Chapter 493 – With Trust

000

After through the gate of the Dark Dragon Chamber, Illenu looked around as if he was a little curious.

It’s not that I’ve never been around this area, but the sight beyond the open door was always a scene of people busy moving.

When they are guided by Caliburn and Galatea, they are discovered by Calia, who was passing in front of them.

“Hmm? Cleon-sama’s Magic Sword and Holy Sword. It’s good that you’re safe. Cleon-sama was looking for them.”

Apparently, in order to find the two who do not receive his telepathy of her, Cleon seems to have asked Calia as well.

“It’s okay. I contacted you on the way home.”

“Is that so… But if possible, please keep in touch with your colleagues. No matter how Asteris is, there may be people who are targeting you.”

After Calia replied that she was fortunate, she lightly paid attention to the two of them, then tilted her head as she saw Illenu and Emma standing behind them.

“These people…?”

“I’m Cleon’s guest~ It seems like we’ve had adventures together before~”

Then, naturally, I don’t know if it’s a professional habit, but she quickly examines the impressions of Ile Nu and Emma, ​​and then she smiles.

“That’s right. Thankfully. I also thought she was Cleon’s daughter.”

Illenu, hearing Calia’s words, blinked her eyes and said ‘That can’t be so’ and tried to deny it by shaking her head and hand-.

Emma, ​​who was quietly listening to her story, asked Illenu with her eyes twinkling.

“Cleon! Isn’t that the man who helped Illenu yesterday? Is that man my father?”

“…Then I’m going to be a mother!? No, wait! Wrong! Cleon is just an old man!”

“Who is the uncle…”

For some reason, when Illenu, who had almost been taken aback by those words, gave out a voice of denial with all his might her, the voice of memories came from behind.

When I turned around, Cleon was standing there with a tired face.

“Cleon.”

Right before Illenu said thank you by calling him by name, Emma, ​​who was standing at her feet her, jumped at Cleon and clung to his leg her.

“Mister!”

Emma rubs her face against Cleon to see if Cleon has completely opened up to her, and Cleon looks at Emma like that and doesn’t know what to do.

“For starters… Emma is older…”

“Because she’s 6 now. Treat her like a 6. She doesn’t understand when I say she’s an adult.”

Illenu approached Cleon with a mischievous smile, but-

“Cleon~!”

And another girl ran past her and clung to Cleon’s empty leg of her.

“Galatea…”

“Sorry Cleon. I was so mean…! I won’t be like that again!”

Such, Galatea’s pretense that was obvious to the eye.

However, seeing Galatea like that, Cleon let out a small sigh and smiled bitterly.

“OK got it.”

“Whoops.”

Galatea smiled as if she had won, and Caliburn was looking at her with a ‘wow…’ Expression.

“Let’s go to the inn first. I have to unpack Emma’s things. Quon will already be at the temple, so I asked Innis to prepare a room for me…”

“To that crazy homunculus…? Are you serious?”

“Still, lyrics are second only to Quon among us.”

To Galatea’s words of disbelief, Cleon also replied as if he understood, but it was Illenu who became uneasy when he heard those words.

“I think I heard a word that I can’t hear very much right now…”

“Oh, no. It’s okay, so don’t worry.”

Cleon waved his hand as if to calm down Illenu, and when he was about to head to the inn with the party—

He looked down at the feeling of his hand her being grasped tightly.

Then, there Emma was holding Cleon’s hand while smiling with her bright face.

“…”

Seeing that sunflower-like bright face, Cleon held her hand without saying a word, as if he didn’t feel like saying anything.

Come to think of it, Emma received a lot of help from the world on the other side of her as well.

Without her, Cleon would not be here today.

‘… This Emma is not the same Emma as her, but-‘

Even a little bit, she clearly had her heart that she wanted to repay her.

“Meot.”

Then, as if she had read Cleon’s mind her, Galatea grabbed her hand her with her other hand as if exuding her own presence her.

“Yeah yeah. Okay, but it’s hard to walk when you’re holding her hand her like this.”

Suddenly there are many people around me who have become so young, I feel like I’m in a fairy tale world.

But if you think about it, you often become young, so it’s not impossible for this other person to become younger too, I think.

‘On the contrary, someone gets old and adjusts the balance… There won’t be anything like that.’

Thinking of such a foolish thing, Cleon proceeds to the inn with the appearance of a father holding a young girl in both hands and serving a family.

Calia looked at Cleon’s back for a while.

“Because there are so many women who take him around like that… Especially children.”

Perhaps, Herti had no chance of winning.

Thinking of that, Calia shakes her head and worries about her boss her.

001

“Ah Cleon, you’re back.”

As she said it, it was Lila who greeted her group at the door.

She was holding a broom in one hand and a dustpan in the other, wearing her usual apron instead of Quon’s.

“Cleaning?”

“Ah- yes. Well, that’s right.”

Layla gave an ambiguous expression, as if it meant something, and then she turned the broom and dustpan behind her and glanced at the two strangers behind Cleon.

First to Emma—and then to Illenu, Layla’s eyes twinkle.

“You’re Illenune! I wonder if it’s the first time I’ve seen you? ‘Mixed-blood demon under the moon’.”

“…A half-blood demon under the moon?”

Cleon tilts her head a bit at the title she hears for the first time, but Illenu flinches for a moment when she hears it, then raises the corner of her mouth and talks to Layla.

“Ah. Then you are Lyla Flamewatch… ‘Mage of Crimson Flames’.”

“The red flame mage? What are you guys talking about?”

Without answering Cleon’s question, the two looked at each other-

Soon, they shake hands as if they had met well.

“You don’t know, Cleon? It’s ‘tiny name’, it’s ‘tiny name.’ A second name that can be registered in the Kingdom Adventurer’s Guild.”

“Ah, ah. That’s it.”

Cleonon also knew that there was a system that allowed the guild to decide who they wanted to be called by the voluntarily reporting system.

However, the system is flawed in that once tinnitus is registered, it is impossible to change it.

It is said that there are quite a few young people who regret being called by that name after two or three years because they are so obsessed with making a nickname cool.

When I think of the fact that I almost registered under a name like ‘Dark Demon Swordsman’, I feel ashamed and want to hide in a rat hole.

“I remember all the adventurers who were in the top 10 of the ‘Great Alien Ranking’ introduced in the magazine before.

“Me too, Lila. I’ve seen your name. Probably the same magazine.”

Apparently, the two seemed to have similar tastes.

However, it was the first fact that Cleon knew that Layla’s nickname for her was ‘The Red Flame Mage’.

All wizards from the academy. It must be because she calls her by the same name as the head of the magic department.

In any case, when Cleon blankly stars at the two people who are in harmony even though they met for the first time, Sasha jumps out from the inside.

“Mr. Cleon! You’re back…?”

Was it strange that Cleon looked at Illenu and Layla as if he was dumbfounded?

Sasha stops her feet for a moment and tilts her head.

Meanwhile-

[Pya!]

The griffon, whose cry became even cuter, jumped to the floor and spread its wings to Cleon.

“Ouch…!”

No matter how small it is, when a griffon with the size of a large dog’s body flies into his arms his, Cleon’s body stumbles under its heavy weight hers.

“What, what is it? Cleon, are you raising a witch beast?”

While shaking hands with Layla, Illenu suddenly saw a griffon flying towards them, and his face her became a little taken aback.

“Ah. They just hatched yesterday. They’re clever, so you don’t have to worry about getting hurt.”

She already knew how to hide her claws her and recognize her people her, so Emma didn’t have to worry about hurting her.

Cleon then glanced down at her Emma, ​​who was standing beside her, and could see her looking up at her gryphon her, her eyes twinkling.

“Is the room ready?”

“Yes. Mr. Innis is making the bed for the last time.”

Cleon nods at Sasha’s words and looks back at her Emma her.

“I understand that you’re curious to see the griffon, but let’s go to the room first. Sasha, take care of Gonzalez.”

“Yes!”

So, as she passed the griffon that her Cleon was holding to her, Illenu looked back at her Cleon with a subtle expression on her face.

“…Is his name Gonzalez?”

“…By the way?”

Something, Cleon said to Illenu, who was making an expression like Griffon was such a name, that it was better not to say useless words.

He will, too, because it was the girl in front of her eyes in her—Sasha, who gave her that name.

Besides, at least he was a much better name than either he or Layla had imagined.

Illenu may have noticed that much, but he quietly moved on without saying anything.

“Whoah-. I woke up early in the morning and I’m sleepy. Then I’ll go take a nap.”

“Me too~ Then Cleon. See you later~”

Galatea and Caliburn head to her own room as if they had been waiting.

Sleeping was normal for Caliburn, but it was rare for Galatea to do so.

Maybe something happened outside? I think she used her magic power her badly.

Though thinking the same thing, but thinking that showing Emma’s room first, Cleon heads to the room that Innis is tidying up with the two of them and Lila.

OK-

Hehe-“

While humming his song her, I saw Innis finishing the tidying up of the unused room.

The sound of the door opening and the sound of a presence made her immediately look back at her entrance her and raise her voice her as soon as she saw Cleon.

“Papa! Are you here early? Hey, is the girl behind him Emma?”

“Papa…?”

Illenu looked at Cleon with a suspicious face this time, but Cleon replied yes to Emma, ​​but she moved her head busily to deny that it was to Illenu.

“She’s my homunculus. Part of Cleon went into her material her, so she’s called that.”

“Part of it, Jeong-eup!?”

Lila forcibly shuts Innis’s mouth, who is about to tell it as it is.

“What are you talking about in front of a child!”

Thanks to this, Innis, who couldn’t open her mouth as usual, stood there, while Cleon looked around the room she had cleaned.

Things like the bed and furniture were originally there, so it can’t be helped, but seeing that the doorknobs and corners of the furniture are covered with soft materials to prevent children from getting hurt, I think I have no choice but to acknowledge Innis ‘Housekeeping skills.

“It’s not… Not bad.”

After Innis followed Cleon’s gaze and looked around the room, he would have no choice but to answer like that.

“Are you sure it’s safe to entrust Emma?”

“…Not until the curse is lifted. But. Rather than being with me. You have to take care of it properly. You may forget it when you grow up, but the important thing is right now.”

Illenu talks to Cleon like that, and then she talks to Emma.

“Emma. Starting today, I’ll be staying at this uncle’s house for a while. This is Emma’s room starting today.”

“Waah…! Is it okay to use a room this large? Then, will Illenu be staying with me too?”

“Huh? No, I…”

As if Emma’s question was unexpected, when Ilenu gets flustered, she turns to Cleon.

However, even as Cleon, he had no choice but to shrug her shoulders, so Illenu sighed again and continued her explanation at eye level with Emma.

“Yeah. No. I’ll continue in my room. This is Uncle’s house, and it’s a bit difficult for both Emma and Illenu to stay.”

“Then, I like the original room I was with Illenu.”

Emma answered without a moment’s thought.

After hearing that, Illenu couldn’t help but be taken aback once more.

“No… But it’s bigger here… It’s nice that Emma isn’t alone at night either.”

“I like waiting for Illenu, so it’s okay to be alone… That’s why I want to spend time with Illenu.”

“Eww…”

Illenu looks back at Cleon once again as if asking for help, but Layla speaks out.

“What is it? Then Illenu should also stay here.”

“Eup-eup-!”

I can’t understand what he’s saying, but is he saying ‘yes’?

Illenu was about to shake her head in embarrassment at the words of Layla and Innis, but-

“Lionel said yesterday. …I was able to come this far with help from others. …Especially Illenu. ?”

“That, that’s…”

At Cleon’s words, Illenu must have remembered the vampire hunt they had together in the past.

Yesterday, when he remembered accepting Lionel’s favor, he could feel that he was conscious of applying a different standard only to Cleon.

That’s why, he repeats his thoughts over and over again, then nods his head.

“Okay…Okay… If you say that, there’s nothing you can do about it.”

In the end, he has no choice but to accept Cleon’s proposal as if he can’t accept it.

“Is Illenu staying here too?”

“Yeah. It seems like there’s no choice but to do that. …Couldn’t you have prepared a spacious room with a view to here?”

“I can’t believe it. The rooms in this house are all the same size.”

Cleon just shrugged his shoulders at Illenu’s suspicion and answered.

“…If you’re like that, then that’s probably the case. Somehow, it feels like you’ve been duped.”

Illenu’s expression was half apologetic, half grateful, and a wry smile.

When I look at that face, what I can’t help but think of is the goddess of death I saw in the gap in the other dimension. She is her face

The same person that Illenu and she eventually root for.

It was a strange story that the faces were different, but-

“…That’s right. Actually, there was someone I wanted to let you meet.”

When he thought about it, Cleon nodded his head as if he had just remembered it and talked to Illenu.

“Who would you like to meet?”

“Yeah. Probably, it’s the first time I’ve seen Illenu… But you know Illenu.”

“This is meaningful… Oh, did you know someone with a tinnitus like Lyla? Does that person have a nice tinnitus too?”

Cleon blinked at Illenu’s words for a moment, then put his hand on her chin as if thinking about it.

“…Saint Princess…?”

“Cleon. That’s not a second name… No, that’s right. It’s just that he doesn’t belong to an adventurer.”

Even though Ryla had a puzzled look on her face after hearing Cleon’s story, she soon nodded her head as if it made sense.

Illenu tilts her head as she sees the two of them, but Cleon turns around and leaves Emma’s room after saying ‘I’ll call her’.

‘By the way, Amelia. You seemed a little excited from last night. It’s fortunate that she seems to be healthy… Is there a reason why she does n’t come out of her room her?’

Thinking so, Cleon went to Amelia’s room, knocked on the closed door, and Amelia’s voice came back from the inside.

“Cleon?”

“Yeah. They’re awake. Illenu and Emma are here. … They’re different from the two people we know, but I thought it would be nice to meet them anyway.”

“Two of you! Hold on, I’ll be leaving soon!”

After saying that, there was a rustling sound from the inside for a while, and then the door opened.

Then- Amelia, who seemed to be about 13 years old, was looking up at Cleon, dressed in pure white.

“…?”

But I couldn’t help feeling uncomfortable about it.

“… Amelia. I think she’s taller or something? Maybe she’s a little older.”

“…You’re recognizing, too.”

At Cleon’s words, Amelia put on a slightly happy expression, then she said ‘for a moment’ and then she closed the door again.

Then, when she opened the door again, she was back to 10-year-old Amelia.

“…Amelia, was that just?”

“I was just trying out a little bit of my new power! Never mind. Hehe.”

Amelia walks up to Cleon and holds his hand her while smiling Betsy.

“Cleon. If you don’t mind, would you like to tour Asteris with me this afternoon?”

“…Are you okay? If only there was someone from the kingdom.”

“Don’t worry. If I use the same way to grow my body, you won’t recognize it.”

Amelia nods her head confidently.

After Cleon thinks that if she goes that far … She accepts her offer her.

‘I’m glad I finally got my energy back.’

Although Cleon thinks that her change is simply a way to get rid of the scars of what happened in the kingdom and lighten her heart a little-

Amelia was thinking of a much more elaborate plan than Cleon’s.