Chapter 98
Norfe would have liked to have asked Chouze why the orange girl had been in the room, but he decided to greet the merman first . After all, the merman on the sofa looked familiar to him .
Chouze was too young to remember it . However, the royals of every country must meet the merfolk chief when they are young . That’s why Edwy remembered Amia as well .
“Merfolk chief . ”
“So, you remember me, human child . ”
“I remember meeting you when I was very young . What brought you to a place like this?”
Norfe couldn’t help but ask the question .
“I merely answered the request of the child . ”
Amia said as he looked at Chouze . She was smiling happily at him .
“No, that’s not what I meant . Why are you even in Highland in the first place?”
“I was in the lakes of the dwarf lands last month . ”
Amia said . It was as if going from lake to lake was the most natural thing for him .
“Well…that is… But merfolk are almost never seen in these parts . ”
Surprisingly, Norfe seemed to realize that something was going on . Amia leaned on his elbow and shrugged carelessly .
“I could ask you the same question . Why are you here, when it’s not even the hottest season?”
It’s odder that you are here . Norfe was at a loss for words, however, this was the reason .
“I didn’t think that it was you, but I heard the news that a merman was taken by the mirror lake . And I was ordered to bring this merman to the royal capital . ”
Amia raised an eyebrow .
“The royal capital? Of Highland? But there are no waterways that connect to that city . It’s impossible . ”
“Yes . And so a large lake will be prepared . You can stay there…”
Norfe was sweating as he said this . In fact…
“I want to see the captured merman . So bring him to me . There is a large lake near the palace if it needs water . ”
That was the actual order . He hadn’t really thought much of it at first . But now that he was facing Amia, the whole thing looked incredibly insolent and rude .
“Water that does not move? It will not do . ”
“Then we shall prepare clean water that flows . Will you come then?”
Norfe was persistent . Unlike the other royals who were merely curious, Norfe had always wanted to invite the other races to Highland . Even if it was not possible now, they could draw water from the mountains in a few years’ time .
“I discussed this with that child already . If you want to meet us, you should come to the merfolk island . There are always many of us waiting there . They especially enjoy meeting children . ”
“However, we would have to pass through Midland in order to reach it . ”
Norfe wanted to tell him that it was no easy thing to do .
“Borders may as well not exist . Besides, you are all humans . ”
“Maybe that was so in the past . But royals cannot just pass through Midland . There is no way to avoid traveling through Midland or Lowland in order to visit the other territories . ”
“And you do not want to do that?”
Norfe nodded .
“Still, the Highland capital is not so enticing that I would go against my instincts in order to visit . ”
“If not you chief, perhaps some other merfolk can?”
“I doubt anyone would want to visit . ”
Norfe was troubled . An order was an order . Failing was not an option . Chouze watched them both with a worried expression .
“Will you not consider it? Think about it for one day . ”
“No . ”
The chief would not budge . Norfe bit his lip . But…
“I will visit you again tomorrow . ”
He said as he tried to leave the room .
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“Norfe…”
“Chouze . You come too . ”
Norfe said to her as he looked back . Then they both left the room .
“It’s perfect . If I run away, then he’ll have an excuse for not being able to take me back to the capital . ”
To Amia, Norfe was also a child .
He could leave right now if he wanted to . Amia thought as he looked out the window, where the guards stood . With a swing of his hand, they would fly into the air . However, if the beloved children were going to come for him, that would be more amusing . His tail slapped the sofa happily .
At the same time, Maki and Chiharu were on a road that was quite far from the lake town . Aaron was very angry with them . To be precise, he was very angry at Chiharu .
“Why is it always you!”
“Yes, I’m sorry . By the way…”
“By the way?”
“No, um, yes…”
“Are you really sorry!”
And on it went . However, the reason that it went on longer than it should, was because Chiharu was quite distracted . She kept looking at what was behind Aaron . As for why that was…
“I had heard the rumors, but the upwards wind current in Highland sure is nice . ”
“It’s only one day from Midland . ”
“Next time, we should quietly sneak into the royal capital . ”
Very loud indeed .
“Chiharu?”
“Ahh! But, um, I…”
“I didn’t see anything . ”
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Aaron did not look behind him . As for Maki…
“Huh . So this is the current Saintess . ”
“It’s just as Sauro said . She looks very easy to carry . ”
“And very cute, just like Saikania told me . ”
She was surrounded by brown birdfolk and seemed quite stunned .
“Edwy, Zynis . Isn’t this supposed to be a secret mission?”
Maki asked .
“I heard that it was . That’s why I invited eagle birdfolk, because they don’t draw attention when flying up high . ”
Answered Edwy .
“Hmm? We didn’t come here for any mission . ”
“We’re just sightseeing in Highland . ”
“Because Sauro told us that once we cross the sea, all the human lands are connected . ”
“And while we birdfolk don’t like flying long distances, if we do our best and cross the sea, we can then play as much as we want!”
The birdfolk said . That Sauro! He always brought the most troublesome types . She wasn’t sure how many of them there were, but with so many noisy brown birds around, Maki was reminded of sparrows . And they would still stick out, no matter how high they were .
“Since they came all the way here, I asked them to carry us to the villa . That will be faster . ”
Edwy said with a shrug . It was like he didn’t care much anymore .
The carriage they had used was already being driven to the next town . Maki and Chiharu were supposed to rescue the merman and then fly with the birds to the border .
“You can fly during the night as well?”
“It’s harder to see, but normal flight shouldn’t be a problem . ”
Kleo said .
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“Now, let’s practice!”
“Practice?”
“We don’t have much experience carrying humans . So we want to practice to see how long we can carry you . ”
“Practice for you!”
Chiharu was surprised . Even though they weren’t Sauro, they were just as odd . Then Kleo turned to Chiharu .
“Now, baggage . ”
“I’m not baggage!”
“Line up! First, you must fly down towards their backs and grab onto them before rising into the air . After that, we’ll do it while they are running . Start!”
“Are you listening?”
However, Maki and Chiharu, and even Aaron and Edwy as well, were forced to train with the birdfolk until the sun came down .
“Ah . It’s perfect, thanks to you…”
Maki sat down and looked at the sky . Even though they were small, these birdfolk were strong . In fact, the birdfolk were still flying around energetically after training . Maki was sure that people would be able to see them from the road . Chiharu, who was sitting next to her, said,
“But, Maki-chan…”
“What?”
“Why did everyone need to train? It only needed to be one birdfolk for each human . ”
Maki looked at Chiharu with surprise .
“Chiharu . It took you that long to notice…”
“So-sorry…”
Chiharu was tired as well . After all, so much had happened that day .
And then the night of the mission arrived .
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