𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝟕𝟑: 𝐁𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐜𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠

After finishing communication with the Demon Lord, I promptly prepare to depart for the Republic of Awaldia.

Of course, it’s not my actual body that’s going, but my Automata.

My real body is, as always, happily a hikikomori.

I am dedicated to perfecting the way of the hikikomori!

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Then, I check what needs to be prepared for the expedition.

First, a complete set of adventurer’s gear and equipment.

There’s no problem as I have the set that I’ve prepared based on Leif’s advice stored inside my magic tool storage.

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Next is the carriage I picked up from the city of Bordeaux.

It’s the same one I used when I went to the royal capital before.

Anticipating potential damage, I took all the ones that were parked at the station.

This time, I’ll use one of those.

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However, a problem arises here.

I have a carriage, but no horse.

Moreover, even if I had a horse, I wouldn’t be able to handle it.

Leif is the same in this regard.

It seems that even highly functional slaves can’t do everything.

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So, I’ve prepared something to take the place of a horse.

What I’ll use is ken zombie, second only to the Living Armor-senpai in speed within my dungeon.

Like a rickshaw, I’ll have it pull the carriage.

Let’s have it work like a literal carriage horse, no metaphors here.

Also, as a precaution against anyone who recognizes the face of Ken, I’ll keep it hidden.

While I’m at it, I’ll also have the zombie-sensei ride in the carriage.

Since the zombie-sensei’s “Teleport” can only go to places she’s been before, this measure is to increase her range.

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With that, preparations are complete, and we’re ready to set off.

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“Okay, let’s go.”

“Yes. . .But, um, is that person okay as he is?”

“Don’t worry about it. He’s just a zombie.”

“Huh?!”

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Leif, my travel companion, is stunned as the carriage sets off.

It travels down the road at an incredible speed.

However, unlike the vicinity of the town, there are no properly paved roads around here.

In other words, it’s bumpy.

The shaking is incomparable to when we went to the royal capital.

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“Ugh. . .!”

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I’m fine since I had turned off the monitor from my Automata’s perspective as usual, but it seems that Leif has been affected by the shaking.

Looking from the overhead monitor, his face was turning green from motion sickness.

Please don’t vomit, okay?

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“If it’s too much for you, you can wait in the dungeon, you know?”

“. . .No, please let me accompany you. I. . .feel lonely on my own. . .And I start to think about unpleasant things. . .”

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He seemed to be suffering a lot, so I was thinking about sending him back to the dungeon and transferring him later. But then he grabbed the hem of the Automata’s clothing with teary eyes and said that, so I decided to take him along.

Taking care of a pet’s mental health is important, after all.

If the individual in question wants it, well, I might as well indulge their wishes a little.

But, seriously, don’t vomit, okay?

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“Kyuu. . .”

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In the end, Leif fainted shortly after.

Luckily, he happened to collapse onto the Automata’s lap.

It’s a lap pillow.

I absolutely wouldn’t want to do it with my actual body, but with the Automata and Leif, well, I guess it’s okay, so I let him be.

After all, he’s unconscious.

And, I casually patted his head.

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🔹aw𝔢𝔟𝔰𝔱𝔬𝔯𝔦𝔢𝔰.𝔠𝔬𝔪 ― ℑ𝔫𝔡𝔲𝔩𝔤𝔢 𝔦𝔫 𝔞 𝔠𝔬𝔩𝔩𝔢𝔠𝔱𝔦𝔬𝔫 𝔬𝔣 𝔱𝔯𝔞𝔫𝔰𝔩𝔞𝔱𝔢𝔡 𝔫𝔬𝔳𝔢𝔩𝔰 𝔴𝔦𝔱𝔥 “𝔡𝔞𝔦𝔩𝔶 𝔲𝔭𝔡𝔞𝔱𝔢𝔰” 𝔞𝔫𝔡 𝔢𝔵𝔠𝔩𝔲𝔰𝔦𝔳𝔢 𝔞𝔠𝔠𝔢𝔰𝔰 𝔱𝔬 𝔞𝔡𝔳𝔞𝔫𝔠𝔢𝔡 𝔠𝔥𝔞𝔭𝔱𝔢𝔯𝔰🔹

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Like this, after a few days of travel in the carriage.

Thanks to our horse, which is much faster than a normal one, we were able to reach the border town quite early.

Of course, before entering the town, I sent back the conspicuous carriage, horse and all, to the dungeon.

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Then, I took the shaky Leif with me into town.

This time, when I showed my adventurer’s card at the gate, surprisingly, they didn’t check my face.

I wonder if it’s a sign of the adventurer’s guild’s credibility.

I decided to go through the front, thinking the wanted posters haven’t been circulated yet, and as a result, I obtained some valuable information.

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So, about the town.

It seems that this area has not yet received news of the destruction of its own capital, so it’s the very image of peace.

I figure it will probably be trampled by an army led by the dragon soon enough.

By the way, I saw several towns and villages on my way here, but being the merciful person that I am, I let them be instead of annihilating them.

If I had destroyed them, it would have caused a stir.

That would prevent me from crossing the border smoothly.

Also, there’s the fact that I was in a hurry thinking that wanted posters would start circulating before long.

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So, with nothing happening, I left the town and started driving the horse carriage again.

Within less than a day, I could see a fort-like checkpoint.

I managed to push through there with the power of my Adventurer Card, and entered the territory of the Republic of Awaldia.

If the news of the destruction of the capital had arrived, it wouldn’t have been so smooth.

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After that, as I kept driving the horse carriage, I could see the next town.

That’s the border town on the Awaldia Republic side.

It’s my first target this time.

According to the map I bought in the previous town, the name of that town is,

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━━The trade city of Barom.

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