NOVEL WEB C104
Equipped with a monocle, which was also used at the fire, they were on the lookout for people around them.
There was a fair amount of human presence at a distance from the carriages, perhaps due to their proximity to the center of King's Landing, but most of the people were sleeping inside the buildings.
"Are you all right?"
"......”
No response, just sleeping.
It is hard to imagine that a person doing his job as a governor could not resist the sleeping sickness, was it magic? Or was he drugged?
“[Reject anti-magic veil spells]"
"[Shield protect].”
Considering the fact that the other party only put him to sleep, he probably didn't intend to harm him, but he was entrusted by the king, so he had to be protected.
"But even so, there's no movement."
I have been tracking within the range of my bow, which is not enchanted with magic, but there is no suspicious movement in the shadows, and there are no attacks from outside the detection range.
I should try to head in the direction where there are no people.
If they don't move, I have no choice but to lure them.
Fortunately, there are no valuable items in the carriage, so I don't have to protect them, and I only have to concentrate on identifying them.
I go into a back alley where there are few people.
Even though it is a well-developed city, the back alleys are dark, and if one does not know the geography using magic like I do, one has to rely on moonlight and groping one's way through the alleyways.
Those who are not used to these back alleys and who pass through them for the first time, will be wandering through the intricate paths until morning.
"────”
After a while, I hear a human voice mixed with my footsteps, I don't know what it is, but it is definitely a human voice.
“Ugh ...... gusu ......”
".......”
The owner of the voice did not respond to detection, and when I got closer, relying on the voice, I realized that it was the crying of a little girl.
Obviously a trap, too obvious.
But the only way to change this situation is to get in touch with the owner of the voice.
Even if some kind of trap could have an effect on me, who was fortified with magical tools, the kings would notice if I launched a spectacular magic.
"Are you all right?”
"Hiya! Who are you?"
The girl hid her face in a deep white robe as I called out to her.
''I'll tell you, I'm strong, okay?
I am strong in my own way!'
“If a girl like you was crying on a street like this at night, any sane person would call out to you, but it seems that it was none of my business.
Have a safe trip home.”
The possibility of a girl who had nothing to do with the trap came up.
If it was someone who wanted to trap me, they would try to get close to me, clinging to me to create an opening, but the girl in front of me only hid her face and was frightened.
The girl in front of me only hides her face and is scared.
"Um, let's see, .......”
And if I look closely, the material of the pure white robe is of a very high quality, and it is engraved with a coat of arms that indicates that she is a church official.
It is a fool's task to create a relationship with a hostile group.
Moreover, it was bad enough that the king had warned me about it.
Alone together in an empty place in the middle of the night, it could be taken as a betrayal.
"I'm sorry!
I was being chased by a strange individual just now, and I heard someone's voice and misunderstood!”
......, there is only a sign of trouble.
"Please wait,......."
"......"
“I've been separated from my escort, and I don't know where I am. ......"
When I turned around to leave at a fast walk, he grabbed my clothes, and I ignored him at the expense of my clothes and kept walking, but his hand never left my hand.
"Eww, I'm scared. ......"
'Huh ......
I'll show you the way, just let go of my hand at least one time.”
It is not efficient to walk while dragging the person.
The reason for this is that the person who put him to sleep is not known, and the purpose and reason for this is not known at all.
The only thing I can think of with the information I have now is that they want to have contact with me and this girl. ......
This is nothing more than a wild guess, and we have far too little information..!
"Get down!"
"What? Crap!'
Cats!
A long-range bow shot, out of my detection range.
The arrow's penetration suggests that it was probably a curved shot, an ordinary arrow with the skill to fly to me and the girl with such precision.
"What is this?!"
"We're being targeted with a bow, we have to run.”
I don't sense much of an intention to murder me from the attacker, and the girl in front of me is in such a panic that I can only assume she doesn't know anything about it.
I truly don't understand what's going on.
Katsun! Katsun!
By looking at the trajectory of the bow, I was able to get an idea of the direction and approximate shooting position. The position would be on the castle wall, but if I extended my search to the other side, the surrounding area would be thinned out and the time to pay the price would be shortened.
If I were alone, I would have used my ability to kill the assailant, but I didn't want to use my jealousy ability to give away information in the presence of church officials.
But leaving the girl alone would not make a good impression on the people if it were to become a rumor.
...... wait? Nothing wrong with that much?
The only benefit is that it will save trouble at the academy for one person.
The only thing left is when to discard it. ......
“O God, protect us."
“O God, woe unto our enemies.”
“...... sacred magic.”
It was too late to make a decision.
The girl's magic is a magic that is activated by saying the prayer words, and even with knowledge, the chanting is different each time it is activated, and the effect can only be guessed from the atmosphere of the words.
This time, one is for protection and the other is for debuffing the other party?
"I think we're good now. ......
Stop for a moment. ......"
The girl was gasping for breath as if she didn't have much energy. Unfortunately, the arrows didn't fly, so she must have retreated after being hit by a counterattack.
"Are you alright?”
'I'm fine. ......"
"......, I see."
I don't know what the other party wants to do this time because I don't have too much information.
To begin with, the person who shot that arrow is not necessarily the same as the one who put Gosha to sleep, and it is also possible that this girl ran into me by chance.
"Um, thank you very much. ......"
"Don't worry about it."
I let go of her hand here, but for some reason she grabbed me from the other side, and I want her to get away from me as soon as possible.
I shouldn't have grabbed her hand when she was running, I was slow to judge and we ran away together, but as I thought earlier, I should have left her alone.
'Well, maybe I got you into this, and ......
Oh, I should probably tell you my name before that.”
The girl lightly dressed herself and looked me straight in the eyes.
The moonlight that came out of the clouds illuminated the area at the same time, and the girl's face became clearly visible.
"My name is Luria."
She has long silver hair, some of which is a mysterious mixture of colors that can only be described as rainbow, and she is generally a very pretty girl.
But that girl I would never meet until I entered the academy, and even if I did, I was certain from the beginning that she would be hostile.
'I am a saint in the Sacred Creed sect, in the Jinpei branch.
Just in case you're interested: ......”
She was one of my heroine's heroines.