In A Parallel World With Random Skills, I Reluctantly Become A Mafia Boss?

Chapter 25: Departure

Placing it inside the leather-skin bag along with the other sets of clothes, I went out of the room, and continued walking until I made it out of the house itself.

Roy-san was only standing by the doorway, observing our conversation without much interest, so let's ignore him for now. I would like to thank him for taking care of Elle-chan while I was away, but since I didn't have anything on me that was fit to present, I decide to refrain from inadvertently insulting him with a gift he wouldn't like.

Could money work?

Was the naive thought that came to mind, but even I didn't know how much money was fit to be a gift for simple gratitude. Let's not do that after all. In the future, I should find something nice for Roy-san. Alright, let's go with that.

Somehow, my thoughts felt as if it were a little lukewarm and irresponsible, but I decided not to mind it. A great man once said, if you retort, you lose.

Truly, a wise saying.

Only giving a curt greeting, and saying my thanks to Roy-san the village guard leader, I said my goodbyes and started walking towards the commercial area of the village.

Along the way, I noticed that only a few people were walking outside their homes.

It seems that the evacuation order was properly delivered.

Either that, or it was probably because it was still early in the morning.

I could only show a wry smile towards my idle thoughts as I walked through the desolate streets of the morning village path...

Soon enough, I reached the sub-branch of the 'Association', and was relieved to find that a few spots had been vacated in the passenger list. According to the receptionist, this was due to the previous evacuation warning that was sent out.

Apparently, those who were knowledgeable about the danger of a 'Demon King' immediately took all their belongings and their families with them back to the city of 'Edoria'. Of course, they took a different means of transportation to get there.

I guess, as expected of a 'Demon King', in this case?

In any case, I had immediately payed the transportation fees for two more people, one adult, and one child, to the receptionist that was grinning as she took the coins from me.

She told me, that the carriage was scheduled to leave a few minutes from now so I knew I had to hurry and pack my things. Of course, I didn't have anything except this leather-string bag filled with commoner's clothes and this 'Steel-Iron Sword' that I had just bought yesterday, so I knew that rushing would be a futile endeavor.

I could try to quickly buy the daily necessities that I should have bought early on, especially when I was about to travel to another city, but I had no time.

Instead, I asked the receptionist as to where the carriage was located as to avoid getting lost. In retrospect, I should have done this the first time I came here.

I really didn't think this through, didn't I?

Well, I was preoccupied with the 'Demon King' problem and all. No, I can't use that as an excuse. Though, I'm not sure who I'm making this excuse to, in the first place.

As I was struggling with my inner thoughts, which was not visible on my face due to my outstanding control over my facial expression over the years, I heard the location from where the carriage was going to depart from, as the receptionist's words entered my ears.

After finishing my business here, I proceed to where the receptionist told me to go.

After some bit of time had passed, my feet stopped in its tracks after reaching my destination. Turning my head left and right, I scan the area.