(274) Centaur comfort ride

Translator: Tseirp

That is Centaur no matter how I look at it? I can’t imagine it to be anybody, no, any other donkey … I’m pretty sure its Centaur .

There was the two-man saddle on its back and Centaur probably ate as it walked as the path I imagine it came from was pretty much devoid of gra.s.s and leaves . I can’t imagine there being any other donkey like this .

“Or perhaps all Slow Donkeys are gluttons?”

I took out from my item bag a tomato I harvested from My World .

It immediately sprinted toward me the moment the tomato came out .

“Woah . ”

I threw the tomato due to shock from the sudden speed . Showing off leaping abilities unlike a donkey, Centaur jumped and caught the tomato in mid-air . I was astonished by its physical ability unexpected of a donkey but I recalled that it mowed down monsters in Ferruit so this donkey was just that way .

“Hey, what happened to Jofre and Elize?”

I knew it wouldn’t reply but as expected, it didn’t respond at all either .

Was it lost?

For now, I should bring it to My World … no, I shouldn’t .

I could easily imagine the farms becoming a wasteland in an instant . If that happened, I don’t know what Pionia would say .

That said, leaving it here … wouldn’t be that bad either .

This guy would probably survive in the wild just fine .

I thought to myself but looking at the path this guy took, I sighed .

I felt that if I left this guy to its own devices, the spa.r.s.e forest would turn into a wasteland too .

I don’t believe Jofre and Elize (those two idiots) would die after getting caught in the fire so they were probably doing something stupid somewhere else .

Also, I might be able to get information on Miri if I find the two of them .

But I probably can’t look for livestock such as cows with this donkey in tow .

“Goblins, thank you for showing the way . You can go back now . ”

After I said that, the goblins lowered their heads and returned from the path they came from .

I returned the Goblin Sword into my item bag and sighed .

Then, I checked the surroundings with Hawk Eye .

It looked like Centaur came from the mountain where the Dwarves live .

I’ll just have to bring him along .

“Centaur, let’s go together . Let’s find your owners . ”

I said to it but Centaur immediately began eating gra.s.s after finis.h.i.+ng the tomato .

… Is it even listening to me?

If I attached a tomato to a wooden stick and hang it in front of Centaur ― knowing it, the moment I take out a tomato, it would come attacking and I don’t wish to ride on it when it is charging after a tomato .

Centaur’s speed had increased even further from the time I met it in Ferruit . Did it eat even more Rare Medals?

If I’m not wrong, I somewhat recall hearing that lesser monsters have a limit to how strong they can become by eating Rare Medals .

“Are you actually originally an incredible monster? You’ll probably sweep the prizes if you partic.i.p.ate in a horse race . ”

Should I give it a rat teacher to train it? No, the protagonist of that manga is not a donkey but a fully-fledged thoroughbred .

Well, a donkey can’t partic.i.p.ate in a horse race in the first place .

“Tomato . ”

Centaur reacted to my voice .

Did it understand me? It may be a donkey but it isn’t completely stupid .

“I’ll give you ten tomatoes so let me ride you and walk slowly . ”

After hearing that, Centaur took a step back and stared into my eyes .

There was a saying that the eyes convey as much as words and I could understand what Centaur was implying .

“Twenty . ”

Centaur nodded and sat down in front of me .

It was probably letting me on .

Its gluttony was even greater than the desert runner .

Should I let them have a gluttony match and see who wins?

No, this donkey eats gra.s.s while desert runner eats meat so it won’t be a fair compet.i.tion .

“Well, it’s easier to control compared to Fuyun . ”

That women-lover would never let me ride on it .

Centaur kicked off the ground just as I was in thought .

Centaur started running all of a sudden . Moreover, it ran at a tremendous speed .

“Uoo! Oi, stop!”

I was confident in my own speed . However, this speed was not just at the level of a cheetah, it was that of the fastest cheat . And that was coming from me, a person with the Jobless and Growth Cheats .

And in the blink of an eye, Centaur arrived in front of the Dwarf mountain that I was heading toward .

Centaur abruptly came to a stop and I was tossed over it .

I failed in riding it ― I was amazed Jofreli could ride this runaway horse ― runaway donkey, without any issue (although I didn’t know what was their situation at the moment) .

There was a fence roughly about 1 meter tall in front of the mountain . Centaur could easily jump over it but it seemed that Centaur was telling me to hand over the tomatoes since it had already carried me out of the forest .

It’s terrifying how I could converse with Centaur through tacit understanding like this … I thought to myself as I pa.s.sed 20 tomatoes to Centaur .

I threw the first tomato a distance away before placing the remaining 19 down during the time it took to eat the first one . I would never make the mistake of feeding it by hand .

“E-em, is that donkey yours?”

A soldier dressed in s.h.i.+raraki Kingdom armor asked .

He was probably patrolling the border .

“Erm, it’s an acquaintance’s donkey … Well, you can take it that I am taking care of it now?”

The moment I said that the man blew into a whistle made of bamboo .

Hearing the whistle, soldier riding on horses rushed over .

“Please submit obediently ― you are under arrest for treason . ”

… . . Ha?