Vol 3 Chapter 9 (1/1)

ly on EC… The quartet went tunnel hunting and succeeded, allowing Dosnak to scout the interior in his sliroup also attacked a ca theround entrance, setting off a domino effect in which the different camps set off to do battle After their success, Bell volunteered to act as bait and entered fro chaos as the defenders tries to chase her dohile the others tries to rush in lest theythe s, Bell redirected the debris froe froroup of guards that’s confronting them ——————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————- All eyes turns toward theher to take a step back unconsciously Her eyes narrohile readying her sword “Do I know you?” “‘Do I know you?’? God damn IT, WE WENT THROUGH hell CAUSE OF YOU!” Rick drops his arured in front of hih that shi+t, Till wouldn’t have to snap, I wouldn’t have to… UURRAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH” The youth screa loose earth and grovel to drop fro fro her greatly The Rick she knows in the past has always been a selfish brat that just loves to joke around and take things easy, laze ahen he can get aith it, and have an easygoing take on things The fact that he actually cares about the so-called NPC students and noticed Till’s abnored Of course, he has changed quite a long tio, but as their interaction is h she noticed soes a while back, she never realized the extent of it The wo, with doubt filling their eyes The guards alternately look at their leader and the seething youth in front of the past the stunned Till and softly patting Rick on the shoulder “Calm down first, we still have to save the Princess, otherwise everything would be for naught” Walking in front of the shaking youth, she opens the quest panel just to be sure as that’s the only way to identify the quest giver in this case She’s slightly surprised that Rick had it opened the entire tier the naive and stupid youth she knew Her gaze shi+fts fro icy “You were the one that requested the rescue of the First Princess, no?” “I did no su-” “You requested it from a God” The felinoid’s eyes narrows into a slit The wouards look at their leader questioningly Although it’s known that a God had offered a quest in rescuing the First Princess in Lilyheim, no one would know that it’s a request someone else petitioned to said God To have identified her in a glance, she can only think of two possibilities, either that the God is watching, or that they are the eize, your Lordshi+ps” The elf sheaths her sword, gets on one knee and offers a salute with her hands cupped The guards becohtly, unsure of what’s happening, their grips on their weapons becohter “Stand down!” The woer from her belt and slashes the bottouards to see “I’uard at the other corridor and uards hesitate for aa see corridor connecting their section of the fort In order to become the Princess’s I a fe both martial and arcane proithin the top 2 of any of the military branches Lastly, mental fortitude that can withstand any situation, follow orders and think on their feet As such, they are able to carry out their order even within this strange situation “Guide us to the Princess” Bell walks casually toward the woency “Kun-ni, we are safe, please standby~” Till sends a entle breeze bloithin the tunnel, re dust and dirt from both Bell and Rick “This way please” The elf arches her brows at the casual display of power before leading them deeper into the corridor … … … The four of them walk silently, the elf has a million and one questions for theue lest she somehow offends them kon kon “Milady, these Holy Emissaries are here to see you” The elf carefully opens up the door and urges theust of air escapes froroup in quickly and then closes the door in a flash The roohtly, placed at the two ends of a bed The bed itself is covered by a satin canopy, with the sides draped with layers of silk Next to the braziers are two fe the flaht next to the bed Aside from the piles of herbs and firewood, there’s little else of note inside the room nn The attendant next to the bed reacts i the curtains of silk and gently raising a shadow froreets the “Conserve your strength~ just nod for yes, shake for no, or you can squeeze your attendant’s hand to relay your answers~” Till interjects herself before the Princess can finish the rest of her sentence Causing all eyes to turn to her “Explain the situation to us, concisely” The young girl turns toward the woman that led theirl’s co sharply with her instructions to the Princess Normally, such disrespectful manners would normally be rebuked, but this is not a norirl seem to be normal in the woman’s eyes “Milady was poisoned while on tour about half a year ago by soht was our ally As a result, her deteriorated health weakened further, nary a day she didn’t struggle through pain Now she doesn’t have the strength to walk due to fatigue and pain, and struggles to even grace us with her speech” The wo to the shadow hidden in the curtains, who in turn nods “Then there’s no need to ask for a God’s intervention Can’t you just get the antidote?” Rick tilts his head Bell corrects hi for God means there’s either no known antidote or that it doesn’t work” To which an “Oh” came as an answer “Then I don’t think we can help them, I mean, we didn’t even know about that Ni-… ni-… that whatever spider that bit Till” “Let’s listen to the rest of the situation first” The woe, the shadow behind the curtains also seeue and fellow Knight, who follows the noble by appointht the knave to justice by ation and execution Alas it was too late, the poison was set in Milady’sday The noble twas a greedy fellow, trying to embezzle funds and advance by both crook and hook, and naked flattery, unbeco of a Baron assured as he was of his exposure, he plotted to poison Milady and incur accusation against ato escape his crime and reap the reward of his schehtly to affirm the story “Thus, it led us to seek the truth ever beneath the cloth, the villain moves his sticks” The worace us with his powers and rend the path of our destiny, we beseech his Eyes and Ears to bear witness to the blaze of glory as the last burst of our candlelight and relay the Truth toto enwikipediaorg/wiki/Shadow_play as 紙影絵, that last kanji tripped me up since it’s so rarely used that I lory?” Bell’s eyes narrow as she understands where this is going “Wait, wait, wait Can you do me a favour and speak normally?” The youth forcefully blinks his eyes and shakes his head “You are giving ” Both Bell and Till rubs their te headaches, dismayed at Rick’s lack of ability to read thethat the other tere agreeing, stutters a bit as she switches fro more casual, unsure if she annoyed the three of the we can do to help her” Bellthe curtains aside She looks at the frail looking Princess’s exposed face and ar her closely “Ho dare you?!” The attendant that’s holding up the Princess rebukes sharply and angrily, reaching for the dagger strapped to her thigh “St… Stop Let… the into the air “But th-” “Are you deaf?!” The leader of the guards questions the attendant with an extremely icy voice She thinks she had already offended the trio with her itate the her head as she carefully maintains her support of the Princess’ back Rick and Tillpast the silk curtains A blast of herbal scent temporarily causes the down, they too take a closer look at the Princess The Princess’ skin is ghastly pale with open sores here and there, her lips are a pale purple, her eyes sunken froue, even with her horrible condition, she still has a certain forrace unique to youthful beauties that are in the prime of their life On closer inspection, there are bumps and scabs on her elfin ears, her joints are red and swollen, contrasting greatly with her pale skin It wouldn’t surprise them if the rest of her body is the sa her “What have you been treating her with and why?” Bell is the first to finish her observation and asks the attendant “None of the best Royal Apothecarists nor Briar Mages we had in our employ kne to further treat the poison aside froes, so ere lihness The sy of the joints, pain throughout her body and rando of her mana Dry, warm air seems to alleviate her pain somewhat, as does scents that soothes the mind and body We have to control the heat very carefully to hness as badly should a fever strikes As for herwild” One of the other attendants tending the brazier answers instead “Hm~ ‘her deteriorated health weakened further’ hat you said, right?” Till looks toward the leader of the guard “So she was ill before?” The elf nods “She had a weak constitution since she was young Weher nutritious food and nues, it was adequate prior to the poisoning, but it no longer seems to be effective” All three of them remain silent as they try to think of a solution Bell has broad knowledge in any and all fields that tickles her fancy, of which medicine is one Till was in a hospital for quite a few years of her life, so she has both first hand experience as well as daily references that she can draw on Rick has little to no knowledge of medicine aside from sport injuries and diseases that his fah they can’t be counted as experts, so at the?” “Aneetsthrown out They can’t even be sure if they share the say, or if the system even replicates it faithfully, it could just be a part of a scenario for all they know The frowns are obvious on their faces as the irl on the bed s in her sleeves An envelope and an azureto lift her hands up, she places them into Bell’s paw “What’s this for?” The felinoid looks at the items in her hand “Please relay the letter and theand Queen after our last work is accomplished The letter will explain the situation to Their Majesties after our deaths, the Azure Mist Moondrop Orchid Medallion will be the proof of authenticity when you tell thee” [T/N: Respectively 青い霞月露蘭記章 for Azure Mist Moondrop Orchid Medallion and 赤い涙雨水椿 for Red Tear Raindrop Careen or blue, so I went fuck it and ith Azure It could be Azure Mist or Azure Fog or even Azure Haze, I just ith Mist As for Moondrop, it could be , since raindrop appeared in the second part, I chose moondrop to somewhat preserve the poetry/sy, cause God dah, now there’s Orchid and Ca rare and precious” or “in the process of perfection” while Caret/death” for warriors I’m not sure which one applies :P] “What… are you people planning to do?” “We will rally all the Royalists along with the ie a rebellion to completely wipe out the Republicans In the midst of it, ill et annihilated instead” Bell and Till both look at the woo so far…?” “My… sister… hope… kingdohtens her lips into a thin line before clarifying “The 3rd Princess had been correct in her assessdo the Monarchy are only interested in their personal gain while the country suffers It wouldn’t be too surprising if they’d help another country to carve up the Kingdom should we be invaded On the other hand, the Republicans are trying toTheir Majesties intact To ensure a better future, we need to take out the poisonous weeds by the root” With her dying breaths, the 1st Princess is still looking out for the future of her kingdoly succu Yet, she endured, for the sake of her people The heartfelt sincerity and love in her action speaks louder than any words, ignoring the fact that she can barely speak It would be strange for either Bell or Till to not feel their heartstrings tugged, without saying a word, they both already accepted the request in their heart dun dun With a dull notification, they see their quest filled with question marks replaced with the one that’s just been asked of therabs the Princess’ blanket and throws it to the side, revealing her white legs underneath Everyone save for the Princess lets out vague sounds of disbelief, staring at hirabs the Princess’ bare left foot, staring intently “You damn pervert, this isn’t the tiers with an audible kiku as she makes a fist Unexpectedly, Till presses the felinoid’s arm down shi+n The three attendants each pull out their daggers, one resting on the back of his neck, one next to his liver, the final one resting between the fingers of the attendant behind the Princess, ready to be flicked into his face Yet, the youth’s concentration didn’t break as if he doesn’t realize the situation he is in “Huh? What the, seriously?” He rotates the ankle ever so slightly, taking a closer look at the joint before the big toe “Hey, could this possibly be soently places the left foot down onto the bed before reaching for the right foot “Eh…?” “EH?! Umm… what happened?!” He ceases alla thin line of blood on his neck ““Gout?!”” Bell and Till exclai out from the recesses of their respective minds As doubts clear and a more complete picture appears, they both connect to their external browsers to look for more information They both knew the superficial infor the sudden frantic activities, the attendants look at each other in doubt, before looking back at the stiffened youth on one knee The elf wo chills down their spines Although they don’t knohat ‘Gout’ is, it’s obvious so that’s known to the trio Should the youth really identify the cause and possibly the cure, they would have co this, the attendants withdraw, allowing Rick to collapse onto the floor “You, ‘nutritious food and suppleht? So lots of meat and suchlike?” “W-We also balanced it out with fruits and vegetables of course” The attendant behind the princess stutters, displeased with being called ‘you’ “What about the supple the body as well as nourishi+ng soups froirls of very different age are rapidlythe others One question after another gets asked, each more specific than the previous Hope starts to appears in the non-users’ eyes, they were resigned to their fate… but what if…? What if there really is a cure? They don’t dare to hope, as it would be extremely cruel to their Mistress if it proves to be a fool’s errand Nevertheless, they faithfully answer every question that’s asked of the … … … “A lot of things matches up, but it still doesn’t explain some of the other symptoms” The felinoid furrows her brows at the screen only visible to her “Can’t we deal with the Gout first~?” “She’s very weakened already, can we even hope to do any of the treatht~ and Gout isn’t a fatal disease as far as I know-~” “Then could it be Mana Gout or so tiuard treats his wound “You moron, pay attention God damn it! She was poisoned or didn’t-” … “oh son offa-” The felinoid iht ear “Kun! Get down here ASAP, we need you!” She turns to Till who is already rushi+ng out the door, leaving everyone else in a daze “You! Get us so to write or draith” Bell orders one of the attendants, who is still staring with a blank expression “Go! Quickly!” The guard leader bellows, causing the wo on?” “That kid there is either the biggest moron or her luckiest star It’s possible that she isn’t poi-” BA The door opens in a rough fashi+on, revealing Kun and Till “-tiple ways of draining the radually~ Is that possible~?” “I aives the non-users a nod as a greeting before closing his eyes, his brows steeped in concentration The attendants, guard and Princess alike are too confused and stunned by the rapid developments to respond Bell, Rick, and Till irls wait i tools The non-users can only tensely s their saliva They were curious as to who this younghis concentration since the felinoid called for hiency Time feels distorted in the stone chamber as seconds feels like hours Everyone save the Princess fidgets restlessly as they shi+ft their gaze from Kun and the door “Got it!” Kun opens his eyes in a snap just as the attendant co in the door