Chapter 65 - . Bounty Head and Awakening [8] (1/2)

65. Bounty Head and Awakening [8]

Ria, who was shocked by the unexpected development, spoke slowly.

「Y-You… What are you doing? Weren’t you comrades?」

「Nn… I don’t need a rotten man who puts his hand on a restrained little girl as a comrade…」

Saying that, Zack took a gulp of the sake in the glass.

And then,

「-Oi, big oaf! What the hell happened!?」

Thor, who heard the death wail, rushed to the scene in panic.

「Nothing much, just a little fire. Only the researcher was reduced to ashes.」

「Wha!? You… IDIOT! He was a valuable researcher, do you even understand!?」

「Sorry, forgive me! He was an unbearable man to see!」

Zack apologized while scratching his head.

Thor sighed loudly seeing that.

「Good grief, there is no medicine that can cure foolishness… I’ll have to report it to the “top” just in case, got it?」

「Aa, do as you like.」

In the midst of a somewhat tense air flowing between the two of them,

「…I’m not going to thank you.」

Ria murmured.

「Zahahaha! Obviously! Who on earth would thank their kidnapper?」

Zack, who was sober, laughed while holding his belly in his arms, and brought the glass to his lips again.

「Ngungunggu… Puha… ! A”a… Anyway, Ria. That sparkly one – Allen still isn’t here yet?」

The one who answered the question was Thor, whose face was distorted in agitation.

「Oi, simpleton… We’re hiding this laboratory in my barrier, you know? Who the hell can find this place? Ee?」

She was pissed as her barrier was made light of.

This time, Ria butted into the conversation.

「-No matter how good the barrier is, Allen will find it soon.」

「What’d you say, you fugly…!」

「I-I’m not fugly! You’ve been calling me that for a while, how rude…! Aren’t you a shorty then!」

「You bitch…! Did your parents not teach you not to make fun of other people’s appearances…!?」

「You were the one who called me fugly first…!」

And when Thor and Ria continue to argue nonsense,

「-By the way, Ria. What kind of relationship do you two have? Allen was quite obsessive with you, ya know?」

A slightly drunk Zack, raises questions one by one.

Ria, who was greatly shaken by the unexpected question,

「No, right now we’re still… Well, it has nothing to do with you!」

Her face blushing red.

「Zahahahahaha! Youth! Well, if I had any advice to give you as the senior in life – that guy will shine! He will surely shine brilliantly! Hold tightly onto him so you don’t lose him!」

「S-So annoying! It doesn’t have anything to do with you!」

When they were talking about that,

「…Oi, simpleton. Don’t talk about things that would give too much hope. We’re sending this one to “home country”. She’ll never see that『unknown beast』again.」

Saying that, Thor turned a pitiful gaze towards Ria.

「Zahaha! Thinking about it normally, that would be the most likely scenario! However, the other party is an『extraordinary sparkle』! Under that warm but dazzling light, many people who have been charmed by it gather! There is a chance that he would come, you know…?」

「Fuun, what a stupid thing…!」

The moment Thor laughed scornfully.

A sound as though a huge glass has been shattered, pierced their ears and resounded throughout the laboratory.

「I-Impossible… My barrier has been broken!?」

「Zahahahahaha! So you came after all! Allen Rodore – The sparkling gem!」

「Allen…!」