19. Delivering Package
Team Ben have accepted the job change because of Wendy now. They will go to Sirotsume with the 'package', which is Joseph's son, Arthur. Luckily, they have a magic car which can make the job easier & faster. It will be harder & take longer time if they need to use carriage or even walk.
"While you move with the 'package', i will also move there with our carriage. We will have one of our men to disguised as Arthur, in order to fool the enemy."-Joseph
"You want to move together?"-Ben raise an eyebrow
"No, what i mean is that we will move at the same time, but separately. With that, the enemy will target our group instead of yours, hopefully."-Joseph
"Can you take care of the mages in case they attack you?"-Ben
"Yes, i have some mages that work for me, and you might wondering why i don't just let them send the 'package'. Well, we only have 3 mages working for us, and it won't be enough for this plan. Beside, we want to avoid suspicion by not letting our mages send the 'package'."-Joseph
Ben know there's something more than that in Joseph's plan, but he won't pry on it.
"Well, whatever, it's your plan, we just need to follow it."-Ben
"Thank you for your understanding."-Joseph
Joseph & his trusted mens then prepare everything. They put Arthur in a special box, and place it in Garuda Phoenix' trunk. They also add some small boxes as disguise to fool the spies that might lurking around. Now this really looks like a package delivery job.
"Please be careful on the way. I leave the package to you."-Joseph
"Yeah, you just need to pray nothing bad will happen. Altough the possibility is small."-Ben
"Yes, i understand that."-Joseph
Team Ben enter the car with Wendy & the cats sit on front passanger seat together. After everything prepared, Ben hit the gas pedal and they set off to Shirotsume town. Ben just use low speed when they're still in the town. Then when they leave the town and enter the highway, Ben drive the car faster.
"OUCH, OUCH. Please drive slower!"-Arthur said from inside the box
"Just get out from that box! There's no use staying there from now on. This car is a lot safer than that box."-Ben
Arthur come out from the box and then enter the passanger room from a small door that connect the trunk with inner room. Ben tell him to wear the seatbelt and enjoy the ride. After that, Ben push the gas pedal deeper and make the car run faster.
"WAAAHHH! SLOW DOWN! SLOW DOWN!"-Arthur is frightened
"What are you being afraid of? Even Wendy isn't afraid of this, and the cats are enjoying this."-Ben
"B-BUT I NEVER RIDE SOMETHING THIS FAST. I-IT'S DANGEROUS."-Arthur
"Then you need to get used to this. We need to move fast so the enemy won't be able to chase us."-Ben
"B-but i-i feel.... nauseus."-Arthur's face turn green
"SHIT! DON'T YOU DARE PUKING IN MY CAR!"-Ben
Ben immediately hit the break and stop the car. Arthur open the door and puke outside, so the car is safe.
"Phew, safe~"-Ben
"Are you okay?"-Wendy
"Y-yes, i feel better now."-Arthur
"Tsk, you should tell me if you have motion sickness."-Ben
"I don't have it. Your driving is just too wild."-Arthur
"Sigh, Wendy, cast something to help him."-Ben
"Yes."-Wendy
Wendy approach Arthur, and then cast a spell to help him.
"Troia!"-Wendy
Wendy cast a spell that can help with Arthur's motion sickness. Now he shouldn't puke again, so Ben can drive very fast again.
"P-please get slower! Even if i won't puke again, i feel like i'll get a trauma."-Arthur
"Ben nii-san, let's move slower."-Wendy
".... Sigh, fine."-Ben
Ben move the car at normal speed and make Arthur relief.
"You know, if you want to drive that fast, you should join the racing tourmament instead."-Arthur
"Racing tournament? There's such a thing?"-Ben
"You don't know, huh? Well, there are some tournament that being held every year. The biggest one is a Grand Magic Prix held by the Kingdom once per year. Sometime it become an event on Grand Magic Games too."-Arthur
"Grand Magic Games?"-Wendy
"Is that an Arcade?"-Ben
"Huh? You two didn't know Grand Magic Games?"-Arthur have a dark expression
""Do we need to know?""-Ben & Wendy
Arthur have a dark expression, because there are 2 mages from a guild that didn't know about Grand Magic Games. Arthur sigh and explain about it to them. Well, basically it's just a tournament to decide to strongest guild in Fiore.
"Ooh, strongest guild, huh? That sounds good."-Ben get interested
"Well, any guild will be interested in that title, so they'll participate in it. Usually, the guild will send a team of 5 mages to compete in the games."-Arthur
"5? Sigh, it seem we won't be able to join it at all."-Ben
"Eh? Why? You don't have enough members?"-Arthur
"The old man won't let us join it. If we just need 1 member, then i will sneak in to participate, but if it's a team game, then it will be impossible to do."-Ben
"Well, it's a tournament to decide the strongest guild, not strongest mage, so you'll need to work together with your guild members."-Arthur
"Forget about the Games, explain the Grand Prix to me."-Ben
"Hmm, different from Grand Magic Games, the racing tournament didn't represent guild. So sometime there are some imdependent teams or mages that join the tournament. The reward is also good, because it is a big event too."-Arthur
"Hoo, that sounds better. I can participate independently even without that fossil's approval. Good, good, hehehehe."-Ben have a sly expression
"You want to participate?"-Wendy
"Of course, i'll show the world just how fast my car can run, hehe. Do you think anyone have a car as fast as mine?"-Ben
""No way.""-Girls
"Right? HAHAHAHA."-Ben
They continue their way while talking about the racing tournament. Ben is really excited about it, because he always want to join an official race, but never be able to do it. Racing is expensive after all, and he couldn't afford the needed money in the past.
While talking, they pass by an alley with tall cliffs on both sides. The road is passing through the alley, that have pretty wide size. Ben have a bad feeling about this and prepare himself.
His premonition seem to be true when there are some people with black attire appear from the top of the cliff. Ben didn't wait like a stupid protagonist and immediately move the car faster. The passangers are surprised and scream
""KYAA~.""-Girls
"W-WHA-WHAT HAPPEN? WHY'RE YOU SPEEDING UP?"-Arthur
"Possible threats on both sides, we are being sandwiched. We need to get out from the alley fast and enter an open ground to avoid being cornered by their attacks."-Ben
Ben suddenly see a flash on his mirror and look that there's a white flash coming toward them. Ben move the car to the left and avoid the white spell attack that destroy the ground. Then, there are many wind arrows being shot at their car, so Ben speed up to avoid all those arrows.
The attackers realize that their attacks are futile, and Team Ben keep getting farther. So they decide to chase Team Ben using their magic cars too. Ben see the enemies start chasing them with their cars. There are 2 cars that chase them, and they're rather fast, so Ben grin.
"I can left them far behind, but that won't be interesting. Let's use the car to fight, it is designed that way after all."-Ben grin
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A.n: Ok guys, it seem Grand Magic Games haven't been created at this year, so just treat it as AU, lol. I've uploaded it on my pa treon, so i won't change it, beside, it's a fanfic, so some changes are fine right?
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Guys, i'll take a break tomorrow because i want to check on the grammar in my posted chapters. I have done some research on grammar checking apps or webs, so i'll check every chapters' grammar and fix the mistakes.
I have some people advising me to fix it, so i will fix it tomorrow. Hopefully it will be better even if it's not perfect.
Also, i will change my writing style at conversation.
Previously: "....."-Ben
Next: Ben said, "....."
It will be better like that, right?