Chapter 184 - Meeting Libra again

Roxy, who had turned into an angel, flew straight to where Eris and Libra were.

[Fai! What in the world is that…]

[What the! Such a huge thing…]

[Black Ship.]

[I can feel signs of those two coming from the ship. What do we do?]

[Let’s go.]

[Indeed.]

There might be very little casualties, but I preferred that we didn’t have to fight.

[They have not made any drastic movements so far.]

[Yeah. Eris and Libra don’t seem to be moving out from that ship either.]

[I saw them! I saw Eris-sama and Libra! Eris-sama seems to be alright.]

When Libra noticed us, he smiled and waved his hand to us.

[He doesn’t seem like he’s looking for a fight…]

[Shall we land?]

[Please do. I’ll go talk to them, so put me down on the black ship first. Roxy should stay put as a precaution.]

[Alright.]

[Hi, Fate. You look well.]

[What are you coming here again for this time? And what did you do to Eris?]

[You toss out so many questions when we only just met. Can’t you at least enjoy our moment of reunion?]

[Like you have the right to say that. Put your hand on your chest and recall back what you’ve done to us.]

He actually did put his hand on his chest.

[Have I done something particularly bad?]

[You…..]

Wordlessly, she stood between us as if protecting Libra.

[Eris?]

[…..]

[What’s wrong? Please, say something.]

[…..]

[Enough, return behind me.]

Eris obediently returned to where she was before.

[What have you done to Eris?]

[I simply return her to where she should be. She’s been running loose for way too long now. I had to put a firm leash on her to get her back.]

[Where she should be?]

[She is my slave, or you could say a cute pet. She let loose herself, travelling to the outside world with this airship without permission, even creating a Kingdom, doing whatever she wanted.]

[Pet!? She’s a human!]

[Her beautiful appearance was due to controlled inbreeding. Well, a pet who has bitten its master’s hand must be disciplined. It’s par for the course.]

[You…..]

[You’re quick on the uptake.]

Libra nodded as he approached me.

[As you might know already, Eris is in my hand. For example, if I want her to die, then she would do so unquestioningly.]

Eris pulled out her black bayonet and attempted to stab herself in the neck.

[I get it already, so please stop.]

[It’s good if you understand.]

[You’re taking Eris hostage?]

[Didn’t you hear me? She simply returned to where she should be.]

Libra turned his back on me, gazing toward the south.

[Now, what should I do with that? It’s troubling me right now. Something like that is floating high in the sky. What should stay on the ground is instead in such a place. Isn’t it so unsightly?]

[Are you talking about Gallia?]

[What else? Ahh… if only I could find someone to sink that thing back to the ground?]

[Why being so cryptic. Can’t you just say it clearly?]

[Ahaha, don’t be angry. There must be a mutual benefit in an agreement. therefore…]

Libra put Eris in front of him.

[If you can do that properly, I’ll give this to you. How about that as a condition?]

[Don’t treat Eris like an object.]

[You only carry with you half the blood of the sacred beastkin. I give you that. Which is why I’m making a lot of concessions already. But you shouldn’t offend me too much.]

[Very well. Let’s cooperate.]

[I knew Fate would say that. You’re Dean’s son after all. We were such good friends in the past, enough for me to call him my best friend. It’s beyond me why he ended up doing something like that against me. I really don’t understand.]

[You and Dad? Friends…? ]

[Back in the old days. But that’s not the case anymore. Though I feel like we can get along well. I’m actually looking forward to it.]

[Kuhh…..]

[Deal. We’ll be cooperating from now on.]

(Such a bad boy, you are. But I don’t hate this kind of mischief once in a while)

[Well then, you should let Roxy who is waiting in the sky know about our agreement. And the Wrath down there too. She looks extremely angry there, what’s with that piercing glare that she’s been directing toward me for a while now.]

In other words, Libra could still afford to stay calm even while knowing that I, Roxy, and Myne might join hands to kill him.

Is a clue on how strong he really is?

[Alright, let’s begin. Onward to Gallia.]