"I can't take the sun..." "Looks like we're in the Zuland Plains." "we should see it soon." "there!" "Wow!" "It's Mt." "Fuji!" "Huh?" "Where?" "It's the spirit mountain of Fuji!" "It really is huge!" "Look!" "There's something over there that looks like a cow!" "Really?" "Where?" "I think that's a green elk herd." "Are they dangerous?" "We'll be fine." "and they're said to be calm." "They're so cute!" "They really look just like cows." "I've heard they're delicious." "1)}The Midday Vampire" "The Midday Vampire." "The path here seems to be curving a little." "It runs along the coast." "I can't see the ocean at all." "can't you?" "honestly." "didn't Shiroe say this road was..." "The East Sea Road." "That's what this used to be called." "It was one of the Five Routes." "and it became an important trade route. and many roads branch off of it." "it'll take you to Osaka." "Osaka!" "you mean Minami." "too." "Yeah." "This might be the fastest route to the Redstone Mountains." "I've never really thought about the roads that way before." "neither." "Shiroe is so amazing..." "He knows so much stuff." "Okay!" "and learn all kinds of things!" "Think it's about time for lunch?" "Sounds great!" "This is good!" "The chief's ham sandwiches are so good!" "whatsoever." "you two!" "okay?" "That's right." "Hey!" "We're almost to Kalbe." "What should we do?" "Stop there?" "Let's keep going." "The weather's nice." "Let's have Danish and Croissant work a little harder." "They're up for it." "We can keep going!" "Let's do our best!" "Yeah." "The path opens before Rundel Haus Code!" "let's get going before it gets dark!" "Yeah!" "Wh-What happened?" "The time limit ran out!" "For the Twin Horse Flute of Lyman!" "right... wasn't it?" "anyway?" "You're right." "just because the time limit ran out they didn't have to run away so fast." "That's right." "They ate carrots out of my hand." "too." "They really have no sense of human gratitude!" "they're horses." "Even horses..." "Horses?" "rather than human gratitude?" "but this is kind of nice." "Yeah." "where are we?" "Somewhere between the Kalbe Inn and Wilistoria Village." "we can't go on..." "We'll have to camp." "we'll just have to do it." "Leave the cooking to me." "This is where an adventurer really shines." "Being an adventurer has nothing to do with this." "We're camping out!" "Yeah!" "Let's eat!" "This is good." "it's really good." "It's just a little..." "The salt flavor is..." "Also..." "Rudy!" "I'm sorry!" "I'm sorry!" "I'm sorry!" "I can make it just fine..." "You just haven't practiced enough." "Don't worry about it." "little by little." "Right?" "Serara." "I wish we had a cooking skill." "Serara!" "That's right." "I need to keep a hold of myself." "after all!" "I need to do my best for Nyanta and for everyone else!" "Looks like the next place we can stop is the town of Sazan." "How long will it take to get there?" "If we can only use the horses for six hours a day it could take about three days." "Why is this road so twisty?" "I wish it would just go straight." "but as long as I get to travel with everyone like this" "I don't care if it takes a long time." "I think Shiroe and the others sent us on this trip to teach us this stuff." "Minori." "I feel like you've really grown up from the person you used to be." "Have I?" "but I guess I have a long way to go." "That's not true." "You saved me back there." "I can do my best because you've always been with me since I came to this world." "I'm your big brother." "I'm your big sister!" "I'm older!" "it's me!" "I am!" "And I'm taller!" "That doesn't matter!" "It's been three days since they left on their trip." "I hope they aren't getting homesick." "Aww... like it's a field trip." "They may be saying they don't want to come back." "That would be a problem in itself." "You're looking pale again." "Am I?" "Yes." "Rieze." "You look just like my lord." "Don't get too stubborn." "Right." "Is it hard without the scary glasses guy?" "it is." "I realized how much I depended upon my lord." "D.D.D. is stable but we don't know what will happen in the future." "I'm sure I'm causing a lot of problems for people and I will probably cause more." "You don't need to worry about it." "Everyone knows it's rough." "Shiroe will do something." "My lord won't think of it as a bother." "He'll help you of his own free will." "so will I." "That's right." "You don't need to worry about us now!" "after all." "Why are you laughing now?" "!" "Isn't that what being friends is?" "It's kind of strange..." "I'm sure we never could've been friends." "You might be right." "No that isn't true." "It's said that the cute are drawn to one another!" "no matter what!" "stop rubbing your cheek against mine!" "We didn't need that kind of assurance!" "Akatsuki!" "no!" "Is that a Teaching for a ninja body-swapping technique?" "It's just a doll." "The sunset!" "It's so pretty!" "I can see it." "That's the town of Sazan!" "We're almost there." "Our musician says she'd like to play here tonight." "so can you provide a place to perform?" "huh?" "But adventurer bards are pricey..." "I don't need any payment!" "that's enough." "Please." "Please!" "Rudy!" "and we can stay free for the night!" "This is what I am capable of." "but it's thanks to Miss Isuzu's passion." "Rudy..." "Don't worry about me." "You guys perform to your hearts' content." "Okay." "I really have learned a lot on this journey." "Even about the road we took to get here..." "I wondered why there were so many twists and turns." "But when I traveled it on a carriage" "I saw that there were forests and hills so we couldn't just go straight." "The road goes around all those things to make it easier for people and carriages." "you could rest." "It was probably inevitable." "Don't be afraid of the boredom." "Let's..." "Let's..." "Let's go outside!" "I think Rudy is amazing." "When I wasn't able to play soccer with everyone" "I couldn't just watch with an expression like that." "Will my twisty path culminate in a city somewhere?" "I'm so tired..." "They loved it!" "The customers kept asking for another song." "The encore calls wouldn't stop." "Fantastic!" "Yeah." "I knew it..." "They have a lot of energy." "Too much energy." "I wonder what they're talking about." "Rudy?" "Not at all." "I'm not such a boor as to be interested in a secret chat among ladies." "I'm simply impressed that they never run out of things to discuss." "That's because they're girls." "ladies." "Then is the reason that Miss Isuzu is so pure and innocent because she's a lady?" "Huh?" "Is she?" "She always wants to hug me and rub my hair!" "O-Oh..." "I think she's just treating you like a dog." "Miss Isuzu doesn't act that way toward you." "Does she simply not think I'm important?" "Tohya!" "I'm serious!" "I'm sorry!" "Sorry!" "I think it might mean you're special." "Special?" "Yeah." "Paw." "so you're special." "Hey!" "Why are you laughing?" "!" "When Isuzu thinks it's fun to be with you that's what she does." "Is that so?" "yeah." "But I think that's different from being especially beautiful especially amazing or especially magnificently strong!" "What does she think about me?" "If thinking about it won't help let's get some sleep." "Tohya!" "too." "Goodnight." "Rudy." "we're going to cross into the Sakawa region." "Sakawa?" "that's Odawara." "They're famous for their fish paste." "I see." "We're going to follow this road to the ruined castle of Ariba." "the Redstone Mountains we'll either go off the Sea Road past the Ariba ruins and onto a smaller road or take a route that involves climbing mountains." "there are nature-type monsters." "and plant monsters live in the forests and mountains 1)\an9}Wild Dog Rank/ Field" "1)\an7}Boar (Mushroom) Rank/ Field but they keep to themselves." "1)\an7}Triffid Rank/ Normal" "And Shiroe said the monsters along the road have their levels kept way down." "we'll be fine." "Let's just keep going." "let's go!" "Yeah!" "Will this work?" "it's fine." "Sorry to have you take charge." "I don't care." "Isaac's actually looking forward to it." "Don't talk like you know me." "so we have to train all the knights." "How many levels should we raise them?" "Part of this is to forge friendships so two or three is fine." "That isn't very greedy." "They're People of the Land." "We can't be reckless with them." "What a pain." "Isaac..." "Were you planning on power-leveling?" "that's easier." "If we take the lead and fight high-level monsters the lower-level guys will rise in level automatically." "but they won't get stronger." "villain." "We can just alternate between power-leveling and combat training." "I'll even focus on training!" "This is starting to sound really macho but I guess it's okay." "you still can't reach Crusty?" "No." "either." "he'd ignore his guild?" "It could fall apart." "lots of people are leaving D.D.D." "it's actually surprising the guild's managed to stay on course for these past three months." "villain?" "Isaac?" "I know him." "He's either off playing somewhere or fighting." "but... 250." "This is above our previous record." "But..." "The majority of the new members are basically leechers." "They don't hunt or gather outside of Akihabara either." "Damned parasites." "Th-There are people like that." "But..." "These "people like that" are joining our guild and taking it easy." "People in Akihabara and the guild are getting angry with them." "It's only a matter of time before that rage explodes." "I've shared our opinion with the Round Table." "What can they do?" "I think we simply have to kick them out." "Why not just limit who can join?" "We can't do that." "The only reason Honesty maintains its influence and position on the Round Table is because we're the third-largest guild in Akihabara." "we'll lose our ability to influence Akihabara politics." "But I think it'd be healthier if the guild... the whole town of Akihabara went on a diet." "right?" "Nope..." "They're plums." "They smell so nice..." "A river!" "boy..." "This won't be easy to cross." "Let's look for a way around." "Save us!" "That's..." "They're being chased by ogres!" "Get over there and keep them safe!" "Understood!" "1)}Man-Eating Demon Rank/ Normal and 21!" "Tohya!" "Right!" "Leave it to me!" "Frost Spear!" "Are you okay?" "Are you hurt?" "Don't let your guard down!" "There are fifteen adds!" "1)}Nightshade Serpent Rank/ Normal" "Nightshade Serpents." "Their average level is 40!" "And there are fifteen of them!" "They're a spirit-type monster." "Dark spirits have either evil poison or resistance to mind attacks and insta-kills." "too!" "I'll go!" "I'm not even touching them!" "Tohya!" "Servant Summon..." "Princess Wraith!" "Wow... who are you?" "My name is Roe 2." "A summoner." "I suppose." "Lv. 90 No Guild" "A new person with glasses..." "I can't take the sun..." "Call me 'big sister.' a mysterious big sister who takes joy in being called "big sister." "even with the chaos she causes." "They encounter a group of adventurers who fight to protect People of the Land from monsters." "Next time:" "Odyssey Knights." "Odyssey Knights" "I have friends to run with me."