My Illusion Is Survival - Chapter 38

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Chapter 38

 

If someone asked me to ‘describe in 500 characters or less how it feels to have the world’s strongest being as your ally,’ I would write just one sentence.

 

‘This is absolutely amazing.’

 

-That’s what I’d write.

 

The story began like this.

 

With the only route to Eggmund blocked, we needed to find a way in immediately.

 

I thought I’d have to use my brain to solve the problem like any typical transmigrator, but what do you know.

 

Azel stepped forward as if mocking our concerns.

 

“It’s cold, so let’s hurry.”

 

Saying this, he led us toward a deserted cliff.

 

“You’re not planning to cross this cliff, are you?”

 

“This is the fastest way.”

 

There aren’t many routes to the North.

 

You either use the only passage or cross the treacherous snowy mountains.

 

The safe passage was blocked and the mountains would take too long, so his idea was to cross the cliff at the entrance to the snowy mountains.

 

“This isn’t a path though.”

 

“Paths can be made.”

 

Then he suddenly created a path in mid-air.

 

“Are you insane?”

 

He used magic to create a bridge connecting the cliffs using snow that was lying around on the ground.

 

“Is there a problem?”

 

“No, of course not. This is absolutely amazing.”

 

Thanks to that, I nearly died of a heart attack.

 

‘So this is what they mean when they say a weak body makes the mind suffer!’

 

If I had Azel as an ally when playing the game, probably every obstacle would have been a free pass just like this.

 

‘Is this why they made Azel the villain? Because the game would be too easy?’

 

But now that amazing villain was on my side.

 

The realization came quickly, and the greatness of Azel coin was sweet enough to rot my teeth.

 

“Does this happen to have a stealth function too?”

 

“…Stealth? What’s that?”

 

“Will other people be unable to see it?”

 

Perhaps because I was too excited by this surreal situation, Azel’s expression became strange for a moment.

 

“No, I don’t have such supernatural abilities.”

 

“Won’t we stand out like this? Is it really okay to just cross like this?”

 

“No one would think anyone would cross this cliff, so there’s no worry of being caught.”

 

When I expressed slight concern about the bridge that appeared so openly in the middle of the wide cliff, he replied with confidence.

 

As expected, our Azel is the best.

 

When I clapped with sparkling eyes, he nodded with a subtly satisfied expression.

 

“Anyway, let’s depart now.”

 

With that, the carriage began crossing the bridge.

 

‘That timid horse isn’t even surprised to cross such a path. Is it really the mastermind’s horse?’

 

At this point, everything just felt like Azel’s greatness.

 

But right then.

 

“Uh- Master?”

 

“What.”

 

“There are people there.”

 

Dekan, who was sitting on the driver’s seat, immediately burst our bubble.

 

“There are people?”

 

Since Azel had confidently declared just a few minutes ago that no one would come to such a cliff, I stuck my head out the window in confusion.

 

There really was someone on the other side of the cliff.

 

“…!”

 

Then Dekan added.

 

“And there are quite a lot of them.”

 

It was true.

 

A group of people who appeared to be servants of the Count’s house were staring at us with their mouths agape.

 

“From the atmosphere, it doesn’t seem like we can just pass by?”

 

It seemed we’d been spectacularly caught right from the start.

 

“…Didn’t you say earlier not to worry because we wouldn’t get caught?”

 

At the words that unconsciously escaped my lips, Azel’s mouth twitched.

 

*

 

“What do we do now?”

 

At Elpis’s question, the other three people briefly exchanged glances.

 

Linoa Marigold stepped forward first.

 

“Should I go clear them out first? Since Dekan has to drive the carriage, I’ll go.”

 

However, upon noticing Elpis’s gaze on him, Azel couldn’t bring himself to nod.

 

“…!”

 

Her eyes seemed to say ‘I knew you guys would be like this.’

 

‘Put on hold for now.’

 

“Ah.”

 

Azel, who stopped Linoa Marigold with a look, pondered how to resolve this situation peacefully(?).

 

‘Originally, I wouldn’t have needed to worry about such things.’

 

At this moment, Dekan, who had not even an ant’s worth of tact, butted in.

 

“I guess we should have just broken through that security force earlier.”

 

Who didn’t know that? That’s not why we didn’t do it.

 

Honestly, if it weren’t for Elpis, we wouldn’t have taken such a roundabout route from the beginning.

 

“We just wasted time for nothing-”

 

“Dekan.”

 

“Yes?”

 

“Please shut up.”

 

Linoa Marigold, who had the most tact among them, shut Dekan’s mouth on Azel’s behalf.

 

Naturally, Dekan still didn’t know what he’d done wrong.

 

“Uh… what did I do wrong?”

 

“Master is thinking of another method, so be quiet.”

 

“Another method?”

 

But Dekan still didn’t understand Linoa Marigold’s intention.

 

“Hmm, we blocked the passage and now they’ve seen crazy people crossing a cliff with a carriage – do you think they’ll just let us pass?”

 

It was absolutely correct.

 

Painfully correct.

 

“What kind of way is that to speak to Master…!”

 

“It can’t be helped.”

 

Then Elpis interjected into the conversation. Surprisingly, the solution came from Elpis.

 

So had she finally displayed the brilliant insight befitting a transmigrator?

 

That wasn’t it either.

 

“If they interfere with us, then as Linoa Marigold said, we’ll just have to clear them out and break through.”

 

Elpis, who had already tasted the sweetness of power, had no intention of taking the hard way when an easy path was available.

 

“…Is that really okay?”

 

“What’s wrong with it? It’s not like we can get captured by the Count’s House people here. If we could avoid it, we would, but right now we have no choice.”

 

With three people already known as public enemies of the Empire present here, the idea of resolving this peacefully was laughable in itself.

 

Moreover, Elpis was already complacent, thinking about enjoying the comfort that the villain party would provide.

 

*

 

“Who are you people?”

 

Right after our carriage reached the edge of the cliff, one person stepped forward from the group that was openly wary of us.

 

‘They’re definitely very cautious.’

 

Though our identities weren’t discovered thanks to our covered faces, our appearance was apparently quite suspicious, so their tension was evident.

 

“Just now, that was… did you use magic?”

 

At that moment, Dekan, who was sitting in the driver’s seat, responded to the man’s words.

 

“Oh my- greetings, sir! We happened to be traveling to the North, and well! The passage was blocked! So we used a side path, and oh my! We got caught red-handed.”

 

“A side path… you say.”

 

Anyone could tell it was complete nonsense.

 

However, instead of saying there was no such side path between the cliffs, the man nodded with a tense expression.

 

“May I ask what reason you had for using this ‘side path’ to come all the way to the North?”

 

“Didn’t I just tell you? We came for travel!”

 

It was still a cheerfully innocent answer, but unease quickly spread among them.

 

Dekan’s words meant that regardless of our purpose, we had no intention of revealing it.

 

“By the way, sir.”

 

“…Yes.”

 

“What were you doing here with all these knights?”

 

The man immediately hesitated.

 

“Isn’t it a bit much to swarm here just to catch one small boar? Or perhaps you’re planning to catch that young boy next to it as well?”

 

Actually, before completely crossing the cliff, we realized something was strange about the group before us.

 

They were surrounding a single young boar and one young boy.

 

Moreover, according to Linoa Marigold, even though they were all knights, they were disguised as ordinary servants as if trying to hide their identities.

 

“Looking at your builds, you don’t seem to be from the North originally. So why are you all wearing the servant uniforms of House of Egmund?”

 

As soon as he finished speaking, they finally drew their sharp swords.

 

“Who are you? Where did you come from?”

 

Realizing their identities had been exposed, even their attitude changed.

 

However.

 

“When someone asks a question, you should answer. Didn’t I ask first?”

 

Their presence was pitifully unthreatening.

 

At that moment, the young boy who had been crouching among the suspicious men shouted loudly toward us.

 

“I don’t know who you are, but help me! I am-!”

 

I was rather shocked by the boy’s identity.

 

“I am! The heir of Egmund!”

 

I hadn’t expected to see the heir of Egmund as soon as we arrived in the North.

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