Re:Zero - Jobless Reincarnation: Succubus Sword God? I don't recognize it!

Chapter 322: The bond of trust across mountains and seas, falling to the ground: the labyrinth group "Archipelago"

The autumn in Ars is rainy and cloudy.

In the royal capital, the nobles' carriages sped along the road, their wheels creating clusters of rain flowers.

Civilians on the streets were hurrying back and forth wearing rain gear.

In just three months, the smiles on their faces almost disappeared, and the after-dinner chatter that they used to discuss often, such as "Your wife is so beautiful/Madam, how about inviting you to my house tonight", also disappeared.

replaced by:
“Has the price of bread gone up again?”

"Yeah, damn, it's only been more than three months."

"Three months? Three months is enough time for the news to reach the southern kingdoms. The three northern magic kingdoms probably already knew about it."

"Why is there such a natural disaster? Is there going to be another war?"

"Don't say such unlucky things. Hey! Aren't all the remaining breads on this counter mine? We clearly agreed on this yesterday! And you even came to the free zone! You!"

"Sorry, customer, she paid more, and we have to keep some too."

“How do you do business like this!??”

"Ma'am! This is what we booked. Eh? Where are the people?"

A gust of wind blew past the inquiring people, the doorbell of the bakery rang, and the black-haired girl stepped into the rain.

He was hit by heavy rain, but before his clothes got wet, the flow of mystery changed its direction and bounced him to the side.

A layer of white edge like a halo enveloped her figure.

This obviously extraordinary display made the man who had hurriedly chased after her shut up and go back in disappointment.

Izuruti put one foot in the water on the ground and looked up at the sky.

The dome was dark blue, covering the entire sky, and the gray air was cut by rain lines, connecting heaven and earth.

This cloud seemed to be about to crush the capital.

Isa Luti lowered her head. In just three months, her jawline had changed from a very soft oval face to a melon-shaped face.

He took a step forward and continued walking along the street, brushing shoulders with passers-by, passing through the free zone, and being checked by soldiers at the edge of the towering city wall like an ordinary person, and then entered the upper noble area.

After a few turns, we returned to the mansion.

He opened the iron fence of the gate, walked along the floor through the courtyard, and arrived at the main entrance of the mansion.

When you open the door, you are greeted by a gentle smiling face.

"You're back? Has the price of bread gone up again recently?"

Izuluti looked dazed, and she looked down at Sylphy and responded subconsciously.

"Has it gone up? It seems to have gone up."

Sylphy tilted her head and pursed her lips to look at the expressionless Izuruti, then glanced at her lower body, shook her head slightly, took the bread basket from her hand that was protected by the flow secret technique without getting a drop of rain on it, and placed it on the stool beside the entrance. She reached out to open the door of the shoe cabinet beside the entrance and pulled out a pair of dry home slippers.

Put it on the ground.

"Lift your feet."

Izuruti broke out of her trance, first looking at her slippers, then looking into the gentle reddish-brown eyes.

Finally, he looked at his boots.

It's been soaked by rain.

when.
"It's soaking wet. Isaruti stepped in water all the way."

As he heard these words, Isaruti suddenly realized.

She used the flow secret to cover her body and the bread basket, but she forgot about her feet.

This shouldn't happen to the new Water King.

But it did happen.

"I'm sorry Sylphy."

"It's okay." Sylphy skillfully used blowing magic to dry Izuruti's shoes, patted her legs, urged her to change into slippers, stood up, and closed the door that let in wind and rain.

The wind that had been crashing into the house died down.

It was not until this moment that Izuruti noticed that the room was already filled with the aroma of food, and Sylphy in front of her was still wearing an apron.

"."

"Okay, the food is ready. Izuluti, take off your coat first. I'll heat up the bread and then you can eat." Sylphy patted Izuluti on the back and smiled at her.

For some reason, when Isa Luti saw this smile, she suddenly felt that the rain outside the house had stopped and there seemed to be bright sunshine shining through the window.

She subconsciously turned her head and looked outside the house through the glass.

Dark clouds are still dark clouds.

The rain curtain is still the rain curtain.

The sight still cannot penetrate the confusion.

"Pah. Pah."

Turn around.

Sylphy's thin figure had walked into the house and went to the kitchen. Izuruti's lips moved, as if she wanted to say something, but in the end she remained silent. She just quietly took off her clothes and changed into home clothes, then sat down at the dining table, staring blankly at the wood texture of the table.

Four thousand seven hundred and ninety-six, counted for one hundred and sixteen days.

Go, go, go.

The noise came from the opposite side.

——Rudius was eating voraciously, holding the leftover bread from last night, soaking it in the hot vegetable soup that had been served in front of him.

While eating, he was looking at something like a manuscript on the table.

She looked intently.

That was the list of people rescued/killed/missing from the "Great Disaster of the 414th Year of the Ankylosaur Calendar" provided by Ariel every afternoon.

The time was October 23rd, which was yesterday.

There is still no name after the rescued column, but there are more names after the dead and missing.
Isaruti felt like tears were coming out of her eyes because of those words.

Then he lowered his head.

Soon, Sylphy brought out the meal and pushed it in front of Izuru.

But the latter didn't do anything at all. Seeing this, Sylphy didn't react at all. She just sat beside her, grabbed the fragrant baked bread in her hand, tore it into pieces and put them in the vegetable soup in front of her.

"Why not eat it?"

Izuruti looked at the texture of the tabletop, her voice hoarse.

".I can't eat it."

Sylphy turned her head to look at her, then reached out and switched her bowl with Izoloti's.

"The more you are hesitant to move forward, the more you should eat well."

"If you can't even fill your stomach, how can you have the energy to do anything else? Right?"

Izuru remained silent, with a dreamy expression on her face, as if she hadn't heard Sylphy's words at all.

Subsequently
A soft voice entered her ears.

"That's what Alan said."

Izuruti was stunned, staring at Sylphy blankly, and her face finally woke up from the confusion just now. She had been avoiding mentioning it for the past few months.
Every day
Every day
They all follow the list and get information.
A name that I have silently repeated in my mind thousands of times.

From morning to night, from waking up to falling asleep.

The name that touched my heart.

Is it so far away, so hard to reach?
Why is this happening?
Why
Is it like this? ?

She wanted to respond to Sylphy's smile, but found that she couldn't smile at all. In the end, she just pursed her lips, looked up at the ceiling, then lowered her head, sniffed, grabbed the bread hanging above the soup with her bare hands, and began to stuff it into her mouth.

His hands moved faster and faster, and the bread in his mouth was filled again before he could swallow it.

The movements of his hands became faster and faster until he could no longer fit any more food in.

Finally, he covered his face with his hands.

The tears that she, who thought she was the oldest and the one who should least cry, had been holding back for more than three months kept flowing through her fingers. She whimpered and moaned with her mouth full of food.

With a million confusions and self-blame.

".I went to the Mizugami-ryu main dojo every day to ask but there was no news."

"I know."

"But...but I can't find any news about my brother..."

"I know."

"I don't understand. Why is it like this? Why can't I find my brother? I went out to look for him for a whole month... but it's no use looking for a needle in a haystack. It's all sand and no one is there. Why?"

"I know."

"Wow. Why. I just can't find it. Why. Sylphy. Wow."

At some point, Sylphy had stood up and put her hands around Izoloti's head. The latter lay on Sylphy's apron, with tears, snot, and bread crumbs all over her body, but Sylphy just touched Izoloti's hair with a smile in her eyes.

Touch gently.

"I know, Isa Luti has tried very hard."

Soothing in a soft voice.

"I see it all. I see it every day. Isa Luti has been working very hard."

Just like I was treated gently by someone in the past.

same.

"Alan will be fine, trust him."

"woooooo"

At some point, Rudy's figure disappeared from their sight.

-

Click. Rudy, wearing rain gear and carrying food in his hands, opened the door of the Ker'er mansion.

Walking along the street, he was heading in the exact opposite direction of the direction Isa Luti took when she returned to the mansion that morning.

We came all the way to the core of the upper noble district and stopped in front of a huge garden-style mansion.

The guard at the door saw Rudy and bowed in a noble manner.

"Master Rudeus, please come in."

Although Rudy was still a little uncomfortable with this gesture, he still greeted him.

"Thank you, uncle."

The guard, however, was somewhat unimpressed by Rudy's attitude. He just nodded and continued to stand guard.

The latter shook his head, walked into the mansion, passed through the empty hall, went up the stairs, and came to the study on the second floor.

open the door.

A strong smell of alcohol hit me in the face. The room was dark, and the curtains were very thick and had excellent light-blocking properties, covering the windows tightly.

Rudy curled his lips, put the food on the table beside him, threw a bunch of flames to light the candlestick, walked to the window, and opened the curtains.

Turning around, he looked at Paul, who was lying in a pile of wine bottles.

Paul has searched almost the entire Asura in the past three months. At first, he was very energetic and anxious, but as news of deaths continued to come from the Fitoya territory, the number increased by hundreds or thousands every time he returned to Ars.

Until last week, when he saw the death information of his neighbor in Buena Village on the list.

Paul collapsed and became insane for a while.

This great shift in his life hit him even harder.

Because of the great transfer, Senis became a son of God and turned into a fool, while Norn and Aisha were too young and had almost no ability to take care of themselves.

This almost meant that the four of them had no chance of survival.

So he became like this. After returning to Ars, he even ignored Ariel's summons and went straight back to the mansion, locked himself in the room, and did not go out for a week.

The family is only able to survive thanks to Rudy's meal delivery.

And now.

The scumbag's face, which was full of confidence in the past, now had a long stubble and dark circles under his eyes. He just looked up vaguely at Rudy and the scenery outside the window behind him.

"You came."

"Oh, it's still raining. It's been raining all day."

"No, father, it has been raining for a week."

Paul dropped his head.

"Is that so? It's been a week already."

Rudy came in front of him, squatted on the ground, and looked at Paul's face. "Father, did you know that the Milpoz Territory will send people to the capital tomorrow? I heard that it is your distant cousin, a practical man, different from the fancy-fighting guy who was defeated last time."

"Ah~ah~" Paul picked up the bottle and drank.

"The Milpotz territory was also greatly affected by this great migration. Even so, they still managed to send people here in their spare time."

"Gulp." Paul put down the empty bottle, shook it doubtfully, and went to pick up another bottle. "Ah~ That kind of thing has nothing to do with me."

Rudy snatched the bottle and threw it on the ground!

Snapped! ! !
I saw him stand up, turn around, walk to the window in two steps, and open it.

The wind and rain poured in from the window! The fine and dense rain was blown by the wind and fell on Paul's face!

And Rudy's roar!

"Master! Master Paul Notos Greyrat!! Wake up!! Look at what you are doing!!"

The latter's face was covered with rain, and he sobered up a lot with a look of obvious surprise. But before he could react, Rudy threw the search information in his hand to the ground.

"Mother, are Lilia, Aisha, and Norn's names on the death list?! Isn't it clearly written as missing?! What are you doing? One week, a whole week, how long are you going to be decadent?!"

Paul was stunned and looked at Rudy for a long time. It seemed that he just realized that he was being taught a lesson by his son.

"Master? You call me Master?"

He stared at Rudy for a long time, and suddenly his face burst into anger! He stood up, grabbed Rudy's collar, and pulled him in front of his face.

"Rudeus!"

"For three months, I searched all over Asura!! I couldn't find them!! My wife! My children! They are all missing! And you! What did you do!! You sort these things every day and you can come and teach me a lesson?? Your mother! Your sister! What did you do?!"

"If they are all missing, what's the point of being the head of the Notos family?"

"Have you ruined your brain by following Alan in this capital?!"

At this point, Paul showed a look of pretended realization on his face. He threw Rudy, who was staring at him, to the ground and spat.

"Oh? I understand. You feel that your position as the young master of the Notos family, which is within your grasp, is threatened, right? Things like your mother's disappearance and your sister's disappearance don't matter to you. Anyway, you have been with Boreas for a long time..."

Zheng!
Rudy actually pulled out the sword from Paul's waist with a flick of his hand. A cold light flashed in the latter's surprised eyes, and then he placed the blade in front of Paul.

A flash of light passed by, and the detoxification magic was instantly performed, and Paul sobered up from his drunken state in an instant.

He stared at the blade.

In the shadow of the knife.

The face of a drunkard with stubble was reflected in the picture, and he looked exactly like the drunken gamblers in the bar.

Rudy's voice floated faintly from behind the knife.

"Father, do you know what Alan would say if he were here at this moment?"

He lowered his voice and looked up at Paul.

“He would ask:”

"Uncle, why is your sword blade so rusty?"

The two fell silent.

The curtains flapped against the window sill, and the wind and rain soaked half of their clothes.

Paul looked quietly at his face in the blade, paused for a long while, and then closed his eyes tightly!
When he opened his eyes again, there was a fierce look on his face as if he was trying to get what he wanted even though he couldn't.

"First take the position of the head of the family and form a larger search and rescue team!"

“No one funded me, so I did it myself!”

"If Asra is not found, then go to the Land of Strife!"

"We haven't found the Land of Strife! Then let's go to Xillon! Go to the Kingdom of Wang Long! Go to the three magical kingdoms in the north!"

"If you can't find it, go to the Sky Continent!"

"If you can't find the Sky Continent, go to Bekalit Continent, to Milis, to the Demon Continent!!"

Paul dodged the knife in Rudy's hand and inserted it into the sheath at his waist with a clang.

"Let's go! Let's go see Her Royal Highness the Princess!!"

"Alan! Senis! Lilia! Norn! Aisha! I'm going to find them all!!"

“No one can be left behind!!!”

“Not even one!!”

Rudy laughed. This deliberate imitation of Allen's behavior really worked.

Sylphy's suggestion worked well.

Although she was thinking this, the bloodshot in her eyes was exactly the same as Paul's.

The father is not the only one who is worried about his 'family'.
However, the former is more worried about Allen, while the latter is more worried about his real family.

"it is good!!"

-

Keerer Mansion.

Half an hour later, Sylphy had coaxed Izuruti to sleep after she hadn't slept for nearly three days. She stood up and gently placed her on the pillow, then turned around and walked out of the room and returned to her bedroom.

Sitting at the table, he took out his diary.

The search team records that began three months ago were written one by one, densely packed with tiny handwriting, covering dozens of pages.

From the initial record of Sylphy, Rudy, and Izoloti, to Sauros organizing the search team led by Fitoya two days later, to the search team funded and recruited by Ariel a week later.

Sylphy flipped through the diary page by page.

The other hand was holding a black magic stone necklace.

Three months ago, I was the first to cry.

However, he is already the most tenacious person.

What is the biggest change in Butterfly Flip?
That is the butterfly's existence itself.

It has already brought the "power" of the heart!
-

Beyond the mountains and the sea.

Clatter. Clatter.

The ground was soft and muddy, with rotten tree trunks scattered all over the ground and no sunlight at all.

In the gloomy land, heavy rains have continued for more than three months.

Under the influence of the magic turbulence caused by the expansion of the Great Transfer, the deepest part of the island maze on the outskirts of the newly-established giant maze group [Archipelago].

A figure stood in the pouring rain.

The white hair stuck to the sides of his sunken cheeks, tangled and filthy.

The pupils are pitch black, but brighter than the darkness.

——Alan Boreas Graylat speaks from the heart.

"System, positioning, Senis."

The system should not.

The voice in my heart continued to ring.

'System, check the current physical state.'

This time, layers of white smoke appeared before my eyes.

Cold, mechanical, with a human-machine feel that responds automatically.

[Investigation magic is activated, using one's own magic power to determine the host's physical condition]

【Allan Boreas Graylat】

[Magic: Remaining, 61%]

[Fighting Spirit: Remaining, 14%]

【Physical Strength: Remaining】

[2%]

[Investigation results: You are dying]

His pupils flickered, but he did not look at the system panel itself.

In my eyes, patches of gray shadows outlined the figures in the rain.

Densely packed, shadowy.

The raindrops passed through their bodies and continuously hit the ground.

Monster.

--【ghost】.

The person carrying the system was trapped in the deepest part of the maze.

duration:

Three months and seventeen days.

　Maybe I'll have to revise it later. The plot of this map has been completed, but the map itself is not yet perfect. For example, what is the name of the monster? Actually, I want to use a ghost name, but I'm afraid that Qidian will review it later and give me a block.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)