Trantor: Raizu
Editor: Mirp
Chapter 132.1 – Lost Home
After finishing her drinks, Eris went to the inn to have some rest… I had a nice lunch time, but the second half was a bit ruined thanks to her..
The drunken Eris tends to be clingy to me and makes things hard. She often got in the way of the interactions between me and Roxy, also annoyed the hell out of me during my lunch.
The one taking her to the inn was Mimir. She was appointed as the queen’s caretaker during this journey after all.
[I leave Eris in your care.]
[Uuuuu, I wonder if I can handle this alone…it worries me.]
[You should be fine.]
[Thank you for trusting me… although I feel that it’s a bit of a baseless confidence. I’d rather go apanying Fate-sama though].
[I said it already, I have something I need to do. So please wait for my return here with Eris.]
[Ee, I have to be Her Royal Highness caretaker!?]
[…exactly]
Somehow Mimir wished toe along with me. But I had to deny her this time.
She’s looking at me with an annoyed face… once I got back, she’ll definitely demand to suck my blood.
I called out to Eris who was in the middle of singing drunkenly whilst clinging on Mimir’s shoulder.
[Eris! Listen to me for a bit. Sober up before I get back, okay!]
[Yesshh~!! Roger daat!!]
She responded while hugging Mimir. She’s totally inebriated there.
[I’ll be waiting. In the meantime, I’ll have some fun with Mimir-chan here. Even though I’ve sent so many signals, Fate didn’t even care. Hic… I need to sweep this loneliness away! Riiight~, Mimir-chan!]
[Hi!? Eeeee, that’ll be a problem!]
[It’ll be fine, it’ll be fine!]
[Where are you touching!! Fate-sama, it’s an emergency! Your sister is in a pinch!]
[Well… Good luck…]
I just turned around and walked away.
I could hear Mimir pleading from behind me…
Roxy who had been silent the whole time finally spoke.
[Is it really alright? Mimir seems to be very troubled by it.]
[There are no other person who could take care of Eris here…. She can only endure it.]
Mimir possessed parts of Shinn’s power. Therefore, she’s not affected by Eris’ enchantment.
When she’s drunk, Eris would be like an enchanting demoness. It’s not something I can handle as of now.
That’s why it’ll be best to leave her to Mimir who ispletely immune.
Shoving problem to others like that didn’t seem to please Roxy.
[Then, would Roxy rather be the one taking care Eris?]
[That is…]
She seemed to have trouble replying. It’s rare to see the straight Roxy to act like this.
As I got on the bike that was parked on the side of the main street, I tried to pry in further.
[Nn? What’s wrong?]
[Eris-sama is…. Amazing if I have to say so myself…]
[Eh, really?]
[Fai should really try to fix that insensitivity. From time to time… I noticed that Eris-sama is staring at us with this kind of look when I’m with Fai]
[Staring angrily?]
[No, it’s not like that…]
It’s something hard to express. Eris’ past is a mystery even for me.
All I know is that my predecessor once rescued and helped her. Even then, I heard this from one of the white knights, not from Eris herself.
Eris dislikes to speak about her past. Perhaps… because it’s not a happy nor joyful past.
I’m simr to her in that regard, so I suppose I understand her feeling to an extent.
Later… let’s try to talk about it the next time we go out to have some drinks.
Roxy got in the back seat, while I revved up the bike by injecting magic power to it. We proceeded through the street slowly, being careful to not hit any passerby.
The people’s attention were focused on us. It’s after all a 4000 years old artifact that has long been gone from the eyes of society.
They’re just curious to see such an unique vehicle. Especially since this ce is a merchant city, where everyone is on the lookout for anything new that could bring money in.
However, as soon as they saw the royal coat of arms, they stood back and bowed. Some could only resort to whispering to each other.
As Eris said, the Queen is truly an absolute being in the eyes of these people. Meanwhile for me, she’s just a troublesome woman who regrly trying to tempt and seduce me…
[I feel…somewhat troubled by these people’s reaction.]
[The bike is unique looking, and there is also the royal coat of arms. Adding both together, it’s natural to have this kind of impact.]
[We just have to get use to it, right?]
[That’s right. The crowd is thinning. I’ll speed up, so hold tight!]
[Yes.]
Since it’s getting ufortable, better be quick and get out.
We rode the bike out of the merchant city Tetra, heading west to my hometown.
There is something I need to confirm.
Roxy held on my waist with a slight more strength than usual as we go.
[Fai’s hometown was razed by the gargoyle, am I right?]
[Yeah, it was when I was heading to Gallia. I stopped by, and lots of things happened…]
[Is that so… can you tell me if you don’t mind?]
[It’s not a happy story though.]
[It’s alright.]
I had no reason to cover it up, so I agreed to tell Roxy about what happened back then.
With a sigh, I started recounting the events that led me to return to my hometown.
It began with me meeting the vige chief’s son――Seto at Tetra. He was looking for a warrior who was willing to help subdue the monster attacking the vige.
But there were already many other more lucrative monster subjugation requests on Tetra. Seto couldn’t hire any warriors with the money he had. In the end, he was almost violently beaten up right in front of me.
Back then, Seto plotted to expel me from the vige. But on the other hand, I wanted to visit my parents’ grave.
And so, I ended up epting his subjugation request.
However, what waiting for me at the vige was the same old persecution as before I left. Well, I guess it’s only natural.
My value remained the same in the eyes of those vigers. Once they considered me as only a kid who has a useless skill that causes himself to get hungry much faster, there was no changing it. They were just that close minded.
I still remembered how inwardly amused I was when they pointed their farming tools at me.
The vige chief nned to make me a sacrifice for the monsters. Of course I thought that I should just rampage around and be done with it. But Seto desperately asked me to stop, so I could only rx my fist.
It was decided that I would be staying at Seto’s house. There, I found out that he had a little daughter, and that his wife was killed by the monsters.
[Seto lost his wife, and had to raise his daughter alone. Moreover, he had the chance to see the world outside due to the monster subjugation request. He was no longer the same Seto I remembered in the past.]
[I see. This Seto… isn’t he one of the people who helped in Hauzen’s reconstruction.]
[Un, he’s now one of the councilors who manages Hauzen.]
Later that night, the gargoyle attacked, and when I noticed, the vigers had already been ughtered.
In that situation, I chose to protect both Seto and his daughter.
By the end of the battle, the entire vige was razed to cinders by the gargoyle’s fire magic.
[The vige… that was unfortunate. But you made up with Seto.]
[Yeah, but he said that he couldn’t settle with himself for his past mistakes, so he asked me to hit him once.]
[Eeh, did you do just that?]
[That didn’t even cross my mind, as my real punch would’ve killed him. So I punched him once, very lightly. After that, Seto… he showed me such an excellentugh.]
To the point that I could see my dad’s figure in him. Dad used tough heartily to cheer me up when I was still a kid.
When I saw Seto’s smile, I felt like my past grudge had melted away.
[That ended pretty well, for Fai at least.]
[I think so. If I didn’t make up with Seto back then, Hauzen’s reconstruction would not go so fast. It reminds me that a strong connection….will never wilt even if we part ways.]
[That’s right. I too, am always thinking of Fai.]
[Roxy….thanks.]
[You are wee.]
In order to not be shaken off due to the bike elerating faster, Roxy hugged me even tighter than before.
The sudden sensation made my heart pounding hard. But I’m happy to share such a close bond with her.
After a short travel, we arrived at the burnt vige. No one lived here anymore. And as time goes on, it’ll be harder to reach this ce as the vegetations had started to im the road.
We got off of the bike and looked around.
[It feels like the time had stood still since that gargoyle attack.]
[….I came along because I want to see Fai’s hometown… but this isn’t how I imagined it would be.]
Roxy stood next to me with a sad look on her face. I could only hold her hand in the effort tofort her.
[We are going to that ce, right? Is Fai really fine with it?]
[I’m going. That’s the reason why I return here after all]
The two of us walked towards my old house outside the vige. It has been left untouched all the same, although grasses have begun to sprout here and there.
Once the weather got warmer, the grass would reach up to the waist.
The house was also burnt down. But this was not the gargoyles’ doing.
It was burned by the vigers when they expelled me out of the vige, so I will nevere back in the future.
Noticing that the house’s state was different from the others, Roxy easily put the puzzle together.
[Fai…]
[It’s already a past.]
We went to the back of the house.
This is the reason why I came here. To see what had be of my parents’ grave.
What came into my sight as we approached the site…
[Kuh…damn… So he was the real deal.]
[It’s the same with my father. Fai’s father has been…]
[Yeah, as I already told you before. It was really my dad who stole Shinn’s fragment and kidnapped Raine.]
Of the two graves, only one had the trace of somethinging out of the soil.
A person who should’ve been dead has returned back to live. That’s for sure.
Only my dad got revived back. My mother’s grave had remained intact.
I’m not sure why, but it appeared that there are certain requirements for someone to be revived back. It’s just a guess though. (TL Note: Either Fate forgot, or the author forgot, but it’s already been mentioned that only people with lingering regret got resurrected.)
Once we got to Hauzen, the answer should be cleared. I don’t know for what reason Dad’s is doing these things, but I have a feeling that it’s because this [contract] of his.
Surely there is something big behind that word.
I went to this ce to find a clue to that.
Bending down, I noticed that there was something left inside my dad’s grave. A rosary.
[This is… There is a coat of arms engraved in it.]
[I think I’ve seen it somewhere. Ermm… ooooooh!!]
Roxy seemed to realize something.
[This is the emblem that is used by the church to represent the God Lace. I heard that less and less people believe in god. Their faith is dying. But Fai’s father seems to be a devotee of Lace.]
[Certainly…back when I was just a kid, we used to pray together. It’s just that back then I didn’t know that we prayed to Lace…]
[And, look here. It appears that he was once a senior temr knight.]
The emblem was only awarded to a temr knight. Dad…I never knew that you had that kind of past.
This could be an important information.
I kept the rosary inside my pocket. Then, I cleaned up the two graves that had be rough since Ist visited.
Roxy also helped, so it was faster than I expected.
[Thanks, Roxy.]
[It’s nothing much. Besides, I’m d that I finally get to see Fai’s parents.]
[One of them has gotten out of his grave and no longer here though.]
[Then we’ll just meet him directly next time, I have to say hello!]
[Yeah, we’ll do it properly when that timees.]
[Yes!]
I’m d that Roxy went to apany me. And now that I noticed, Greed hadn’t said anything so far.
I suppose he’s just giving us some room. Well, thank you, Greed.
I’ve already decided when I parted with Aaron. And my resolve is only strengthened after seeing the reality with my own eyes.
So let’s just say it now in front of this empty grave.
[Dad, next time we meet… I’ll fight you.]
My feeling is organized now.
We left the two graves, and headed back to Tetra, where Eris and Mimir are waiting.
When everything is over, I promise I’ll return here again… mom.