Vol 3 Chapter 6 (1/2)
SLKD – Volume 3 Chapter 6
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Water Meredith family, Paulie Water, Water Magic
“Little Silent, you don’t blame me for going to the demon world behind your back, do you?”
There’s this lingering sense of guilt for lying to her, even though she’s my spirit.
“It’s fine, master, as long as you are safe, nothing else matters.”
“Thank you, Little Silent.” Confronted by her gentleness, I involuntarily reached out and pat her head. At this moment…
“Hey! Human! Didn’t you say you were looking for the contra-something gra.s.s? Why are you still here?” I didn’t know why Reidy said that in a displeased tone.
“Uh… let’s go… let’s go now… Little Silent, was what you mentioned a while ago true?” When met with the hot temper of Reidy, I can only resign myself.
“Yes, Master, there’s Nora Gra.s.s growing near my house.”
“I see, then I will have to trouble you again to lead the way.”
Silent Water’s home? I hope the scenery there won’t bring back her sorrows.
…
As we exited the cave, Reidy was already leading the way. Why does she like to walk in the front even when she clearly did not know the way?
“Little Silent, what happened to Dusty when you came?” While walking, I came to a realization that Dusty was all alone at home.
“It… originally wanted to follow along, but the transfer magic is only limited to the contracted spirit and the Master, so it had to give up and watch as I came here alone.”
“Is that so, then did you prepare any food for Dusty?”
“No, at that time when I felt Master’s spirit fluctuate abnormally, I had a bad premonition. I immediately activated the transfer magic to relocate to Master’s side and therefore did not have time to prepare any food. However, Master, please be at ease, Dusty can take care of itself.”
“Ah~~ that’s true.”
Dusty was not just any normal dog but one with intelligence, therefore, I did not need to be so worried about it.
“Hey! Water spirit! How far is it? We have already traveled for a very long time.” Reidy, who was walking at the front complained. Really befitting a pampered lady… not used to walking?
“Just a little while more.”
“You said that half hour ago, I remember that Guntheru mentioned that you lived at Golubzi? Isn’t that very far? Furthermore, there may still be demons lurking nearby.”
“You can go home, we did not ask you to come with us.”
Oh? When did Silent Water become capable of speaking this arrogantly? She can’t possibly still believe that my injuries were because of Reidy, can she?
“I just… I am here because I want to escape from that boring castle… Since you are staying in the human world, the human world must be a very fun place.”
“Wrong, wrong~~~ The human world is not fun at all, it is very dangerous there, not suitable for you.”
“Humph~~ I don’t care. Human, I am going back with you to the human world no matter what.” Reidy probably can’t handle the changed Silent Water and targeted me instead.
“Uh… Come if you want, nothing to worry, at most…”
Is this real? Living together with this pampered lady… No… why is living together my first thought? She may have a chance at finding her own master and then leave… Ok, for the sake of letting her find her own master, it should be fine to bring her back, right? Furthermore, with the Nora Gra.s.s, she can roam the human world freely.
“But, if you go just like that, won’t your family be worried?” At this point, I remembered that this lady had run away from home…
“No problem at all, just let them be worried, they never did care about me before in any case… Coming back to my point, water spirit, I have been wanting to ask you since two days ago, you can’t be from the Water Meredith family, can you?”
“I doubt it, I am not from your so-called Water Meredith family. My family consists of my father, my mother, and myself only.” Silent Water’s expression saddened as she thought of her family.
“Then, is your dad’s name Paulie Water?”
Oh please, lady, can you at least read the atmosphere?
“You know my father?” Silent Water was somewhat shocked knowing that someone knew her father’s name.
“You can say that… I can’t even imagine, your family actually lived in this kind of dangerous wilderness for 12 years.”
“What do you mean?”
“Your dad didn’t mention anything to you?”
“Mention what?”
“I see, looks like they really didn’t tell you. Actually, your family is the same as mine, citizens of the spirit kingdom, but around 12 years ago, you were roughly 4 years old at that time? Your dad committed some mistakes and got exiled from the spirit kingdom by the Patriarch… Coming back to your dad, how’s he? Back in the days, he was actually the successor of the Water Meredith family, in addition to being my dad’s… HEY. What’s got into you… stop crying, will you, everything I said is the truth…”
Even if you are telling the truth, you are clearly still wrong. You shouldn’t let Silent Water remember those heartbreaking memories… Her father had left this world, yet you still brought up the past of her dad getting exiled from the spirit kingdom?
I remembered this one time when I asked about Silent Water’s family. When she was talking about her father, her face was full of smiles, but the thought of her father pa.s.sing away caused her face to change to one full of gloom. Silent Water really loved her parents very much.
“Silent Water, please don’t cry, your father is a great man, was he not? He must have his reasons, resulting in that kind of outcome.” I promptly patted Silent Water’s head. A maiden’s tears are a sure-fire method to make me fl.u.s.tered.
“I am fine… Master, Silent Water is fine… Silent Water just didn’t expect Father to have such a past… he never mentioned this to me at all… If what Reidy said is true… then Silent Water’s father is a very great man… from a good family and yet, was still able to withstand the pain and hard work cutting firewood, building a house, Silent Water’s father… is a great man.”
Silent Water… to be able to think like that, it’s for the best.
“Hey! What are you guys doing? Hurry up, your hands are so dirty, stop touching her head!” The inexplicable lady randomly started to throw her tantrum again… Then again, I’m touching Silent Water’s head, not hers… Sigh~~ nevermind, a lady… a commoner like me wouldn’t understand.
—————————— One hour later
“I… I am going to die from all this walking… Are you two… monsters… To actually… actually not be tired at all…” Reidy exclaimed breathlessly and leaned on my back.
“No one asked you to tag along, and also, didn’t you just say that Master’s back is dirty just a while ago? Come down and walk by yourself then.”
“Don’t want to… I will lie here no matter what… I am dead tired… Furthermore… lying on this human’s back can replenish the magic in my body. With such a good benefit, I would be stupid not to do it.”
“Taking advantage of Master like that, won’t Master be tired? Come down now.”
“Don’t want to.”
“Come down this instant.”
“Don’t want to.”
Listening to Silent Water and Reidy quarrelling, I felt like I was going to collapse. Could it be that water and electricity are not actually complimenting elements? Why does it look like they were polar opposite? Disregarding Reidy’s temper, Silent Water’s previously good temper has been turning worse as the quarrel goes on.
‘Boy, how is it? Do you feel like vomiting blood now? Give it a few more years, when you encounter more girls, you will even have the feeling of wanting to die.’
‘No, Freed, don’t predict my future… I only want to know, how to stop them from quarrelling…’
‘Uh… Around the time you aren’t here, both of them will probably stop…’
‘What kind of logic is that?’
‘I name this the Lin Xiang effect…’
‘…’
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We have probably walked for about three hours… we finally reached a lake so clear that one could see the bottom, with a small log house near the lakeside… there were two people nearby, sitting on a stump…
“Father? Mother?” Little Silent let her tears flow when she realized who the two were, and rushed over. The two silhouettes reacted like they had heard Silent Water’s voice, stood up, and ran in our direction too…
“Little Silent! Hold up… “
Silent Water’s parents should have been dead, then the ones standing there might possibly be the illusions of a demon…
“Reidy, come down.” I hurriedly put Reidy down and chased after her.
“Hey! Despicable human! How dare you treat me with disrespect.”