Avoid Former Co-Workers - Avoid Former Co-Workers chapter 125

125 – 125. Winds of Plague (7)

“Junon said he could escape alone? How?”

“He’s a great guy, but he can’t even use magic right now. Because of this.”

Noel touches his bracelet nonsensically and gets discouraged.

But, unfortunately, Cain was right.

“Uh, uh…?”

“What happened? Hey! Talk to me!”

“As expected…!”

The magic power rising from Junon’s hand vividly took on the appearance of a strange magic field familiar to the three of them.

“We can get out as Cain said. If it touches the magical device inside this cellar.”

“That’s great! Then go out the door right now and get the other guys…”

Isn’t it okay to escape from this basement? I would have liked to say that.

But Junon, unlike his cheering John and Noel, questioned this simple answer.

“Noel, have you ever thought about why the sirens helped us?”

“Isn’t that because they’re dangerous too…? We’ve dealt with the Scourge over there.”

Wrong. They were already using this barrier to keep the rats at bay.

It was impossible to drive them out, but it was possible just to endure them.

Then John interjects and asks if this is the case.

“Aren’t they trying to buy us time by using us as shields in an emergency? Maybe that’s why they’re locked in the basement.”

This is also wrong. If I had intended to run away after using it as a shield, I would have abandoned it from the beginning and headed north.

If it didn’t, it means that at least John’s words were also wrong.

Now there is only one person left.

Cain, who had been rolling her head, opened her mouth for the last time.

“…It sounds like brother has something in mind. If the sirens hadn’t helped us, it would have been us who died.”

“Yes.”

This is the closest answer.

Siren side has no reason to accept humans no matter what.

For those who had hatred for humans, they could have watched the humans die, saying that they looked good, and there was also a way to turn away the aggro of the monsters and run away, asking them to eat sh*t.

But they saved the humans.

Not only did he help me get out of a big crisis, but I even put him inside a barrier where rats couldn’t invade.

Even if it was confinement, it was clear that those who provided a resting place had some intention.

At the center of it all is Senia.

It is safe to say that she is the only stepping stone connected to the Sirens, and she is currently with the Sirens.

There is only one clue left. I don’t know what kind of move it was, but it meant that there was only one person who wanted to move freely by putting a hand on the bracelet.

‘If that’s me…’

Junon got up and broke a magic circle that was being activated as a magic field.

“Junon. So what should we do?”

“Are you going to escape together and convince me? What is it? Talk to me!”

Junon walked to the door and immediately closed it. And,

Clap.

“Ser, no way…”

“Isn’t he sleeping…?”

I try to hold the doorknob thinking that there is no way,

There was only a rattling noise and the sound of the enchanted lock being re-engaged outside.

Needless to say, it means Junon locked it up again.

“Let you stay here.”

“”What?!””

“Don’t make an accident and stay calm. It’s not a simple thing to throw away you guys.”

“Did it really get locked? Hey, hey! Juno Ohon!!”

“Why are you doing this to us seriously!!”

“…”

I leave the screaming John and Noel to you.

…Have a hard time, Cain.

Meanwhile, Senia, Nella and the elders are gathered in one place.

It was because of the story to be shared about the rescue of humans and subsequent treatment, and about the blind spot of Chire’s sudden behavior.

Of course, the elder hasn’t said a word since they gathered here. Senia also noticed why she didn’t open her mouth.

In the room, only Chir and Nella are talking.

-Chir…

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“No way! If you don’t stay still this time, will you really scold me?”

“…”

Chire struggles as if she can’t stay still, and is in a state of dejection after hearing Nella’s harsh scolding.

“Nella. It’s okay, you can send it to your sister.”

“But… Then Senia-sister…”

“Let’s feed some. People say that they only eat grass, but once they eat meat, they can’t forget the taste. I’m sure they will.”

-Chir!

Look, it’s fine! When Chir’s spirit swells as if to say, Nella hesitates and lets go of Chir, who was holding onto her tightly.

The lizard, which had just died down, excitedly waggled her tail and jumped toward Senia’s thigh.

This lizard looks more excited than ever as Senia takes out her magical energy and feeds it.

“Chir, you ate a lot, so come here now.”

-Chir!

“What do you say?”

“I’m stubborn. I’m going to eat more.”

Chiru eats meat, but not in very large quantities.

I was at a loss when I first discovered that vegetarian and meat-eating foods are only small but do not increase the amount of food eaten there.

Then she met Senia and didn’t tell her.

Chiru was uniquely a child who grew up eating magical powers. The little child I found there, first nestled in the lake, grew up to become a lizard the length of a human thigh.

But this situation, this scene.

It has never happened to the sirens who raise Chire. Because he only reacted this way to one Senia.

This is how it reacts to only one Senia.

Yes. Unless it is a specific target to pay for, it does not respond very friendly.

A conclusion drawn by the sirens who have been watching Chirr for a long time. The target of Chire’s reaction is that it is limited to Calix.

‘So I need to watch.’

There is no guarantee that the people called Calix will just help the different races. In other words, the purpose of this waiting is a test.

***

─Hey, how long until mealtime, by any chance?

—Huh? We’ll have to wait a bit longer. Did you have an appetite today even though you didn’t eat much each time?

─That’s not it. One of the humans yelled loudly.

Is that the siren you were talking to John earlier? It seems that he was clearly wary, but it was still ambiguous for such a thing.

If I had to point out something that I’m not sure about, it was that the arrangement of the guards guarding the basement was ambiguous.

This area is close to a village that exists inside the Siren’s barrier. By the way, if you confine a person there, you have to keep the area around it like an iron bar from the entrance to the basement.

When dealing with demonic beasts, those who quickly jumped out and guarded them, how come the area around the basement where they imprisoned the humans they regarded as enemies was so lax?

This was the same even when I went back to the beginning.

Other people’s bracelets were fine.

If you limit their magic power and lock them in a space where they can’t physically use their power, they’ll be in a position where they can’t move.

But for some reason, mine doesn’t work.

Is this laxity? Or was it some kind of luck?

There were many choices given. As it is, you can escape from the Sirens and inform the principality, or, as John and Noel said, you can try to escape with everyone in the basement.

However, can we conclude that it really started out of laziness or luck?

I didn’t think… At least that was the correct answer.

—Then I’ll go back knowing that.

─Ah, I’m bored alone, so let’s have a drink and talk more. That means everyone will be back in about 30 minutes.

─I have work to do, so what kind of alcohol are you drinking? Good job.

The conversation is over before we know it, and the sound of the man’s footsteps goes away.

Time is running out now.

If that man were to return to the spot to guard, he would surely notice that I had disappeared. At that moment, the sirens will turn over.

But this is enough.

‘…Now I know for sure.’

It is true that the basement security was ambiguous. But, are there no boundaries at all? That’s not it either

Then the person I need to meet is someone other than them who led this situation.

I must go to the leader of the Sirens, not Senia.

The road to get there isn’t too far, and it’s not difficult to hide by overlapping the sloppy layout.

Yes. This was a kind of test for me.

It’s right in front of you.

There is a person who gave me this test ahead of me, and there is the leader of the Sirens.

I opened the doorknob with the mindset that I would listen carefully to what was the intention behind this problem.

And I…

-Chir!

“Whoa!!”

…I met a lizard that greeted me and rushed at me.

What kind of situation is this?

***

“Ugh… Stop licking and come out?”

-Chir! Take it!

He was very excited after eating Senia’s magic here.

But suddenly, he pricked up his ears and flew towards the door.

When the door opened, Chir had already attacked Junon.

Senia shrugs at the elder with a triumphant tone.

“How is it, Elder? Am I right?”

“…Yeah. It looks like that.”

It’s not that the outside is cluttered or noisy. Really quietly, without causing any trouble, he pulled himself out and stood here.

As Senia said, he neither tried to harm the Sirens nor escaped to the principality.

If he had done that, the guards would have stopped him and put him in prison.

‘By the way, this is the first time I’ve seen someone run away from me other than Senia.’

Or was there something special about Senia and that man?

I thought that might be the case. It’s most likely Calix.

“Nella. We need to talk, so could you bring Chir with me?”

“That person…”

“Do you have any problems?”

“Oh, no. Chir-! I told you not to run like that!”

Did you have a connection with Nella as well? He was a man with many questions.