Chapter 377 - Episode Twenty-Three -Attack of the Doom Tribe (3)

Huh!? Abel-chan, what are you talking about? Are you serious? Youre kidding, right?

Peter gets up from his seat and grabs me by the shoulders.

Calm down, Peter-sama!

Myunhi stands up and stops Peter.

Im sorry, Peter-san, but this is an important conversation, so please keep the volume down.

I crossed my fingers in front of my mouth and made a batten to admonish Peter.

I was visiting the Dwarfs Lair tavern in f.a.ge territory with Mea, Peter and Myunhi.

In fact, it would have been better to borrow the bas.e.m.e.nt from Lark again, since it was important to talk about it, but it was a bit over the top there, and I felt bad asking Lark to prepare it for us, so we decided to go to the tavern.

There was a risk of the story leaking out, but the more we discussed it, the more troublesome it became.

B-B-But, do you understand? Its not like you want to go into hiding at this time of year! No, no, no, of course not! Youve built all those weapons in the f.a.ge territory, and now you want to throw them all away and go into hiding somewhere else for a while!? We dont know when Count Julem is going to make his move, you know! And on top of that, the reason is you dont want to see your sister? Youre belittling that monster a little too much! Youre family, arent you? Why dont you just reconcile with her!

It was a surprisingly good argument.

Ive never seen Peter this angry before.

The next moment, he could have grabbed me by the chest.

Are you trying to destroy the world with your sibling fight, Abel-chan? Count Julem is really not a guy who can handle such a situation! I beg you I dont want to put it this way, but Ive invested so much money in Abel-chan as the kingdom has, you know Okay?

Yes

You dont want to offend G.o.d Kudor, do you? The G.o.d Kudor is letting you go because he sees you as a force to be reckoned with, you know? If you betray him like this, its not strange if she does anything to you, you know?

Thats right

I couldnt even make a single sound.

Rather, why did I think it was okay to leave the f.a.ge territory for a while?

Please Can you please not do anything unnecessary at this time? Im not sure what Count Julem thinks of Abel-chan, or how much he knows about you in the first place, but if you throw your duties away now and go into hiding, you will definitely be at Count Julems mercy.

Its not that I cant come back, I just have to use high-speed movement magic to get there faster.

Since Kudor is a spirit, he can be summoned, so there is no delay in communicating important information.

But I cant help but understand Peters point of view that he wants to kill any eventuality.

In the first place, Abel-chan moving at this time itself may be a plot by Count Julem. I wonder if this Firo girl is real? Isnt she actually a fake?

Its not possible. Youre thinking too much. Its Firo were talking about, after all.

Isnt that girl being manipulated? Its possible that shes being unintentionally manipulated by Count Julem, just like me.

No thats not possible.

When it comes to Count Julem, Peter seems to be reading too much into it.

But its no wonder.

At the first contact, he was forced to bend his life from Pope to a lich-like monster, and at the second contact, he was told that Count Julem had been right in resurrecting Kudor.

Any normal person would have been broken-hearted at that point, and would have become a coward.

Even though you have the hope of finding Kudor, the fact that you still have the will to stand up to Count Julem is quite a strong mentality.

It cant be helped. Ill help you as much as I can, no matter how trivial the quarrel is between you siblings. So, please dont do anything unnecessary.

Peter let out a deep, exhausted breath.

Yes

Inwardly, I thought that if I met Gizel in her current state, Count Julem would be no more, but it would be difficult to convince Peter, so I decided to give up trying to persuade him.

I see I thought that as long as Abel-chan and G.o.d Kudor were there, I could get away with it by force, but if hes attacking that way Hah

As Peter looked up at the ceiling of the store, he muttered to himself.

I understand that Peter-san wants to suspect everything, but please dont blame Count Julem for my familys problems.

Mea was uncomfortably sipping on some water from the store.

I dont think she was thirsty.

Shes been drinking the little bit of water thats left in her gla.s.s, little by little, to cover up the fact that she cant hold it.

If youll excuse me, shopkeeper. I was told that you have a daughter of our people here.

I heard a voice from the door.

I thought it was a strange turn of phrase, but I didnt know who it was referring to.

But the moment I heard the voice, Meas eyes widened and her face lifted toward the door.

So I somehow guessed that it was someone Mea knew.

Mea, do you know them?

I said, looking back toward the door.

A group of robed Doom Tribesmen was standing there.

Uncle Dafne ?

Mea muttered.

The man at the front of the Doom tribe looked at Mea, and then at his companions.

Theres no doubt about it, Mea-sama no, its Redstone.

He turned to Mea again.

H-How, no way, why is Uncle Dafne is

She is in a state of shock.

Mea had previously been so stressed that the mere knowledge that she was being followed by the Doom tribe had caused her to have physical problems.

We should have avoided staying in one place.

I got out of my seat and stood in front of them.

What do you want with Mea now? Ive heard about it from Mea. The Doom tribe is so backward that the whole tribe hara.s.ses her just because she doesnt have magic crystals when she fell.

The man who seemed to be the leader of the group stood in the front and poked the floor with the tail of the spear in his hand.

A sharp sound echoed through the store, and the entire place fell silent.

Marren tribe, huh. You may be different in form, but you will always stand before us, dont you? It feels like fate. In the history of the world, we have been defeated by the Marrens three times However, you should not underestimate us. I dont have the hobby to surround you and torture you, there is also this difference in numbers. Im not going to mess with you if you dont turn on me.

This is the man that Mea referred to as Uncle Dafne.

Were going to cause trouble in the store if we do it here. Can we go outside? Theres no way youre getting away with this, anyway.

I make sure that the Ortem that I used to protect me is still on Meas feet.

They cant break through it if they dont do anything unusual, but

Im sorry, Peter-san, but thats it for todays discussion.

I got up from my seat and stared at Dafne.

He was in his mid-forties and had a rather dull appearance.

When he poked the floor with his spear tail earlier, there was a tremendous sound.

He dont have a large body, but he had a tremendous amount of physical strength.