3 bar menu

Volume 12 Chapter 4 Part 1

CHAPTER 59: Perfect Cycle

『Miria』

Current Levels & Equipment:
Assassin Lv.42

Equipment:
Leather Helmet
Estoc of Petrification
Chain Mail
Leather Gloves
Hardened Leather Boots
Sacrificial Misanga

「Alright. During the meeting that we had with the head of Rutina’s clan, she asked me to go and enter a certain Labyrinth… so that is what we are going to be doing from now on. With that said, let’s go to that Labyrinth now. 」

I declared to Roxanne and the others since all of the girls were conveniently in the same place now.

「The Labyrinth of Nesco, right? 」

Yeah, that’s the one. That’s exactly the one.

Elder Cassandra asked me to go and enter the Labyrinth that was located at the back of the town of Nesco, since that is the one that the members of Rutina’s clan are trying to subjugate.

Just the Labyrinth of Nesco, and nothing else beside it.

「That’s right, the Labyrinth behind the town of Nesco. Well, I don’t know how long we’re going to have to be going there, but for the time being I think that it would be good for us to go and visit that Labyrinth at least once to see what kind of place that is. That’s why I want to go there now. 」

「The Labyrinth behind the town of Nesco, right? 」

Sherry muttered that to herself.

「Do you happen to know anything about it, Sherry? 」

As expected of an intellectual like her.

「Ah, no, not really. It’s just that I happened to read that when that Labyrinth first appeared, it was simply named Nesco’s Labyrinth, but it was later renamed to its current name, The Labyrinth Behind Nesco, and I just happened to remember that fact now. 」

「I… I see? 」

「The newer Labyrinths in the vicinity of that town are called The South Labyrinth of Nesco and the West Labyrinth of Nesco, and that’s why it might have been a little confusing. 」

Is that how it is?

At first there was only one Labyrinth in the town of Nesco, so it was simply called Nesco’s Labyrinth, but then two more Labyrinths appeared near there, South Labyrinth of Nesco and the West Labyrinth of Nesco, so it became necessary to change the naming scheme for all of them in order to accommodate that change, and that is how the Labyrinth Behind NEsco was born.

Sherry knew about all of this because the information about various Labyrinths, their floors and the monsters within them can be obtained in the Explorer’s Guild in Quratar, and Sherry was going there quite frequently ever since I told her that I want her to gather information about as many Labyrinths as possible for us.

「Even if it might not be the information I expected to hear, then still, good job, Sherry. As expected of you. 」

「N-No, not at all. 」
The number of Labyrinths in the vicinity of Nesco has increased, so that probably means that Elder Cassandra must be in a hurry to subjugate as many of them as possible before their presence start being regarded as problematic.

That must also be the reason why she asked for my help in their subjugation in the first place.

「If a new Labyrinth gets created there and complicates things even further, then we will go there as well, since there is no other choice for us. Are you ready, everyone? 」

「Yes. We should make sure to subjugate that Labyrinth as fast as possible. 」

「I am fine with that plan as well. 」

「Ready, desu! 」

「I think that we are going to be alright. 」

「Working for that old lady might be more than a little frustrating, but putting that matter aside, the subjugation of the Labyrinths is the right thing to do, and it is my responsibility as a former noble. 」

I got everyone’s approval to go, so it was time for us to move out.

First thing’s first, I warped us to Bode’s Adventurer’s Guild. After all, at this time both the Duke and Cassia should still be at Elder Cassandra’s castle, so there was no need for me to be going to Bode’s castle at all.

「Can you take me to a town called Nesco? 」

「Yes, I can take you there. 」

Once we reached the Adventurer’s Guild, I asked around to find an Adventurer who could take us from there to the town of Nesco properly.

I disbanded my current Party, paid the Adventurer the price of two silver coins and had him take me to the town of Nesco.

「Then take me there, please. 」

「Here we are, the town of Nesco. 」

The Adventurer’s Guild in Nesco was a large, but also quite an empty, place. It was also pretty cold in there, so instead of saying that this is a spacious place, I would rather say that it looks more like a ruin than a proper building of the Adventurer’s Guild, even more so since there was apparently nobody there.

The reception desks were not open for business, there was no one who would want to sell the Drop Items they obtained in the Labyrinths, and also no Adventurers offering to take people back and forth between other cities.

The Adventurer who brought me here also went back quite quickly, so I was literally the only person present there at the current moment.

Is this really there right place? It has to be, since that guy had no reason to lie and bring me to some other place, right?
Anyway, now that I have been to Nesco once, I returned back to Bode, formed a Party with Roxanne and the others again and returned back to Nesco.

「There’s no one here. 」

That’s quite a perceptive observation. Roxanne’s first impression is exactly the same as mine was.

When we got out of the Adventurer’s Guild’s building, we noticed a few people walking around. It’s not like there is literally no one here, but there are just a few of them. Overall, this place is much less lively than I expected it to be.

「Fishmonger, desu! 」

Good to see that Miria was keeping her eyes open even in such circumstances. We looked and see that were Miria was pointing with her finger there was really a fishmonger store. Well, since there’s no one here, then we might as well go there and try asking around for information.

「Welcome! We have a batch of freshly caught fish! Tthey are delicious! 」

It looks like a store that sells the fish caught in Loch Ness, except for I have no idea if there is a lake near here or not.

「Rinkape, desu! 」

「Ohh, I see you have a good pair of eyes, girlie! 」

The fishmonger praised Miria for correctly guessing what kind of fish was placed on display.
As expected of an Edoitte.

「Rinkape? What kind of fish is that, exactly? 」

「It’s a local specialty and a true delicacy. It is such a gem of a fish on the dining table that the folks who have never eaten it even once in their lives are said to be killing themselves for missing the chance of eating something so mouth-wateringly good. 」

「Hou? 」

Even if that description was exaggerated, I guess that it proves that there is nothing all that good about the products that are universally labeled as famous, and the fact that it is considered to be a delicacy only solidifies that. It just doubles its weirdness and suspiciousness.

「Only someone who’s exceptionally knowledgeable about fish would have recognized it, which means that your eye for such things must be especially good. 」

「Heee…. 」

For me, this isn’t something that people should be singing praises towards you for, but that’s probably because I am used to Miria and her fish craziness.

Right now her knowledge of fish is so vast that I have basically left the task of fishing the fish for our dinner to her since a while ago, because she will always know which fish is going to bite into what.

「The females have an especially deep flavor while their bodies are still filled with their eggs, and the meat of the male one so also so sweet that it practically melts in your mouth. It is a real specialty product that can only be caught occasionally on the coast of Nesco. They always sell out pretty fast, and you won’t be able to get them anywhere else once they are gone, so how about it? These right here are from the first harvest of this morning. 」

A specialty product that can only be caught occasionally? That sounds sketchy to me, but unfortunately, it looks like Miria already has her eyes set on her prey.