Day 22 Afternoon, on the road.

Its an entry permit, its an ID, it says Haruka, and for the guarantor, Merimeri-sans full name is written.

Now I can come and go freely. Free of toll. Unable to resist I went in and out of town for about 5 times, until the gatekeepers got mad at me.

As such, going back to the town feels a bit awkward, so its time for the customary geek hunt. Today I will check another path, the one that drifts away from the river. It also would mean being separated from fish. Im planning to return by nighttime though.

Looks like there is a town this way? Meri? Merimeri-san also was saying that her father went this way, to visit another town. Since her father went there, there is no reason why the geeks cant be there as well.

Lets check it.

I dash.

Hmm, did I get faster? Since there is also the effect from Boots of Acceleration Acceleration 30% Upthat I combined with Leather Boots? its even harder to understand.

I felt like I covered a lot of distance, but I just left the town.

Bureaucrats, sorry for speaking so harshly of you. Road signs are necessary. The distance to the destination should also be written on them. I dont understand how fast Im going. But I wont allow the banners. All those slogans about road safety are also unnecessary. Moment of negligence life-lasting injury. Even with warnings there are still going to be crashes. Why? Because goblins are there. Forget injuries, they went straight into the afterlife. If you have time to write such slogans then teach goblins about road safety. Crashing into them time after time hurts!

With this and that, I kept running.

Splattering gobs, Im running.

Kobolds are getting turned into roadkills as well.

I already forgot what I came here for? Splatter the geeks?

Again, just like yesterday, there is a carriage under attack by bandits. Is this the latest fad? Should I go along with it? Should I attack a carriage as well?

As I approached, I saw Omuiwritten on a carriage in huge letters. Company name? Express delivery? If they are in the delivery business, then I must order books from them.

I dash there.

The attackers are armed soldiers, the defenders are also armed soldiers, looks like delivery service in another world is filled with dangers. I bet they have a lot of late deliveries.

For starters, I blew away the soldiers uninvolved with delivery. Well, I just didnt make any effort to stop and crashed into them. After collision most things, be it goblins, kobolds, or even soldiers, are blown away. This world has terrible road safety.

Eehm Are you Haruka-kun?

Eh? I dont remember having any acquaintances among couriers of the other world, and on top of that, its another old man. Doesnt this world have too many old men? Wouldnt it usually be cute girls on all sides? Isnt that how isekai stuff usually goes? Why am I swarmed with old men? Why do I have to be surrounded by armed old men? Why are both foes and allies old men? Is the other world trying to kill me with the stink of old men?

Err, well, yeah? But who are you? Or rather, you arent a courier?

Eh? But then who will deliver my books? Who is going to go all the way to Amazon to bring my books? Fake delivery service?

I think the name is clearly written on the carriage in big letters. I heard of the black-haired young man who crashes into enemies at high speed Didnt my daughter invite you today?

Daughter? Ah, so you are the father of Merimeri-san, the lord of the nameless town, Phaatherr-san?

For some reason, annoying old men charged at me, so I cooled their feet and the ground with Temperature Magicand then froze it with Ice Magic.

When they became unable to move I set their hands and hair ablaze. Go bald, such is your punishment for trying to kill me with your stink.

Or rather, though its a part of my dark history, but, as a recovered chuunibyou I strongly feel that I have to at least try to recreate an ice and fire hell (Inferno).

And well, after trying it out in reality I got a bunch of miserable bald old men with frozen feet and heavy burns on their hands and heads Shouldnt it be like, way cooler? What is this? Its simply unpleasant to look at. Rather than calling it a hell of ice and fire its more of hell of burned bald old men? I dont want such attacks. Its wrong, Inferno must be more Cool, more like (crying).

Heey, are you listening?I already heard that you dont listen to others, but at least pick between fighting and listening, why are you speaking to yourself in such a situation? I pity the burned soldiers, at least pay attention when you defeat them, and also, why nameless? The name is written on the carriage in big letters. And though Im indeed the father, my name is not Phaatherr. I didnt introduce myself yet, or rather, this is what I want to do, so please listen to me, and also, if my daughter heard you call her Merimeri she would cry, so stop it.

All of the bald men were apprehended. Since they were too pitiful I splashed them with mushroom potion, but even though their wounds got healed, their hair didnt come back. Inferno (Hair Roots Massacre) is way too scary. Im sealing (pretend like it never happened) this attack since its too dangerous.

But why every time I search for the geeks I find large quantities of gobs and old men instead? Could it be that Detect Presence cant tell goblins, geeks, and old men apart? In that case, it might be unable to tell apart the idiots we left in the forest as well.

You are Haruka-kun? Thank you for saving our family. Im Mariels mother, Murimur. Rather than going to the neighboring town for some petty treaty, I want to give you my thanks. Though it is hard to call this a happy coincidence, Im grateful to you for saving our daughter. And then, you saved even us? How can we even repay you. Thank you very much.

Ooh, the old men ratio went down. An old lady in an elegant dress and not-so-young maid stepped out from the carriage Indeed, the old men ratio went down, but my mood is still down as well. The average age is too high. The average age of the characters I encountered so far is over 30. Just why?

No, the treaty with the neighboring town is very important, its not petty at all. And also, Haruka-kun, Ill introduce myself, Im the lord of Omui, Mellotosam Shimu Omui. Allow me to express my gratitude to a benefactor of my family. Thank you.

After that a complicated story with names of nobles, other towns, the name of this country, the name of the king popping up followed, but I ignored it. Ill repeat, I ignored it. Its not like I couldnt remember the names or didnt understand what they were saying. I simply ignored it.

As it turns out, even the bandits from yesterday were elite troops of the adversary nobles, who were given the best equipment possible, who were supposed to masquerade as bandits to kidnap Merimeri, in order to use her as leverage against them. However, the elites and the equipment werent coming back, so they decided to press with numbers, and gathering people attacked Meri Father and Murimur-san.

As a result, there is no information on the geeks or delivery service This stuff has nothing to do with me, of course, I will ignore it.

Once again I return to the town on a carriage.

Even inside the carriage they kept endlessly repeating their thanks. And also the name of the town.

The gatekeepers didnt scold me today.

But the president did.

Which reminds me, didnt I say that I wont leave the town today? Eh? I only went to buy soy sauce? How did it turn out like this?