Chapter 184

Translator: Raizu

Chapter 184 Meeting Libra again

Roxy, who had turned into an angel, flew straight to where Eris and Libra were .

[Fai! What in the world is that]

[What the! Such a huge thing]

She stopped as soon as we saw what appeared from beyond the horizon .

A huge object was flying through the sky .

Its shape was similar to a ship but the ships I knew of could only float on water .

[Black Ship . ]

Those words unintentionally escaped my mouth .

Its jet black color made it stand out like a sore thumb in the midst of broad daylight .

[I can feel signs of those two coming from the ship . What do we do?]

As Roxy said, its true .

Theres no point in staying here .

[Lets go . ]

[Indeed . ]

Itll be faster to attack if we come closer .

Otherwise, we probably could still negotiate with Libra .

The available options couldnt be narrowed down as long as we didnt know what the other side was doing .

Fortunately, the black ship was still far away from Hausen .

Even if a battle occured, itd at least be in this uninhabited wilderness .

There might be very little casualties, but I preferred that we didnt have to fight .

The other side might misunderstand if we were to approach speedily .

Thats why Roxy had been flying at a lower speed .

The black ship itself was approaching us with similar speed .

[They have not made any drastic movements so far . ]

[Yeah . Eris and Libra dont seem to be moving out from that ship either . ]

Are they telling us to come in!?

Thats really weird to say the least .

But Libra didnt seem to show any hostility toward us this time .

[I saw them! I saw Eris-sama and Libra! Eris-sama seems to be alright . ]

Was she being restrained or something?

Thats what both of us thought .

However, contrary to our expectation, Eris was standing there alongside Libra .

She hated him so much, yet they now stood very close together .

Thats not the only strange thing here . Eris was wearing a maid outfit instead of her usual getup .

When Libra noticed us, he smiled and waved his hand to us .

[He doesnt seem like hes looking for a fight]

[Shall we land?]

[Please do . Ill go talk to them, so put me down on the black ship first . Roxy should stay put as a precaution . ]

[Alright . ]

I simply dont believe Libra .

He tried to demolish Hausen once .

Theres no way I could trust this guy .

Roxy dropped me off on the black ships deck .

Libra was standing at the front . While Eris stayed on the back .

[Hi, Fate . You look well . ]

[What are you coming here again for this time? And what did you do to Eris?]

Eris looked strange alright . Her eyes seemed hollow .

Its like shes not even there .

[You toss out so many questions when we only just met . Cant you at least enjoy our moment of reunion?]

[Like you have the right to say that . Put your hand on your chest and recall back what youve done to us . ]

He actually did put his hand on his chest .

[Have I done something particularly bad?]

[You . . ]

When I moved toward Libra, someone else got in my way .

That strand of blue hair, its Eris .

Wordlessly, she stood between us as if protecting Libra .

[Eris?]

[ . . ]

No reply came from her .

No matter how I tried to get to Libra, Eris wouldnt let me pass .

[Whats wrong? Please, say something . ]

[ . . ]

Theres no reaction at all .

That is, until Libra spoke .

[Enough, return behind me . ]

Eris obediently returned to where she was before .

[What have you done to Eris?]

[I simply return her to where she should be . Shes been running loose for way too long now . I had to put a firm leash on her to get her back . ]

[Where she should be?]

[She is my slave, or you could say a cute pet . She let loose herself, travelling to the outside world with this airship without permission, even creating a Kingdom, doing whatever she wanted . ]

[Pet!? Shes a human!]

[Her beautiful appearance was due to controlled inbreeding . Well, a pet who has bitten its masters hand must be disciplined . Its par for the course . ]

[You . . ]

From what I understand, Libra did something to Eris, putting her under his beck and call

Ive been keeping my hand around my black sword from the moment we started talking .

I had no choice but to draw it now .

[Youre quick on the uptake . ]

Libra nodded as he approached me .

[As you might know already, Eris is in my hand . For example, if I want her to die, then she would do so unquestioningly . ]

Eris pulled out her black bayonet and attempted to stab herself in the neck .

[I get it already, so please stop . ]

[Its good if you understand . ]

Libra gave Eris a look .

In turn, she lowered the black bayonet .

[Youre taking Eris hostage?]

[Didnt you hear me? She simply returned to where she should be . ]

Libra turned his back on me, gazing toward the south .

[Now, what should I do with that? Its troubling me right now . Something like that is floating high in the sky . What should stay on the ground is instead in such a place . Isnt it so unsightly?]

[Are you talking about Gallia?]

[What else? Ahh if only I could find someone to sink that thing back to the ground?]

Libra gave me a sideway glance .

Despite what he said, hes actually telling me to do it .

[Why being so cryptic . Cant you just say it clearly?]

[Ahaha, dont be angry . There must be a mutual benefit in an agreement . therefore]

Libra put Eris in front of him .

[If you can do that properly, Ill give this to you . How about that as a condition?]

[Dont treat Eris like an object . ]

[You only carry with you half the blood of the sacred beastkin . I give you that . Which is why Im making a lot of concessions already . But you shouldnt offend me too much . ]

Now that Eris had been taken hostage, I had no choice but to accept .

Besides, to handle the matter of the floating Gallia, it would be better to have Libra cooperating with us instead of the other way around .

Were using each other here .

I could care less about Libra .

[Very well . Lets cooperate . ]

[I knew Fate would say that . Youre Deans son after all . We were such good friends in the past, enough for me to call him my best friend . Its beyond me why he ended up doing something like that against me . I really dont understand . ]

[You and Dad? Friends? ]

[Back in the old days . But thats not the case anymore . Though I feel like we can get along well . Im actually looking forward to it . ]

[Kuhh . . ]

Libra offered me a handshake as he said that .

I didnt want to shake his hand, but I had to .

[Deal . Well be cooperating from now on . ]

As soon as our hands firmly held, I tried activating

Mind Reading

.

(Such a bad boy, you are . But I dont hate this kind of mischief once in a while)

But Libra saw through it .

He couldnt be read at all .

[Well then, you should let Roxy who is waiting in the sky know about our agreement . And the Wrath down there too . She looks extremely angry there, whats with that piercing glare that shes been directing toward me for a while now . ]

In other words, Libra could still afford to stay calm even while knowing that I, Roxy, and Myne might join hands to kill him .

Is a clue on how strong he really is?

[Alright, lets begin . Onward to Gallia . ]

Libra didnt seem to care anymore about us . He turned toward where the floating Gallia was, where Dad was waiting .

His face was like a kid who had found a new toy .