Trails with Cuddle-Cuddle Osbon
Translator: Tsukii
Editor: Helen
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Chapter 066 – Fufufu, Son. This is the Result of the Incident [B]
After a moment of silence descended upon the conversation, Rean spoke first.
“About the terrorist…… or rather, the theft behind the Salt Pale fragment, I believe there was a hidden spy behind the crime.”
“Really?”
Olivert frowned at this unexpected opinion.
Rean nodded and explained his reasons.
“First of all, Vita-san was aware of Roselia’s existence here…… while it is possible for her to acquire this information, considering her abilities, it was strange how she took advantage of the start when Roselia-san was with Professor Schmidt. I think she knew in advance what time the two of you would be working together, and when the two of you would be taking turns. Moreover, the terrorists had detailed information about Divine Knight.”
Rean recalled the words of the man known as “V” who was piloting the giant machine.
According to Celine, it made no sense to take all the trouble to prepare a specialized Master Quartz to operate Divine Knight remotely when its Awakener could just pilot them. Yet, despite this, the terrorists seemed to have heard about remote controlling the Divine Knight from someone before.
When Rean first enrolled, he was famous in Trista for doing whatever he wanted, something he still did today. Even if people had spread rumors, the other party obviously knew about the Divine Knight called Valimar, something thar was not publicised so it was highly likely they had someone who knew about the activities held in Schmidt’s Classroom.
Rean also took the opportunity to talk about the things Musse had pointed out to the people here.
Finally, it was Schmidt who responded.
“……That’s perfect. Schmidt’s Classroom will end this month then.”
“Eh! What do you mean……?”
“There’s nothing that can be done about it. If my data was stolen by a spy there, there is a high chance of it being used for repeat crimes. I’ve already collected enough data, so it’s a good opportunity to just stop here.”
“But to think Schmidt’s Classroom is going to end…… does that mean we will have to part with the professor?”
“So what? It’s none of your business where I am.”
“But it’s going to be lonely…… I’m sure Mint and the others feel the same way.”
Rean felt down(shun).
“It’s Shunwarzer, “ joked Roselia, but Emma gave her a cold look and she quickly looked away.
“Hmph, it’s true that Makarov’s niece seems to be particularly noisy. But it’s not like this is a final farewell. In fact——”
“Don’t worry, Schwarzer. We will take care of him. He will continue to work with Gandolf in Eryn.”
“Witch, you ……”
“Nufufu, what a confusing tsundere. Well, it’s a simple story. We hired him and Valimar as maintenance personnel for Testa-Rossa.”
“Eh, isn’t Testa-Rossa……”
Emma, aware of the roots of the Divine Knight, turned her attention to Olivert.
Olivert replied with a wry smile.
“I was thinking of asking for your help later, but I wanted to get Rean-kun and the witch-dono to help us secure the Vermillion Divine Knight…… I entrusted her to take measures against the Dark Dragon, as well as the curse that is eating away at the Vermillion’s body.”
After reuniting with Rosine and regrouped with everyone, Rean reported what had happened within the singularity.
Among these, the location of Testa-Rossa and the removal of the curse of the Dark Dragon that had befallen Valimar were given top priority, so Valimar’s body was transported to Eryn.
It had been reported that the witches had managed to wash away the curse and Valimar was saved by none other than the Divine Knight itself.
{“Umu, if I consider that as the thing humans call a cold, I seems like a rare experience instead.”}
“Isn’t it weird for a Divine Knight to express it as a cold……?”
As Valimar’s voice could be safely heard from Rean’s heart, Celine responded in a fed-up voice.
“That is because not only was the replicated curse an inferior version to the real one, Almighty Conflagration also destroyed the singularity, forcing the connection to be cut off. Without that, a quick recovery wouldn’t have been possible.”
Even so, when I think back to when we first found it, it is still an extraordinary recovery ability…… I guess the Divine Knight resembles its Awakener?”
“Hahahah, Sir Barkhorn. That’s a very amusing thing to say~ as expected of a great senior.”
“That sounds sarcastic, Sir Lysander.”
“No, no, not at all.”
“Sir Lysander, I think Sir Barkhorn said that because it could only be heard as sarcasm.”
“People close to me are strict……”
After laughing at Thomas, who slumped his shoulder after hearing that from Rosine, Rean brought the topic back.
“So Testa-Rossa will be transported to Eryn to eliminate its curse, huh.”
“Yes. I also requested Professor Schmidt to help out with that.”
“So if I go to Eryn, I can meet Professor?”
“It’s just that before the spy is found, don’t come visit so casually. Originally, there should be fewer people…… it would have been better if only the witch and the prince knew.”
“But wouldn’t that mean that Professor Schmidt will be absent from the public?”
“Just make up an appropriate excuse for that.”
Schmidt was completely unapproachable. But Rean vaguely understood that his bad mood was to cover his embarrassment.
If Rean told that to Schmidt, the professor would definitely insist that it wasn’t the case, though.
{“I recognize the wavelengths of the curse and the Vermillion. If I search for it, it won’t take me much time to reach it.”}
“But Vermillion was sealed, right? Would it be okay to move it?”
“We will take care of that. Beside the curse on Vermillion, we must also quickly make arrangements to deal with that man called McBurn the Almighty Conflagration.”
“Is that on the same priority as Testa-Rossa?”
“We have realized after confronting him…… that even though he has strong self-control, that man can be considered a Salt Pale with a will of his own. Now that we know his purpose, we can’t allow this destruction to be aimed at Zemuria.”
“Purpose?”
“Yes,” said Roselia as she explained McBurn’s purpose.
It was the story about McBurn being from another world and how he had to exert all his power to trace back to his roots.
But exerting his full power would cause a force so great, it could be considered a disaster comparable to the Salt Pale Disaster.
And so, for fifty years, he had been wandering about, while restraining himself.
“No way, McBurn-san……!”
After hearing everything, Rean instinctively tried to stand up, but Emma, Rosine, and Celine held him down by his shoulder, hand, and head.
Not only was he in front of the Imperial Family, but based on their few months together, they knew Rean would make a move on Roselia if he wasn’t stopped.
In fact, the instantaneous stains on their hands were proof of that.
“Ugugu……”
“Calm down, Rean-san.”
“Obaa-chan won’t go anywhere.”
“……Why do I have to do something like this?”
Leaving Emma aside, the fact Rosine also stopped Rean made him obediently relaxed his strength.
Until now, it would have been Emma and Celine stopping Rean while Rosine just watched with a wry smile on the side, but now, it felt like they were closer.
Olivert was laughing at the well-coordinated teamwork between students, but Roselia continued.
“When Schwarzer said that he wanted to befriend him, we thought it was nonsense, but now that there is a more important reason, we can’t just ignore him.”
“We, the Gralsritter, have not designated him as an artifact, but we would like to prevent the disaster from being directed towards us. That said, the incident had only just occurred, so it seems unlikely that we will be able to get cooperation from the Congregations for the Sacraments until the chaos settles down.”
“No, no, there’s no need for that. I’m more reliable than they are!”
Although not to the point of loathing, Rean clearly disliked the Holy City. Barkhorn decided that Gralsritters other than Rosine, Thomas, and himself should refrain from contacting Rean for the time being.
Problems are likely to occur when he meets them, thought Barkhorn, despite not being harmed, he had seen through Rean’s troublemaking aspect.
“Well, we knew you’d say that. We’ll have you to help us retrieve Testa-Rossa for now. That should be okay, right, prince?”
“Yes, Vermillion is the guardian deity that protected Heimdallr from disaster in the past. I want to save it with your help. Leave it to me to convince my father.”
“Umu, that’s also a Divine Knight that we have contact with before, after all. We will use this opportunity to make up for it. If we get people from the village to help Schmidt, we should be able to expect results to a similar degree as Schmidt’s Classroom.”
“Don’t be ridiculous. It will take time to learn orbal technology from scratch again.”
“It’s okay, everyone in the village is generally excellent people. They will learn it quickly.”
“Just like how we have become proficient in using ARCUS,” said Roselia while puffing her chest out with a smug expression.
Schmidt went silent with a vague expression, followed by Emma, who apologized to him with a wry smile.
“Well then, I’ll use ‘Partition’ to transport the equipment for Schmidt’s Classroom to Eryn.”
“Once we retrieve Vermillion, I’ll help out as well.”
“Even though it is supposed to be a legendary entity, it is treated rather casually……”
After hearing McBurn’s goal, Rean became more determined to make his wish come true.
Emma and Celine sighed at how quick Rean put his thoughts into actions while Rosine gave a wry smile.
“First, we need to get the equipment to the place called Eryn, you idiot. Even if we transport Vermillion without anything in place there, we won’t be able to do anything, after all.”
“Uh, you’re right.”
“In that case, Rean-kun, you have been requested to meet with Cedric and Kurt-kun…… or rather, with the Vander family, so could you please take care of that first?”
“I understand. Now that I think about it, I left without saying anything back then…… I’ll have to go and visit Elise later and report to Musse too. That’s right, Prince Olivert, could you make an appointment for me to go to St. Astraia Girls’ Academy?”
“Okay, I’ll let them know. I’ll issue a permit for that, so Rean-kun, make sure to visit your sister regularly, okay?”
“Thank you very much!”
“Though it can’t be called a condition…… I have a request for you, as well as Emma-kun and Rosine-kun.”
“Request?”
The three tilted their heads. Their movement seemed synchronized despite not activating ARCUS.
“For some reason, His Excellency the Chancellor also predicted there was a spy for this incident. Since Principal Vandyck said that no student went missing after the incident, it means while working as a spy, that person likely attended academy as usual. Therefore, His Excellency proposed sending in an investigator.”
“A spy, is it?”
“That person will be attending the military academy as a student and tasked with finding the spy. This time, I want the three of you to cooperate…… and assess that person.”
After saying that, Oliver handed them a photo.
“This girl……”
“You know about her, Emma?”
“Yes. She is the one I saw back in the field study at Nord Highland.”
Olivert nodded at Emma’s words.
When Rean picked up the photo and looked at it, he saw the image of a young girl whose appearance suggested she was still attending Sunday school.
“This girl’s name is Millium Orion…… She is a member of the intelligence division with the alias of ‘White Rabbit,’ as well as a member of the direct subordinate group of Giliath Osborne, the Ironbloods.”
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“Is it really okay? Even though I manage to extract a little residue, it only has a one time effect and a tiny one at that, you know?”
“No problem—— even if it’s just one shot, as long as it reaches him, it’ll be fine.”
A short conversation, somewhere in the darkness.
It would be some time before this causality came into play.
Author Note:
And so, it’s the prelude for the chapter on Millium’s introduction.
Although she won’t transfer to Class VII right away, I might add another story at a later date. For the time being, I want to put the other Class VII members in the story soon.
Thank you very much for reading the original route, both the North Ambria Arc, followed by the Rosine Rescue Arc!
There are many things I reflected on and things I thought I could have done better, but I hope you enjoyed it.
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