182. Chapter 181 Reliable and Unreliable
Chapter 181 Reliable and Unreliable
That night, as Erza said, they did not encounter any towns and had to sleep in the wild.
This situation is called “only caring about the road and missing the place to stay” in the storytelling, and usually there will be an incident.
The two drivers felt it was inappropriate for similar reasons. They were likely to encounter wild beasts at night and did not want to sleep in the wilderness.
And the weather was so cold.
But at Erza’s sincere request, they still agreed.
Rhode was glad that she did not use a sword when discussing with the driver, but asked them seriously.
It was when she asked seriously that the pressure was a bit strong.
Because he was worried that he would be regarded as coercion, Rhode had to say that he would protect their safety and also proposed to add money.
So everyone was happy.
Erza found an iron pot from her luggage and started to build a camp stove.
Rod set up the tent. The skills he learned from Gray last time came in handy now.
When the two of them had everything settled and Rod was ready to try Erza’s cooking again, she told Rod that she didn’t bring any ingredients.
The pot on the fire rack she made could only be used to boil some hot water.
Rod expressed his incomprehension: “No, sister, you have so many suitcases, kitchen utensils and seasonings, but you didn’t prepare any ingredients?”
Erza was a little embarrassed: “Well… because of limited space, I can only give up some things.”
Rod looked at the large car of suitcases. The space was limited. What was in it?
Erza seemed to understand his doubts and explained, “It’s mainly some souvenirs obtained during the mission, some important gifts, and then the common tools such as tents.
By the way, the armor you gave me last time is also in it. I like it so much that I want to take it with me. Do you want me to change it and show it to you?”
If any other girl said this, Rhode would doubt whether she was interested in him.
But Erza, like Kana, really treats us as brothers.
She definitely didn’t mean that, but simply liked the gift and the intentions of her companions.
Rhode declined, “I’m glad that you value my gift so much, but let’s get off topic. The question now is what to eat in the evening.”
He had eaten the food he brought at noon. It was prepared by Mira in the cafeteria before he set off, and she also gave Erza half. As a result, he didn’t have dinner now, which made him feel uncomfortable.
“I’m sorry, I was careless and overlooked this kind of thing.” Erza clenched her fists and reflected with a sad face, “You can punish me in any way after the mission, and I can take less reward.”
Rod held his forehead, it’s over, he was getting serious about strange things again.
”Forget it, summon the shadow wolves!”
Six shadow wolves appeared, and the sixteen green eyes scared the two drivers.
”Go, catch some prey, rabbits, pheasants, anything.”
Rod remembered that when he used river crabs to explore the way during the day, he seemed to see the footprints of hares in the snow.
It’s hard to find prey in winter, but the shadow wolves are efficient. Not long after going out, they brought back an animal that looked like a fawn.
”Will such a small deer… Oh, roe deer.”
Rod was relieved. The roe deer must have grown up at this size.
Next, it was Erza’s performance time. Several different kitchen knives flew in the air, bleeding, skinning, deboning, and dissecting, all done in one go.
Next, the soup was cooked and the skewers were grilled.
The two had a full meal and could share some with the driver. Although they brought their own dry food, they would not refuse to eat meat.
”Change clothes!” Erza’s body flashed, and she had changed into a purple pajamas.
Speaking of changing into this kind of pajamas in winter… Forget it, wizards can’t be judged by common sense, and she also has a sleeping bag. Rod noticed the pattern on Erza’s pajamas: “Isn’t that the heart-shaped cross logo?”
”Ah, yes, the quality of this brand of clothes is very good.” Erza said, “The armor I usually wear is also produced by this company.”
”Really?” After she said that, Rod remembered that Erza’s usual armor also had a yellow cross with a heart at the end.
The black feather armor I saw last time also has a white mark.
I didn’t notice it before… but now I canMaybe it’s because Mira accepted the endorsement.
”Hey? That’s not right. I remember that Heart-Shaped Cross is a clothing company. Do they also make armor?”
Erusa said, “Originally they didn’t do it, but after I asked them seriously, they were quite reasonable.”
”Uh… Do you mind if I ask how you asked?”
”Can you make armor for me? (Super oppressive version)” After the demonstration, Erza returned to her normal expression, “That’s about it.”
”Ha…ha…” As expected, Rhode laughed dryly, “What a reasonable merchant.”
”Okay, because there may be wild beasts, let’s assign the night watch tasks.”
”No need to divide them, I’ll ask Worm to keep watch.” Rhode summoned Worm.
This kid is not very good at fighting, but he can still look at the fire and be a sentry.
The main reason is that the magic power consumption is so low that it can be almost ignored.
“Snoring?” Worm was a little confused.
Erusa asked: “Can your magic last a whole night?”
”No problem. If there is no time limit, it is no problem to keep Worm for 24 hours.”
Rod entered his tent and stopped Worm who wanted to follow him in. “I’ll leave the night watch to you. I’ll treat you to Poro delicacies when I go back.”
”Hoo!” Worm squatted at the door of Rod’s tent, like a snow lion, but a little fat.
Erusa squatted down and touched Worm’s head: “I’ll leave it to you. Call me anytime if you need anything.”
”Hoo!” Worm nodded seriously.
In fact, it is usually difficult to see the boundary between its head and neck.
No words were spoken all night.
Early the next morning, several people got up to wash, and the clean water was provided by Rod’s text magic.
”Text magic is really convenient.” Erza changed clothes again, from pajamas to armor.
“Clothing magic is more convenient, right?” Rhode asked, “Can you teach me?”
”Sure, it’s not a difficult magic.” Erza was very active, and while packing up the tent, she told Rhode how to practice clothing magic.
As long as you don’t want to use it in battle, clothing magic is still easy to learn.
However, if you want to have a ‘clothing space’ as large as Erza’s, and the speed of switching armor at any time, you need a high talent and a lot of practice.
Rhode doesn’t need to learn to that level, just get started and it will be convenient for future travel.
The carriage set off again. Erza saw Rhode looking through the mission information again and asked, “Aren’t you going to practice?”
”Huh? Oh, no, I want to practice after I go back. It’s better to keep some magic power during the mission to prevent emergencies.”
In fact, he was afraid that he would fail to cast and become Gray, which would be too embarrassing.
It’s better to practice at home by yourself.
(End of this chapter)
