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If people notice us wandering around outside of the royal capital with these members, there would probably be an uproar.
Thinking that, I got slightly concerned about our appearances.
So, Farga is now wearing a purple, hooded mantle that"s covering his head, and Ura is wearing a completely white, wide brimmed hat deep into her head.
However, we didn"t have to care about it that much.
After crossing the forest, we walked through gra.s.slands, and crossed over a plateau.
The reason why there"s no conspicuous trouble, is because the Elfarshia Kingdom"s territory is that peaceful.
Two days have pa.s.sed since we left the royal capital, and it took several days to reach the national border, but there weren"t any bandits, nor were we attacked by beasts.
According to Farga, that"s boring, but as long as there isn"t anything troublesome, there"s no loss for me.
However, even so, continuously camping for several days without any baths, doesn"t feel good.
To say nothing of Ura, who pays a lot more attention to hygiene.

However, by the time I started thinking about that, I could already see our destination.

At the bottom of a mountain surrounded by a forest, there"s a coastline. At that place, there"s a port city, although small.

"That"s the place.『Port City Stato』. A ship that goes to the d.a.m.n empire periodically comes there. Since it goes through several countries, it takes a d.a.m.n lot of time though." (Farga)
"Ah~, we"ve arrived. I don"t really care what, but let"s just eat something quickly. I really am not good with camping. I want to just settle down and eat." (Velt)
"I experienced it since I was young, during the war, but meals and baths are matters of life or death." (Ura)

I can"t see that many buildings in the port city. There should only be a few hundred people too.
The building"s appearances and the townscape itself isn"t that resplendent either.
I didn"t mean that in a bad way, and you could say that it"s an environment that"s easy to live in, because of its simplicity.
For us, that had been living in the large town known as the royal capital, we felt calmness from this, and that isn"t such a bad feeling in itself.
However, before getting immersed in sentimentality, first is food.
We entered a random, fairly quiet tavern that we didn"t even know if it was open until we went inside.
Just as we thought, there were only a few people in the store. However, since that wasn"t particularly something to care about, we surrounded a round table in the corner, and toasted.

"So, our real setting off starts here." (Velt)
"However, Farga. I can"t believe the king allowed you to go on a trip too." (Ura)
"Hmph, I was just getting tired of living in that d.a.m.n weak d.a.m.n city." (Farga)

No, we"re going to the empire, an even bigger city than your homeland you know? I wonder if asking that would be insensitive.

"In the first place, what if d.a.m.n demons come to my stupid little brother, who has never gone outside of the country, during the war. That would feel so d.a.m.n uneasy." (Farga)

Yeah, as I thought, I shouldn"t retort to that.
This guy has quite a troublesome personality, but basically, he came along because he was worried about us.
Well, he certainly is skilled, and in the end, the king probably thought it would be more convenient if Farga went with us, rather than him moving alone.

"Besides, you say trip, but it"s not like you"re going to the d.a.m.n Divine Being Continent or a different race"s continent. My d.a.m.n old man was gave in quickly." (Farga)
"Yeah, that makes sense. Velt and I weren"t allowed something that big…… hey, what"s wrong, Velt? Looking towards the day after tomorrow like that." (Ura)
"No, it"s nothing…………" (Velt)

Now, should I tell the two who are stuffing their mouths with potatoes and meat as if it"s only normal.
It"s not like I was only aiming to go to the empire.

"Oi, stupid younger brother. You were thinking about something bad right now, weren"t you?" (Farga)
"Looks like it. Besides, I"m curious about what you"re searching for. You didn"t tell me no matter what after all." (Ura)
"Ah~, um, well~, I"ll tell you one day." (Velt)

Well, yeah, I was thinking about something bad.
After all, what I do depends on whether I find any clues at the empire.

"It"ll be good if I could avoid it, but I don"t know what will happen. Ah, but, yeah, there is one place that I don"t want to go to." (Velt)

To be honest, I won"t hesitate to go to the Demon Continent or the Divine Being Continent if there are clues to find Kamino there.
Obviously, I definitely don"t want to be involved in something like war though.
However, leaving that aside, there was one place I wanted to avoid if I can.

"The only place I don"t want to go to, is the Demi-human Continent." (Velt)

The Demi-human Continent. You could say that demi-humans themselves are my trauma.

"Well, I guess that’s only obvious, considering that incident from when you were a brat. Though, if we go to the d.a.m.n Demi-human Continent with these members, we would probably make enemies out of everyone there." (Farga)
"Indeed. The prince of a human country, and although ruined, a demon princess. There"s no doubt it would irritate the demi-humans." (Ura)

That"s right, demi-humans remind me of the incident in the past.
Ever since that incident, I"ve never met a demi-human.
Ura is also of a different race, but I can"t help but feel resistance towards demi-humans.

"Well anyways, for now, it"s the empire. I"ll go to humanity"s largest country first, and from then on, it depends on whether I found any hints or not about what I"m looking for." (Velt)

Aiming for the empire is nothing more than the first step to finding clues.
In the first place, since Samejima was reincarnated as a demon, I don"t know what could have happened to the other guys.
Therefore, I"ve already prepared myself for the worst case situation.
However, if I talk about that to these guys right now, they would probably take me back to the royal capital forcefully, so I"ll avoid that.
I decided to swallow my small secret together with the water poured in the gla.s.s.
Then, at that moment.

"What, so you lads came to this town to go on the ship to the empire?" (Store owner)

A middle aged man, that looked like a local citizen began talking to us from the counter.

"Yeah~, we did, but what do you want?" (Velt)
"Nah, I just thought that you guys were unlucky." (Store owner)
"Unlucky? What do you mean by that?" (Velt)
"No ocean liners are going to go out from this harbor for a while."

Oi.

"What?" (Velt)
"No way!" (Ura)
"Hah?" (Farga)

Hold up, why do you have to go throw cold water on someone"s determination.

"Wait, what"s up with that, old man! I didn"t even hear about any storms or naval battles happening nearby. And yet, why aren"t any ships coming out from here! Isn"t this a port city!" (Velt)
"There"s nothing up to it. A certain commerce ship got too much cargo to carry, so all the ships got lent out." (Store owner)
"What?" (Velt)
"Right now, they"re preparing ships to carry cargo at the harbor. Those ships aren’t going to the empire, but are heading to the country before it,『Shiromu』." (Store owner)
"Shiromu? Where"s that. I"ve never heard of it before. Rather, I seriously can"t believe it." (Velt)

The trains aren"t coming out from the station. The airplanes aren"t flying out of the airport. It"s basically the same as suddenly being told that.
And, unlike Asakura Ryuuma"s world, the most troublesome thing is that there are no other means of transportation.
There"s no way I could accept that without even asking for the reason.
It feels like tripping over from the very beginning. Then, Farga interposed.

"Shiromu huh. I only hear s.h.i.tty rumours from it though." (Farga)
"Farga, do you know about it?" (Velt)
"Yeah. It"s a country that publicly calls itself a trading country, but that"s only in public. In the shadows, they do illegal transactions, have slave markets, and even run an illegal pleasure quarter." (Farga)

Uwa~, even if he"s only heard that through rumours, those kinds of things really exist, huh.
Well, I definitely don"t want to get involved with them at all.

"Fumu, however, that is unexpected. What will we do, Velt? Are we going by land?" (Ura)
"Oi oi oi, how many months do you think that would take. Besides, if we go by land, we"ll need to cross through a lot of national borders. And because that"s troublesome, I wanted to go by ship." (Velt)
"True. How about we negotiate with the people on those merchant ships? We could ride it until midway or something." (Ura)
"Haa? As far as I heard from Farga"s story, that merchant ship seems kinda dangerous too. What are you going to do if something happens?" (Velt)

It has people that are going to such a dangerous country in it.
It"s hard to say that they would be that respectable. Besides, if something happened, Ura, a woman, would be…………

"Kukekekekeke. The usual, gloomy eating house is a bit noisy." (Sea Thieves Member)
"Ora ora get out of the way, because this store has been reserved by us,『Commerce Guild, Sea Thieves』." (Sea Thieves Member)
"Oi oi, I told you to prepare some women, didn"t I. Or else, I"ll go kidnap some. Kuku, just kidding. It was a joke, a joke. Extra fine women are different though." (Sea Thieves Member)

At that moment, around ten vulgar looking men with coa.r.s.e smiles entered the store.

"Tch, it"s them. You lads better not get involved with them." (Store owner)
"Ho~, obviously. Wait, so those are the d.a.m.n troublesome a.s.sholes that reserved all the ships, huh." (Velt)

After barging in and walking inside the store, acting like they owned everything, they violently moved the desks and chairs, and they’re trying to take out alcohol from the counter of their own accord.

"Cus, customers, that, taking out alcohol from the shelves is…………" (Store owner)
"Ahh? Who the h.e.l.l are you, don"t go touching me with your dirty hands, you poor person!" (Sea Thieves Member)
"Gyafuh!" (Store owner)
"Oi, hurry up and bring some food already!" (Sea Thieves Member)
"Hi, hiii, righ, right away!" (Store owner)

The store owner who tried to stop them, was dealt with by getting kicked away.

"A~ah, doing whatever they want. There really are people like that, aren"t there." (Velt)
"There weren"t any in the royal capital though." (Ura)
"Pieces of s.h.i.t." (Farga)
"Aaah, just leave them alone, Farga. There"s no end to them. In the end, they"re just hoodlums." (Velt)

I"m disgusted by irresponsible people that do whatever they want. Rather than merchants, those guys are hoodlums.
Just like I thought from the start, I don"t even feel like negotiating with them to let us ride it until midway.

"Honestly, this really is so gloomy. We have to stay in a country town like this for three days, and there aren"t even any good women." (Sea Thieves Member)
"Yeah. But this is fine. The cargo moving and sailing preparations finished. We can return to Shiromu in a week." (Sea Thieves Member)
"And besides, we had a big job this time. I"m looking forward to going back." (Sea Thieves Member)
"Everything is thanks to Jeed-aniki." (Sea Thieves Member)
"Yeah, with Jeed-aniki on our side, we aren"t scared of any pirates, thieves or even different races." (Sea Thieves Member)
"Ahhhh, I"m so backed up, I wanna go back already and release it all. Jeed-aniki would probably get mad if I make a move on one of the goods." (Sea Thieves Member)
"Well, don"t worry, we can do whatever we want at Shiromu in a week"s time. Hyahahahahaha!" (Sea Thieves Member)

Even though it"s still daytime, those guys suddenly started partying.
Like, you guys look exactly like pirates and thieves though.
Ura and Farga are looking at those guys with sidelong glances and obviously displeased faces, but they better not succ.u.mb to their strange sense of justice.
No, that prediction was correct.

"Dad, I finished sorting the warehouse."
"I helped too~."

A young girl that"s around the same age as me or a bit older, and a girl that seemed like her younger sister, that"s around 12~13 opened the door of the store and came in.
The girl around my age is wearing simple, cheap clothes, has slightly long, chestnut-coloured hair,  and rather than cute, she"s beautiful.

"Oh." (Sea Thieves Member)
"He~." (Sea Thieves Member)

The moment they saw her, the men from the commerce guild stopped their eyes, and I could see vulgar smiles with drool.

"Ha! You, you guys, don"t come inside!" (Store owner)

Their father, the store owner, shouts in a panic, but it was already too late.
The men suddenly grasped the hands of the girl, and forcefully pulls her to their seats.

"What do you know, there are some decent woman here after all." (Sea Thieves Member)
"Kyaaa! Wait, wha, what are you doing!" (Daughter)
"Hyuu, energetic ones are nice~, her chest is, oh, soft!" (Sea Thieves Member)
"Eh, noooo, wha, what are you!" (Daughter)
"Ora ora, we"re specially paying money, so at least pour us alcohol. Oh, here give me a bit of service. Her skirt is, hyahah, ta-dah!" (Sea Thieves Member)
"No, don"t tear it, no, noooo!" (Daughter)

That was forceful, and he didn"t have any hesitation.
The men suddenly touched the girl"s chest, teared her clothes and tried to undress her clothes.
For me, that had gotten used to the peaceful Elfarshia Kingdom"s royal capital life, it took quite some time to react.
What are these guys doing?

"Ple, please stop it! Please don"t touch my daughter! I won"t charge you anything, so just my daughter!" (Store owner)
"Oneechan! Oneeechan!" (Younger Daughter)
"Shut up! We"re just borrowing her for a while. It"s not like we"re thinking of taking her life or anything." (Sea Thieves Member)

The men even sneered at the store owner that"s crying while prostrating himself.

"Now, we might as well just take off everything." (Sea Thieves Member)
"Nooooo, don"t, noo, help!" (Daughter)
"Ah, I"m going first." (Sea Thieves Member)
"Fine, then I"m second." (Sea Thieves Member)

It"s quite uncomfortable looking at this.
It"s enough to make me feel like the period when I was called a delinquent was cute.
But that"s why I somewhat feel pity for them.

These guys aren"t in luck.

"You d.a.m.n pieces of s.h.i.t." (Farga)

See look, you made Farga get mad.
This place is just barely within the Elfarshia Kingdom"s territory, right? So, obviously, that means the girl you guys are trying to attack right now is one of the citizens in this country.
He"s usually a wandering prince that has no interest in the throne, but his love to the country is real, so if you do something like that in front of him…………

"Stop it, you louts!" (Ura)

So you"re reacting too! It was Ura.
Well, as a girl that was raised at a restaurant, I know there"s no way she could overlook it.
Oh boy, a fight, huh.

"The children of a restaurant, are the treasures of the working father. Getting involved with them, means you"re ready to become all b.l.o.o.d.y, right?" (Ura)

Hey, Ura! Isn"t that a rip-off of the killer phrase I use occasionally!

"Good grief, there"s no helping it. You"re way quicker to violence than I am." (Velt)
"That"s some d.a.m.n good timing." (Farga)

Since there"s no helping it, I decided to go with them.
That being said, Ura alone should be able to instantly kill this many people, but Farga has a face that looks like he wants to punch these guys too.

"What was that~, you………… who do you think you"re talking to with that cheeky mouth!" (Sea Thieves Member)

Uwa~, this is too conventional.
I was surprised when they made a move on the girl without advance notice, but that phrase is way too conventional.

"Kukuku, I don"t know who you are, but you must have some nerve to say that." (Sea Thieves Member)
"Honestly. To think you don"t even know us, the Sea Thieves." (Sea Thieves Member)
"Well, they"re probably travelers from some far away country." (Sea Thieves Member)
"True. If you were to say the famous people in this country, it would be the five people,『Paladin General』,『Queen War Hero』,『Giant Killing』,『Scarlet Dragon Slayer』, and the『Golden Comet』. The rest are just a gathering of trash peace idiots after all." (Sea Thieves Member)

That"s unfortunate. This guy wearing a hood is one of those five people.
But like, I"m glad that『Remote Control』didn"t come out.

"We have our aniki with us after all~." (Sea Thieves Member)

It"s useless, these guys aren"t scared at all.
Not only Ura and Farga, but it would probably even be an easy win for me too.
By just lightly moving this finger, I could use fuwa fuwa panic on all of them…………

"What"s wrong? What are you arguing about?"

At that moment, as if choosing the right timing, one man entered the store.
He"s a large, skinhead that"s wearing sleeveless clothes. On his waist, he"s carrying a sword stored in its scabbard.

"Jeed-aniki!" (Sea Thieves Member)

It seems their great aniki has come.
This guy is so-so. But I could still probably beat him.
Seeing Farga and Ura regularly probably made me like this.

"Kukuku, if it"s a dispute, let me handle it. I just wanted to try out this samurai sword or whatever that the swordswoman demi-human from the day before yesterday was carrying." (Jeed)

After saying that, the man called Jeed drew the sword from his waist.
Since it was quite unusual, I became a bit surprised.

"A j.a.panese sword, huh. How maniac of you." (Velt)

The katana could be called a samurai"s synonym.
Then, Ura and Farga questioned the words that unintentionally came out of my mouth.

"Oi, stupid younger brother. What is this "nihontou"?" (Farga) (TL Note: Nihontou is j.a.panese sword in j.a.panese.)
"Umu, it has quite a beautiful shape, but it"s my first time seeing it." (Ura)

Eh, seriously? That"s a surprise.

"Hah? Do you guys not know what samurai and j.a.panese swords are? Unbelievable." (Velt)
"Like I said, what is that." (Farga)
"Samurai, are j.a.pan"s olden………… ah…………" (Velt)

At that moment, I realized.
They don"t know what samurai and j.a.panese swords are? No, of course there"s no way they would know.
After all, samurais and j.a.panese swords aren"t from this world.
They"re from a different world, where Asakura Ryuuma was in.
Then, why does this skinhead have a j.a.panese sword…………

"Ehhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!" (Velt)

I didn"t think that something like this would happen at the opening of the opening of this journey.