Chapter 83.
I blinked at the unexpected words.
“Who said there was ……?”
The Crown Prince who noticed this was more surprised than the fact that there might be someone on the other side of the cave.
“The guy who looks like a ghost ……”
Unlike the glaring Callisto, I wasn’t too worried. Because if a dangerous interlude is going on, the damn system window will tell you first. Well, it doesn’t matter if it’s really out of the storyline’s contingency. The undead crown prince would cut it all off with his sword anyway.
“I’ll have to confirm that.”
Without realizing it, the Crown Prince, who was even wearing a cloak, stood up from his seat with the sword next to him. That was instant.” Uhm ……”
He suddenly let out a short groan and stumbled.
“Your Highness!”
I was startled only this time, and scrambled to grab the Crown Prince’s arm to help him up. Looking again, his face looked bad.
“Your Highness, are you really uncomfortable somewhere? Please sit for a while longer.”
“It’s fine. It’s just a momentary dizziness.”
“Perhaps the injury yesterday was in the wrong place? Your face is too pale.” At my worried voice, the Crown Prince suddenly laughed.” What? But you slapped me, shouldn’t you be happier to see me die?”
“Ah…… you know?”
“If you were near the palace, you would have been taken to an underground prison as a prisoner for insulting the royal family.”
“No!” I stormed out, denying it.
“In order to wake up your highness, that was an unavoidable choice ……”
“Hoooooooooo-″
At that moment, as if stopping my embarrassing defense, once again a cool wind accompanied by a vibrating sound blew from inside the cave. I stopped talking.
Looking at the crown prince on the other side of the cave with sharp eyes the wind stopped and started to move quickly.
Approaching the seat with the extinguished campfire, he stroked the flint a few times before he managed to start the fire. The fire was then moved to the longest, thickest block of wood brought in with firewood. A torch was soon born.
“What? What are you doing?”
“You stay here. I’ll be right back.”
“Huh? Your Highness!”
I grabbed the torch and scrambled to grab the hem of the prince’s cloak, trying to move my feet into the dark cave.
“Must …… you confirm it now?” The Crown Prince’s eyebrows twitched.” What are you talking about?”
“It could be dangerous. I’d rather get out of the woods first, then bring the soldiers to confirm ……”
It was instantaneous. A clear square window appeared on the darkness that shrouded a mist behind the crown prince.
< System > Hiden Week Happens!
Would you like to browse [Suspicious Cave]? (Compensation: something unknown)
[Accept/Reject].
I looked at it blankly. If there had just been a “Dangerous interlude in progress, the fucking system window would have told you first.” The idea of the bar was a joke.
A creepy curiosity.
(What if it disappeared before then?)
The Crown Prince seemed to stop talking suddenly, looked back, and replied.” Inside the palace, no one can use magic, no matter who it is, except for the magician who made it up with fierce medicine. If anyone violates it, they will be disposed of immediately.”
“It’s not a big place, there doesn’t seem to be a lot of individuals, I’ll take care of it right away, wait a moment.”
“Sling″
He drew his sword from its scabbard and pretended to leave immediately. Nor did he make a deeper analysis.
“That, then I’ll go along!”
I pressed [Accept] with tears in my eyes. Didn’t want to press [Reject] to go, but it couldn’t be helped. Sending it to the Crown Prince alone for nothing, if something happens, I don’t know what effect it will have on the favorability. Besides, the rewards from the Hildenquist completed so far were useful in retrospect.
“Did the bolts not run out, male daughter?”
Looking at me who gathered the stone bows placed on the ground, the crown prince muttered. It sounds like without the stone bow, there’s nothing to see in my existence.” Are two people better than one?”
“But it seems like you’re just a liability.”
“Don’t worry. Now that I don’t have bolts to shoot, even if I face an assassin, I’ll know that I’ll make a good escape.”
“Ha! Rigorous as hell, I’ve got nothing to say now. Is this the way you taught the royal family etiquette in Eckhardt?”
The Crown Prince looked at the unruly child with mockery in his eyes.
Obviously you started it ……
I’m annoyed in my heart. Moreover, it was the time when I was bending over in order to pick up the stone bow.
“…… Hmm?”
Suddenly something flashed and stood out. Strange weapons were placed next to the spot where the stone bow was placed. It was a bloody commendation and dagger.” This is ……”
I immediately noticed that it was the weapon that was stuffed inside the crown prince’s body yesterday. But so much so, it wasn’t the sharp commendation that was shining, but the rough dagger.
“What is this for ……”
Moving closer as if expecting me to pick it up, the flashing speeds up. With a bewildered look on my face, I picked up the dagger. At the same time.
Received [Engraved Dagger] as a reward.
The system window that suddenly surfaced dazzled.
“…So is this an assassin’s token?”
At that moment, he looked down at the dagger with a puzzled face.” How long will you die sitting there? If you don’t want to go, just say you don’t want to go.” The Crown Prince urged nervously.
“Go, go!”
That’s right, sexual urgency. I even brought my dagger with me and hurriedly approached the Crown Prince.” Why are you carrying it?”
“I can’t use a stone bow, so I have to use a dagger.”
“Do you still know swordsmanship?”
The crown prince showed a surprised expression. Of course I don’t, but I didn’t show it.” Now go inside.”
With that, I left the [Suspicious Cave] like the crown prince.
The further in the cave went, the narrower and more sinuous the width became. Moreover, the water that occasionally trembled from the ceiling was damp. The century of the wind blowing from somewhere also gradually became louder. Wooooooooooooooooooo″. Again it blew, and the torch containing Callisto shook with a “rumble.” Let’s see if there’s anything.”
I reluctantly moved my reluctant feet. My hair stood on end because of the creepy atmosphere. Whenever I regretted accepting Quatre a little, I glanced upwards at the back of the crown prince’s head with eager eyes.
“Please, it’s nothing ……”
For me, the plunge in favorability was worse than here.
It was a long walk along the winding cave path. Suddenly the crown prince who was walking ahead stopped in his tracks.
“Gong Maiden, look at that.”
Turning his eyes in the direction he pointed, he saw a faint light coming through in the distance.
“It looks like he’s there. I think the wind is stronger than before.”
Hooooooooooo-~
At that moment, a stronger wind than earlier did blow. The flame of the gently swaying torch went out with a whoosh. The narrow cave was instantly plunged into darkness.
The wind stopped, and at the same time the light leaking from the distance disappeared.
“Get over there! Come on!”
Trying to beat the silence quickly, my heart was in a hurry. I wanted to hurry, but an Akito was only so big, and the width of the cave became so narrow that I couldn’t overtake the Crown Prince. I pushed his back to hurry him.
“The male daughter really ……”
The crown prince pushing on me made a shaky sound and moved his feet again.
“It’s a noble lady, isn’t it?”
“What are you talking about?”
“Usually at times like this, the other ladies will scream and jump into the arms ……”
I knew he was being sarcastic, but I scoffed.
Wake up and stop dreaming ……
“Too bad the road is too narrow to do that, Your Highness. Next time you’re on the side of a wide street, don’t forget to make sure you hug.”
“I’m looking forward to it then.”
The Crown Prince replied with a smile.
Looking forward to what, as soon as we get out of the woods, there will be no such thing as being alone with you guys. With such thoughts in mind, was walking along behind the Crown Prince.
Finally, we reached the source of the light leak. A gap much narrower than the width of the cave.
“The wall is sharp, be careful not to sweep it.”
The Crown Prince squeezed hard into the crevice. Being smaller in stature than him, I got through easier than the raw pour.
It really pumped out!
The Crown Prince is underneath in a flash. Should I jump?
He held out his hand to the panicked me.” Catch him.”
I looked at it for a moment with surprise, then extended my hand. Great strength supported my weight.
With his help I landed easily.
Suddenly an intense blue color emerged in front of me, and a strong gust of wind blew like never before.
“Yuck!”
I reflexively closed my eyes. Fortunately, the gusts quickly subsided. I squinted my eyes. Unconsciously overflowing
The blue light disappeared.
The Crown Prince went ahead without a word. I looked around and slowly followed. Unlike the passageway I just walked through, it was quite spacious. However, as if it wasn’t a naturally formed cave, but an artificially created space, right in the center stood a round, flat mass that looked like a cut out of a giant rock. Being taller than the average person, it was impossible to see what was over there.
The prince stepped nicely on the uneven rocks and quickly climbed the steps. That’s when the seat he was stepping on stood hard to the side. My eyes widened as I saw the scene unfolding in front of me.
“This is ……”
Amazingly in the middle of the flat rock was the skeleton standing straight up without the lower half of its body. Like an offering to a god, a large unknown scroll was held up in its upward unfolding hands.
At that moment, a blue light began to appear around the corpse.