I, Safate, left the royal capital, Parma, where I lived for many years, after being allowed to ride in Black's packets of demons (auger people).
　Faced with the fact that I was disowned and driven out of my home without being able to do anything about the people of the territory who were struggling with taxes, I still hadn't gotten my mind in order.

　It's not enough to save money, and the future is quite uncertain, but I just have to do it, and I have no choice but to force myself to look forward to it...

　Unja, the cat people who used to be a maid at my parents' house, who had been forced to accompany me, may be tired from the exhaustion she went through when she left the house, but as soon as she left, she began to sleep soundly, leaning against my shoulder. It's a good thing that you're able to get a good idea of what you're looking for.

　The journey from Palma, the royal capital, to the frontier city of Green Convoy by wagon train takes about 20 days.
　The first three days or so were always uncomfortable because we couldn't get used to the rocking of the wagons.
　Somehow, after four days, I start to feel better, thanks to Unja's help and attention.
　Erdena had taken an interest in the books in my luggage and had been immersed in them the whole time.
　Indeed, even though some of them are rare in the King's City, I'm rather interested in being able to read the books in the midst of this wagon's sway.

　On our fifth day on the road, we were overtaken by a wagon team from King's Landing.
　They seemed to be in a hurry, so Black gave way, but for some reason Unja was staring at the wagons with a grim expression on her face.
'What's wrong?'
Hmm... It's nothing.
　Although Unya smiled as she said this, she was still somewhat concerned about the wagon squad from earlier.

　After a week of leaving the royal capital, the width of the road on the street visibly narrowed.
　There were almost no more troopers to pass by and only Black's wagons were advancing on the road.
There aren't many inn towns from here on out. There are not many inn towns from here on out," he said.
　Then Black laughs with his usual bold smile.

　Day 14.
'We're going to take a shortcut from here.
　As Black said this, he turned off the road and entered the steep mountain path.
This is the old highway. It's a good way to get to the Green Convoy, although it's rarely used nowadays because of the construction of a road that makes a big detour around the foot of the mountain.
　In Black's words.
''........I know there was an old street......but this is the first time I've actually gone through it.''
　Eldena, who was from Greencomb, also looked around curiously.
It's a little bit of forest, there's the remains of an old village. It used to be a little bit of a lodging town, but people have all moved out along the road, so nobody lives here anymore.
　I looked closely in the direction I was told, and I saw what looked like the wall of a house hiding in the trees.
　It was wrapped with so much ivy and other debris that unless we were careful, we couldn't really tell that it was a house wall.

　We continued on our way for the next six days or so, and then we began to see a huge wall in front of us.
It looks like we're at Greencomb. We're lucky it didn't rain this time.
　Black smiles boldly as usual as he says this.
　As I was looking at the walls, I was a little sentimentalized by the thought that this is where my new life will begin... and then Black, who brought me here, said
Safate, I visit the city regularly. When you do, we'll have a drink or two together.
　He smiled at that.
I'm sure. Then I'll buy you a drink, I promise.
　Then I laughed back.

　However, such a laughing face of mine was soon to disappear.

''........So, Safate-san. Since you have been issued a ban on entering all frontier cities, I cannot allow you to enter the Green Comb here.
　At the entrance gate to the city, three of the guards gathered around me as I was being surveyed for a load, and said this to me.
　Hearing those words, Eldena stepped between me and the guards and glared at them.
''This person is the eldest daughter of the Greenpot family, a member of this city's group of lords, and I, Eldena, am the guardian. And you still say no?
　Although the guards were visibly upset by those words.
"And anyway, it's a strict order from King's Landing...
　At the attitude of the guards, "I can't talk to you guys," he said, and then Erdena told us to wait for a while, and ran at a great pace into the frontier city.

　A few moments later

　Erdena, who was in a state of anger from the looks of it, came back.

　She said that she had received a notice from the noble house of the royal capital to ban me from entering.

　I'm not going to be able to get a good look at them.
　I'm sure you'll be able to find out what's going on in the world.
　I'm sure my father used his position in the House of Lords to harass me.

　For now, I poured water over Eldena to calm her down.

　It's not your fault, because it's not your fault, I call out to Eldena, who is about to start crying.

''Hmmm..........'' I'm sorry, but I'm going to have to excuse myself for a moment.
　Suddenly, Unya bows widely and walks towards the city wall.
"Hey, I'm just picking flowers.
　When he said that, he seemed to be talking to the guards to get them to use the bathroom.

The shadow of a building near the entrance gate at the same time

...you succeeded in keeping him out of Green Conviction.
And that's for scooping Master Gapoli. A nice touch.
...the foolish one. If only we'd listened to Master Gapoli, we'd have all the time in the world.
Well, I wonder where he's going to go now. I think we should find out and stop him. As per Master Gapoli's orders.

Oh, is that right?

　The two suspicious-looking people who were whispering in the shadows were suddenly spoken to from behind, and they choked up.
You guys are the guys in the wagon train that we passed on the fifth day after we left the capital, right?　I remember it so well because I felt a strange stare, Nya.
　As he said that, Unya's tail grew abnormally long and wrapped around their necks.

...the elemental cat people... or the legendary fighting sub-human...
"....I'm not going to show any mercy to those who do you harm, you little bastards...

　after a few seconds

　I threw the two motionless bodies into the shadows.
After deciding to protect the little guy, and this blunder, you need to pull yourself together again.
　Unya's expression was not her usual smile, but a grim one.

In front of the castle gate

　When Unya returned, I was able to
In the meantime, I can't bother Black, so I'm going to ask him to let go of my stuff here.
　At those words, Erdena looked violently upset.
Can you give me a moment to think about it?　I will definitely convince everyone. So.........
　Although he says so, I know full well that it is quite difficult.
'I'm glad you feel that way, but I can't bother you or your family or acquaintances any more, you know?
　Eldena chokes on my words and goes into a slump.

'Whatever we do, we can't let them pull the wagon without horses.
　As he said this, Black brought an old horse to me.
He may be old, but he's still got some power. You can go on for six days and nights," he said.
　As he says this, he sets the horse in my wagon.

　Black and the rest of the group walked into the green combe with an apologetic look on their faces.
　As expected, it was somewhat sad that they didn't have their usual dynamic laughter.

'What do you want to do now, Botchan?'

　While Erdena's idea seems to be the best move in the current situation.

　It was that father.

　Like this Green Combe, I can't dismiss the possibility that he's already got his hands around something.

　While I was thinking about this and that, Black's words from earlier suddenly flashed through my mind.



Well ... six days.
　Unja and Eldena gave me a dubious look at my words.

　Then we headed back the way we'd come with Kuro and his friends.
　On the way, we took the mountain path Black had used, and it took us six days to get there.

　There was the site of a village in the forest.

　This was the site of a former inn town that Kuro had told me about when I came here.

　The three of us split up to check out the village.
　There were 11 building sites.
　Among them, there were five buildings that could be used with simple repairs.
　One of them was made of hollowed-out forest trees, and at a glance, it was not immediately recognizable as a residence. From the top floor, one could see far into the distance.
　There were apparently former farm fields and a stream near the settlement that could be used for drinking water.
For the time being, this was a good place for me to live.
　At my words, Unja nodded happily.
"Let me do the cleaning.　I'm going to put it away so that the little guy can live in it right away, Nya!
　With that said, I took out the cleaning tools from my luggage and started working on it immediately.

　Somehow, it looks like we'll be able to secure a place to live.
　I thanked Erdena for taking care of me so far.
　Originally, she was taking care of me while she came to investigate the magic stones around Greencombe, and I couldn't cause her any more trouble.
　That's what I thought.
I'm going to live here and I'm going to live here.
　As he said this, he began to carry his stuff in with great vigor.
　I had no choice but to accept the offer, as the momentum pushed me over the edge.

　The hollowed-out wood house was the largest and least painful, so we decided to make it our first residence.

　The floor plan was.
　The first floor has one living room with a kitchen and four rooms.
　　There is also a bath and a toilet, but this was in need of repair.
　The second floor has a living room and 3 rooms facing it.
　　From the end of the living room, there is a spiral staircase that leads up to the rooftop observation deck.

　We decided to use the three rooms on the second floor as our private rooms.
　We decided to make the largest room on the first floor our research room, and use the other rooms as a storage room for the time being, and we all started to clean up.
　With a little wiping and cleaning, the room was ready to live in.
'Yes, yes, yes~!　I'm going to wipe them all down~!
　Erdena and I were overwhelmed by the speed of Unja's wiping and cleaning.

　We managed to finish cleaning up the building after about half a day, so we started to bring in the wagon's luggage.

　We found an unfamiliar magic box mixed in with our luggage, but when we opened it, we found a rather large amount of food, water, and miscellaneous items inside.

　Probably Black had kept it in there for us.

　I was really glad to hear that.

　After finishing our lunch with some portable food that was in Kuro's luggage, I started to fix the bathroom and toilet.

　I'd like to prepare the room for my research, but I'd be in trouble for the rest of my life if those two things weren't working.
　Both the bath and the toilet seem to use water from a stream, which is stored in a large water tank at the back of the house and then used to take advantage of the drop-off, but the pipes that drew the water were damaged.
　I was wondering what was wrong, but then I remembered that I had a glass pipe in my research kit that I could use.
　I connected it to the tube and found it was usable, although there were some difficulties.
　Just to be sure, I built a purification device with a magic stone between the tube and the tank.
　Since the inside of the tank was quite dirty, it was thoroughly cleaned with purification magic and then coated with magic. If I had done this, there would be no problem.
　The bathtub and toilet seat were also repaired with some simple DIY work, then cleaned and magically coated with purifying magic.
　Incidentally, this water system also served as the source of water for the kitchen, and now that the repairs are complete, the kitchen's water system is now available.
　Also, there was a magic stone water heating system for the bath, but the magic stone had expired and was no longer in effect.
　I used the magic stone I had brought with me, and the system itself seemed to be intact, so I was able to use it immediately. The system itself did not seem to be broken, so it was immediately available for use.

　It's getting dark, and we've managed to get the house cleaned up.
　Since everyone was covered in dust, we decided to take a bath in turn, but
Hey, little girl. I'll wash your back, little girl.
"...you!　Wait a minute!
　I was surprised when Unja and Eldena interrupted me as I was entering, and I'm not sure if I'm loving it or what...
　
　Afterwards, we all ate a rather sumptuous meal that Unja had prepared for us.
''........Where do these ingredients come from?''
I cooked a little bit of dried food that Kuro-san gave me.
　Erdena was surprised to see how easy it was to say, but Erdena was also surprised to see that it was quite tasty for an ingredient made from dried ingredients.

'Anyway, good job,'
　They responded to my words with smiles, and the three of us clinked our glasses together.

　My new life has finally begun.