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Chapter 7 : Northern Mountain Range Area

Daybreak

With the waning an to lit up Hajime, Yue, and Shia, these three people completed their travel preparations, and soon they would leave the "Water Fairy Inn" In their hands were packaged riceballs that could be eaten as they , no one wore unpleasant faces as Foss prepared their breakfast It was just as expected of a high-class inn Its ement was admired even by Hajime and his party, as they thanked him without reserve once they received the breakfast

Within theate There was a highway that stretched froe area It would take at least a full day by horse, but they would arrive in three to four hours using the ic-driven theeler

It was the fifth day since they had lost contact with Will Kudeta and his party, who had gone to investigate northern ht Will and his party’s odds of survival were low, but there was still a chance Ilwa’s iht hi as soon as possible Fortunately, the weather was good An ideal day to search for so to resound inside the buildings, they advanced towards the northern gate, and could finally see the gate He narrowed his eyes because he could sense signs of people near the northern gate They didn’t ate

What he saw through the h I can guess what you want, let ?"

Hajime and his party looked at Aiko and the students with half-opened eyes For a moment, Aiko twitched from the pressure in the atmosphere, but she still faced Haji a discussion, the students; Sonobe Yuka, Sugawara Taeko, Miyazaki Nana, Tamai Atsushi, Aikawa Noboru, and Kawahara Akira, drew near Aiko

"We are also going You’re searching for ht? It’s better to haveBut, I refuse to go together"

"Wh-Why?"

"Simply because our pace is different I don’t want to match your slow speed"

If one were to look closely, they would notice that there were several horses readied behind Aiko and the others For a ht, "Was it because he cannot ride horses?", as they doubted Hajih their heads No matter whether he could ride it or not, its speed couldn’t coic-driven theeler, after all However, the virtual leader of Ai-chan’s royal guard who loved her; Sonobe Yuka, snapped at Hajiotten her debt and intith of her love towards Ai-chan

"Wait, how could you say that? Even if Nagumo doesn’t think well of us, there’s no need to involve Ai-chan sensei"

Because of the incredibly irrelevant objection, Hajiht it’d be a hassle to explain, so he silently took out the ic-driven theeler fro bike appeared from the void, Aiko and the students could only let out stupefied looks

"Do you understand now? Yesterday I said that I absolutely don’t care about whatever you guys want to do That’s why there’s no need to snarl at me It’s just like I said before, our speed is different"

The ic-driven theeler’s profound for in this different world,students speechless There, the bike-lover in the class; Aikawa asked Hajiu like that We are going now, so move aside"

Hajime answered him perfunctorily as he was about to e with Hajime and his party no matter what it took She had two reasons One was to search for the truth about what Hajiht Aiko couldn’t just overlook the words, "A class to kill him", so she wanted find out if it was the truth or just Haji If it was the truth she wanted to knohat Haji to do She wanted to hearany accidents that ht happen in the future Once the search ended, she didn’t knohen she’d be able to ain, so she mustn’t miss this chance

The other reason was, because Shih they had tried to find any scrap of infor even a stone unturned, there were no sightings of hies However, because there was no one living in the northern e area in the first place, she reathered there Even if it was on his own accord or by accident, she naturally never thought he’d enter the northern ht he’d left on his own, she thought of searching for Shi people

By the way, it was partly a coincidence that Sonobe and the other students were here Aiko had wanted to go to the gate earlier than Hajime, in order to ambush him, so she tried to leave the inn before dawn, only to be seen by Sonobe Yuka as going to the toilet Because Aiko equipped herself with travelling gear and tried to leave at such an unreasonable tiuards questioned her without letting her tell a lie As the result, because they couldn’t just leave Ai-chan to the changed Hajime Sonobe woke up all of the students and tried to join the search mission It should be noted that they had left a letter to the Knights, telling them to watch the house, since it seemed like they would only strike up h it wasn’t kno they’d react…

Aiko drew near Hajime and whispered her decision to him Hajime moved his face close to Aiko’s because he didn’t want the contents and only the contents to be heard by others, but when he looked carefully he noticed she used thick makeup to conceal dark shadows Surely, she was hardly able to sleep having heard Hajiumo-kun, because sensei is a teacher, it’s necessary to hear the details froo until you tell umo-kun, won’t that be troubleso or e are searching, so will you spare souood bye after this town… … for the tiht of deterretted his last words froht resulted in this failure He understood Aiko’s ability to take action (Although she’s often idle) If he tried to deceive her or run away, she’d likely use the Guard Knights to search for hiaze froaway the possibility of Will’s survival, he regretted tih He adain

"Okay I’ll let you go with us Even though I say that, I don’t have time to speak with you…"

"I don’t care I only want to hear it froive up at all Whatever and wherever, always a teacher, huh"

"Of course!"

Aiko, "Munh!", stuck out her chest with a joyful look when Hajione well, the students showed relieved looks

"… … Haji them?"

"Aa, this person is a "teacher" even here She will not co her students If I just leave her, it’ll absolutely becoood teacher who thinks of her students~"

Because Hajiiven up, Yue and Shia were surprised and asked hi heard Hajime’s words accompanied with a bitter sed slightly They were filled with soht Aiko’s attitude as their "teacher", which couldn’t be shaken at all was not a bad thing For exa the classht of her as an adult who should be respected

"But, this bike can only hold three people, right? What should we do?"

What Sonobe pointed out was the truth It was out of the question in regards to time, to match the horses’ speed, and it was i Aiko instead Reluctantly, Hajiic-driven theeler into "Treasure Box", and pulled out the ic-driven four-wheeler in its stead

Pinpon, Haji object appeared, probably because they knew he’d used an artifact, Aiko and the students were not surprised at all Having seen the current Hajiine he was once called "incoe "Those who are unable to get on will be in the carrier", looked at Hajiot on the driver’s seat with complicated expressions

They ht into the northern ic-driven four-wheeler Even though the highas a bad road, thanks to the suspension and ground transmutation feature it shared with the theeler, most of the impact was nulled Naturally, the e carrier attached to the back didn’t seeh there was the "Treasure Box", the reason he specifically installed the carrier was because it was a set with the gatling that’d be used while driving, it was his aspiration A s inside the vehicle, Hajime naturally sat in the driver’s seat, while Aiko sat at his side and Yue was next to her Aiko sat beside Hajih Aiko seemed to not have told it to the other students, she wanted to hear about it sooner

Originally, the seat next to Hajied to Yue, but Yue already knew the contents of the story Hajiave her seat to Aiko But, Aiko and Yue were small, so there was still a considerable amount of space in the seat

In contrast, Shia as seated in the back seat looked slightly craawara had voluptous bodies, so they took up a lot of space The slender Miyazaki looked so uncomfortable

But, the one who felt the most uncoawara for a while now, and they interrogated her about her relationship with Hajime Love between different races in another world was so They were so curious that they repeatedly asked Shia, and the flustered Shia tried her best to answer their questions

On the other side, Haji heard the situation in detail about that ti fired intentionally was high, Aiko was still unable to believe it and was troubled by it When he heard her, Hajiuessed it was souess was closest to the right answer, he only said this was one of the possibilities After all, Aiko wouldn’t be able to arrive at such a conclusion, and even if the culprit could be specified, how could she restore the mind of someone who attempted murder? How could one cohts on her roaned because she was troubled by this, but due to the soft seat and vibrating vehicle inviting her to sleep Aiko started off on her journey to the world of dreams before she are of it,zuruzuru, her body slipped until she fell onto Haji because it’s a hindrance, but because he felt it aard to act rude toward Aiko, he hesitated over what to do, then he decided to leave her as is After all, Hajime’s information was the main cause of Aiko’s sleep deprivation So if it’s just this, he felt that it couldn’t be helped, as he displayed unusual generosity

"… … Hajientle to Aiko"

"… … Well, it is so like this is okay"

"… … Fu~n"

"Yue?"

"… …"

"Yue-san, please don’t ignore me"

"… … Next, I will also use the lap pillow"

"… … Okay"

Even though Aiko was still lap pillowed, Hajime and Yue were able to enter a world of their own In the back seat, the fe "kya kya," followed by a sulking rabbit-eared girl Froerous zone where unknown accidents ht about it as they e area

Severalfrorow there It was a mysterious place with a scattered environment The colour would make one remember the mountains of Japan in autureen leaves, just like in mid-summer, but there were also places ithered trees in contrast

Moreover, even if one could see past the e stretched out beyond it There were more and es were confirmed, and beyond that was a completely unknown area As to how far it went, a certain adventurer aie, however, de n of success

Incidentally, the highest mountain was the "God Mountain" Currently, the place Hajime and the others had first arrived in when they came into this world was 1,600 kilometers east of the God Mountain The vivid colors of red and yellow of the fresh leaves on the trees eable person were to look carefully, he would find spices and edible plants in the area They hat enriched Ul town, a truly bountiful mountain

Hajime and the others stopped the four-wheeler at the foot of the mountain, and were charnificent colors for a while One of the girls let out a "Ho~" So the blunder of sleeping in a student’s lap But having seen the fresh scenery, she succeeded in placing the ‘black history’ into the far recesses of her mind

Hajime also wanted to slowly appreciate this, so he put the four-wheeler back into the "Treasure Box", and pulled out certain things in its stead

Those were, i with a sray crystal buried in a part of their heads

Haji, took out four identical models, and slowly threw them into the air With that, one would assuravity However, these fake birds were floating in place Aiko and the students let out an "Ah"

The four an to turn around on their spots and fleards theseen theaithout any sound, Aiko represented the other students and inquired so of him

Hajime answered her with "Unmanned Reconnaissance Planes", and just like the vehicles and gun, they were items that were out of place in this different world

The imitation model of birds called "Un Hajihts fro the ranted ic because he didn’t have the aptitude for using the ic hiravity as they floated And thus, gravity stones were created Furthermore, the induction stones which used to control the Goleht crystals were also installed in each part of their heads The ht stones Similar to induction stones, it was aas the saical poas supplied to them It seemed this hat Miledi used to determine the detailed position of Hajiht crystal inside hisscenery the "Unmanned Reconnaissance Planes" could see

In the first place, there’s a li four si them to move around in the sky It’s a complete mystery as to how Miledi was able to operate 50 Gole perforht Speed", if he only had to control one plane, he could do precise ht Speed", he could make seven planes do precise movements within a certain time limit

This time, he took out the Un able to search from the air is useful, since the scope of search was too vast Having watched the Unmanned Reconnaissance Planes fly far away, Aiko and the students tried to stop being surprised by Hajiht never be fulfilled

Haji the sa inforhtly beyond the other side of mountain path It’s in the vicinity of the sixth and seventh mountain Because of that, Will’s party of adventurers should be investigating around those parts Having thought of this, they quickly advanced through the h pace, after Hajime released the Unmanned Reconnaissance Planes in that area

Hajime and the others reached the sixth mountain in almost an hour, and stopped The reason was because it was necessary to search for any traces around the area…

"Haa haa, i-is it a break… … kehoh, haa haa"

"Zee-- zee-- Are you okay… … Ai-chan sensei, zee-- zee--"

"Ueppu, is it okay to rest now? Haa haa, it’s okay, right? I’ll take a break now, kay?"

"… … Hyuu-- Hyuu"

"Geho geho, Nagumo-kun and his party are th than what he had expected, so it was necessary to take a break Naturally, Aiko and her students’ statuses were originally several tie people of this world, so they didn’t get exhausted until they climbed the sixth mountain It’s just that the movement speed of Hajime and his party was just too fast, that’s why they cliht, and when they noticed it, their physical strength was exhausted and their legs becaasped for breath on all fours, and Hajilanced at them with a somewhat troubled look In any case, he had decided it was necessary to search the surroundings, as they went to the nearby river to let them rest He was able to determine the location because of the infor the location to Aiko and her students, ere still breathing roughly, he and his party advanced towards the river The probability of Will’s party having rested there was also high

With Yue and Shia in the lead, they strayed from the mountain path and onto the mountain Rustle, rustle The sound of fallen leaves was enjoyable as they continued to walk between the trees, and before long they could hear the sound of a river It was a sound pleasing to the ears Shia’s ears swayed happily

Finally Hajier scale cohest search ability, observed the surroundings while Hajiain used the Unmanned Reconnaissance Planes to search for any presences, and there was no sign of demonic beasts nearby They relaxed for now Haji on the rock in the riverbank, then they talked about their search plans Yue took off her shoes and put her feet into the river after saying "Just a little" It was her selfishness to enjoy the moment Hajime overlooked it because Aiko and her students still hadn’t caught up to them He’s athought of a possibility, theythe riverbank Hajime moved the Unmanned Reconnaissance Planes upstrea with the river water with her bare feet Although Shia was also barefooted, she only put the seeained their breaths, arrived They stayed in place as they stared at Hajime and his party However, the threeeyes as they saw the barefooted Yue and Shia, while the female students returned to look at them with cold eyes It azes froot out of the river

Aiko and her students were diligently replenishing their azes froo, Yue and Shia returned slight glares, and theseen such a spectacle, Aiko and the female students looked at Hajime arm eyes Especially Sonobe and the fes froumo-kun truly treasures Yue-san and Shia-san"