Vol 4 Chapter 52 (2/2)

That’s what these heads of history put to practice

Looking at thes surface, but at the same time…

“It’s that Every era has its problems”

『Right There were quite a few in my tiht in the center of a ht now』

Hearing that from the Seventh, I tilted my heads, and wondered whether that was true

As I failed to comprehend it, the Second spoke to me with a fed up expression

『Lyle, you may have been driven out of the house, but the Walt House currently has a ticking tie problem?』

I was satisfied with that answer I guess there is a nu as well

(… But isn’t it fine to leave Celes as is? Ithe country, and all)

A much too naïve?

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Having challenged Aru Aria, Novem and Clara

This expedition was just to check how far the four of us could go alone We cahts

“Lyle-san, there is a party of adventurers trailing us from behind”

“Eh? Why?”

As I strained my ears, just as Clara said, I heard the sound of footsteps from behind

“Perhaps they’re under the assu the shortest route? I mean, we did make it all the way to the fortieth floor and back in a week It isn’t strange for them to think we have a Skill like that on us”

It isn’t the best of feelings

Trailing us from behind was, in the first place, a breach of manners

Even if we ask the perpetrators, they’ll likely so the same path at us Their excuse was so clear, I could already see it

Also, if they followed behind us, they would be able to avoid battle

It’s a form of harassment within the labyrinth

Aria opened her mouth

“What should we do? We’re trying to see how far we can get with the four of us, right? Should we convey theSkills?”

Clara shook her head

“It’s best not to get involved with adventurers who know full well they’re not following the proper conduct In the worst case, theyus”

Within the labyrinth, adventurers could kill one another

It was a co after slaying hordes of s off of them Those sorts of people definitely existed

Of course, adventurers who dived really deep in…

Had a high likelihood ofthem on the way back up

As I kept watch of behind, Novem raised her voice

“Lyle-sama, footsteps from the front”

I immediately reached for thethe way, but all I saas a fewahead

I can’t clearly determine their numbers, but more than that, I couldn’t even confirm what sort of enemy they were

(Just without Skills, I become this anxious, I see)

What o out front, or hittle them down, and leave the finish to her?

Even if I had to make an instantaneous decision, if the enemies didn’t approach any closer, I wouldn’t be able to decide

Based on what I could see of them, I issued orders

“Novem, knock theo up front! Clara, stay on standby”

I gave out the orders, but the party’s e on each individual was high The amount Clara could carry herself was liic stones was her job

We can’t have her fully loaded from the start

“W-wait a second!”

Aria immediately rushed forward

“What are you doing!?”

As I said that, I put a halt to the uard, as I rushed out front with Aria

While she swung her spear, she offered an excuse

“Last ti this same opponent, you had me rush out front, didn’t you!?”

“That’s because we noticed theht noe had tiic, don’t we?”

My panic er than intended, and Aria’s movements slowed

As it felt as if I had been shouting at her, she shrunk back I didn’t have the tiry, so I went to face the enemies up front

If it’s just fighting, I don’t have a proble orders, it’s completely different

(So there’s thisup preparations beforehand, anddecisions in battle…)

Because I had become too used to it, the lack of Skills felt like quite an inconvenience

The enemy before my eyes held a shi+eld and axe that looked like they were fashi+oned out of metallic boards torn off the walls

They were goblin, but they wore ainst them

I hit one with oblin, shi+eld and all, was sent flying deep into the passageway But I don’t think that finished it

(If it’s like this, even my Sabre would have been the better option! But it would have been a weight on our baggage, so I didn’t bring it… Aarrrgggh! Dammit!)

I withheldmyspear

“What are you doing!”

“That one wasn’t my fault!”

Aria shouted back, but I get the feeling that her voice was shaking

(This is no good We’ve lost our composure)

Just howwere those Skills to me… the current me felt that every time I entered into battle

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Having shaken off the party tailing us, and found a room to take a break in, we sat in aard positions

I get the feeling she had been much closer before, but Aria took quite a bit of distance

As I was observing her behavior, Clara called out to me

In this roo di watch Perhaps tired, Aria closed her eyes as she sat

“That previous battle was quite bad”

“… I didn’t have any cohts were on the right track”

“No, I don’t , but it’s mainly a problem of human relations”

As Clara said that, I tilted my head

“Was there a probleize to Aria after that, and it’s not like…”

Nothing happened following the battle As I was about to say that, Clara stared at me with more focused eyes than usual

“You don’t get it?”

“… I don’t get it”

I wanted to offer soet it, so I wanted to hear whatever it was from her She looked over at Novem

“This is basically a party with Lyle-san as the leader”

“Yes, it was like that from the start”

She took off her glasses, and started wiping the dirt off of the

“For a party’s leader, there are various types There’s the type that issues orders from the back There’s the one that cuts the path open up front There’s the one that adapts to the situation in the center of it all Lyle, you’re the center type You can accomplish any role, and you’re a leader that would be able to perform herever you went”

Seeing et a little embarrassed at her words, Clara went on disinterestedly

“… Do you understand that you could take up the front line better than Aria-san? Aria-san is a In just two row quite a bit if she continues to experience s Her movements in the labyrinth have already become much better”

She added on a ‘but’ as she put her glasses back on, and stared at me with a serious expression

“The fact that Lyle-san and Novem-san are so close to her has made her develop an inferiority complex It’s quite serious She makes mistakes even when she has no such intentions, and you or Novem-san have to follow up for her It’s quite natural for her to wonder whether or not she’s really needed”

“No, but that’s…”

“If you don’t stay in the center of this party, it will dissolve The fe”

Hearing that, I shook my head

“That isn’t the case I ht at the mansion”

Clara see about the parties she had seen before

“The party I had helped before was one of people who said what they wanted There coordination was bad in some places How about ht up such a conversation during a break When Ias well But they were seriously taking on their work”

Hearing her, I quieted down

A party centered around me… that truly was the case But it was also a party that wouldn’t function in my absence

Because of the Skills, those sides had stayed concealed When I wasn’t fulfilling the role of the perfect commander, the party’s function ceased

(So the ancestors’ Skills were even irowth)

Comrades who don’t decide on their own

From a state where all they had to do was listen toto irl into confusion

I had forgotten how adaptable Novem was

“Lyle-san, how about you have a chat between comrades first? What you can do, what you’re insufficient in… it’s important to see those from other peoples’ eyes as well”

I get the feeling I had learned so valuable from Clara

Reht I wanted so like that