Junta & Wizarding World
#62 Overnight With Other Groups
The sound of the moving carriage wheel was the first thing Junta heard after opening his eyes with a heavy heart, then he saw Kou who was sitting next to him reading a book as usual. Junta could not remember when he had started falling asleep in the carriage, but Junta was convinced that it was not wrong around the afternoon. When the Junta looked out of the carriage, the sun had already set, there was only the night sky and the dark streets, thanks to the moon shining brightly today, so that the road that Junta passes is not too dark.
“Don't I tell you not to sleep during the day?”
Kou said that in a relaxed tone while flipping the paper on the book.
Simply put, the Junta and his group had just left the city this morning, at a time when the sun was still not fully emerging, the half-conscious Junta was dragged by Zonya to immediately enter the carriage. As a result, during the day, the Junta could no longer endure his drowsiness.
“How else, I just intend to lay my body for a moment while listening to that music box”
After saying that, Junta suddenly made an expression like he was aware of something.
”And now where is that music box?”
“There, I put it there to be safe”
The junta looked in the direction that Kou was pointing at, and it was true that the music box was there, right behind a large wooden box.
“Oh, good, I guess I ruined it during sleep”
“Sama-sama”
Junta saw the circumstances around him, he was still in a semi-conscious state. If the Junta remembers it correctly, the Association has allowed them to leave or re-enter the city, but there is still no order to go down in the meantime, so Zonya told them that it was better to execute one of the requests they took first.
And the Junta felt that the Zonya still did not determine which demand they would run, seeing the condition of the train that was still moving, even more so at night, looks like Zonya has not decided which request to run.
”By the way I don't think we're still moving, it's night, has Zonya still not found a place to spend the night?”
“It seems not yet, why did you not ask directly to Zonya?”
Kou said that while turning the page he read.
Seeing Kou who seemed to not know his condition, Junta decided to get up from his sleep and walked towards the coachman's chair with heavy steps.
Of course in that chair was Zonya and Alicia, among whom were some kind of bright lantern lights they had just bought before leaving the city.
“Zonya. You haven't specified what request we're going to run?”
Zonya stopped her conversation with Alicia then turned her head back to look at Junta.
“Not yet, for the time being we will keep moving first”
“I understand for the problem keep moving, but it's already the night Zonya”
“I know that, no need you tell me I already know, I'm still looking for place”
“Is it really that hard to find a safe place?”
“That's it, most of the places we've been through look dangerous, I see signs of monster activity in many places”
“Ka-Then bu-isn't it dangerous for us to walk with a bright lantern like this?”
“I won't deny it's Alicia, but without this lantern I can't see the streets clearly”
Junta looked around him for a moment, he observed the situation very carefully, after which he said to Zonya.
”Place around here is not good, we can easily be surprised by enemy attacks from behind rocks or trees it”
”That's why I'm still moving Junta, if my estimate is right, we should be able to find a place to spend the night”
“I-It's just me or over there is something?”
Zonya and Junta slightly squinted their eyes to look in the direction pointed by Alicia, if noticed very well, not far from the current position of the Junta, there was a kind of moving silhouette, The Junta could not see it clearly, but the Junta felt it was not a monster.
“It looks like it's the traders who are setting up camp?”
Zonya said that while staring focused towards that silhouette.
“I don't know what's in there because it's a short distance away, but I'm pretty sure it's not a monster move or something
“Ka-Then we just need to get closer?”
”And also get ready for the worst possible”
Zonya leaned back a little after saying that, but despite looking relaxed, Junta could feel that her body was ready with whatever surprise awaited them.
The distance between the position of the Junta and the silhouette was actually not too far away, just because of the low-light situation, making Junta and Zonya a little difficult to see clearly who or what Alicia was pointing at.
Fortunately, the train moved quickly, so it did not take long for the Junta to get there.
Apparently it was another group of people, consisting of 2 people who appeared to be members of the Association, 1 person lying in a cart that looked almost broken, and 2 people who seemed to be a wanderer. The group did not bring much stuff and were seen setting up a tent.
“Goodnight”
After Zonya greeted, one of them replied.
“Oh, good night”
“Are you guys going to spend the night at this place?”
“Yes, of course, do you also want to spend the night here?”
“If you don't mind”
“Of course we don't mind, the more people the safer”
Upon hearing that, Alicia and Kou began rushing to lift wooden boxes down from the carriage, while Zonya and Junta approached the group that would be their friends for the night.
“Thank you for accepting us”
”No problem, forgive me in advance if I'm wrong people, but aren't you Zonya?”
”True, it's me”
“Woah! It is truly an honor to spend the night with class 5!”
Suddenly one of his friends who was at the side said so.
“Dine is right, it is truly an honor to spend the night here with class 5, my name is Mark”
“And I'm Dine! Nice to meet you guys!”
“I'm Zonya, and this is Junta”
The junta only slightly lowered his head to give his greetings.
“So, who are these two people?”
”Ah, they are our clients, they are both travelers who hired us to protect them”
The two wanderers wore large robes, so the Junta and Zonya could not see clearly whether they were men like the two men the Junta had just known, or perhaps women.
Beside their clothes and hoods that were heavily covering their faces and bodies, the two travelers together lowered their heads to give their greetings to Junta and Zonya.
“Please don't care too much about their attitude”
Dine suddenly spoke softly to Zonya.
“Ahaha... They do not talk much, I hope you guys do not mind”.
“Of course, I will not force, then, I see there is another one in the cart, is he.?”
Zonya seemed to want to continue the conversation, but she chose to hang it up while moving both her hands.
“Ah, the one in the cart was Dart, he was injured, and because we couldn't lift him constantly, so we used the cart we found”
“Continuously? How long has Dart been injured?”
“Perhaps around. 3 or 4 days”.
“Can I see it?”
“Oh, of course”
After being invited, Zonya walked towards the cart not far from her place, of course the Junta followed behind.
Dart's condition did not seem good, his body was filled with bandages and the bandages looked dirty and had to be replaced, even the bandages around the neck to the head look almost discolored due to blood.
“The breathing is very weak”
Zonya said that while putting her hand on Dart's chest.
Not long after, Zonya's hands glowed a dim green.
Seeing Zonya who seemed to be focused and could not be bothered Junta chose to try chatting with the two people who were behind the Zonya.
“The condition looks bad, what really happened?”
The two people named Dine and Mark looked at each other before finally saying.
“Bandit, a few days ago we were attacked by a bunch of bandit”
”Entah should be said lucky or not, but in fact we did not bring a lot of stuff from the beginning, so actually we did not lose any”
The man known as Dine folded his hands after saying that.
“Perhaps it could be said that the good side, the bad side we did not bring drugs to heal Dart wounds, we only gave Dart herbal medicines that we could find along the way, but it looks like the drugs did not give too much impact”
Dine who was still folding both of her hands continued.
“If only one of us could use healing magic, or something like that, forgive us Dart”
“Delivering herbal medicine has included a good step, although it does not have much impact on his recovery, at least the drugs can relieve his pain”
After Junta said that, Zonya raised her hand from Dart's chest.
“Poor man, the wound turned out to be worse than I expected, I have to admit, he was quite great to be able to survive until this time”
“At least you've tried, thank you for your concern Zonya”
“We don't know either, but indeed Dart received some sort of last attack before the bandits escaped, I did feel that the attack was quite strong, indeed, and I still don't know why a bandit group like them could have such a strong person”
After Dine said that while raising both of her hands, Junta waved her hand towards Kou, Kou who saw her of course immediately rushed towards her Brother, leaving Alicia alone with the tent still unfinished to be erected.
“What's Brother?”
“Can you heal him?”
Kou looked towards Dart, then said in a confident tone.
“Sure, give me time”
And while saying that, Kou placed both his hands on top of Dart's stomach, it didn't take long for a dim green light to start emitting from Kou's hands.
“So, where exactly were you attacked?”
Zonya says that while focusing on seeing Kou heal Dart.
”A little far from here, but if you walk that way in about 3 days, then you will see a lot of big rocks in the field, that's where we attacked”
“So, is there any other information you can share?”
Dine and Mark looked at each other before saying.
“Pardon us, but we think that's all we know, the time of the attack happened at night, so we can't really see clearly at that time”
“Mark is right, our suggestion is that you should take the road away from that place, and always be careful wherever you are”
Zonya looks to think for a moment while looking at Kou who is still not finished healing the poor man.
“Alright, thank you, I will remember this, maybe it's good I prepare a plan using an alternative route or something
“Of course, no problem, happy to be able to help class 5 even if it is only limited to information”
“By the way where are you going to take them both?”
Zonya said using a slow tone.
“Ah, we will take them to a village, we do not remember too much the name of the village, but we more or less know where the village position was”
“This is still a long journey, Mark and I really know more about the position of the village, but the position of the thesis we do not know, only Dart who knows it”
“So your plan is for you to go to the area where the village is while waiting for Dart to heal?”
“We plan to pause in the nearest city Zonya, looking for a cure or at least someone who can cure Dart is our top priority”
“Dine is right, although in fact we also do not really expect to find something useful in city conditions like that”
Mark suddenly walked over to Zonya then whispered slowly.
“This is only between you and us, but to be honest we have never heard the name of the village before, somehow I feel a little suspicious of our client”
“But didn't Dart know?”
His zone replied in a whispering tone as well.
“Dart said he knew because he had heard of the village, Dart was indeed someone who knew a lot of things, so without him, maybe we had already rejected this request”
After saying that, Mark walked backwards to return to his position.
“What is the location of this village? Maybe I can help you guys”
“Ah, it is located behind that hill, but because at night you definitely can't see it”
“Hmm area there.. As I recall there was no village in the area, but it was just my memory
“We don't even know what's behind that hill, but since we believed in Dart, we ended up following him”
“You seem to have known each other long enough”
The junta who had been silent from earlier suddenly spoke up.
”Sure, I don't know how long we've known each other, but without these two people, we can't be in class 3 like we are in today”
“You're too low Mark”
Mark only replied to Dine by holding her on his shoulders.
“I'm done”
Right after that, Kou suddenly raised his hand and said.
“Because this guy needs time to recover, so let's assume you guys will see Dart open his eyes in about 2 days”
”Really? Is Dart really healed?”
Mark said in an incredulous tone.
“I did not say fully healed, but at least I have healed his wounds which I think are fatal, the rest I leave to Dart myself”
Kou glanced at the Dart who was lying still before continuing.
”The attack he received was actually quite fatal, I don't know what he did I must admit was a smart move, though, because somehow he can position himself well and use something before he faints, thanks to those two things, he can survive until this time”
“So, Dart is indeed a smart person, he can act quickly to any situation, so I'm not surprised if he manages to do something to minimize the injuries he gets”
”I guess that's the Dart for mu”
Mark said that while smiling at Dine.
”Then I'll be back with Alicia, she needs me to set up tent”
“Of course, thank you Kou”
”No need to thank Brother”
After saying that, Kou quickly stepped his foot towards Alicia.
“Then I'll get you some food, can you two make a campfire?”
”Oh, of course! Leave it to us”
Zonya smiled then nodded, before finally turning around then walking towards her carriage which stopped not far from her position.
“You were seen thinking about something earlier when they discussed the location of that bandit, are we also going through the same path?”
The junta that was walking behind his Zonya suddenly opened a conversation.
“Not the same way, but at least still one area”
“Isn't that just as dangerous?”
“That's because I don't remember any safer path than the one I chose from the beginning”
“Can't we spin?”
Zonya seemed to think of something, before finally saying.
“I think I can still, although I can't guarantee”
After arriving at the train, Zonya paused for a moment, then said.
“In addition to that bandit, actually I am also a little suspicious of the clients of the three people it”
“Why suddenly discuss that client?”
“Then we get here, I keep watching the two people, they really don't move much, even turning their heads just don't, I prefer to call the two people as walking statue”
Junta turned his body to look at the two people Zonya meant.
“The two people seem very mysterious, but I do not feel any danger coming from them, what are you worried about?”
“I don't know, I don't feel any danger from the two people either, but my hunch says that something is wrong”
After successfully opening one of the wooden boxes inside the train, Zonya continued.
”Maybe the problem is not from those two people.. Except from someone else?”
”What do you mean?”
“You know, some kind of unarmed spy, the spy himself is not actually life threatening, but the information he got and who used that information to question”
”Ah.. Looks like I'm starting to understand what you mean Zonya”
“But that's just my estimate, I actually don't want to think bad to one of our friends who spent the night here”
“I don't think there's anything to be afraid of Zonya, Mark and Dine also look no problem with both clients, although they also feel a little insecure”
”Maybe there is no harm in us slightly watching over those two clients, just in case”
“I don't think there's any harm in keeping watch”
After Junta said that, Zonya had finished taking some food that seemed to be enough for all of them, Zonya shared the food with Junta to take it to the campfire that looked like it had just finished.
“Oh! Isn't this a delicious meal?”
Dine said like that using a happy look on her face.
“Looks like we're going to party tonight, thanks for your kindness Zonya”
“No problem Mark, we did bring a lot of food on our train, you two come here, do you not want to eat?”
The Zonya tried to lure the two clients to make a move, and uniquely, the two robed and hooded men moved towards her Zonya when they were summoned.
Although they still do not make a sound when choosing food, at least Junta considers this action as an action that shows no evil intentions to the Junta team, but it does not mean the Junta can lower its guard.
After summoning Kou and Alicia together and handing out their food evenly, they all chatted lightly while sitting around the blazing bonfire illuminating the darkness of the night. Of course the two silent clients were not among those whom the Junta was referring to when he saw all those who were enjoying their time,
