Clip, clop, clip, clop... Ahh, soooo boring. Another hit of the stirrups to make sure the horses are on pace, you drank too much last night, and now you're late, stupid! Merchants have a reputation, don't tarnish it with your bad drinking habits!

Hm well, you're not that late, I guess. That's the Jura-Tempest Federation in the distance; oh it sure is, you can notice the flow of various monsters coming and going on the streets: beastmen, goblins, and the such. If there's monsters here already, you can only imagine how bustling Tempest is. Though, you are getting a glance or two... Must be your mind playing tricks on ya, surely!

About six or so hours later, you're finally at the gates. A quick check of your cargo by the gate guardians reveals... Nothing, phew! Wait, do you have something to hide? Well, if you do, you're clear!

"You can go, and please be quick, the queue is getting long..."

Oh, the guards are quite courteous! Maybe those glances you got earlier were really nothing... Regardless, your carriage is granted passage, and your horses drag it inside... Wow! You would never think this is what the Jura Forest Alliance has bec- CRACK! The wheel of your carriage passes over something too big and tough to handle, and it breaks! The carriage starts tilting sideways! The cargo!

... Oh? Your carriage stops moving, your cargo is safe!

"Are you alright? It's a good thing I was here."

A female voice with a low pitch can be heard from behind your cargo, where the wheel that broke was. Getting off your carriage, you go around behind it to see what happened, and... What the!? Oh you definitely know HER of all monsters! That's Shion, member of Rimuru's council and his secretary. She's mad strong, well shown by the fact that... She's holding the entire carriage up with a sinngle hand!!!