V6C135 (2/2)
“Then, this is a labyrinth?”
“Probably … right.”
Miri retrieved the Darkness net and stretched it inside.
Then, after confirming that there weren’t any monsters inside, she entered.
“Ah. Miri-chan, please wait for me!”
Norn followed after her.
Then, Miri and Norn were rendered speechless.
It was because there was a conspicuous sword stuck on a pedestal and mysterious words written in a large font using white ink on the wall.
【Welcome to Centaur’s Labyrinth!]
Centaur.
A mythical animal with a human’s torso and horse’s body. In this world, Otherworld, they apparently used to exist but when Miri … or rather Miri’s previous incarnation Kaguya, came to this world, she heard that they became extinct soon after, before she had the chance to encounter them.
(Does this labyrinth have some kind of relationship with those Centaurs?)
In the first place, she came here because it’s one of the locations where her power was sealed at.
She stopped by to figure out who dispelled the seal and if he/she had any clue to the whereabouts of the other seals.
Because the seal was broken, she sensed the flow of the magical power from this location.
“The age of the words is comparatively new … is there any relationship between my seal and the Centaurs?”
” … Eh? These letters, I feel like I’ve seen them before though.”
Miri and Norn both thought deeply about the words.
Incidentally, Norn was the person closest to the correct answer at the moment.
That’s natural because those words Norn felt like she’s seen them before were actually written by Jofre.
Jofre and Elise who discovered this labyrinth discussed whether to name the labyrinth Labyrinth Jofreli or Labyrinth Elise but ultimately, they decided to name it after the discoverer of the labyrinth, making it Centaur’s Labyrinth. Hence, those words were written there.
“Miri-chan, what do you think this sword is for?”
“That sword is a trap. Well, there’s no idiot who will get caught in such a classic … trap.”
” … Ah, sorry, Miri-chan.”
When Miri turned over to look, she saw Norn standing still in her pose of having pulled the sword out as well as the hole that it was pulled out from.
Miri and Norn fell downwards head first. But ―
“I said it before, there’s no idiot who will fall for such a trap.”
A spider’s web nest made from Darkness thread extended from Miri’s body and stuck to the ceiling, preventing them from falling into the hole.
“Th … thank you, Miri-chan.”
The person who triggered the trap, Norn, was dangling after being wound round-by-round by the Darkness thread.
“Well, the floor would return soon so wait for a little … hn?”
Miri suddenly noticed something and extended her Darkness thread.
The Darkness thread extended endlessly … and then, looking at the empty space ahead, she chuckled.
“So it’s like that …”
Miri peeled off the Darkness thread that was stuck to the ceiling and fell towards the bottom of the darkness.
“Noooooooooo … ”
Leaving only Norn’s sorrowful scream, the Centaur’s Labyrinth returned to its original state.
The darkness led to a long slide.
The slide had many curves but other than some slight pain to the butt, there weren’t any other problems but Miri forgot.
Norn was continuously rocked on top of Fenrir just moments before so she was in a groggy state.
“I’m already … at my … limit … uuu”
After that, it is better to keep off record what awaited the two of them for the sake of Norn’s honor.
Author’s note:
Norn-chan, transformed into a pitiful character. Actually she was a creation that I quite liked.
TL note:
Miri is so savage lol. Poor Norn.