The Human Saint is Bored, so I was Summoned to Another World

Kuro's Guide in Defending a Wagon Fort (Part 1)

Of course, our convoy was slow compared to the normal travel time we had back on Earth. Actually, for the entire journey, the Saint's household had estimated it would take us at least six to eight 'long sleeps' before we arrived. And so, Lily had prepared a quite spacious carriage for us to stay with, albeit the one without the coat-of-arms of the holy household.

We were all sleeping by this time. The only ones that should be awake were the escort guards and the coach drivers. However, I was awakened. I don't know; maybe I dreamt a dream that I immediately forgot upon waking up.

"..."

My eyes went around my fellow travelers inside the coach. Her Holiness the Human Saint was sleeping soundly, as usual. She rarely wakes up when disturbed; so I guess, even if I moved too much, she won't rise soon. For the Beastman Saint, she slept right beside Her Holiness, slumping towards the human's shoulders. Oh, and hey, this was the first time I noticed, but apparently, she let the Human Saint used her fluffy tail for a pillow to embrace...

That's pretty cute.

"..."

On my side, however...

Uh...Lily, while I think that a lap pillow is a romantic thing to do, I guess you should do it with someone you love...

"..."

Anyway, maybe I should man up and just wait for the head maid to move away from my lap. I didn't want to wake her while she's trusting me to let her sleep. That would be rude.

My gaze then went outside the carriage. The sun's still up—it never goes down anyway, but I'm amazed how the humans here adapted their sleeping patterns to such a condition. If humans from Earth were transported here, just like me, I doubt they could quickly adjust their body clocks to an 'always day' world.

Hmm...now that I think about it, I never had sleeping issues when I got summoned here. Strange...

"!!!"

My idle thoughts suddenly got interrupted by a loud knock at the carriage door. I almost jumped from my seat, which caused Lily's sleep to be disturbed as well. But the knocking didn't stop; a voice called out from the other side of the carriage.

"Head Maid? Your Holiness? We got trouble ahead!"

Lily's still in a daze, so I'm the one who opened the carriage window and asked the coach driver to stop.

"Mister Kuro!" it was the Marquise of Monfort, who was supposed to be riding ahead of us. "Oh! Did I disturb you?" she asked the moment she saw me with the head maid in the lap-pillow pose.

"N-no. It just happened; nothing personal to see here, so just continue." I awkwardly replied.

"Ah yes! There's a huge rockfall a few distances away from our current location. The escort vanguard was separated from us!"

"Hmm? What happened?" This time Lily was getting to her senses.

I explained to her about the rockfall.

"Oh? That's weird." she said, by this time, fully awake, "There couldn't be any rockfalls in this route we've chosen. And even if this is the Season of Crystal Rain, the weather's just been starting up so it couldn't have soaked the soil that much it would cause a rockfall..."

I was silent. By the way, they implied it, this rockfall was suspicious...

Well, this is a fantasy world, and in fantasy worlds, suspicious rockfalls or barricades can only mean one thing...