Kujibiki Tokushou: Musou H?remu ken

Chapter 230

Chapter 230

CHAPTER 230 – ALTHEA’S LIFE

I got on Olivia’s back and flew to the sky .

I only brought Eleanor and Hikari and headed towards the north .

?Are you sure it’s over here??

?Eleanor asked?

?I would not forget a human’s smell once I have met them . As long as they are still alive, I can track them . That human especially possesses a strong smell, so there is no way I can be wrong?

Olivia in her dragon form said with a heavy tone .

Because her body became bigger, not only her tone was heavy, but her voice was loud as well .

She would release a pressure that ordinary humans would feel frightened just by talking to her .

Despite that, more than half of that pressure is neutralized .

It’s because Hikari is hanging by her neck .

Olivia, O-chan .

Although they’re essentially different dragons, Hikari treats Olivia just like how she does with Chibi Dragon .

And Olivia accepts that . Because of how heartwarming they look, the pressure she releases decreased even more .

And I don’t really mind it like that, so I ignored it, and continued to talk with Olivia .

?What kind of place is in this direction? Althea seems to be worried about Rodotos so, is it a city??

That’s right, it’s Althea .

To establish Mercouri as a kingdom, a proper internal affair is essential after defeating the Empire .

The other four kingdoms might be able to do something about it, but Mercouri only has Rex and Soora who I support .

One of them is a man from a country village and the other is a woman from a village who chose to cease connection with the world .

There was no way they could govern .

And so, there comes Althea .

The Great Sage Althea, the woman who was Rodotos’s right arm .

In the era I’m in, I have witnessed her political ability a bit, so I believe she could do it .

?If it’s the Imperial City Irion, it’s over there?

Olivia slowly raised her clawed hand and pointed diagonally .

?That’s an unfamiliar name . I see, it’s not the city huh?

?I turned into something like “that”, so there is no way she would stay in the city?

?I guess so……?

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We flew for about an hour and landed in a deep forest .

I got off in front of a mountain cabin that looks like a secret hideout inside the forest .

Olivia returned to her dragonkin form and Hikari was still hanging from her neck .

?It’s here??

?Un, she’s inside?

Olivia completely changed her tone after turning to her dragonkin form . She seems like a friendly neighborhood childhood friend in this form .

Her tone just fits how she looks with Hikari hanging from her head .

?Ororo??

?What’s the matter??

?I didn’t notice from far away, but this human, she’s dying??

?What did you say?!?

?Umu . The life force of the human inside seems very weak?

Hearing what Olivia and Eleanor said, I opened the door almost destroying it, and rushed inside .

Inside the dark cabin was a bad smell and stagnated air .

A silhouette that faintly appears .

She is sitting on the ground, facing towards the wall .

Her long hair and familiar clothes, it’s Althea .

?Althea!?

I ran up to her while calling out her name??I was stunned seeing her face when she reacted and looked up to me .

It was an old woman .

The last time we’ve met was only a few days ago, but the youthful Althea turned into a wrinkly old woman .

?You came……I thought you’d come?

Although the tone of her voice sounded very youthful, the voice itself was completely that of an old woman .

?Rather than that, what happened, Althea? What happened to you?!?

?It is the, compensation?

?Compensation??

?Ahh, it came again?

?What??

I looked towards the opposite direction from Althea .

I looked over there and saw something dark and transparent passing through the wall .

?Hikari!?

?Un!?

I called Hikari and she turned into a Demon Sword . I raised the mother and daughter Demon Swords and faced towards that thing .

?A ghost huh, I’ll end you quickly?

?Wait?

?Eh??

Althea grabbed me with her wrinkled hand .

?Why should I wait??

?That is……he is……?

?Rodotos, huh?

?What??

Althea and Eleanor said together .

I turned around in surprise . This ghost that doesn’t even have a shape, this is Rodotos?

?There’s no doubt, it’s him?

?……eii! If so, then let’s leave this place first!?

I couldn’t kill it at once, so I carried Althea and rushed out of the room .

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I gained quite a distance from the cabin . Although we’re still inside the forest, the silent air made me feel that we had ventured deeper .

Hikari remained in her Demon Sword form and Olivia and I faced with Althea .

And there, I had Althea explain what’s happening .

To save Rodotos whose soul is being sullied by Eleanor, Althea used an elixir to let Eleanor gain a physical body in exchange for releasing Rodotos .

Rodotos was released immediately but still passed away . His soul was released as well .

???or, that was how it should have been?

?He wasn’t released??

?He was, once . However, his soul did not return to the heaven completely . As you can see, he started to attack me?

?And because of that, you became like this??

?It would seem that he has an attachment to life . He might be trying to revive himself by absorbing my life force?

?Is that so??

I asked Eleanor .

?Although I don’t know whether it’s on purpose or just left like that, my powers might have remained in his soul . There are such times, when someone dies possessing my powers, they would turn into evil ghosts that are attached to life?

?You yourself were obsessed with having a physical body after all?

?That is true during this era . I do not anymore?

?Is that thanks to me??

?Umu?

I spoke in the middle and let Althea and Eleanor speak to each other .

?I want to release him . What should I do??

?It’s simple . Just ask this man?

?Me??

?You only need to cut him . Not his soul, but my powers that is possessing his soul?

?I see?

?Can you do that??

?Leave it to me . I’ll make him ascend to heaven the next time he comes?

What Eleanor is saying is not something that difficult . Rather, for me who was able to bring our powers that Eleanor didn’t have, the level of difficulty is just like riding a bike with one hand .

It’s Althea’s request . I’ll quickly end him .

?Rather than that, it’s you . That appearance, aren’t you in a really bad situation??

?Let me see, it feels like he took fifty years of my life . I won’t live for long?

?Can’t you do something about it??

?Well, when it comes to a person’s longevity……?

Althea made wry smile .

The Great Sage Althea, the woman who knows everything in this world .

She is saying that because she knows everything, she cannot do anything against a person’s longevity .

?……I see, it was like that huh?

?What do you mean by that, Eleanor??

?I understood right now . I understood the reason why how she, an ordinary human, could meet you?

?What do I need to do??

?You’re too quick to be convinced?

Eleanor laughed .

Althea, just Althea .

When we first met, she was an old woman who would suck up life force from humans, so I thought that she is from a long-lived race . But Althea who I met in this era said that she was an ordinary human .

I secretly had my doubts on why she was able to continue to live and meet me in the future .

?Do you remember? What I said to you after you slept with those Mercouri women??

?Are you talking about Cima and the other girls? …………the way you sleep with a woman??

?Don’t tell me……is it like this??

Althea said and grabbed my hand .

Its the usual thing that Althea in the future does . That ability that absorbs life force .

She held my hand just like that .

?It’s that thing Rodotos was doing huh?

It looks like what I heard from Eleanor, was something Althea actually saw .