Chapter 183 – Chapter 5: Deseo – 1
That day was strange.
I didn’t get any clues until I fell asleep.
I found traces of memories in this town. Now all you have to do is follow the illusion and get ‘information’. Where is Tia headed next? If you know that, you can move again.
But for some reason I couldn’t read the memory.
After destroying the illusion I saw in the hot spring, I no longer saw the memory illusion.
How did this happen?
This ability was very fickle. It suddenly created illusions even when I didn’t want to, but on the other hand, it allowed me to read the memories of certain objects if I wanted to.
But now, the ability is not being expressed in either direction.
Like… As if all the memories in this town had evaporated.
Maybe the two left without leaving a trace?
No. I didn’t dare think like that.
Tia and Posao came to Charrak. They were being chased, so they wouldn’t have simply taken a bath and left immediately. I must have stayed there for at least a day or two.
I’m sure he left a clue somewhere. In the end, I couldn’t find it.
The night was spent in vain, and the next morning came.
“Have you decided where to go now?”
I couldn’t answer the question asked by the chief of Charrak.
We stayed one day as promised, and now we have to leave this place.
Honestly, I thought I would find out where Tia was headed before I left town. So far, I’ve been using this ability to keep chasing Tia and Posao.
But I never thought I would be betrayed by my abilities in a place like this.
“…”
All that’s left is to ask them directly.
… But my heart did not allow that much.
I know.
Everyone pretends to be simple, but everyone in this village, from the village chief to the residents, are crazy about money.
This is a place that welcomed Posao without suspecting him and gave him a gold ring.
Tia is his ‘lover’?
Such an obvious lie that even the kids don’t believe… They are fools who were fooled by their eyes for wealth.
And he is the ‘accomplice’ who hid the two people who were being chased by the soldiers.
I didn’t want to talk to these snobbish people.
Even if you ask, is there any guarantee that they, who are already on Posao’s side, will not answer lies?
All you have to do is find Tia’s traces again. So it was unnecessary to be indebted to them.
It was at that time when I decided to leave without answering.
“I’m going to Deseo.”
Strangely enough, the ‘answer’ came from behind me.
It was Marie.
The village chief nodded with an expression that said yes.
“Hmm, then I guess I’ll go through Rotten Class. By the way, do you guys know the way to Rotten Barn? If you don’t know, just give me a little bit of money…”
“Thank you for your words, but it’s okay. “I know.”
I haven’t said anything yet. In an instant, the destination was decided arbitrarily.
I don’t even know the way to Rotten Barn. But Marie just said it was okay, and she refused.
What is it?
I can’t figure out the reason.
It was so sudden and unexpected that I missed the opportunity to intervene.
While he was hesitating, Mari and the village chief had already finished their conversation.
“Here.”
Fache returned the rose saber to me.
While she was taking it and putting it on her waist, Marie came out of the dorm carrying her luggage.
“Sister – Oppa -.”
As we were about to leave, Chii ran up to us and handed us something.
A small box made of wood. And it is filled with crispy dried white flowers.
“It’s a gift.”
As soon as I saw the identity of that somewhat familiar gift, the name vaguely came to mind.
Did you say ‘chicken flower’?
“If you put this in a glass bottle with water and shake it – it’s pretty.”
Chii looked up at me with her innocent eyes sparkling.
As if he was expecting to receive this gift and was wondering how I would react.
“…”
I’m sorry.
I turned my head.
I have no intention of hurting this girl.
But she has no desire to receive gifts.
I suffered in this town. If you take this gift with you… Every time I see a star flower, my heart aches. I had no confidence in receiving it.
As Chii’s eyes began to shake slightly, Marie next to her spoke brightly.
“Thank you. I’ll take it well.”
“Ah, hehe-.”
The girl’s expression brightened again, and she waved at us.
“Come again next time!”
“Yes-.”
After seeing off the children, we slowly left the village.
Sabak. Sabak.
The lush forest path continues again.
Just when I thought I had walked so far that I couldn’t see the village.
Jeopuk.
I stopped walking.
“… Marie.”
“Yes?”
“What are you thinking? Why did you say that to the village chief?”
Marie didn’t answer for a moment.
He looked at me blankly for a very short time, then lowered his head slightly and said.
“Tia said she went to Deseo. “A month ago.”
“Who said this?”
“Those friends. “I asked him last night, and he said that.”
Friends? Last night?
No way… Was that what Marie and her children were talking about?
I thought I was just going to relax and unwind.
It seems that Marie was gathering information in her own way even while I was taking a bath.
“Sorry. … Are you angry?”
“Hmm. No.”
I was trying to get angry and ask why you do what you want.
She was rather embarrassed when she heard that Marie had done this.
While I was wandering around unable to find any trace of my memory, Marie had her path planned out.
Moreover, since it was not the words of the village chief or villagers, but the words of the ‘children’, it was sufficiently reliable information.
I feel so pathetic for not making an effort to talk to the kids.
“Then, you know the way, right?”
“Yes. I learned it from her friends.”
“Okay. “I don’t know the way, so you show me the way.”
“Yes.”
Marie took the lead and started walking.
As I watched her carrying a large backpack that did not fit her small body, I felt something strange.
Starting from Taildon and ending here.
I always walked ahead of Marie.
Because I knew the way. Marie followed the path I took.
During the week-long march that continued in silence, I did not have the slightest doubt about this method.
Naturally, this journey… Because it was ‘the path I chose.’
Marie’s role was to watch over me and make sure I was on the right path.
When this path of revenge is over. He was a witness who could prove the journey he took with Tia and Marie to return to Brisden and meet Ruev. I didn’t want anything more than that.
But now.
Rather, when I was in the position of following Marie’s footsteps.
I learned that this path is not just mine.
Surely. Behind, besides, and in front of me.
… It was a moment when I could truly feel that that child was with me.
I can’t believe that Marie, who seemed so fragile, looked so trustworthy.
It was a truly unfamiliar sight. Still, she felt somewhat familiar.
And then she closed her eyes and opened them once.
I realized.
She always walked confidently in front of me.
She ran confidently, saying she knew the way.
She had to chase after him so hard that she could barely catch up.
Marie’s back was exactly the same as Tia.
* * *
Just before the sun sets and night completely falls.
We were finally able to arrive at Rottenbahn.
Marie smiled in amazement, perhaps because it was her first time on this land, but I didn’t feel anything as I looked at the street lined with bars. I just felt calm.
It was exactly the same as the scene she saw in Tia’s memories.
That was probably the late fall of last year, so I wonder if there will be any difference compared to now, half a year later.
But it was different.
It wasn’t the old atmosphere, which was gloomy and had an old smell.
I heard many more lively voices than before, and I saw people with various occupations rather than workers drinking alcohol because they were tired from hard work.
Above all, it seemed to inform us that the exciting sounds of musical instruments constantly flowing out onto the streets had ‘changed.’
Marie asked.
“Is it a festival?”
“Well.”
I see people drinking and chatting happily. From that alone, I can tell that the people of Rotten Barn are celebrating and enjoying something.
Whatever they were celebrating had little to do with us.
I will get a carriage heading to Deseo right here and leave.
We first headed to the stables to get carriage tickets. I knew it wasn’t open at night, but when I went there, tickets were still being sold.
“Wagon to take two people to Deseo?”
“Yes.”
“Hmm. “No.”
“No?”
The dealer waved his hand.
“No, everyone from all over the world is planning to go to Deseo, so where can you find a coachman sitting idle?”
“Looking outside, it looks like there are a lot of carriages waiting.”
“They are all reserved. Even if I offer to take 10 gold each, there are a lot of people asking me to give up their seats. Is there anything I can ride? Look over there.”
Then the seller pointed to the back.
I finally understood the situation.
From what I remember, Lawtonbahn was a rather quiet mining town. However, seeing the lights on in every window of the inn, it seemed like there were no empty rooms right now.
Where is that? I didn’t realize it because it was dark, but when I looked closely, I saw that every vacant lot was full of people camping. I thought I knew why the bars were so noisy.
So many people suddenly want to go to Deseo?
It was said that there were a lot of people in the first place, but it is rare to see people gathering like this unless it is for public donations.
Something is strange.
“Is something going on in Deseo?”
When I asked this vaguely, the seller scratched his beard and asked what I meant.
“Have you been in the mountains for about a month?”
“…”
“Haha. Since you don’t seem to know anything, I will tell you myself.”
The seller said, crossing his arms.
“About a fortnight ago, Deseo turned upside down. King Deseo was exiled.”
For a moment, I felt like I had been hit hard.
Marie looked back at me as if it was the same.
“… Yes?”
The king was exiled?
