CHAPTER 23 â COMING TO LIGHT OF FER BEING ABLE TO USE TELEPATHY
ăHey, Fer, were traveling without deciding a specific destination but, do you have a place you want to go to?ă
For me, after leaving that stinking Leysehel Kingdom, traveling for a while then going to a country that is a far away from that kingdom is enough.
ăIf so, how about going to the west? There are many delicious monsters in the deep forest in the westă
ăWest? What country is that called in the west?ă
ăNu, I do not knowă
Not know you sayâŠâŠ
ăItâs important what the countryâs name and what kind of country it is you know. Itâs dangerous if wars starts or somethingă
ăMu, I do not know the name of the country. Whether humans fight each other or not, it has nothing to do with me. After all, humans starts fight here and thereă
Not knowing the countryâs name huh, it was my mistake asking Fer.
Well, if youâre as strong as Fer, youâd be uninjured even if you charge in the middle of wars, and there might be no need to know the state affairs or names of the countries.
But, in my case, I canât be like that.
Since heâs saying that people fight here and there means that wars between countries never end in this world.
People were saying that, that Leysehel Kingdom would be on a war with Malbare Kingdom after all.
As Iâve thought, as long as I am in a journey, there is a need to know about the countries in this world and their state affairs for once.
If so, what I am going to need is a map.
Up until now, we have been bypassing villages along the way, not entering them because thereâs the thing about Fer as well.
But, I want a map so we should enter the next one.
â â â â â
ăThere is a village aheadă
Fer told me that he could detect presences and he could distinguish places where people and monsters are.
ăAre we bypassing again?ă
ăNo, letâs enter this time. I want a mapă
When the entrance of the village was in sight, the gate guard-like person shoutedăStop!ăand pointed his spear towards us.
ăIâm an adventurer named Mukouda. This is my familiar!ă
When I shouted to the gate guard, he saidăProve it!ă, so I repliedăJust look at my guild cardă
I would rather like to show the guild card from the merchantâs guild, but since Fer is with me, I could only show the adventurerâs guildâs guild card that could prove that heâs my familiar (other than the name and rank, the familiar would also be written there).
To my reply, one of the two gate guards nervously approached.
ăThis is my guild cardă
ăU-Umu, it looks like it is really your familiar. I-I-Is that, a-a Great Wolf?ă
The gate guard seems to have mistaken him as a Great Wolf, so thinking that it would be better than saying heâs a Fenrir, I didnât refuse and saidăYesă.
ăOiăShhăâŠâŠă
Fer was about to talk so I made him shut up.
Heâs so afraid of him being just a the Great Wolf, I donât know what would happen to this gate guard if he finds out heâs a Fenrir.
Also, there are many villagers who were looking from afar.
ăI am not a Great Wolfă
Suddenly, Ferâs voice echoed in my head.
ăUoo!ă
ăn, what is ită
ăN-No, no, itâs nothing, yesâŠâŠ
ăI see. Even so, to make a familiar of an A-Rank Great Wolf, you, youâre an amazing adventurer huhă
I vaguely smiled to those words of the gate guard.
ăI said that I am not a Great Wolfă
Ferâs voice echoed again in my head, and I stared intently at Fer.
ăNu, this huh? This is telepathy. Those who are bound by familiarâs contract can send telepathize with each otheră
Heă, this is the first time I heard about it though.
ăUmu, this is also the first time for me to have a familiarâs contract so I have completely forgotten about ită
Fer-san, itâs bad if you forgot such important things right.
But, since he said that those who are bound by familiarâs contract could telepathize with each other, does that mean I can also talk to Fer via telepathy?
ăAhă, ahă, ahă, Fer, can you hear me?ă
ăUmu, I can hear youă
ăThe reason I said that youâre a Great Wolf, it is because itâs better if itâs like that. Just think of it, theyâre that frightened just hearing that youâre a Great Wolf. If they find out that youâre the legendary magical beast Fenrir, what do you think would happen?ă
ăMumumu, butâŠâŠă
ăNo buts. Itâs far better than having unneeded troubles right. From now on, weâre going to say that Ferâs a Great Wolf every time we enter human villages or townsă
ăNu, why?ă
ăIf they find out that youâre a Fenrir, the country or nobles would move you know. If that happens, wouldnât it be troublesomeă
ăThat might be true, but is it not enough if I annihilate all of those countries or nobles or whatever that comesă
Annihilate all those comes, he saidâŠâŠI thought of this before but, Ferâs a muscle head huh.
ăAnnihilate them you say, if you do that to all of those that come, weâll lose all the places we could stay in. Also, if you always do things like that, the human countries would unite and say something likeăDestroy all FenrirăŒ! Death to all FenrirăŒ!ăyou know. That is going to be troublesome itself rightă
ăGu! That is really possibleă
ăI know right? Thatâs why to make things more easier, letâs just say that youâre a Great Wolfă
ăIf you really insist, then it cannot be helpedă
ăAh, also, when weâre inside the human villages or towns, letâs normally talk using telepathy. Theyâll find out that Ferâs a Fenrir if you started talking after allă
ăMu, yes I got ită
After we finished talking using telepathy, we were safely allowed to enter the village, butâŠâŠ.
The looks of the villagers are painful.
In the end, even the village chief came out.
ăWelcome to the village of Reiden. It seems like you are an adventurer but, for what reason have you come in such a place?ă
ăActually, I wanted a map, so I went by to this villageâŠâŠă
ăSuch expensive thing like a map does not exist in a small village like ours. If it exists, it would be in the town of Rautel four days away from this village. Thereâs a bookstore there, and a public library as wellă
It seems like in this world, paper is not only valuable but all of the books are hand written so they are expensive. He said that maps are also written on paper and of course, written by hand, so although it might be sold in a bookstore, it would be with a high price.
Such expensive things are only sold in decent sized towns, but the town of Rautel is the next largest town to the royal capital so there should be many things there, he said.
I finished asking what I want to ask from the village chief-san so we immediately left the village.
The villagers seem to be unable to calm down with a huge magical beast like Fer around, so I really felt from the village chief-san his wish for us to hurry up and leave.
A village thatâs unkind to unfamiliar ones huhă.
Well, the next destination is decided so I donât mind though.
The town of Rautel seems to be four days from the Reiden Village just following the road.
ăWell then, letâs go to the town of Rautel. But, four days huhă, I want to have a map soonă
ăn? If you want to hurry up, would you like to ride on my back?ă
ăIâll be thankful if you can carry me, but, donât go with the speed just like before okayă
ăWith that speed, we could arrive there with just one day you know. Or is it that, do you want to arrive more quickly?ă
ăNo, no, no, I almost fell down at that speed, Iâll die with more than that. The pace of having two days in a four-day distance is good. Please donât go at such speed okayă
ăIt feels a little slow, but I will follow what you sayă
And just like that, we went to our destination, the town of Rautel.