"Has everything been checked? We're ready to leave."
Cui Ciyou stood beside the newly purchased Magic-Powered Carriage, looking at everyone.
"Don't worry, Ciyou." Keith thumped his chest and said smugly,
"We've got plenty of fuel-Magic Crystals-the best route mapped out, and every supply we could need inside."
"With a professional logistics master like me handling things, this trip is guaranteed to be smooth and comfortable."
"Hmph, you sure talk a lot."
Alice curled her lip, but she still eagerly pulled open the heavy carriage door before anyone else and climbed inside.
"Ah... I wanted to get in first."
The carriage's interior was astonishingly spacious, with enough room for more than ten people.
Soft animal-hide rugs, comfortable long sofas facing one another, and even a small tea station that could be heated with an alchemical device furnished the interior.
Cui Ciyou was the last to board, his gaze sweeping over the others, who had already found their places.
Rujierd and Talhand sat up front in the driver's seat, while Keith studied the map in the passenger seat.
Meanwhile, inside the carriage...
In the spacious cabin, Cui Ciyou settled into a window seat out of habit.
Almost the instant he sat down-
"The seat next to Ciyou is mine!"
Like a little lioness declaring sovereignty over her territory, Alice plopped down on his left and hugged his arm in a show of defiance.
Another figure slipped over silently. Sylphy sat close against his right side, her little hand clutching the hem of his clothes. Looking up at him with her watery crimson eyes, she whispered:
"I want to sit next to Big Brother Ciyou too."
Help... The carriage hasn't even left the city, and the war has already started. Cui Ciyou groaned helplessly to himself.
But that wasn't the end of it.