Vol 1 Chapter 35 (1/2)

Chapter Three

The Decision

(Part 5)

Having entered the uninhabited Veluun, the two people received souild member dispatched from the royal capital

It was different from Haku’s that they’d seen before, it was around the size of a basketball and was gray

“The wyverns?”

Toward Bard’s question, the guild member nodded

“According to the plan, they cas By the estimation, they should arrive at Veluun before dawn tomorrow”

“Understood Leave the rest to us”

“Yeah, good luck you two”

After nodding to the guild member that clapped his shoulder, Bard and Katie checked their equipet some rest to recover their endurance

Then, in the dark of the night, the two began to mobilize

Katie went ahead into the forest, inciting the wyverns around the nest While confir that all of the wyverns with [Presence Inference], Katie took out a fire stone from her breast pocket

It was so that was produced fro the fire elements contained within it various phenomena could be induced

Like a substitute lighter, or used for practical heating if it was a bit bigger

The effect of the stone Katie held was to eht for a very short period of tinalling bullet

(Alright…)

Seeing the signal, Bard, as on standby in another direction of the forest, began his movements

Of course, so that wyverns and other h [Presence Interception]

Evenas he didn’t mess up because of his skill

Although he was shouldering three eggs on his back, Bard continued forithout losing his footing on the , he arrived at a large enshrinement made from many collected broken trees He’d finally reached the wyverns’ nest

After placing the eggs into the center of the nest, he immediately withdrew

Bard, who had retreated to a distance away from the nest where the wyverns wouldn’t sense hiical power into a fire stone, throwing it high into the sky and above the treetops

(That’s…)

Noticing the twinkling flash in the sky, Katie invoked a weak ic towards the wyverns

She once again guided the wyverns, who had been lured from their nest, back to it

If she went too far ahead, the wyvernsher, so she couldn’t lose focus

Ever since stor into the forest, she had avoided areas withthe wyverns while es to her course

But just then, leafs fluttered down from overhead

“—!?”

Those leafs each turned into two right in front of her

At that instant, her [Presence Inference] immediately informed her of the presence of monsters nearby

(Monster butterflies!?)

To be exact, they were moths, not butterflies A monster named the rondlith moth The[Seclusion], a derivation skill of [Presence Interception] that had the, poison would build up on their bodies while they lived un

Thoseinto the air

“Ku—…!”

Her legs, her body, wouldn’t move how she wanted

She was light-headed There was no one nearby to rely on However, she thought

What means of escape could she use to survive?

Looking around her, grasping her situation, she thought about the best route to take

Her body felt heavy, the air stifling such that it wouldn’t enter her lungs no matter how hard she breathed

Even so, she thought

(She said, I can do it…)

Ilya said if it were her, she could do it She judged so

Ilya’s words were like a warmth that seemed to protect Katie

And so, a resolute light shone in the eyes of this woive up hope

Her pri and close-quarters combat

Although she didn’t have enough to fully take care of the rondlith moth, she still had many If it was just to open up a route, there would be no problem

With that resolute light… in order to meet up with him, she had to open up an escape route

“Bard!”

Katie sliced away several of theh the encircle

Immediately after that, fire arrows loosed by Bard poured down onto the mass of moths

Katie keptthe low class wind ic, Aeropressure

A elled up in the center of thethethem away

“Katie!”

Having rushed over to her, Bard chanted the detoxificationKatie

However, thanks to being strapped for time, they dashed away

As a side effect of being forced to stay still by the ht up

The wyverns caught up to Bard, as inferior in speed, letting loose breaths that were compressed air

“shi+t…!”

“—…!”

Although he just barely dodged, the breaths slaround and exploded into multiple shock waves

Regaining his balance, though still staggering a little, the two had tacitly understood their respective roles and took off in separate directions

Bard gradually strengthened his [Presence Interception] while devoting hi her distance fro their attention

By the tiical poas almost entirely exhausted, virtually all of the wyverns were concentrating on her

Convinced that his [Presence Interception] was functioning perfectly, Bard, who had withdrawn, changed directions in a dash

Katie also increased her speed, and while staying outside of their attack range, guided the wyverns to their nest straight away

(Alright…!)

Then the wyverns, who discovered the eggs in the nest, lost sight of Katie as running away at her top speed Since their focus shi+fted fully onto the defense and safety of the eggs, she was able to successfully break away from them

“… Haah, thank goodness”

“Pi?”

Finished seeing the particulars, Ilya let out a sigh of relief

Cutting off [Clairvoyance], she patted Haku’s head

The tere free from now on It was uncouth to try and keep an eye on them

To say nothing of their salaries fro at the branch, in truth she also transferred this commission’s reward into their accounts They’d likely be astonished by the number in their accounts, but this was a justifiable reward for their final lesson

(… I wonder if they’ll be upset that I tricked them?)

Katie aside, Bard’s angry appearance floated in her mind

Several days later

The lunch congestion ended and the association branch recovered a little presence of mind

This was natural, as Katie wasn’t in the dining hall nor was Bard at the counter

If she was honest, she wanted to raise their [Speech Skill] and other skills

To Ilya’s thinking expression—

“Pi… pi!”

Haku licked her to try and comfort her

Ilya couldn’t judge if Haku’s groas proceeding sons to reach rew on its back weren’t that far away fro able to fly

(So that he flies properly, ether with him?)

While she thought about such a thing, Ria, who had just arrived, made an appearance

“Ilya, Hector-san’s calling for you He said he wants you to come to his mansion”

“Understood I’ll wait for you to change into uniform”