Betrayed S-Rank Adventurer (LN) Volume 3 Chapter 4 Part 2

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Chapter 4

The Person Waiting for the Two Girls

Part 2/7

The Country of Demise that was surrounded by a giant wall.

On the top floor of the castle towering in the middle of it, between the thrones, a middle-aged man–with a complexion that was devoid of vitality–gave an order to the knights.

“…Next time, make sure to detain the girl who possesses the nine-tailed fox’s power. Understood?”

“–Yes, Sir!”

Receiving the monotonous order issued by the country’s ruler, Weiss Khalid Orwells, the knights gave out a powerful and pleasant-sounding answer before leaving the place.

But other than Weiss, there were other people in this room that didn’t seem like a place where the kingdom’s top-standing people would gather: a young blond-haired man who was tending to his nails, two girls who were wearing masks–a sun and a moon each–, and a girl wearing a black dress.

“Yosh, yosh, just a little bit more, is it?”

Perhaps he finished tending to his nails, as the light-dressed golden-haired man stood up before the throne and,

“Move, carcass.”

–issued that order. Right at that moment, Weiss’ body slouched and fell to the floor as if some kind of a hanging thread above his body was just cut off.

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“Good grief, it takes longer than what’s expected, huh… If only you guys were doing things properly, we wouldn’t have ended up like this, get it?!”

The man shifted his gaze towards the two girls.

“…”

“…We apologize, Guy-sama.”

The Sun Girl remained silent, but the Moon Girl immediately bowed her head.

In response, the man called as Guy clicked his tongue and,

“If you fail again next time, I won’t fulfill what you two want to accomplish.”

“”–!!””

Although he said those words just like a peevish child, the two girls had their shoulders tremble in an instant.

Then, the Sun Girl drew near Guy and,

“That is different from what you promised! We believe that you will fulfill your promise–”

“Oi, dolls aren’t supposed to express their opinions arbitrarily, are they?!”

Guy extended his left hand and put his strength into his fingers as if he was grasping something. Then, the Sun Girl’s body stiffened as if it was bound to something, as her voice that contained a faint anguish leaked.

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“Guy-sama, we understand! We will definitely bring her along next time!”

The Moon Girl raised her voice.

“…You should’ve done that from the very beginning, tch, really.”

As Guy unfolded his left hand, the Sun Girl collapsed on the spot, violently coughing.

“If you get it, then hurry and move. This I¹, would like to return to Fezelis continent quickly and let the power of the nine-tailed fox rampage there. Now, get going!”

The two girls exited the room in a hurry.

“Even though I’ve already given them masks that can increase their power, that can only be created several times throughout one’s lifetime… Hey, you will also lend a hand to this me, right, Reveie?”

The girl in question was looking down at the castle town from the big window between the thrones, and a sigh escaped her mouth.

“I came here for my own sake. It’s not for the sake of lending you a hand.”

“How boring. Well, our guild has a noninterference policy after all… Anyway, did you find what you were looking for, here?”

Reveie shook her head to the left and right.

“No, I didn’t. Well, I hadn’t expected it in the first place.”

“Hee, is that so? If so, it’s better for you to quickly get lost from here, isn’t it? Or do you find it interesting here?”

“What, I only found another objective here.”

Saying that, Reveie exited the room.

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“The corpses are those of the residents here, huh…”

Egil didn’t conceal his surprise after hearing Kaya’s explanation. About the existence of necromancers and the corpses. Thinking about the information, it wasn’t mistaken that the puppeteers were controlling the corpses. However, it was unthinkable that the corpses controlled would be those of Lake Metropolis’ residents.

“But there is a gravesite nearby, right? Weren’t they buried?”

“…Only those that we could bury. However, we couldn’t bring back all the people we lost in the battle.”

“Are they controlling the corpses that were left behind in the Country of Demise?”

“Yeah, that’s right.”

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“Kaya. Can I ask a question?”

Fie–who was previously silent while listening to the two of them talk–finally opened her mouth.

“…The corpses are only those of Lake Metropolis’ residents?”

Hearing that, Kaya shrugged her shoulders in an instant, avoiding her gaze from Fie.

“I don’t know…”

“Is that so?”

Fie couldn’t confirm what expression Kaya was making from her line of sight. However, Egil–who was in Kaya’s line of sight after she turned her face away from Fie–could clearly see her painful expression.

“Anyway, let’s face them. As long as we could stop the puppeteer, surely the people who were being controlled and everyone in this place could finally be at ease.”

Not knowing the reason behind the expression that Kaya showed, Fie (T/N: Yes, the RAW has it written as Fie, but I personally think the author made a typo and it should be Egil instead) felt like it was something that shouldn’t be asked about.

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After that, Egil and the others began getting ready to settle things with the Country of Demise.

The young residents of Lake Metropolis decided to tag along with Egil and the others to the Country of Demise.

The remaining people began preparing for the migration, so that they’d be ready to go whenever Egil and the others return.

As everyone was bracing themselves for the final battle, Egil and Fie strolled around Lake Metropolis together.

“Fie, are you okay?”

“…About what?”

Even though Fie was just like usual, he had a feeling that she was somehow different. But not knowing the source of that feeling out of place, Egil only shook his head.

“No, it’s nothing.”

“…I see.”

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The two remained silent after that. This would be the first time it happened after they met.

“Speaking of which, is there any problem on Eleanor and the others’ place?”

“There is no problem. We’ve been exchanging reports every day.”

“Is that so… I was worried.”

“I know. …Hey, Egil.”

“What’s the matter?”

Fie suddenly stopped walking. Elizabeth the white rabbit and Fenrir the black cat that were following at her feet also stopped as they turned to look at their master with a concerned look.

“After the fight with the Country of Demise ends, just for a while… Just for a day, can we stay here?”

“Alright, but why?”

“Uhm, it’s just… I want to meet my previous master…”

After thinking about the meaning of her words for a little while, Egil asked a question.

“Ulysses, was it…?”

“Yeah. She is my first master. Well, she didn’t treat me like a slave, though.”

“Is that so. Where is Ulysses, then?”

He had heard from Eleanor that Fie’s previous master was a girl named Ulysses. However, both Egil and Eleanor had only known her name and the fact that she was a girl.

“…She’s dead. When I was still living here.”

“I-is that so… I’m sorry.”

“No, don’t mind it. Is it alright for me to talk about the past for a bit?”

“Yeah, I’ll listen.”

Fie had an unusual atmosphere. It was surely the voice of her heart that felt more like girls around her age, that she had never shown to Egil until now. While he felt happy about it, he was also worried about her condition that was different from usual. Then, Fie began narrating with her usual calm voice.

“You see, I–”

She began talking about the past that she had kept hidden until now.

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When she was a very young child, Fie was a thing.

To be more exact, she was cast away as if she were a thing.

When she became old enough to understand what was going on around her, she was already an orphan, and before she noticed, she was in the Country of Demise’s slum.

She had never received love from anyone ever since she was born. She discovered a means of survival by picking up the things that had been thrown away, snatching away people’s possessions, and sometimes by hurting someone. At that time, there was no way for Fie to know whether it was a good action or a bad one. At any rate, there wasn’t someone who would be able to teach her about that.

Fie turned six years old, and just as she was struggling to get through the day at the slum as usual, one day…

“Is there anyone over there?”

A girl around the same stature as her reached out.

For some reason, the girl had her eyes closed and was holding a cane.

At that time, Fie didn’t have an understanding of language. That was why, without knowing that the girl was talking to her, she raised an intimidating growl.

“Grrrrrr!”

If the other person harbored an animosity towards her, she’d kill them. If they snatched away her food, she’d kill them. That was the meaning contained within her growl.

And towards such a Fie, the girl with vivid green hair gently spoke.

“Oh my, it’s a dog, isn’t it?!”

She wasn’t perturbed by Fie’s threat at all.

Then, she put out her hand to Fie. She gestured as if she was about to pet the dog. Although it could be considered as a condescending attitude, to Fie who had never been seen as a person ever since she was born, it was an unexpected treatment, and mysteriously, she didn’t feel like it was unpleasant.

That was why she grabbed the hand that was outstretched to her.

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Earlier, at the tavern where she stole some food, she saw some adults shaking hands, so she thought that it would be good to do it like that. When she did, the girl–still with her eyes closed–showed a sorrowful expression.

“You are… I see.”

“Grawr?”

“…No, it’s nothing. My name is Ulysses! Let’s play together!”

The girl named Ulysses then pulled Fie’s hand and took her out of the dark back alley of the slums.

If the slum was the shadow, the castle town would be the sun. Fie hated the castle town where the rays of the sun blazed down on her. The people in the street looked at Fie with a look that seemed that they just saw some dirt, after all.

However, with her experiences until now, Fie could tell. This girl called Ulysses was someone of noble standing. If she were to follow her just like this, surely she’d be able to steal some food.

And her guess was correct.

She was taken to a big residence. And the maid who was working in that residence looked at Ulysses and Fie in wonder.

“Miss Ulysses, what is going on?!”

“This child is–”

“That filthy girl is someone from the slum.”

The maid interrupted Ulysses’ words as she looked at Fie with an appraising gaze.

Perhaps noticing her animosity, Fie let out a growl meant to intimidate her. Then, the maid showed a sympathizing look towards Fie.

“…She was abandoned without being taught about language, huh? Miss Ulysses, please go away from that girl right away. It’s dangerous.”

Fie glared at the approaching maid as if she was trying to overpower her. Other maids and butlers appeared from the surroundings. However, Ulysses didn’t let go of the hand she was holding.

“No! This child has always been alone… I’m going to make her live here together with me!”

“Living together… Miss Ulysses, this girl is…”

“You are fine with that too, right? You’re going to live here together with me?”

Fie didn’t understand the conversation that Ulysses had exchanged with the maids. She just didn’t want to let go of the hand that was warm to touch, and the first warmth that she felt–the warmth that should have been given by one’s parents in the very beginning of one’s life.

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From then on, Fie lived in that residence.

She ate together with Ulysses, learned language from Ulysses, and she came to know about people’s normal life for the first time.

When she first began living there, she stole some ingredients from the kitchen, and tried to run away from the residence during the night, but she was scolded by Ulysses, “No!” and she hugged Fie, not letting her go.

Now that she reminisced about it, Ulysses was quite a pushy girl, but if she hadn’t met her, Fie could have been dead any time. That’s why, the girl certainly had saved Fie.

Time passed after that, and while Fie was learning language, the common sense in society, and the etiquette as a human, she came to learn that Ulysses’ eyes couldn’t see–she had been blind ever since her birth.

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Several months had passed after she began living in the residence together with Ulysses when Fie asked a question to Ulysses.

“…Ulysses, why did you bring me out of the slum at that time?”

“That time…? Ah, the time when I mistook you for a dog?”

“Yes.”

“That is… Fufuu, I wonder why. I don’t know. …It’s just, right. That day, perhaps I felt Fie, even though I couldn’t see you.”

“…What’s that?”

“I wonder what that is. Fufuu.”

At that time, she couldn’t understand the meaning behind Ulysses’ words. However,

“It seems that Ulysses has always been interested in Fie-chan.”

It was something that happened a while after Fie began staying at Ulysses’ residence. Kaya, the chief of Lake Metropolis that had hostile relations with their country, said with a laugh. It was when she was playing in a secret base located near the Country of Demise together with Ulysses and Kaya, just the three of them. It seemed that Ulysses had told the reason to Kaya a while ago, while telling her to keep it a secret.

“She has always been interested? Although she couldn’t see?”

“Yeah. Surely she had heard your voice. And that she came to know about a girl in the slums who didn’t know language. Then, she seemed to request her parents earnestly to let you live together with her.”

“Is that so… But, why?”

“Right. Perhaps she wanted to have a friend, I guess. Before Ulysses met me and Fie-chan, she seemed to have no one that she could call a friend. Since she couldn’t see, the children around her age shunned her and didn’t want to play with her.”

Kaya met Ulysses when the two were still very young, around the age where they still couldn’t comprehend the fact that Lake Metropolis and Country of Demise were in a hostile relationship. Kaya rebelled against the fact that she couldn’t go outside her residence, and one day she slipped out from Lake Metropolis. Before she noticed, Kaya who didn’t know the outside world ended up losing her way to Country of Demise’s territory, and Ulysses saved her when she was being chased by the soldiers, and so they became acquainted.

Ulysses that had no friend and Kaya who was worshiped as Lake Metropolis’ chief and couldn’t talk with other children her age. Although the territory in which they lived was different, and even after they understood that they were supposed to be enemies, it didn’t take long for a friendship to bloom between the two of them.

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