Okami Wa Nemuranai

13

"Master Lecan. We're out of time."

"Arios. What the hell is wrong with you?"

"I had some errands down south and stopped by on my way home."

"I thought you couldn't leave because your father, the chief of the building, was sick.

"It's hard to get out, but this was a project I had to go to. Besides, my father is still in good health."

"Right. You're still alive."

"He's still alive"

"Then I'll do this"

Recan took a small bag out of the storage.

"What's this?

"It's God's Medicine."

"What? I've decided not to be surprised by what Lord Lecan does anymore."

"So let's go."

"Your father and sister Eda are close, aren't they?"

"Lord Lecan. Thank you. Thank you."

Arios stood up and bowed his head deeply.

"Just get it. No, I thought I should have stuck with Julius when he got back inside."

Sometimes if I kept it on hand, I might want to use it, so I decided to let go of [Divine Medicine] very often. No one is more worthy of that opponent than Arios. Lekan was fortunate enough to meet this swordsman of practice, with deep gratitude. And Arios, in his personality, is one of the few people Lecan can trust in this world.

"And you've figured this place out so well."

"Yes, because Julius told me that the Palsimo Labyrinth was under attack."

"Speaking of which, yeah. By the way, what business have you been out of here on?

"A nobleman offered to hire a swordsman through a nobleman with whom we had an old relationship."

"Hmm?"

"When I heard the story, I decided to say no, but he was a very powerful aristocrat, and if I didn't go directly to the other side and say no, he was going to be annoyed by the aristocrats who brokered him"

"I see."

"Sometimes I do. This is the kind of mistake I made."

"What mistake?

"It's the mistake of our clan to impersonate the assassination."

"Is that a mistake?

"It's a mistake. We sell swords on purpose, but we don't take on murders. I've fought to protect my client's life, but that just turned out to be the case, and I basically don't take on an escort either. We don't sell the battle itself."

Was this request an assassination?

"The other side said that an undelivered adventurer hurt his own knight and took his family heirloom."

"Well, you're a bad adventurer."

"I want you to fight with dignity, kill that adventurer, and reclaim your family heirloom."

"That's a good request."

"I've looked into it, and the adventurer won a duel with a proper presence, and he got his opponent's belongings based on a promise. Just because you don't care about the consequences, you kill the adventurer and get your stuff back, even if the words are decorative, you end up asking for an assassination."

"So you said no."

"Yes, and the strange thing is, if you go to the other side, you've withdrawn your request from the other side."

"It would have been interesting to take it on."

"Just kidding."

Of course, that impudent adventurer means Lecan. Arios came all the way over here to tell Lecan not to worry about his assassins anymore.

(This guy's a tough guy)

Lecan likes Arios. But I also want the Void Slash. If Arios had taken the job, we could have killed each other with dignity. If you win, you'll get Arios' Vacancy Slash. It was my chance, but if I refused, I had no choice.

"But well, just fine. Arios"

"Yes?"

"Stay with the labyrinth exploration."

"That's going to be a study, but sometimes I'm curious, and I want to get [Divine Medicine] delivered quickly, so excuse me this time"

"Right. Where is it?"

"It's a secret."

It's been a long time since I've surrounded Arios and the conversation's off. Besides, it's going to be hard to see him in the future, so it's a nostalgia. Though tomorrow is a labyrinth exploration. Besides, it's an exploration after eighty tiers. I couldn't stay up late, I slept before it was too late.

The next day, we had breakfast and headed to the entrance to the labyrinth. I'm meeting Giza there.

Arios is on his way home after seeing the Lecans enter the labyrinth. He carries a larger box on his shoulder and wears two smaller boxes on his hips. I bought them all from Tubolt.

When we were talking a lot in front of the labyrinth, it happened.

"What?"

"What's wrong, Lecan?

"Someone used attack magic over town"

"Can you sense it from this position, Master"

"It's an explosion of sobering magic. Hmm?"

Black smoke is rising across town.

"Wind! Wind! Wind!

With the help of a "gust of wind," Rekan climbed up the great trees and looked away at the town from above the high branches. The entrance to the Palsimo Labyrinth is in the middle of Mount Slinger, so if you climb on a tree, you can admire the town of Palsimo.

Smoke was rising where the magic lab was located.