The Kept Man of the Princess Knight, Vol. 3 by Toru Shirogane and Saki Mashima

Author:Toru Shirogane and Saki Mashima
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Yen On

CHAPTER FIVE

The Search Resumes

It’d been so long. This experience was proving to be nostalgic.

In my mercenary days, I’d go to this and that battle to kill people, and turn enemies into corpses, and so on. After changing jobs to adventurer, it merely meant that I went into the wilderness with my party to cut up monsters, then hiked into the mountains to turn bandits into wild dog food.

It had been a rather grim and bloody life, but I had enjoyed it for what it was.

“And where in Mactarode are we going?” Ralph asked, sitting across from me and fixing me with a glare.

“On vacation,” I replied. Find a place with a nice view, take in the sea, enjoy some drinks, and everything would feel better. Some fishing might be relaxing. A little dip in the water, too.

“That’s all?”

“What else is there to do?”

Ralph turned on me furiously. “You’re taking Her Highness out for nothing more than—”

“Um, Matthew wants Her Highness to have a chance to see the sights of Mactarode once again,” Noelle hurriedly interjected. “He thinks that something might change in her condition if she breathes the air she was born and raised in again.”

I was keeping the Tree of Cameron ploy a secret from Arwin, which made it difficult to speak of specifics in her presence.

“You could have simply said that instead,” grumbled Ralph, returning to his seat.

He asked Arwin about it this time, but she looked at him wide-eyed, then turned away.

“If Matthew wants to go there, then…”

“There, hear that?” I said. Despite hearing it from his own master’s lips, Ralph seemed dissatisfied. “If this doesn’t meet your standards, you can jump right off the cart. This ain’t your mother’s womb, boy. Just because you’re sitting around sucking your thumb doesn’t mean everyone’s going to bend over backward for you.”

His only response was a loud click of the tongue. The sulking brat.

Our route out of town was straight north. In two days, we’d reach Moonlight Fountain. It was located on the northern end of the ghostlands and flourished as a waypoint between Twisted Lighthouse to the west and Noble Crown, the capital city of Rayfiel, to the east. Moonlight Fountain had plenty of water and food, thanks to being in the downstream flow from the Scale Armor Mountains. We’d head there and stock up before going into the mountains.

There were fabric flaps over the ends of the wagon canopy to keep the dust out. No outside light could get in, so it was dark inside, but it was still much nicer than being in the brutal sun.

Much gratitude was due to Dez, who silently took on the job of holding the reins outside. I’d have to give his beard a nice brushing later. He would surely crush me for that.

Once the sun was directly overhead, we stopped the wagon in the shade of some rocks to rest the horse.

“How are you feeling?”

“…Okay,” said Arwin quietly.

“Good to hear.” Just getting a response from her at all was a positive sign.

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