Chapter 44: Racing Through the Forest
The morning that both the princess and I received the title of 'chocolatier', we decided to go on an expedition to the eastern end of the forest, where the supposed island with the choco beans was located.
Both the maids, Carli and Gina, dressed up in blue leather gear and pants. Gina had a harness with two dark blue daggers, and Carli was holding her dark blue-tipped spear.
I was curious, and when I asked them about it, they told me their weapons were made of mithril, and their gear was made out of cyclops skin, which I supposed had blue-ish skin.
("Huh, so that's what mithril looks like...")
The princess' gear was similar to that of the maids, except for the color which was more purple-ish than blue. When I asked her about it, she told me her gear had been made with "ogre king" skin, a very rare material from a very rare monster.
Vespera said that it took her two hours to get to the island running at full speed, which meant that it could potentially take us a few days walking. However, both maids and the princess reassured me that they would be able to keep up.
Honestly, I wasn't too worried about the maids since they were battle-maids and trained for this type of stuff. It was the princess that worried me the most, since running was all about stamina and physical strength.
"Are you sure you'll be okay?" I asked the princess as she stretched.
"He he, it's been some time since I did this!" she responded with a smile.
I still didn't know what she was thinking, but in the worst-case scenario, we could just slow down our pace to let her catch up. "Alright then, let's go!"
Vespera walked to the front of the group, and started to jog while slowly picking up speed, then looked back at the group behind her, and bolted off through the forest at a crazy high speed.