Chapter 409: Towards the Second Key.

Chapter 409: Towards the Second Key.

Shes driving us forward like slaves Why do we have to hike while she rides on that tiger monster?

Do you think she actually knows Segawa-sensei? I mean, she could have gotten the information from brainwashing Nagata and Ishigami. Maybe that dragon is posing as a holy mage, but is secretly working for Marsven?

Dont forget what the cardinal said. Dont go too close to her. They said she removed our classmates unique skills. I mean, look at Tatsuya and Kyouya. One turns into a werewolf, the other gains an armor of shadow? Screams the Dark God.

My god, are you telling me they ate up everything the people at the church said? Come on, even I know Marsven, Edna, and their daughters arent completely antagonistic, even if their followers constantly try to kill me

If you want to whisper, make sure you buy and use [Telepathy] for it. Im a dragon, remember? My response caused three of the student party members to jerk, looking at me slightly scared as they kept their heads down. I couldnt help but sigh here. Just saying, but I really am not a follower of God Marsven despite all the rumors the church made up about me. Im not a fiend who enjoys the misery of others. I promise you, I will heal Yuuko of the wounds I inflicted on her. No matter how terrible.

I then looked up at the temple lingering behind the veil of mist. I hope I can promise to get everybody off of this floor, though.

Seeing me sigh out loud probably didnt do anybody's morale any favors. The fact they believed I had them captured and that they had to look for a way to get free really wasnt doing me any favors either. Just as I was wondering how I could overcome this wide distance, I noticed Franz suddenly coming up to me.

But before that, he looked over to those three students. She keeps her promises. Even if it takes a while to fulfill.

Always weird to think that Hestia had only met him for less than a day, but he already knows some of my tendencies.

In any case, I dismounted from Rajah and waited for his report.

Sir Royce is back on his feet, and it seems Sir Lautrex is amicable for now. There is the issue with Sir Karlst, my guardian knight but

No, there is no but here!

Speaking of the devil, my next two challengers came up to me, strutting up with their hands on their weapons, thinking they might have a chance now that I was tired from my previous fight.

The first to speak was Falamm Astolfus, the guardian knight for Yuukos party. Do you really think that we will accept thi

Accept going hungry? Oh, of course not, I immediately interrupted him, pulling out a stone pot full of uncooked rice kernels. Im fully willing to cook for everybody. The food can even come from my pockets, even if Im technically in debt right now Dont worry, food cooked from Aurora will always have assured quality. Restaurant Aurora has a reputation to uphold, after

Would you stop interrupting us? Karlst spat out in that thick accent of his, sounding a bit French. You call yourself a Champion of the Goddess, but I have never seen such a loudmouth like you before! Goddess Erithia forgive me, but watching you act and speak is a disgrace to all blessed of the Goddess! Learn some manners!

Oh, I grew up with manners and two friends pretty much urging me to act like a proper girl. Speaking of which, Goddess Erithia didnt seem to like me that much the last time I spoke with her, so bringing her up wont help it. I shrugged, waving my hands in the air at that suggestion. Shes probably watching me now, like all the other gods in the Light Pantheon. How will I solve this situation?

Falamms mouth went agape at my words, looking like his head was about to blow up like a microwaved tomato. Blasphemer! You dare suggest you have the piety to be graced by the words of a Goddess?! You ungrateful cur, you dare show so little respect to the gods you serve?!

Oh, so you do admit Im a blessed of your religion! I snapped my fingers, smiling widely only to further agitate the two knights. The original reason for why they wanted to talk to me was probably forgotten at this point.

You! LittleHow dare you treat us Knights of Aurena with such little respect! Do you even have any idea what we

No, I dont, once again, I did not allow any of the knights to get their last words in. It was grating to listen to. I have told you my identity, I have shown you the minimum courtesy for people who were sent here to assassinate me! You have not shown me an inkling of your respect, neither for my status or as a person. Respect is a two-way street, and I owe you nothing. The Empire and Aureolis have both blemished my reputation, making it possibly impossible for me to perform a concert in any of their affiliated countries. Your emperor sent dragonslayers after me I will tell you this, you four knights are currently on the very bottom of my caring list.

Maybe it was the stress of dungeon diving for too long. Even if [The Light] wasnt making me uncomfortable being underground or inside caves any longer, my past bad experiences being inside one probably contributed to my agitation. It also didnt help that I hadnt seen the sun for over a week now and only had one core-worth of solar energy left, until I was completely depleted.

Or, the actual reason for my bad mood was that I was putting up with nine people who were sent here to kill me, who showed me as much distrust as I was giving VifiYok. Speaking of the latter, I was also anxious about her trying to snatch the chip away from me. Could I trust her? Could I rely on the students to not try to knock me out with the knights? I didnt want to underestimate them just cause I was stronger than all of them.

While I walked away from them, going in front of Rajah, Franz came running up.

That was quite I would like to call it sass, but the truth leans more towards haughtiness. Not the same I am used to, he stated, reinforcing the idea that my past life did have moments where she went ballistic. To my fellow trainees, maybe my parents, maybe even my friends.

I guess I am not that extremely different.

Happens, I guess. Its not that I even want to act like this but speaking with them just annoys me. Even if I can sympathize with them and what they might think of the situation.

Franz nodded, expressing his own worries of how he would have acted if he hadnt learned about me before the churchs propaganda. Once again, he showed how he had information on me despite how little the Empire actually knew about me beyond the church's propaganda, all because he realized I was an otherworlder due to the Berliners I sold in Griffonpeak. Imperial merchants had brought some pastries back and he had gotten his hand on me from them.

It sounded plausible, but that made me just wonder how he would be able to get his hand on something like this? Olives Garden, the name of the shop Amelia sold my pastries through, should be selling Berliner even today, but how would a merchant know how good I was through some pastries they bought back home to sell or give to friends? I mean, Amelias employees could have spoken well of me, but still.

However, before I could really finish this thought, Franz brought up another important matter. Something he had to use [Telepathy] for.

[You wont tell them youre an otherworlder?]

I shook my head. [If your classmates cant guess it from my name, then it isnt my problem for now. I dont trust the knights with this information, and the last thing I want is for the demonkins to try to use any of this information against me. After this is done, I will have no further responsibility towards them and I wont imprison them or something, you know.]

[Right, not to further antagonize people. Smart.] Franz then looked back, making sure nobody was looking and reached his hand out. [You've heard it already, but the church knows you can get rid of our unique skills. Nagata and Ishigami confirmed it with me. You did the same for their party and Tamae-sans. Considering they know about it, those unique skills are most likely used like GPS signals. I want you to get rid of mine.]

[Now?] I snapped my head around.

So he doesnt know I cant usurp it? So, why cant I usurp it?

I already tried to get rid of his [Justice for All] before already, but was somehow unable to. Trying it again wouldnt help here, but I also didnt want to make it awkward so I decided to delay it for later. I didnt think bringing it up now would be beneficial.

[Are you sure you want to do it now? Dont you need the power boost?] I deflected. [We dont know what will happen and I certainly would like to have your lying detecting skill for VifiYok. We dont need to rush things. Also, since I know the demonkins are responsible for all of this, taking away your GPS signal now wont benefit you or them.]

[Well, if you think so, then Ill rest the point for now So, do you have an idea how solve our little predicament?]

He was probably talking about the situation about the key and how only two teams may live. How were we supposed to break the rules without actually breaking them?

[Let me guess, [Space-Time Magic]]

I snapped my fingers. [Bingo. Thats our only way forward.]

[The main rule we have to abuse is number three. Once both artifacts leave the floor through their usage, it demands, but what happens when the used artifact returns to the floor? Can it be used again? The description didnt say it was a one time use,] Franz correctly caught on to the reasoning why I thought it might be possible to get everybody. However, there were some issues here.

[Will the dungeon master let us? [Space-Time] spells cost a lot of mana to maintain, so how long can we do so? There is also a huge problem about trust here, as I bet at least three teams distrust me completely. If you trust me, then your party might, I presume. And then we have the Ankoran King and his party.]

[The dwarves are fully allied with the elves, and the elves have a multi-generational alliance with the dragons. High King Fugnarus will not betray you On the assumption he knows youre a princess.]

Geopolitical knowledge, too, huh? Well, arent you certainly prepared my dear cousin.

28 humans and beastmen followers lost

Total follower count updated. Total followers of [Young Sunfang Dragon, Hestia Atsuko Kargryxmor]: 22418

Wha!?

People died. Some of my fans suddenly died, which hadnt happened since, well, for a veeeery long time now. Honestly, considering the Event Quest, I had expected to lose a few fans here or there but how did I lose 28 followers just like that?! At once? Where was this happening?

It couldnt be the Ankoran King, but seeing this annoying System message caused my stress to surge again. I snapped my head around, noticing the others were having a lull time right now. I even saw Tatsuya and Kyouya speaking with AikoI heard they were good friends back on Earth.

Eh?!

Strange?

The moment Aiko turned around to look at me, she snapped her head back and began to move slower to the boys confusion. Well, it certainly unnerved me, too.

Yes, stress. Stress. It is stress, definitely. I need to calm down.

Losing followers was a normal thing; it shouldnt be weird for me to expect to lose some of my fans here or there considering the world didnt revolve around me. People die every day, it was just reality. Maybe I lost a few people from the Event Quest, but none of them were people I personally knewmy friends.

Knowing my mind might be a bit unstable from all the chaos, I called for Franz and VifiYokI should call her Valeria while the students were aroundto help me out. I jumped up on Rajah and pulled out some pots and ingredients. Using [Unheilige Engel] I asked them to cut some of the stuff for me; starting to make some good food would help everybody.

Since we had to slow down our hike for the students and knights, it probably was the correct time to do so. Pouring some water in a stone pot full of rice, I placed it on my head, balancing it there while increasing my body temperature. While I very much disliked Saori and Tasianna using me like a rice cooker, popcorn maker, and so many other weird cooking utensils, it was, unfortunately, efficient of me to act as one right now while we continued our march.

With mobile cooking stations for both Franz and VifiYok to cut some stuff in, I began making some stew, adding the usual spices Saori, Tamae, or Asaka would use and began the stew. As more and more ingredients were added, the rice finished, allowing me to let the aroma of everything spread around before I finally found some time to pull out my geigler.

Franz watched me play a tune as I controlled the stew ladle with [Aerokinesis], prompting him to laugh a bit before asking me why I didnt have a violin made specifically for a dragon. As in, wasnt my tail similar to a bow in some sense? What a weird suggestion to make Although, he does make a good point. Why dont I have a violin made for my dragon form?

Dont let them get the chip! The moment they have it, they get out of here scot-free! VifiYok commanded me as we suddenly heard the loud cries of two young men. Two very familiar men!

Uraaghhhhk!

Kyouya! Tatsuya!

Only to be followed by the sound of a shrieking girl.

We rushed up the stairs, only for my eyes to widen in shock as I saw Tatsuya holding his bleeding throat as his spear dug right into Chifuyas stomach, causing the latter girl to cough up blood as she held her bloodied blade. On the right side, Takuma had already assumed his [Savior] form and had sliced off Kyouyas left arm and was about to end his life before Franz charged in, parrying the greatsword before pushing Kyouya back, allowing Kyouya the time to materialized his knight armor and roar out Takumas name as he readied himself for a fight.

Night Slayer. Without his gauntlets, Lautrex suddenly materialized a sheathed sword made from light right in front of him. He grabbed it and pulled the blade out, revealing a longsword with an ever-moving chainsaw-like mechanism revolving around the weapons edge. It shone grey.

The knight smiled, showing his handsomeness since I healed his beat up face after our fight. If the light of the Goddess cant smite you, then I will rely on something more simplemana. Aura blades, the true weapon of a swordmaster!

Fucking betray me in the worse moment, you bastards!

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Bio: Hey there, AbyssRaven here. I'm just an avid Light Novel and Fantasy story reader who randomly thought of a story and began writing about it.

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