Sepakai (GXG) (GIRLXGIRL) (GL)

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Chapter 11: Royal Academy
Section 6: Attack, Rescue
It’s been four days since we left Rifront. That means a whole week has passed since leaving Soletta Ritta meaning we are officially halfway to Oshunel-Tari.

“Oh jeez, the road’s a mess.”

“You’re right”

And it must have rained last night while we were sleeping last night because puddles of water had pooled together all over the road.

Goldmund’s hooves are larger than a horse’s, so he is less likely to get stuck in the quagmire. But while our carriage can continue on with relative ease, the other carriages with their heavy loads cannot.

The poor condition of the road slowed our entire caravan down, forcing us to take detours around the worst areas.

If things continue on like this, we might not be able to make it to the village we were planning to stay at before night falls. Yuhanna-sama was grumbling about it when she came to see how we were doing.

“Something like this is no problem for Unicorn. She can remain nimble no matter the terrain.”

Toslin was manning the coachman’s seat with Carol on her lap when she glanced over at me and said so.

No matter how powerful Goldmund is, it’s going to be hard for him to pull all of us through the mud all day long. That’s what Saluena thought a little bit ago at least, so she recommended that I get off the carriage.

“Yep, and her nimbleness is a huge help. Thanks to her, I only have to ride along.”

Is she asking me to get down and trudge through the mud on foot? That’s what I thought she was telling me to do at first, but I soon realized she was telling me to summon Unicorn and ride alongside the carriage.

So right now I’m straddling Unicorn. She is forming barriers on top of the ground and using those as stepping stones to prevent her hooves from sinking into the mud just as she had done when we rode through snow. So no matter how much of a swamp the road becomes, Unicorn can effortlessly pass across.

Lapris and Saluena both think we can use this technique to gallop through the air, but Unicorn has a fear of heights, so we have yet to test it out.

I’d like to give it a whirl if we ever find a place where we can practice safely, but right now that seems like something far off in the distance.

“Unicorn. The Virgin Guardian. Thinking about it, that means Iris is…….”

“Stop asking stupid questions you dirty old man.”

“Gyaa!”

Did Carol look happy when she received that chop to the head? Despite the scream.

The interaction itself is no different from that snowball fight they had outside of Relton. Back then Carol was making fun of Toslin for being unable to read a map, so Toslin buried her in the snow.

But right now Carol is between Toslin’s arms, happily humming to herself after eating that chop to the top of her head. There are times where she’ll repeat her little antics with Toslin, but she’s always in high spirits afterwards.

The two of them were always super close to each other to the point where their fights never really even felt like fights.

But as they are now…….

“Hm? What’s up Iris?”

Toslin turned her head towards me having felt me staring at her.

“Um, no, nothing really.”