I Became a 6★ Gacha Character

We headed to Wesley territory before the Empire naturally because of Katie. More specifically, because of the Katie-specific item we obtained in the Empire.

Though Katie was a runaway girl, she still used the Wesley family name, and it wasn't like the Duke had removed his runaway daughter from the family registry. He'd probably wanted to drag her back immediately but let her roam freely because of her achievements with the hero party.

But how could they ignore finding their ancestor's relic in the Empire rather than the Kingdom? Regardless of running away or hero party business, ancestral artifacts and traces needed to be verified by the family.

Because in K-fantasy that mixed Chinese and European titles, a duke was distant royal kin. In a monarchical state ruled by a king, they couldn't just stash away royal family artifacts discovered in some corner, especially when that 'royal blood' was a lineage chosen by the Goddess.

"W-wow, woaaah--!"

"Katie, wait, be careful."

"Eek, the horse, what about the carriage?!"

But none of that mattered before the iron giant carrying our carriage in both hands. A northern knight using the golem like some all-purpose exoskeleton suit had started escorting us.

The driver went into hysterics seeing the carriage suddenly lifted from the muddy road. Peeking out the window, I saw they'd apparently unhitched the horses connected to the carriage to lift it. Well-trained horses cost more than people, so no wonder the driver panicked at potentially losing both carriage and horses to the iron giant.