Angel Little Sister 307

 

Chapter 307 : Heading To The Capital

 

It has been two days since we left the town of Torfe. The journey has been smooth so far. We haven’t encountered any problems.

This is what a normal journey should be like. No monsters. No bandits. It’s so peaceful and I like it. Normal is wonderful!

As a matter of course, we used my container house to camp. By the way, the day after we defeated Lumon and his underlings, Tio-san cleaned my container house as thanks for saving her, so it looks much cleaner than before. I hope she’s doing well in her uncle’s place.

I invited Garrett-san to stay the night in my container house last night, but he refused. He said he prefers to sleep in his carriage next to his horses.

He reminded me of Kazuul-san who preferred to sleep with his horses too.

Coachmen like those two seem to like to sleep with their horses.

「Let’s camp here tonight.」(Garrett)

While I was thinking about last night, suddenly, Garrett-san’s voice interrupted my thoughts.

Celine, who was sitting across from me, stretched her hand toward the curtain, opened it, and looked outside.

At the same time, the cold wind blew into the carriage.

「Hmm… I know this place. So we’re going to camp here, huh?」(Celine)

I could see the road extending to the horizon, and there was a lake not far from our position. The surface of the lake was bathed in the evening sunlight and dyed in bright red.

Garrett-san stopped the carriage and replied to Celine.

「If you know this place, then you should know that there’s a goblin’s forest ahead. It’s too dangerous to camp in their territory, so we better camp here.」(Garrett)

「Yeah, I know. I think it’s a good place to camp too. Mark, Ester, Nicola-chan, let’s go to the river.」(Celine)

Saying that, Celine got off the carriage. The three of us then followed her.

However, as soon as I got off, Garrett-san called out to me.

「Mark, it would be helpful if you could build a stable for my horses today as well.」(Garrett)

「No problem.」(Mark)

Without wasting time, I used earth magic to build a simple box-shaped stable for the horses like I did yesterday.

I made it not too big and not too small either, just enough for the horses and the carriage to fit in.

「Thank you. I saw your container house and I saw how you built a stable yesterday, but I’m still impressed now. You’re such a talented boy.」(Garrett)

After praising me, he got off the driver’s seat and began taking care of his horses.

By the way, he was so surprised that he was stunned for a minute when he saw me taking out my container house from my Item Box and building a stable yesterday.

After confirming that I finished building the stable, Celine, who was waiting for me, called out to Garrett-san.

「Garrett-san, we’re going to see the lake. We’ll prepare dinner, so come to the container house later.」(Celine)

「Alright. I’m looking forward to it.」(Garrett)

Garrett-san won’t be staying in my container house, but he will have dinner with us.

He really liked the fried Arrow Dodging Bird he ate for dinner last night. Celine and Ester cooked it.

I was thinking of preparing my dad’s cooking that I stored in my Item Box for tonight’s dinner, but I wonder if Celine has a different idea.

「Let’s go, Mark.」(Celine)

「Okay.」(Mark)

I replied to Celine and followed her to catch up with Ester and Nicola who were walking ahead of us toward the lake.

The weeds became taller and taller as we got closer to the lake, making it difficult to walk. The ground was damp and sticky too.

Honestly, I don’t want to stay here for too long.

「Celine, do we keep going until we reach the lake?」(Mark)

「No. I think we can see ‘them’ from here… Ah, there they are!」(Celine)

When I moved my gaze toward the direction Celine was pointing, I saw a huge tortoise about a hundred and fifty centimeters long with a large yellow shell on its back by the lake about fifty meters away from us.

Nicola talked to me via telepathy as soon as she saw it.

『That tortoise…』(Nicola)

『You know about it?』(Mark)

『Yeah. It’s not an ordinary tortoise. It’s a monster called Land Turtle.』(Nicola)

『Turtle? I see. I thought it was just a normal tortoise but a bit bigger.』(Mark)

If that is a turtle-type monster, that means it has much higher physical abilities and bigger size than normal turtles due to the influence of the surrounding mana.

『You can’t underestimate them. They are so ferocious that they can’t be compared to normal turtles. They can approach their prey at a high speed that normal turtles don’t have. Once they bite their prey, they won’t let them go until they are torn into pieces or die. Moreover, unlike normal turtles, they have sharp fangs and claws that can pierce through hard armor.』(Nicola)

『That’s kinda scary…』(Mark)

「Celine, what are you going to do with that turtle monster?」(Mark)

「Ara, you know that it’s a monster? It’s called a Land Turtle. Normally, you need a few C-ranked adventurers to hunt them, but… Watch me~」(Celine)

Celine took out her magic wand from her Item Boー I mean, cleavage, and held it horizontally like she was holding a bow.

She then created an arrow of fire and aimed at the turtle monster.

「Fire Arrowー」(Celine)

Her fire arrow flew straight toward the Land Turtle and exploded as it hit its shell.

However, it seemed that the shell was stronger than I expected.

I know how powerful Celine’s fire arrows are, but this one didn’t even leave a single crack in the turtle’s shell. Just how hard its shell is?

The Land Turtle who noticed our presence then turned to us and showed its fangs. He looks really mad.

「Celine, you didn’t kill it!」(Mark)

「Yeah… Their shells are exceptionally hard after all. I doubt I can crack it even with my most powerful spell.」(Celine)

「Eehh!? Then how can we beat it?」(Mark)

As I shouted, the Land Turtle started charging toward us.

Ester who was standing next to me pulled out her dagger and prepared for the battle.

「I’ll try to stop it!」(Ester)

「No, Ester. It’s alright. Fire Arrow!!」(Celine)

Ester was about to dash forward, but Celine stopped her and shot another fire arrow at the turtle.

It stopped for a second when the fire arrow hit its shell, but then it started charging again.

「Fire Arrow! Fire Arrow! Fire Arrow! Fire Arrooow!!!」(Celine)

After Celine shot fire arrows multiple times at it, it started to slow down, and finallyー

「This will be the last one! Fire Arrow!!」(Celine)

ーthe Land Turtle completely stopped after receiving the last fire arrow.

Its shell was glowing red due to heat, and I could see steam rising from its entire body.

「Although their shells are tough, they don’t have resistance to heat. Dinner has been secured~!」(Celine)

「Celine, you’re amazing!」(Ester)

As Ester cheered, Celine put her magic wand back in her cleavage and puffed out her chest proudly.

『Mwehehe~ The way she put in her wand is quite pervy~』 (Nicola)

Ignoring Nicola’s telepathic message, I silently watched Celine tie the roasted Land Turtle with rope.

Seems like we’re going to eat it for dinner tonight. I wonder what it tastes like.

 

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