Chapter 141
Translator: Raizu
Editor: Mirp
Chapter 141 – Reunion under the Moonlit Night
The city was really quiet tonight .
In the past, due to a policy by the former lord, outsiders could not enter the city area… That policy should’ve been abolished already, but the current condition wasn’t any better .
Earlier when Lishua took us to the city lord’s mansion, there were still some residents passing by . But when night came, people chose to stay at home .
The reason being, they’re afraid of the Ancient monster .
It’s a similar situation as the Gallia’s Tenryu . Individuals belonging to Area E were seemingly undefeatable because the contender had to be on the same realm in order to even deal any damage .
Regular people could only escape or hide when such a being rampaged around .
This city’s atmosphere was the same as the fortress city when Tenryu was about to attack .
[Of course there are no food stalls anywhere…]
『The best one should be along the city’s main road . But now you understand what I mean, right？』
[Ye~ah, I just miss the cuisine of this desert city . ]
『How about consulting Lishua about it？』
[Nah, she already has her hands full . Not only does she have the ancient monster problem to deal with, I also asked her to watch over Roxy . There is no way I could come to her just to say that I want to eat this city’s special cuisine]
『Should be just fine, you are about to fight an ancient monster after all . Now THAT is a feast . 』
[I’m not as greedy as you are . ]
I lightly tapped on Greed to help exorcise his evil heart .
As I was walking along the quiet main road, all of a sudden… I felt odd about a narrow path on the right .
But I couldn’t see anything going on under the darkness .
『What is wrong, Fate？』
[No… maybe just my imagination]
It’s as if there was something very attractive there . I had no solid reason why . I simply felt the need to go there . Like there is an invisible force pushing me forward .
『If you feel that way, then you should not go . 』
[But… but I feel that I have to . ]
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Greed’s advice had kept me alive for so long . And yet, I still trot onward to that shadowy alley anyway .
『Fate, use your Night Vision skill . 』
[I know . On it already . ]
『You simply can’t keep your hand away once you’re attracted to something . Good grief, what a troublesome fellow』
[That’s indeed troublesome, hahaha . ]
『Do not laugh as if we are talking about someone else！』
Just as Greed suggested, I activated 《Night Vision》 before proceeding further .
After walking a bit more, I saw two men in black who were in the middle of a conversation . It’s fairly obvious that both of them were warriors from their physique and equipment . One thing that made me concerned, their surroundings still remained dim despite me already using night vision skill .
Skill does not work on them!? There was only one case of that happening before .
It was similar to when I tried to use the appraisal skill to check on Myne’s stats .
Those people were not normal . That part was very clear to me .
I hid myself up, and continued to listen to their conversation .
But I couldn’t hear anything from here . I do have an authority as a holy knight to apprehend suspicious person .
Let’s go closer and see what they’re up to . I thought inwardly .
The two noticed me before I could make any move .
This dim alley was not only a difficult place to find, but it’s also hard to escape on . If I pushed in with my stats, I should be able to seize them without difficulty .
One stayed to intercept me, while the other one ran to another direction .
[Oi, stop!]
They ignored my warning and disappeared into the darkness . It’s hard to chase when one of them blocking me so that the other one could escape .
[Wa, wait . Fate . ]
That’s somewhat familiar voice . I stopped my track in front of the one intercepting me and took a better look at the person’s concealed face .
A moment of silence passed . The cloud that covered the moon finally moved away, allowing the moonlight to gradually light the person’s face .
[Dad…]
At the capital Seyfert, he took away the philosopher’s stone and Raine right in front of me . It was unknown what happened to him afterward .
Impossible… I never expected that we’ll meet here of all places .
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Suppressing my welling up emotion, I jumped away to make some distance .
[Oi oi, what is this? Why are you moving away?]
[Why of course . Where is Raine? What did you do with the Philosopher’s stone? And what did you do earlier?]
I bombarded him with questions as I drew Greed out .
[Don’t be so impatient . It’s still late at night . ]
[Dad!]
He didn’t even take his spear out of empty air like before this time, opting to use his one hand to try to keep my black sword away . He’s so calm, probably because he still sees me as a child .
[Well, calm down . Firstly, rest assured, Raine is protected well . ]
[What protection!? You practically kidnapped her!]
[I’m sorry for taking her away like that . But now it’s different . She has agreed to act together with us . ]
[What was that even mean…]
[Our interests simply matched . ]
So he’s saying that Raine was now willingly working alongside Dad…?
Seeing that he could still convince me after watching my expression changing, Dad continued .
[That’s all I can say . As for the philosopher’s stone, even I don’t know what has become of it now]
[Dad!]
He didn’t seem to even bother hearing me . Despite my brandishing Greed, he approached calmly, until we passed each other .
[Fate, I have given you ample warning, but you still came here anyway…]
[I have to do something . I can’t just stay in the capital . ]
[I see… it’s been five years… no, almost six years since then…]
Dad who was facing away from me chuckled lightly .
[That desert monster, don’t touch it]
[Why?]
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[That fellow, is actually closely related to me . It’s a burden way too heavy for Fate to carry . ]
[That is not the case . I too am . ]
[Area E? Then you should understand this . From this point onward, stacking more stats is meaningless, it’s about the skill quality and how well the person is handling it . ]
[Even that is…]
[Fine then . However, your gluttony skill eats the soul of those it defeated, and takes away everything from them . From now on, it’ll be battles between Area Es . You will suffer beyond imagination . Uncontrollable stats will also eventually interfere with your skills . ]
I turned around this time, trying to approach him . But Dad, knowing this, also took a step forward to maintain our distance .
[Fate, let me tell you this if you still insist on fighting it . What you are going to fight is a special creature called the Sacred Beast . And due to its holy blessing, even… even your mortal sin weapon won’t even be able to scratch it . How about that? Still insisting to fight?]
[I’ll still fight . Because it’s what I’ve decided . ]
[I see… alright then . I also heard from Raine . You defeated the Tenryu at that cursed land Gallia . With such a feat under you belt, whatever I say will not budge you… But don’t overdo it . Your body has started changing, hasn’t it?]
[…did you also hear that from Raine?]
[She’s worried about Fate . And so do I . ]
Dad kept walking away slowly .
He’s not going to let me fight . He’d stop me even by force . Just as I thought so,
[I just want my kid to act like how a kid should be . ]
[Dad!]
With that he pulled out the black spear from the void, whiffing out cold air in the process .
But he didn’t attack me, and instead kept his back open to me .
[If we fight seriously in this city, what do you think will happen…? You know that full well, right?]
[… . . ]
[Even so you’ll still go on?]
[… . . kuh . ]
[Good boy . ]
There is no way I can decline when he took the entire city hostage .
When Dad took away both the stone and Raine, he froze a lot of people . Yet he didn’t kill any of them . Instead, he released them once he managed to get away .
That kind of person, even if he was to fight me now, he would not let other people get in the crossfire .
But perhaps, the real reason why I gave in, was the glowing tattoo on Dad’s face…It gave me so much pressure that my thought process seemed to slow down .
[Well then, we are running out of time . Later, Fate . ]
Then, into a shadow that couldn’t be seen through night vision, Dad disappeared .
But I was unable to move for a while even afterward . I took a deep breath to calm my slightly rising heartbeat rate .
『No way… . . that was your father . Makes me wonder if your intuition is good, or bad』
[Yeah, that surprised me too . But it’s good that we met . Now I know that we’re up against a sacred beast . ]
『Sacred Beast, eh… . . ? That would be one hell of a catch… . . 』
[Dad said, even Greed won’t be able to hurt that sacred beast . Are you okay with that?]
『Haa！？ This me！？ … . . well, I am nothing but a weapon, so it will depend on who wields me . In other words… . . 』
[It’s up to me?]
『That is how . Mastery requires hard work . Well, it is true that my special performance alone will not be enough to get you around . Fighting this sacred beast will surely give Fate something to learn regardless if we fail to defeat it . 』
[About that . I don’t want to lose . Cause if we lose, then this territory is as good as gone already . ]
『I know . I am just telling you to think things through . If you took a misstep, you might end up losing someone important to you . Do not forget, that you are not fighting alone now . 』
[Yeah… . . ]
Looking up to the sky, the thick clouds that covered the moon seemed to have gone elsewhere .
The moon was in full view, even the dim alley became fairly well illuminated .
There was still some time until midnight . I originally went out walking around the city to distract my mind anyway, so let’s spend some more time out here .
『Lots of things happened . Want to grab some liquor to drink？』
[No can do . We’re going to fight a sacred beast after this . That’s not something I can handle while being tipsy . You know I’ll get in trouble if I do . ]
『Well、Eris will be angry, and Roxy will probably beat you up . And Mimir will suck your blood . Hahaha . 』
[Don’t laugh like that!]
Good grief, he can’t feel any tension, can he? But Greed was just a weapon, so it can’t be helped .
It’s all up to me who wielded him .