Chapter 40: Departure – Part 2
Klein cos running and catches up to us, she didn't have a town pass too so she wasted a few seconds with customs.
The caravan is just outside, a few wagons with "horses" pulling them and a crowd of people following.
As far as I know, horses aren't supposed to look so… muscular and threatening. I can see blood dripping out of the mouth of a horse as he chews on sothing. Another horse neighs and I see sharp teeth below his lips. They stare at anyone who gets too close with hungry eyes and huff in annoyance.
The fuck are they feeding these monsters?
A short silver elf boy with long hair cos towards us with 7 horses behind him on leashes. His face is very feminine and if it weren't for the sleeveless loose shirt I think I would mistake him for a cute girl like Silvane.
"Here's the horses for the Helios fellowship," he says as he approaches us, his voice is high pitched and crystal clear. "My na is Nito and I take care of the horses." He bows lightly to us.
We introduce ourselves and he distributes the leashes, Lina's the smallest while mine is the largest. I look at Nito but his face is solid like stone.
I sigh internally and put on 10 points into [Riding], masking it as we pull out our armor and put it on except the helts.
"So, be careful with the horses, please, consider them as rentals so you will pay for any wounds on them," Nito starts once he deems us ready to mount. "They like to eat goblins and orcs but please don't put them in battle, only let them eat the bodies not live ones. Keep your dragon with you, they might mistake it for a Dragolite and try to eat it too."
From Hana's shoulder Aoi puffs smoke in the air and the horses huff in response. "They, won't, try," she says with a glare towards the horses.
Through [Animal Tongue] I see that they are quite nervous about Aoi.
Nito turns to the horses and speaks in Ingua, the high elven language. I feel he's using [Animal Tongue] too and trying to calm the horses, he's saying Aoi is friend, not food.
The horses calm down and Nito motions for Hana to approach, she obeys and the horses don't beco more nervous to see Aoi approach.
"Seems fine. Right, continuing, I will follow you with my own horse so in case you need to drop the horses to battle don't worry, they will obey
and not get scared at the sounds of battle. In case I'm not present once you dismount, the horse will try to return to
so don't go too deep or too far from the caravan so the horse doesn't get lost. Also don't stay too long inside the Sea of Trees, they don't like it in there."
We nod in understanding and approach the horses to mount, the beasts remain still and barely respond. Once I approach, through [Animal Tongue], I feel amusent coming out of my horse, the other horses seem curious about .
I put the left foot on a stirrup, grab the mane and reins with the left hand, and with the right I grab the saddle's cantle. With all my leg strength, and with the help of [Telekinesis], I spring up and swing my right leg over the horse in one smooth movent, allowing
to sit perfectly on the saddle. I grab the reins properly and try to look for the right stirrup, with a little fiddling I find it and put my right foot on it. Perfect mounting, I'm very proud of myself.
My horse's amusent increases and the others lose interest.
Lina has the most difficulty and requires Hana to pull her up, her horse is small but it's still a little too big for her. Roxanne awkwardly mounts on hers but succeeds, Ciel does it slowly and gracefully, the other two are naturals and do it effortlessly. Klein mounts the sa horse as Hana and I get suggestive situations in my head with the two of them together.
"They look old but they are perfectly trained," Hana says while patting her horse tenderly, I feel it is quite content with its rider.
"Well… they served nobles once," Nito says and scratches the back of his long ears uncomfortably.
He looks at
while I try to handle my horse, making
sweat a little. I have very little idea how to do it, even with the skill. What the skill does give
is "intuition
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