“Hero Susanoo, please explain to us the situation.”
“Un… but… can we find somewhere to…rest?”
“Sure do.”
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Ah…finally…
We entered a pub name Endeavoring. We sat in a six man table. Edelweiss sat... beside me. There are some people that glanced over here but ignored us.
Well, some are still staring. I kind of hate it that they are leaking out pitiful aggression to us. They are particularly throwing a lustful glance at the royal guards. These sickos…
Ah…eight hoodlums approach us. Such vulgar smiles…it seems that they deemed me... weak and they thought King Fon can be beaten with measly numbers.
I despise people who are into children. But…
“Hey, hey there, you guys there bringing these beauties here, would ya be so kind as to share them with us?!”
“Hehehe, boss, they look really high class!”
“Come on, let’s have some fun! We don’t want anyone getting hurt now do we?”
What kind of template is this?
They speak highly of themselves.
Since King Fon is hiding his identity here, he can’t tell anyone about him being the king. The royal guards don’t want to make a fuss. Violetta is making an eye that ‘Ignore them” to us.
They can’t make a decisive move.
“Oh! Boss, I like this lass with a cute ribbon! I bet she’ll make a good playing doll! Gahahaha!”
But…I hate vulgar people like these… who think they can toy with anyone.
I can feel my veins popping. My blood thirst came bursting swirling in the whole place. Some of the people here froze, some people stop what they are doing and staring fearfully here.
The thugs that was trying to touch Edelweiss, who receives my full blown blood thirst…peed…what a mess.
“Get out.”
As I simply muttered that, they walk back slowly without looking away at me as they are being wary. Don’t worry, I have memorized your faces from the get go.
When they left, I felt even more tired and the urge to sleep is stronger. Edelweiss then spoke…
“S-Susanoo…? That, sensation earlier..?”
“Ah… sorry about…that… I just don’t want them… touching you… and I already knew…from observation…that you guys are in incognito.”
“That…no…thank you Susanoo. And you are sharp as ever.”
“Then…the real discussion starts…what happened to Asagao?”
They look at... each other but the king just nodded.
Come to think of it, they asked the question first. That was rude of me. Anyway, the king is going to explain it to me.
“Asagao was abducted from the castle. But we were able to track her down and it seems she is safe. She was saved by a girl name Alstroemeria. They departed from Nanab harbor town earlier by sea towards here. We really can’t pinpoint their location so we are going to wait for them here.”
“I see… but…who abducted Asagao?”
“A devil…they launched an attack when they lured us away from the castle.”
“Hmm… you guys…never heard of someone name Nil?”
“…Susanoo, what of it with this man name Nil?”
Oh, it seems he only revealed... his identity to us. Well, to be honest, it seems he wants us to spread the knowledge about him.
How bold.
“He attacked us on our way. I don’t think “drive him away” is the correct term but rather, he let us go. Priscilla and I fought him. He is invincible if some certain condition for his power is met. That’s what we theorized.”
“Susanoo, this man…is he?”
Violetta asks nervously.
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She already hit the spot huh.
“Yes…an Arcana Magic user. His nature is still unknown to us. We didn’t even give chase to him.”
“What do you mean about being invincible?”
“He was able to regain no…backtrack… he can instantly make any damage non-existent.”
“That’s…”
“However, he needs to feel the pain of the wound... before it can backtrack. Furthermore, he also has... a power that, whatever his hand touches... will have a curse which a gives a pain literally to the part... he touched. ”
“Haaa… It’s still troublesome. I doubt we can go easy on an enemy like that.”
“Un. We are still trying to figure it out if he…has any..companions…”
“Any further conjectures here won’t help. So, why are you here?”
“I parted ways... from them to look for Asagao…”
“Why?”
“Asagao's scent…is mixed with that man…”
Everyone, including King Fon, paled.
The King spoke
“You are saying that…Asagao encountered this man?!”
“Most likely…he even told us that he made the devil assault Asagao.”
Crap…he looks like he is going to blow up any time. Violetta saves the day…
“Fon, remember, Asagao was saved right?”
“I have been hearing it for quite a while now but will you take me to this Nanab Harbor town. I want to reassure something.”
“Is that alright Fon?”
The King, who is now calm, made an affirmation gesture. We left the pub and walk our way to an empty field outside the city for the preparation of the warp.
What happened to my long awaited sleep?
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“For my first time in a warp…, I’m rather getting sleepy…”
“S-Susanoo, that is just your nature isn't?!”
Edelweiss shouted at me. Well, she... is technically correct.
What we say upon arriving in the town is… a commotion…
He headed straight to... the gathering crowds. Most of the people quickly recognize King Fon.
It seems they divulged their identities here. A girl with blazing red hair in a ponytail... who is dress formally saw us and approach promptly.
After showing her respect, she spoke…
“K-King Ashfon! There is a terrible news!”
“What happened?”
“T-that…”
We looked at the direction she pointed. A drunkard old man is sitting on the pier.
“He is…?”
“He just arrive, he is the captain of the ship that was supposed to go to Krilm…”
“What? Isn’t that…”
“Um… we are looking into this matter now…”
“I’ll try to talk to him…”
Okay… I have a bad feeling about this…
“Good morning there, gramps. The woman over there told me that you are the supposed captain of the ship that headed to Krilm.”
“Gahahaha! I am! I am!”
“I heard you had people boarded there…”
“YES! YES! Two beautiful young girls! Gahahaha! One is that Alstroe girl and one is the girl with White hair!!”
“Gramps…what happened to them?”
King Fon seems like he is bad at dealing with drunkards.
Why would this old man drink booze early in the morning?!
The others are worried and have a complicated expression.
“HAH? Those two?! I saw them flew away! HAHAHA, it was a magnificent sight!”
“Are you certain,of what you are saying?!”
“HAHAHA! I may be drunk, but I am not hallucinating! I saw that Alstroe lass carried the little girl on her back and they soared in the sky!! They headed to the beast continent judging from their direction!”
Then, someone erupted. Not the king nor the royal guards...
“ALSTROEMERIAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!”
The red haired woman did.
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We are now sitting in the adventurers guild office. We are going to talk about the plans regarding this predicament.
“King Ashfon, I am truly sorry about Alstroemeria’s behavior!”
She was bowing down earnestly. It can’t be helped you know. Violetta then speak.
“Miss Cecille, this Alstroemeria, is she capable of flight magic?”
“Ah, no, she isn’t a magician to begin with…”
“Are you saying that she jumped to the ocean thoughtlessly in the ocean with Asagao?!”
“No, rather… that child is…a really strong…”
“Please, further elaborate.”
“She is really strong that…if she wants…she can run over the water.”
“Are your claims credible?”
“Definitely.”
King Fon is shocked too.
It seems her credibility to that claim is true. Then this Alstroemeria girl is really strong.
Violetta looks at King Fon and made an eye like saying “It’s true”
How does that even works?
“We shall believe you. But right now, it seems we have more something to do.”
“Thank you very much.”
King Fon then initiated the talk for the plan.
“Violetta, have you ever been in the beast continent?”
“Unfortunately, No. Not even the elf forest. Fon, if we must, we are going board a ship from here to there.”
“I see. Miss Cecille, is there any available ship that we can readily buy here?”
“I’m sorry your Majesty…we do not.”
“Then Violetta, we are going to buy a ship in Krilm and…”
“No, Fon, I can’t transfer something big like a ship.”
“Damn…”
The talk goes smoothly, but I haven’t voiced out my opinion. I better should…
“I want to sleep…”
Ah…I didn’t think that would come out from my mouth…
Their jaw drops. Edelweiss comes at me with a scolding. She seems clingier that I expected.
“Susanoo, What are you saying in a situation like this?”
“No, sorry. What I want to say is… since with the danger of Nil is still there…won’t he…target the other heroes… you should probably…secure them…then get that ship from krilm…going to that…continent…”
“Eh? But what are you going to do Susanoo?!”
“This place…it’s in the border…of the elf forest right…I will go to the forest…myself then…”
Hopefully, I wish this discussion would end. I want to sleep now…