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Episode 66
Farewell and New Encounters (3)
“Hey, Riley.”
“… … .”
“Speak up. You said you weren’t going to the Irantes Tower. You said you were just going to have an interview and then go to another tower.”
Becky continued speaking with difficulty, her voice trembling.
It seemed that Riley was quite shocked by the fact that she had entered the Irantes Tower.
“But what is this?”
“… … .”
“Not only did you join the Irantes, but you also made a ‘pledge of loyalty’ and are still alive and well… …?”
Of course, the fact that Riley had entered the Irantes Tower alone was not a problem.
But if Riley had sworn the “Pledge of Allegiance” and was still alive, the story might have been a little different.
This meant that Riley’s mind had completely turned towards the Tower of Irantes.
Of course, Riley was still hostile to Yann Lantes.
All she had in mind was to hit the back of the head of the Irantes Tower.
And yet, the reason Riley was able to stay ok was because of the power of bonding with me.
But Becky had no way of knowing this.
She muttered a curse under her breath and grabbed Riley by the collar.
“How did you… … .”
Swish─.
As she slowly raised her head, faint tears began to gather in her eyes.
“… … .”
[… … .]
okay.
From Becky’s perspective, the feeling of betrayal must be truly enormous.
The Irantes Tower took away Becky’s precious people.
And Riley knew it too.
The night before yesterday.
Because Becky told us all about this.
“… … How could you do that?”
But despite that, Riley grabbed the hand of the Irantes Tower.
Even if there is another truth hidden behind it, from Becky’s point of view, it seems that Riley fell for Yann Lantes’s trickery.
“How could you do that!”
Finally, Becky, unable to hold back her anger, screamed and waved her palm.
Taaak─!
The shock of her head turning white. Riley’s head turned back.
It was cold.
The pain she felt was felt by me through the power of bonding.
But Riley couldn’t make any excuses.
She just bit her lips and slowly lowered her gaze to the floor.
“You, how did you… … .”
Becky cried as she repeated the words she had said in a trembling voice.
Hwaaaaak─!
Right then.
A strong wind that suddenly blows with strong magical power.
The wind formed a small dome around Riley and Becky.
Woof, woof─.
“… … .”
[… … .]
It was a familiar magic.
The “Wind Curtain” spell that Riley and Garon Theobald used for their duel in the Arcadia Library.
“Duncan, stop it.”
It was Garon Theobald’s measure to block the gaze of others.
Garon Theobald walked slowly into the tent and grabbed Becky’s hand.
But despite his protests, Becky didn’t let go of Riley’s collar until the very end.
“No, fucking hell! Absolutely not!”
“… … .”
“The old man is going to let that girl go like this? That traitorous bastard? I can’t do it! I’ll just kill her right here with my own hands… … .”
“… … Duncan.”
Garon Theobald cut Becky off with a calm voice.
He continued speaking in a low voice.
“Stop it.”
“… … .”
“That child’s mind has already turned.”
That kid.
Now Garon Theobald was not calling Riley by his name.
It was a title that contained the meaning that from now on, since he had taken hold of the hand of the Irantes Matap, he would treat her completely as a man.
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Thump─!
Becky, understanding what he meant, grabbed Riley by the collar.
Then he started growling at us in a voice full of anger.
“Don’t ever catch my eye again.”
“… … .”
“The moment we meet, I’ll tear you to pieces like those bandits.”
As soon as the indignant warning ended, Becky turned away.
Saaaaaaa─.
As soon as she stepped out of the curtain, the “wind curtain” deployed by Garon Theobald was immediately dismantled.
“… … .”
[… … .]
As the curtain disappears, eyes stick to us.
I felt countless gazes.
Before we knew it, everyone in the hotel lobby was looking at us intently as if they were possessed by something.
“Phew… … .”
Garon Theobald, who had been standing silently for a while, sighed. He turned away without saying a word.
The sight of two wizards moving further and further apart.
Riley, who had been staring blankly at the sight, let out a deep sigh and started walking toward the hotel’s main entrance.
‘Let’s go.’
[huh.]
An indescribable bitterness came from Riley’s voice as she walked.
She is biting her lips tightly.
As I looked at that sight, I couldn’t help but think to myself:
[… … .]
Plague.
As expected, this kind of forced, dilapidated development was not to my taste.
* * *
After leaving the hotel, we looked for a stable to get to our destination as quickly as possible.
From there, we hired a carriage heading to the Imperial Capital and headed straight for our destination.
Rattling, rattling─.
Inside a rocking carriage.
Unlike when we first came to Wilhelm, we were now using a single-seater carriage.
The reason was simple: we had more money left over than we thought.
‘I have benefited greatly from the management office.’
[I know.]
Thanks to the management taking care of all the expenses for food and lodging, I didn’t have to spend as much money as I thought.
Thanks to that, I still had a lot of the travel expenses I received when I dropped out of Letemis.
‘While we’re on the subject, I guess I should check how much money I have left.’
Riley said and opened his purse.
Well done─!
As expected, there was still a lot of money left in it… … .
[……for a moment.]
what?
Even if you have a lot of money, it’s still too much.
It doesn’t seem to have decreased at all, but rather it seems to have increased a little.
Maybe it’s my imagination.
‘It’s not my fault.’
[……what?]
‘Actually, whenever I’m short on money, I make up for it myself.’
What the hell is that?
‘He said he occasionally filled his pockets with money by pickpocketing.’
[… … ?]
‘As expected from a city of wizards, people were carrying a lot of money.’
Riley’s shameless answer.
And when I heard that, I was so shocked that I couldn’t continue speaking.
No, plague.
You’ve been pickpocketing all this time?
That too from Wilhelm?
‘Oh, of course, it wasn’t just Wilhelm. I used to sneak in a penny or two when I was in the system.’
[But why didn’t I know?]
‘The hand is quicker than the eye. It’s only natural that the Magic Book Master didn’t notice.’
ah.
really.
This is driving me crazy.
‘By the way, Master Magic.’
[what.]
‘I think we’re almost at our first destination.’
[……already?]
I looked out the carriage window.
A familiar street seen through the rattling sight.
As Riley said, it seemed like we had indeed arrived at our first destination.
“Excuse me, sir.”
Riley peeked out of the carriage and spoke to the coachman.
The coachman sitting in the driver’s seat answered immediately.
“Ah! Yes, sir!”
“Can you please get off here for a moment?”
“Hey, here… … ?”
The coachman asked in an anxious voice.
For some reason, he seemed reluctant to stop here.
“Uh, sir? I heard there was a dangerous incident in this alley recently… … .”
“Yes, I know that too.”
The coachman continued speaking with a look of uneasiness on his face.
“Oh, a crazy wizard has horribly massacred five or six people. Wouldn’t it be better to just get over it quickly?”
“are you okay.”
Riley continued answering.
“I’m a wizard too. If anything happens, I’ll protect you.”
“No, I, I know that too… … .”
The groom knew that Riley was a wizard.
It was even stranger that a young girl was riding alone in a carriage in Wilhelm and no one noticed.
“Well, still… … .”
But still, the coachman looked like he didn’t trust Riley.
Well, well.
To the eyes of ordinary people who are ignorant of magic, a 15-year-old girl would naturally be unattractive.
“Don’t worry, just get off. Hurry up.”
“Okay… … . Okay.”
Hehehehe!
CLANG!
Still, you can’t ignore the guest’s request.
At Riley’s continued request, the coachman finally stopped the carriage on the side of the road with a look of hesitation.
“… … .”
Thud─.
Riley carefully got out of the carriage, stepped onto the ground, and slowly looked around.
She used her magic detection to make sure there was no one around us, and muttered quietly.
“Please come out now.”
“… … Uh, um, yes?”
The coachman looked around and then pointed to himself.
“Are you talking to me, sir?”
“No, not you.”
Riley shook her head and opened her mouth again.
“Come out quickly.”
“… … .”
“… … .”
Still no answer.
“Um, sir? Are you okay?”
Eventually, the coachman started looking at Riley strangely as she talked to herself in the air.
“ha…….”
Riley, who had been standing still for a while waiting for someone to answer, let out a deep sigh.
And then he muttered again in a low, hushed voice.
“As I said before, I don’t have much time.”
“… … .”
“If you’re going to come out, come out quickly.”
And the very next moment.
Rustle─.
Someone suddenly appeared behind Riley, accompanied by a faint sound.
It was Becky.
“Huh, huh huh… … ? Ghost, ghost!”
A person who appeared out of nowhere.
The coachman who witnessed this could not hide his confusion.
“What? You brought the groom too.”
The moment the flustered coachman’s pupils shook madly.
Taaak─!
Iron Fist.
Becky snapped her fingers as if it was nothing, and he slumped back behind the wheel, falling into a deep sleep.
“Cool… … .”
I was forced into a state of sleep by a hallucinatory spell.
Becky smiled and said to Riley after making sure the groom was completely asleep.
“Are you a little late, Riley? I’ve been waiting for quite some time.”
“… … .”
Becky, or rather, the clone of Becky she had created, smiled.
She looked at Riley’s flushed cheeks and continued.
“Are you okay where you were hit?”
“It still stings.”
“I’m sorry. I couldn’t help it. I had to do it to deceive those kids’ ‘eyes’.”
The clone continued speaking with a faint smile.
“Well, it seems like those guys were fooled by our acting since they don’t seem to have any ‘eyes’ on us.”
“Yes, that’s right.”
A little while ago.
Those “eyes” that clung to us as soon as the windbreak disappeared in the hotel lobby.
It was all a “vision sharing magic” that the Irantes Tower had planted inside the hotel to monitor the applicants.
So we put on a bit of a show to fool the eyes of the Irantes Matap.
By showing Riley and Becky, who were once close, splitting up, they made us believe that Riley had completely turned to the side of the Irantes Tower.
“It’s all thanks to Becky. I saw you acting really well earlier.”
“Hey, that’s a compliment. People who use the “hallucination series” are known for their good acting skills. That’s how they can fool others.”
The play was a huge success.
As soon as our performance ended, the “eyes” of the Irantes Tower guys who were heading towards Riley were taken away.
[Well, as expected, the first plan ended smoothly.]
Through plays like this in the future, we will gradually gain Jan Irantes’ trust.
So at the last moment, when he lets his guard down, we will personally cut off his head.
Didn’t I say that before?
This kind of forced waste is not to my taste.
I much preferred this kind of scenario where you hit the back of the enemy’s head.
“Okay, then shall we finish what we were talking about earlier?”
Becky’s clone said with a smile.
