The Ultimate Sage Who Faked Incompetence and Was Disinherited Just Wants to Enjoy His New Life! - Episode 75: Boarding Ticket

Episode 75: Boarding Ticket

After that, we chatted casually with the lord. And after properly giving a signature, we left the lord’s mansion. 

If we wanted a boarding ticket for the ship, we would probably need to negotiate with the country. 

But is it really necessary to go that far just to board it? 

Probably everyone is thinking the same thing.

“So what do we do? Give up?” 

“Yeah, I’m kind of starting to feel like I don’t want to go that badly after all.” 

“Same here. If we asked the country, they might say something like, ‘Then become Orichalcum Rank in return.’”

Elise shook her head side to side. She was probably imagining that situation. 

She looked clearly displeased. Jill, who was beside her, nodded in agreement.

“Then it’s a no. Well, if we keep living, we’ll probably get the chance to ride it eventually.” 

“Yeah. It’s not like I want to be the very first person to ride it anyway.” 

“Let’s give up. Knowing when to give up is also important for people.” 

“That’s right. If we keep living, good things will surely come.”

Pii-chan itself should have vanished and disappeared. It made its words felt heavy. 

Just being alive is a blessing. 

As someone who was nearly killed by an assassin, I feel the same.

Just like when we first came to the Port Town of Beaumont, we returned with Elise using her magic. 

After arriving in the royal capital, Elise grumbled and complained.

It’s not like I can’t use the magic myself. But if I do, I’d end up taking away Elise’s role. 

And if it turned out I could also use healing magic, I’m sure Elise would definitely get sulky.

The day after we returned to the royal capital, we decided to take on a request together to forget about the giant ship. 

We all went to the Adventurers’ Guild in the royal capital. But for some reason, we were immediately called by Guild Master Raffaello.

Could it be, the next Spirit has already started moving? 

Everyone’s faces stiffened. I’m sure I had the same expression. 

And just like that, without a word, we headed to the reception room at the back of the guild.

Raffaello-san hadn’t arrived at the reception room yet. 

Just in case, I had Pii-chan withdrawn.

Pii-chan had become my familiar. 

So if I call it, it’ll appear from somewhere. 

Even now, it seems some old witches still use familiars. 

Though it also seems the technique to control familiars is gradually being lost.

“I wonder what the matter is?” 

“I hope it’s not Spirit-related.” 

“Exactly. That’s the last thing I want right now. We just dealt with one, you know?” 

“I agree. We need to take a break.”

Elise was exactly right. 

This time, trying to go to the neighboring continent on the giant ship was, in a way, meant to be a vacation. 

It was like taking a trip somewhere far. 

It’s not like the neighboring continent is an unexplored land or anything.

On the neighboring continent, there’s a country called the East Nation. 

Apparently, over there, there are many houses that look like the inn we always stay at—Nagomi. 

The tatami mats also seem to be from there. So I expect the inns over there will be good too.

Also, rare items from the East Nation should be lined up at shopfronts. 

Just going to see those is worth it, I think. 

Basically, the reason we were trying to go to the neighboring continent was for sightseeing. 

Of course, we were also going to check on the Water Spirit that’s said to be sleeping in the nearby sea.

Just as an odd tension started to fill the room, Raffaello-san arrived.

“Ah, sorry for calling you all out so suddenly.”

Raffaello-san spoke to us with a smile. 

The strange mood shifted into another kind of strange mood. 

What in the world does he want? 

We all looked at one another.

The air Raffaello-san carried wasn’t heavy. 

Rather, it was light and breezy. 

That only made it even harder to understand.

“No, it’s fine. So, what happened?”

Our leader Ardan asked on our behalf. 

Raffaello-san must have noticed our confusion. 

His smile deepened even further.

“It’s alright. It’s not about Spirits. There are no more Spirits around the Fortune Kingdom that can affect things immediately. Even if something does happen, it won’t be for a while. We’ve already passed that information on to other countries as well. So if anything happens, each country should handle it themselves.”

Raffaello-san said this with a smile. 

In other words, I think he meant, 

“As long as it doesn’t affect our own country, we don’t care what happens.” 

It might be a cruel way of thinking. But if you recklessly extend a helping hand, there’s a good chance they’ll misunderstand and think, “You’re trying to invade us.”

That’s the kind of thinking countries and nobles tend to have.

Because of that, unless they request it from their side, we can’t interfere freely. 

The most we can do is provide information. 

The Fortune Kingdom felt a sense of crisis. So I think they provided the information unconditionally to other countries.

How those countries take it… 

That’s something only the central authorities of each country know.

“I see. Since it was just yesterday that we calmed the Spirit, it seems we were being a bit oversensitive.” 

“In that case, it’s just perfect. Don’t you all need a vacation?” 

“Vacation?”

We looked at each other. 

A vacation was certainly necessary, but how exactly was the Adventurers’ Guild involved in this? 

As we were confused, a piece of paper was handed to us.

“What’s this?” 

“This is the application form for the special slot of the boarding ticket for the giant ship Eleonora, which is being constructed in the Port Town of Beaumont.” 

“Special slot for a boarding ticket?” 

“That’s right. When going to the neighboring continent, it has been decided that some adventurers will accompany them as escorts. This is the application form for that. If it’s you all, I think you’ll be selected. What do you think?”

Raffaello-san raised one eyebrow with a good expression. 

Apparently, this was the “vacation” Raffaello-san was referring to. 

It perfectly aligned with what we had just been talking about. It was almost as if he had heard our earlier conversation. 

Ardan folded his arms and started thinking.

“By applying for this special boarding ticket slot, does that mean we’d be joining under the country’s command?”

The application, of course, would be submitted to the country. 

In that case, what would happen to our freedom? 

The worst-case scenario would be that we end up being placed under the country’s control in a vague and unclear way. 

At the moment, for us, there were no benefits to becoming subordinate to the country.

“There’s no problem with that. Several staff members from the Adventurers’ Guild will be going as well. And you adventurers will be receiving instructions from them. You won’t be receiving direct orders from the country. Honestly, I wanted to go myself. But this time, the vice guild master will be the one going.”

Raffaello-san said that regretfully. 

Well, yeah, it wouldn’t be good for the guild master to leave the Adventurers’ Guild so easily. 

That’s a natural decision.

Having it go through the Adventurers’ Guild means it’s not directly under the country’s command. 

If that’s the case, then there shouldn’t be any problems.

“What do we do? We haven’t decided yet. But if we apply for this special slot, we might be able to get on that ship.” 

“Right, since we’ve got the chance, should we try applying? It looks like getting a boarding ticket any other way will be difficult.” 

“We’ve got money, so we could try winning one through auction too, right?”

Jill offered an alternative plan. But Raffaello-san rejected it.

“Getting one through an auction is probably impossible. If someone tries to sell a boarding ticket granted by the country and make money from it, that person would likely be exiled from the country.”

Yeah, that makes sense. 

It’d be like throwing mud on His Majesty the King’s face. 

If someone who was chosen out of all the people who wanted it just used it to make a profit, of course that’d make people angry.

After a lot of thinking, we decided to at least submit the application. 

After all, it was free.

A few days after applying, the boarding tickets for the Eleonora were in our hands.