Reborn After A Death March

Chapter 25

Five days after we left Muno City, we came to the crossroads where we had to part ways with Sara and Miss Karina. One direction leads to the home of the dwarves, Bolehart City. The other will take Sara and Miss Karina to their destination. It took longer than we expected. The mountainous border region was more challenging to traverse than I expected. Monsters attacked us a few times, and bandits tried to raid our caravan at one point. But we didn't have to lift a finger. Whenever danger appeared, the knights escorting Sara would swiftly take care of it.

"Well, here we are. I hope we meet again in the old capital,"

"Indeed. If you go to the old capital, please do visit the Tenion Temple,"

Sara and her company bid us far well as miss Karina nervously watches from the sidelines. We exchange promises to meet again once we reach the old capital.

"S... Sa... sir Pendragon. Are you sure there is no way you might accompany me to the old capital?"

Miss Karina looks like an abandoned kitten when she finally speaks up. She's blushing as she anxiously looks up at Satou.

"I'm sorry, Lady Karina. I am duty bound to deliver Miss Nina's letter to Bolehart City,"

I knew that would be Satou's answer even if he won't go with miss Karina because he is excited to meet a dwarf. Satou's even has some expensive liquor to make a good first impression on them. With how he's been acting, I'm surprised I haven't found him awake at night, saying he is too excited to sleep.

"Hee-hee. You seem to be quite close to Sir Pendragon, Lady Karina,"

For a priestess, Sara is surprisingly quick to tease people and jump into conversations about romance. During the tea party, I was shocked by Sara trying to get information out of me about Satou's body when the woman didn't believe me when I said I never saw it. When I first met her, I thought she was a saint. Now I see she is like every other girl with a keen interest in romance.

"I... I have no such r...relationship with this person, I'll have you know!"

"Oh? Denying it so fervently is rather insulting, is it not?"

Sara smiles, watching miss Karina franticly deny her love for Satou. I used to have a pair of friends just like them at school. One was in love with a guy from the year above, and the other teased her at every opportunity.

"Lady Sara... Lady Karina is quite innocent at heart, so please don't tease her any further,"

"Hee-hee, I suppose you're right," Miss Sara quickly accepted Satou's suggestion and returned to the original subject. "We will be waiting in the riverbed city of Gururian for a few days. So if your business is brief enough, Sir Pendragon, perhaps we will meet again there."

"Then I shall put our cart horses to work and bring that to fruition,"

"Hero Kura, please come visit the temple. I know the head priestess would like to meet with you,"

"I will be sure to stop by,"

Sara smiles sweetly as we part ways. Boarding our separate carriages, we wave goodbye as we get moving.

Our carriage is slightly faster now. We parted with the long convoy of wagons. Thanks to baron Muno, we now have four horses pulling us along. Combine that with Satou making the carriage as light as possible, and we can travel much further than we were capable of before. The ride is a lot better too. Satou installed some shock absorbers, so I barely feel any bumps in the road.

Looking out one of the windows, I can see Nana and Liza riding beside us, deterring thieves from attacking. Although the security of the Ougoch Duchy was not as bad as it was in the Muno Barony when we first arrived. Satou still reported spotting plenty of bandits when he scouted the area. At least none of them tried to attack us.