Chapter 173
(173) Miri and Sheena
Translator: Tseirp
After ascertaining the Leviathan’s death, Miri turned around and looked at the condition of the island .
Due to the lightning strike, the island’s shape had been completely transformed and there was not a single vestige left of its past look .
(Amazing power … I didn’t think that it would revive . Who was it exactly who did that strike on the Leviathan?)
The faces of the Hero Alessio and the Magician Hagg floated across her mind but she shook her head .
It would have been a lot more troublesome if they were capable of something like that . She intuitively felt that it was more likely to be that perverted magic engineer Daijiro .
She didn’t know how it happened and where that attack came from but if her conjecture was true, she would prefer to leave the island as soon as possible . She thought to herself as she headed for the center of the island .
Perhaps because of a fault in the drainage system, the man-made hot spring had dried up and the underground entrance was exposed .
Miri looked at the hole that extended below ground as she summoned Fenrir from the s.p.a.ce and rode his back .
“Go down . ”
Obeying her command, Fenrir ran down the wall with Miri on its back .
Then, immediately before they crashed into the floor, Fenrir vanished into nothing and Miri leaped into a large hole to the side .
She continued walking down the pa.s.sage as if nothing happened and leaped up another hole that led upward .
She came upon a place with many trees growing and the monkey monsters welcomed Miri .
The monsters were prostrating on the ground at Miri as if a new boss monkey was born but Miri ignored them and continued to the depths of the labyrinth .
(The damage is terrible . I don’t think it will collapse but it will be difficult to continue functioning as a labyrinth . )
Miri thought to herself that thankfully the lighting was still functional as she proceeded to the depths .
There weren’t any signs of monsters . After all, even if the labyrinth retained its function, monsters probably won’t sp.a.w.n excessively here anymore due to the death of the Leviathan .
Miri continued walking forward and entered the hidden room .
Waiting for her there was the work doll that looked exactly the same as before .
She looked at Miri and spoke .
“978-4-7753″
She listed a string of numbers .
” … Eh?”
Miri heard what she said but she couldn’t comprehend it .
“Please answer . I will not recognize you as master unless you give the correct answer . ”
The work doll continued speaking .
In response, Miri raised her fist .
“Do you not recognize your owner’s magical power!”
And sent a horizontal punch to the back of her head .
” … Magical power recognized . Grandmaster recognized . It’s been a long time, grandmaster . ”
Work Doll No . 417 said with a voice without any intonation . It didn’t feel like a reunion after tens of years at all .
“It’s been a long time, Sheena . ”
“Grandmaster . Unfortunately, No . 417’s name has already been a.s.signed . Please refer to me with the correct designation . ”
“Did someone else come here and become your master? … Oh well, it doesn’t matter . So, what is your new name?”
“Sheena No . 3 . ”
“Why number 3!?”
“Famiris‧Raritei-sama and Daijiro-sama also named Sheena No . 3 as Sheena so I appended No . 3 to distinguish between the names . ”
“Daijiro … So Sheena’s second master was Daijiro … that pervert would certainly be able to decipher Sheena’s personal identification number . ” (TL: The personal identification number is referring to the string of numbers Sheena asks, which is also the light novel identification number for the first volume of Growth Cheat lol . )
Miri nodded but never in her wildest dreams would she think that she can obtain No . 417’s personal identification number just by asking her .
“Since Daijiro was managing this place, the third person is probably an acquaintance of Daijiro … hn, then the person who hurt the Leviathan was Daijiro after all . ”
“Grandmaster, correction . The third master knows about Daijiro-sama but not the other way around, so they are not acquaintances . ”
“Eh? Is that so?”
“Leaving that aside, Grandmaster . May I ask a question?”
“A question from Sheena? That’s rare . Sure . ”
“Has the Leviathan been destroyed?”
“Yeah, I beat it . But it was quite substantially weaker . At my current condition, I won’t even be able to seal it if it retained its original strength so it’s quite a lucky break . My level also went up by 10 in one shot . ”
“I see . ”
Sheena smiled slightly — or so it seemed to Miri .
“By the way, Sheena . There should be a jewel sealed here but do you know about it?”
“Affirmative . I was asked to safe keep it by Master Daijiro . I handed it to former master this morning . ”
“Wait a minute, this morning? Your previous master was here this morning?”
“Affirmative . I asked him to evacuate before the Leviathan revived . ”
Miri pondered to herself after Sheena confirmed it .
In other words, looking at the circ.u.mstances, it was most likely the previous master who dealt that much damage to the Leviathan .
However, after defeating the Leviathan, she stretched her shadow a couple of kilometers to the surroundings but her Detect Enemy skill did not perceive anybody inside or outside the island .
The only object was an unmanned boat .
There was a faint residue of magical power remaining on that small boat so she believed that the person escaped using transfer magic or something .
“Who exactly was that previous master?”
Sheena perceived Miri’s mutterings as a question .
And she answered .
“His name was Ichinojo . Job cla.s.s Jobless . A 20-year old male . ”
Miri tensed up when she heard her words .
The room was silent before Miri returned to normal after a minute .
“Onii was here?”
“Negative, the person that was here was a male called Ichinojo . ”
“Like I said — Argh, forget it! Did that Ichinojo person say where he was headed?”
“He mentioned that he would return to Port Kobe on the Western Continent . ”
“Port Kobe … it’s all right . Onii is still alive . Onii is definitely on his way to Port Kobe . ”
Ichinojo was unaware but Work Doll No . 417 was set to automatically recognize the next human she discovers as her master if her previous master pa.s.sed away . Because of that, Daijiro did not need to answer her personal identification number to become No . 417’s master .
And then Daijiro ordered her to provide the answer if she was ever asked about her personal identification number .
Because he felt that it was more interesting that way .
And because Sheena asked for her personal identification number just now, it confirmed that Miri’s brother, Ichinojo, was alive .
“Sheena, we shall go to Port Kobe immediately . You’re coming along too . ”
“Are you sure?”
“The Leviathan is already dead so you no longer need to stay here! More importantly, chasing after Onii takes precedence! I’ll make full use of your ability . ”
Miri said as she grabbed Sheena’s hand and used transfer magic to first return to Korat to meet up with Norn and Kanon .