The Peaceful Life Of A Maid Who Hides Her Power And Enjoys It - Chapter 266

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Part 2, Chapter 64

The man who had been excited all along asked back in a tone that showed he couldn’t understand at all.

“…What do you mean by that?”

“Listen here. You know someone who would know. The speed at which the wall of fire expands is gradually getting faster. The first year it expanded 1km, but this year’s half-year saw 0.55km expansion. That’s equivalent to 1.1km expansion per year. Quite a big difference, isn’t it?”

“…”

“Looking at last year’s records, you don’t see phrases like ‘exactly 3 minutes later the flames of disaster came back to life’ like in the first year. Of course, they were probably too busy passing through to have the leisure to count exact seconds, but hmm, I’d guess it was less than 3 minutes…”

According to what the Hahyeondal Mage claimed, the reason Team 3’s member died wasn’t due to the initial entry team’s mistake, but because the wall of fire took much less than 3 minutes to regenerate.

“Even so, the wall of fire came back to life too quickly. You were watching too, Hahyeondal Mage!”

“Then there’s only one answer. Rien never intended to keep the 3-minute agreement from the start. Considering yesterday’s events, it’s not strange at all.”

Heavy silence descended.

The agreement was useless.

Right. In fact, from the moment Rien bombed the Corpinium Base and openly threatened Sier Gat, the agreement between them was as good as broken.

Since the agreement was broken, it wouldn’t be strange for the wall of fire to regenerate at any time.

Moreover.

“…Perhaps we’re like mice who walked into a trap with our own feet. Everyone needs to stay sharp.”

If the agreement was broken, they would try to somehow annihilate us who stepped inside the wall of fire, or capture us alive for torture.

“…”

“…Damn it.”

The atmosphere instantly sank.

Everyone had crossed the wall of fire with one heart and mind, but facing an unexpectedly worst-case scenario, they appeared greatly confused.

Still, movement resumed.

However, everyone continued walking with faces incomparably more haggard than before.

In the party members’ eyes, you could glimpse the will to somehow overcome this crisis and survive, but the supply managers were different.

“…We have the Sword Master, Kwaegeom Jin, and Lord Andert ahead of us. They’ll surely risk their lives to protect us. Right? Right?”

“Oh Deus… watch over us standing in the demon’s wasteland…”

There were those who didn’t let go of the thread of hope.

“I, I’m staying here… Hah, hah… If the agreement is completely broken, we’ll all die meaningless deaths on the way in! Rien will come to kill us himself! Let go of this hand!”

The deserter that occurred in Team 3 also became a cause for delaying the arrival time to the first point.

The Weatherwax Baroness, who had been quietly observing the chaotic situation, muttered as if reciting.

“We’ve lost one out of ten from the start. This will be a more arduous schedule than expected.”

He laughed while drinking water.

“Still, compared to 10 years ago, it’s not a bad situation in many ways. Don’t you think so, Count Andert?”

10 years ago… Right, it was incomparably more chaotic than this.

“Well, that’s true. Just having daily provisions is hopeful to start with.”

“Looking at your plump cheeks sometimes reminds me of the Gilenshot infiltration mission. That was the first time I saw a walking mummy.”

“The Duke used to talk about that damn tedious Gilenshot every time he got drunk, so what’s in the canteen must have been alcohol, not water.”

“Want a sip?”

A deflated laugh came from behind.

The first day was spent walking endlessly like that. Walking, finding flat ground, walking again, finding a river, walking more, then camping in a forest where darkness had fallen.

Camping was also an opportunity to solve meals and replenish stamina.

The first meal was steaming hot potato stew and bread.

I heard that until reaching the final destination of Solitorc, every meal would be cooked over fire like this. However, given the current situation, this might be the last cooked meal.

“It would have been nice if Lu was in charge of cooking.”

“Complaining about food during wartime is unseemly. You have a hero’s reputation to maintain.”

I ignored the Weatherwax Baroness’s nagging and looked back at Lu, who had been quiet the whole time.

“Lu, why aren’t you eating?”

“It tastes bad.”

Anyway.

I took the bread Lu hadn’t touched at all, using some as snacks for Ash and carefully storing the rest in my bag. Food might be plentiful now, but who knows what will happen later.

“Come to think of it, Ash can cross the wall of fire. Should we practice having him go back and forth across the wall?”

“Quite a constructive plan. For example?”

“How about daily newspaper delivery? Stealing from the Corpinium Base.”

While having trivial conversation with Lu, someone approached us.

It was the Golden Mage.

“…I’d be grateful if you could come to our side for a moment. Just Lord Andert.”

If you’re grateful, then you’re grateful, but what’s with “would be grateful”?

Thinking it might be important business, I put down the remaining bread and followed behind him.

The place the Golden Mage guided me to was beside a tree stump where some of Team 2’s party members and several supply supporters had gathered closely together.

“Welcome! Here, sit over here.”

This woman. She looks familiar somehow.

“I heard that Lord Andert Pager and the Handsome Inspector came as new supporters for our party, so I really wanted to greet you once. I’m naturally quite sociable. Right?”

When the brightly smiling person looked around seeking agreement, the Golden Mage immediately nodded.

“…Well, everyone knows about Jewelry’s sociability.”

Ah, right.

‘Jewelry the Something Mage.’

The defensive magic specialist of the Sword Master’s party.

The other person was exactly as described in Ricky’s briefing. Wavy, long light brown hair with green eyes. Light freckles and a typical smiling face.

Jewelry the Something stuck out her tongue and pulled her shoulders back.

“Heh. I’m Jewelry Fire Royal Flower. Um, Jewelry is my nickname. Fire is my surname, and Royal Flower is the nickname my teacher and friends called me when I was learning magic! They’re all precious things, so I combined them all to make my alias!”

I see.

“Ah. You’re curious what Royal Flower means, right?”

Not particularly.

“Royal Flower refers to lily of the valley with a subtle green tint that blooms very rarely in harsh winter mountains! The petals, leaves, stems, and roots are all used as precious medicinal ingredients, and no matter what kind of snowstorm blows, it absolutely never breaks. I don’t know myself… but I guess I’m a bit similar to that flower.”

I see.

Jewelry the Something, who had been quietly looking up at me, tapped the spot next to her with an even clearer smile.

“Don’t just stand there like that- Come on. Sit here. I’m curious about many things regarding Lord Andert too!”

Rather than following her suggestion, I extended my right hand first.

“Let’s get along well, Mage.”

Jewelry the Something, who opened her eyes wide, jumped up like a rabbit and grasped my hand.

“Yes… Please feel free to call me Jewelry. I’ll call you Brother Andert too, hehe!”

“Please spare me that.”

When I let go of her hand and turned around, I heard a flustered voice from behind.

“Huh, huh? Eh? Where are you going?”

“Food tastes bad when it gets cold.”

“Oh. That’s true. Wait, wait just a moment. Stay here quietly! I’ll bring it!”

Without giving me time to stop her, Jewelry the Something rushed off and brought back the bread pieces I had been eating and the empty stew bowl.

Then she carefully set them down in front of me and tapped the seat next to her again, pat pat.

“Come on. Let’s eat together! Though it’s not a great meal, let’s eat deliciously and cheer up! Fighting!”

It’s cold.

While staring at Jewelry the Something, who was smiling brightly with her eyes closed and teeth showing, my Lu-sulking detection function activated.

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