“ Are you sleeping?”
“Go to bed.”
-Temperature, pulse. All stable.
Luna sat down on the sofa in the living room after checking the rest of the party except for Zero, who had gone to another island to get information.
Even these regular meetings, which were held very occasionally, at first because of concerns about Adelian, changed their meaning as time went on and became a time for complaints, suggestions, or simple chatter, but now it was an indispensable event.
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As for why they did it without Adelian’s knowledge, the meeting started with Adelian’s worries at first, but later, as we talked about what we wanted to say to each other, we didn’t want to make Adelian worry.
‘Now it’s just… tradition?’
After Luna thought for a moment, her eyes met Rachel’s.
“Shall we talk about Adelian today?”
This kind of gathering is also perfect for snacks. When Rachel opened her mouth while holding a cookie, Kane naturally opened a mana barrier.
“Honestly, who felt something this time, Son?”
Everyone raised their hands at what Rachel said as she munched on cookies. The faces looking into each other’s eyes are the expressions that say so.
―I think we need to pay special attention this time.
“I agree too. Honestly Kane, if you hadn’t run away, you could have cornered Adelian last time.”
“Honestly, at this point, Rachel wasn’t saying anything wrong.”
No, so you’re saying I’m usually wrong? To Rachel, who grumbled, Luna smiled and held out a piece of apple tart, and Rachel smiled brightly when she saw it.
“Well, except for me, there is no one who can speak strongly to Adelian.”
Kane took a sip of the tea. Lunaya, who was originally a maid and cares about Adelian, should have been glad that Adelian did something a little reckless rather than get angry.
Rachel is not in a position to say anything about someone else having an accident since she was involved in an accident in the first place.
Leaf recognizes Adelian as a manager, and if he dies, he will die.
Zero, now that he had come out of the world, he would not have known how dangerous it was to enter the imperial family alone and almost be imprisoned. Rather, if Adelian felt more threatened by the monster popping out in front of him, he would feel it.
Nagging about going in alone and being imprisoned by 1st Princess Seria was something Kane should have done, but since Kane had been missing for a while, everyone skipped it and said to be careful next time.
“Is it because I didn’t speak properly then? Did you see it today?”
―It was definitely a face that had thought about something absurd even for a moment.
“Because you seem to know everything about us, but you are indifferent to yourself.”
Everyone here knew that Kane wasn’t talking about prison for nothing.
Because of the special situation of being on the sea, not anywhere else.
In fact, the moment the ship was destroyed and everyone fell into the sea, it was obvious that no one else would be able to control themselves except for Kane.
Unlike land where mana is stable, there is no ground in the sea, and sea water is constantly moving, so of course the mana it holds is also unstable.
Adjusting the body’s mana accordingly and standing on the sea water itself is a task that requires tremendous mental strength.
It is said that it is better to step on even one plank, but what if you enter a combat situation rather than a simple distress?
‘No one but Kane can take care of the young master.’
It would be easier for Kane to find him the moment something happened if he really put it in prison. It becomes dangerous the moment they are thrown out by an explosion while fighting together.
“Honestly, I am also in favor of prison.”
―When you say prison, it sounds too cold, so how about a management room for the manager or something else?
Luna opened her mouth after watching Rachel and Riff, who were very positively agreeing with Kane.
“Honestly, I think prison is just a makeshift solution. If you are in a hurry, you can use the codex to destroy it and come out.”
“Then shall we propose to create an indestructible prison with magic?”
“Rachel, you are not a monster.”
―Then how about getting an artifact enchanted with powerful defense magic from the auction house?
“Adelian already has a lot of halfway artifacts. If you want to find something meaningful, there is a high probability that it will not appear at the auction house, and above all, there is an Aegis.”
An Aegis capable of defending not only physical attacks, but also magic attacks that are not standardized magic such as curses to some extent.
Thanks to that, Adelian felt more vigilant, so Kane slowly fell into thought.
“Perhaps he heard of reinforcing his abilities in Adelian’s plan.”
Didn’t he often mention artifacts related to movement and say that he would not be carried or carried by Kane himself, Luna, or Zero?
However, since Adelian always prioritized other things over the artifacts he would use, it was just that he would not be able to obtain them yet.
At least, I still came here for the existence of that healer.
“By the way, I don’t think Adelian has developed a trait yet. that’s right?”
Luna’s complexion darkened a little at Rachel’s words while snagging powdered sugar on her lips.
“I think so.”
“What the hell is it? It doesn’t seem like the real Ye Jian.”
―It doesn’t seem to have a body, mind, or mana system.
Adelian said several times that he had the Yejian trait, but no one in the party believed it.
In the first place, because of Adelian’s personality, it’s obvious he wouldn’t even mention it if it was true, and he has such a powerful trait.
‘Because there was no way he lived with such disregard. To say you hid it on purpose… … .’
Luna tilted her head.
Among the nobles of the empire, Adelian was sure to be one of the most disreputable people.
In fact, it’s not like there aren’t nobles who do dirty and terrible things to say.
Still, the reason Adelian was so famous was that even though he was the heir to only three grand dukes in this vast and mighty empire, words leaked from the temple.
Even though he was from an aristocrat, not a commoner, it was because he was the owner of a trait that was worse than anyone else.
‘nevertheless.’
Because the appearance he often shows is more perfect than anyone else, as if he doesn’t care about traits.
Whatever the reason, even if Adelian didn’t have the foreknowledge, Luna would follow Adelian even if she didn’t have any traits to show off to others.
“Human beings are right.”
Kane, who was thinking about something as Rachel muttered, slowly closed and opened his eyes before opening his mouth.
“It doesn’t matter who Adelian is. Because what I believe in is that guy who exists in front of me.”
– Me too.
“When this job is over, I’m going to use a group and go get the things you need for the young boy.”
“And by taking care not to do anything stupid.”
It’s because sometimes it seems like they do ingenious things to us, not to them.
Everyone nodded at Kane’s words.
* * *
“There’s nothing that can’t be done with gold.”
Immature aristocratic boy. In a way, there is no position where it is easy to be looked down upon by others and easy to get what you want.
Before the report went to the interrogator of the pantheon, who would determine whether it was the work of the imperial patrols, the black magician, or the heretic, he literally hijacked the place where traces of human sacrifice were intact.
Thanks to that, gold, which is difficult to even measure for commoners, was lost, but what does it matter?
Anyway, in 10 years, there may come an era where gold doesn’t mean much.
‘I didn’t think I’d run away after only doing it in one place.’
There are many small islands around, and the floating population is also overflowing thanks to trade.
They could intermittently kidnap people and collect them on an uninhabited island, and then make an offering at once, or they could target a small family group living on a remote island a little far away from the mainland.
After doing it several times, it will be frantically active now before the tail is finally caught and a large-scale search and subjugation team is formed on the mainland.
“How long until arrival?”
And I moved as soon as the boat was ready, and now it’s around dawn.
Since it was not a very large boat, I would tilt my body once every time the waves hit hard.
The captain, who thinks of me as an ignorant aristocratic master, always looks at me like I’m fussy.
‘No, with a robe, only the tip of the nose and mouth would come out?’
Is it the power of an arrogant trait?
“Aigoo, Bocchan. Now everything is really coming.”
“I’m sure you said that 30 minutes ago.”
Seeing Kane speak softly, I kicked the chair Kane was sitting on with the tip of my boot.
equanimity man.
Of course, from Kane’s point of view, it would be the moment when he recalled the traces of that day of the monster group that burned down his village, killed his family and villagers, and even took his younger brother.
‘It’s troublesome if you’re agitated already. Later, because there are not enough people to take care of it, it may spread everywhere.’
It was like that in the original. At first, everyone hoped to erase and bury the terrible traces, call a priest, offer prayers, be sad, angry, angry, and pay the price for whoever did it.
However, as time passed, the power of the evil denomination grew, and later, offerings were made openly, and at the end of the living god’s active activities, black smoke rose or vibrated with a foul odor from every place that the eye could touch, let alone deal with it.
‘That’s why it’s difficult to feel impatience or urgency already.’
Maybe because I kicked the chair with my boot, Kane looked away from the captain.
“I see an island!”
Rachel, who was out on deck, enters the captain’s room and changes the mood.
I looked at Rachel with admirable eyes and opened my mouth to Luna who followed.
“how is it?”
“I think we can reach the shore in about five minutes.”
―And there is no sense of popularity. It looks uninhabited.
All those who originally lived must have been offered as sacrifices… It seems that the church members who were hiding just in case are no longer there.
“By the way, Rachel, are you in good spirits?”
“Hey, I didn’t know there was a real motion sickness potion today.”
I also knew for the first time today that dragons get seasick.
No, is it because it’s a red dragon? Isn’t it a bit over the sea?
How surprised I was to see that Rachel, who had such a good appetite, stretched out without even eating.
‘No, it’s funny for me to remember that there was a potion for motion sickness among the things I stole from Balbus.’
Unlike the captain’s room, which was covered in orange light thanks to the flickering candles, I went out to the deck and now I see the sun rising quite high and the blue sky mixed with purple.
It was not a white sandy beach surrounded by only white and fine sand. A rugged beach with pebbles. It is a small island the size of which you can go around in an hour or two if you walk quickly.
You can see a slightly steep slope and a cliff on one side, and you can also vaguely see a house near a small forest.
An island where at most three or four, at most, dozens of people would have lived.
“Hey, Bocchan… There is no proper dockside… I will have to climb that rope ladder and move in a small boat.”
It wasn’t as big a boat as I wanted, but it wasn’t a boat small enough to get close to this island either.
It seems that after moving from this boat to a small boat and rowing to the shallow shore, you have to walk in water that is knee-deep.
“So be it… … .”
“young master.”
I was about to nod as if I understood, but Luna suddenly approached.
uh?
A sudden thought struck me and I quickly put my hand on Kane’s shoulder.
“My driver will take me there, so the captain and the rest of the crew will guard the ship, except for one guide to guide me somewhere.”
At my words, Luna’s face was a bit regretful. Riff also looked expressionless and seemed to have missed the turn, and Rachel was just excited.
I have already stepped on the deck railing and jumped down and ran to the island with a spur on the sea water.
“Where did the offerings take place?”
“It is a cave between the cliffs leading to the back of the island.”
I nodded once at the guide’s words, then tapped Kane on the shoulder.
Can not help it. you should work hard No matter how much, it’s not like we’re together, but I’m being hugged by Luna or Leaf, isn’t it?