90 Its Already Completely Healed (1/2)
After dinner, the two of us are walking together through the streets of the royal capital.
When it came time to ring up the bill and I was about to pay, they told me that it was all covered. It's probably Gamma's arrangement, but it might also have been because Nee-san is the latest champion of the Festival of the God of War. I can't quite determine which it is.
”It's already past the dorms' curfew, isn't it?”
”I told them that I'll be attending a party and already got permission.”
”As expected.”
The streets at night are unexpectedly quiet. I suddenly look up at the sky and see a shining crescent moon. For some reason, I feel like the moon is a bit more red than usual.
”What's the matter?”
So asks Nee-san upon seeing me look up at the moon.
”I feel like the moon is a bit more red than usual.”
”Is it? It seems the same to me though.”
”Perhaps. But thinking about it again, I suppose it doesn't really matter whether the moon is red or blue or any other color.”
Though I do think that it's cooler when it's red.
”So, we were in the middle of our talk about the Queen of Blood.”
”Yep.”
”I'm sure you already know about the Queen of Blood's underlings recently causing incidents outside of Outlaw City.”
Naturally, I did not know that.
”The surrounding countries who are taking that seriously have sent a joint request to the Magic Swordsmen Guild to subjugate the Queen of Blood.”
”Ok, with you so far.”
”So a team of top magic swordsmen is being gathered for this subjugation. I say team, but it's full of people with oversized egos, so it's not like we're going to get along like best friends and hold each other's hands.”
”So then?”
”And so that's how I can bring you along as my plus one. Don't worry, you can just stand back and watch from a safe spot. I'll do everything. Afterwards, the fact that you went along means you'll get some of the credit too.”
”I see.”
”If you get some credit here, then it'll be easy to wrangle you into a knight order. I managed to get pretty close with the daughter of the Grand Commander of the Imperial Knight Order at the previous party, so I can help put in a word for you if you want.”
”Hmm.”
”The subjugation will happen during autumn break. I'm sure there are some hasty ones who've gone ahead already, but I don't think there's any cause for worry...”
That moment, the wind carries the smell of blood to us.
Nee-san also notices it a brief instant later.
”The smell of blood. It's close...”
Nee-san stops walking and glares into a dark alleyway.
”Follow along behind me.”
”Alright.”
With a hand on the hilt of her sword, Nee-san enters the alleyway.
Leaving a bit of a distance between us, I follow along.
As we proceed down the dark alleyway, we finally spy a dark figure that's crouched over.
Gucha, gucha. It sounds like the figure is chewing something.
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”...!”
Biting back a shriek of surprise, Nee-san draws her sword.
Probably noticing us by our presence, the black figure turns around.
It turns out to be a blood-covered human.
No, that's incorrect.
That… Thing's eyes are red like blood, and razor-sharp teeth can be seen within its slackly opened mouth.