Chapter 104.2

Chapter 104.2 \n<h1>Chapter 104 Vacation Begins ②</h1>\n\n“No, it won’t appear!?”

Of course, I denied her.First of all, Thunder Dragons rarely appear in the first place. Certainly it is true that I had heard that it lived in the mountains, I had also actually encountered one before, but among rare species of dragon, the less there is, the more dangerous they are, originally they are dragons which you can’t meet even if you try to meet them.

Regarding the latter one ―― It was the first time that I heard of it so I don’t know, but me not knowing about it even though I know anything about dangerous monsters that you can encounter in the forest means that the probability of encountering one isn’t probably high.

I think it is logical, within common sense and a reasonable deduction. Sytry was such a worrywart.In response to her little sister’s words, Liz inflated her cheeks and argued back with her arms crossed in front of her chest.

“Syt? There is no way that it will appear? Cry-chan had said ―― That the enemy is human! Don’t make random guesses!”

As I said, nothing will appear!Sytry and Liz should definitively be on my side but it seems that they don’t trust me.

“…… What is wrong with trying to understand even a little bit of Cry-san’s thought? Although the appearance rate is still low, I think that it is a reasonable lineup…… Cry-san, is it a miss?”

Won’t appear. It definitely won’t appear. This isn’t an adventure, it is a vacation! However, if she was going so far, then I will ―― Just to be extremely cautious.

I don’t answer Sytry’s words while she is expectantly looking at me and slide down my finger on the map.

“Aside from those mountain ranges that we have to cross no matter what, can’t we avoid the forest if we take a long detour to go around them?”

“However, it will take too long to arrive at the 【Castle of the Myriad Demon】 ―― With the plains, the appearance rate of powerful Monsters are quite low. There are too few opportunities. It may be presumptuous of me but ―― You don’t need to mind about Black, White and Gray so I think that we can take some risk.”\n

Sytry who rarely says no, answers back with a well thought argument. What kind of opportunity…… 

Does it mean that deep down even the scholarly Sytry is a Treasure Hunter. If she finds a dangerous place or something that interests her, she will wander in it.

If it was the usual me, then the flow of the conversation would carry me but today I am a bit different.I look back at Sytry’s eyes which were still as the surface of a lake and clearly tell her.

“It’s fine. There are towns there and this time the purpose is a vacation! See, Tino, you don’t need to be afraid…… I want you to trust me once in a while.”

“Mas, ter……”

I looked at Tino who had tears in her eyes and then looked at the two other people and sigh a little bit.

“I really don’t have any other intention. As these past days were horrible ―― Not only Tino, but Liz and Sytry are also overworking a little bit. I shouldn’t be the one to say it as I am the one taking you out of the Imperial Capital but I think that you should take a good rest and get into a good form. It is just a trip, a trip. A vacation. Both Monsters and Phantoms are taking a break. Let’s eat delicious food, take a good rest and do fun things ―― There is nothing dangerous. It is true, you know?” 

I know that I am not convincing as all I do is only taking breaks. However, that was my real intention.Forget about throwing the punishment game onto Tino. I want to take a break and throw away my job, both of those reasons were true.

With my heartfelt words, Tino’s shoulders were shaking and she stared at my eyes.

“Is it fine to…… Believe in you? Master.”

Aaah. It is fine to believe in me…… Tino.

Just as I was starting to nod strongly, my ears caught on the small noise of rain.

I checked on the windows. The number of water drops that adhered onto the window glass were increasing in an instant, it turned into a downpour that you can’t believe that it wasn’t raining just a few minutes ago. \nA roaring wind and heavy rain sound. Perhaps the horses were surprised by the changes in the weather, the carriage shook greatly.

Since the whole carriage was roofed, rain didn’t come in but the horse pulling it was a living thing. Even if it was a storm, it wouldn’t matter for a Platinum Horse but it would be impossible to control a regular horse in this downpour.In the first place, driving in the rain was much more dangerous than driving at night ――.

Mixing with the sounds of wind and rain, a small irritating voice can be heard from outside. 

Are Black, White and Gray alright outside?

 

When I was confused about what to do when the weather suddenly changed, lighting suddenly struck down. Its sound then comes later. The carriage bounces greatly and stops.

I barely withstand my scream. If no one is frightened but I scream then I will look way too uncool.

The wind and rain striking against the carriage was so strong that it doesn’t seem that it will subside after a short while.What was going on…… If it was like this, we are stuck. If the storm came a little bit earlier, then we would have reported the departure to tomorrow, the timing is too bad.

My body was getting colder. I put on my cloak and firmy close the button.For Sytry, Liz and finally me, this wasn’t the first time that we had a big storm outside.Actually, I am ―― More of a rain guy. As I am so unlucky……

“It is suddenly raining a lot……”

\nA horrifying sound of lightning drowns out my thoughts.