Volume 2 - CH 12

Volume 2

Chapter 12-Manuela's Trust and Mail Bird

(TL:By Rafael)

The next day after returning from my first trip to the labyrinth.

I was called to a corner of the command center where Manuela was working.

"Well, that's a strange thing to say. ......"(Manuela)

Manuela smokes a pipe and exhales smoke with a sigh.

As I soaked up the smoke, I wondered what I should do.　

After the contact with the old man, we immediately turned back and reported to Manuela and Viscount Boardman, the local supervisor of the Royal Academy of Sciences, who were in the command center.

However, there were some discrepancies between our reports and theirs, which they should have been watching.

First of all, we all agreed that there was a mysterious city beyond the underground canal.

The battle with the chained man in the underground canal was recorded in the transmission, and the subsequent trip to the roost and Marina's dungeon food transmission were also recorded.

However, the appearance and voice of that suspicious old man ...... Loge was not on the feed.

I also watched the recorded video, but the whole exchange was like a monologue, and there was no record of it.

The Academic Senate's opinion is that he may have fallen into some kind of hallucination the moment we climbed the stairs.

There is no denying this possibility.

The old man, Loge, may or may not be real, as even I have my doubts.

"In the meantime, I'll discuss what to do about the request. Please stay in this camp for a while until we have an answer on whether to halt or continue."(Manuela)

"Yes, thank you very much. So, ......, what should we do with her?"(Yuki)

"We're checking with Duna and the neighboring villages to see if she's a stray. You can wait a little longer."(Manuela)

A small girl that Marina found just before she left the royal city of Glad Shii-im in the twilight.

Even after she regained consciousness, there were still many unanswered questions about her.

She doesn't speak a word, so we don't even know under what circumstances she was in the Glad Shii Im,.......

However, the basic rule of the labyrinth is that you can't take a alive creature of the dungeon, out of it.

The fact that she was able to come out of the labyrinth alive means that she is not a demon monster at least.

Our opinion was that she was probably ordinary person who had wandered into the labyrinth for some reason.

"All right, then. Then we'll stay at our cottage for a while."(Yuki)

"Oh, I'm sorry, but you'll have to. I'll arrange for you to be transported to the city as soon as possible."(Manuela)

There was a first aid station at the campground, but she was attached to Marina and wouldn't leave her.

I thought it would be a bad idea to force her away from me, so I offered to take care of her for a while at the cottage provided by Clover.

She's taken to Marina, and I don't want to put any more stress on a girl who seems to have lost her speech after a scary experience in the labyrinth.

"if there's  nothing else ,I'll go back to the cottage."(Yuki)

"Hey, kid."(Manuela)

"Yes?"(Yuki)

I was about to get up and leave the cottage, but Manuela stopped me.

"What do you think that place is?"(Manuela)

"I don't know yet, but I'm sure we've got some clues from the log. ......"(Yuki)

"I don't want to hear any hard generalizations. What do you think?"(Manuela)

She's just like Benwood in this way.

I'm just an adventurer, so why are you  asking for my opinion?

"That's because you're a relative of the saga."(Manuela)

(TL: Must be the his Uncle who was a  great  adventurer.)

Manuela smirked, as if she could read my mind from my expression.

I stand corrected, she's worse than Benwood.

"You can take this as a kind of bullshit."(Yuki)

"I don't mind. An adventurer's instincts are important."(Manuela)

"....... I thought  we were in a different world."(Yuki)

I searched for a word and said the one that seemed most appropriate.

"Otherworld?"(Manuela

"Yes, I feel the same or even more intense sense of discomfort than in the Colorless Darkness. I can't help but feel that it's beyond the edge of the world."(Yuki)

"You've already figured out what the colorless darkness is, haven't you?"(Manuela)

"I'm still guessing."(Yuki)

Manuela exhaled quietly and looked at me.

"That's probably a good guess. You really do look like a saga ....... You're not an illegitimate child or anything, are you?"(Manuela)

"I've sometimes wished I was."(Yuki)

Manuela laughed jokingly, but then turned serious at my words.

"In fact, I still think it's possible. That's why I'm going to rely on your intuition and sense. This labyrinth, ......, which appeared just after the anomalies in various places, "Glad Shii-im, the Royal City of Twilight," is sure to become a huge mountain."(Manuela)

said Manuela, looking at me with the gaze of a seasoned adventurer with a mixture of experience and intuition.

"Whatever the case, I'm going to throw the job to you and Clover. I'll be counting on you, kid."(Manuela)

"Don't get your hopes up too high."(Yuki)

While I answered that, there was a part of me that was attracted to the Twilight Capital of Grad Shii-im.

In any case, it will have to be discussed with my friends.

"I'll see you later."(Yuki)

I bowed my head and left the command center cottage this time.

The inside of the cottage was heated by magical artifacts, but outside it was reasonably cold. It's better than Finis, though, since it's much closer to the south.

...... Oh, and by the way, it wasn't cold in Glad Shii-im either.

After all, it must be a place that is isolated from this world.

I ran to the adventurer's cottage that was set up at the edge of the campground - practically exclusively for us, Clover.

Something passed over my head.

"Hmm?"(Yuki)

In the blue sky, it is pure white and in the shape of a bird.

It's a ...... letter bird , the Mail bird.

The head of the Duna Adventurer's Guild was with us a moment ago, so could it be from Benwood?

No, that's not right either.

If it was addressed to Clover, it should have been sent to me, the party leader.

So, who is it addressed to then?

Twisting my head, I hurried to the cottage and saw Rain coming out of the door.

The letter bird that had been circling above the cottage swooped down and transformed into a letter in front of Rain.

A letter addressed to Rain? That's unusual.

"Oh, Yuki."(Rain)

"It's rare to get a letter from a mailbird."(Yuki)

"Yes. I wonder who sent it?"(Rain)

Rain turned the envelope over and looked at the sender.

Her face grew pale as she looked at it.

TL Note- The comment box is now open, tell us what do you guys think the letter says and whom does it come from.