Setting off

After that conversation with Elinor, everything else went pretty smoothly.

Unfortunately, I was unable to attend Arkan's party's meeting about Arin's departure. I'm unsure of whether that's a good thing or a bad thing.

Arin told me that Arkan was pretty chill about it, but I believe he was crying on the inside. I feel bad for him, but I can't do anything that might show weakness.

After all, I now have to fend and provide for two girls.

A couple of days ago, the King's messenger arrived at Border Town, declaring the next lord. Earl Landor apparently wanted the town for himself.

Lucky for us, he won't be coming until next month. He's sent his representative to rule the town in his stead for that time.

With no loose ends left here, Arin, Catherine and I packed up our essentials and bought the necessary food and equipment for our journey. But before I did that, I made sure to disperse the zombie clerk. There's no need to keep him, and it'll just drain my mana the further away I get.

The goal of our journey was the capital of the Kingdom of Corus, which is called Candor. Quite a weird name considering the nature of most nobles.

Along the way, we'll stop at more than three towns, called Erast, Bredon, Hull and Arva.

Erast will be the first stop, and is considered the industrial capital of Corus. I'm was told by a travelling merchant that the highest quality sword they have is Rare. If that's the case, it might be time for me to upgrade my gear.

So far, I've only faced Uncommon weapons, and they couldn't even scratch my Rare armor. However, if I go against Rare weapons, then that might not be the case.

Bredon is an average town. There aren't many people in it, but the Church supposedly has a strong presence there. As long as I don't openly provoke them, they shouldn't come looking for trouble.

Hull is a trading town, and will probably contain a lot of weird items from different places. I'm told they also have a local special, grilled Orc.

Now that I've mentioned it, there didn't seem to be a great variety of beasts around Border Town. Maybe because it's next to the desert. I really hope the forests will have other varieties of beasts.

Finally, Arva is considered the second capital of the Kingdom. The King's brother, Duke Armand, lives there and rules it. I guess Arva will be the practice run of our awe-struck faces.

The journey, hopefully, will be uneventful. Arin aside, I don't think I would be able to defend Catherine against hordes of bandits.

I've asked Ed, and it's impossible for me to change the classes of anyone else but me. A pity, because I would have changed Catherine's away from innkeeper. It's not exactly the most useful class when there's no inns around.

On the flip side, it seems Ed has recently unlocked a new feature, the Party Module. With it, I can add people to my party, and we can all share the EXP that I gain.

I also have a 2x EXP booster, which will no doubt come in handy for quick level ups.

Their skill levelling rates will also increase, since I'll be 'guiding' them with my higher levels.

I really want to evolve my Swordsmanship; it's been stuck at max level for quite a while now. However, Ed has been uncooperative whenever I ask about the requirements.

One of the requirements in my second life was to teach someone Swordsmanship so that you yourself gain a deeper understanding of it. However, I don't know if 'teaching' my skeletons count.

Either way, I just hope it evolves after I teach Catherine some basics.

I don't really know what to teach Arin, since I've never touched a bow in my previous two lives. The only ranged weapons I've used are magical staves and crossbows.

Maybe my dog has used a bow in my third life.

He's still asleep though, so there's no way for us to merge our memories together yet.

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We've finally started our journey after saying farewell to all our acquaintances. Coincidentally, the moment we left, we came across Earl Landor's carriage.

Lucky! I can avoid him now.

Not long into our journey, Catherine started complaining about being tired. Before we left, she had assured me that she would have enough energy. Just how keen is this girl?

Anyway, I agreed to piggyback her. We didn't get a carriage, since that would be too conspicuous.

After that, Arin started getting jealous. How am I supposed to carry two girls at the same time?

Unless one of them hugs me from the front. But there's no way something like that will happen, right?

…

It happened!! Right now, my head is being sandwiched between four soft mounds. It's a good thing the girls weren't wearing any armor, otherwise I would have a headache by now.

Is this heaven? No, that's not right. I've been to heaven twice already. This is even better than heaven!

Sigh… my first wife in my first life was actually very old-fashioned. Apart from normal intercourse, there was nothing else she would do. As such, I've never felt a woman's chest with my face before!

And now that I have, there's only one thing I can say. Absolute bliss!

Catherine seems to have noticed my intoxication with Arin's chest, so she tries to lean forward more.

I barely resist the urge to tell her to stop. Why? Because her bones are hitting the back of my head!

Naturally, saying something like that out loud would severely damage her confidence in her body and might actually make her hate me.

Good job, me! I'm learning!

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I still haven't told them about the fact that I'm a Necromancer.

In my previous lives, I didn't really care. If women liked me, then they liked me. If they didn't, then they didn't.

But now… it's gotten to the point where I'm afraid. Afraid that they'll leave me.

I've come to understand that that's just how I am. I either don't fall, or I fall hard.

Every little action that I take in front of them is heavily calculated and scrutinized by me. Perhaps I'm being oversensitive, but I can't help it.

Sometimes, this feeling is even worse than when I killed Khardin and Olaf.

Most of the time, I try to remain my cheerful and slightly perverted self. But whenever I'm alone, anxiety washes over me like a tidal wave.

I need some help on this one.