食堂で朝食を食べると蒼太は腰に鉄の剣を装備し、宿を発つ。
入り口では、ミルファーナ、ミリ、ゴルドンが見送りをしてくれた。
「無事に帰ってきて下さいね」
「......またメシを食いに来い」
「あぁ、行ってくる。部屋のほうは昨日言ったとおりで頼む」
三人に手を振り別れを告げ、トゥーラの街を後にする。
街から徒歩で死の山へ向かうには1週間程度かかってしまうため蒼太は馬車を購入することにした。
街には冒険に必要な大抵の店があり、馬車も専門で扱っている店がある。早朝であったが、冒険者の朝は早いためそのほとんどの商店は既に開いていた。
ミルファーナに場所を聞いておいたため、馬車屋へはスムーズに向かうことが出来た。
その店はかなりの大きさで、店先には馬車の本体が並んでおり、店の裏のほうからは馬のいななきが聞こえてくる。
並んだ馬車を拭いている男がいたので、蒼太は声をかける。
「すまない、馬車を買いたいんだが」
「おぉ、いらっしゃい。俺は店主のスタレンだよろしくな」
「あぁ、よろしく。俺はソータだ」
スタレンがに差し出した手を握る。
「それでどんな馬車が欲しいんだ? サイズで言えば小型、中型、大型。形で言えばフードタイプ、幌タイプ、箱型。それ以外にも遠出には向かないが屋根つきで横があいてるタイプとか、他にはそうだな......貴族が乗るような豪華なものもあるぞ」
「そうだなあ」
蒼太は店頭に並んでいる馬車を見て回る。そして一つの馬車の前にたどりつく。
「......これいいな。これはいくらだ?」
それは幌馬車タイプでやや小型なタイプだった。
「そいつだと......御者が一人でそれ以外に3~4人が定員ってとこだな。色々荷物を積むとしたら少し手狭になるが。値段は......金貨7枚になる」
「金貨7枚だな。だったらこれをもらおう、馬も欲しいんだがあんたのとこで買えるのか?」
スタレンは頷くと親指で店の裏手を指差す。
「声が聞こえるだろ? 裏が厩舎になってる、見てもらって気に入ったのを選んでくれ。値段は馬ごとに異なるがな」
スタレンの案内で裏手へと回ると、何頭もの馬がいた。
「好きに見てまわってくれ。撫でるのも構わないしそこにある野菜を食わせるのも構わない......だが、攻撃的なことだけは止めてくれよ」
「わかった」
蒼太は箱にいれてあったにんじんのような野菜『ラディ』を手に取るとゆっくりと馬の顔を見て回る。
エサをもらおうとなついてくる馬、近寄っても興味がないとばかりに反応の薄い馬、近づくだけで一歩下がる馬など様々な反応をする。
蒼太はどれもぴんとこず、仕方なく最初に見た人なつこい馬にしようかと考えていた。
しかし最も奥にいた馬を見た瞬間にその考えは消える。
その眼は力強く、身体も他の馬に比べ大きく、毛並みもよく、四肢の黒味も薄く、全体的にやや暗い赤褐色をしている。
「どうだ? 俺についてくる気はあるか?」
「お客さん、そいつは!」
スタレンは慌てるが、その馬は抵抗することなく蒼太の手を受け入れなでられている。
「食うか?」
ラディを差し出すと、それを素直に口で受け取り食べ始める。
「......そいつは暴れ馬で、知り合いに躾けてくれと預けられてたんだが」
「そうなのか? そんな風には見えないが......で、こいつはいくらなんだ?」
蒼太はペロりと頬を舐められながら尋ねる。
「預けてったやつも、無理ならいくらででも売ってくれていいって言ってたからなあ......あんたのことを気に入ってるようだし......金貨1枚でどうだ?」
「よし買おう。馬車と合わせて金貨8枚だな......これで8枚あるはずだ。確認してくれ」
ここの馬の平均価格は金貨3枚で、最初に見た人なつこい馬で金貨5枚する。蒼太はそれを知らないが、馬の能力だけを見たら破格の値段だと言えるだろう。
「......ちょうどだな。それじゃ、馬車に取り付けるから少し時間がかかるぞ」
「あぁ、頼む」
「それと確認なんだが、すぐに馬車を使うのか?」
「準備が出来次第東に向かおうと思ってる」
「そうか......それなら東門で待ち合わせにしないか? 他に用意するものとかあったら買い物を済ませてればいい、その間にこっちの作業も終わらせておくから」
蒼太は少し考えて頷く。
「......それで頼む。後で合流するからその間あばれずにスタレンの言うことを聞くんだぞ」
ブルルと鼻を鳴らし、わかったとでもいうように返事をする。
「ははっ、本当になついてるな。1時間後くらいには東門にいけるはずだ、その頃にあんたも来てくれ」
「わかった、じゃあ頼んだ」
そういうと、一度馬の背中をなで馬車屋を後にする。
一時間後
蒼太はゴルドンの作った料理以外に、出店の料理を買いだめたり、水や旅に必要そうな雑貨を買った後、時間通りに東門へと到着する。
既にスタレンは着いており、馬車の最終チェックをしていた。
「ん? おぉ、あんたか。あんたは時間通りだな、冒険者のようだから遅れたりするかと思ってたよ」
「俺はあんたのほうが遅れるかと思ってたよ。悪いな」
「いやあ、そういう商人もいるからな。そう思われても仕方ない......それより、準備は出来てるぞ。馬車の操作方法はわかるのかい?」
「大丈夫だ、昔教えてもらったことがあるからな」
蒼太は馬車の操縦を教えてくれた男のことを思い出す。
「ならいい。馬車の修理もやってるから、壊れたりしたら来てくれ」
「あぁ、助かったよ。それじゃ、早速行くかな」
馬車に乗り込む蒼太を見て、荷物がないことをスタレンは一瞬疑問に思ったが、マジックバッグを持っているのだろうと納得する。
蒼太の役にたつことが嬉しいのか馬はヒヒーンと喜びの声を上げながら出発する。
その蒼太はどんな名前にするかな? と色々な候補を頭の中で挙げながら手綱を握った。
After finis.h.i.+ng his breakfast in the inn cafeteria, Souta equips the iron sword on his waist and leaves the inn.
At the entrance, Milfana, Miri, and Gordon sent him off.
[Please come back safely.] 
[... ... also come again to eat the meal here.] 
[Then, I'm off. The matter about the room is just like I said yesterday.] 
After waving his hand to those three people, Souta leaves the city of Toura.
Because it would take about a week to go from the city to the mountain of death on foot, Souta decided to buy a carriage.
As this city have almost every kind of shop that handles the thing necessary for adventurers, it's natural that there was also the shop that specializes in dealing with carriages. Although it was early in the morning, most of the shops were already open because adventurer's morning was early.
Because Souta already heard the location from Milfana, it's easy to navigate there.
The shop was quite large, the main body of the horse-drawn carriage was lined up in the shop, and from the back of the shop, the neighing of the horse could be heard.
Souta spoke the man who was wiping the lined up carriage.
[Excuse me, I want to buy a carriage.] 
[Oh, Welcome, my name is Stalen, the shopkeeper of this shop.] 
[I'm Souta, best regard.] 
Stalen shakes Souta hand.
[What kind of carriage do you want? In terms of size, there are small, medium, and large. In term of hood type there are a hood type or a box type. There is also the unroofed one, but it's not suitable for long distance travel, other than that ... There are luxurious one that n.o.bility rides.] 
[I see.] 
Souta walk around to check the lined up carriage and stop in front of one of the carriage.
[...This one is good, how much is this?] 
It was a smallish hood type carriage.
[For that one......One seat for the coachman and some s.p.a.ce for three to four people in addition to it. If you load a lot of luggage, it will be a little small ... the price will be 7 gold coins.] 
[7 gold coins huhh I'll take this one. Ahh, I also want a horse, do you also sell them?] 
He nods and points to the back of the store with his thumb.
[Can't you hear the voice? There is a stable in the back, you can choose which one you like, the price is different for each horse.] 
Guided by Stalen, They reach the stable, there were many horses there.
[Just choose which one you like, you can stroke them and feed them with the vegetable there... ... try not to do something that might make them mad.] 
[I understand.] 
Souta slowly looks at the face of the horse and takes the carrot like vegetable called {Radi}  that was in the box.
The horses give various reaction such as one that steps back when it was getting approached, the one that tries to get the food, or some thin horses that didn't respond even when people getting closer to them.
Because the horses make a crowd around Souta, he reluctantly considered to take the friendly horse he saw first.
But the moment he saw the horse that was in the back, that idea disappears.
It has vigorous eyes and nice fur, its body was larger than other horses, there was faint black color on its limbs, overall it has somewhat dark reddish brown color.
[How is it? do you feel like come with me?] 
[Guest-san, that is!] 
Stalen was panicking, but the horse was accepting Souta's hand without resistance.
[Do you want to eat?] 
ds out the Radi, the horse receives it straight with its mouth and start eating.
[... ... that horse is a rampant horse, it was entrusted to me to train.] 
[Is that so? it doesn't look like that... so, how much is this guy?] 
Souta asks while his cheek was being licked.
[The one who entrusted this horse to me said it's fine to sell it if I can't do anything about it... ... It seems you like that horse ... ... How about a gold coin?] 
[Let's buy it. It should be 8 gold coins together with the carriage ... There should be 8 gold coins in this, please check it first.] 
The average price of the horse here was three gold coins, five gold coins for the first friendly horse he saw. Souta didn't know about it, but if you look at only the horse's ability you can say that the price for this horse was exceptional.
[...... It's exactly 8. Well then, it will take a while to install it on the carriage.] 
[Ahh, please do.] 
[Don't worry about it, so, will you use the carriage immediately?] 
[I think I will head east as soon as the preparation finished.] 
[Is that so... Should we meet in the East Gate? If there is something else you need to prepare for, you can finish your preparation while we are working on your carriage.] 
Souta nods after thinking for a bit.
[...... Please do ... I will join you later so please behave and listen to what Stalen says.] 
The horse produces bururu sounds from its nose, and answer as if it understand.
[Haha, it's really tame. You should come to East gate after an hour, the preparation should be finished by then.] 
[I understand, then I leave it to you.] 
After stroking the horse back one last time, the horse was brought back by one of the coachmen.
An hour later
In addition to cooking made by Gordon, Souta bought some food from the stall, sundry and miscellaneous good that necessary for his journey, and arrive at the east gate on time.
Stalen has already arrived and was doing the final check for the carriage.
[Mmm? Oh, it's you. you are on time, I thought you would be late because you are an adventurer.] 
[I also thought you are going to be late, my bad.] 
[Well, there are that kind of merchant too, so it can't be helped if you thought so ... Leaving that aside, It's ready. Do you know how to operate a carriage?] 
[it's all right, someone taught in the past.] 
Souta recalls the man who taught him how to operate the horse drawn carriage.
[that's good then, I am also doing the repair of the carriage, so come here again if it breaks.] 
[Ahh~, it will be helpful to know, well then I wonder if I will go immediately.] 
Looking at Souta getting on the horse-drawn carriage, Stalen wondered for a moment that he didn't bring any luggage, but a moment later, he convinced himself that Souta has a magic bag.
The horse seems to be happy to serve Souta, its neigh seems to contain a hint of delight.
What kind of name would Souta give to the horse? He grabbed the reins while making a list of name that would be the horse name in his head.
Will the Re-Summoned Hero Live as an Ordinary Person
再召喚された勇者は一般人として生きていく？
https://www.novelupdates.com/series/will-the-re-summoned-hero-live-as-an-ordinary-person/
Action Adventure Comedy Fantasy Harem Romance Shounen Slice of Life
Adapted to Manga Adventurers Amnesia Arrogant Characters Beast Companions Beastkin Carefree Protagonist Cheats Demon Lord Demons Dragons Dungeons Dwarfs Elves Fantasy World Former Hero Game Elements Genius Protagonist Gods Heroes Hiding True Abilities Kingdoms Level System Male Protagonist Monsters Multiple Transported Individuals Overpowered Protagonist Past Plays a Big Role Protagonist Strong from the Start Royalty Skill Assimilation Sword And Magic Time Skip Transported to Another World Unreliable Narrator
https://ncode.syosetu.com/n6022cs/
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