Chapter 158
Chapter 158: The Adults Don’t Know
Translator: Blushy
Editor: Sam
“Lei-sama, what’s wrong? Come on into the tent, huh?” The first person to notice was Hans . He noticed that something was wrong with me and turned around to see what I was looking at .
“Prince Nico!” He screamed, and Nico pulled back the hand that was reaching for the fish for a moment, but then he reached out again . He probably liked touching the fish yesterday .
When the others noticed Han’s scream and started to move sluggishly, Hans had already begun to run . However, even though Hans and Nico were only a few metres apart, Nico’s hand reached the fish faster than Hans ran .
He was about three metres away from Nico . I let my consciousness enter my body for a moment .
“Lei!” Regardless of Nii-sama’s warning tone, my magic changed into a barrier . *PAAN* The barrier spread .
The barrier repelled the fish that Nico was trying to touch far away . At the same time, Hans picked Nico up and brought him back inside the barrier . When I confirmed that they were inside, I dispelled my barrier .
“Your Highness! That’s a Hollow! It only has the appearance of a fish!” Hans carried Nico to safety, gently put him down on the ground, leaned over, and grabbed Nico’s arms .
“It was a Hollow, you say? But it looked exactly like the fish I saw yesterday . ”
“Listen, you saw it properly a while ago, didn’t you? Hollows take on the appearances of humans, but they can also take on the appearance of mice and birds . Of course, they can take on the appearance of fish as well . ”
“Even fish?” Nico repeated Hans’s words and seemed blank as if he didn’t understand what Hans was talking about, but then he froze as if he realised something .
“A fish Hollow . If I touched it, then it would have sucked my life?”
“That’s right . I’m so glad I made it in time . ”
Hans loosened his grip on Nico’s shoulders and gently patted it to reassure him .
“Nico!”
Then, Prince Albert was finally able to move and came running up to them . Nico reached out for Prince Al, who stood frozen on the spot, not knowing what to do .
Prince Al picked up Nico and hugged him tightly .
“Nico! I thought something had happened!”
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“Uncle . Sorry . I thought I could catch the fish . ”
“You can’t! I told you to be careful against Hollows, didn’t I!”
Nico didn’t understand that even if you told him . He thought Nico would understand since he was smart, but he’s exactly like a three-year-old since his guard flew out the window as soon as he saw something interesting . Regardless if he’s turning four soon or not .
“I’m sorry, I’m sorry,” Nico repeatedly apologised, and I saw that he was trembling . I don’t think he understands how dangerous it was, but he was definitely shocked from suddenly being picked up by an adult, brought back and yelled at .
I walked up to Nico and Prince Al . It was just a few steps . Then, I strongly hit Prince Al’s thighs .
Why his thighs? Because that’s as far as I can reach .
“From now on, wh-what is it?”
Prince Al looked down in surprise . Of course, an adorable toddler was looking up at him .
“Time for Nico tho shweep . ”
“What are you saying?”
“Nico and Lei wiww geth warm and shweep . ”
“Sleep? But…”
It seemed that Prince Al was upset as well . It didn’t seem like he understood what I said .
“Prince Aw . Nico shweep . ”
“Nico is here…”
Prince Al looked at the trembling Nico, shocking him greatly .
“Nico! Hey, someone!”
Don’t call for someone, honestly .
“Hansh, geth a bwanweth and a warm drinw . ”
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“Understood . ”
I immediately gave instructions to Hans, and he made tea with the simple cooking set .
“Mawe ith shweeth . ”
“Lei-sama . ”
“Sweeth ish importhanth . ”
Hans looked at me suspiciously because he thought that I was the one who wanted to drink something sweet, but he made Nico a sweet cup of tea . Of course, he made me one as well . I got him to dilute it with a little bit of cold water so that we could drink immediately after blowing it once or twice .
“Nico, dwink . ”
“Lei . ”
I gave the cup of tea to Nico, who was wrapped in a blanket and held by Prince Al . Prince Al awkwardly supported Nico’s trembling hands .
“Warm . ”
“Sweeth . ”
“It’s sweet . ”
I took out a snack wrapped in paper from my jacket pocket . It was my emergency rations that Natalie prepared for me . I twisted it open . Inside, was a cake like Castella . I broke it in half and gave one piece to Nico .
“Hmm, thanks . ”
“Lei, that’s…”
Prince Al looked at me and I reluctantly halved the remaining piece .
“Fine, you can have shome . ”
“… Thanks . ”
Sweet tea and cake are delicious . By the time we finished eating, Nico was dozing off . How rare .
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“Lei . ”
“Ai . ”
I pulled Nii-sama’s hand and stood up .
“Goodnighth . ”
“Yeah, sweet dreams . ”
I entered the small tent with Nii-sama . Gill had prepared the blankets and was waiting for us .
“Rest with Gill first . Gill and I will take turns to guard against the Hollows . ”
“Ai . Nii-syama be carefuw . ”
Nii-sama smiled wryly, then went out of the tent . Gill wrapped me in the blanket and laid next to me .
“Lei, you’ve done it . ”
“I had tho . ”
“Yeah . But, you did well,” he said, and patted the top of the blanket . My eyes, which were unusually clear, closed in no time . After I thought it was a terrible day .
Like always, I slept at night and the next day arrived . I quickly flew up and went to see Nico, but he looked fine .
“Morning Lei . ”
“Mowrning Nico . ”
The tent was packed up as soon as I got up and we had breakfast, then withdrew . It was a good idea to leave an island like this as soon as possible . I nodded on the ship that was leaving the island with my arms folded .
“What are you doing?”
Nico stood up and a few guards straightened up in surprise . Either yesterday left a big impact on them or Prince Al was quite angry and yelled at them .
“I’m woowing ath thhe ishwand . ” (I’m looking at the island)
“Purgatory Island? It was a terrible place . ”
Nico folded his arms next to me and stared at the island .
“Buffo . ”
Hans, acting as he usually does . I’d like Nico’s guards to follow his example since they’re overly cautious .
“Do people who live outside of Kingdom have that horrible experience every day?”
“Nico no . ”
“No?”
I looked at Nico . I saw that everyone on the ship was listening in . Honestly .
“Howwowsh are near thhe mounthain . They don’th reawwy come tho thownsh . ” (Hollows are near the mountains . They don’t really come to towns)
“Aren’t they always there?”
I shook my head .
“There are pwacesh withh Howwowsh and pwacesh withhouth thhem . They don’th come intho houshesh . ” (There are places with Hollows and places without them . They don’t really come into houses)
“So, you’ll be safe if you’re in a house!?”
“I hear that they use special materials at the entrance . It’s the same material that Rhodolite swords are made from,” Nii-sama commented on the difficult question .
“Weshther ish a fun pwace . They wawe up earwy in thhe morning and go home ath nighth . ” (Wester is a fun place . They wake up early in the morning and go home at night)
“I see . If they do that then they won’t meet any Hollows . ”
“Ai . ”
The people around us listened in admiration . Lentforce benefits from the barrier, but few people go out at night . Perhaps, there is great injustice near the border . However, people in the coastal and prairie towns that I passed didn’t live in fear of the Hollows .
“Even if there are a lot of adults here, you’re more amazing since you’ve seen them directly . ”
Nico, you can’t say that . As expected, none of the adults laughed at what Nico had said .