Chapter 605 – Return Visits and Allies

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The next morning.

When the five people who had escaped from the Dark Dragon Chamber cautiously headed for the castle gate in enough time even if the others were still sleeping.

Probably, I make eye contact with the guards who are expected to be standing guard from last night, and pass by with a slight bow of my head.

One male, four females.

No, one had a strange gas mask on her face her, but the fine jean female aristocratic dragon garb draped over her body made it possible to predict that she was a woman.

‘He’s healthy since morning, going out with beauties… I’m envious of his youth.’

To those who don’t know about Cleon, it could look like a young man from a rich family-or a noble family-secretly going out to play with his girls.

Of course, he probably did n’t know that the members were the head of the academy’s magic department, a genius archaeologist from the academy as well as the daughter of the Descartes family who ruled the port city of Eratus and her butler of.

Eventually, as they watched the young people disappearing beyond their sight, they yawned and yawned.

The sound of footsteps walking along the road echoes.

During this time, no one was wandering around inside or outside the castle, so it might be the best time to avoid anyone’s eyes.

Of course, Cleon and the others were aiming for that as well.

The early morning air, when the sun had not yet risen, did not feel that cold.

Rather, Cleon felt hot, although the problem was that it wasn’t because of the weather.

“Ugh… My body is… Heavy…”

When Artis, who was almost carrying Cleon on his back, uttered such a voice as he was being dragged along, Cleon was careful not to let go of her arm.

“I can’t just leave this guy…!”

Layla looked at her such her Atis and squeezed her hands as if her stomach was boiling, but her kshat her was beside her, calming her down.

“Hey, you’ve taken the medicine, so you’ll feel better soon. Please be patient…”

“Ugh…”

The cause, of course, must have been the drinking party last night.

He went to the place Herti had reserved, and although quite a few people drank together, he emptied a considerable amount of bottles—no, the bottles.

As he approached the counter to pay, he recalled almost dropping his wallet when he heard the bill coming back from the clerk.

‘Oh, I’ll do the math. All of you are doing your best for the east country’

Of course, Herti, who came quickly after him and finished the calculation, saved Cleon and the others from bankruptcy.

Couldn’t half of that drink be taken out of Artis’ salary? To the point of thinking the same thing, Attis drank almost like a drunkard.

“I think I’m going to die quickly from liver poisoning while drinking that much…”

Lyla let out a sigh and shook her head, as if she was fed up with Artis.

“Aha~ It’s okay. I’m getting a checkup once every three months~ They say my lungs and liver are still fine~ I’ve been told to stop, but~”

“Even so, I don’t think I can say it’s okay to continue doing it… “

Even Kshat shook his head as if he could n’t agree with Attis’ words and actions his.

“It’s too much! Do you think Cleon is okay?”

“Ugh, the smell of alcohol…!”

As Kshat wraps his arms around his neck his, Cleon can’t contain his disliked face her as he covers his nose.

“Look, you hate Cleon! As for Cleon, I like a healthy woman who knows how to drink alcohol, doesn’t smoke, and does proper exercise, hey…”

While she said that, she even pointed her finger her and teased Artis, and the further she went back, the more she realized that she herself was confined to her room her and was only doing research, and her expression her darkened.

“Uh, uh… Maybe I’m falling out of that standard…?”

Her outstretched fingers begin to bend as if losing strength, and she whimpers as she looks up at Cleon as she talks.

“I-I’m going to exercise too…”

“What kind of declaration is that… Well, proper exercise is for health, so it’s better to do it… “

The moment after she said that to Lila, she thought she heard a thud and looked back.

There was Fleur, twitching and convulsing her body, with her limbs stretched out.

“Ababa baba baba”

“Ah, the young lady couldn’t stand the relationship with Cleon-sama, who had a high hurdle, and her mental collapsed!”

Kshat speaks while analyzing the situation while supporting Fleur with both hands, who is making a strange noise from her mouth to her.

As he looked back at the group that had become a mess in an instant, Cleon’s fatigue, which had been slightly resolved while sleeping last night, welled up at once.

Lyla sobbing, Artis in a groggy state, Fleur fainting, and Kshat confused while looking at such a young lady.

‘…T-I have to take these guys all the way there…’

Cleon felt a cold sweat flow spontaneously from the tremendous anxiety welling up in his head.

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“Are you okay…? Miss Fleur…”

When Kshat asked that, as she supported her Fleur on her shoulder her, she nodded her head feebly.

‘Slightly whispered’

“…Yes? Does the lady exercise? …That’s right! I will cheer you on. First of all, let’s start lightly with gymnastics in the mansion!”

Looking at Kshat cheering for Fleur, who seemed to be determined, Layla let out a sigh.

“Should I ask Sasha to learn something…”

“How about learning spearmanship? When you used incarnation magic, you were using a spear.”

At Cleon’s words, Lila scratches her cheek.

“That’s… I’d love to learn it. Isn’t it a bit difficult in the East? I don’t know if it’s a kingdom.”

“As long as it’s spearmanship, you can learn it in the East. Although it may be a little difficult to find a teacher. Ah, come to think of it, the weapon used by Beauty Painter is also similar to a spear-“

“You have the guts to ask the king of a country to teach you a spear…”

At Cleon’s outrageous suggestion of her, Layla shakes her head as if she does n’t have the courage to do so.

The party stopped and rested at the bottom of the hill where they met Kanon before.

Before entering the cave, they stopped and waited for Fleur to recover and another to return.

Of course- the target waiting for that recovery is-

“All. Sorry. I waited.”

The one who came back with a cool voice was Artis with intelligent eyes who was always looking for something fun and calm while holding a candy in her mouth.

Watching her return to her normal self, Cleon carefully examines her complexion her and asks a question.

“…I’m back. How is your body?”

“Yes. I felt refreshed after throwing up once.”

In the end, except for the fact that he vomited and regained his physical condition, he seemed to be fine.

I didn’t think I could say I was fine at the time I vomited.

“Artis seems to be fine, so let’s go in. Lila.”

“Yes.”

When Cleon called out to Lyla, Lyla nodded her head and she closed her eyes for a moment.

“…”

And, a magic shield spreads around her body.

It’s not a function of trapping or expelling something, it’s a detection magic to detect beings caught in the veil itself.

Even on her way to this place, she had been using this magic many times to check whether she was following her.

Fortunately, either tailing or a pursuer. It seemed that there was no such dangerous being.

“Yes. I don’t think there is.”

“Maybe it’s thanks to the subjugation of Yeomma.”

At Kshat’s words, Cleon nods her head, and then uses one more magic together with Lyla.

It is a form of magic that creates a mirage, which is an application of Layla’s fire magic, and makes the direction of their movement appear strange.

It was an insurance policy considering that there might be enemies dangerous enough not to fall under their magic.

In addition to that insurance, one more.

When Cleon and his party her gather in one place, Cleon’s magic her, the curtain of darkness, spreads there.

Then, Cleon and his party could not be seen from the outside.

“…Great. From the outside, you can only see us walking in the other direction.”

“Sometimes I wonder if I have to go this far when I don’t have any desires… But it’s true that the danger hasn’t completely disappeared yet… “

At Layla’s words, Cleon nodded and entered the cave under the hill right next to it.

The inside is a normal, naturally formed cave.

There was no magic lamp or even a torch inside such a cave, so it was a place where there was nothing anywhere.

However, once it reached the end – Cleon moved his hand as if searching for something while groping the wall.

“I think it was around here…”

If Cleon doesn’t get the results of groping the wall while feeling the eyes of the three people except Layla, who are looking at Cleon with curious eyes-

“Can’t I just call you here? I think you can hear it.”

“…No, yes. That’s right…”

Actually, it was Cleon who thought he wanted to surprise the three of them by opening the door himself, but eventually he gave up and knocked on the wall, raising his voice.

“Canon. It’s Cleon. I came as I said last time… Is there?”

Thump. When I thought I heard the sound echoing inside the cave, Cleon’s voice echoed for a moment, and then-

When no response comes back from the inside even after waiting for a while, Cleon clears his throat again and knocks on the wall.

“…Canon? Are you still sleeping?”

It was a bit early in the morning when I came out of Asteris, but this time is enough time for people to wake up without any problems.

Some of them were slow moving because of Artis and Fleur, and some of them finished their time to avoid people’s eyes, but even so, it was a little too late that it didn’t happen until now.

Maybe, Cleon, who started to worry that something happened inside, tried to knock on the door again for a moment-

Charleuk! A mechanical sound was heard as the rock wall moved like a slide, and the mechanical passage behind it came into view.

“Oh oh…!”

Artis’ eyes shine as if she is excited to see it.

If Cleon grabs the back of the white robe’s neck her to stop him from wanting to jump inside right away-

[D, come in…]

Cleon and the others passed through the aisle and headed for the inner door while hearing the voice of a tired woman coming from somewhere giving permission for her to enter the room.

And, the wall on the side of the cave that automatically closes when everyone in the party enters the hallway.

As Kshat soothes Fleur, who flinches and flinches at each such mechanical movement, he calms her down by grabbing her shoulder her.

“It’s okay, ma’am. Because Cleon and Layla are trustworthy.”

Fleur nodded, as if encouraged by Kshat’s words her.

[Now, wait a minute… Oh, put on some clothes…]

“I thought you were really sleeping until just now… “

At Layla’s words, Cleon shrugs his shoulders and waits for the rattling noise from inside to dissipate.

And, if you wait a little bit- the lever in front of you and the valve of the valved door turn while making a clicking sound-

Just like that, the heavy-looking door was opening.

Beyond the hallway- the large room, which can be called the main building of the facility, looked dark because the lighting was extremely low even from here.

In such a place, the elf with a dark impression, who appeared again in a unique dark-colored outfit, greeted Cleon’s party with his bangs still covering his face.

“Oh, uh. Welcome, yo… Well, you really came again, yo…”

While saying that, while rubbing his hands in front of Cleon while talking—

“Nice to meet you. A kind and gentle elf.”

With a bang, the hand in the white robe protruded from behind Cleon reached out and grabbed Kanon’s hand of hers.

“Huh!?”

“I am Artis. As an archaeologist in Asteris, I am a person who excavates various artifacts and ruins. May I go inside?”

“I’ve never seen Artis speak so fluently…”

Layla said that, but Kanon slipped back as if his head would go flat if he listened to only half of what Artis was pouring out toward him.

“K, Mr. Cleon, Mr. Layla… This, this person…”

“An expert in the ancient technology I spoke of before. This guy will help you restore the footage from the past. Shall we go inside?”

When Lila finishes her brief introduction to herself, she nods her head and lets her party inside.

Then-

“This, this…”

Kshat, looking at the large room with a stiff expression, wondering where the leisure until now had gone.

Clothes scattered here and there, a carpet with crumbs from snacks.

Cups that make it hard to know when they were rinsed after use, and trash cans full of bread.

When Kshat looked at her room her, which could not be said to be hygienic and clean even with empty words, her fingertips her became itchy.

“This, as I said the other day, is the gift I brought. I think it’s Asteris’ special manju.”

“Ah, yes… Go, thank you. I’ve already eaten this a few times…”

Come to think of it, in Asteris, the robots do groceries, but there’s no way they haven’t eaten the special manju.

She thinks the same, but Lila makes a mistake in choosing a gift.

“Oh, that, no, no, it’s okay. Every time, I eat it thinking it’s delicious, and I, I like this.”

Kanon, while talking like that, somehow read her her – Layla’s her gaze her and thought of her her, and accepted her her manju her.

“Hey, everyone. One suggestion before we start!”

At that time, when Kshat, who was shaking her hand with a stiff expression behind her, spoke, the eyes of her party turned to her.

Of course, for Kanon, it would be better to say that he is such a large human-no, fish-man.

When she raises her voice, Kanon giggles and backs down.

“Bar, let me clean the room! The butler’s soul inside me…! I’m telling you to clean this room right away!”

When her party looked at her with her duster and her broom in her hand, she looked excited.

Cleon was talking to Kanon.

“How about giving it up? She’s a butler, so she’ll be good at cleaning.”

“Ah, uh. Ugh. Ah yes. Then, please, I will give it to you.”

“Like! Then I will start working right away, so please wait for a while.”

As soon as Kanon’s permission was granted, Kshat began to move his body in a hurry.

And, with the movement of Kshat, the figure of Fleur hiding behind her was revealed.

“…”

Then, Fleur and Kanon meet eyes for the first time.

On the other side, a noblewoman covering her face with a mask resembling a gas mask.

On the other hand, an elf who doesn’t like to go outside and isn’t used to talking to people.

The two of them looked at each other quietly for a while without saying anything, then walked over to each other, and at the same time held out their hands to shake hands.

‘I am an outsider…’

‘It’s kind of scary, but…’

‘The two of us are of the same kind!’

Looking at the two people who had gained a strange sense of sympathy, the three people except for Kshat made a puzzled expression.