episode_0024

Anonymous frowned as if he felt wronged, rubbing his forehead.

“Teacher, I didn’t say anything.”

“Don’t you know the term ‘silent affirmation’?”

The anonymous rolled his eyes here and there, let out a small sigh, and opened his mouth.

“… If you want to get a carriage at a cheap price, it would be better to get it now.”

Somehow I felt like he was trying to change the subject, but since I am a good teacher, I decided to just poke him in the ribs and move on.

Rather than that, I asked a question that had been bothering me for a while.

“But why do you have to rent a carriage?”

Anonymous and I don’t necessarily need to rent a carriage; unless it’s a very long distance, we won’t get tired easily and it’ll be faster to walk.

When he gave an unpleasant look to the anonymous with that meaning, the anonymous made a bewildered expression.

“Master, were you planning on running away again this time?”

“… wasn’t it?”

Anonymous sighed deeply and wiped his face with both hands.

“… I think it would be better to go get a carriage first.”

“Hmm, okay.”

I didn’t know you would be so disgusted, but it seems like the nameless person’s thoughts are different from mine.

As I was pouting and feeling discouraged by that resolute attitude, Moo-myeong reached out his hand to me.

“Teacher, there are a lot of people.”

He looked up and saw the nameless man holding out his hand.

The nameless man was scratching his cheek with his finger as if he was embarrassed, and his cheek was red.

“Yeah.”

The corners of his mouth naturally rose, and he held the hand of the disciple who was afraid of being separated from his master.

We walked down the street feeling each other’s warmth.

Finding a carriage was surprisingly simple.

At first, I thought, ‘Are they going on foot after all?’ when I saw the nameless people heading to the village entrance, but I changed my mind when I saw the carriages parked near the entrance.

In front of the carriages, there were signs with the names of different villages engraved on them.

It seems that, unlike the concept of taking guests to their desired destinations, the towns the carriage went to were already decided, and people who had business at those destinations paid a certain amount of money to get a ride in the carriage.

After looking around at the signs posted here and there in front of the carriage, Myeong approached a man with an impressive brown 5:5 karma, chatted with him about this and that, took out a few silver coins from his pocket, and returned.

“Are you done?”

“Yes, Master, we will be leaving in two hours.”

“2 hours… .”

It’s enough time to run simple errands, but not enough time to focus and do something.

As I was crossing my arms and thinking about how to spend the next two hours, Anonymous pointed to the bag.

“Master, we will probably have to stay in the carriage for a few days, so shouldn’t we buy more food?”

“Hmm, I see.”

The strawberries must have all run out by now, so I guess I can spend the remaining time looking around the market.

Anonymous looked at my bag with tired eyes.

“Even so, don’t you think you bought too much?”

Honestly, I was thinking that this was also lacking, but it seems like Anumyeong doesn’t think so.

I felt embarrassed by my huge, bulging bag, so I lifted it up and turned my head away.

“It’s a fruit, so it’ll go bad if you leave it for a long time. Is that okay?”

“Don’t worry, I think I can eat this much in two days.”

“… Is that so?”

Somehow, I feel like I know what kind of expression that anonymous face has without even seeing it.

Hmm, is it really that weird to like strawberries at this age?

The ball turned red.

Wanting to escape from this somewhat embarrassing situation, I hurried my steps.

“It’s almost carriage time, let’s go quickly.”

“Yes.”

Anonymous got on the carriage first and extended his hand to me.

“Huh?”

“Isn’t it inconvenient to come up?”

Does this guy think I’m some elementary school student?

I’m not that short.

I’m not sure about the average height in the empire, but in Korea it was about 10cm shorter.

I got angry at the nameless man who treated me like a dwarf, so I puffed out my cheeks and pushed away the nameless man’s hand, then jumped into the carriage.

“No need.”

Anonymous licked his lips and put his hand away, feeling disappointed with my attitude.

I looked around the carriage I got into, trying to ignore the anonymity, but there was no one else riding it besides us.

I thought maybe they hadn’t arrived yet, but there wasn’t much time left until departure, and seeing that there wasn’t even any luggage loaded onto the carriage, it would be right to assume that they had no companions.

So, is our destination unpopular with adventurers and merchants?

The thought of going to such a place made me feel uneasy, so I asked Anonymous.

“Are we the only ones going?”

“Yes, I deliberately paid extra money and bought another seat.”

“Why are you doing such a thing when you don’t want to waste money?”

“Master, don’t you feel uncomfortable with strangers?”

“Hmm, it’s a bit uncomfortable, but… .”

I appreciate that Anonymous was considerate of me, but when you go on a trip, don’t you have to meet various people?

And, while meeting various people, it would be a good opportunity to find a match that is both mature and anonymous.

Where is the teacher who worries about his student’s marriage?

I opened my mouth with a proud expression to tell the anonymous what I was thinking.

“Anonymous, you too are slowly getting married-”

“Master, I have some famous strawberries that I bought for a lot of money. Would you like to try them?”

As soon as the anonymous finished speaking, he took out a handful of strawberries from his bag as if he had already decided what I was going to say.

“Oh, good.”

Of course I didn’t refuse.

Soon the carriage set off, and the horses pulling it were sturdy, so it went quite fast, and the scenery outside changed with each passing moment.

When I first left the village, all I could see was a vast plain, which was boring, but now that I had entered the forest, the view was quite enjoyable.

As you can see now.

“Oh, nameless, look over there! The frog is eating the wolf!”

“… Yes?”

Is it because there is some distance that the nameless one is not visible?

If you don’t see such interesting scenes, you’re missing out on half your life.

Wanting to show him a funny scene, I put my arm around the anonymous man and pulled him to my seat, pointing in the direction.

“Eight!”

“S, Master!”

“Can’t you see it? Over there!”

When I turned my head to see the anonymous reaction, it seemed as if he was seeing this sight for the first time, his eyes widened and his cheeks blushed.

I was so excited that I put my face right in front of the nameless person.

“Have you seen it?!”

“… Yes.”

It must have been quite amazing, the nameless expression in my eyes was blank.

“Hey, I’ve never seen anything like that in the mountains I used to live in!”

The mountain I lived in didn’t have any animals that were that small, but only animals that were so big they were scary to look at, and even those disappeared over time, so scenes like that weren’t common.

Suddenly, I became curious about the feelings of an unknown person who was living in the same place as me.

“The outside is truly amazing! What do you think?”

“… Yes, it’s cute.”

“?”

I got a somewhat difficult to understand impression.

‘Is this guy cute in the scene where the frog eats the wolf?’

Even though he is my disciple, it is difficult for him to understand this.

“Hmm, is that so?”

Losing interest in Anonymous’s dull reaction, I left Anonymous and leaned out of the carriage to look outside.

Anonymous stared blankly at me, but I was so focused on the outside that I didn’t notice.

As the sun set and the surroundings grew dark, the carriage stopped running and soon the coachman’s voice was heard.

“Is it okay to camp around here?”

I looked around on the coachman’s horse.

I saw a secluded open space that was so quiet that it was hard to believe I was in the mountains, and there were traces of people everywhere, such as the burnt ground and holes.

It seems like other grooms are camping here too.

“Yes, that’s fine.”

After answering my question, Anonymous rummaged through his bag and took out a makeshift tent that he had never seen before.

Seeing the makeshift tent for the first time, I felt strangely curious and went closer to take a look.

“When did you buy it?”

“It wasn’t bought, it was on the carriage.”

Hmm, so maybe you won’t bring bedding when you first come down the mountain?

While I was nodding my head in agreement, Myeong-i started setting up two makeshift tents.

“2?”

The anonymous man answered without even looking at me as he set up his makeshift tent.

“Yes, there are two, so there is no need to open only one, right?”

That’s true for sure, but sleeping alone is a little lonely.

And I’m not affected by the weather, but isn’t Anonymous different?

In the cold weather of the early morning, it is important to share human body temperature.

“Hmm, I guess it’s not really necessary to bother with that. How about sleeping together?”

I put the other tent, which was in the nameless hand, into my bag.

“… Yes.”

“Good idea.”

He smiled faintly.

The coachman’s voice was heard from afar.

“… Damn it.”