E3 CHAPTER 32

: HOLY SWORD HIGHWAY [2]

[Rudeus POV]

I already know that Claude will focus on the Metastasi, as I also want to search for my family, but I am thinking of bringing Eris back to Roa first before starting my search.

After bringing Eris back, I don’t even need to do so since it might already be done with Claude and Mike's cooperation.

As we continue on our path,

Geese still tried to avoid those superstitions. It doesn't seem like they're helping you since you were thrown into prison.

Well, if they’re not planning to attend the party, then it's fine if they're not.

On our journey, the number accompanying us increased by two.

We just entrusted the carriage to our steed and kept moving past the Great Forest.

It's genuinely a straightforward path.

The road goes right over the horizon. It continues straight into the capital of the Saint Milis Kingdom.

I wonder why there's this sort of path.

There are no monsters at all.

The water drainage is also surprisingly good.

Just as my doubts were coming up, Geese started to explain it.

The one who created this road was the founder of the Milis Church, the world's largest religious organization.

Saint Milis

This is the result of a single swing of Saint Milis' sword.

It sliced straight through the mountains and forest and cut down a Demon King on the Demon Continent or something.

Since that story spread around, this road was called the "Holy Sword Highway".

There's no way that can be the case, is what I wanted to think, but even now, there's still magic power from Saint Milis remaining.

As proof of that, even now, we've had absolutely no encounters with monsters.

The carriage has never gotten stuck in the mud either.

Full sails, favorable wind.

It's truly a miracle.

I can understand why the Milis Church has so much power.

However, I'm pretty afraid of the bad influence it may have on the body.

What is known as "magic power" is convenient.

However, it causes animals to transform into monsters, two children to be teleported from the Central Continent to the Demon Continent, and various other bad things.

The fact that there is a lot of magic power is also something to be afraid of...

Well, it's okay since we can take it easy knowing no monsters will attack us.

Along the side of the highway, there are points at specified distances that are made for camping.

There we make preparations to camp.

Ruijerd went into the forest and just caught whatever was convenient. There were no real problems there.

Occasionally, a beast race from a nearby village will come out to sell things, but there's nothing we really need to buy.

I don't think it even needs to be said of the Great Forest, but there's an abundance of vegetation.

Many plants that grow on the sides of the highway can be used as spices.

I gathered those using the Plant Encyclopedia I once read as a reference.

Even though that is the case, my cooking skills aren't that high.

Even if I say that my skills have improved considerably over this past year, "bad" has just changed to "slightly bad".

The quality of the ingredients in the Great Forest is much better than those of the Demon Continent.

And there are not just monsters. There are regular animals as well.

Rabbits and boars, for example, are just ordinary animals.

And then after you cook the meat from the animals, that alone is plenty delicious, but since that's the case, I want to eat even better tasting meat.

The quest to eat good food should always be done with greed.

There Geese entered the field.

He was a master of camp cooking.

He managed to use the grasses and berries I found and, almost as if by magic, turned them into spices to magnificently flavor the meat.

"I said it, right? I can do anything.

It wasn't just bragging. That meat was delicious.

Amazing! Hold me!

It was almost to the point that I suddenly embraced him.

acting almost to a disgusting extent.

I felt bad about my feelings as well.

That goes for both of us.

"It's boring."

Eris muttered that just as we were preparing for today's meals again.

Ingredients: Ruijerd

Fire and Water: Me

Cooking: Geese

Eris had nothing to do with this perfect distribution of roles.

Even Claude doesn’t do anything but tinker with his enchantment items.

At best, it would be something like collecting firewood, but this is in the middle of a forest. It's over quickly.

Therefore, she is pretty bored.

At the start, she was just swinging her sword on her own.

Since Ghislaine and I forced her to keep doing things with repetition training, she can swing the sword for hours.

Even though that's the case, if you were to ask if that is an interesting thing to do, then it seems that wouldn't be the case.

Currently, Ruijerd is hunting, Geese is cooking the soup, and I'm working on making a figure.

Just forget about Claude. He almost does nothing but tinker with his artifact.

There's still quite a bit of time left until I complete this 1/10 Ruijerd.

It should, however, sell.

It has additional value.

You will never be attacked by the Superd race if you have this. Instead, you will be able to get along with them. Or something like that, is what I'm saying.

Putting that aside,

Eris is at her limit with being bored.

"Hey! Geese! "

"What's up, young lady? It's not ready yet? "

Geese turned around while confirming the taste of the soup.

Eris was using her usual imposing pose.

"Teach me cooking!"

"No way."

It was an instant reply.

Geese just kept on with his cooking like nothing happened at all.

Eris just kept staring into space, dumbfounded.

However, she quickly regained herself and yelled out.

"Why?!"

"Because I don't want to teach you."

"Like I said, why?!"

Geese let out a deep sigh.

"Umm, you know, young lady. Swordsmen are best off thinking of nothing but fighting. Trying to cook is pointless. It's fine as long as you can eat it. "

Incidentally, this man,

It's fine as long as you can eat it. It is entirely not the level of his food.

It's at the level where you could open a shop.

It's not something that would make the Emperor of Japan shoot light out of his mouth the moment he put it in, but it's good enough that his cooking shop would be well known in the neighborhood.

"But, if I can cook... umm... you know?"

Eris was saying that while stealing glances in my direction.

What is it, Eris?

What do you want to say?

Please feel free to say it straight out.

"I don't get it at all."

Geese is being cold to Eris.

I don't really get why, but he's saying it in a pretty severe way.

Regarding Ruijerd and me, it's not really the case, but only to Eris. He seems to say things while pushing her away.

"Doesn't the young lady have talent with the sword? Something like cooking you don't need. "

"But...."

"Being able to fight is something to be happy about, you know? There's nothing more than what you need to live in this world. It will just make your well-polished talent lose its focus. "

Eris made a bit of an unpleasant face, but she didn't start to hit Geese.

For some reason, Geese's words have an odd power of persuasion.

"Though that's just my front excuse."

Geese nodded with an "alright" and stopped stirring the soup.

And then he started to serve it with the stone bowls.

Incidentally, the bowls were something I made.

"You know, I decided to never teach anyone cooking again."

This book's true home is on another platform. Check it out there for the real experience.

It seems Geese was a member of a party that cleared labyrinths.

It was a party with six members. Everyone aside from him could only do a single thing. It seems they were all clumsy people.

The Geese of that time had a pet phrase of, "You guys really can't do anything besides that."

The party still managed to do quite well, even though it was pretty distorted.

However, one day, one of the women from the party told Geese she wanted to learn to cook.

If you want to catch a man, start by grabbing his stomach. That seems effective.

Geese said it couldn't be helped and taught the woman to cook.

Whether it be because of the cooking or whatever,

That is unknown, but as a result, the woman stuck with the man and, just like that, got married.

The two left the party and went off somewhere.

After everything, if two influential individuals suddenly drop out, the party interior becomes rough.

The party was filled with a spiral of fights and disinterest. They were unable to properly complete any jobs and quickly disbanded.

Even though that's the case, Geese is a man who can do anything.

He has no talent with the sword or magic, but everything other than that he can do.

Therefore, he thought he would quickly find another party.

The result was a crushing defeat.

Geese was an adventurer with a bit of a name for himself.

Even though that was the case, no party would take him in.

Geese can do anything.

If it's something that adventurers can do, then pretty much anything.

In other words, it's that everything that Geese can do is something that anyone else can do as well.

If it's a high-ranking party, all members will generally split up the various jobs.

Geese realized it.

He had no place other than in that party.

Since it was filled with clumsy guys, he could be there.

After that, Geese left the business of an adventurer halfway.

He decided to live his life as a player (gambler).

"That's why, you know. Women are no good for cooking. "

It's a jinx.

That is what he added.

If you were to ask me, Geese's jinx doesn't matter.

I think it would be fine if you were to teach something like cooking.

This soup is good.

Just a single sip of this soup is enough to make the inside of my mouth have a "fireworks" kind of feeling.

It's to the point where I want to be taught as well.

Since that's the case, I decided to throw out a lifeboat.

"I understand that the newbie ended up with misfortune, but the woman who was taught to cook ended up happy, right?"

Since that's the case, teach us is what I was thinking.

Then Geese waved his head.

"I don't know if the woman ended up being happy or not. I haven't met her since. "

But Geese was laughing to himself.

"As for the man, he was happy, or maybe not."

Therefore, it's a jinx, I guess.

After seeing him with a depressed expression, I felt like I couldn't say anything more.

The soup that should have been good lost a bit of its flavor.

I look at Claude. That’s somewhat stopped what he’s doing and getting closer to us.

"That’s an interesting story, but can’t you just have another job besides adventuring?"

"Nah, I’m not interested in staying in a place… don’t you see that adventuring is a man’s Roman? "

Um, I get that!

A man’s Roman!

"Why do you agree with what he said? Someone that was that afraid to come out of their home until he was brought out by their teacher wants to have an adventurer's life. Seriously? "

Claude, damn you...

Well, I can’t deny that.

"Wah? Senpai had that kind of past too? "

"What’s that? Claude, tell me more about the tiny Rudeus! "

Hey, don’t call me tiny. It hurts my self-esteem…

With that, Claude told them about my embarrassing past.

Geese, keep it on the note while Eris is laughing out loud while staring a dagger at me when Claude mentions I took Sylphy’s clothes...

Ruijerd, won't you hurry and come back?

*

a certain day.

At one of the specified points, we found a strange stone monument by the side of the road.

It reached about knee-high, and a strange emblem was carved into its face.

A single letter was surrounded by seven emblems.

If I remember correctly, the letter in the center of Fighting God’s language would be "seven".

The other emblems I feel that I might've seen somewhere or not...

I decided to ask Geese and see.

"Hey, newbie, what is this stone monument?"

Geese looked at the stone monument and nodded with an Ah.

"That is the [Seven World Powers]."

I see the Seven World Powers.

"[Seven World Powers], what is that?"

"It means the seven warriors known to be the strongest."

It seems that around the time the second great human-demon war ended, a person known as the Technique God decided to make this.

The Technique God was said to be the strongest being of that time.

The ones that person decided, in regards to this world, the strongest seven names.

This stone monument is something for the sake of confirming that supposedly.

"If I remember correctly, if we're talking about that, then Danna should know more about it. Danna! "

After Geese called out to him, Ruijerd, who was nearby looking over Eris' training, walked up to us.

Eris fell to the ground. There she lay with her arms and legs stretched out, breathing deeply, trying to catch her breath.

"The [Seven World Powers], huh, that's nostalgic."

Ruijerd narrowed his eyes while looking at the stone monument.

"Do you know about it, Ruijerd?"

"When I was young, I was one of the countless that trained and aspired to be included as one of the [Seven World Powers]."

While saying that, Ruijerd was looking far into the distance.

Considerably far in the distance.

Far, far away...

Exactly how far back was this?

"It should be around 400 years old. The time when Laplace war happened, right? "

Claude said so. It should be around that time.

"What exactly is that emblem?"

"Those are each of the individuals' crests. It still reveals the current seven names. "

Ruijerd pointed to each of them and taught us the current seven names.

The current seven names are:

Position One, "Technique God,"

Position Two, "Dragon God,"

Position three, "Fighting God,"

Position Four, "Demon God,"

Position Five, "Death God",

Position Six, "Sword God,"

Position Seven, "North God,"

It seems that's how they're lined up.

"Ohhhh. But, [Seven World Powers] is something I've never heard about before?"

"The [Seven World Powers] were well-known until around the Laplace Campaign."

"Why did they stop using it?"

"There were some large changes during the Laplace Campaign, and half of them went missing."

With the exception of the Technique God, it looks like all of the [Seven World Powers] at the time took part in the Laplace Campaign.

However, among them, three died.

One of them went missing.

And one of them ended up being sealed. That was the outcome.

The only one who survived with all limbs intact was the Dragon God of the time.

For the time being, those known to be the strongest started rising and entering the ranks, and several hundred years after that, those who stole the seats of [Lower World Powers] were quite far from the word "strongest".

Even more so, currently, the whereabouts of four of the higher ranks are unknown.

Technique God. Missing.

Dragon God. Missing.

Fighting God. Missing.

Demon God. (Laplace) Sealed Away.

Those undoubtedly known to be the strongest in the higher ranks weren't around regarding the rankings.

Since that's the case, [Seven World Powers] have been gradually abandoned and forgotten from the people's memories.

Or something along those lines.

Incidentally, the Demon God Laplace was never removed from the ranking because he didn't die but was just sealed away.

"Exactly how many people are there that lived during those times?"

"Well, now. It was becoming suspicious even 400 years ago whether the Technique God even existed. "

"In the first place, why did the Technique God even create this ranking?"

"It seems that [To find someone who can defeat me], there was that sort of story, but I don't know the details."

I guess it's not a profound ranking.

"This stone monument is considerably old; since that's the case, it could be that the rankings have already changed by now, couldn't it?"

After I muttered that, Geese shook his head.

"No, it seems that it will automatically change with magic."

"Eh? Is that the case? How? "

"How would I know?"

It seems that is the case.

The letters on the stone monument automatically change.

I wonder precisely how it works.

There are still many things I don't know about the magic of this world.

If I go to the magic university, I wonder if I'll learn about things like that.

In any case, [Seven World Powers], huh.

Just as I thought many people stink of cheating in this world, I don't feel like I can keep up.

Well, it's not like I'm aiming to be the strongest in the world either way.

I'd rather not get very involved with the strongest.

…

It took one month until we passed the Great Forest.

However, it was only a month.

We managed to pass through the entire Great Forest in just a single month.

The path was nothing but a straight line, without a single monster.

Therefore, we were able to devote ourselves to moving, which is one of the reasons, but the horse's performance was also good.

The horses in this world don't know what it means to get tired.

They can run for 10 hours a day straight without a break; moreover, they won't feel a thing the next day.

I wonder if they're using some sort of magic power or something.

We really passed through the forest smoothly.

If you were to speak of an accident, it would only be that I got hemorrhoids on the way.

Naturally, without telling anyone, I secretly healed it with healing magic.

In the name of training, Eris just kept standing on top of the carriage.

I said, "it's dangerous," and to "stop it," but it was a balancing sensation that had the feeling of "what's dangerous" about it.

Claude is still Claude. What is he doing? I don’t know about that, but I can feel the strength he builds up when he’s on a journey.

It’s weird to see something like a battery in this world, but he just created it.

"It’s for a case of emergency, so I can store unneeded Mana in some kind of storage? I’ve learned it from the mana stone in the dungeon, then implemented it. "

I’ve tried to do the same thing he did but failed.

The creation of this backup Mana was something not everyone could do.

First, you need significant control over your mana.

Precise control and precision, you know, something like using Mana to create a thread and use it for surgery...

Then, you would need excellent pain tolerance.

I mean, I don’t know why, but pouring your Mana into the container, Claude created hurt like hell. I don’t understand how he can do something that hurts. Is he, by any chance, a masochist?

Finally, there’s a container.

It’s something he created along the way on our journey. It was a unique stone created using the combination of several elements of magic. It had high mana conduction but was not brittle. It also didn’t leak that much.

Based on Claude's estimation, the container he called "Mana Storage" can last for about a year without being used. It can also be recharged.

It’s not that hard to break, but it has a safety measure that will prevent you from breaking it accidentally.

It’ll go boom! If you break it, Claude said that it’s also another attacking method...

Oh, the Mana Storage can be used to release 9 beginner spells, 6 intermediate spells, and 3 advanced spells based on his trial, but using all the power within the Mana Storage will make the item break, so you need to stop using it before the mana inside is empty.

As interested as I was, I am still not that good with enchantment, so I can only try another method.

It’s notable for storing the mana you won’t need for a day, and don’t waste it.

But, something like this is only applicable to someone like him.

It’s not like I can waste my mana, then, in an emergency, have no mana to use...

Leaving Claude aside, I am interested in Eris’ training in standing in the carriage.

I tried to imitate it, and then the next day, my legs were trembling.

Eris is amazing.

There is a valley to pass through the Blue Dragon Mountain Range.

The entrance was an inn in town.

The Dwarf race are the managers of the inn district here.

There's no adventurer's guild.

However, it's famous as a blacksmith town. Weapon shops and armor shops were all connected to each other.

Geese was teaching us that the swords sold here are cheap and of high quality.

Eris was making a face as if she wanted everything, but it's not like we have a surplus with our money.

After all, crossing from Milis to the Central Continent will cost another fortune for a Superd race.

We can't afford to spend wastefully.

The sword Eris is using now is not bad either. It’s the one Claude created during our stay in the village.

Although, I'm still a man.

Seeing all these grim swords and armor lined up, you'll feel excited regardless of age.

Even though I say that, after all, it's a problem of garments that look one's age.

The dwarf who was tending to the store said, "I don't think that suits you, boy?" while laughing.

After I said that even though I look like this, I'm still an intermediate level of the Sword God style, he was a bit surprised.

We had no money, so it ended with being made fun of a bit.

According to Geese's story, this is where the highway forks into multiple paths.

If you continue east along the mountain, you'll supposedly arrive at a large town of dwarves.

If you head northeast, you'll arrive at the elves' territory, and northwest, the halfling regions are spread out.

This town doesn't have an adventurers' guild, which is probably a problem with the location.

Also, if you head in the direction of the mountain, it seems there are hot springs.

hot springs

It's a topic that I have a great interest in.

"What's a hot spring?"

"Hot water from the mountain gathers up. If you bathe there, it feels excellent."

"Ohhh... It sounds interesting. However, isn't this the first time Rudeus has been here? How do you know about it? "

"I-I read about it in a book."

I wonder if the tour guide book mentioned hot springs in [Walking the World].

If I remember correctly, I feel they weren't mentioned in it.

However, hot springs, huh.

Sounds nice.

There's probably no yukata in this world, but...

Wet hair, skin dyed in the color of cherry blossoms, Eris spacing out in hot water...

The places known as hot springs are there.

No, I guess it's not really mixed bathing.

It would be different, right?

Although there is mixed bathing in the 1 in 10,000 chance, I wonder what would happen.

It's something I have to make absolutely sure to check upon.

"Since it's just after the rainy season ended, the mountainside is probably in a terrible state right now."

Just as I was hesitating, Geese objected.

If people who aren't used to walking in the mountains go, it will take quite a time.

Since that's the case, we have to give up on the hot springs.

How unfortunate.

While Claude took an interest in learning from the dwarf, he held himself since he still needed to come back to help Mike and the Arbalest.

"Well, I can go back later anyway."

He said, waving a new sword to Eris, which she delightfully took from him.

…

The Holy Sword Highway enters the Blue Dragon Mountain Range.

It was a narrow path that only two carriages could pass through at once.

It was cutting the mountain in half.

The bottom of the valley

However, maybe thanks to the divine protection of Milis, it seems that rock slides rarely happen.

If this path didn't exist, you'd have no choice but to take a massive detour to get north.

Even though there are seldom any Blue Dragons in these mountains, there are many monsters, so it would be pretty dangerous if you tried to pass through them.

There's a shortcut created in such a place where not a single monster will appear.

I understand the reason why Saint Milis is worshipped very well.

After three days, we passed through the valley.

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Just like that, we left the Great Forest and entered the territory of the human race.

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[Claude POV]

It’s pretty blatant to see that Eris is in love with Rudeus. While she wanted to receive more appeal and asked Geese to train her in cooking, Geese somehow rejected her.

I wonder what’s Geese reason for rejecting Eris’s request was.

I refuse to believe it’s because of his past, because Geese don’t even want to remain in the party.

I might refuse because I needed to deal with the stuff in Arbalest. Geese were, in fact, still wandering around without any targets.

However, I know that he’s still in contact with God. That doesn’t mean he’s someone safe to be with.

Although I know that Geese is kind, he’s not someone sane since he’d follow whatever human god ordered him to.

It’s an eye that Alex Cromwell knows very well.

A zealous believer sees that they will follow whatever their respected person orders them to.

Oh well, it’s not like I can do anything to him. So, I just leave him alone and deal with the magic circle formula to create a better enchantment for my weapon box.

I’ve tried to cook and help them, but my cooking was said to be horrendous enough to make even Ruijerd pass out in his seat, and Geese running around the bush for several days. So I just focus on developing my magic circle in silence from that point onwards.

There were also several times that I hinted to Eris that Rudeus had another lover in Buena, but got ignored instead.

Sigh…

Is this what a harem protagonist's luck?

Their woman won’t care about another fling or two.

Well, I guess Paul isn’t a harem protagonist after all since there's a quarrel in his love life.

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[Edited 09/29/2022]

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