"We're not carrying people for nothing. ”

"I'm not going to sit in vain. ”

As Rivat and I watched, a young human man with a large bow on his back stood up and slowly approached the stopped bullock cart. I noticed that his clothes were still wet with water.

Perhaps, he was originally a passenger in that hapless carriage?

"If it were just one person, wouldn't the craftsmen who were rushing to repair the bridge soon be able to fill the longboard bridge that allowed pedestrians to pass through, and wouldn't it be a long wait?" anticipating that Riowatt might jokingly ask for a sky-high price, Gott, who had been silent, seemed to be kind enough to ask, "It's only half a day's walk from here to Dreish." ”

"My luggage is a bit heavy, and walking to Dre City is slower than a detour. ”

Next to the meadow where he had just sat and rested, a cloth bag, also wet with water, had fallen on the stump.

The bag didn't smell bad, so I thought it was a stone or something.

"How much does it weigh?"

"Two bags of ore, about a hundred and thirty pounds. ”

Hearing this reply, Riowatt looked at the redundant space in the cargo box, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help but raise slightly, "Such a big bag...... If you have to take our car, pay a bag of 30 silver coins and your ride fee will be free. ”

Looking at Riowatt's somewhat reluctant expression, it was as if he had also given a great deal of preferential terms.

"60 silver coins are enough for me to hire a car to run back and forth from Derui City to Yunman Mountain, Mr. Guard, you also have a limit to ripping bamboo bars, okay? 60 copper plates, no more. ”

"Hey, if you can't afford it, you can't-"

"Riovat, this is my car. ”

Mr. Gott's slightly cold words, like a cold wave that froze the North Sea, silenced Rivat, who was about to continue to fight with the other party——— but did not show any anger. At that moment, it dawned on me that they might have been friends a long time ago.

When Gott held out three fingers at the man who was trying to ride, the other man nodded and threw the three silver coins at me, who was staring at him.

"What do you call it?"

"Liam, like your bodyguard, is a mercenary. ”

By the time I caught the coin, a human man named Liam had turned back to carry his two bags of goods. More than 130 pounds of ore and a large living person were put into the cargo box, and even though I was sitting in the front seat, I could clearly feel the frame shaking twice.

Is it worth three silver coins to carry him to Dre City like this?

Looking at the silver round in the palm of the claw, I think I should have initially realized the most basic element of human social survival——— money. If you don't have this, I'm afraid you won't be able to get along with most humans.

The bullock cart moved forward again, and I handed it to Goth with three silver coins with human heads and towers on both sides, and handed them to Goth with his left paw.

"You can keep it, maybe you can use it sometime. ”

"Oh, good. ”

Since he said so, I was not polite, and put the silver coin in my bag.

Riot in the back seat was unusually quiet because of the arrival of the new passengers, and after sneaking a glance at the two mercenaries "confronting", I happily put my chin on the palm of my claw and looked at the rushing river on the right side of the road.

In a trance, I recalled my childhood by the fire, my father held me in his arms, and told me the bedtime story of the spirit of the Whistling Valley River, which was still far away for me at that time, after rushing and stirring in the mountains, into the great river, and going to a distant place.

"There is no return to the river, the mother river of East Wicchel. ”

"Huh?"

As Gott's slightly magnetic voice came from the left, I straightened up and lifted my hat from my ears a little. I was able to listen to stories and learn common sense, and even though it was a day when I should have fallen into a light sleep and rested, I still came to my senses.

The Muhui River, which runs side by side with the road, is a very wide freshwater river. Originating from the Holy Plains Mountain, it rushes thousands of kilometers from west to east, with hundreds of tributaries, and after crossing half of the East Witchell Kingdom, it flows into the vast sea of heavenly waves.

If the capital city is excluded, eight of the top ten prosperous cities in the East Witchell Kingdom were built along the river.

"I would venture to ask, is that little sister who wraps herself tightly your daughter?"

Just as I was listening to Mr. Gott's explanation, the mercenary in the back cargo compartment interrupted the story by asking a question. But worse than the interjection was the question he asked, even more tricky than that of the Riowatt guy.

"Hah—if it's just age, I'm afraid I'll have to be a generation younger. ”

"I don't see it at all. ”

Hey, am I looking too mature, or is Mr. Gott looking too young?

The ox cart carrying one more person did not slow down in the slightest. The sun rose to its highest point in the passage of time, then slowly set, and as it was about to set, we had reached the town of the bottom of the cliff that the merchants had mentioned earlier.

Near the town's Traveler's Tavern, Mr. Gott unroped the black bull and took it to the inn to feed on it, while Rivat was told to stay and watch the car. As for me and the other passenger, we could have walked around.

"Why don't you consider buying a horse yourself? Mules and donkeys are also good for transportation. ”

"You're still a pikeman, didn't you buy it? ”

After a day of contact, Rioat and the mercenary named Liam became the object of each other's chatter. Watching them sit in the crate and laugh and talk, I shook my head and followed the smell towards the town.

Although we orcs basically look down on the weak physique of human beings, when it comes to cooking food, there should be no race on the Xiayu Continent.

"Little sister, do you want to buy two skewers?"

When the fragrant charcoal-grilled meat appeared in front of me, the stomach, which had not digested the meat for almost a day, grumbled with joy. Looking at the top boss with a fan behind the barbecue, I nodded.

Mr. Gott had given himself three silver coins, but he didn't expect them to be used so quickly.

After thinking about how much strength this thing could replenish, I decided how much I wanted to buy, "Please bring me 50 skewers." ”

With that, I took a silver coin out of my bag and handed it to my boss.

"Ah, good...... Little sister, don't you have a copper plate?"

"Nope. ”

The boss opened his mouth to say something, but after making eye contact with me, he shut his mouth stupidly——— sure enough, the eyes of the tooth wolf people are still more terrifying than humans.

So, when I left with the kebab wrapped in lotus leaves, there was an extra seventy copper plates in my bag that had lost one silver coin. It feels like getting food from humans is easier than hunting.

"Hey, Xiaolu, brought me something to eat?"

As soon as I got back to the ox cart, Rivat, who was sitting on it to wipe the spear, smelled the lotus leaf bag I was holding in my arms. If it weren't for the fact that he didn't have a hint of bestiality, I suspect he'd be a canine subhuman pretending to be a human.

"It's mine, not yours. ”

Looking at the pikeman who had rolled over and got out of the car, I raised my claw against his shoulder and shook my head. It's not that the Tooth Wolves don't have a habit of sharing, but so far, I haven't fully recognized Rioat as my companion.

Moreover, fifty skewers of barbecue strips that are no more than the thickness of a human index finger are not completely filling......

"It's too stingy, isn't it just a few strings of ......?"

"Rioat, what are you doing?"

Originally, I was worried that I would be a little nervous about the conflict with Rivat, but when I heard Mr. Gott's voice, my impatient heart quickly calmed down, and the left paw that was originally against Rivat's shoulder to prevent him from approaching was also retracted.

Watching the pikemen comically explain to Mr. Gott there, I didn't seem to realize it myself——— maybe I did, but I didn't care. I have come to consider Mr. Gott to be a trustworthy companion.

"I've bought you dinner while it's hot. Liam, if you don't mind, eat together. ”

After scolding Riot for me, Mr. Gott took down the bamboo basket that he was carrying on the black ox's back, and laid it on the wagon rack the bread, goat's milk, roast meat, and roast vegetables that he had just bought when he went to buy forage to feed the black ox.

"Hmm...... Then I might as well be respectful. ”

"Xiao Lu also bought barbecue? ”

"Yes, Mr. Gott. ”

Before the sun had completely set, we had dinner in the town of Yadi, not only in terms of temperature, but also in terms of meat.