He accepted Tiera’s demand and proceeded to work slowly this time. Since he only had to remodel the axial junction and the wheels to some extent, it didn’t take that much time even when he did it slowly. He could concentrate on the work, because only a small part of the body was still floating.
Afterwards, the bearings were attached to all four wheels, and the modifications were completed. The total time for the job took about one and a half hours, including the installation of the springs. The current time was half past 10 now.
He told the shopkeeper at the wagon dealer that they would bring a horse, and exited the shop. And then, they waited for contact from Schnee. Since they had time, they went for another walk in a different direction from yesterday. They spent about one hour of window-shopping at the street stalls, and then the call from Schnee came.
“It’s the call from Schnee. She seems to be in the forest ahead of the north gate.”
Because he conveyed that they had already checked out from the inn and were wandering around, it was decided that she would wait outside. And so, they headed toward the north gate immediately. While extending his perception area, they passed through the gate and walked further. The response from Schnee showed what she had already captured a suitable beast. But――
“…………”
Both of his feet that were supposed to be walking in high spirits became heavy.
“Kuu, what is it?”
“What’s the matter?”
“Sigh, how should I say this…, I think you will understand when we arrive there.”
Tiera raised her question after Yuzuha’s words, but Shin said that she would find out once they reached there. The reason was that even if he didn’t expressly speak of it, as Shin walked forward, he had an expression of bewilderment, because he understood what had caused Yuzuha to be cautious.
What was displayed on the map, moved into Shin’s field of vision. The monster that stood next to Schnee was why there was such a reaction from Shin.
When they got closer to the forest, the appearance gradually came into view.
“Shin, that one, is strong.”
“Hey Shin, really, what is that? My 【Analyze】 doesn’t show its name, let alone its level.”
Yuzuha and Tiera seemed to be uneasy.
“Well, that’s natural.”
Even if it was Schnee, it couldn’t be helped as the monster alone emitted huge pressure. Tiera stood behind Shin to hide herself, Yuzuha re-hardened its posture that had weakened.
“I’m here now. As I told you with Mind Chat, the monster I brought will pull the wagon. In the case of this fellow, it won’t have any problems pulling the wagon that Shin gets on.”
With a very nice smile, Schnee said so full of confidence. That smile with overflowing charm would make everyone a captive.
However, Shin’s heart was about to say “Seriously?! This will pull the wagon?”, as his line of sight went to what was behind Schnee.
“Just to check, but where did you get it?”
“Because I was near the sacred mountain, it’s from there.”
“…Clever. As expected from Schnee.”
“I’m honored to receive your praise.”
As expected from Schnee, she seemed to interpret the meaning of crazy in a good way, even with Shin’s state of mind.
“I forgot. Master sometimes gets reckless when it comes to Shin.”
“That information, if possible, I wish you would have said that earlier.”
Tiera looked up at the sky with a shocked expression, while Shin held his brow with one hand as if to say, “Oh great!…”. Watching the two people, Schnee looked puzzled.
“Well, nothing can be done since you already brought it here. For the time being, may I ask about this fellow?”
“Yes. Because it will pull the wagon that Shin is riding on, I thought it should be something like this, a divine beast class monster.”
“No no, that way of thinking is weird. It’s strange no matter how I think about it! What kind of wagon do you think it’ll pull!?”
Shin exclaimed, while pointing at the monster which was obedient behind Schnee.
That shout was reasonable too. Anyhow, its physique was much bigger than a carriage. In the case of it pulling, the wagon would need to be the size of a single house.
“Of course, I assumed that Shin would say that.”
“What?”
Schnee calmly replied to Shin’s retort. Apparently, she seemed to have a plan.
Shin looked at the monster Schnee brought again.
A four-legged walking type monster, its name was Gruefago.
It had a forward-leaning posture when it walked, and its height was about 3 mels from the ground. Even if it was pulling to the wagon he purchased, they might not able to see the front.
Ash-silver hair covered its whole body to the forearm, which was developed like a horse’s body. Moreover, it had thick and strong muscle masses on its tail, and it rivaled the power of the Lord Skull Face which Shin and Schnee fought before.
In addition, if it began a surprise attack during the game era, it would be a fiendish monster even for advanced level players. Its head resembled that of a wolf, but there were scales that dully shined visible h