Vol 9 Chapter 161 (1/2)

Chapter 161: Prophecy

Translator: Tseirp

I woke up to the gentle caressing of my head.

“Fwua~, hn? Hermit’s Key?”

I noticed that I was on a bed when I woke up and was clenching onto the Hermit’s Key for some reason.

“Since when? Leaving that aside, it seems like both my eyes and ears are fine. I don’t feel anything abnormal with my body too!!”

Getting off the bed, I once again stretched myself and I checked the condition of my armor after recalling the battle I was in but it was not damaged at all.

“So was that stinging pain really from a curse after all? Or was it a different injury that 「High Heal」 couldn’t keep up with?”

s.h.i.+sho and the others entered the room just as I was making my conjecture.

“Luciel, we were worried you know? Even though you couldn’t see, you still rushed to slash that demon, I really thought that my heart was going to stop.”

“Eh? Demon?”

I recalled the hair-raising sensation once I was told that I fought a demon instead of something like a goblin king.

So I probably would have died if I slipped up? So they are that strong if I do not set up 「Sanctuary Circle」?

“Yeah. Nevertheless, to be able to knock down a demon with a single attack that Sen’oni and I couldn’t deal serious injury to even by cooperating, as expected of my disciple.”

I could tell that s.h.i.+sho was delighted from the bottom of his heart but recalling the scene of this person crying after I defeated the demon, perhaps he conducted the training under tremendous conflict within his heart.

“Luciel-sama, I’m glad that you are safe. Whirlwind, don’t you have something you have to say properly?”

Lionel showed a relieved expression seeing that I had recovered but he immediately said that after glancing over at s.h.i.+sho and s.h.i.+sho looked at me with a determined expression.

“I was about to say it. … Luciel, regarding the training this time, I’m sorry.”

Then, s.h.i.+sho abruptly sat down and prostrated to apologize to me.

My thought process grounded to a half for a split second.

I couldn’t articulate well from the shock and somehow squeezed out a question.

” … For?”

Lionel replied to that instead of s.h.i.+sho who was prostrating on the ground.

“Apparently, the Prophet in the guild headquarters made a prophecy. That soon he would protect somebody and die. That’s why he lowered his head to us to proceed with that unreasonable training and hushed us.”

A prophecy from a Prophet of the guild … but I don’t think he would normally believe it?

But since the mines between Meratoni and Grandol disappeared and the incidents with dragons, spirits, demons and reincarnated person happened one after another, I guess it’s not unreasonable that he believed it.

So everyone did not tell me about it because he asked them to keep quiet about it?

I felt the story begin to add up.

It’s true that it was a severe training but I couldn’t wipe away the feeling that I ended up pressuring s.h.i.+sho.

I spoke to everyone after helping s.h.i.+sho up.

“Perhaps we’ve also mentally pressured s.h.i.+sho into a corner? Furthermore, I’ve somehow survived anyway.”

After becoming the guildmaster of the Adventurer’s Guild branch, he’s not been active as an adventurer for at least 7 years so it can’t be helped that he had weakened from inactivity.

Since s.h.i.+sho is the type to do what he’s set his mind to thoroughly.

“Nevertheless, I was still shocked when he crushed your eyes and destroyed your eardrums nya. I could only view the person who still continued training in that state and the person who conducted the training as abnormal nya.”

“It was the first time I observed Luciel-sama’s training but I feel like I had a glimpse of what people call a spirit of steel.”

Kefin immediately followed up after Cathy’s honest opinion but I could tell that he was trying to draw attention away from her.

Maybe they weren’t enduring their laughter but actually killing their thoughts that he had gone crazy?

“Well, normally one would use an eye mask instead of crus.h.i.+ng the eyes and ear plugs instead of breaking the eardrums but since s.h.i.+sho does not do anything meaningless, I decided to trust s.h.i.+sho.”

When I said that, s.h.i.+sho gave out an awkward aura for some reason and absolutely did not make eye contact.

“s.h.i.+sho?”

But s.h.i.+sho remained silent.

“I understand the relations.h.i.+p between mentor and disciple. Even so, it was too excessive and I couldn’t help but worry.”

“The spirits and I were worried too.”

Lydia and Nadia broke the silence and there were no smiles on their faces as they were still worried even now.