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âOi, Holland! Hold up a second!â
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Upon turning around, Holland and group could see a mercenary on a horse galloping towards them while loudly hailing and wildly waving all the while.
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âOh, Dagmar. Whatâs up?â
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âDonât be so jovial about it, thereâs trouble.â
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The mercenary approached them and shrugged his shoulders. He was a middle-aged man, well tanned, with thick eyebrows that covered his deep, inset eyes.
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Everyone called the man Dagmar, and he was the head mercenary for the caravan, making him the direct boss of Kei. He and Holland seemed to be childhood friends, for they could often be seen in the early hours of the morning conversing in casual tones by means of what was probably a close friendship.
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âWhat happened?â
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âPierre and Borrisâs carriage is a mess. Heck, the cartâs stuck and the damn axles wonât move. Everyone back thereâs working on it, but itâs gonna take a while. So, Iâd like you to stop for the time being.â
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â⦠It canât be helped I guess, but seriously, Pierre needs to buy a new carriage already.â
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âThatâs true, but money makes the world go round yâ know.â
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Dagmar sighed, but quickly recovered and turned his attention to Kei.
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âThatâs why, Kei, you said you were pretty confident in your strength didnât you? Mind goinâ back with me to help with them repairs? We need all the manpower we can.â
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âSure, no problem.â
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âAh, Iâm saved. Thanks a lot man. Iâll let the other guys know that weâll be arriving at the village late.â
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Shrugging his shoulders, Dagmar rushed off to inform the remainder of the caravan. After seeing him ride off, Kay deftly tossed the Dragon Stinger to Irene.
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âSo, it looks like Iâll be going back to help⦠Could you hold onto it for me while Iâm gone as itâll get in the way otherwise?â
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âAlright.â
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Leaving the bow with Aileen, Kei turned his horse around rode towards the back of the caravan.
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It would seem that the last carriage, two behind Hollandâs, was the one having trouble. A merchant and several apprentices were busy unloading the heavy cargo from the hold and repairing the carriage with spare timber pieces, swarming around the rear wheels like a nest of bees.
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âI heard from Dagmar, you guys need some help?â
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âAh, yes thatâs correct. Thank you.â
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The merchant, red-faced from physical exertion, was supporting the carriage when he turned to Kei, whom he looked upon as though he were some holy savior. However, at this point, his arms suddenly lost power, and another man who was under the carriage let out a cry.
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âI-Iâm sorry, but could you lend a hand!? I donât think I can hold up much longer.â
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âOh, yes, of course.â
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Hearing the merchantâs strained voice, Kei immediately jumped off Sasuke to help support the carriage platform. If one puts their weight at the right angle with the correct technique using oneâs arms and hips, it was not excessively difficult to lift even something as heavy as the carriage despite the fact that there was still a great deal of cargo remaining.
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âOh, itâs lighter!â
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The young man with short hair who was supporting the carriage from the bottom remarked out of relief. If one looked closely, man did not appear to be one of the merchantâs apprentices. In addition to wearing hardened leather armor reinforced with sheet metal, a dagger can also been seen attached to his waist by the scabbard. This body suggest too that he was not a man of commerce, but a warrior who had been through rigorous training.
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âIs he an escort? But this is the first time Iâve seen him⦠â (ED Note: Italics to be used to denote internal dialogue.)
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While maintaining the strength in his arms, Kei racked his memory. Before leaving Satyna this morning, Kei and the other escorts had introduced themselves to each other at a meeting, but somehow, he had no recollection of the young man with light, blue eyes and short, blond hair.
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Was he not an escort for the caravan, but more like a personal bodyguard?
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Or just a traveler that was tagging along for safety in numbers?
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Just as Kei was thinking, his eyes coincidentally met with those of the young man.
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âYouâre quite strong, arenât cha?
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For some reason, Kei found the light in the manâs eyes to be challenging, almost warlike in nature.
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â⦠I suppose.â
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Shrugging his shoulders, Kei gave a curt, disinterested reply.
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âAlrighty, slap on a board here!â
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âNail! Someone gimme a nail!â
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âHelp me turn this thing over here!â
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Ignoring the noisy racket generated by the surrounding men, Kei once again focused his attention on supporting the carriage. However, even as Kei looked away, the blonde youth still stared Kei with wild, impassioned eyes.
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Eventually, the caravan at last arrived at the next village a few hours later.
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Needless to say, the cause for the delay was the last carriage. In fact, even with Keiâs help speeding up the repairs, the axle remained damaged and unwieldy, and could only move at a pace best compared to a snailâs crawl.
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This undoubtedly irked the other merchants to no end. However, as long as Pierre was a member of the same caravan, they couldnât just leave him behind.
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As a result, the group had to match the handicapped carriageâs pace.
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Originally, they had planned to arrive at the village just after noon, and after a late lunch at the settlement, the caravan would leave again. However, by the time the carriage actually arrived, the next day was already practically beckoning. Kei, Aileen, and Edda had sandwiches from Kiska before leaving, but the rest of the group, being on the move, could only grab something light to pad their stomachs. When they arrived at the village, they were famished.
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It goes without saying that Pierre, who had caused the delay, was the subject of many a dirty look from his fellow merchants, Holland included.
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On a clearing near the outskirts of the village, the caravan had oriented its carriages in a circle, and was setting up camp.
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An old woman stirred a large pot propped above a bonfire in the center of the circle. Everyone else was busy constructing tents and organizing their luggage.
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Taking out some powder from one of the many pockets in her robe, the woman poured the contents into the pot, along with additional medicinal herbs, with intermittent cackling resounding the whole time.
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â⦠That old woman looks more like a witch than even me.â
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Aileen remarked while holding up the tent, sneaking glances at the old woman while she was at it.
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âHow strange, I was thinking the exact same thing.â
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Kei replied as he drove a stake into the hard ground across from Aileen. Putting his hammer down, he tied the rope extending the tent onto the stake, checked that it was taut, and look with satisfaction at their newfound shelter.
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The suspicious old woman continued, obliviously, to stir her pot. Of course, she was not a witch, but a relative of Holland, the pharmacist of the caravan. Apparently, her name was Heidimary, but everyone in the caravan addressed her as âgranny Marie,â or simply âbÄ-sama.â Because she was over seventy, she could be considered ancient by the standards of this world. (ED Note: ã婿§ã(bÄ-sama) means grandmother.)
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âHey, ba-sama, is it ready yet?â
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A merchant emerging from one of the tents called out to the old woman.
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âFuwehehe, donât be impatient. Itâs almost done⦠â
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Hearing Heidimaryâs response put the starving merchants in a fervor, the reason being that she was not brewing some kind of potion, but in fact, making risottos for everyoneâs supper.
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An enticing aroma from the assorted herbs gradually began to waft from the stewing pot.
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âFu~, okay! Itâll be done as soon as I put in the mushrooms⦠â
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Heidimary took out some dried mushrooms from another one of her robeâs pockets â Kei and Irene worried silently to themselves about how sanitary that was â and was just about to put them in the pot when Holland cried out.
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âWait! Wait! Wait! Stop! What are you doing!? Donât put in any mushrooms!â
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Holland flew over like and arrow and snatched the mushrooms out of the old womanâs hands.
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âOi! What do you think youâre doing?â
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âThatâs my line! How many times do I have to say it? Donât use mushrooms when youâre cooking!â
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âIâll keep using it as I please! If you donât like it, you can just pick it out when you eat it!
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âThatâs ridiculous! As soon as you put one in, the whole potâs contaminated! Thereâs no way I can eat that!â
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âFor shame! Holland, youâre not a child anymore! You should be embarrassed, doing this as an adult!â
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âSo â what!? Thereâs a legitimate reason behind this! Iâve already told you one too many times before! Judging from this, havenât you gone senile?â
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âJust who are you calling senile!?â
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Heidimary whacked Holland on the crown of his head with a ladle, and the two resumed their heated quarrel. Meanwhile, the surrounding spectators looked on dispiritedly, unconsciously rubbing their empty stomachs.
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âIs Holland bad with mushrooms?â
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â⦠Ah, about that, thereâs a reason for it, actually.â
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Kei and Aileen were surprised when Dagmar spoke with a bitter expression.
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âAnd that is?â
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âYou see, Holland and I have known each other since we were kids. When we were small, we ate plenty of mushrooms. In fact, Holland and I used to go to the forest to pick them ourselves, but one time⦠â
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Dagmar timidly scratched his cheeks.
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âI made a mistake and picked a poisonous mushroom, which Holland was unfortunate enough to eat. He was feverish for a full three days and nights afterwards, but he managed to survive somehow⦠Though, that experience seems to have ruined mushrooms for him.â
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Kei and the rest of the mercenaries felt quite sorry for Holland after hearing Dagmarâs account.
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âIs it trauma?â
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âTor-au-ma? Whatâs that?â (ED Joke: âIs it delicious?â)
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âItâs an injury of the mind that results from physical or mental shock. Things like soldiers whoâve seen death on the battlefield being not able to fight and people whoâve been poisoned by mushrooms not being able to eat them anymore: that all counts as trauma.â
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âHey, I didnât know that.â
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Dagmar seemed impressed with Aileenâs explanation.
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While Kei and them were talking, Holland and Heidimary seemed to have settled on not putting in mushrooms this time. Tonightâs main dish, the risotto, was finally complete.