He’d prefer you walk or board an ox-drawn cart
Ahhh, fast travel: the opinion generator.
For him, the world is there to be discovered because therearethings to be discovered.
DD2 is expanding on this slightly by adding oxcarts, which will only allow travel along specific routes.

Oxen and carts aren’t as solid as, say, galvanised steel on wheels.
This means you’re susceptible to bandit and Griffin attacks.
Dragon’s Dogma key developer Kento Kinoshita puts their perspective on travel really neatly, I think.

And just in general, sometimes fast travelling is nice because it respects your time.
I’m sold, honestly.
What do you make of Itsuno’s thoughts on fast travel?