That night, I spent the most comfortable night I'd had in the past year in Doris's gentle embrace.
Early the next morning, I packed my luggage. After saying goodbye to Doris and Philip, I took Silly Bird by the reins and set off on a new journey.
At Sharia's western gate, I found Rudeus, Roxy, and Elinalise waiting for me. It seemed they had arrived at the gate early.
I shouldn't have been late. I had no idea why they were so energetic.
The location of the teleportation circle to the Begaritt Continent that I had obtained from Nanahoshi was much farther away than the one I had used to travel to the Demon Continent.
They had prepared two horses and brought along an adventurer.
It seemed they planned to have the adventurer lead the horses back after we reached our destination.
But I didn't want to do that. I still needed to gather a whole bunch of experimental materials during this trip to the Begaritt Continent.
When we rescued Zenith and returned home, we would probably be carrying a lot of luggage. We would need at least several carriages to travel together then. Rather than preparing carriages after reaching the Begaritt Continent, it would be better to ride there from the start.
So this time, I brought along Silly Bird, the mount that had traveled with me through the Demon Continent.
After I explained to Rudeus and the others that I intended to bring back materials this time as well, they reluctantly agreed to travel with the horses.
Then I gave the adventurer beside us ten copper coins and sent him away. He could probably have earned two silver coins by helping me lead the horses back, since there was a chance of encountering monsters on the road back