blueteamnovel Chapter 86 : Chapter 86
Chapter 86 : Chapter 86
Chapter 86: Poetic Justice (6)“…What?”hing for sure. ──The answer you’re looking for, you’ll find it all when you come to Tiaria.”
He was saying that even if you skip other places, please come here.
“The preview ends here.”
In this case, along with the role of unlocking the quest of Ibi, who was the only one whose companion quest had not yet started.
“Ah, of course, the story will be different if you sell me your soul.”
“This bastard…”
He had gone so far as to pretend to be a cowardly and pathetic merchant, and under the guise of coincidence, had made us get caught up in a grand conspiracy involving the bandits' den── and Ibi's old boss, Don Paulo.
“How about it? Do you feel like going now?”
To naturally guide our party's route to Tiaria.
“──It's the same for you, former Kaper. And the Prince of Steel.”
As if to instill a ‘reason’ to go in all the companions.
“In that city, there’s an old comrade who recently heard new news about your nemesis, and there’s also a family you still want to avoid but also want to meet again.”
“……!”
“Keuk…!”
“And, there’s a story about a certain wicked succubus who left her newborn baby in front of a church, and there are also those who still remember and worship a name that even she has forgotten.”
“Wh-What is that…!”
“…….”
Thus, Luce, who had mentioned the ‘motives’ of Ibi, Toric, Miki, Lily, and Rine one by one, then turned to me again and said.
“I’ll wait in anticipation to see what kind of drama your little theater troupe will show me.”
“Yeah, I’m looking forward to it.”
Looking back at that smiling face, I responded by raising one corner of my lips.
“As I said before, the first performance is scheduled to be a show about beating up some obnoxious devil.”
“That, too, sounds quite interesting.”
Of course.
It'll be quite interesting, you bastard.
Because the next time we meet, I'm going to kill you.
“──Then.”
Fwoosh!
Luce, with black flames as before, suddenly disappeared from in front of us.
Ibi, who had been staring at the wall where he had disappeared for a while, soon let out a hollow laugh and muttered.
“……Tiaria.”
As if cursing her own past── her hometown, which she couldn't escape from no matter what.
“It really is a f*cked-up town.”
Touching her left ear, which was cut at the end.
“Yeah, fine. Fine, fck it. I'll play along once, fck it. It’ll be tiring to run away for the rest of my life anyway.”
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Companion Quest
「Not Like Us 」
Confront Don Paulo, the boss of the Tiaria Cartel, with Evie.
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“Either that bastard dies or I die, I’ll just end it now.”
It was time to go home.
We picked up the pace on our way to Tiaria.
Since we were actually riding horses, well, it was also in the literal sense.
Thanks to getting horses on the way, it seemed that we could shorten the time much more than originally expected.
No, it was actually shortened.
Two days after leaving the 「Bandits' Stronghold」, we were able to arrive at ‘Aubrey Village’.
Originally, I had thought it would take at least four days, or a week if we were unlucky.
Aubrey Village had served as a midway point between Tiaria and Daian since ancient times.
Therefore, it was a village of a certain size from the beginning.
Especially in recent years, as Daian began to grow rapidly with the magitech revolution, the exchange with Tiaria, the largest city on the continent, became more and more active, and Aubrey Village, which was in between, was also growing rapidly.
To the extent that there was talk that it might become another city in the future.
Therefore, there were many people coming and going, and as many jobs… in other words, incidents.
We planned to stay overnight in such an Aubrey Village.
And as a bonus, we would enjoy the bustling atmosphere of being surrounded by people, which we couldn't feel on the road, in a mountain village, or in a bandits' fortress, for the first time in a while.
“…No, f*ck.”
Yeah.
“What is this?”
If only we hadn't seen the sight of all the villagers in a hurry, trying to leave this village as soon as we arrived.
It was as if they were trying to evacuate.
Miki approached one of the young men who was packing his bags in such a hurry and asked the reason.
“Yes?”
And soon heard the reason.
“A d-dragon?!”
Then, before long, the villagers, who seemed to have misunderstood something, began to gather one by one.
Miki, listening to them, asked again with a bewildered expression.
“H-Hunting it!?”
Then he looked back at us who were behind him, and slowly raised his finger and pointed to himself.
“……We are?”