Volume 2 - CH 278

Before I knew it, the banquet was over, and everyone was lying on the ground slumped over.

I drank some alcohol, too, but I didn’t feel that drunk.

Or rather, I couldn’t get drunk at all.

Well, because my senses!

My taste sense has diminished enormously!

I couldn’t enjoy the food at all this time!

And of course, I couldn’t enjoy the alcohol either.

It’s sad …… without a sense of taste …….

It’s not that I don’t have a sense of taste, but it’s very weak.

Nearly tasteless.

I didn’t see Bart at the banquet.

I wonder where he went?

While thinking about this, I bathed alone in the cold night wind.

Perhaps it would be more accurate to say that I was alone at the moment.

So, what am I going to do now?

In this state, I would not be able to gather enough information on the devil.

Even if I somehow managed to enter the Kingdom of Salettana, I don’t think I would be able to enter the library in this form.

I was planning to enter the castle’s archives with the help of Reizen.

Oh well, I’ll leave that to Houen.

Although, he didn’t want to go to the castle, so he might be unwilling to go……

Anyway, it’s to gather information.

If he doesn’t go, it’s not worth the effort.

He’s also quite curious about the devil himself, so I’m sure he’ll be willing to go.

……The devil is connected to the previous generation of white snakes.

In addition to that, if we decipher the words that the previous White Snake left for Hinata, he indicated that there were others like him besides the White Snake.

Presumably it is the phoenix and the tortoise of the previous generation.

I haven’t found the other one yet, but he’s probably out there somewhere.

If we go by the four spirits, the remaining one is a Kirin.

However, there is also the line of the four deities, so it might be a white tiger.

In my case, if it is the four spirits, it will be an Oryu, and if it is the four deities, it will be a Seiryu.

I think that Oryu is also in the form of a dragon, although it may be the blue dragon in terms of the characters.

I think I have seen some pictures of them with wings, perhaps due to differences in interpretation, but I believe that most of them were written as dragons.

Now we are told by each voice that we are to be a dragon, a turtle, and a phoenix.

It does not matter if these are the four spirits or the four deities.

In the case of the Houen, either the Vermillion Bird or the Phoenix, both of them are similar, and in the case of Reizen, both are based on the form of a turtle.

Well, this will be decided one way or the other when the last one emerges.

But …… which is stronger, the four spirits or the four deities ……?

In my opinion, they are both about the same.

The divine spirits are equal to the god deities.

Such a saying has been handed down from ancient Japan.

When it comes to strength, I think they’re about the same.

No matter which one I could be, it doesn’t really matter to me. ……

In Reizen’s case, he wants it to be a four-spirit spirit Tortoise.

It’s not like he can talk to his tail, either. (Turtle with snake head for tail if I’m not wrong)

There’s a possibility that it’s not the same person. ……

If that happens, Reizens mind is going to go crazy from the stress.

He’s definitely not the type to live with others in the same body.

Oh well, maybe he can choose one or the other.

If there’s only one evolution path, there’s not much he can do about it. ……

I’m pretty much like that. ……

I hope this time they will give us some options.

Back to the point.

I don’t know what the devil is doing right now, but it’s clear that it is trying to do something outrageous.

I sense that they are in a hurry, and may be taking action in the near future.

Whatever they are going to do is up to them, but if it is something that will endanger human lives, I can’t let them off the hook.

Next time, I will stop them and make them talk to me firmly.

Otherwise, I will not be convinced.

However …….

I can’t even talk to them now, so we have to evolve as soon as possible. ……

I can’t just stand around interpreting for them forever.

Is there a place with strong monsters around here?

Maybe I should ask a few people about that before I leave the village.

Now it’s almost dawn.

Once I take on this form, my sleepiness is instantly shut off.

I’m so energetic now that I don’t think I’ll have a problem without sleep for a week or so.

[Oh!]

I thought I felt a cold wind blowing, but it was …….

[It’s snowing.]

The first snowfall has come.

…..I didn’t know it was that time of year.

It hasn’t snowed enough to pile up yet, but it’s going to get stronger later.

Two places to work on reconstruction at a time like this?

Well, I’m sure the oni will be fine, and since the recovery of the Kingdom of Salettana was quick, things will be back to normal soon.

Now, I have to do what I have to do.

First of all, I have to evolve.