533 Ring Coliseum
Now then, the journey continues. The air trip has been a smooth sailing so far. Too smooth even. As nothing obstructs the path ahead, griffon's speed in the air overturns common sense in this world.
Indeed, flying magic beasts move faster than any vehicles in this world.
Well, there was that interruption from the classic event, but we're still going fast, way fast.
(Ah, the carriage back then was pulled by camel horses. They froze up when they saw griffon.)
Wonder how long till they could calm down those camel horses and resumed their journey? I looked into the horizon while pondering something completely mundane.
Then after a bit, a tall rampart wall came into my view.
I told griffon to slow down to a crawl and raised our altitude even higher.
The town is ring shaped. There's what seems to be a coliseum located in the center. It looks massive.
The scale is obvious even from far away like this.
(Must be pretty huge. So does the city... heck, this whole country...)
There must be an equal level of 'Authority' overseeing such huge structures.
And yet I couldn't catch anything that looked like a castle.
The symbol of this city is the central coliseum itself. As if asserting the enormity, power and way of life in the city.
There are five buildings half as big around this coliseum. Altogether they draw a pentagram.
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"Are those like points of interest? Look kinda fun. I'm getting excited now."
I'm feeling a level of excitement I haven't had since I came to this world.
I wouldn't have acted like such a child if it were me a while ago.
I got puzzled by how easily my mindset changed, but I got over it as it was beyond my control.
(I'm not this world's human after all. Mentally speaking. And now I can't even pretend this spectacle is a sight from abroad.)
The more things I see, the more I realize how narrow minded I am.
Both in my past life and in this world, I've been living in a box.
(This world isn't a game, so I can't just shut myself in somewhere. Makes everything feels all the more grander...)
I wouldn't have noticed this if I managed to lead a secluded life immediately after leaving my village.
I believe that too is a form of happiness.
Being able to realize your own growth is probably a form of happiness that enriches your life.
But it's hard to say if this moment is one.
I gotta keep living on and gain more experience before I can reach a conclusion.
"Griffon, can you get down by that roadside over there. Yep, that open space around the corner near the gate over there."
Thus the air trip came to an end. The time is near evening. The whole trip didn't even take a day.
That fact would have made the residents of this world flabbergasted if they heard it, but not me and my lack of common sense.
That's just how short it was. What should have taken several days, is over in less than one thanks to griffon. Like it's a day trip.
It really drives home the usefulness of air travels to me.
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