Chapter 141.2

Chapter 141.2 \n<h1>Chapter 141 Ordinary Mistake </h1>\n\nI failed, didn’t I……

What Gray-san said came out of the blue.I didn’t expect Black-san and White-san to be so forceful. Because didn’t I already told them that I would give them the key, how could I have thought that they would do that?

Well, you can only say that I am an idiot for not noticing their escape when I found unfamiliar collars in my locker, but me being an idiot wasn’t shocking news, so I will leave it at that for now. Let’s blame this on the Onsen Dragon fiasco that caused me to panic.

But well, it wasn’t a fatal mistake. I had originally planned to release them, so it was just a little bit earlier than what I had planned.Sytry also said that it was no problem, so there is no need to go after them. If they had stolen my Relics, I would have asked Liz to go after them, but fortunately, I brought all the Relics with me on the Onsen. I can only hope that them stealing the key will be the last crime they will ever commit.

But why did only Gray-san decide to not escape?

Gray opened his eyes in astonishment at the question I unintentionally spat out.

Maybe it was due to the strain from keeping watch during the trip up until now, his eyes were sunken, his cheeks were thin and his once fearless appearance was gone. His body should have remained the same size, but there was an illusion that he had shrunk a size or two.His body *yoroyoro* staggered and collapsed, and he fell on his butt. It was just a genuine question, but for some reason his face was pale and his teeth were *kachikachi* chattering.

I wonder if I had asked a bad question. I have never done it, but when you think about it, stealing and escaping are both bad things, it may have been difficult to be asked why you didn’t do it.Gray-san looked up at me with his eyes wide opened and said with his lips frantically shivering.

“I… I-I am… I am ――” (Gray)\n

“No, sorry, sorry, you don’t need to answer. I was just a little curious ――” (Cry)

It didn’t matter to me whether you escaped or not. It may not concern Gray-san and his friends but to me, this is just a vacation.When I called out to him to reassure him, I dropped the key in front of Gray-san’s eyes and yawned greatly.

Well, let’s say it was a good thing as one of the troublesome things was gone.

“Actually, we are going to do a dragon party right now. Since you are still here, you should come, Gray-san.” (Cry)

“Right…… It seemed he had stayed behind ―― Mmh, I don’t think it will be a problem with the amount we have.” (Sytry)

However, dragon party is such a weird phrasing. When I couldn’t help but smile, Sytry took my arm with her usual gentle smile.

 

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Maybe the goddess of fortune was smiling upon them, Black and White’s plan was going as smoothly as possible.They unlocked their collar, left the inn without being spotted by the innkeepers, and even managed to escape out of the town with supplies they had concealed.\nNow that we have reached this point, we are free to leave the country or return to the Imperial Capital and hide. But we can’t let our guard down yet.

We couldn’t take the carriage. It was too flashy but also because one of our priorities was to reduce the number of reasons for them to pursue us.

 

They silenced their footsteps and ran for more than ten minutes while staying away from the road. When the town was out of sight Black and White stopped.Despite being able to escape in the most ideal way, both of their complexions didn’t look good.

I gulped down some water from my water canteen, exhaled hard, and looked in the direction of the town.

What lingered in my mind was 《Infinite Variety’s》 last words.

“Why…… Why did that guy let us go?” (Black)

“Kuh…… How would I know? I don’t know what’s inside the brain of a Level 8 Hunter!” (White)

『There might be thieves too……』 (Cry)

That voice was definitely directed at Black and White.Inside Black’s mind, he couldn’t tell whether he kindly said it in order to stop us from stealing or to show that he would let us go. But in any case, now that we were able to run so far, can we see that as him allowing us to escape?

\nAnd finally, it was also a place where 《Infinite Variety》 never wanted to go.

With a dry voice, Black made a decision.

“Count Gladys’ territory…… We will run there. We are going over the mountains.” (Black)