Alright! Time to begin my epic journey that they will be singing praises of for ages to come! As we headed out of the inn I realized something; I don't know the name of the capital or how far it is. "Hey ladies, quick question; what's the name of the capital, and how far is it by wagon?" Come to think of it, how did they make it this far on foot? Princess Juliette ended up being the one to answer me. Looking me in the eye, with her head tilted up, as I'm a good bit taller than her, she then began to speak in a proud and noble air. "Ah yes, you wouldst not be privy to the name of mine kingdoms capital. It be called Literia, and is a most beautiful and soothing place. To answer your other question, it's four days travel via wagon. In fact this is our first order of business, we must secure a proper wagon worthy of my great self!"
And so, we headed further down the west road into the middle of Batis. As we walked along I nearly broke down and cried. I'm living in the fantasy world of my dreams, and I just saw a tiger beast girl! To top it off, she's walking next to a dog and cat beast girl! Orrrrraaaaaaaa!! Yes! Sing my blood! Sing of my conquest of all the beast girls in the world! Ah ha ha ha ha ha! *cough*, right anyway back to the task at hand. We finally located the wagon merchant building. The name of the place is The Journey, and it has a picture of a man riding on a dirt road off into the sunset on a beautiful wagon.
We walked inside and found a young woman with short spiky green hair, emerald green eyes to match, and a very professional looking outfit. She looked toward us with a big smile on her face and said, "Welcome to The Journey! My name is Anna, and I shall be assisting you today. May I ask if you wish to rent or purchase a wagon, or cart? If you're renting, you'll need to procure your own path finders. However, if you're purchasing we shall include two path finders for a small additional fee of 10 gold coins each. To purchase a high grade wagon shall cost you 3 gold coins. Now, are there any questions?"
Yeah there is... NANI THE HELL IS A PATH FINDER?! Phew.. I need to breathe. Okay question time. "Forgive me for my ignorance, but I come from a country very far in the west, and I've never heard of the term path finder. Would you be so kind as to explain?" Anna had a light smile on her face and said, "Oh my you've never heard of path finders? Very well, a path finder is simply an animal or magical beast used as a mount, or for pulling wagons and carts. Are there any other questions?" Nope, now I feel embarrassed, I mean that should have been so obvious. Well let's get this over with. "Is everyone okay with purchasing? I have enough money to cover the costs, so the kingdom can reimburse me when we arrive at the capital."
The princess and her knights all looked at each other and then nodded at me. Looks like I got the go ahead. "Very I'll take your high end cart for 3 gold, and two of your high grade path finders for 10 gold each. Here is the 23 gold coins. It's been a pleasure doing business with you!" I then walked over to the entrance and turned around and asked Anna when everything would be ready. She told me it would only take 15 minutes, so we waited outside near the entrance. Suddenly I heard the sound of soft, and padded footsteps coming around the corner, and the slight creaking and whirring of the wagon. As I looked over, I was shocked beyond words. Two huge white tigers with glowing golden eyes that stood at the same height as a large breed of horse, and were both about 15 feet long with the traditional black stripes. Isn't this the legendary divine beast Byakko?! Two of them at that! This is total overkill! Now to mention the ostentatious wagon. Gold and black painted wheels and frame, and a jet black cover with gold threads and through out and within. Yeah, we're totally going to have a cliche bandit encounter on the way to the capital. There's no way in hell we wouldn't. Okay, time to learn the skill for driving a carriage. I hopped into the driver's seat and grabbed the reins. Hmm nothing happened; I bet I need to be moving to learn it. Let's get everyone into the carriage and set off.
"Okay everyone we're all set! Let's begin our journey to the capital!" All of the girls started cheering, until Knight-Captain Katrina burst their bubble. "Forgive me Alyster, but aren't you forgetting something? We have yet to procure supplies." I nodded my head in acknowledgement to Katrina, and told her, "No need, I already have enough food on me to last 100 people for 10 years. I also have that in water, and have all the daily necessities, and tents. Everything is set, and we're safe to go now." All of the girls stared at me in shock, but Princess Juliette giggled, and nodded while putting on airs, she said, "Hoh. As expected of the esteemed Savior. It would be strange if you weren't prepared for a long journey. You have a long road ahead after all. Listen, and be amazed! I Princess Juliette, hereby praise you for your value to me! Well done indeed!" Good lord, this girl makes me want to gag her every time she opens that prideful mouth of hers! I mentally face palmed, and began to remind myself that's she's the cliche princess with the big ego. I swear to God, if she addresses herself as we, I'm going to knock myself out. Anyway, everyone accepted that I had adequate supplies, but they were confused on where I had them. I simply smiled and waited for everyone to get on the carriage. And so we're making our way to the east gate to depart. As soon as the carriage began to move in that direction, I heard what I've been waiting for.
Ding! 'Learned Driving Skill'
Alright now we're talking! Suddenly I feel as if I've been driving a carriage for a few years already; what an amazing feeling! In no time at all we were at the east gate, and queuing up to leave the village. Five minutes later it was our turn, and when the guards saw our carriage they simply waved us through. I had a big grin on my face, and was now convinced that displays of wealth equated to status and power in this world. In other words, we won't have to deal with any major hassles on our way to the capital. (A/N: Flag you foolish man!)
Before I knew it, we'd traveled for about 6 hours, and the suns were beginning to set. I still can't get over seeing more than one sun. Right let's set up camp, I'll cook for everybody, and I doubt knights and a princess know how. I summoned one medium sized tent for the knights and a large one for the princess. As for myself I went with a one man tent. However, when the princess saw this, she was mortified. "Lord Alyster this unacceptable! You are the highest level of noble among humans! You're our High King, and therefore should not sleep in a small tent like a common foot soldier! Please use the biggest tent you own for yourself!" Oh boy the biggest tent huh? That thing can hold up to 150 people... Wait. Why do I have such a monstrous sized tent in the first place? Oh well I guess I'll set it up then. Here goes. I stepped back about 100 meters from the other tents and summoned mine. Yep, definitely a circus tent size wise! I looked at the girls reactions, and I couldn't help but laugh as they all fell onto their butts. "Such a majestic tent! This is certainly worthy of your eminence! May we see the inside?" Princess again of course. I simply nodded to her, and walked into my tents entrance. What I saw inside shocked the ghost out of me. Chandelier on the roof, plush soft carpet, gigantic harem king bed, a kitchen, bath, and a dining area! Running water and luxury in the field, and there was even a freaking staircase leading to more floors! What's more I just heard a notification go off in my head.
Ding! 'Activating fortress mode. 20%.. 60%.. 100%.. Fortress mode active. Setting up magic and physical attack barriers. Deploying magic cannon summoning circles. 12 circles now active. Fortification complete.'
Holy shit! I've got a freaking magical fortress in tent form! Hell yeah! I looked over to the girls, and explained what was going on. In a word they were catatonic. I tried waving my hand in their faces a few times, but they didn't respond for 2 to 3 minutes. Then they unanimously screamed, "THIS IS INCREDIBLE!". I couldn't help but smile at their reactions, as I was currently in shock myself. I decided it's best if I cook something, so I led the girls to the sink and we all washed our hands. I told them to go have a seat, and I'd let them know when dinner is ready.
Now it's time to decide what to cook... Hmm.. I know! I have the ingredients to make fettuccine alfredo with diced chicken. For the sides, I'll go with mashed potatoes and gravy, and stuffing, because you know I love some carbs heh heh heh. As for the dessert, I'll do something simple, I'll make something most people would never consider to be dessert: french toast. Once I began cooking, I heard the expected notification telling me that my cooking skill leveled up. A little while later, I called the girls to the dining table where the food, cutlery and dishes waited for them. I had a pitcher of chilled fruit juice sitting in the middle of the table as well. "Well everyone dig in! Don't be shy, because I know I won't. This is some fine quality food here. Watch as your tongues scream out in ecstasy!" I had a proud smile on my face as I watched the knights serve me, and then the princess, and finally themselves. We all took a bite into the pasta, and I was totally shocked. This isn't good, this is freaking godly! I secretly used my appraisal skill on the food and was amazed. All of the food were rated at epic quality! This is legendary! I actually cooked better food then any chef back on Earth, and this isn't my best yet! God just to think what maxed cooking will look like. I get chills just thinking about it.
Next thing I knew, we cleared out all of the food, and I laughed inside as I saw the girls giggling and twitching as they sat on the couch in the main room. Things just keep getting more and more interesting. I'm looking forward to what the future will bring. I decided it was time to go to bed, so I told the girls I'm tired and they all filed out and headed to their tents. Let's get some good sleep tonight...
It's morning now, and I'd already finished storing the tents into my inventory. Now it's time we return to our journey and try not to raise any flags. Of course I should have known better, after all I called it yesterday. Yeah you guessed it; we're currently surrounded by about 30 or so bandits who are cackling as they look at us. I guess it's about time I show the girls just how powerful I am, and give birth to my legend! I'm the Legend!