Dragon and Ogre, Sacrifice and Sin (8)

Zelly-san and I hurried on, choosing a carriage that would get us to the Lef Magitech Empire as quickly as possible. But once word spread that the Empire had "collapsed," all the shared carriages stopped running at once, and most of the carriages still moving were caravan carriages that saw this as a business opportunity.

At a village near the Empire, Zelly-san decided to travel with a caravan—and got them to take her along by offering to serve as a guard—while I decided to run on ahead. There were only so many roads a horse could use, but there were plenty more I could travel on foot.

Humans are surprisingly capable.

"Are you really okay, young master?"

"Yes. If I run for a day, I should probably make it there."

"You make running for a whole day sound easy..."

"Ugh," Zelly-san said, sticking out her tongue and making a displeased face. She could probably have come along, but apparently she didn't want to push herself that hard. Besides,

"Young master will go there and solve pretty much everything, right? I don't need to go, y'know."

Apparently, she had unreasonably high hopes for me.

Well... it's not like I have any guarantee that I can do anything, either...