Vol 4 Chapter 3 (2/2)
Seryu’s eyes sparkled with a glimpse of hope upon hearing the conversation between Haroon and Teeno. Baron Thaust Castle was where their recall scroll’s destination was set to. There was also an outpost of her guild, where her members would have revived and were waiting for her.
‘Though I wonder where they are heading, I know they will be coming to us. Now I have no reason to follow them anymore.’
As she was looking for an excuse to accompany them so she can easily locate the place she was looking for, getting this information came as a great relief.
“Uh, Mr. Haroon?”
“What is it?”
Haroon turned his face toward her on her call. At first he was just a mere common mercenary to her, but now he had become someone important to her.
‘Huh… It would be nice if he was friendlier with me, at least.’
As he resembled her father, whom she respects the most in the world, she turned in favor of him. She blushed as Haroon’s clear, deep eyes looked at her directly.
“We can see the river in the distance, so we’ll be going by ourselves from now on. I just wanted to say thank you before we go.”
Then she gathered her hands together and bowed low to express her thanks. Seeing her elegant behaviour that expresses her thankfulness very well and still maintaining her dignity, Haroon couldn’t find the words to reply.
Like a totally different person than whom he thought she was, he felt a somewhat different appeal from her. That was the image which he thought the n.o.bles had.
It was funny to think of it now, but he used to think that female n.o.bles wouldn’t need to go to the toilet. The n.o.bles in the real world were getting that much power and were treated in such a special way.
“It’s fortunate that we’ve arrived near the river before it gets too late.”
“Indeed, and we were able to make it safely, thanks to you. I really appreciate it.”
Then she bowed low to each and every member of the Gusts of Wind.
“Well then, see you again if we’re meant to.”
Seryu was upset to hear a subtle nuance in Haroon’s word that suggested he was feeling better to not have them, but she didn’t know why she was feeling that way.
“Be well ‘till we meet again. I hope you can take our request the next time we meet.”
“We’ll do so if we are free.”
She smiled happily on Haroon’s nonchalant reply.
“I’ll keep that in mind. Well then.”
Biryu looked at Seryu in confusion while blinking her wide eyes, then she got dragged out by Seryu’s hands towards the river.
“Well, let’s get going then!”
Haroon carried a stack of leathers and headed towards the mountains. Philip and Gitan carried one each as well and followed him, and Serinn followed them while lecturing Gitan on not to drag the stack on the ground.
When Ritrina was about to follow them, she heard Teeno murmuring something towards the back of the sisters.
“Huh, those were truly odd eyes.”
A weird expression was on Teeno’s face.
“What is that supposed to mean, Teeno?”
Ritrina got curious on what Teeno just murmured.
“Well, it’s only been a day…… And her eyes were full of… something.”
“So what’s that supposed to mean?”
“Well, there are such things.”
Avoiding the question, Teeno moved his steps forward to the mountain. Ritrina raised an eyebrow, frustrated by not hearing an answer. Looking at Teeno’s firm appearance from behind suggested that he had no intentions of answer her question at all.
Though Haroon took the lead, he drew his attention to his back with a subtle feeling of missing something, then he happened to hear Teeno.
‘You don’t say…!’
Haroon, too, thought that Seryu was looking at him strangely, but then he shook his head to shake off the thought and continued his steps. There was no way such a thing would happen.
Meanwhile, Hall, at the tail of the group, looked at Haroon for a while, making the same strange eyes.
Translated by Channy_
Edited by Tom and Kmatt
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