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Chapter 195 - Let's Go Home

Arc, who had gone to check with the King, returned a short while later with the King in tow.

"You’re taking Arc back to Feire with you?"

The King asked immediately.

"We have a lot of potions. For now, I'll give you what we have, so please settle the payment with that. As for Arc... she seems to want to go to Feire."

Her main goal is probably the food.

"Mm. Understood. Well, Arc has teleportation magic, so it can be managed."

Come to think of it, she did have that convenient magic.

"My place only has two rooms and I have a housemate, so it’s no good, but Yoshino-san said she can stay with her."

"I see. Yoshino, I am sorry, but I ask this of you."

"Leave it to me. I have plenty of spare rooms."

"Mm. You will be rewarded... Now, about the payment. Please bring out the potions."

As instructed, I started taking out the potions.

"That is a lot..."

"Hey, there are easily over a thousand in total. I’ll just give you the Item Bags, so you can count them on your end. You can pay me later."

"Let’s do that... Then, give me the Item Bags."

"Um, this is Healing Potion Lv1, this is Level 2. This is the Cure Potion..."

Thinking that it really was a lot, I handed the portioned-out bags to the King. The King took the bags and immediately made them disappear on the spot.

"Hey, can your storage magic store an Item Bag that has items inside it?"

"Yes, it can. Come to think of it, you cannot put an Item Bag inside another Item Bag."

Storage magic seems nice.

"I’m so envious. Here, this is the last one. The Translation Potion. Should I give the Gender Reassignment Potion to Arc?"

I handed over the last Item Bag and asked the King.

"Yes, please do."

The King nodded as he stored the Item Bag with his magic.

"Hmm? You’re selling the TS Potion too?"

Yoshino-san, who hadn’t heard any of yesterday's conversation, asked.

"Yes. That’s what we decided last night. You can hear the details from Arc later."

She’s staying with her anyway, so she can just ask then.

"Hmm, I guess so... By the way, how are we getting back?"

"Oh, I’ll take you with my teleportation magic. What do you want to do? Ready to go back?"

It seems Arc’s magic was used last time as well. But if the King or Arc were to die, Yoshino-san and I would be stuck in Frontier for the rest of our lives. I don't like that... Well, actually, we wouldn't even be able to leave this mansion and would just starve to death...

"Wait a minute. I’m taking the souvenir snacks back with me. So thoughtless."

"You really are shameless."

"I gave you all that apple juice and beer yesterday, didn't I?"

Yesterday, after our talk was over, we were about to go to bed when this father-daughter pair made their demands.

"Ah, that is right. Arc, if you are going to Feire, please buy me some beer."

The King added his own request.

"Yes, yes, I get it. Wait a minute. I’ll go get them with Mia."

Arc said this and disappeared with Mia.

"King, are you really sure about letting Arc go? She’s your only heir, isn't she?"

Since Arc was gone, I decided to ask the King.

"As I said earlier, she has teleportation magic, so there should be no problem. She can return immediately from anywhere. Besides, I want her to see Feire as the next monarch."

"As the next monarch?"

"As king, I forbade contact between Feire and Frontier. However, what the next monarch does about this will be their decision. That is why Arc must go to Feire, see it for herself, and decide what to do."

So when the monarch changes, a full-fledged exchange might begin. Or, conversely, the Gates might be closed completely.

"I think it’s better not to have an exchange. I mean, they call our world ‘Frontier.’"

They're all too eager to pioneer the Frontier.

"I think so too. It pains me to say this about my own world, but it is not a very good world, full of nothing but war."

Right?

"The same could be said for our side. Well, I want her to see all of that and more. You cannot do anything if you know nothing, and you must not. If she makes the wrong decision, the people will suffer."

Can that optimistic Arc really handle that?

"Well, I’ll look out for her. She’s a valued customer, after all."

"That’s true."

Yoshino-san and I nodded in agreement.

"I am counting on you."

The King bowed his head.

"Brought them! Is this enough?"

As we were talking, Mia returned holding a basket full of snacks, and Arc returned holding a similar basket.

"Thank you for your trouble."

"No, no, it’s my pleasure. I’ll treat you over there to make up for it."

Yoshino-san and I took the baskets and stored them in our respective bags.

"Well then, shall we go?"

"Arc-sama, please be careful."

Mia bowed her head respectfully.

"Arc, do not forget my souvenir."

With that line, the King completely ruined the nice sentiment from before. Now it just seems like he was after the beer.

"Yeah, I’m off. Are you two ready?"

Arc nodded to the King and Mia, then asked Yoshino-san and me.

"I’m ready."

"Yep."

Yoshino-san and I nodded.

"Okay, here we go!"

The moment Arc said that, my vision was dyed pure white.

Finally, I can see the sun again!