Volume 2 Chapter 21 (1/2)

CHAPTER 2 – THE PHANTOM FOREST AND KRAKEN ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ (PART 1)

My name is Henry Watson

Walking on the way of the sword, I lived by the way of the sword……it’s like bragging saying it myself, but I’m what you call a Master Swordsman

In addition, I joined the Brave Party, I’, and created the beginning of consecutive attacks

Well, honestly, I’nized by everyone

And then……well, after the Deation, naturally, we returned to our country triumphantly

It looks like the De is born very often, and the peace that wehistory, it is really only a brief period of relaxation though……well, enough of that

We defeated the De

Peace had returned

And, a party was organized e returned to our country, and we can eat good food and good liquor I was able to make a little bossy face to everyone, and everyone would cheer me with smiles

It’s a coue of a hero tale……if there’s that lifestyle, it was enough for me

……un, it was supposed to be like that

The venue of the triu’s castle

Ranks would be put aside today, and free liquor and food were given to commoners and peasants

Without distinction of high and loithout discrimination, all of the country’s citizen were allowed to enter the victory party

In the end, all I did was to drink and get noisy, and after one to two hours after the party started, I was already groggy

I heard this later on, but it looks like I fainted there while vo

It was after ht when I woke up

Everyone, I think that they really cut their loose

After all, there’re drunks that were collapsed here and there with vomit in them, well that’s really a horrible situation

I stood up, and while holding hed

ーーit’s peaceful, I thought

Released from the fear from the monsters, and had this commotion as a recoil

It isn’t bad, un, this situation……isn’t bad at all

And even so, it’s a terrible headache I could only think that I drank too much

「I should just feel the night breeze froh huh」

I spoke that to myself, and went towards the entrance that connects the inner garden to the castle with drunk steps

I entered the castle

I went up from the first floor to the fourth floor, continued to walk a little more, and reached the terrace

The cold breeze tickled ood with a feverish body

I placed both of my hands to the handrails, and observed the town that spread beneath, and the distant e

This scenery, no, at athat we had protected all of this world, I felt very emotional

「Un, it isn’t bad……it isn’t……really bad at all」

And when I was getting eht side

Even though I’m drunk……it’s not normal for me to not be able to feel its presence until I was called

But, looking at the appearance where I glared at, I made a wry smile

「That’s bad, Narwick Who’d hide their presence in a place like this」

A silver-haired young man was there

His pale face that is illuhtーーit’s very co

「Hey, Henry?」

The key player for the DeationーーNarwick the Brave (TL: Yuusha Narwick)

I can’t see any relaxation to the star of the party’s expression

“If I’ht……”, I even doubted that

Not only that, feeling the tightened atmosphere, I answered while overwhelmed

「What happened……Narwick?」

「Do you know about the Interstice Labyrinth?」

「I had heard of it From everywhere at all times, whatever hero it is, it’s the labyrinth that no one had returned froht?」

「……hey, Henry, what are you planning to do from now on?」

「n? Let me think……there’s already invitations to beco froht be also good tothis time’s reward, and make my oord school」

「Hey, are you content with that?」

Narwick said as if he was really uninterested tone while looking far away

It’s like the expression of a child looking at the toy that he had played too much with

「What do you mean by that……? The world’s already at peace, and……」

Together with a sigh, Narwick shrugged his shoulders

「We are the strongest in this world There is no longer anyone who can stand against us with individual strength If it’s a sht with our party head-on……we ht even win」

「……?」

「Aloof That’s e are It’s too late, to return to the normal people, ill you do with that society? Whatever we do, it would only be a way of killing time until we die」

「……?」

「We……no, a person who could understand me, is most probably……soth than me」

「Nar……wi……ck……?」

I can’t understand what he’s saying at all But, e from how he looks

His eyes were bloodshot, and he’s spattering his saliva from his mouth

I knew in an instant’s glance, that it was not fro drunk from alcohol

「Hey, Henry? Can you listen to my selfishness?」

「Selfishness?」

There was insanity dwelling in his bloodshot violet eyes

ーーhe isn’t normal

It wouldn’t be good dealing with hiits loudest alarm inside my head

I want to leave this place right away, I thought of that, but my feet wouldn’t listen for some reason

Within the situation that is near paralysation, Narwick continued his words

「Cecilia and Gato have already agreed You’re the only one left……can you enter the Interstice Labyrinth with me」

Silence for a while

Andーーmy mouth opened

「Ahh, gladly」

The completely opposite words that my brain had come up to I had replied that for some reason

「But, you, why so sudden? We had just defeated the De you know?」

「I had heard it」

「You heard……?」

「The calling voice……fro in the deep floors」

「……?」

After that, I can’t remember it properly

As if I had walked inside a pinkish fog, as if I was not

And, it’s decided that I would go with him to the labyrinth

†

Hyaha〜!

It’s been a while huh! It’s me! It’s Ossan!

Well〜, but, how can I say this, this……”Hyaha〜” tension, I think it’s weird recently

After all, e is 35 years old you know?

I’ to think that the tension of aa fla “Filth will be cleansed!!” is starting to be bad right

Froh school had oing to be ers……

Compared to that, I’m an S-Rank adventurer in a different world, what the heck a……

ーー”no, isn’t an S-Rank adventurerthan subsection chief or section chief?!”, I don’t need you to point that out

How can I say this, it isn’t like that you know

Can you iine this?

In the stand bar selling pig innards in the underpass of shi+nbashi+……with a cup of alcohol inin the third follow upparty of the year-end party

My subordinate is already drunk as fuck But, I’er so I’m not drunk that much

And then, I treated hiive the driver-chan a ten thousand yen bill

I told the driver-chan to go until our company’s dorm, and on the other hand, I’ll return tothe last train

And then, my waifu will prepare me bath and a simple mealーー

「Didn’t I tell you toto be late that much……」

「I’m sorry every time Thank you I love you」

My waifu’s cheeks would blush with those wordsーー

「……you idiot」

Or so to the kid’s room

In the bunk bed, there’s hter

I kissed both of them with my lips with alcohol s in the next day, and leave the house with my lunch box

U〜n……

How can I say this, coly lacks in this different world That’s what I’ht? Understand?

†

Lake side in the afternoon

The lake’s size is about a fifty-meter square Rather than a lake, it has an impression as a pond

The forest of chestnut trees spread across the opposite shore, and a beach behind Junpei That was the safety area

While sitting on the ground, Junpei who had read the Ossan’s not up until that, let out a light sigh

「First……I can’t ione there」

It’s true that it’s too reckless telling a high school student to i innards

ーーin the first place, Ossan What are you planning to do if the ones that reached this floor and read your letter, is soh reincarnated from Earth, they’re from America?

While having a headache to the Ossan that was once a neet, Junpei read the next sentences

†

But, this labyrinth, I wonder until where it continues

And, I had thought about so

We are thinking that the clearance of the labyrinth, is equal to being able to get out in the end……but is that really true?

I know you know this, but my special skill is【Past Peek】

With that skill, I have seen various kinds of deaths of adventurers, and the conversations that were done there, I could read it using【Lip Reading】, but……this labyrinth really is suspicious

Recently, I had noticed that there’re three patterns for the guys that are entering this labyrinth

First is skill test for S-Rank adventurers includingto this floor

And next is guys that were sent as a sacrifice by their neighbors……placing those guys who had just accidentally entered here in that group, well, anyways, those guys are annihilated in the first floor

……and, the last group

It’s not like I’ve seen everything with【Past Peek】 It s that happened there in the past randomly And there’s also limits on use

That’s why the lower the floor, it’s 99 that what I would see are massacres

Even so, I was still luckily to see the 1 success thathere, the situation got different

Although I was only able to see annihilation videos up until now, but recently, videos, whereplayed often

That’s not the level of so battle strength, as if they had known the weaknesses and how to kill those monsters from the start, they had killed the monsters

Within them, there’s even someone as repeatedly the floors of this labyrinth that shouldn’t be able to turn back, it looks like so that ridiculous exists (Well, it seeh)

【Past Peek】is a special skill co from the Clairvoyance skill tree, so of course, I can only look with it And there co】

Even though it’s called【Lip Reading】, well, I’m a treasure hunter and it’s not like I’uess its accuracy

And, after gathering infor this labyrinth are ai

First is to contact so that dwells in the depths

And the other one is to pass through the depths, and in the deepest partーーafter clearing the labyrinth, they want soinable that is further that

Their reason for going deep is not to escape