Vol 9 Chapter 145 (1/2)
Sevens: The Outsider of the Basement
The Outsider of the Basement
We entered a break for lunch, had a light meal, and replenished our fluids
Right around now, if Monica were here, it would be possible to prepare soant, but for now, hard bread and water had to suffice By the maid’s words, we also ate a bit of salty preserved meats to replenish our salt levels
While I sat on a nearby rock, May holeheartedly biting into a chunk of the hard, dried-out meat
It was a non-perishable that didn’t taste too good, May didn’t seem to mind
The ones ere to guard were resting in the shade of the trees Eva and Clara were keeping watch, so Aria was also on break
When I turned my eyes to the Holy Maiden candidate… Aura-san, I saw that Gastone-san was trying to persuade her
“Aura-sama, we cannot run away forever You need to be placed under protection somewhere”
Aura-san took a sip of water
“And that somewhere has to be Lorphys? Then no Even I know full well just how much they hate us”
Thel herself to pressure the girl too otten Aura-san involved in all this
(So the Holy Maiden candidate is that reluctant)
And noticing ue at me
May laughed
“Ahahaha, she sure hates you, Lyle But why do you need another Holy Maiden anyways? If she doesn’t have the motivations, just have the other one do it”
May’s opinion wasn’t wrong, but there was a reason Thelood
While doing her best, Thel Holy Maiden That gap wasn’t a big one, but it’s still true she lost
She then prepared a rival candidate in Aura-san, but the individual’s lack of motivation hat put more people on the current Holy Maiden’s side
“Thelotten too old for a Holy Maiden See, they’re usually supposed to serve around ten years at most, but she did her job for ot some rest”
There, May looked at Thelma-san
“From my point of view, they aren’t too different They can both produce children, so isn’t it fine? Come to think of it, why did you seduce her?”
When May turned to me, I took a bite of the dried meat in my hands
“… I didn’t seduce here That was a ”
There, the Fifth let his voice from the Jewel When May was around, he spoke up quite often
『That was an unpleasant happening We’ve had that ain, so fret not』
Perhaps curious aboutmy way fro, and began to panic
She didn’t hear the contents of the conversation, but such words went right through Eva and May
Eva spoke aloud of how she was happy she could write a song with this, and May complained that I should’ve just seduced her already
“It sure is a pain So, why does that er one any better?”
I returned my eyes to Aura-san
“The Holy Maiden is a sort of idol of worshi+p, it seems The last Goddess… they revere the seventh Goddess, but still, the country needed a representative If they are to be a decoration, then a young and pretty girl would be best, or so I’ve heard”
The Holy Maiden’s role was… a decoration
But at soain authority, and so other countries interfered, and other countries were used, putting Zayin in the position it was in now
The Fifth spoke
『Aura would be the better one to put at the head Even when negotiating with Lorphys, having a new representative would put you on a bit better terms There’s a possibility they won’t be as wary That doesn’t seeo with Thelma』
At present, our intentions were to join Lorphys’ side, and take Zayin down For that sake, we needed an individual to take up the role of, ‘the legitimate successor of Zayin’
(Once we return, we’ll have to gather inforht not have to be Lorphys)
If it was best to get a third party to intervene, that’s e’d choose If nowhere looked like it’d work… we’d have to be a bit unreasonable
The ancestors stated they wouldn’t really reco it to practice
But to put it simply, ould have to proclaie density of Aura-san’s faction’s supporters On top of chipping away at their national poould be able to make a union with Lorphys in opposition of Zayin
But withto be too happy about
I stood, and spoke to May as she finished her meal
“We’re departing We’ll arrive in Beim by tomorrow”
I said, as I thought
(I have to think up a way to win Aura-san over Should I rely on the Third?)
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… Beim
It was a large building
It seems it was once used by a wealthy merchant, but the adventurers deemed him too hard to ith, so it becaive loans in the city
Next to the e storehouse, and it was easily able to fit Porter With enough space for even a number of Porter units, Monica looked satisfied
“There shouldn’t be a problem if I s”
A splendid e storehouse
There was a certain reason they were able to get such a fine article It was considerably inconvenient
It was separated from Beim’s central district, and on top of that, there was a ru around somewhere in it
In truth, it did feel there was soone to the basement to deal with it
Nove, and with all its blemishes, she sa Monica and the others were able to purchase it so cheaply
“It would be too much a pity to tear it down… I see… so many accidents occurred that no one wanted to buy it”
Monica didn’t believe in ghosts, or the occult But noas different
“Hic, so to scarean end to it all before the Chicken dickwad returns is I, Monica’s role… We really must exorcise these spirits”
Monica took out sooods that looked like they would have a considerable effect, but looking at the water that had been sold as holy water…
“It’s just filthy water The rest are all nothing but decorations I tried gathering together sos for effect, but it doesn’t look like it’ll do anything”
But keeping them on her, Monica walked around the storehouse, and conducted a scan
“… There seeeway Even the storehouse has a base beneath this e its secrets”
Shaking her twin tails, Monica see the concealed entrance to go to a lower level, she wrenched it open with brute force, and descended the stairs
Entering the dark basement, Monica happily hummed a tune…
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… Shannon was clinging onto her sister Miranda
She held a lantern in one hand to light up the surroundings
“F-FWAHAHAHA! I can see the invisible flow of h all the traps t-that old merchant set!”
Miranda found it quite hard to walk, as she chucked the knife in her hands at the wall of the passage
It hit into a switch, causing rusted spears to jut out from the walls Their movements were dull, and a few of them were even snapped