Chapter 139 – Old Lanchester Territory
[Apparently, the Holy Knight who governed this place died from an unknown cause.]
[Ah…]
[I heard that they applied a terrible class system that made the people living in the territory suffer. Eris destroyed the entire Lanchester family for that. Now another holy knight has been sent from the Capital to temporarily govern the territory…]
[I see. Eris-sama might want to see if everything went well after that.]
[But, it’s too quiet here. I don’t see any travelling merchants going in or out.]
[This feeling is similar to what happened back at the capital.]
[Now that you mention it… it is.]
Those travelling merchants were very sensitive to danger. They loved to make as much money as they can, but they still loved their life even more. It’s only natural, since you won’t be able to use your money, no matter how much you had, once you died.
[Shall we go in to ask about what is going on here?]
[U~n… we can go and ask the knight in charge of the temporary governing… but]
[We should wait for Eris and let her do the talk?]
[Yes]
[Waiting for Eris will be too slow. Let’s just go in first.].
[No can do. Even if she is like that, Eris-sama is still our Queen.]
[Even if she is like that!?]
[Ermm… I let that slip without realizing. Please do not tell Eris-sama about it]
[I wonder about that~]
[Mouu, Fai!]
Roxy hurriedly took back her statement. Apparently she doesn’t really like Eris’ loose and elusive attitude. Perhaps she had her fair share of being annoyed by Eris when she came to work at the palace.
[Are you still listening!? Fai!]
[Fai!]
[Ouchouchouch… I’m listening]
[It was really horrible back then.]
[I’m also partially at fault for that to happen…..sorry. I’ll tell Myne about it when we meet her.]
[Fai and Myne must not have been at fault. That Lanchester guy was originally a troublemaker. I am sure he was the one who provoked you first, right?]
[Yeah, I guess you can say so.]
[Seeing you sigh like that, it must be something bad, is it not?]
[Myne’s personality is one that does not take provocations well. Not only here, it got us into trouble on many other places…]
[From what I have heard so far, she seems easy to anger, does she not?]
[That’s only natural, as she’s the holder of Mortal Sin skill Wrath. That being said, I never knew the full extent of Wrath skill yet.]
[Ehh!? Is that so?]
[What can I say… she’s someone who doesn’t talk about her abilities nor her past.]
[Fu~hn. In regard to a skill as special as that, it would be hard to talk about it to others. As for the past… everyone might have a hard time to talk about it. Especially if it was a bitter one…]
[I guess so.]
[The next time I meet Myne, I’ll do my best to make her talk.]
[Un, that is the spirit! Good~ good~]
Roxy stroke my head while smiling.
[Somehow… I felt like being treated like a child.]
[Fufufu~! More like me acting like a big sister to you.]
[You’re only one year older though.]
[That still counts.]
[Fate-sama! Please don’t leave me alone!]
[Right, right! You went so fast that Mimir is almost out of magic power trying to catch up.]
The two, understandably, were annoyed that they were left behind,
[It’s only natural! Anyone would’ve also run away if someone were to shoot at him!]
[But those were love bullets, you were meant to receive it properly.]
[I’d be dead if I did!!]
[Pardon me. I am new to this whole bike-riding thing…]
[It’s not Roxy’s fault. The bad one is just Fate. Right~, Mimir?]
[Yes, that’s right, Eris-sama!]
[Both of you, please stop. If we keep dawdling here, we’ll only make our way to the old Lanchester territory by noon.]
[ [ Mu… well said ] ]
[We’ve been waiting. Immediately inform Lishua-sama about Her Majesty’s arrival!]
[Yessir.]
[Is that the magic bike…? I’ve only heard about it before. You can park it right here.]
[Pardon me for not greeting Your Majesty’s personally! I am Lishua Versario, the new officer sent to manage the territory. I was informed about this group’s arrival, but…]
Lishua appeared to be having some problems. It’s obvious from the way she talked after she introduced herself.
[What happened? I knew something was up after observing the city from outside.]
[That’s… because a monster appeared on the eastern desert…]
[Monster!? Do you mean the sandman?]
[No.]
[Or perhaps it’s the sand golem again?]
[That’s not it. If it’s just a sand golem, I could’ve handled it myself. I’m still a Holy Knight after all]
[My bad. Then what kind of monster is it?]
[It has two large pincers, and has been roaming around the desert at an incredible speed. Its skin is also very hard that a Holy Sword couldn’t even nick it at all. I’ve been researching about it, looking for any weakness… but there’s no record of it in every literature I have access to.]
[I see.]
[Very well. We’ll handle that monster. It’ll be bad if something were to happen to you, who is entrusted with governing this territory.]
[Really!?]
[Yeah, leave it to us!]
[Uaaaa, thank you very much. This problem has been haunting me for a while now.]
Lishua held and shook my hand vigorously. As if that wasn’t enough, she hugged me on impulse as well.
『Hahaha, a popular man really has it hard, doesn’t he?』
[That’s not me for certain.]
『That’s it! Aaron had bestowed the title of Sword Saint to you. Probably, some of his popularity with women also carried over to you.』
[You can really make a joke out of anything, can’t you?]
『I wonder. But, this is fun to watch! Just be careful not to be stabbed from behind some day.』
[Come, through here Fate-sama!]
[You don’t need to pull that hard.]
[It’s nice to have someone who can be relied upon.]
[Fai…]
[Do you want me to shoot at you again, Fate?]
[Fate-sama, you’d better be prepared for tonight.]
