Volume 8 Chapter 3 Part1 (1/2)
The Legend of Sun Knight Volume 8: Ending the Demon King, Part Two
Original novel in Chinese by: 御 我 (Yu Wo)
The Third Chapter of the Final Battle: The Game of the Demon King—Role Play, Part One - translated by Raylight
From the Demon King's Castle, I teleported into the tent. Actually, there was nothing inside the tent, for I had actually slept in the Demon King's Castle last night. From today onward, I still intended to continue doing so. Even though I was playing a game, I still had to care for my standard of living! Anyway, since I could use teleportation magic smoothly now, and my magic was ridiculously strong, going back and forth every day wasn't a problem at all.
”Grisia!”
The calls came from outside the tent. It was Taylen and the others, and the three of them seemed to be quite anxious. I didn't blame them though, for it was already late in the morning. Moreover, I had not gone back to the tent to sleep that late last night either. Even pigs would not sleep like this.
”Coming!” After I lazily shouted, I threw open the tent flaps.
”Y-You…”
Even after he angrily went ”you” for a long time, Taylen still didn't manage to come up with words to reprimand me. After I told him, ”Sorry, I overslept,” his rage disappeared without a trace. He was really from top to bottom, a good person. I had not picked the wrong person to be the hero.
”You actually placed a magic circle outside the tent.” Michel sighed as he said, ”You should have told us beforehand. Taylen nearly touched it by accident.”
”Even if you accidentally touched it, you would only be zapped by lightning magic. You won't die from it.” Tch! I nearly had a good show to watch.
”You woke up too late!” Charlotte shouted loudly in disbelief, ”Michel has always scolded me for sleeping too much! In the end, you slept even more than me. Are you still a man?”
What does sleeping a lot have to do with being a man or woman? This stinking woman! I roared back, ”I always sleep this late. If you want to form a team with me, then you better be aware of this point!”
”Is this true?” Taylen seemed to be in deep shock as he said, ”You slept for an entire twelve hours. If you were to do this every day, then we wouldn't be able to travel much at all in a day!”
Michel's face also darkened.
I quickly explained, ”Usually, eight hours is enough. Yesterday, I was reading a bit in the tent, so I went to sleep a little later.”
Actually, I usually sleep over ten hours, but for the sake of playing this game, I could only force myself to wake up a bit earlier. Otherwise, if I were to sleep that long, even if I cut my salary by sixty percent, there probably wouldn't be any teams willing to accept me.
”Eight hours?” Once Michel heard that, his expression looked troubled as he said, ”That's still too long. It would already be pretty good to be able to sleep seven hours in an ordinary adventurer's lifestyle. Also, five to six hours of rest time is considered normal. Eight hours is really a bit too long…”
Impatient, I said, ”I'll lower my prices and only take thirty percent of the share, okay? If you're going to keeping nagging, I'm going to go find another team!”
Michel immediately answered, ”Deal!”
This fellow… Never mind. Regardless of whether it is the hero himself, the hero's companions, or the hero's money, don't they all belong to me?
”Grisia, don't be angry!” Taylen hurriedly said. ”This is only Michel's habit. If you really don't want to lower your prices, we can always negotiate!”
”Why would I be angry?” With a slight smile, I said, ”Anyway, what is most important is having good companions. Money is not as important!”
Why do these words of yours not sound convincing at all?
”Michel, what did you say?” I tilted my head to one side and said, ”I actually didn't hear you clearly.”
”Nothing!” Taylen gave Michel a glare and quickly covered it up, ”He says that you're right, having good companions is the most important thing!”
I nodded my head and then surveyed the surroundings. There weren't many people from the entire adventurers' party left, and moreover, there wasn't a single tent left. The tents had long been stored away. Actually, there weren't a lot of people who had set up tents in the first place. Most of them who had done so were female. The others merely slept in a sleeping bag, and there were even some pompous warriors who slept directly on the ground without even covering it with a blanket.
Charlotte too had only slept in a sleeping bag and then used cloth and tree branches to set up a simple coverage. When I had set up a complete tent, almost everyone had looked at me with a strange look in their eyes, and some even showed contempt—
At that moment, Michel had gone, ”Ooooh,” and then said with a touched tone, ”To actually be able to take out a tent from an enchanted s.p.a.ce! Spatial magic is really hard! Taylen, we have really struck it rich!”
Taylen had also been very ecstatic and looked at me with a beaming smile. His face that was originally that of a hero's could actually smile until he resembled a fox. I couldn't help but laugh again. Really, you have all saved those fellows who dared to look down on me. I was originally going to scrutinize and remember who those people were, so that when Illu came, he could conveniently kill them off.
”Everyone, come and eat breakfast!”
I returned to my senses and saw Charlotte at the campfire not too far off. She shouted, ”It's almost going to become lunch. Thankfully, what I cooked was porridge. It'll be done once I heat it up a bit more and add a few more ingredients. Quickly come over and eat!”
She squatted on the floor, heating up the porridge while even adding in various ingredients proficiently. This woman can cook? I felt a little surprised. She completely looked like the type who would chop off her own hand once she picked up a kitchen knife!
”Charlotte's cooking is really not bad!” Taylen patted my shoulder and smilingly said, ”Even if your salary has been lowered by five percent, as long as you eat Charlotte's cooking, you would still feel that it's worth it!”
”I don't care whether her cooking is tasty or not. It's always the higher the salary, the better.”
”This is indeed true…”
Charlotte dished out another two bowls of porridge and said, ”If you want to chat, wait until we are on the road before doing so. Eat up first! If we don't hasten our journey, we really will be unable to catch up with the party!”
”Sigh!” Michel gave a sigh and said, ”We invited a powerful mage into our group, but we have to hasten our pace every day because he likes to sleep. I really don't know whether this is good or bad.”
”Would it hurt you to say less?” Taylen unhappily commented. ”In the future, everyone will be comrades. You don't have to speak so sarcastically of one of our own, right?”
”It's because he is one of us, that's why I can do so…”
The cooking is really not bad. I ate a mouthful of porridge. It was cooked until moderate softness and mus.h.i.+ness. The taste of the other ingredients such as the mushrooms and vegetables was also just right. It was much tastier than the stuff cooked by the Holy Temple's kitchen, though it still couldn't be compared to the food served in the Demon King's Castle.
It only seems to be missing a certain taste… It suddenly came to me what it was. ”Do you have cilantro?”
The three of them who were in the middle of eating their porridge bit into their spoons and then lifted their heads to look at me blankly. Charlotte even threw down her spoon and directly complained with dissatisfaction, ”Where would you find cilantro in the wilderness? You're demanding for far too much!”
”You have to add spices into your food?” Michel chimed in. ”Grisia, could it be that you are a n.o.ble from somewhere? That's right, your mask looks very expensive!”
As expected, this mask is too showy! I was a bit angry as I replied, ”The current me is an adventurer and your teammate. No matter who I was before, it shouldn't matter!”
”What Grisia says is right!” Taylen nodded his head and said, ”Since we are all teammates now, it doesn't matter who we were in the past. Michel, Charlotte, you two are not that fond of prying, right? Even in my case, the two of you didn't question that much!”
Even in my case…? This phrase seemed to be a bit odd.
Michel raised both his hands up in surrender and said, ”All right, all right. I was wrong, okay?”
”It is because Grisia is too strange!” Charlotte completely did not want to admit that she was in the wrong and argued, ”Who asked him to wear a mask around for no reason. Not even his eyes are showing!”
Taylen was fl.u.s.tered and exasperated as he said, ”Charlotte! Grisia has already said that it was because of a fire. Stop bringing it up!”
”Disfigured is disfigured!” Charlotte said indifferently. ”Who knows, he might have become cooler after getting disfigured!”
Go to h.e.l.l! What do you mean become cooler after getting disfigured, just what kind of ugly monster do you think I am?
”Hehe, hahaha—”
The three of them looked at me with an expression of being unable to make heads or tails of what I was doing. Michel asked, ”Grisia, what are you laughing at?”
”N-Nothing…” I was laughing so hard that I couldn't stop. ”I had only remembered an old friend. Charlotte is really very similar to her.”
”Me?” Charlotte pointed at her nose with her forefinger. Both of her eyes were even staring at that finger until she was cross-eyed. She really looked so foolish until I couldn't take it. In this world, to think that there could be a woman this foolish. Even if I pointed around randomly in the Church of the G.o.d of Light, I would be able to point at a woman who is twice as good as her in terms of aura, appearance, and personality!
”Michel!”
Suddenly, someone shouted at us and then ran over in small steps. Just as I was thinking that his face was somewhat familiar, I then remembered who he was. It is actually Woodrow! Previously, when I had lost my memories, I had stayed in their group for a while, and he was one of the members. I didn't think that I would meet him again so coincidentally… Currently, I have a head of black hair and am even wearing a mask. I shouldn't be recognized, right?
I hoped that Woodrow wouldn't recognize me, or else the game would end - No matter whether it was my hero-raising game or these people's lives, they would all end. I would not let those who know that I am the Sun Knight stay alive.
When Michel stood up and walked to his side, Woodrow even asked in a small voice, ”Who is this person wearing a mask?”
”A new teammate.” Michel merely gave a simple introduction and then changed the topic. ”Has something come up?”
Woodrow nodded his head and following that, started exchanging information with Michel.
As I ate my porridge, I felt a little puzzled. I turned around to ask Taylen, ”Are the team's matters all handled by Michel? Why aren't you, the leader, doing the negotiations?”
Even if the one actually managing the team was Michel, he should at least ask Taylen for his opinion and not handle the discussion himself.
”I am not the leader.” Out of my expectations, Taylen shook his head and said, ”Michel is the one who is the leader. Why did you think that I am the leader?”
That's because you look like the hot-blooded, foolish leader who often brings his teammates to rescue villagers! Moreover, you are also the hero that I have chosen, so of course you should be the leader!
In the end, he actually isn't… Fine, I don't think I have heard that a hero must be the leader, so I consider that you pa.s.s!
”I misunderstood,” I casually said half-heartedly, bringing an end to the questioning. Taylen didn't pursue the matter further either. We both busied ourselves eating porridge together and then listened in on the conversation between Michel and the other party.
”I heard that the Church of the G.o.d of Light is dispatching troops to attack the Demon King.”
Once I heard that, I frowned. In this short moment, I didn't know what I was feeling toward this piece of news, so I merely continued listening.
”The Church of the G.o.d of Light is sending troops?” Taylen muttered in astonishment.
I gave him a glance and asked in incomprehension, ”What's wrong? It shouldn't be strange for a church to send troops to attack the Demon King, right? Why are you so surprised?”
Taylen gave a wry smile and said, ”I just didn't think that the Church of the G.o.d of Light would be the first one to dispatch troops. No matter how you think about it, it should be the Kingdom of Kissinger who would send troops first. After all, the Demon King is living in our kingdom and not in the Church of the G.o.d of Light's.”
That makes sense. What a pity you don't know that though the Demon King lives in the Kingdom of Kissinger, he is someone from the Church of the G.o.d of Light. I asked in curiosity, ”You are from the Kingdom of Kissinger?”
”Yes. Charlotte, Michel, and I are all people from the Kingdom of Kissinger.” Taylen too asked curiously, ”You?”
”Kingdom of Forgotten Sound.”
Charlotte b.u.t.ted in, ”You don't look like someone from the Kingdom of Forgotten Sound!”
You mean you can recognize whether or not someone is from the Kingdom of Forgotten Sound? I couldn't help but open my mouth to clear my confusion.
Charlotte lowered her head to look at my clothing and answered, ”That's because you're all dressed in black! People from the Kingdom of Forgotten Sound would always wear very bright colors. Even adventurers would not wear black clothes. Everyone says that they are the people of s.h.i.+niness and s.h.i.+mmering.”
You mean people of the G.o.d of Light, what s.h.i.+niness and s.h.i.+mmering!