Netori: Stealing The Hero's Party!

Chapter 491 Perception Masks The Truth

Has there ever been a lie that you believed for a long time? Something that shattered you by the core as the truth finally came to light? If so, that feeling of betrayal, that moment of shock and the creeping anger, that very same feeling began to bud inside Choux's heart.

"H-he's not here..." Kneeling at the edge of her brother's grave, she looked inside the empty crate. "It's empty."

Reaching into the hole with her muddy hands, she touched the base of the casket to attempt to move the wood planks to the side and continue the search for her brother's corpse. In doing so, she felt a chill run up her arm and the magic runes carved inside that crate began to glow before discussing the very next moment.

"Wh-what was that?!" She asked, turning her head to Linkle with a sudden jerk

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Peering into the crater, the witch knew the answer but wasn't entirely sure if she should relay it to the girl. A facade kept for years, the weight of it would crush the little girl–and that wasn't something Linkle wanted on her conscience.

"The king, he lied to you about your brother being here," even though she was telling the truth, clasped within her fists were secrets she didn't want Choux to know. Looking into the eyes of the young girl, the witch gulped those very secrets and tried to move past the truth. "Did you see him being buried yourself?"

Shaking her head fervently, Choux turned back to the grave and stared at that crate with a quivering gaze. Thinking back to the first time she had visited the place, she remembered him already being buried with a tombstone on top.

"He was never here?" As the tears strolled down her eyelids, the fox's mind drifted into a cold and dark place. It drew her in like a devil, and with every passing second she was ensnared deeper and deeper in. "Then where is he?"

Having heard the tale of how the girl ended up on this island, Linkle as well as Raven had already figured out the truth. But keeping it clenched at the heart, neither could bear unloading on those tiny shoulders, the burden of truth.

'He left her brother behind and created a facade to keep her obedient, didn't he?'

Listening to her response, Raven made a mental note to spend some time with Arche once things had begun to calm down a little.

"This fucking trip was a scam, no treasure no revival nothing..." Speaking up from behind, Regalia said what everyone else had been thinking–even Moxy and Reina, both of whom had little idea of what was going on.

"Well," turning around Raven gestured for everyone to come closer so he could teleport them where they needed to be next. "We did learn a few things, mostly that this island is no less fucked up fucked up than the rest despite the deceptive first impressions."

"Maybe we should hurry and leave, what if we get cursed by staying here too?" Unsure how things worked with curses, Moxy moved closer to Raven with her hands nervously rubbing her sides. Pushing against her man, she kept close ensuring that she wouldn't accidentally be left behind as the party teleports.

"Let's just get this whole thing tied up quickly. I want to get my body back already." moving closer as well, Linkle had slipped back into her selfish demeanour.

'What a mess.'

Looking up to the sky as he activated the necklace, Raven called out to Athenia before teleporting away.

'Find us a major land mass that won't be as much of a headache if you can, because I'm tired of these islands!'

And although he didn't know at the time, Athenia was busy with that very task–even eying a handful of chosen that might put up a fight against Raven and his party. However, as she realized that most of the members were girls–a smile flicked over the goddess of mockery.

'That gift I gave him, it should work wonders on this place.'

She thought, even though before arriving there, there was a named devil to be taken care of.