14 – Journey to the Empire (2)
Pet’s suggestion.
Master’s research and amazing inventions.
Lassitea, who had been using her ‘Eye’ for a while, knew that everything was true.
She admired it.
Capturing artificial sounds. How difficult is this.
The sonic bomb invented in Pet’s workshop proved his ability.
I wasn’t disappointed that I couldn’t do anything about the snake god. Because it was not something that ordinary humans could stand against.
The countermeasures of the mutated monster were enough.
Because of them, the ecosystem around the city didn’t make sense. If this continues, the situation will only get worse.
Lassitea was shaken by Pet’s suggestion.
At that moment, Sohrab intervened.
“…It’s too much to intrude at the most important moment.”
Pet, interrupted during the dramatic, grumbled.
Sohrab ignored him and looked at Gazoo.
“I’m sorry during the talk, but I’m in a hurry.”
“…It will depend. Please explain.”
It was rude for even an aide-de-camp to intervene during a guest reception.
Lasithea had a bit of a rebuke.
As expected, Sohrab did not shrink at all.
“Before I explain, you should see this.”
He took out the music box.
When I put it on the desk in the office, the two people’s attention was focused.
“Is this…?”
“It looks like a precious jewelry box.”
Looking at the outside, it was nothing more than a simple metal box.
However, he probably wouldn’t have interrupted the family head’s interview with just such a thing.
Eyes demanding detailed explanations.
Sohrab started his device without saying a word.
An elegant melody resonating slowly.
Pet and Lasitea, who had cryptic expressions, widened their eyes.
Silence fell.
With no one opening their mouths, only the sound of music lingered in the room for a while.
Tak-!
Sohrab stopped the device.
Only then did the energy return to the room as if waking up from a dream.
“It’s so beautiful…”
These were Lassithea’s impressions that she had been listening to in a daze.
A tone that sounds like the sound of nature and feels like the coexistence of light and darkness.
I was able to forget the hard reality for a while.
Memories of the days when his father corrected him, when he played without any worries, came to mind.
“…Is this, what the hell is this… How is this possible…?”
Pete, on the other hand, was shocked.
It was because he focused on analyzing the music box rather than appreciating it. It was a rare shock for him that his stimulation threshold had been raised after working under Agnatsu for a long time.
Lassithea, who was soaked in the afterglow, soon realized that this object was nonsense.
The two naturally looked at the only person who could hold a clue.
“The name of this object is a music box.”
“Music box…”
“Since you are a wise family head, you must have recognized the true value of the music box right away. Now is not the time to set your eyes on the invention of a ‘merely’ researcher.”
“No, what?”
Pete was hot.
“Only! I am Agnatsu’s apprentice and a senior researcher who has produced a lot of results. I am not a researcher, nor is it an invention to be ignored!”
“Patriarch, do you know the potential of the music box?”
Sorap didn’t even pay attention and looked at Lassitea. She put her hand to her mouth and was lost in her thoughts.
The flow of thought that Sohrab unfolded when he first saw the music box. It was playing the same way in her mind.
This is… A treasure.
I have never heard of anything like this before.
Unless there are other stocks, it will be a powerful card. It could have raised the family’s position at once.
If you use it well, you will be able to make a kite with influential people from all over the world as well as the nobility of the empire, and even if you sell it, you will be able to reap a huge price.
The same goes for research materials.
Not as a disciple, but in a position equal to that Agnatsu himself, no, in a state of superiority, he deserved to be bold.
“The mutated monsters are a serious problem, but there is no need to make a contract with such an unreliable person. If you use the music box, you will have enough troops to save the monsters.”
That was right.
Even if you ignorantly sell it without any wisdom, you will have funds to attract a large number of mercenaries.
Feeling a sense of crisis, Pet stepped out.
“That’s not it. It’s… It’s definitely a great thing, but if you use it that way, you’ll lose a lot. The sonic bomb is a revolutionary tool to deal with mutated monsters. It’s not a time to compare it with mercenaries! “
“Your invention only works for a moment.”
“Yes. Unfortunately, that was the limit. But, so? I can guarantee that the only tool to target mutated monsters on the continent is the sonic bomb I made.”
“This music box can operate semi-permanently. What if it had the same effect as yours?”
Pete laughed as if it was ridiculous.
“hahahaha… I can’t believe it. Didn’t you hear my explanation? Mutated monsters only respond to ‘specific sounds’. Of course, the music in the music box smelled of nature, but music and reality are different. There is no way.”
“I’m sure it is. But there is a possibility. So, head of the household, put the decision on hold.”
Sorap also thought that the possibility that the music box would work on the monsters was low.
It was just an excuse to delay the contract.
Now, Krasse’s position is in jeopardy, and he has nothing to offer.
That was probably the reason Pet could come out strong, so if he dragged out the contract, he would be able to adjust the terms and conditions.
The cunning Lassithea immediately recognized the intention.
“I see. It’s not too late to try the music box first and then talk about it again. Shall we put the contract on hold?”
“The head of the family, it’s a holdover. You can do as you please…”
“By the way, Sohrab, where do you get this thing from?”
The head of Krasse and the disciple of Agnatsu.
Where did such a treasure come out of nowhere that would make people like that flutter?
Sohrab remembered Quilière.
“I don’t know any information about it because it’s such a mysterious person… It was the possession of a woman who was heading to the empire. It seems to have been used instead of currency.”
“Women?”
“She was a woman with brilliant blue-white hair and very rare attire. She must have come from a distant country…”
“Wait, what?”
The expression ‘brilliant’ doesn’t go well with sorab. Right after Lassitea was surprised to see him using it for granted.
Pete asked, her eyes wide open.
“Was she perhaps an exotic white-clad woman with a cold expression?”
“…Whoa, did you know anyone else?”
Sorap stood out.
It was the first proper reaction, but this time Pet didn’t accept it.
“Wasn’t it a mirage…”
He murmured absentmindedly, then made a new proposal.
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“She’s definitely a mysterious woman. My intuition is alarming her that I need to investigate her. OK, I’m putting her contract on hold, provided I ‘cooperate’ with her investigation of her. Under.”
The word cooperation meant that if you found something, share it. Sohrab furrowed his eyebrows.
Maybe her information about her is more precious than her mutated monsters.
However, the decision is up to the master, the family head.
As he looked at Lassi Thea, the woman who had been left out of her alone blinked at her and asked.
“…Who is that person?”
“I am a member of the Adventurer’s Guild, and this is their companions. If you would like to travel together…”
“No.”
“It’s a very distinctive outfit. You may ask where you’re from…”
“No.”
“It was love at first sight! Maybe a lover…”
“Get out of the way.”
Anasha was indeed well versed in geography.
Even though the party was hastily prepared, the march went smoothly without any hindrance. Once I got out of the city and felt relieved, many people tried to talk to me.
All of that I cut like a knife.
It was the expression of the sickest ‘setup’.
The sad tone sent chills down my spine, so those who summoned the courage to speak turned to earth and withdrew.
In the past, no one spoke to me anymore.
Alone, a bit distant from the crowd, I was lost in my thoughts. This side is rather better.
The sun was going down.
“Hello, it’s time to say hello. My name is Anasha Cheryl.”
Anasha approached me as if she was worried about me being alone.
At the request for a natural voice, I spat out too.
“Quillière.”
An unconscious coolness came out.
It was something I couldn’t control.
If you appear with this attitude in your first meeting, most people will think you are hitting a wall.
Anasha did not avoid her seat. She
She instead she laughed.
“You’ve never seen a face in the city, but you must have been here recently?”
The wizard lady seems to have had quite a bit of a social life. I’m sorry about this.
No matter how I treat you, my attitude won’t change.
“Do you know everyone in that little town?”
Cool tone.
This time, a spoonful of roughness was added.
Anasha turned her head away for a moment, then she looked back at her and smiled.
“It’s a face you can’t forget once you see it.”
At first glance, she seemed relaxed, but the corners of her mouth trembled slightly.
It’s not that I’m not affected.
Why are you still talking to me?
She was the most popular in her party. She’s a pack leader, but she’s largely to blame for that personality.
Bright, full of confidence, and even words and actions that boost the spirit of others. There was dignity.
Maybe he’s too kind and wants to help me.
I don’t think I’ll go back just by knocking it out, so let’s do our best.
“Come today, leave today.”
“Why?”
“Because I have to go to the Empire.”
Anasha didn’t ask why.
He brought up another topic with a bright expression.
“Then you haven’t seen the rumored snake god? Then it’s good.”
“No, I saw it.”
His majesty, which seemed to crush a stone building, was still evident. But what is the happiness?
When I asked about him, she smiled mischievously.
“It’s scary. What if I see something like that and get traumatized?
She was a great woman. She
She jokes with the ironclad beater outright.
Then, Anasha whispered in my ear.
“How am I going to catch something like that? I said I would go to the empire and suggest a subjugation, but honestly, the chances are low.”
Then, as if sharing secret information, he chuckled. It was a joke, but it was true.
Misinformation is not to be taken lightly.
He was easy when he was a player, but now he is a real monster. The answer came when the snake god, one of the miscellaneous gods, took control of the city alone.
I don’t know if it’s a hero level, but it’s not even close to a criminal level.
Of course I… Knew how.
“You can catch it.”
“…Yes?”
Inadvertently, the thought came out of my mouth.
Anasha asked, but I pretended not to know.
In fact, it is impossible with Snow Woman’s specifications.
If you don’t match, even normal monsters can’t beat it, so the jabsin was an extreme natural enemy.
However, if it’s a snake god.
Only the snake god could.
If only there was one artifact.
Relics are items obtained by exploring various ruins other than obelisks, and are special items that are not included in the rating table.
The performance and value were all different.
Personally, it was one of the most important keywords for me. Because there were so many places to use it.
Each ruin has a different level of difficulty, and there’s no way to break through a place that requires physical strength.
Today, a thousand years ago, there must be many ruins that have not been breached.
I’m not sure if I’ll be able to find it, but anyway.
It was worth remembering as a weapon just in case.
If you get close to a ruin you know, you plan to save the artifact. But even if it was a ‘necessary artifact’, I wouldn’t bother going to catch the snake god.
If you’re wrong, you’re dead. I didn’t want to do good by risking my only life.
It’s like preparing for an eventuality in the end.
“Hey, what does that mean…”
“Miss Anasha.”
A man interrupted Anasha’s speech.
“The sun has completely set. Shouldn’t we get ready for camp soon?”
“…Ah, yes. That’s right.”
Anasha nodded slightly and moved to the center of the group. I followed quietly behind him.
“Damn it, no way.”
“I think it will take a year to bloom on a branch.”
“Has anyone really brought flint?”
A group of people had a headache on the road surrounded by suitable bushes.
Apparently, they were having a hard time making a campfire. One of them was delighted to see Anasha.
“Oh, Anasha-sama! Have you learned flame-type magic? Then, make a bonfire…”
I could see the expectations placed on her, her sorceress, but her expression was blurred by the person in charge.
“I’m sorry. My specialty is wind magic, so fire magic is…”
“Ah, ah… That’s right. It’s okay, I can’t help it.”
Then how about this…
They discussed again while surrounding the piled branches. I decided to help because I thought it would take a while.
Of course, I can’t use flame magic either.
Apart from learning and self-learning, the snow woman was an attribute that could never be dealt with. Her but I had an all-purpose bag.
I opened the tote bag and took out what I remembered.
Carefully selected items for various situations.
‘Fire Kit’ was one of them.
Attention was drawn to me as I headed towards the center holding a red stick. You didn’t even have to bump the sticks.
I just hit it at the pyre.
Anger-!
It caught fire.
“·······.”
People looked at the flickering lights in dismay.
Before it bothers me, I hit the ball.
“Should I stay up all night?”
I declared it casually.
“I’ll do it.”
Then I turned my back.
I felt countless stares behind me, but I turned off my attention.
This was neither consideration nor goodwill.
It was just to create the justification for being awake since I am at an age where I don’t need sleep.
I stopped in front of the shade of the mountain where I could see rows of shrubs. I was engrossed in looking at the natural scenery.
After a while, I pulled out a map.
“We have to part here.”
Leader Anasha’s ability was better than expected.
She is sharp in geography and has good leadership, so her marching speed is very fast. So she arrived earlier than expected.
I raised my head and looked at the other side.
The ‘Lib Sea’ is located on a straight line this way.
From there, I was able to reach the empire very easily by following a single line.
However, Anasha’s party was to move to the other side of the Lib Sea. Because they can’t write the way I write.
You can’t do that.
It will take a long time, and in the meantime I will have to sit on a cushion of thorns.
Therefore, I will have to break away from the group as originally planned.
“…Tomorrow morning.”
Let’s stay vigil today as promised.
It will be a nuisance if you leave without saying anything.
You just need to explain the general situation tomorrow and split up without any trouble.
“Huh?”
As I concluded, I heard a strange noise.
Sasasak- The sound of cutting grass.
When I came to my senses, I heard it from all sides, and it was loud enough to bother me. It was the moment when it came into my sight that moved reflexively.
“Kyaaah!”
A scream rang out.
When I turned my head in surprise, I could see it.
A place where people gather with a bonfire as a light source.
The appearance of the black snakes attacking the only bright spot.
Only then did I realize.
Right now, we were besieged by an awful lot of black snakes.
