Chapter 138 – Bullets of Envy
[Yahoooi! This is really fun!!]
In the meantime, Roxy was…
[Wawawa, Fai! This is bad!]
[Calm down! Balance your body first. Uaaaaaaaa!!]
[Fai, Fai! There is a large rock in front of us!]
[Really!? Calm down, and get around it.]
[Yes.]
[Eh… Fai]
[It’s alright. We’ll just drive it together for a while.]
[Un…]
[Fiuh~, that was dangerous]
[We’re save. But, this is…]
[Oh….sorry]
[That is not what I mean. I am not against it or anything…]
[What is it?]
[Ho… not that I think about it, it’s been a while since you’ve been bitten my bullet. Isn’t gluttony skill getting hungry there?]
[Oii, hold your horses there!]
[Eris-sama! Please go for it!]
[Roxy! We must run.]
[Eeh!? What is going on?]
[I’ll tell you later, let’s go!]
[Please wait a moment. Kyaaaaaaaaaaaaaah.]
[Fai!]
[There]
Since the bike is equipped with balance control function, it can traverse terrain that most horses couldn’t, including these steep slopes.
[It’s alright. Just a little difficult to drive like this.]
[But I am just a beginner! Mou!]
[Sorry, sorry.]
I apologized, then checked for our pursuer. Just like Roxy, Mimir was just a beginner, so she should have some trouble scaling down the cliff like that… or so I thought.
[Right behind us already!? She’s too good!]
[Fate-sama! As if I’ll let you escape.]
[Are you ready to be shot?]
[Fai! I can’t, I can’t do this!]
[Eris is aiming at us from behind.]
[Really!?]
[For real, just see for yourself.]
[EEEeeeeeee! Eris-sama, but why!?]
[Not half bad. Well, let’s shoot faster then.]
[Please stop.]
[That’s no good. Both of us… are already at the limit of our patience.]
[Un un, Fate-sama… prepare yourself.]
And Mimir too. I’m supposed to be her lord. This was rebellion.
[Roxy, can you manage?]
[Ye, yes. But it really is impossible for the current me. Fai!]
[Here it comes! Hang in there just a bit more!]
Eris shot several times in quick succession without any warning.
[Dammit! That’s overkill. This is just you being trigger happy!]
[Ahahaha, I’ll consider that a compliment. Then, I’ll just shoot some more]
[Just stop!!]
[Go~go~, Eris-sama!]
[Mimir too, cut it out.]
[Place your hand on your chest, and think deeply about why all this happen. Of course, after Eris-sama shoots you.]
[Oii.]
『Aren’t you so popular? How jealous.』
[Seriously, now of all times? Look behind us, Eris is shooting at us. She might kill me.]
『Because she’s a maiden in love now.』
[….but isn’t she shooting a bit too often for that?]
『Ahahahaha.』
[So you are just going to laugh!?]
Right about then, Roxy started to make a fuss about riding down the slope.
[Fai, Fai! I am at my limit! It’s going to slip!]
[There’s a balance control, you won’t slip.]
[But…]
[Since it has come to this.]
I put Greed back on his sheath, and placed my hands over Roxy’s once more.
[We’ll escape at once. Roxy also pour magic power in.]
[Okay!]
With the two of us pouring in magic power at once, the bike was pushed to its performance limit. The openings on the bike’s jet black body started to emit blue glow.
[This is fast!]
[I do not think the vehicle will last this way.]
[Fuu~, we managed to get away from those barbarians.]
[Ee, I guess we did. But that was so horrible of you to call Eris-sama and Mimir with that kind of nickname.]
[But she shot at me with Envy.]
[She certainly… did. But, this is no good after all. They all come along mostly because of Fai.]
[I know. Well, shall we wait for them then?]
[No. The Lanchester territory is just up ahead. It should be easier for us to regroup there.]
Being reminded of that part of her, I chuckled.
[Mou, why are you chuckling so much?]
[Roxy will always be Roxy, won’t she?]
[Wha, what was that? What was that all about!?]
[It’s nothing bad. I’m just feeling relieved.]
[U~n, fine then.]
[It’s fine to stay like this up until Lanchester territory.]
[If you say so then.]
And just like that, we stayed that way as we rode on our own for quite a while. I didn’t see Mimir and Eris appearing from behind us yet. Apparently we made a fairly large distance.
When turned my head back to the front, I heard Roxy’s chuckling.
[I’m glad that I came along]
[Nn?]
[Sorry to say this all of a sudden. But, I am glad. I am happy to be able to travel together with Fai like this. And…]
She kept her eyes to the front as she continued.
[I don’t want to lose someone close to me anymore. I would regret it if I just stayed at the capital while Fai and the others are fighting. I just could not wait.]
[Roxy…]
The bike ran faster. Probably because Roxy poured in more magic power into it.
[However, if I keep thinking like that, I would have never left the capital in the first place. And sorry for storming off during Fai’s farewell party.]
[It’s alright. I knew that Roxy was worried about something, though I couldn’t do anything about that…]
[I should make it up with Fai somehow… and that is a problem I should deal with myself.]
[I…]
[Yes. But I am happy. For Fai to welcome me with a smile despite me being powerless.]
I took one hand off from the handle, and placed it on her shoulder.
[You’re not powerless at all. You might not know this, but I’ve been saved by Roxy many times. And I’m thankful for it. Roxy coming along truly gives me encouragement. And also…]
[And also?]
[I’m happy, to be able to travel around with Roxy like this]
[Fai…]
