The Hero’s Brother Is Bound To Be Depressed - Chapter 396



397 – Escape

I returned to Modest’s secret hideout with the Golden King. As I walked down the basement stairs, everyone’s eyes were on me. Raelan came closer, saw me, quickly grasped the situation, and bowed politely to the Golden King riding on my back.

… Yes, I had a golden king on my back because he was too lazy to walk.

“Thank you for coming all the way.”

“… huh.”

With Eunice’s help, I carefully placed the Golden King on the sofa, and the Golden King’s body fell limp as if his body had melted. Anyone who saw him nodded his head, thinking that he must be the Golden King because of his lazy appearance.

“thank you.”

When I thanked Ellie for offering me a glass full of cold water for my hard work, she looked up at me for a moment and smiled softly.

“Still, I guess I was able to convince you well?”

“… well.”

They will be on our side on the condition that we return to El Dorado within just one day. I was a little anxious because I thought it might be different from what Raelan wanted.

Sure enough, in the meantime, Raelan, who must have heard the details of the deal from Eunice, was approaching me, glaring fiercely at me.

After returning the empty glass, Ellie quickly sensed the atmosphere and slowly took a step back. In an instant, Raelan came up behind me, tilted her head slightly and smiled. The curved corners of her mouth felt as fierce as her blade.

“day?”

I swallowed dry saliva under Raelan’s sharp gaze.

“… “I did my best.”

“Yes, good job. “It exceeded my expectations.”

“Eunice was very helpful… “I was lucky.”

Raelan suddenly didn’t know how to praise me, so I quickly changed what I was saying. When I thought about it, Raelan didn’t have much facial expression, so he always had a scary face.

Fortunately, Raelan must have not heard the first part because he spoke in a vague way, as if making excuses. Raelan twisted his lips and smiled in satisfaction.

“There are many ways to maximize the value of the Golden King. “If we were to fight the cult for a day without restrictions, even the extreme methods we had abandoned would be possible.”

I thought that if I asked him what the method was, he would somehow get tired, so I said something else.

“… “We must not forget the condition of returning to El Dorado within today.”

“You don’t need to worry about that. “All we have to do is send it to El Dorado before the end of the day.”

After saying that, Raelan clapped his hands and called his colleagues together. When all the colleagues who had been talking separately gathered together, Raelan spoke to everyone.

“We are making some changes to the plan.”

Raelan swung the staff he took out from his chest, and a large box appeared on the table. Raelan immediately opened the box and took out the contents inside.

Ellie, who was standing near Raelan and was the first to receive the item, tilted her head.

“This is… .”

“It is a mask with a design similar to the lily mask used by Ross and a robe with lily embroidery on a black background. Everyone wears this and enters the labyrinth. It will be easy to distinguish between allies in the labyrinth, and it will be able to show that there is a comrade who shares the same thoughts as Lily.”

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Raelan turned his eyes and glanced at me.

“Ross, you also act as a lily in the labyrinth.”

I thought of the Golden King lying on the sofa and whispered softly to Raelan who handed me the robe.

“… “Is it okay for the Golden King to know that I am a lily?”

“It doesn’t matter if you know. Anyway, I’m not going to bother talking about who Lily is. No, you don’t even know who Lily is. “You probably have no interest in what’s going on in the world.”

I unconsciously nodded at Raelan’s words. As I said, I didn’t think it would be a big problem if the Golden King found out that Lily’s true identity was me.

I was too lazy to walk, so I couldn’t imagine the person carrying me talking to someone first.

He looked so lazy that I was a little worried that he might be asking him to fight instead because he felt too lazy to move.

“… But is there any reason to enter the labyrinth in the form of a lily?”

While working as Lily, I did not do anything to reveal the sins of dead people. Proving someone’s guilt is very difficult. There had to be evidence, and sometimes witnesses were also essential.

In most cases, uncovering a sin takes a long time. But I didn’t have time to relax like that. I thought it would be more efficient to kill one more evildoer while the crime was revealed, so I only left a lily on the corpse as a marker.

A truly bad person did not reveal his true identity to others. The moment you face the monster hidden within is when you face his death. Thanks to this, there was a public opinion in the world that criticized Lily, blaming it for the death of an evil person known as a good person.

Although Modest worked hard to spread the rumor that the corpse on which Lily was placed was a terrible evil person, no one could easily accept that their proud family or friends were in fact monsters wearing masks.

It was obvious that if I entered the labyrinth in the form of a lily, people who were related to the person I killed would seek revenge. They were an annoying hindrance to me as I had to quickly go down to the next floor.

Raelan responded bluntly to me who was worried about that.

“When I say to use a strategist, I mean to ask you to listen to strategies that have perspectives you haven’t considered, not to ask you to do even simple thinking for me.”

“… .”

Raelan sighed silently at my silence and explained.

“We can gain a lot just by revealing that Lily participates in the labyrinth. First of all, even if we don’t have to look for it, the church will find it on its own. “If we show the Golden King with the lily, there will be no big guy except the Church or Roel who will stand in our way in the labyrinth.”

I was purely impressed by Raelan’s efforts to make the most of his Golden King one-day ticket. Although the Golden King was only with us for one day, it was obvious that if the rumor that the Golden King had caught Lily and the Sun spread, everyone would be reluctant to meet us in the labyrinth.

“If you have a general understanding, get ready to leave.”

“All right.”

I wore the mask and robe I received from Raelan. When Raelan checked his clothes and was about to tell him to leave, the Golden King, who was lying on the sofa, suddenly opened his mouth.

“What about hatchlings?”

“… “Once the transaction is completed, we will arrange for you to go to El Dorado together.”

At Raelan’s words, the Golden King’s eyelids slowly began to close. Raelan, who did not understand what that meant, thought that the Golden King had accepted his offer.

I sighed and waved my hand to signal that it wasn’t true as Raelan turned around to look at me. As Raelan frowned and made a face that didn’t understand what I meant, I looked at the Golden King’s eyes that were almost closing and spoke.

“It’s almost time to enter the labyrinth, but would you like to meet the hatchling for a moment?”

Raelan turned his head to the Golden King with an expression of interest at what I said. The eyelids that were almost closed had now turned into hazy eyes.

“… now.”

In response to the Golden King, Raelan quickly motioned to Lamine, who was leaning against the wall. After receiving the signal, Lamine brought the hatchling that was locked in a cage from Estelle’s room.

The hatchling continued to flap its wings as if it was uncomfortable in its small cage. Hearing that sound, the Golden King slowly got up from the sofa. Finally, the gazes of the hatchling and the Golden King intertwined in midair.

“… .”

“… .”

The two people stared at each other for a moment and then fell into silence. A moment later, the Golden King stood up completely from the sofa and slowly approached the hatchling.

As the Golden King approached, the hatchling began to go crazy, ready to destroy the cage as if it had encountered a predator. I think it was because it was my first time meeting someone of the same race. Lamine was embarrassed by the hatchling’s violent reaction and put the cage on the table.

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The Golden King’s hand touched the iron bars of the cage. While I was worried that I might get bitten, I heard the Golden King’s small muttering.

“… “Edio?”

At that moment, the hatchling froze in its flapping position as if it had been pricked by a stone thorn. However, the violent shaking of the eyes did not seem to mean that they had actually hardened.

The Golden King must have been convinced by that strange reaction, so he drew up enormous magical power and surrounded the cage. I recognized the spatial coordinates of my surroundings in advance, feeling like something was going to happen at any moment.

“Edio.”

As the Golden King repeated that incomprehensible muttering again, a bright light suddenly began to emanate from the hatchling’s body.

Is now the time to run away? As I grabbed Ellie’s arm next to her and used space magic to create a dimensional passage to escape the basement, Ellie suddenly pulled me towards her.

“What are you doing… .”

“There is no need to run away. “That magic isn’t dangerous.”

At Ellie’s words, I felt relieved and turned my head to look at the Golden King and the hatchling.

The hatchling, whose light had disappeared from his body, was blinking foolishly and making eye contact with the Golden King.

There didn’t seem to be any difference except that something was emitting light.

Tsk tsk-!

The sound of something exploding echoed through the basement. The place where the sound came from was the cage where the hatchling was kept.

The hatchling began to wriggle on its own as if it was itching. Then the hatchling’s black shell split, and the golden shell radiated brilliant light inside, brightening up the basement.

“Edio.”

This time there was an answer to the Golden King’s mumbling.

“… Lumiel?”

The hatchling spoke.

Also, the name of the Golden King.