Succubus' Life in Another World

Chapter 57: The Usual Happening

In the end, nothing happened that evening and we uneventfully welcomed the morning sun. It looks like its still not the time for the various magic tools to come to light. While preparing breakfast, I asked Urania to collect the tools.

The truth is, though I was the one that made the magic tools, Urania was the one who set them up. Thats natural, since even though I may be capable of creating things, it doesnt mean that I can fully utilize them. After all, I was a shut-in in my previous life and my only household security was a self-lock apartment, so I dont even know how to setup a detector.

In that sense, Urania is an expert. Just being able to detect monsters and herbs by scent wont make you a scout. Before partying with me, Urania mostly avoided confrontation with monsters resulting in her minor inexperience with battles, but on the other hand, she developed her ability to discover paths unused by monsters, harvesting locations unknown to other adventurers, and naturally, setting up traps.

Her scouting ability was enough to amaze the C-Rankers Grim and Fyne during our previous campaign. It was praised and relied upon. I was even shocked to hear that, while we were climbing the sacred mountain, Urania played a great role in finding and subjugating monsters.

That Uraina set my magic tools at places where she thinks Ill probably go in from here or Itll be a problem if there was a trap here. Naturally, its the places where you wont notice at first glance so if I collected them, Ill probably accidentally trip them up. Because of that, I can only ask Urania to get them back.

Nn, I finished getting them. Thank you. Im done making breakfast. Ah, sunny side up. You like them right? Its a perfect sunny side up. I love it!

Matching with Urainas taste, breakfast is corn soup and sunny side up, along with white bread. I tried to make a soft yolk sunny side up once and Urania got addicted to it. It was hard to find eggs that are safe to eat half-cooked, but we managed to buy directly from a poultry farm through Gray Cat Inns connections.

Naturally, I keep it in my [Dream Storage], so we always have a stock of fresh eggs to eat. In situations like these, the ability of [Dream Storage] to optionally preserve an items state is extremely convenient.

By the way, Gerald doesnt come at breakfast. He doesnt eat breakfast and seems to sleep as much as he can, jumping into the carriage just moments before departure. Yesterday, he didnt wake up even after departure time so we almost left him, but he recklessly outran the running carriage and jumped in.

Still, another whole day of carriage travel, huh Nn, about that, I thought a little. Oh? Do you have a good idea? If you float a bit with Levitation, cant it lessen the vibration? Ahh~ That, huh~

Ive already thought of Uranias plan before. Levitation is a magic for floating and its major principle is to make the targets weight lighter than air, making floating in the air possible. Naturally, if I just float a little, no matter how much the carriage rock I wont be affected by it.

However, floating in a carriage by myself will be quite eye-catching. If I adjust it a little, I can make it so I just float enough to have it look like Im just sitting down too. But doing this would make the carriages shaking affect me even more. Specifically, if the carriage jumps just a bit my head would smash the ceiling.

With that, I have no choice but to endure it. It just wont go as planned. This time, we cant really help it. Well, Ill just use healing magic and bear it.

The carriage departed as scheduled. Gerald also jumped in barely in time as expected and is right now eating dried meat still with bed hair.

Its a bit painful for me, but traveling in a carriage is really relaxing. Because glass is both expensive and very likely to break if monsters attack the carriage, the window is just open. Still, there is a leather cover to protect the passengers for when it rains or for when monsters and bandits attack us.

And so the carriage departed as scheduled but just when we were about to have noon break, the carriage suddenly stopped. Seeing how the other passengers immediately closed their leather window covers, I was just amazed by how strangely accustomed to it they are.

Hey, is this that? Well, nine out of ten chances of it being an attack. I dont know if its monsters or bandits though. Nn, it doesnt smell like monsters. Probably bandits. Oh, youre right. The numbers ugh, theres more than a dozen of them.

After hearing Uranias words, I feel out their life energy. Certainly, there seem to be ten-odd men blocking our carriages path. Even though we do have mercenaries with us, theyre just six of them and theyre only about D ~ E Rank in strength. I dont know how strong the bandits are but humans arent really different strength-wise even at A Rank.

An adventurers Rank is also based on strength, but the most important criteria are their experience and ability to survive. Its said that an excellent adventurer is someone that can return from any request and, even with failure, they will always bring information home. Rather than the ability to finish any request, reliably earning information to complete the request is more important.

Well, what I want to say it that no matter how much experience an adventurer and mercenary has, they cant win against numbers. Its one of the main reasons why a goblins subjugation rank increases when they swarm. While its true that the increased intellect, use of tools and cooperation is a threat, but just the pure number of them is a problem in itself.

Thats why if we just stand here and watch, the hired mercenaries would probably be annihilated. Especially since, even though were not really close, we were acquainted during the breaks on this trip. I cant really bear to just sit and see them get killed.

Im not really excited to do this, since it feels like Im taking their job, though. Oioioi, what do you mean about that!? Dont tell me youre going outside!?

As I was about to get out, Gerald stops me. Still, Id like to avoid wasting time and risk the chance of me being too late.

Sorry, I dont have time to talk.

And since Gerald is blocking the exit, I jumped from the leather-covered window. Though Levitation magic did make it easy for me to jump out, I was probably only able to accomplish this feat with this petite body.

Well now, this does feel very familiar, but lets make sure that the mercenaries Im about to help dont attack me by mistake.

I shall assist!!