Act 2: Chapter 1: To City of Magic, Manarak

Act 2: Chapter 1: To City of Magic, Manarak===Act 2 : Spider’s Demon King===

One week has passed since the incident caused by 《Evil God Apostle; Notes》. The chaos caused by that incident had already somewhat lessened.

It seems that the story about 《Evil God Apostle; Notes》 hiding in the city lord’s mansion while creating that barrier had been spread around by Garland’s subordinates who’d escaped the mansion that day before the incident occured.

But, maybe because the said subordinate had no idea what really happened, the story became that Garland was being threatened by Notes instead of working together as accomplices.

「... But, the truth is different from the story that’s been spread around, right?」

Pomera, who was currently sitting beside me in a carriage, asked me a question.

「I can’t say for sure since Garland had already died by the time I arrived at the center of the barrier but... according to what I heard from Notes, Garland was actually in cahoot with Notes only to end up getting mercilessly betrayed by the latter.」

「So where does that threatened stuff come from?」

「Maybe it’s for the sake of convenience for the one who replaced Garland. The one who came to replace Garland is Garland’s own relative after all. But... if for example, the fact that Garland supported Notes got out, not even the head of the subtitute city lord could escape from capital punishment.」

Though I had yet to investigate all the details, I’d heard that the perpetrator of a treasonous act towards this kingdom would have their family, including branch families, executed as a lesson. That’s why, rather than Garland’s surviving subordinates telling a lie, it might be more appropriate to say that every single subordinate who’d seen through Garland’s plot had already been disposed of.

In fact, I thought that this end was better since executing the entire city lord’s family would only prolong the ensuing chaos.

While it might be true that the former city lord’s crime had been overlooked, it was related to the deterioration of the public order. Maybe it was a well thought out judgement since no one profited from having Garland’s relatives executed.

But, of course, this was all just my own speculation.

... By the way, there’s various speculations surrounding the reason for Garland’s mansion being destroyed, but none of it was related to me.

There was a rumor that said that it might have been destroyed because Notes’ ritual had failed or that Notes simply destroyed it and left after he’d accomplished his goal. There was even a theory that said that Saint Pomera had destroyed the mansion after she reversed the curse cast by Notes along with many other rumors.

「... But, Pomera never expected that Notes managed to summon the evil god... only to have Kanata-san dispose of it so easily.」

「That evil god is more like a homunculus though. Notes isn’t just a priest, his tribe used to serve the royal family long time ago.」

Maybe his real goal was to crush anyone who tried to put up resistance with even greater power and ended up becoming some sort of religious symbol.

「Well... let’s forget about that matter for now. I mean, things are bound to get more troublesome if this story is known by someone else.」

Rather, I’m afraid that there will only be a vacant lot left where Aarburg city is located right now if I just left Philia in that city to her own vices.

「Kanata! Kanata! look, there’s huge bird-san far outside!」

Philia spoke with an admiring voice as she looked at the sky outside the window.

Fortunately, the one she hugged in her excited state was me.

I looked at the scenery outside of the window, looking for the huge bird that Philia had mentioned.

「Don’t let out your body from window Philia-chan, that’s dangerous! And the carriage is running at full speed too!」

Pomera left her seat in a hurry, grabbing Philia by the shoulder.

The carriages in this world could run at a constant speed even when loaded with heavy luggage. The stamina of the horses here also far surpassed the horses on Earth.

The horses being used to pull the carriage seem to be high-leveled ones.

I have no idea about the others, but the carriage we were currently on was moving even faster than a car.

But, to be honest, I could run faster than this carriage.

「You too Kanata-san, please pay more attention to Philia-chan. Since this child is brimming with curiosity... she might be in danger if you’re not paying attention to her.」

「Don’t worry, she’ll be alright, maybe.」

「She’ll be alright... maybe.」

... There’s no way Philia would be injured even if she were to fall from this carriage. I mean, she revived just fine even after I’d sliced her apart with the 《Hero Sword; Gilgamesh》

Though, the same attack might kill the current lolified Philia, I’m sure that she would just get up and chase after the carriage with a beaming smile on her face if it was only at the level of falling off the carriage.

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TN : New Act New Mascot, An Adorable Loli!!! The journey started, To be continue next week!!