"So, what are you going to do about this, Penny?"
"We have safely landed in the city. I judge that there are no problems, master."
"There are huge problems, fool!"
Carried by Penny, we safely made it inside the country of Gjallarhorn—that's too long, Gjallar will do—inside the country of Gjallar, but the method of travel was far too problematic.
She'd used her skill, Sky Jet, to carry us in. But it was the middle of the night, and we were moving by jet propulsion, making a thunderous roar. It wasn't a reach to see that people would be woken up by it, and as a result, we were currently being shot suspicious gazes from people who'd been rustled out of their homes.
Uhh, sorry. Sorry for making noise this late.
"You can't do that, Penny. If you make so much noise at this time of night, you'll wake people up."
"That is no problem, Fiona. From my analysis, none of those who have woken up have enough combat capability to become a threat. I will be enough to deal with them all. None of them will be an obstacle to master, even if they are awake."
"No, that's not why…"
I wanted to facepalm after hearing Fiona and Penny talk. What should I do? This maid golem has no concept of causing trouble for other people.
Was it because all I had done was make her fight in the game? All of her decisions were made only thinking about combat ability and threats.
NPCs wouldn't wake up no matter how much noise someone might have been making, since it was a game.
Is that why Penny doesn't know how to consider these kinds of things?
"Excuse me, just who are you people…?" A bald, old man who looked to be in his 50s spoke.
Since flugels were both long-lived, and spent most of that lifespan in prime physical condition, this man age was most likely more than thousand years old. His wings were a slightly dull gray and couldn't be called pretty even as pure flattery.
And it wasn't just him. All the people looking at us from afar had irregularly colored wings. None of them went as far as to have black wings like me, but there were people with almost blue or red colors, too.
Looks like this place really was the mixed-winged faction's town.
"Oh my, sorry for all this so late at night. I'm a free merchant by the name of Haruka. We have taken the liberty of stopping by at this time, but due to a mistake we've accidentally woken you all up. I deeply apologize for causing you all trouble."
"We are Naruko, also a free merchant. Sorry we bothered you all."
"Uhh, I'm Fiona. Also a free merchant?"
"My name is Divine Arsenal AA - Zeus Sky Thunder, a golem tasked with guarding these three."
As we introduced ourselves, I made sure to add in an apology. I kind of hated my speech pattern in situations like this, since I couldn't stop sounding high-and-mighty.
Penny both gave herself a weird job and a name that was full of places to poke holes in. Can she just not read the situation at all? Ahh, well, I guess it's better than using her real name?
Unlike Fiona, Penny hadn't changed her outer appearance at all. If she were to use her real name there'd be a really high chance she'd be outed as the real thing. But, Divine Arsenal AA - Zeus Sky Thunder? What the hell?
"O-ohh, so you're all merchants? What a novel way to come into town."
You don't have to try so hard to praise us, old guy. I know it was a ridiculous way to enter already, so you can get mad if you like.
But instead of getting mad, he welcomed us with a smile.
"Your long journey must have been tiring. I'm Bob, my house also doubles as an inn. You welcome to come over if you'd like."
Haruka and I reflexively looked at each other in response to the old man's kind words.
Not only did he not get mad at us for our awful way of letting ourselves in, he even offered to lead us to an inn with a smile. What a good guy. I even felt weirdly moved. All the while, we followed the old guy to the town's inn.
The inn was… Is this marble? No, wait. It looks like it's not just the inn. All the buildings in this place were made of marble. I could tell due to the unique luster and beautiful speckles.
I see. This country's progressed really far in architectural techniques using marble. I bet there's a really skilled alchemist around.
"How much for a night?"
"One room will be 25 el for a night."
The man replied to Haruka's question with a really fair price. 25 el would be about 5000 yen. So it would be 5000 yen a night for four people to stay. Considering that, it was actually surprisingly cheap.
We quickly paid the fee and were led to our room.
"This will be your room. Well then, enjoy yourselves."
The room we were led to was also walled with marble. It was a little much to relax in. But it wasn't like there was no forethought made to guests. It wasn't like the entire room was just surrounding you with gleaming marble on all sides, thankfully. There was a soft carpet laid on the floor as well as a vase of flowers.
"Let's leave aside thinking about an audience with Hinata for tomorrow and just sleep for tonight. Fiona is already nodding off, after all."
"Oh my."
It was already late today. I shouldn't be talking, since we all just came in with a thunderous roar, but we should've been sleeping already.
Penny, Haruka, and I—a golem, someone who never seemed to sleep, and a gamer used to pulling all-nighters—were just fine. Fiona was looking really sleepy, but she was still desperately trying to stay awake, as if she couldn't possibly let herself sleep before me. Her gallant dedication almost brought tears to my eyes.
You know I'm not going to say anything tyrannical like that you can't sleep before me, so it's okay to just go ahead and sleep?
"Well then. Good night."
"Yeah. Good night."
Haruka and I burrowed into our beds and closed our eyes.
The bedding was a little hard, but given the fantasy setting, that was probably just par for the course.
Penny didn't seem like she wanted to sleep. She was simply standing in a corner of the room.
Well, she was a golem so she probably just didn't need to. I mean, she was awake for nine hundred years straight when she was defending my grave.
Anyway, if she wanted to sleep she'd probably just do so on her own, so there was no problem.
After that thought, I let myself fall asleep.