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A horse-drawn carriage, loaded with all sorts of miscellaneous goods, passed through the city gate.
While there may have been those charmed by the appearance of the driver pulling the carriage, it seemed there was no one who trembled in fear at her herculean strength.

Was it due to the people's ignorance, or perhaps a transformation in the driver, the "Demon Lord" herself?

In the morning... Koai departed from the inn, from the city of Algoon.
Turning her back on the landlady's gaze, which seemed to want to say something... she carried with her the vegetables, alcohol, and jewelry she had purchased in this city.

Perhaps because it had rested too much, the horse pulling the cart was champing at the bit.
As if giving in to its mood, the horse quickened its pace the moment it left the city.
Since she couldn't think of any particular reason not to hurry, Koai didn't bother trying to restrain the horse.

As a result, she reached the southern forest much faster than she had on her way there.
With no particular reason to stop, Koai entered the forest at the horse's now slightly slower pace.
The cargo was a bit disheveled, but since nothing seemed to have fallen off or broken, she entered the forest leaving it as it was.

The southern forest of Algoon grew denser the further she went... and it was strangely quiet.
There was a silence as if not just humans, but not even a single mouse existed there.
A silence so profound that, if not for the wind blowing through, one couldn't even hear the rustling of the trees and leaves.

Only the horse's breathing, its footsteps, and the sound of the moving cart broke the silence.

There is probably no one here.
No one who would harm me, not even anyone to see me.

If this is such a place...