Chapter 37.2 - Ball of Velos (1/2)

Chapter 37.2 : Ball of Velos

「My apologies, I have some business to attend to. Thus, it seems I won’t be able to dance with you」

Princess Shirone apologized to me. What happened just now?

「Shirone-san, did something just happen?」

Instead of me, princess Kyouka beside me was the one asking that question.

「Uuhn, it’s alright. Not a big deal. You can continue the dance, Kyouka-san」

After saying so, princess Shirone stooped down and secretly left the venue.

◆ Sword Maiden, Shirone

I moved in a hurry to leave the venue while holding the cuff of my dress. I had summoned my sword with magic because I felt an extreme killing intent directed toward the venue. Thus, I ran along the corridors of the Velos kingdom royal palace toward the direction of that killing intent.

「Shirone-sama!」

Kaya-san chased after me. It seems Kaya-san felt that too.

「Did you feel that killing intent too, Kaya-san?」

Kaya-san nodded in affirmation to my question.

「That was quite a powerful killing intent.」

I agreed with her. We felt a powerful killing intent directed toward the venue of the Velos kingdom. That’s why me and Kaya-san, who could use danger perception, left the venue and are rushed toward the source of that killing intent.

After jumping over the rampart, I flew in the air with my wings. Kaya-san’s running was so fast it looked like levitating on the ground.

The sun had set, and our surroundings were already dark, however, we could still move without any problem even if we couldn’t see beyond a radius of 10 meters due to our superior senses. The huge and expansive forest that lies ahead, covering this area including Velos kingdom, is hailed as the Blue Forest.

We felt that the killing intent was coming from deep within that forest.

Kaya-san and I seemed to have finally arrived at the source of the killing intent.

I descended in the middle of the forest and Kaya-san caught up with me a moment later.

Since the trees around this area are tall and dense, not even the light of the stars reached the insides of the forest. Though the figure isn’t too clear, there’s a dark siluet waiting in front of us. That figure is the source of the killing intent.

「You really came, huh」

The figure in front of us spoke.

「WHO ARE YOU?! WHY ARE YOU RELEASING THAT KILLING INTENT TOWARD VELOS!」

Kaya-san was shouting at that figure.

「Huhm, it seems you’re misunderstanding something here. My aim has been you guys all along. I’m going to kill you guys for killing my cute Zengu!」

We finally understood the situation after arriving at the source of the killing intent.

「I see, it’s revenge. Well then, I assume that you’re an ogre?」

The person before us looked too small for an ogre. Was this person changing it’s appearance with magic?

「Indeed! I’m known as Ogre Kujig! Zengu was such a kind and gentle child. I’m going to reward you properly for killing my cute Zengu!」