\nIn the midst of the peacefulness, we received a report from the coachman that the next town was in sight.
I was worried about the potion Sytry threw, but I guess I was worried for nothing.Originally, my hunches rarely came true. We might have encountered a lot of misfortune in the past because of my bad luck, but it was also mainly the cause of my prudent personality.
I removed Liz who had closely snuggled next to me and stucked my head out of the window to see the town.
In general, the towns in Zebrudia are quite developed. This time the destination was also a town surrounded by a thick outer wall and had quite the reasonable defense capabilities. It was inevitably small compared to the Imperial Capital but it is not like I am particularly into big cities.
As I excitedly peeked into the town like a child, what I saw was ââ A town with a more heavy atmosphere than I had expected.Outside the splendid cocoa colored outer wall, an unusually high number of soldiers was patrolling from a distance, moreover we can also see multiple robed mages over there. Multiple soldiers were lined up on the upper part of the outer wall and a caution flag with vertical lines on a red background was fluttering.As they were not restricting the access into the town, it didnât look like there was a big problem but there were clearly more carriages leaving the city than there were going in.
Sytry poked her head out from behind me when I was silent and stared in wonder.
âAra. Seems like there is something going on over thereâŠâŠ A red flag with vertical lines ââ It looks like they have a problem involving Monsters.â\n
âEh? Whatwhat? Is it dangerous?â
Hearing Sytryâs voice, Liz, who was full of energy, stuck her head on my back, looked at the flag and then said in a boring tone.
âWhat, itâs just a red flag. It doesnât look like they are on high alert, itâs so boring.â
She isâŠâŠ Too accustomed with incidents. Certainly, there were more full red flags raised during our adventures than I can remember.
The standard of flags raised were somewhat the same everywhere. Of course, I had seen them in the Empire but also in other countries and I had also seen some with unusual patterns in small villages. In towns where demonâs habitat are close to the town, the flags are raised quite a bit, and in this case, it isnât strange that the flag is raised as there is a forest nearby.Â
From my experience, in the case where a red flag alerting Monsters danger was raised, there was a fifty percent chance that it would be troublesome and among those there was a twenty percent chance that they would be really dangerous.
âWe haveâŠâŠ Skipped this stop last time. We did that because we couldnât predict how long it would take to capture the ăNight Palace (Castle of Myriad Demon)ăâŠâŠâ
âWell, if we wanted to take a break, this place wasnât exactly in the same direction. And we werenât that tired either.â
âMasterâŠâŠâ
As if the carriage knew what we were talking about, the carriage came to a screeching halt.Tino was the only one who sounded anxious. At the same time as I was reassured to have the strongest lineup such as Liz and Sytry next to me, I also sympathize with Tinoâs anxious feelings.\nI crossed my arm and started brooding for the first time in a while.
This time the situation was different from Elan, our previous stop. We didnât expect the attack of the Thunder Spirit but this time we know that something was going on (Even though we didnât know the details).It wasnât like there was absolutely a need to resupply right now, nor were we following a schedule. If it was my usual self, I would choose to avoid this place without even thinking twice about it. Having only Liz and Luke running straight into danger was more than enough for me.
ââŠâŠâ
But, however, you know.
Normally, I would have chosen to avoid this place butâŠâŠ Gula1 is a town famous for its chocolate. It is too blasphemous for me, a hidden sweet tooth, to avoid this town.
The chocolates themselves are famous so it can be found in the Imperial Capital but the manager of my favorite confectionery shop told me this. It seems there is a shop that serves a special chocolate parfait in Gula. And you canât eat it if you donât enter the town.
I am at a loss. Do I pick safety or sweet?From my experience, it was very likely that it wouldnât be a big deal if they were only at that level of alert, I think. At the very least, if a Thunder Spirit appeared, there would be more fuss around.
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âŠâŠ Ahh, I want to eat something sweet.
\nI stopped Liz from jumping out by patting her bad head and nodded strongly.