Chapter 34.3
The journey from here, on the edge of Dandol, to the Barony of Ceres took about three weeks on foot or two weeks by horse-drawn carriage.
I was told to get there as soon as possible, but since I was informed three days ago that my arrival would be in a month, there was no reason why I should not go on foot.
Well, if you were an ordinary traveler, this time you would be passing through a forest road that was not in any territory, so you might choose a horse-drawn carriage with an escort to guard against monsters, but if you rode to Baron Ceres’ territory, it was likely to cost five silver coins, and you would be forced to pay extra to stay at an affiliated inn, and I could not spend that much money.
I had received 15 silver coins as a reward for this time and 5 gold coins as a reward for danger pay, but I did not want to spend much money on the next case since I would be unpaid until the job was done.
The weapons I had on hand were a black knife and a spare knife. Two of the thin knives I was supplied with, and a total of 10 throwing knives. I also had two pendulums with a blade attached to the end of a string, but I needed more spare throwing knives and one of the pendulum blades had been damaged in the battle, so I needed to have it made at a blacksmith’s shop somewhere.
I also wanted some light armor to wear under my clothes and a special knife holder to wear on my leg, but as expected, I didn’t have time to have those made.
After leaving the lakeside castle and walking for half a day, I arrived at the capital of Dandol.
Normally, I would spend the night there, but I didn’t intend to stay at an inn, so I decided to restock my supply of portable food and a small amount of salt at a street stall in town and left the city.
“…”
I finally got a close-up look at Dandol’s fortress-like castle.