Chapter 184


Translator: Raizu


Editor: Mirp

Chapter 184 – Meeting Libra again


Roxy, who had turned into an angel, flew straight to where Eris and Libra were .


[Fai! What in the world is that…]


[What the! Such a huge thing…]


She stopped as soon as we saw what appeared from beyond the horizon .


A huge object was flying through the sky .


Its shape was similar to a ship… but the ships I knew of could only float on water .


[Black Ship . ]


Those words unintentionally escaped my mouth .


Its jet black color made it stand out like a sore thumb in the midst of broad daylight .


[I can feel signs of those two coming from the ship . What do we do?]


As Roxy said, it’s true .


There’s no point in staying here .


[Let’s go . ]


[Indeed . ]


It’ll be faster to attack if we come closer .


Otherwise, we probably could still negotiate with Libra .


The available options couldn’t be narrowed down as long as we didn’t know what the other side was doing .


Fortunately, the black ship was still far away from Hausen .


Even if a battle occured, it’d at least be in this uninhabited wilderness .


There might be very little casualties, but I preferred that we didn’t have to fight .


The other side might misunderstand if we were to approach speedily .


That’s why Roxy had been flying at a lower speed .


The black ship itself was approaching us with similar speed .


[They have not made any drastic movements so far . ]


[Yeah . Eris and Libra don’t seem to be moving out from that ship either . ]


Are they telling us to come in!?


That’s really weird to say the least .


But Libra didn’t seem to show any hostility toward us this time .


[I saw them! I saw Eris-sama and Libra! Eris-sama seems to be alright . ]


Was she being restrained or something?


That’s what both of us thought .


However, contrary to our expectation, Eris was standing there alongside Libra .


She hated him so much, yet they now stood very close together .


That’s not the only strange thing here . Eris was wearing a maid outfit instead of her usual getup .


When Libra noticed us, he smiled and waved his hand to us .


[He doesn’t seem like he’s looking for a fight…]


[Shall we land?]


[Please do . I’ll go talk to them, so put me down on the black ship first . Roxy should stay put as a precaution . ]


[Alright . ]


I simply don’t believe Libra .


He tried to demolish Hausen once .


There’s no way I could trust this guy .


Roxy dropped me off on the black ship’s deck .


Libra was standing at the front . While Eris stayed on the back .


[Hi, Fate . You look well . ]


[What are you coming here again for this time? And what did you do to Eris?]


Eris looked strange alright . Her eyes seemed hollow .


It’s like she’s not even there .


[You toss out so many questions when we only just met . Can’t you at least enjoy our moment of reunion?]


[Like you have the right to say that . Put your hand on your chest and recall back what you’ve done to us . ]


He actually did put his hand on his chest .


[Have I done something particularly bad?]


[You… . . ]


When I moved toward Libra, someone else got in my way .


That strand of blue hair, it’s Eris .


Wordlessly, she stood between us as if protecting Libra .


[Eris?]


[… . . ]


No reply came from her .


No matter how I tried to get to Libra, Eris wouldn’t let me pa.s.s .


[What’s wrong? Please, say something . ]


[… . . ]


There’s no reaction at all .


That is, until Libra spoke .


[Enough, return behind me . ]


Eris obediently returned to where she was before .


[What have you done to Eris?]


[I simply return her to where she should be . She’s been running loose for way too long now . I had to put a firm leash on her to get her back . ]


[Where she should be?]


[She is my slave, or you could say a cute pet . She let loose herself, travelling to the outside world with this airship without permission, even creating a Kingdom, doing whatever she wanted . ]


[Pet!? She’s a human!]


[Her beautiful appearance was due to controlled inbreeding . Well, a pet who has bitten its master’s hand must be disciplined . It’s par for the course . ]


[You… . . ]


From what I understand, Libra did something to Eris, putting her under his beck and call


I’ve been keeping my hand around my black sword from the moment we started talking .


I had no choice but to draw it now .


[You’re quick on the uptake . ]


Libra nodded as he approached me .


[As you might know already, Eris is in my hand . For example, if I want her to die, then she would do so unquestioningly . ]


Eris pulled out her black bayonet and attempted to stab herself in the neck .


[I get it already, so please stop . ]


[It’s good if you understand . ]


Libra gave Eris a look .


In turn, she lowered the black bayonet .


[You’re taking Eris hostage?]


[Didn’t you hear me? She simply returned to where she should be . ]


Libra turned his back on me, gazing toward the south .


[Now, what should I do with that? It’s troubling me right now . Something like that is floating high in the sky . What should stay on the ground is instead in such a place . Isn’t it so unsightly?]


[Are you talking about Gallia?]


[What else? Ahh… if only I could find someone to sink that thing back to the ground?]


Libra gave me a sideway glance .


Despite what he said, he’s actually telling me to do it .


[Why being so cryptic . Can’t you just say it clearly?]


[Ahaha, don’t be angry . There must be a mutual benefit in an agreement . therefore…]


Libra put Eris in front of him .


[If you can do that properly, I’ll give this to you . How about that as a condition?]


[Don’t treat Eris like an object . ]


[You only carry with you half the blood of the sacred beastkin . I give you that . Which is why I’m making a lot of concessions already . But you shouldn’t offend me too much . ]


Now that Eris had been taken hostage, I had no choice but to accept .


Besides, to handle the matter of the floating Gallia, it would be better to have Libra cooperating with us instead of the other way around .


We’re using each other here .


I could care less about Libra .


[Very well . Let’s cooperate . ]


[I knew Fate would say that . You’re Dean’s son after all . We were such good friends in the past, enough for me to call him my best friend . It’s beyond me why he ended up doing something like that against me . I really don’t understand . ]


[You and Dad? Friends…? ]


[Back in the old days . But that’s not the case anymore . Though I feel like we can get along well . I’m actually looking forward to it . ]


[Kuhh… . . ]


Libra offered me a handshake as he said that .


I didn’t want to shake his hand, but I had to .


[Deal . We’ll be cooperating from now on . ]


As soon as our hands firmly held, I tried activating《Mind Reading》 .


(Such a bad boy, you are . But I don’t hate this kind of mischief once in a while)


But Libra saw through it .


He couldn’t be read at all .


[Well then, you should let Roxy who is waiting in the sky know about our agreement . And the Wrath down there too . She looks extremely angry there, what’s with that piercing glare that she’s been directing toward me for a while now . ]


In other words, Libra could still afford to stay calm even while knowing that I, Roxy, and Myne might join hands to kill him .


Is a clue on how strong he really is?


[Alright, let’s begin . Onward to Gallia . ]


Libra didn’t seem to care anymore about us . He turned toward where the floating Gallia was, where Dad was waiting .


His face was like a kid who had found a new toy .

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