Aias: from a world of kaijus to a world of fantasy and magic

Chapter 82

"Nngh—mmph."

"Shhhhh."

I stopped Mila from saying my name out loud so that it wouldn't be heard by the other people in the carriage, who were staring at us.

I glance back at them and say. "Sorry." Then, as everyone stopped staring at us, I looked back at Mila, who was for some reason in the same carriage as me.

"Mila, what are you doing here?"

"Nyyy—"

Covering her mouth again. She was about to say my name, which was my fault since I hadn't told her not to say it.

"Sorry, but could you not say my name? I'm in a situation where I need to keep it private."

Whispering that, Mila was surprised and a bit confused. I pull back my hand, covering her mouth, and she takes a moment or two to think and nod her head up and down.

"Umm... right, umm... What are you doing here?"

"Reasons, specifically ones I can't disclose. How about you?"

Looking like she had been caught in something, she was like an open book.

"Let's see, let's see, ummm... I'm going to see my dear little sister Mable. Umm... I wanted to check up on her. It's been a while, you see."

Hearing that, I sense part of what she was saying was off, like there was another reason she is leaving Acton. Opening my mouth, I was about to probe her for more information, but I stopped myself from instinctively doing that because it was not my business to do so, and I wasn't a noble anymore.

"Huh... What are the odds? We're also going to Farsbarrow."

"Really?!"

Shouting that out, we drew the attention of the people inside the carriage again, and I had to apologize for the ruckus again.

Seeing that happen, Mila scratched her head, a bit embarrassed, so she tried to change the conversation. She asks.

"By the way, who is that person behind you? You seem to know each other."

Glancing at Clare behind me, I began introducing Mila to Clare, where I made up a cover story since I didn't expect to run into her here. Clare immediately caught on and played along smoothly, telling Mila that she was on her way to Farsbarrow after being hired as an adventurer guild receptionist there and was passing by Acton to see me, to which I added that I was simply escorting her because I didn't want to see a close friend of mine be attacked on the way there.

With everything explained, our carriage began to move; it was finally time for us to depart.

Passing by the gate, I still had my hood down, and when we were far enough, I looked back out the carriage, looking at Acton in the far-off distance, where the walls seemed extremely small to the point where the other carriages and wagons were blocking my view of Acton.

Clare, Mila, and I then began chatting, mostly about how we went to her shop to pick up my knives and to buy a book, only to see that she wasn't there, to which Mila responded, a bit surprised, telling us that if we had come just a bit earlier, we would have seen her.

Seeing that it was going to be another long journey, I pulled out a book from my backpack and began reading it.

It was quite thick, but it should last me around a month if I take my time. I read, and eventually, we were in Larethmere.

Coming back here and seeing the lake was strangely nostalgic. Since we were in a carriage, it only took us a day to get here.

Night had already set, so we all just went to an inn, got something to eat, and went to bed.