Chapter 10

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Chapter 10

“Good morning, Yuri. Good morning everyone. Was there any problem last night? Did you sleep well?”

“… no problems, but it took me a while to fall asleep.”

“I see. It is hard to sleep without a tent, isn’t it?”

“No, we’re former mercenaries, so we’re used to sleeping under the sky.”

“Oh, then why did it take so long to fall asleep?”

“Because you and that woman’s voice was too loud!”

I dare not point out what kind of voice it was. I was hesitant to mention exactly what my lord and his pet slave were doing alone in the tent at night.

“Even if you say so. I hope you’ll forgive me as it was a night when a man and a woman who love each other were reunited after overcoming a life-threatening attack by bandits. Also, because you’re the ones who caused it in the first place.”

To Noein who smiled and said something like that.

“Damn … it. I got it.”

And that was all Yuri could muster.

“You don’t have to make such a bitter face. After tonight, we’ll have more space between us, and you’ll be sleeping in a tent, so it’s okay.”

After talking about some serious matters of mutual comfort, they finished their breakfast and set off for Retvik, where they were going to do shopping for the day.

At first, Noein suggested that we leave Matilda and Mai at the residence and go shopping with the men, but Matilda showed great reluctance at the idea of her master leaving her and working with men who had been bandits until yesterday, so she asked Yuri and Mai to stay behind and the remaining five of us headed for Retvik.

From Noein’s point of view, he was leaving his residence in the hands of someone he had only met yesterday, but he had decided to take all his valuables with him, such as coins and magical tools, so there was no real issue.

We left the forest through a route that Noein and the others had taken many times before, and the ground had already been trampled by the golems to make it look like a road.

“Noein-sama, how can you move a golem with such dexterity?”

On the way to Retvik, it was Pence, a thin man with bad eyesight, who started the conversation.

“Oh, I’ve been wondering about that, too. It moves so smoothly that it’s a little weird, does it not? this golem?”

Bart, younger man, joined the conversation.

“I guess my golem moves are awesome even from your point of view?”

“It is a hell of a thing. We’ve seen golems used to carry cargo, but they were much slower than that.”

“…… I’ve only seen one person move a golem as well as Noein-sama. It was an old puppet wizard in the royal army. I’m sure you’ll be happy to hear that. It’s hard to believe that Noein-sama can move so many of them.”

Radley says so along with Pence.

“In the event that you receive the ability to use puppet magic, you’ll likely be able to practice a little and eventually get a job as a baggage handler. But it’s not uncommon for people like me to have a lot of free time until they reach adulthood. Who can spend an enormous amount of time just learning to control a golem. That’s probably why I’m so skilled.”

Noein thought that mastery of golem manipulation was similar to the practice of a baby learning to move its own body.

Through repetition and practice, the brain and the body are gradually linked, and the technique grows like the connection of nerves one by one.

After a lot of practice, Noein was able to use two humanoid golems as if they were extensions of his own body. As for the horse-shaped golem, he was able to move it single handedly without much practice at all.

As expected, it would be difficult to operate more than this at the same time, but Noein thinks that there are better puppet magic users among the higher-ranking wizards in this kingdom, and even more in this world.

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Upon arriving in Retvik, the first thing to do was to go to Eliza’s grocery store.

“Oh, it’s the Baron of the Forest, isn’t it? You came here yesterday itself, what happened?”

Eliza greeted Noein with such a surprised voice.

“Hello, Eliza. Matter of fact, I’m finally welcoming some new residents to my territory. I’ve come to buy some food for them.”

Noein smiled back at her and motioned towards the three people who had come into the store with him.

This is where Bart’s kind manners and young appearance came in handy.

“We came to this city as refugees, but the baron took pity on us and took us in. From now on, We are going to do our best to repay this favour.”

Bart’s tone of voice and good looks combined to create an atmosphere that tickles women’s protective desires. Eliza shows her sympathy, “You’re lucky to have been picked up by Baron-sama.”, Eliza says. All the while having no idea that he was a bandit until yesterday.

Noein, who was watching with admiration for how well Bart was putting on this little act, looked to the side to be even more surprised.

First, there was Pence. His sharp eyes, combined with his slender physique, gave him the impression of a lizard, but now his eyes were downcast, and he had become a ‘skinny, pathetic man’.

And then there’s Radley. To be honest, he is an ugly man, but his sad expression gives him an indescribable melancholy. If you saw him begging on the street, you would want to throw him a few coins.

Both of them looked as believable as Bart, even as they were called ‘poor refugees’. I’m sure they’ve used this facade to let down people’s guards around them and get around the city easily.

Noein bought some more food from Eliza while trying to hold back his annoyance at them, wondering where the rough and tumble people of the past had gone.

Once the food was purchased, Noein went on to buy their daily necessities and beds.

“You’re even going to buy a change of clothes for us?”

“Of course. You can’t keep wearing those clothes all the time, can you?”

I guess it can’t be helped that they’ve been aimlessly wandering around the kingdom for a long time, but they reek because they haven’t washed their bodies or clothes.

However, if you don’t have a proper change of clothes, you wouldn’t be able to do laundry at all.

Noein thought that this situation where the people couldn’t even wash their own clothes should be improved immediately.

He bought an appropriate change of clothes for Yuri and Mai, who were staying at the residence, and additional clothes, tubs, and consumables such as soap for the five of them to wash themselves.

Pence and the others were horrified at the thought of having such a luxury item as soap for themselves.

“Good work comes from a good life. If you’re intimidated by it, just work for it and pay it back.”

Noein reminded them.

The last thing left to buy was the tent.

“I think it’s going to be difficult to fit all five of you in one tent, so how should we divide it up? Separate men and women?”

“No, Mai is the boss’ woman. It would be helpful if you could split it between them and us.”

“Oh, that’s how it is.”

I thought I understood why Yuri had said that he and Mai would be the only ones to guard the territory.

In my mind, I wondered if he was planning to enjoy himself alone with a woman in an undisturbed environment while he told me that I was being too noisy the previous night.

Despite my grumbling, I made sure to buy him a tent and returned to the territory with a wagon full of goods.

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