Mob Protagonist ~ Mob in the Novel But There is a Problem

Chapter 115.1

Chapter 115.1. Let’s Go To Kamakura

-Miu’s POV-

We’re leaving the Imperial Capital. Takano Miu was looking out the window with excitement, though it was inappropriate to say so, as she had been out of the country many times on trips, and this was the first time for her to head out in a military vehicle.

After the ceremony, it was tough. My dad told Miu she shouldn’t have changed the written statement without permission, and he was furious.

But afterward, he praised me with a look of relief that I had done well. He said that now that I had free reign, I could escape at any time without any instructions from the accompanying warriors.

Mom and Dad were vehemently opposed to going to Tokyo. They wouldn’t allow me to lie on the floor and go into spoiled child mode, begging to go. It was a very dangerous place. It was natural that they didn’t want their beloved child to go to a dangerous place to help someone they didn’t know very well.

Even the best of parents drew a line. Family is the most important thing. Don’t tell me I was a little relieved because if they hadn’t opposed me here, I would have been a good person at the worrying level.

But I use recovery magic, and if I can help Mashiro and the others, I use recovery magic. I had to convince him with a serious face that I was just in the right place at the right level.

I told him I would regret it for the rest of my life if I could not save Mashiro, and he finally agreed I could go to Tokyo, albeit reluctantly.

Free discretion was necessary. So, I secretly switched the written request to a different one. It was a ninja ‘young girl is innocent’ technique. I didn’t think the Emperor would notice the changed wording.

I pretended to be an idiot and asked if he’d let me act freely. I guess that’s what an Emperor does. Well, he approved, so there is no problem.

Mii-chan in the audience hall was all an act. I was surprised at how hard it is to roll a scroll neatly.

So all the Takano family guards are ready to carry Mii-chan and run away if they think it’s a little bit dangerous. Well, I guess it’s a natural thought. Mii-chan is a valuable recovery magician and the head of the Count family.

Sitting a little in the chair of the super-large transport armored car she’s riding in, she looks at the people who are also riding in the car.

They’re Yamiyo, Tamamo, Kongo, and Martini’s team, the Teijo and Takano families, and the branch families of the Aburage family. Since Ninny is a foreigner, she shouldn’t normally be allowed to accompany them, but since she has brought the magic mirror for the [Mirror Walk] from Yamiyo’s place, she’s scheduled to join them later. Ninny’s presence will be exposed, but since it’s our discretion, we will ask her to meditate on it.

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They have contacted the Magic Tower with Anikitoku. Ninny, I hope they won’t expel you. And if Ninny dies, it will be bad for the Takano family who will take responsibility. Well, I won’t let the monster kill her.

There are 100 people in total. We’re in an armored car that can carry that many people.

I’m in a large transport armored car Big Wolf. It’s the pride and joy of the Dog Pups corporation. The concept is a transport vehicle that can carry a lot of personnel. Therefore, it’s simply a large, long, and thin armored car.

The large armored car, which can carry 150 people, is rectangular like an assault ship, with an overall height of 8 meters and an overall length of 50 meters. It’s equipped with thick magic iron armor and various kinds of warding magical equipment, and is fully equipped with [Weight Reduction] and [Float]. It has 8 machine guns for anti-monster use.

It’s divided in popularity between the Big Tiger and the Big Wolf, which can carry more people and is less armed, but is more convenient when considering transportation only.

Looking out the window, I see 1,000 support troops and many military vehicles following behind. It’s a spectacular view. The advance party is already on its way to Kamakura, where it will join the survey team.

“We’re leaving the Imperial City.”

Someone made an announcement, and I looked ahead to see the gates of the Imperial City approaching. The gate is always open and rarely closed.

The gate is 5 meter high embankment-like wall that had existed around the Imperial City for a long time. The wall is not very high, but thick and 10 meters wide. Watchtowers stand at various locations, and boundary stones embedded in the wall can be seen regularly.

That’s where it differs from the previous world. This wall existed because of the presence of monsters. It’s a world with magic, monsters, and dungeons.

Invariably, towns and villages are surrounded by walls, albeit low. There are no overpopulated villages in Japan, a rich country thanks to the magic stones and magic stuff that can be obtained from dungeons. That’s because there is no such problem as a declining birthrate.

But there are almost no small villages either. Because they’re attacked by monsters and perish.

Unlike the old days, today’s transportation system is well developed. If you activate a ward and lock yourself in, even a horde of monsters can be prevented for several days, so as soon as the military receives a call, they can help you by helicopter. Therefore, villages and towns rarely get destroyed.

The dungeons are environmental dungeons with shallow levels, so when it occurred, people could conquer them quickly.

But infrequent means rare. Small villages don’t have the budget to maintain ward stones, so they’re easily destroyed if attacked by monsters.

To prevent this, unless it was a small village like a tourist attraction with a very large budget, small villages rarely existed because they would perish.

So the magic stone stands that existed in place of gas stations aren’t numerous on roadsides in the countryside, let alone in towns. There are no villages. There are no roadside stations either.

It’s a pretty long distance to travel, especially if you’re going to another prefecture, which is the basic rule of the world. The Takano family’s transportation company should be profitable.

I look outside, thinking that if something changes, it will be a modern civilization that bears no resemblance to my previous life.

Outside the wall was a long stretch of asphalt paved road reinforced with magic stone, with a few demon-protecting warding towers, I could see adventurers who had stopped their armored vehicles, and were exterminating vermin that came along the road.

They looked at us, pointing and looking surprised. Vermin are, of course, monsters. Since we couldn’t completely exterminate them, we subcontracted it to adventurers.

They know powerful monsters are good for the money, so monsters’ are quickly exterminated by the military, warriors, and adventurers who take the initiative. But weak monsters of level 3, like Poisonous Deer, and Scaly Boars whose meat is inedible, are left alone, so the government subsidizes their extermination.

The monster stone-reinforced asphalt pavement withstands the weight of a huge armored car without cracking, and it goes on with a gurgling sound.

“Is onii-sama going to be okay?”