The Headmaster laughed with a Hoho while stroking his moustache.
With this, I have a mean to travel to Galarie! ……Wait, what was that?
「Eh, you need a boat to get to Galarie?」
「Hoho, ……Huah!?」
「Eh, ……You can’t get there by land?」
「U, under what pretext did you believe that you could reach that 『Metropolis of Water』 by land!?」
The Headmaster conversely questioned my question.
E, even if you tell me that, there is a map in my tool bag (a fourth dimensional one), and on that map, it’s pretty much a straight path to Galarie so……HA!
「It couldn’t be! ……Daaaahh!! That really was the case!」
Taking out the map from the bag, I tried warming it up with the flame of a nearby candle.
When I did, as if blue ink had spilt onto it, a sea had spread out from the town of Galarie on top of the map.
There was a mechanism similar to the ones used on maps that pirates often used to denote the location of their hidden treasure.
There’s no mistake that the one who prepared this map was probably one of the people that Baba-chan’s son handled. No, thinking back on it, it was probably the receptionist, Busty-chan. She probably did it in a “『Witch of Time』’s devotee” sense or something. Though I’m not really sure how all of that works.
This is likely to be Baba-chan’s practical joke. Damn it, it’s great that things turned out to be headed in a good direction in the end but, in the worst case, I might have moved about in confusion from the sea that would have been in front of me and in the end would have ended crossing the sea with my own body.
The appearance of Baba-chan laughing a bold *Kushi kushi* laugh suddenly crossed my mind. Just the fact that I can easily imagine that appearance is scary.
Rather, wasn’t how she was no longer able to see the future a complete lie? She kind of vigorously hit the mark right there. Didn’t she just read my actions in detail?
「No matter how many times I taste it, I really don’t like this feeling of being manipulated.」
Even three years ago, I had gone around more than half of the world in order to undo the Sacred Sword’s seal but during that time, just how many times did I take Baba-chan’s pranks.
「Hoho. It would seem that the misunderstanding has been cleared. 『Free City Galarie』, also known as the 『Metropolis of Water』, just as that name implies, it is a town said to be a scenic beauty for being a town located on top of the water. In other words, if you are planning on going to Galarie, a boat is required, correct?」
「Yeah, pretty much.」
For a regular human that is.
Ah, no, I’ll be going on it, you know? Since I’m technically hiding the fact that I’m the Hero and pretending to be an ordinary person, I’ll be using the means of transportation that normal people use, you know? I won’t be doing something like running on top of the water, you know? Besides, since that is surprisingly hard to do, I can’t do it.
「Well then, might I ask you to deliver this to 『Vodan』, the town mayor of 『Be Io』? If you do, that man probably might also place you on a boat.」
What the Headmaster pulled out from his breast pocket was a small box that opened and closed like a box that an engagement ring would go in.
Inside, there was a golden……
「Bell?」
「Umu. Since that guy’s child is close to their coming of age, it is a congratulatory gift for that.」
The Headmaster laughed merrily with a Hoho.
To be giving a bell as a coming of age present, that sure is maniac, oi.
Well, if I think about it a little, they’re probably of the therianthropic Cat Tribe or Fox Tribe. I’ve heard that the therianthropics of this world will definitely have a certain item that bonds them to their tribe, though it varies according to the various tribes.
It’s a choker if it’s the Dog Tribe, it’s a headband if it’s the Tiger Tribe. Maybe for a part of the Oni Tribe, it would be a loincloth (comparatively, it would seem that the tribe of the gentle Oni is included as a therianthropic).
That would mean, that Vodan person who would be the father is probably either one of the Cat Tribe or the Fox Tribe.
Furthermore, in a town governed by a therianthropic person, it’d be easy for those of the same tribe as the one governing to gather.
In other words, there should be many of the cat-eared Onee-sama or fox-eared Onee-sama types! Mainly because I’m tired of the life of a faithful dog and because knew of it from prior experience, I was honestly happy about this information.
「That task, by all means, please leave it to me!」
Saying that, I undertook an errand mission that is peculiar to other worlds.