Chapter 181 Both Reliable and Unreliable
Just as Erza said, she didn't meet the town that night, so she had to sleep in the wild.
This situation is called in storytelling "just rushing on the road and missing Sutou", and usually something will happen.
The two coachmen felt it was inappropriate for similar reasons. It was easy to encounter wild beasts at night and they did not want to sleep in the wilderness.
And the weather is so cold.
But after Erza's sincere request, they agreed.
Rhode was glad that she did not use a sword when discussing with the coachman, but asked them seriously.
When she asked her seriously, the pressure was a bit strong.
Worried about being taken as coercion, Rhodes had no choice but to say that he would protect their safety, and also offered to increase the money.
So everything went well.
Erza found an iron pot from her luggage and started setting up a military stove.
Rhodes set up the tent, and the skills he learned from Gray last time came in handy now.
When the two of them had set everything up and Rhode was about to try Erza's cooking skills again, she told him that she didn't bring any ingredients.
The pot on the fire she built can only be used to boil some hot water.
Rhodes didn't understand: "No, eldest sister, you have so many suitcases, kitchen utensils and seasonings, but you didn't prepare any ingredients?"
Erusa A little embarrassed: "Well...because the space is limited, I can only give up some things."
Rhode looked at the suitcase of the big car. There was limited space. What was packed in it? ?
Erza seemed to understand his doubts and explained: "Mainly some souvenirs obtained during the mission, as well as some important gifts, and then common tools such as tents.
By the way, the pair of jockstraps you gave me last time is also in it. I like it so much that I want to take it with me. "
But if it happens to other girls, it's like this. Speaking of which, Rhodes even doubted whether she was interested in him.
But Erza, like Kana, really regards the brothers as brothers.
She definitely didn't mean it that way, but she simply liked the gift and the companion's feelings that the gift represented.
Rhode declined: "I'm very happy that you value the gift I gave you so much, but we digress. The question now is what to eat for dinner."
The food he brought has been eaten at noon. He lost it. Mira rushed to the cafeteria to help him prepare it before departure, and even shared half of it with Erza. As a result, she didn't have dinner now, which made her feel uncomfortable.
"I'm sorry, I was careless and ignored this kind of thing." Erza clenched her fists and reflected with a sad face, "After the mission is over, you can punish me no matter how you want it, and I will also reward you. You can take one less.”
Rhodes raised his forehead, it was over, and he was being serious about strange things again.
“Forget it, summon, shadow wolf!”
Six shadow wolves appeared, and their sixteen green eyes startled the two coachmen.
"Go and catch some prey and come back, rabbits, pheasants, anything."
Rod remembered that when he used river crabs to explore the path during the day, he seemed to see hare footprints in the snow.
Prey is hard to find in winter, but the shadow wolves are very efficient. They came back with an animal that looked like a deer in their mouths not long after they went out.
"Can such a small deer...oh, a roe deer."
Rhode was relieved, the roe deer must be an adult at this size.
Then it was time for Erza's performance. Several different kitchen knives flew in the air, bleeding, skinning, deboning, and decomposing all at once.
Then it’s time to cook the soup, and it’s time to grill the skewers.
The two of them had a full meal and could share some with the driver. Although they brought their own dry food, they would not refuse it if they could have meat.
"Change!" Erza's body flashed with light and she had changed into a pair of purple pajamas.
Speaking of wearing pajamas like this in the winter...forget it, the wizard cannot follow common sense, and she also has a sleeping bag. Rhodes noticed the pattern on Erza's pajamas: "Is that the symbol of a heart-shaped cross?"
"Ah, yes, the clothes of this brand are of good quality." Erza said, "The armor I usually wear is also produced by this company."
"Really?" When she said this, Rhodes remembered that the armor Erza usually wore also had a yellow cross with a heart shape at the end.
The Black Feather Armor I saw last time also had a white mark.
I didn’t pay attention to it before... maybe now it’s because Mira accepted the endorsement deal.
"Hey? Isn't that right? I remember that the heart-shaped cross is a clothing company, and they also make armors?"
Erza said: "Originally I didn't do it, but I beg you seriously. After that, they were quite reasonable."
"Um...do you mind asking how you asked for it?"
"Can you help me make armor? version)" After the demonstration, Erza returned to her normal expression, "That's about it."
"Ha...ha..." It's true, Rhode laughed dryly, "What a reasonable businessman. "
"Okay, because there may be wild beasts, let's allocate vigil tasks."
"No need to divide, I'll ask Worm to keep watch." Rhodes summoned Worm. .
This kid isn't very good at fighting, but he can look at the fire and act as a sentry.
The main reason is that the magic power consumption is so small that it is almost negligible.
“Snoring?” Worm was a little confused.
Erza asked: "Can your magic power last all night?"
"No problem, if it weren't for the time limit, Worm wouldn't be able to stay for 24 hours. Question."
Rhode entered his tent and blocked Worm who wanted to follow him in. "I'll leave the night watch to you. Go back and treat you to Poro delicacies."
" Phew!" Worm squatted at the door of Rhodes' tent, like a snow lion, but a little fatter.
Erusa knelt down and touched Worm's head: "Leave it to you, call me anytime if you have anything."
"Huh!" Worm nodded seriously.
In fact, the boundary between its head and neck is generally difficult to see.
A night of silence.
Early the next morning, several people got up and washed up. The clean water was provided by Rhodes' word magic.
"Word magic is really convenient." Erza changed her clothes again, from pajamas back to armor.
"It's more convenient to change the magic." Rhodes asked, "Can you teach me?"
"Okay, it's not a difficult magic." Erza's He was very mobile and while packing up the tent, he told Rhodes how to practice the magic of dressing up.
As long as you don’t want to use it in battle, it’s easy to learn the magic of dressing up.
However, if you want to have Erza's large 'changing space' and the speed of switching armor at any time, you need a lot of talent and a lot of practice.
Rhode doesn’t need to learn to that level, he just needs to get in for easy travel in the future.
The carriage set off again. Erza saw Rhodes looking through the mission information again and asked, "Don't you practice?"
"Huh? Oh, no, I think. It’s better to practice again when you get back. It’s better to save some magic power during the mission in case of emergencies.”
In fact, he was afraid that if he failed to cast it, he would turn into Gray, which would be too embarrassing.
It’s better to go home and practice on your own.
(End of this chapter)