NABC Chapter 180
Chapter 180
Farewell, City of Uula
“Phew, I’m okay. But I probably won’t be able to move once we’re outside.”
“It’s okay. I’ll carry you.”
“Sorry about this, I’m counting on you.”
The next day, we left the inn early in the morning and headed towards the gate on the south side. Because there are many of us, the distance we can teleport is shorter. In order to surely get outside the city, we want to get as close to the gate as possible. And it’s better to be further away when we escape.
“There’s a carriage shed right over there. No one will see us behind there, so let’s teleport from there.”
Ravi-san gave instructions in a low voice. Even though it’s early morning, there are still people around! We headed towards the carriage shed, acting natural. If we act suspiciously, it’ll stand out more. Well, of course.
“Alright, Licht, we’re counting on you.”
“Got it. Everyone, hold onto me. ...Teleport!”
A massive release of magic power. My vision distorts. Even though it’s an amount of magic power that would be unnatural for us not to notice, apparently humans don’t notice it. It’s a bit strange, but I vaguely thought that when I was Megu, I probably didn’t notice it either.
Just as I thought the scenery was about to change, for a moment, I thought I saw a human figure a short distance away. Th-They saw us! I panicked, but there’s nothing we can do now. Just before the scenery completely disappeared, I made eye contact with the person who had come there.
“Wah...!”
The next instant, we were on a paved road. Licht’s teleportation only chooses a place with no people, he can’t specify the exact location. In other words, even if it’s a noticeable road, if there’s no one there, that’s where we’ll teleport.
Basically, right now, there’s nothing to hide us. There’s nowhere to hide!
“Licht, are you okay?”
“Ah~, I can’t... Ronny...”
“Yeah, get on.”
Ravi-san was holding me, as I always fail the landing. And at our feet, Licht was sitting on the ground, exhausted, and right next to him, Ronny was crouching with his back turned. I feel bad for troubling them, but I have to report what I just saw.
“When we were teleporting, I made eye contact with someone! It was only for a moment so I can’t say for sure, but... I think it was the knight we met yesterday!”
Ravi-san was looking at her body, puzzled. Then Ronny and Licht also tilted their heads while observing themselves. Ah, that’s right. Ravi-san is a normal human, so she can’t see it!
“I can clearly see the film of magic power, so it’s okay!”
“Oh, so it’s something you can see if you have magic power.”
“Soon, we’ll become invisible too! So with this...”
And what I took out was... none other than the thread of the transparent spider! I got it from Dr. Ludo! Right now it’s just a white thread, but when you channel magic power into it, it becomes invisible. I’ll tie this thread to the arms of the four of us. It’s not easy to cut, and it’s set up so that if the person who tied it wants it to be cut, it’ll cut immediately. It’s amazing, really.
“With this, even if we can’t see each other, we won’t get separated. Also, we’ll still be able to hear sounds no matter what, so we have to be careful in quiet places!”
“You have everything, huh. Ah, everyone’s really becoming invisible. Alright, I’ll walk in front, so follow me, okay?”
And so, we decided that if something happens, we’ll pull on the thread, and then we started walking. I don’t have to run, so I’ll get down and walk too! Licht is still exhausted on Ronny’s back though.
Ah, I forgot to give him the magic power recovery medicine! But now that we’re invisible, I can’t give it to him! I’m really absentminded about these things... I’m sorry, Licht. But even if he takes the medicine, the fatigue will remain, and he might try to walk, even if it’s too much for him, so maybe this is for the best. I decided in my heart to give it to him as soon as we reach a resting place.
It was when we had walked a bit in that state. We heard the sound of horses running from behind us. When I reflexively looked back... Ah, I knew it, it’s the knights! And there are about three of them!
The one leading the charge is the knight I healed that time. He looks really scary... I wonder if he’s chasing us after all...
“Liger-san! There’s no sign of them anywhere!? Are you sure they escaped outside!?”
“I saw them disappear! They probably used magic! Don’t let your guard down just because you can’t find them!”
We watched them run past us, hearing their shouts. Th-Thank goodness we sprayed that! Actually, I was worried about the effect until just now, but this proves it. No, I thought there was no mistake since I got it from Kei-san, but still!
“So they did see us...”
“Don’t worry about it, Meg. Thanks to that, we were able to take countermeasures.”
That’s right. I’m actually glad we noticed! We breathed a sigh of relief and proceeded in a different direction than where the knights had gone.
Farewell, City of Uula. It’s the city of Leo-jii’s memories, so I wanted to take my time and look around... but that’s a luxury. Let’s be grateful that we were able to stop by, even if only for a bit.
Our next stop is finally the town before the mine. Until then, we’ll be walking for many days, so I’ll work hard on my training too!