Chapter 20: New Adventurer Bern (18). Power Play
Among the many differences between the life of an adventurer Bern had imagined and the reality he now lived, the biggest was this: it took far more time to travel than he had expected.
As a 1st-class adventurer, most of his work consisted of errands within the city. Travel time amounted to, at most, a few dozen minutes on foot. But once he reached 2nd-class, like with the goblin extermination, just getting there had taken over a day. And now with 3rd-class requests, even with rented wagons or horses, the journeys often took several days.
The truth was that more time was spent traveling to and from the job than on resolving the actual request itself.
And Bern was a firm believer in the saying: time is money.
On the road to Frencia.
With the horse and wagon borrowed from the Adventurers' Guild parked nearby, Bern stood directly in front of Blanca.
"Are you ready?"
"Yes."
A mock battle that had now become a daily routine—every morning and evening, without fail.
Blanca, now looking more natural holding a sword than she had before, stared at Bern with sky-blue eyes.
A gaze filled with fierce determination, as if she wouldn't let even the smallest of his movements escape her sight.
Pleased by that intensity, Bern kicked off the ground with force.