* * *

“Our side is ready.”

Rizriel accompanied the upper carriage and came out to meet Philip in front of the villa. The size of the trip was not very large. There were three wagons loaded with goods, and a small mercenary force of five men was employed.

“Finally, I’m ready too. Let’s start slowly.”

Phillip had a backpack large enough to comfortably fit a person on his back. Almost none of his belongings were included, mostly Privia and Lua’s clothes and personal items.

Originally, Lua did not want to take her, but due to the meeting with Castler Murella, the possibility of a dangerous situation was almost eliminated, so she was able to make up her mind to take her.

Every moment of the trip was an experience. Anything she experienced outside of a safe house or academy would become Lua’s asset.

In that sense, Philip, who pondered for a while whether to take Camilla with him, realized that her stamina was weaker than he had imagined, and decided to quietly leave her at the villa.

Cat Tania and Cheryl would spend time with her so she wouldn’t be lonely.

“Oh, are you leaving now?”

Privia, changed into a traveling robe, approached. She even had a short staff hanging from her waist, as if she was trying to play a complete sorceress.

“… Who is that?”

Rizriel, of course, knew about Priscilla. He had the same impression as her, but the atmosphere that Privia exuded was different.

It was an aura in which respectful words naturally came out when facing each other. Rizriel could not carelessly treat Privia, who seemed clearly younger than herself.

“Instructor Priscilla… You are my real sister.”

Philip closed his eyes and let out a lie.

“Oh, I see.”

For an older sister, they looked like twins, but Lizriel nodded. He had already heard that a sorceress would accompany him. It didn’t matter who it was, but it was a little uncomfortable seeing him close to Philip.

“Sister Liz. hello!”

Lua put her hands on her stomach and bowed down. A smile came to Lizriel’s lips when she saw her.

At that time, one of the mercenaries who had been standing there as if escorting the wagon stepped forward.

“Wait, you didn’t tell me you had a kid.”

He was a bald man who looked like he was going to do mercenary work even from a distance. He wore chain mail, leather pauldrons on his shoulders, and carried a battle ax slightly larger than Lua’s torso on his back.

At the word “baby,” Lua looks around, and when her eyes are fixed on herself, it’s not me? He flinched with an expression as if to say.

“This is a different story. Goodbye Youssef. huh? As an ascending escort? Shouldn’t the calculation be a little different if you have to escort the nobles?”

As the mercenary frowned, Rizriel let out a small sigh.

‘Why do people in the know want to engage in such a childish fight? Shame on you in front of Philip.’

The mercenaries hired this time were called the best in the area.

The name is ‘Bottom Mercenaries’.

I worked with them several times, and each time there was a small friction, but it was the first time like this from the start.

It seemed that Philip was mistaken for a naive aristocratic young man.

I couldn’t know the inside story, but it was just funny to Rizriel, who knew that Philip was deeply involved in the destruction of the assassin group Crescent.

Philip looked at Lizriel with eyes asking what this was. Rizriel made an annoyed expression and glared at the mercenary.

“Then turn off immediately. There is a swordsmanship instructor at the Freevia Academy and a skilled mage, but I don’t think mercenaries like you are necessary. And from now on, it’s better not to think about accepting requests nearby.”

Seeing her response, Privia whispered in Philip’s ear.

“… I like your personality.”

Rizriel’s annoyance added to that appearance.

The mercenaries did not stand still. If the contract was overturned like this, they were the ones who would lose the most. The slightly polite mercenary raised his eyes and met Rizriel’s gaze.

“So you want to break the contract?”

“I told you to go if you don’t like it, right? It is you who will break the contract.”

“But the aristocratic escort wasn’t in the contract, was it?”

“Who asked you to protect these people? Know the subject matter and keep things straight. Are you saying you dare to escort someone, just a mercenary? What kind of knights are you?”

It was literally like a hare stepping out to protect the wolf. Even though they were mercenaries who roamed the battlefield, they were no different from children to Philip, who had trained Aura.

“… Don’t do that, I’ll take care of some more, so just go. They’re people who risk their lives to work, and that’s about it.”

When Philip said that, Lizriel flinched. However, since I couldn’t just oppose his opinion, I turned my head away as if I couldn’t help it.

“You were a communicative youngster. thank you.”

The mercenaries’ complexions widened. They weren’t very grateful for Philip’s help when they were in a difficult situation, but they seemed to show their gratitude as if they had passed the hardship.

‘Well, I’m going to have a hard time soon, but I don’t have anything to get angry at just because I’m tickling.’

I could be considerate of them as much as possible, but seeing how they did it, I didn’t really think so.

Soon the group climbed into the wagon. A total of four wagons. There were three wagons loaded with goods and one wagon for people.

Rizriel, who was supposed to be in charge of the ascending movement, rode the horse herself from the coachman’s seat, and Philip, Pribia, Lua, and one of the commanders of the Yusef Merchant Company rode together in the audience.

When the wagon started, Lua felt the impact from the wheels and shook her body.

“heheheheuk!”

The pain she felt in her tailbone was quite severe, so Lua put her hand between her hip and the chair with a teary face.

“hahahaha, when riding a wagon, you need to relax your body as much as possible. miss. It hurts more when I try to resist rattling. Well, it won’t hurt that much after you get used to it.”

The commander-in-chief was a middle-aged man in his 40s with a benevolent impression. Lua closed her eyes at his words and lost all strength in her body. He bit his tongue as the wagon stepped on a stone.

“Kyaauk!”

Philip smiled and leaned against the backrest.

“… bite your tongue Instructor.”

When Lua spoke, Philip giggled and comforted her.

“That must hurt. You should have been careful.”

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“Hey… .”

At that time, Privia, who was sitting by the window and looking out, raised her staff.

“This will be fine.”

As she swung her wand roughly, Lua felt her body lighten. As Lua’s expression relaxed, Philip looked at Privia with a strange expression.

‘He takes care of everything.’

“What are you looking at?”

“no. Would you like some snacks?”

“done.”

Looking at Privia, who looked out the window again, Philip tilted his head.

‘Why did you say you would follow me?’

* * *

Unlike cars, wagons were not a means of transportation that could move infinitely with fuel. The horses also had to rest, and he was a guy who ate people’s stamina just by riding them.

And the porters and mercenaries who couldn’t get on the wagon also had to take a break every few hours, so they inevitably had to stop in the middle.

“You’ll have to move a whole day to get there, so you’d better rest here.”

The merchant group made a bonfire near the middle of an unnamed river. The smell of boiling soup spread with all kinds of ingredients, and the mercenaries also took off their helmets to cool off.

“How about the carriage, Lua?”

Thanks to the magic that Privia cast, Lua was able to sit comfortably in the carriage.

“My butt still hurts… .”

“You will get used to it in no time. It’s because it’s still awkward.”

The porters and mercenaries shared well-boiled soup, and Philip and Lua settled for lunch with bread and bacon that Rizriel had brought separately.

Previa didn’t particularly like it, so she tore off a piece of bread and gave the rest to Lua.

“Can I have more?”

Freevia, who was quite happy to see Phillip’s concern, shook her head with a smile.

“Are you worried about me? I do not care.”

Rizriel tilted her head at the way she treated Privia as if she were serving her master. I had never seen Philip treat someone like that.

It seemed that he did not do that to the head professor, who was no different from his direct supervisor.

Philip, who had dug up the ground and cleaned up the traces of his stay, suddenly felt the ground vibrate a little and raised his head.

“hmm?”

Lua was also staring in one direction as if she felt something similar, and she seemed to know what this vibration was.

“… A big monster is coming!”

The tremors got closer, and after a while the ground shook like a weak earthquake. And soon the people of the upper ranks saw a monster approaching, mercilessly breaking trees growing near the river.

“Oh, it’s an ogre!”

Tall enough to fit four adult men together, with a body full of muscles and bluish skin.

It was an ogre, one of the gigantic monsters that appeared with a beautiful tree.

“… God, what is that?”

Lizriel covered her mouth with a tired expression.

“Put on your helmet and raise your weapon, you assholes!”

“What kind of f*cking ogre is this all of a sudden?”

The mercenaries moved quickly. Like veterans, they prepared for battle in an instant, and they immediately put the wagon and porters behind them and tightened their arms with a tense expression.

―Wow, it’s been a while since I saw an ogre. master.

Hearing Neria whisper, Philip put down the shovel and drew his sword as if it was all right.

“… Well done. Lua, take a good look. I will teach you how to defeat an opponent who is much stronger than you.”

Philip, who had neglected Lua’s education because he was busy, started to burn with a passion for education when a good teaching material appeared.

There were few training materials suitable for dealing with giant monsters like ogres.

“Will you be okay by yourself?”

Lizriel asked in a worried voice. The monster called Ogre was originally a guy that could only be dealt with by two or more trained knights.

Upon hearing that, Privia giggled.

“You’ll have to ask the ogre about that.”

Rizriel pondered the meaning of the words, then quickly backed away as Phillip passed her with a sword.

“Take a good look. Every attack has a center of power. The bigger the opponent’s size, the bigger the center. As much as that, the radius is wider, and the motion is bigger.”

When a human tried to confront him with a sword, the ogre slashed the tree in his hand from top to bottom.

It was a powerful attack that would have turned a normal human into a rat in an instant, but there was no way Philip could be defeated by such a thing.

Philip had already dug into the ogre’s arms. As I cut open the ogre’s chest with a sword covered with sword energy, the ogre screamed and took a backward step.

“It’s easy if you think of a typhoon. The typhoon has great momentum, but the area around the nucleus that makes up the typhoon is so peaceful that even the slightest wind does not blow. If you can read the direction and speed of an attack, you have to dig right in.”

Philip, seeing Lua watching with a slightly frightened expression, jumped into the air and landed a rounds kick into the ogre’s jaw.

As if the ogre’s thick neck couldn’t absorb the shock properly, the monster’s large torso staggered.

“Bring it on!”

“You don’t want to die here either. good. huh?”

Philip, who had no particular intention of killing the ogre, hoped that the ogre would not go berserk. If this place was inside the territory of the ogres, I would have to kill it, otherwise I would let them escape.

“Are you going? I’m not listening.”

A low kick with an aura hit the ogre’s trunk-like shin once more.

“Keep it off!”

The ogre screamed. Phillip waited for the ogre to move without adding another blow. Usually, ogres are said to have low intelligence, but they were not stupid at all, just low intelligence compared to their heads.

The ogre, realizing that Phillip had no intention of killing, looked at him, threw down the tree he was holding, and started running away.

Phillip looked back after making sure the colossus was completely gone.

“Lua, did you see well?”

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