A-airship?"
"Dad, we're really immigrating right?"
"We're not being led to become slaves are we?"
My wife and daughter pulled my sleeves from the sides.
I can't comprehend the situation before me.
I heard that Muno Earldom we were going to was on the opposite side of Fujisan mountains, so I thought that we would go around the mountains on foot for sure.
Who'd have thought we'll be moving with an airship....
"Dad, we're like nobles."
My daughter who acted daringly pulled my hand to the airship.
The ceiling is low. When I sit down on the floor with mat, my back touches the neighbor's already.
"This must be why there's a restriction to the luggage."
"Yes, that seems so."
I thought it was strange that there was a restriction from carrying household items even though we were immigrants, but I can understand why now.
I grasped my luggage and tally tightly and waited for the departure.
--Hm, looks like I fell asleep before I knew it.
"Everyone, thank you for waiting. We've arrived at Brighton City of Muno Earldom."
A girl wearing Echigoya uniform opened the door and went around to ask us get down from the ship.
Is Muno Earldom near enough from Royal Capital for the ship to arrive in a nap?
"Unbelievable.... It should have taken three to six months on the land route, two months on the sea route...."
A young man who said that he was a merchant's third son muttered alone.
My daughter is looking at the man creepily from behind my back.
"I heard that even regular air lane needs three days from the Royal Capital and the Duchy Capital, so how..."
"Oh my, you know well. It was a five day trip from the Royal Capital to here. Since we stuffed five time the normal capacity of people, it'd have been difficult in various ways if we flew normally so we put the people to sleep with magic."
The Echigoya female guide cheerfully explained the situation to the merchant's third son.
The reason why they didn't explain it beforehand was because the magic would not work effectively if we knew.
Getting locked in that jam packed place for five days would surely make me lose my mind for sure, so I'm not going to complain.
Come to think of it, I don't feel that hungry even though it's been five days.
You don't get hungry if you're made to sleep with magic huh, the magician employed by a wealthy merchant of the Royal Capital sure is amazing.
"It's a beautiful town."
"It really is, I sure want to stay at this place at least once."
"This area is probably for noble-sama mansions."
My wife and daughter are looking at the white mansions lined up in the townscape longingly.
I want to fulfill their wishes but we're just mere immigrants. No way that dream can come true even if the whole world got toppled.
"Everybody, your attention please!"
An Echigoya Firm's girl shouted out loud from a tall platform.
There are a young girl who looks like a noble and a white haired young man with a wound on his cheek standing behind her.
"Who's that princess?"
"Maybe she's the lord's wife?"
"No way, why would the wife greet mere immigrants herself?"
Rustles spreads amongst the immigrants.
"Quiet please! The acting lord will make a greeting."
"Nice to meet you everyone, I'm Lina Emlin the acting lord. I may trouble you due to my lack of experience, but please consult to the city hall freely if you're troubled with anything."
Looking at the teenage acting lord who was desperately spinning her words, I have mixed feeling of anxiety and wanting to support her.
"Thank you very much acting lord-sama. We have a lot of experienced public employees in the city hall so do consult to them."
Echigoya Firm girl added something, it seemed she sensed the immigrants' worries.
"The villages everyone is going to can already accept new people anytime, but since the day will end if we go now, we'll be going tomorrow."
Then we're going to sleep in this city today huh.
Since grass is growing on the open space for the airship, looks like we'll have some good place to sleep on.
"Please head to the lodging inn. Land lord-sama is paying the lodging charge, today's dinner and tomorrow's breakfast, so please use them freely. I'll be guiding you according to the tally's color. And also, we've taken your luggage to the inn."
....This too much good treatment made me feel anxious instead.
Isn't it too generous no matter how you look at it?
Letting us sleep in the open space and providing warm soup would have been enough to make us shout "Hurray for Lord-sama", yet they even provided lodging and meals....
What does the lord want from us?