A Morning Talk With Miya

I was stealthy when I got back near the caravan. I had to ensure that no one found out that I was no longer at death's door. Luckily my carriage was on the outskirts of the caravan. The wealthier and popular nobles congregated towards the middle of the caravan. I didn't have that kind of standing so my carriage was on the very outskirts of our camp.

I silently slid back into my carriage as I noticed no one roaming around. My carriage was pretty grand for a medieval-styled carriage. It was large with a cherry wood finish. I didn't know how it compared to those of other nobles, but mine had two compartments.

It had one compartment for me and one for my servants. The only servant I had was Miya, so she enjoyed a living space as large as my own during this journey. Miya had very good accommodations for a servant, I'm sure a wealthy noble would pack their servants in like sardines in the servant compartment.

The carriage was drawn by two Curly Donkeys, a Rank 1 magical beast. They looked like donkeys from Earth but were a bit larger with very curly hair. Curly Donkeys were specifically bred to be good at pulling carriages. They were the most economical carriage pulling magical beast.

They were easy to feed, and with only simple commands, they could drive a carriage unassisted. Although they weren't as majestic as something like a tiger pulling your carriage, they got the job done.

Curly Donkeys were widely used simply for the fact that they did not require a coachman to handle their reigns on a journey. Even a layman could get around in a carriage driven by a Curly Donkey just by sending out vocal commands. For the caravan all Miya had to do is tell our Curly Donkeys to follow and they would trot all day behind the carriage in front of us.

It was like having a freaking self-driving Tesla. Curly Donkeys were fast as well, I could see why this world didn't move towards technology like earth. With even a Rank 1 magical beast being so useful it was hard to imagine what other mysteries lay in this magical world.

I got a comfortable night's rest after dodging the ops. That morning Miya came in to give me breakfast, it was a nice and hearty meal. However, Miya was a little defensive today when she came in. I guess my savage behavior yesterday had weirded her out.

"Young master Daquan, here is your breakfast. Is there anything you need?" said Miya as she kept her distance from me.

"Yes, how was your search for valuable herbs Miya?" I said.

"Unfortunately, I wasn't able to find anything of value young master Daquan," said Miya, as she crossed her hands and looked down like she was in trouble.

"That's alright, don't worry about searching for herbs from now on," I said.

Miya had probably been lucky to find the ingredients for that herbal tea that day. For a servant like her, it was truly dangerous to head out into the forest. I now knew the mistakes of my actions from spending time in the forest myself. Even though she had searched there before for my sake, it would be cruel for me to force her to head out there risking her life.

"I need an update of things that are happening around me. When is the next time the caravan is moving out?" I said.

"We are set to camp at the current location for 1 more day, then starting the journey towards the next kingdom tomorrow," said Miya.

This caravan was filled with nobles, simple things like finding out information on the caravan's itinerary would be handled by servants like Miya.

"That gives me some time, I want you to go sell these items at the traveling merchant for me," I said as I brought out the various raw herbs I had found during my evening trek last night.

"Altogether, these should be valued around 75 gold. If you can, try to sell them together for 80 gold, but don't take anything less than 67 gold for them."

Miya's eyes were wide when she saw me bring out all the various herbs. Old Daquan wasn't the adventurous type. He would have never headed out into the forest at night alone to search for valuable things like I had.

"How did you get these things young master Daquan?" said Miya as she looked over the collection of herbs.

"I went for a stroll through the forest last night. I've got to start making some gold if I am to pay my loyal servant," I said with a smile on my face.

"Thank you, young master Daquan. But please don't go risking your life for my sake," said Miya as she lowered her tone.

"You still have barely recovered from your last accident."

"That wasn't an accident!" I said as I raised my voice.

"Colton Sharpe plotted against my life. He sneak attacked me with his preliminary Champion strength leaving me in that pitiful state," I said.

Since Colton Sharpe was going to spread the lie that I was injured by an accident I would happily spread my side of the story. My side was I was injured by his sneak attack. I had to start building a reputation in this new world after all.

Old Daquan hadn't done much interaction with the other nobles in the caravan. Besides the adventure that ended up with his death, he had never met with the other nobles. It would be easy for me to create a new reputation for myself, given enough time.

I couldn't be known as the guy who puss out of a fight and got molly whopped! People would start bullying me.

"The truth will have to stay between you and me for now. I'm not strong enough to win a fair fight against Colton yet. He's a tall teenager with dirty blond hair. Watch out for him when you are moving around the caravan from now on," I said.

"I want people to think I'm still recovering from injury. I have no idea how far his viciousness goes, he might still be plotting against my life!"