Chapter 457

Day 104 – Daytime, Road

A hardworking Highschool Boy-san sat at the reins, slicing through the wind, it’s a secret that since the horse is so smart it doesn’t actually need a driver, all he was really doing was petting and fussing over it.

I’d thought that a driverless runaway carriage might become an issue, so I sat on the coachman’s seat for a while, but we are going so fast that worry became pointless, the merchants on the road barely had time to register our presence before we were already past them.

On the way we even had an emotional reunion with a pack of Big Green Wolves… though before we could rejoice in meeting again, they became roadkill. Yeah, it’s dangerous to jump out in front of the horse, you know? Thinking about it, we’d actually never had a proper encounter with them!

Since we had Meripapa-san on board, the carriage bore the margrave family crest, meaning that any problems would officially be his responsibility, and I’d be innocent! Alright, time to accelerate!

Leaving the driving to the horse, I went back inside. The first car also meant for the discussion of the future plans had Meripapa-san, Merimeri-san’s Father’s Daughter, Royal Girl with her attendant Maid Girl, the girls’ representatives Pres-san and Vice Pres A-san, Sister Girl as the concerned party, me, and Slime-san, eight people plus one slime.

At some point, everyone had swapped from the inn-wear animal pajama mode to outdoor animal pajama mode. I suppose it’s more appropriate than going out in sleepwear, but it somehow still feels kinda wrong? Fluffy, fluffy?

Armored Pres-san and Dancing Girl-san were in the very last Highschool Girl car, wearing chicken and otter pajamas, joining on the pajama girls’ gathering. After being alone in darkness for so long, they ought to take part in every fun event possible. I tricked them into it by calling it rear guard duty, so they are probably having fun right now. Chicken girl and Otter girl brought weapons, but at the speed these horses are going, there aren’t any monsters or bandits alive that can catch us, so the swords are just in the way? But Meripapa-san, a middle-aged man, in an elephant kigurumi…

And then the so-called discussion started.

「Even if you call for a discussion, you have to realize that while miso and soy sauce are confirmed objectives, kombu and katsuobushi are still in the realm of speculation, so whether we can reach miso soup is still an undecided future for an as-yet unestablished, troubled minor Highschool Boy-san, and tofu isn’t even on the information map? No green onions either.」

「Who said this was a meeting about miso soup ingredients! And green onions are a must! This is about the Theocracy, the church is in a dictatorship situation right now, so they’re taking a hardline position, but it’s not like the Theocracy itself actually wants war, right? Since the church and the Theocracy’s interests aren’t perfectly aligned, making the first move might actually be a bad idea? And no carrots!」