Chapter 291: Third day, Afternoon till Evening (2/2)
Raising my voice from behind, I hand over the purse back to the merchant It appears that I wasn’t mistaken
After I convey the matters to the proprietress of the food cart in detail and explain that the man never had any ill intentions, she consents and takes the payment from the merchant
「Thank you very much You’ve saved me」
The man himself then bows Since theabout hi, and he’s also wearing a turban-looking hat His physique is good for sos above plus his black beard makes him a real-life example of an Arabian “merchant” Still, what draws my attention even more than his overall appearance is the color of his skin
His skin is even redder than the dragon tribeswoht to call him a red man Could this person be…?
「Could it be that you’re a red citiz… from the Arkana tribe?」(Touya)
「Oya? Are you faht An ancient tribe which is said to have been regarding the color red as sacred, they left behind cryptic letters and sealed a Fraze beneath the fordoo That merchant is probably a descendant of that tribe
「If you are fro I want you to see no matter what」(Touya)
「Hou?」
I take out several photographs froe” It’s the cryptic letters that were drawn onto one of the walls during the first time we encountered the fraze for the first tiht be able to read these cryptic ies
The red , looks at them
「Those are… They’re cryptic letters that are being passed down in the Arkana tribe since the ancient times Nowadays, there are alst the tribe members themselves, you know?」
「So you can’t read therandht those letters toe」
That’s quite few, isn’t it? Those letters, aside fro one of the alphabets used since the ancient ti sacred or used only to write down soular basis
「H devils ca of the people When the capital was about to be ruined, two shts, a black one and a white one, were called upon by the king They shot every devil to the very last one of theh time and space, closed the hellhole, and then left somewhere We leave a devil’s husk here so that you can defeat and ruin the devils if the hell hole is about to be opened yet again through the passage of ti like that 」
The subject, that’s being read to me, makes me cockdevils” are likely the frazes The “hell hole” is probably a crack in the barrier
Still, who are the “black and white knights”?
「Where did you find this?」
「It was on a sround ruin left beneath the former capital of Belfast」
「I see… We’ve been told that people, who separated frorated to the lands of Belfast Those letters ht’ve been left behind by those who separated from us」
The frazes invaded the foro In order to convey to the future generations about what happened at that time, the red nation, or the Arkana tribe, made those ruins However, why did they have to bury this secret in the darkness of history? It wasn’t ht’ve been the instructions of the king at that tiotten about it after soround ruins specifically, it could be done to seal the fraze… Still, the problem lies elsewhere
What’s written on those ruins is probably the truth The frazes invaded the capital, which turned into an unprecedented peril for the city
There are certainly people ere either killed it or ran away frohts Those two are the key They could be owners and their respective golem as suenuine knights I’m troubled as to how to treat this infor all the pieces of this e theo to the Reverse World once more
「Thank you very much You’ve helped me」
「No, that’sfor the purchases I’ll bethis time, it would’ve been a heavy loss to lose theain」
It appears that the red nation, the Arkana tribe, had beenfrom one place to another until they eventually reached the peaceful lands on the island floating in between the De of that place, it’s located close to Zenoasu, so it’s said the tribe lives in coexistence with dea-san had left the island during his youth and followed the footsteps of aaround the world as an adultto Brunhild is due to the need to procure unusual commodities that can only be obtained here
Since that’s the case, I’ve introduced Porunga-san to Alba-san’s Strand Company That place deals with lots of unusual stuff after all
Having thus separated froain recall what he said earlier
「Two knights… is it?」(Touya)
Ye-e-ep… It’s no good I don’t understand what that
「Aah! There he is Touya-san!」
I turn around to the source of the voice and see Yu their hands
「You did well to find h ed to come here immediately after I had teleported I try to ask the for htly tilt their heads
「Well… I don’t kno, but lately, I’ve been able to generally understand where Touya-san is located It’s the saue, but I get a feeling that says “this way”… Looks like everyone feels the sa」(Luu)
Hey! What’s with this psychic sensory?! Is this one of the effects of the dependents?!
It’s certainly possible for that ability of theirs to surface if their connection with er That pohich Kohaku and others possess,
However, for a wife to accurately grasp the whereabouts of her husband is… it’s unpleasant, isn’t it? Affairs can’t be done with this No, I won’t do so like that anyway!
「What about Yae and Hilda?」(Touya)
「They said that they will continue watching the martial arts tournament They’ll be joined by Elzie-san afterward as well」(Luu)
Well, our household’s fighter clique consisting of those three girls are like that, I guess
Obviously, the people who belong to this clique are Elzie, Yae, and Hilda Linzie, Rin, and Sakura are fro Yumina, Luu, and Suu are of the royal clique, probably? No, both Hilda and Sakura are royalty as well
After this, we inspect the recitationskill of traveling street perfor a ruckus and acting violently since afternoon
At the recitationto children with a ghastly appeal Later, he’s severely scolded by Sakura for co the tone anyway?
It would’ve taken all the evening if he notices us, so we decide to return to the shogi hall Isn’t it about time for the winner to be decided?
We finally arrive at the grounds, and we see that the erected e on all four of theun
「Etto… Ooh! If it isn’t the Paluf King and Doran-san? That’s a the audience who let out surprised voices as well
The Boy King of the Paluf Kingdoistered under the alias of Er Palus
Due to the effects granted by the badge I’ve given hiure of an entirely different person, but his age is supposed to reles with the adults and reaches the final match It’s natural that they are surprised
「Make no , but those two are olance at the audience, I see Rachel watching her boy king fiancee Beside her are the guard company of Paluf
Rachel continues to watch the ulp She seea next to her She’s probably worried
Meanwhile, the boy king concentrates all his nerves on the pieces atop the table, whether it be because he knows about her feelings or not
His opponent, Doran-san the owner of the Silver Moon inn in Leaflet, laring at his pieces He’s frightening… If the recipient is a regular kid, that kid would’ve probably run away froray, which means that the time is almost up Thereupon, Doran-san extends his hand and ht
The next moment, the boy scowls and starts to brood Doran-san turns over the hourglass standing next to the table The color of the piece returns back to nor’s turn
「Who do you think is going to win?」(Luu)
「Hmmm, based from what I’ve seen on the board, Doran-san seems to be in the lead…」(Touya)
Such is h, I’ on what moves will be taken after this, and how an opponent will react
The pieces that the two people hold at hand are displayed at the space open to the audience as people exchange opinions about this and that move
There are also those who don’t know i, yet they seem to be completely drawn in into the seriousness those two are displaying
The color changes once again, and the ti of Paluf onally on top of the table
The ain This tilass
Doran-san’s face beco pushed back by the boy king? I can’t really understand Ye-ep, it ood idea to station a permanent commentator for the audience from the next year onwards
Troubled to his limit, Doran-san moves his piece In an atmosphere wherein anyone will hesitate to cheer on the we could do now is to watch those two people fight as if they’re using real swords