint the saint reigning at the peak of the Holy Kingdom Freit told, maybe?

Until now just a cute girl, but looking at Ekaterina greeting with Giacomo thinking that strange.

"Look already everyone here!"

"Fine a little late. More than that me sleepy."

After Giacomo and Ekaterina and them greeted a little later Floche and Niagara arrived.

When Niagara stretched and did a big yawn Floche hit Niagara’s head.

"Painful!"

"Everyone looking!"

Floche pointed toward us.

Niagara without apology muttering complaints in a small voice.

"Well came."

"Hun! Not wanting to come! Because Lady Mel said no matter what reluctantly came!"

Floche without hiding the bad mood bit at Freit’s words.

"In the first place why ignoring after forcibly making Lady Mel a Dule!"

"Lady Mel pitiful."

Leaving the wryly smiling Freit the spearheads of Floche and Niagara directed at me.

Haa.

From the start this tone the future worrying.

Besides not forcibly made a Dule though.

Well no memory when made Melchiorrea a Dule.

"Long time no see, Floche, Niagara."

"Lady Ekaterina. What happened? In such a place..."

Ekaterina called out to Floche and Niagara.

"To return to Latius Holy Kingdom requested cooperation to Lord Freit."

Instead of Ekaterina Christina answered Floche’s question.

"Acquaintances?"

Bothered so asked Floche and Niagara... unlikely to answer so Christina but...

"No need for you to know."

Cut in one stroke both sides.

"Chris! Rude!"

"S-sorry."

"The one to apologize not me, right?"

"Gu... s-sorry... "

Christina scolded by Ekaterina seeming unable to oppose Ekaterina, but whether resistance to apologizing to me slowly bowed her head to me while trembling like a rusted toy.

"No well some things not wanting known..."

"No such thing! Saying not wanting known etc. rude to Miss Floche and Miss Niagara, let alone Lady Melchiorrea! A-sorry... me..."

Ekaterina raised her beautiful voice large and opposed my words about to say.

But immediately whether returned to herself apologized to me.

Apparently not angry, simply not wanting the acquaintances Melchiorrea and them thought badly of, maybe?

A good girl, probably, but different from the attitude to Giacomo earlier the Ekaterina shrinking embarrassedly in front of my eyes completely not looking like the top of the country.

"If Lady Melchiorrea coming too reassuring but..."

"That one’s fault."

To Ekaterina’s muttering Floche and Niagara simultaneously pointed at me and said.

To that Christina entered between me and Ekaterina and glared at me baring her fangs.

Haa...

Able to do from now with this...

...

Now the respective face-to-faces ended.

Regina not came, but apparently various things between Freit and Regina’s master Ivano, and this face-to-face seen off, apparently.

But no days until departure so able to introduce Regina becoming the day of departure, apparently.

Thinking fine that, but well Freit and Giacomo and them accepted that so fine, probably.

The face-to-face ended, but as is became to go shopping for the journey preparations.

Taking the wallet... no Freit heading from Freit’s mansion the meeting place to the north district.

Floche and Niagara who frequently journeyed with Melchiorrea of course Giacomo accustomed to journeys too, apparently.

The three when going to the main street lined with shops entered shops handling tools and consumables needed for the journey and appraising.

Me and Freit, Ekaterina, Christina just watching that.

No me not just watching.

While taught by Giacomo gathering the needed things.

Heard at that time the things in this shop all expensive, apparently.

In exchange the function and efficacy high, apparently, and Freit generously putting out money so everyone buying without hesitation.

Marika watching that smiling wryly.

"This how? Going mountain roads, apparently."

"S-such expensive-looking fur cannot wear!"

"But cold so will catch a cold. As is cannot enter the Holy Kingdom. Then this how?"

"This a magic grant item! Higher than the earlier fur!"

Giacomo and Marika choosing clothes to wear, but Marika seeming reserved at the things Giacomo choosing.

To the Holy Kingdom many mountain roads, apparently, and crossing two or three high mountains, apparently.

Of course the temperature low, and even in this hot season snow piled sometimes, apparently.

This mountain road not any country’s land, of course Lubeck city not involved so no need to mind the clothes Dules wear.

Again if exposing skin cold so Dules going this mountain road the same as the master wearing thick clothes and overcoming the cold, apparently.

Also the Dules’ clothes having rules per country or region, apparently, countries like Lubeck having to expose the crest, countries not allowed to wear clothes, countries having to wear clearly different clothes from ordinary people.

The Holy Kingdom Dules only able to wear coarse poncho made of hemp, and having to fit metal shackles on the neck and hands and feet, apparently.

The shackles having to attach the ones with the Holy Kingdom’s mark prepared by the country, and the shackles piled like mountains in the border towns and forts already becoming a specialty, apparently.

Also ornaments basically not allowed to attach, apparently, and in large towns having to hang a board with that town’s mark from the neck, apparently.

Of course possession of weapons prohibited too, apparently.

Different from this city no need to do embarrassing appearances, but unable to dress up or self-defend.