Chapter 73 - Possibly, The Most Suitable… (1/2)

Possibly, The Most Suitable…

The direction where those black dragons flew away.

The dragon’s roars.

I followed these and entered the forest.

Thanks to that, tracking these dragons weren’t difficult.

My running speed.

Stamina.

Is it thanks to the correction in my status?

Having both of them in my arsenal, it helped me arrive before anything bad had happened.

Seras slips out from under the man wearing a black armor.

I could exclude some target under my discretion while I’m designating multiple targets.

Therefore, she is not paralyzed together with the others.

My skill is quite convenient.

[To—]

Seras quickly closes her mouth.

It seems like she was about to speak out my name.

However, it seems that she has averted the situation where the man in armor hears my name.

It seems that she has earnestly thought what I said before.

[Umm… I guess I should thank you first for helping me out.]

Seras respectfully bowed.

[I’m glad I came right in time.]

After saying so, I turned towards the man in black armor.

[Is this one of those Black Dragon Knights?]

[Yes, they seem to be the Bakuos Empire’s Dragon Knights.]

[Is this guy one of those rumored Five Dragons?]

[No, though he called himself the deputy of the vanguard corps of one of the Five Dragons.]

Seras stands next to me.

I then turned towards the girl beside me.

[It seems that you’re in quite a mess.]

[Why did you come here…?]

Seras’ eyes were still towards the paralyzed dragon knight and that black dragon of his.

It seems that she’s still wary about them.

Before I answered her question…

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I invoked Poison into the dragon knight.

For the time-being, I’ve only set it into non-lethal.

Though, I’ve applied lethal poison towards the black dragon.

Now that I’ve confirmed that the poison has been endowed towards them, I began answering her questions.

[Rumors about you has been flowing around Mills without pause. These rumors said that you had escaped. You even managed to escape towards this place. And so, I came into this forest again just to search for you.]

The seriousness on Seras’ face began increasing.

[That isn’t what I w- wanted to know. What I wanted to ask was…]

[Wait.]

[Eh?]

[<Sleep>]

I made both the dragon knight and the black dragon fall asleep.

If she were to ask some questions one after another, she may slip out something that others must not hear.

As if she felt a bit ashamed, Seras looked down.

[I- I’m sorry that I didn’t notice. If we were to talk about complicated things, you would have to deal with eavesdroppers first. Umm, then… Why are you here?]

[I hired you as my escort. Besides, according to the information I received in MIlls, it wasn’t like you’ve betrayed and ditched us.]

[Pii♪]

Pigimaru happily added his comment too.

[D- Didn’t you understand after this happened? If you were to stay with me…]

[I will also be chased by the Black Dragon Knights?]

[T- That’s right. That’s why, please get away from this place already. For now, it seems that they haven’t sensed your presence yet except for this man…]

[Can’t we just escape together after you use that Illusion Technique you’ve used before? Or is it that you can’t change your face other than to that face you’ve used before?]

[I can indeed use it to change into other faces but… the spirit that could use the illusion is currently confused right now after the effects of the Illusion Breaker. I can’t seem to be able to use its ability until it calms down.]

[When will its confusion subside?]

[…I don’t know.]

Seras takes out a pouch from her pocket.

[I’m sorry. That guard mission that we’ve talked about before, I will be canceling it. I will also be returning this Azure Dragon Stone back to you.]

I breathe out a sigh.

[Why is it suddenly canceled?]