The Blind Saint Who Can See - Chapter 57
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#57. Labyrinth of Culture (2)
“I’m going underground.”
Is it true that a strange question requires a strange answer?
Even though she heard the answer, Izumi stared blankly at her for a while because she couldn’t figure out her intentions.
This isn’t a joke, is it?
Judging from her words and actions so far, the saint never talked nonsense. Even the strategies that seemed absurd at first ended up working out.
The same goes for the mystery of Lacus Village.
But this time… …I really don’t know.
“Destruction of nature is bad.”
“yes?”
Justinas reacts with a puzzled look to the words that were thrown out of the blue.
Izumi asked, blinking her eyes.
“Weren’t you planning to use Liliana’s firepower to flatten the mountains?”
“…yes?”
“Wait a minute, what kind of idea is that?”
The bewildered saint and Liliana, surprised by her story, join in.
Looking at this, it seems that it was indeed a miscalculation. Izumi sighed.
But that wasn’t the case for Liliana.
“What the hell are you thinking, you little punk? If you can level a mountain, you’re no longer human.”
“… I guess so?”
Izumi agrees.
“Huh? No, it will work.”
But the two people’s mouths fell open at Justinas’ subsequent reaction.
“It works? That’s it?”
“Really?”
“With Liliana’s firepower, it would be more than enough. But if that happens, I will stop it because the mountain dwellers might be harmed.”
“What… … .”
Liliana stuttered at the absurd statement.
Even though he was the designated party, it didn’t seem real. This was especially true when looking at the majestic mountain range beyond the carriage window.
… You can make that into flat ground. Really?
“Well, leaving the topic of flat land aside. What does it mean to go underground?”
“It’s true. Oh, Liliana, you don’t know yet, do you?”
Justinas dropped the bombshell in a remarkably calm tone.
“There is a labyrinth in the Kharif Mountains that only feeds on the royal family of Terra.”
“…what?”
Liliana, not understanding the speaker’s intentions, let out a stupid sound.
***
“Thank you for your hard work up to this point. Ivan, may the Lord’s blessings always be with you.”
“It was truly an honor.”
At the entrance to the Kharif Mountains.
When we reached a point where carriages could no longer pass, we turned back the coachman and carriage.
“Ugh. I thought I was going to die after being in the carriage for three days.”
“How rude of you to speak so rudely.”
“Did the princess fall asleep with such grace that she even drooled?”
“what?”
The three of them started catching each other’s tails again. I didn’t stop them.
At first, I tried hard to mediate, but at some point, I started thinking like this.
‘Huh? Could this actually be their rough expression of affection?’
If you think about it, aren’t there statistics that say that couples fight the most in the world? If there is no love, there is no fighting.
In that sense, it would not be an exaggeration to say that the three of them had quite a bit of love during their carriage trip. … Perhaps.
“Excuse me, just a moment.”
Cedric (Special: Lee Ki), who had just finished arguing, hugged me like a princess.
From now on, I will be climbing the mountain hard, so it was a reasonable action. I am limping, but I cannot climb the mountain if I cannot see ahead.
“Finally, the real adventure begins!”
Izumi shouted in a slightly excited voice. Her cheeks flushed, indicating that she was looking forward to it.
Or maybe it’s the sense of liberation from being off that tiresome carriage. In fact, the latter is also somewhat credible.
“Uh… but.”
Anyway, Izumi was climbing the mountain with strength, taking about ten steps.
“But where are we going?”
I stopped and asked the obvious question.
But if you look at me too.
I’m blind (or not)?
“Liliana.”
“…me?”
At my call, Liliana, who had been awkwardly fiddling with her gun, raised her head like a meerkat.
“Do you feel anything?”
“If you feel it…?”
“It’s like being led.”
In fact, even I can find the ‘entrance’ any time now.
However, the reason why the responsibility is passed on to Liliana is simple.
‘I’m curious about the potential for growth.’
The sorceress Liliana.
She is a character with unprecedented characteristics, both in the original work and in the history of this world.
The assessment that even a mountain range can be turned into a flat land is just my hypothesis.
In other words, the current Liliana is something that a scholar cannot possibly pass up… … the culmination and final version of research over the past ten years.
Churp. I can’t stand it, thesis!
“Focus on your surroundings.”
The ‘Maintain Dignity’ skill translates the dirty drool into a nice tone.
“circumference?”
“Just like when I used the magic sword in the palace. Can’t you see something like a transparent haze?”
Ah, spit. I need to wipe the spit.
As I was rubbing the soft corners of my mouth thanks to ‘keeping it clean’, the hair in the middle of Liliana’s head, who had been tilting her head with a puzzled expression, became stiff.
“!”
“… There’s no such thing as a kitten, no, Yus. I’m not swearing.”
“Oh, I just saw something.”
She even brushed aside Cedric’s provocations, which would normally have made her angry.
Instead, he began to walk in a certain direction with light steps, like a cat twitching its whiskers.
This is the place I’ve been looking at since a while ago.
[The skill ‘Eyes that See Magic’ is used.]
The cross symbol that had been shining in his blue eyes disappeared.
The path has already been mapped out, so now all we have to do is observe Liliana as she finds her way to the right path.
“This way.”
“Can I trust it?”
“I don’t know about Liliana, but if it’s Youth’s words, it’s credible! Let’s go.”
“… … .”
When faced with attacks that would come at you if you let your guard down, Liliana adopted the ‘don’t feed the sick X’ strategy.
Cedric sighed, looked at me once, and followed her with a reluctant expression.
“Mmmmmmmmmmm♪”
On the other hand, Izumi follows along briskly, humming a tune as if she is so excited about something.
…but the melody is more familiar.
Isn’t this the opening for the anime?
‘Easter egg here?’
Thanks to that, I was able to observe him with quite interesting eyes.
This is a research project. The title has been roughly decided, but I am wondering how to write the Abstract section…
Oh, don’t worry.
Observations of Liliana are also being conducted in detail.
I devoted 10 years of my life to studying magic, even though I couldn’t use it, just to give you one gun, so I can’t neglect it.
And at such an important moment.
A magician can observe magical power.
So when she awakens, will she be able to have a ‘spiritual body’ that only the demons have?
Hypothesis 1. It has.
What we need to prove this: The process of killing Raven. Let’s take a closer look at the psychic body when we get a chance.
‘Back in the days of the Heavens, I never dreamed that Liliana would be able to see magic… … ‘
With the draft of my thesis written in my head, I quietly clung to Cedric.
“If you feel motion sickness, tell me.”
“I’m fine. Isn’t it heavy?”
“…you are lighter than my sword.”
You’re really good at lying.
Anyway, Liliana arrived at the place I wanted without any trouble.
That is, the entrance to the maze.
“Huh. That’s interesting.”
“wow!”
Liliana and Izumi were amazed. Cedric also looked quite surprised, although he didn’t say anything.
That was understandable.
Because you wouldn’t normally think that you’d find a stone statue like a historic site in the middle of these steep mountains.
“A building made of marble. … … It’s so elaborate that you wouldn’t find it easily even in the Western Continent. When was it built?”
Cedric muttered as he approached.
As you said.
At the entrance to the cave, which could fit about three people, there was a dragon statue so large that it looked life-size.
It’s definitely powerful.
That’s about it.
“Liliana. Put your hand on that statue.”
“…hand?”
At my words, Liliana, who had been staring at the stone dragon until now, flinched.
“I don’t think I’ll get eaten, right?”
Oh. So cute.
It seems like he’s been paying attention to the story he told three days ago about ‘eating royalty’.
“It was meant metaphorically.”
“…I believe.”
You believe it, right?
Liliana hesitated for a few times with an uneasy expression on her face,
“Liliana, are you scared?”
“Who said he was scared?”
I fell for Izumi’s provocation and ended up putting my hand on her.
As expected, the power of “숮?” is strong regardless of age or gender. If you add “숮?” as a compliment, it would be perfect… … .
I left it alone because it would have been filtered out even if I put it in as a saint image.
[Heir of the royal blood, welcome to the labyrinth of trials.]
It’s also because of the deep voice that follows.
“Wow, that’s surprising!”
“The stone statue… …speaks?”
“… … Amazing.”
[Before entering the labyrinth, you must answer one question. I will only tell you this once, so listen carefully.]
It was also because of the question that was asked right away.
‘Actually, in the original work, it was Cedric who discovered this after he awakened.’
A maze exclusively for royalty.
To use this passage, which is written as Kharif Mountains Shortcut and read as Kharif Mountains Shortcut, two conditions must be met.
First, you will be able to see the magic power.
Second, it would be the Terrario royalty.
Awakened Cedric broke the dragon by force, only satisfying the first condition. Then he took over the inside and modified it to make it into a biological laboratory.
However, if Liliana is in the party, a peaceful entry is possible.
Look at it now.
[Which stereoisomers are not mirror images of each other?]
Aren’t you going to ask a very easy question to the royal family?
“It’s a diastereoisomer.”
“It’s a diastereoisomer!”
“Diastereoisomers.”
As expected from an easy question, answers pop up here and there before the words are even finished.
[That’s correct. You may enter.]
The door opens with a creak.
I was trying to enter naturally, but for some reason Cedric didn’t move.
The black eyes were shaking.
“Cedric? What’s wrong?”
“Is there something wrong, commoner?”
“Oh, no. That.”
He asked with a slightly confused expression.
“How do you know something like that?”
“Huh? What are you talking about?”
Izumi tilted her head.
“If you want to be a warrior party, isn’t it common sense to be familiar with all the types of isomers in preparation for the labyrinth traps?”
“what.”
“Oh, right!”
Izumi, who was looking at the pale Cedric, suddenly stabbed him with a bright face.
“Cedric is not the type to be polite. I forgot!”