Chapter 139 – The Fishermen Who Control the Water

After receiving the escort quest from Bella, I immediately contacted the fixed party members and asked if they would accompany me.

An escort quest that takes about 15 days in total.
Considering the round-trip time from Yoensuu to the port city, I think it will take about that much time.
After Kate joined, my fixed party mainly solved quests that ended in day trips.
It’s the first time I’ve done a quest that takes a long time, so it might be difficult to match each other’s schedule.

‘Who will fall out?’

However, when I visited my lovers and asked them about their intentions, the answer came back that they would gladly participate.
It was because they were all at the time when money was tight anyway.
Rebecca had a hobby of buying healthy food that was good for her body, and Kate had a hobby of buying fancy new clothes for each season.
All of them needed money to get what they wanted.

The day the escort quest begins.
I got up early in the morning and told Brown that I couldn’t do the magic show for the time being because of the quest.
I couldn’t perform for 15 days, but Brown didn’t really try to stop me from leaving.
In the meantime, the number of guests increased because of my performance, and the Tabad Inn was booming every day of her day.

“Goodbye, Luke!”
“Yep.”
“Did you say you’re going to the port city today? The fishmen living there have all the same personalities, so you’d better be careful. The fisherman men are so proud that they wield their fists before words.”

After listening to Brown’s advice, I set out for the Adventurer’s Guild with Rebecca waiting at the entrance of the inn.
Unlike other quests, this time there was another member secretly added to my fixed party.
I wondered whether I should call it ‘one person’ or ‘one book’.

“Luke. Why are you carrying that thick magic book?”
“I’m going to study while carrying it.”
“You’re a complete criminal. Let’s exercise with me during reading time. You learned an exercise method called yoga in your hometown? It’s a good exercise to warm up your body, so I’ll teach you.”
“You should read books and exercise. Or, take this opportunity to learn some magic from me.”
“I-you want me to learn magic?”
“Yes.”
“Sorry. I don’t like headaches… Hehe.”
“Why does your head hurt?”
“Learning magic is so complicated that it hurts your head.”

I was walking through the city holding the magic book Rumi in one hand.
Wearing a robe and even holding a magic book in his hand, it was perfectly wizard fashion.
Citizens I met on the street looked at me with a mixture of fear and respect.
The reason why he even brought a magic book to go on a quest was to take Rumi’s lessons little by little during the 15 days he was on the quest.
It would be better to acquire knowledge by carrying it around than leaving it rotting in a room.

[Thank you for taking me. Mister Wizard. I also prefer to see the world rather than being locked up in my room.]

It was fortunate that Rumi wasn’t the type to hate going outside.
Rumi’s voice is only audible to me, and even when Rumi spoke, she was completely inaudible to Rebecca, who was right nearby.
I just kept my mouth shut because I thought it would be awkward if I answered the word thank you.

The place where you promised to meet Bella again is in front of the adventurer’s guild headquarters.
When we arrived in front of the guild headquarters and were waiting, Kate arrived a little late.
Kate carried a backpack full of holy water and wore a mace for self-defense around her waist.

“Dreamer! Rebecca sister! I’m here!”

As soon as Kate arrived, she came closer to me and she asked a question out of the blue.

“Mongma-nim. I’m curious. Did you bring a crow? The crow that serves as a mascot when performing in the backyard.”

Crow?
It’s time to do the quest, why are you looking for it now?
I replied to Kate with an absurd expression.

“Of course I didn’t bring it. You can’t just drag it out of the city and get hurt.”
“Ah…!”

As if regretting my words, Kate let out a sigh.

“Demon-sama, crow. If you brought it, you’d use it as a toy while riding in the carriage. I’ve even packed bird feed in my backpack to tame it!”

Kate is very fond of Bella the raven.
She liked her so much that even after the performance she tried to fly away, she hugged the crow Bella and couldn’t let her go.
I persuaded her to let her go, but Kate’s affection for crows is not normal.

“Ahhh! The great Baldur! Please bring the dreamer’s crow here!”

It was the moment Kate raised her prayers to the sky.
The backyard of the main office was like a parking lot where the guild’s wagons were waiting, and a large wagon jumped out of there.

“I’m sorry.”

It was Hannah, the female secretary, who sat in the driver’s seat and directed the horses.
Hannah saw us gathered in front of the headquarters and immediately drove the wagon this way.

“Nice to meet you, adventurers. Please get on board. I will escort Lady Bella and you to the port city.”

I and my lovers knew that Hannah was Bella’s secretary. At official events, Hanna always followed Bella like a shadow.
When she saw that Hannah was here, she seemed to be able to meet her master, Bella, as well.
Indeed, as I thought, Bella appeared right in front of us.
Bella, who was riding in the carriage’s cabin, opened her window wide and waved her hand at us.

“Nice to meet you, Mr. Luke. And Mr. Luke’s lovers. Please take good care of my escort until we reach the port city.”
“Just leave it to me.”

The moment I answered as the leader of the fixed party, Kate clicked her tongue next to me.

“No, I prayed for the crow to come, but why did a fox-like bugilma come out? Baldur! You’re doing too much for me!”

She called the crow and Bella came.
In fact, if you look closely, the crow is Bella, so Mr. Baldur, who is in the sky, must be fucking unfair right now.

‘I’m sorry Mr. Baldur.’

She listened to my prayers, but rather, she was being cursed at by the nun.
I stopped Kate before she got her nemesis.

“Don’t say too much to Baldur-nim. He’s a busy guy. Would a godlike nobleman listen to such a trivial prayer?”
“My affection for crows is not trivial, Mr. Dream.”

Kate lifted her head and shouted with her earnest look on her face.

“Ah, dreamer-sama, I want to communicate with the crow!!”
“Don’t say it out loud, fool!”

The moment Kate’s cry resounded in front of the headquarters entrance, Bella, who was riding in her carriage, trembled.
Watching Kate run amok on her way, Bella clenched her fists, as if she had something in her crow-like days.

“Hey, Sister Kate.”
“Why are you calling, Mr. Bugilma?”
“The crow that is calling anxiously right now.
“Ah, it’s burdensome! I love it so much that when I hug it tightly, it makes me jump with joy.”

Bella gnashed her teeth when Kate chuckled.

Pudeuk!

“That’s not what I like…! Have you ever thought of struggling for survival!”
“No, Mr. Bugilma. How do you know that? Mr. Dream, you’ve never seen a crow.”
“—- Keugh!”

Bella shut her mouth, thinking that if she talked to her any more, she would get caught.
Bella swayed for a while before she gestured to us, including Kate, to come up to the room.

“Haa… Let’s get started. Anything blocking the road here is a nuisance to adventurers. I’ll believe you’ve packed all the necessary things.”

I took my lovers and got into the cabin.
Indeed, befitting the wagon the deputy guild master boarded, the interior of the cabin was spacious and sophisticated.
It was a room with a total weight of 8 tons, and in that large room, living facilities operated by magic stones were prepared.
A small brazier for making a fire, a sink for running water, and a heat regulator for heating and cooling.
The large seat could be used as a bed by lowering the backrest.
It is no exaggeration to say that this is almost a camper in another world.
It seemed that there would be no inconvenience in the journey to the port city.

“Wow. There are so many things in the room. Can I just live here like a house?”

Hearing my exclamation, Bella responded with a shrug of her shoulders.

“Originally, this is a wagon exclusively for guild masters. My dad used to ride it, but he passed it on to me. It has a shrinking magic, so when everyone needs to get off together, the wagon can be turned into a small toy-like form. You can also carry it with you.”

Being able to reduce a wagon to the size of a toy was an amazing thing in many ways.
If you arrive in an area that is impossible to enter, you can simply reduce the size of the wagon and carry it.
Galarhorn is the best adventurer’s guild in the Western Continent.
In terms of Earth, Bella is like the daughter of the president of a large corporation.
It wouldn’t be strange to use such an expensive carriage as a ride.

A total of four people, including me, my lovers, and Bella, sat in the cabin seats.
At that moment, the voice of Hannah, who was sitting in the coachman’s seat, echoed from outside the cabin.

“I’m leaving!”

Moonstrike! Moonstrike!

The large wagon passed through the adventurer’s guild and ran toward the west gate where there was a road leading to the port city.
When we passed through the west gate, the world outside the city that the city walls could not protect unfolded in front of us.
Bellatrix’s escort quest had begun.

*

Three days have passed since I left Yoensu.
For three days, he had to protect Bella’s surroundings, but the quest didn’t feel too difficult.
It was thanks to the special magic tool installed in the large wagon.

A magic tool called ‘Claim’ was installed on the roof of the wagon, and it was a convenient magic tool that sounded a warning whenever an enemy approached.
It is said to be a structure that detects the hostility of creatures that come within a certain range and emits a sound.
Being able to prepare for monster attacks in advance, there was no urgent situation during the trip.

Wheein-!

Even today, when a monster approaches the road where the wagon passes, Claim sends a warning to the fixed party members with a sound.

“I see something coming. A monster?”
“Let’s go out and check.”

It was none other than the large hermit crabs that had attacked the carriage today.
Large, carnivorous hermit crabs that live on the coast of the western continent.
As the carriage ran along the coastline to go to the port city, the hermit crabs saw us and attacked us frequently.

‘In the old days, catching one hermit crab was too much for me.’

It was a monster that was difficult to catch even in the Bronze era.
However, now that he has become silver, every time he uses magic, one by one explodes.

Chaaaaagh-!!
The waves of my magic engulfed the hermit crabs flocking to hermit crabs all at once.
The place where the waves pushed past was full of corpses whose flesh had burst due to the water pressure.

“Synthesis!”

The few remaining hermit crabs were cut down by Rebecca with a curved sword.
The hermit crabs hid in their shells, but it became a handshake.
Rebecca’s curved sword, loaded with supernatural power, shattered the shell of her back.

Kwajijik!

ㅡ Kieheek!

The monsters whose bodies were split in half and turned into conch/crabs ended their lives on the spot.

“Mamamoo! Claim has stopped sounding the alarm! Looks like there are no more enemies.”
“Before we leave, let’s tear off the flesh of the crab. Tonight, we can boil Maeuntang with these.”
“Eug! Maeuntang?”

There is a simple cooking facility in the room, so it was possible to cook and eat.
Like a luxury room, seasonings such as red pepper powder and salt are prepared.
I was able to let people from other worlds taste the Korean spirit, Maeuntang.

Bubbling.

“Ah, it’s really spicy. Am I the only one who’s spicy?”
“Isn’t it pretty tasty even though it’s spicy? The soup Luke made me.”
“I also think that Mr. Luke is good at cooking. He knows how to cook in an amazing way.”

In the room, the people who received the soup in their bowls ate the Maeuntang I boiled.

“Luke! Give me some more broth!”

Rebecca emptied the bowl and asked for another bowl, perhaps because she likes spicy food.
As I filled the bowl with soup, Rebecca gave a blissful smile.

“Is it good to be hot?”
“Okay! But how do you make and eat this Maeuntang?”
“I’ll give you the recipe later.”

This is a historic moment when Maeuntang dishes began to become known to people from other worlds.
It means that I, as an earthling, am gradually invading the culture of this world.

‘It looks good because you ate well.’

Filling our stomachs with locally sourced ingredients, we proceeded to the port city.