NABC Chapter 137
Chapter 137
Return
“...I’ve lost interest.”
A single sentence. He muttered just this, then turned on his heel and left. ...Eh?
“Eh? Eh?”
As I stood there, bewildered, Mara-san, who’d been watching Schelmelhorn leave, approached me, letting out a light sigh.
“He’s not going to target you anymore. Or rather, I don’t think he’s going to do anything at all anymore. ...He’ll probably even stop running the guild in the human world.”
“But is there a chance... that this is just a facade, and he’s going to come up with a new plan?”
Kron-san questioned Mara-san’s words. It’s a reasonable question. After all, he’d made the guild so big. It must have taken a long time, right? He’d even achieved the title of special-grade. Besides, was he really going to give up on his dream of becoming a god, which he’d been so obsessed with, just because of something like this?
“That child is... well, a child. He gets obsessed with things, but then, at the slightest provocation, he’ll lose interest. And once he does, he never goes back.”
So, basically... he’s bored? How can he be so fickle? He is a child, but still, it felt unsatisfying.
“Meg’s words were the trigger. I don’t know what he thought, but it must have resonated with him. So, thank you, Meg.”
“Eh, I didn’t really say anything special...”
It was just something Dad had said. I even thought I was being cheeky! As I was flustered, I was patted on the head. It made me blush!
“Well, maybe it was a good thing. But what about Nemo? I’m sure the Don has them backed into a corner. ...Is he planning to abandon his responsibility to the remaining guild members?”
“Not everyone will be arrested and punished. They’ll probably be questioned.”
It was true, what Nika-san and Kron-san were saying. If Dad had them on the verge of collapse, then the remaining guild members would be left with nothing, whether or not they were punished. How would they even live? I hoped they could find new guilds, but would switching jobs really work in this world?
“We’ll take over.”
Lost in thought, we heard Mara-san’s voice. Several other High Elves were also expressing their willingness to help.
“It’s also our responsibility. And I’m his older sister, It’s not good to just ignore it, is it? Besides...”
Mara-san paused, looked at me, winked, and then continued:
“We’re just ‘a little bit amazing’ Elves, you know? I don’t think it’s wrong to venture out into the world.”
“H-Hawa...! ”
I messed up! I thought they’d be offended, but they all chuckled, so that wasn’t the case. Uu, I’m sorry!
“Rebuild Nemo...? But they’ll probably lose their Special-grade title.”
That’s right, they’d caused this much chaos. And I’m sure Dad had found all sorts of evidence of their misdeeds... But Mara-san didn’t seem to care at all, she answered happily:
“That’s wight!”
I almost forgot! We had to let him know, or he’d come here, and it would be a waste. And since we were doing that, I’d send the same message to Carter-san’s Jiggle-kun. I hurriedly called out to Fuu-chan and Homura-kun. And then, after a few minutes, a reply came from Schlie-san.
『We were on our way, but if everything’s fine, then we’ll return to the guild. Tell us everything when we get back. Everything! That’s what he said! 』
“Wow, I’m not surprised.”
The Demon King grimaced when I told them the message.
“W-Well then, I guess I should head back to the castle...”
“Eugene-sama will lecture you, even at Demon Castle. It’ll be worse if you just return to the castle without him.”
“Let’s go back to Ortus.”
“I’m impressed that you understood so quickly, Zahariash-sama.”
The Demon King’s shoulders slumped. Ah, well, he might get scolded. Good luck.
“Alright, let’s go home!”
Nika-san said this. I asked them to wait for a moment, then ran over to Mara-san. One last thing!
“Are you weaving soon, Mara-shan?”
“I’ll talk to everyone for a bit, then leave. I can’t go now.”
I already knew, but it was still a bit lonely. But I’d see her again, if she left the village!
I turned to face Mara-san and the other High Elves and bowed deeply.
“Thish might be a selfish request, but... could you please fix Mama-shan’s grave? Pwease!”
“Meg...”
Yenna-san’s grave had been shattered. It would be sad to leave it like that. I wanted to fix it myself, but we didn’t have time... so I had to ask them. Then one of the High Elves, a young man, said, “Please look up.”
“Of course, we cherish our friends.”
“Th-Thank you sho much!”
“And... you can come visit anytime. Come pay your respects. We promise to welcome you, always. Of course, we can’t open it to just anyone though...”
I blinked, taken aback. Are they really letting me come back? I couldn’t help but to look up at Gil-san. He was still carrying me, so our faces were close. He smiled gently and nodded.
“Okii! I’ll be back!”
When I answered cheerfully, everyone smiled gently and said, “We’ll be waiting.”