Volume 2 Chapter 3 (1/2)

For once, the sky was actually clear

That may have been because it was Sunday There was no sly e to heaven would be beyond that sky

Of course, that was invisible It did have a physical for to heaven was naturally as transparent as the sky

If the nine chapter title pages were visible, the sunlight would not reach London even on a clear day Monsters loved the night, but that did notin the park on a sunny day

The area in front of Westminster Cathedral was the sa with the bell and s one could do in the sun

An open area of grass was located in front of that cathedral with its tall red brick tower and a bazaar was customarily held there on weekends It pulled in a fair number of mostly local customers

Some people sold used iteetables frogertheir inventory had stands set up

Goods were being sold all over the area and the custoathered around or lined up

Ale non-monster shopped undetected

It was Moyla

…Why a the area for our mission?

But once the war after that, she had found herself picking up or looking at the various goods and she was now carrying around soht

”My old habits are co out”

She left the crowds and checked on her purchases near the cathedral's entrance She had bought soed to return to her country, she would likely end up using them

Long ago, she had worked as alike this had been her favorite part of the job At the time, she had assumed that life would continue forever

”I would ride the carriage to the market in toith Lady Melda and”

She hesitated on the next name, shook her head, and corrected herself

”All of theone, and so is Ellis the maid as like their little sister”

She sat on the edge of a raised flower bed in front of the cathedral and she sighed

”Now only Master Valeath the Swordsman and Moyla the Witch remain …That's all there is”

She suddenly re from Valeath's neck

”Lady Melda”

She placed a hand on her forehead and spoke as if questioning herself

”Why did you leave Master Reichle to me in the end?”

She hung her head and closed her eyes

…If it hadn't been for that…

She fell silent and Closed her thoughts She closed off her entire being

And she applied Verbal Self Control

After a while, she gave a deep sigh

…Iit took

She nodded, opened her eyes, and found a girl standing in front of her

The girl had soft-looking blonde hair and she spoke to Moyla with her eyes closed

”Um, are you okay? You don' seem to be in a bad mood”

Aesome coffee sold at the bazaar

There was a giant square hole past the railing he rested his elbows on Each side was fifteen n of the bottoh the darkness would have seen the cathedral's faan located far, far below the ground

Needless to say, Aiant chains that rose straight up from the darkness below

The links of the chain were large enough for hih and they led to the bell tower directly connected to the sanctuary's ceiling

The large bell was visible up above The support and the head of the hammer used to strike the bell were both as tall as Amon

The chains were connected to the back end of the ha on the chains caused the hammer to strike the bell This was how the city's hourly bell and pipe organ music worked

…Coood look at this before

As soon as he thought that, the ropes formed from metal loops moved up and down One moved up and the other down The movement of the chains caused the hammer to strike the bell

The bell immediately produced a low, deep, and yet clear tone The entire sanctuary resonated with the sound and shook a little

The very next moment, a wave of sound much like a physical blow erupted froe of sound pass through his body, but it alan h the deep hole and transforreater sound than it had started as

The paper coffee cup in his hand was overwhelreat presence of the sound was too ered a Balance Fall

Aathering his strength and used that as a basis for his Verbal Self Control He soed to withstand the noise and avoid a Balance Fall of his own

”Now that was so”

By the time he muttered to himself, he could hear all the other sounds

Half hidden by the pipe organ's uessed it was the steaan play automatically

Rue as the chains Someone had once jumped into the hole to coears of the steam devices, and the music had stopped Of course, that did not happen now The bell stopped after ringing thrice and the music finished nicely with an especially loud note

”Three o'clock, huh?”

A sound shook his body

”That was three o'clock too, wasn't it?”

He suddenly re

It had been three in the ht

He had woken to hear the bell andfrom Westminster Cathedral, but that was not what had woken him

A dream had

He had not had his usual nightmares

He had fallen into a strangely calm sleep, but it had been so unusual that he had uncomfortably woken

…That's just pathetic

He had woken to that thought

It had been dark, but enough light entered through theto see across the room

He had been sleeping on a three-person sofa Before going to sleep, he and Klausl had argued over which one would sleep on the sofa and he had forced his way onto it

He had felt so like a pillow below his head, but he had not had one before going to sleep Not to mention that the only pillow had been on the bed Klausl was using

Nevertheless, he had felt it below his head It had been a soft, warm sensation

He had suddenly realized the sensation was somehow familiar

He had frantically Overridden his surroundings and the dirown clearer than before

”Not again”

Klausl had been sleeping by his head with a blanket pulled up to her shoulders The pillow-like feeling had been her thigh

”You idiot”

He had started to get up and warn her, but he had stopped

He had stopped because he had knohat she would say when he asked why she had done it

”Because you were having a nightain and I didn't knohat to do”

He had been certain she would say that with a serious look on her face That was just the kind of selfish and yet worrying girl she was

Even after hearing he was Death Wish Ahtest and she would show any nu happened And she did it all seriously instead of out of pity

…Does she trust me?

”If I said that, she'd take it the wrong way and get carried away”

He had muttered that so he could hear and rested his head on Klausl's lap

Suddenly, his head had hit so hard

It had been on the side of her hip, so he had guessed it was so in her skirt's hidden pocket

”What is that?”

Fully aware he probably should not have done so, he had touched whatever it was through the cloth That had told hih to knohat it was

…A hand mirror

He had looked up at her face in surprise

Her blonde hair had fallen across her closed eyes as she slept, but those eyes would not open even when she woke