“Leon… I thought you would have noticed this in time and taken action.”
Upon hearing Seglade's words, I lowered my head helplessly, wondering what my true feelings were in the face of such news.
Ah... I don't know, and I don't want to think about it. In short, it's something that won't make me feel too good.
Although they had received prior information from the "Gods and Men," they never imagined that the teleportation magic would cause such a massive collapse. Even though they passed through the "Colombo Mountains," they still didn't return to their hometown to find out what was going on and headed straight for "Robertia."
"Is it because of me... that I missed the chance to save so many others?"
Ah... I see. Perhaps that's why Father is blaming me.
She started out with the intention of finding her family, but somehow she became obsessed with playing the role of a hero. Perhaps if she met just one or two villagers who had been relocated, she could get information about her mother, Sylvie, and Anna. Maybe they have already been rescued.
It is true that I did not investigate the situation properly. More than that, I am very dependent on Lilith.
It was such a failure...
Have I become the kind of person who only disappoints my parents again?
In short... my mind went completely blank.
Ding ding ding~
Just then, a commotion suddenly broke out outside the tavern, followed by a piercing, particularly shrill, chime.
"What's wrong?"
I remember hearing similar sounds in books, and it wasn't just in "Dororo." Apart from "Kelolans," many countries had similar buildings, but I didn't pay much attention to their specific functions.
"Dirac! What happened!"
Seglade didn't seem to understand what the bells meant, but judging from his furrowed brow, I knew very well that nothing good was going to happen.
"Commander! Something terrible has happened! It's Hai Chao!"
Dirac appears to be a scout in the refugee relief team, whose job is to keep watch. After all, Seglade has offended many nobles in "Dororo," so even when his family is together, he will not be careless.
However... Dirac, who is usually calm and collected, would never act so rashly even if he encountered a noble with great power. At this moment, he looked like he had seen a ghost and could only hold onto the tavern door to barely keep his balance, eventually collapsing to the ground.
"Tides! Dirac! Are you sure?!"
Upon hearing Dirac's words, Seglade's expression changed again, a jumble of shock, panic, and anxiety... making it difficult to discern her true feelings for a moment.
"Yes...yes! The bell just now was from the guild...they are currently gathering adventurers from all over the port."
"Damn it! How could it... have chosen this place of all places?"
This is also the first time I have seen Seglade like this.
"The tide?"
Similarly, this is not the first time I have heard such a term. The first time I heard it was in the capital city of "Kelolans", but it seems that it was not. Instead, a teleportation magic of that scale occurred in "Krins Town".
"Luna... how's the relocation of the villagers going?"
"Everything has been arranged; the rest are volunteers who stayed behind to handle the rescue team's work."
"That's good!"
Hearing this, Seglade breathed a slight sigh of relief. He knew very well what the "tide" meant; it was no simple calamity. He didn't want all his efforts over the past six months to go to waste.
"Father..."
Seeing Seglade like this, I felt terrible. Although I knew very little about the "Tide," I was well aware that it was a catastrophe no less severe than the "Klins Town Relocation Incident."
Yes, I want to help my father and don't want our precious father-son relationship to be damaged by trivial matters.
"Leon...Jessica, find a dragon carriage immediately and take him out of 'Luca Port,' as far as possible!"
Seglade stared at me with a strange expression for a while before ordering the female mage to take me away.
"No... Father! I..."
"Enough! Stop talking! You're just getting in the way here!"
He interrupted me directly and his tone was very unpleasant. I was trying to salvage my son's feelings and help my father share some of the burden. Couldn't he even do that?
After speaking, Seglade stopped talking and just waved at me. Then the female mage, along with two other men, picked me up and carried me towards the back door of the tavern.
"Is it a burden?"
Maybe so... I really am just a half-baked guy who only leaves him with nothing but disappointment.
Without resistance or argument, I let them hold me by the waist and leave that place where my hopes were shattered.
"Leon...please forgive me..."
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Let's go back two hours.
As the rainy season approaches, the sky over Dororo has turned dark and gloomy. The sky, which used to offer a glimpse of the last rays of sunlight, is now covered with clouds, leaving only a faint, indistinct shadow hanging high in the sky.
Along with this scene, the entire street became silent, with only occasional figures seen wandering in the alley. Judging from their unsteady gait, they were probably heavy drinkers.
"Oh...darling, where did you run off to?"
At that moment, a girl with red hair and goat horns appeared in the same alley, slowly walking along while dragging a battle axe and muttering the same words over and over.
Bang!
"Hey! Where did this brat come from! Can't you see?"
Seemingly unable to find that person, the red-haired girl kept her head down, looking somewhat disappointed. As a result, she accidentally bumped into the two drunk men. Surprisingly, she was completely unaffected, while the drunk men, on the other hand, had a thud and made intimate contact with the ground.
"Um……?"
If it were a normal person, they would be flustered and apologize, but... the red-haired girl did something beyond the realm of normalcy.
Suddenly, she brought her face close to the drunk man's nose and sniffed, then looked him over.
"Hmm...it wasn't you."
Perhaps because her face was somewhat different from the one he remembered, the red-haired girl would ramble on about things that didn't make sense to either of them.
Hey! You brat! What are you doing?!
"Um……"
At this moment, the red-haired girl turned her attention to another man, but the result was the same: neither of them was the person she wanted to see.
"Oh dear, none of them... Where did they go?"
After confirming her answer, the red-haired girl stood up and stepped over the two people, intending to continue forward.
"Hey! Kid! You bumped into someone and didn't even apologize?"
However... her behavior naturally aroused the dissatisfaction of men.
"sorry!"
"Ah...you're so arrogant! Looks like you won't apologize properly unless I teach you a lesson!"
After he finished speaking, one of the men suddenly grabbed the red-haired girl's hand, wanting to further vent the lewd desires in their minds.
Yes, they had actually noticed the red-haired girl not far away, but they were drunk and amplified a certain desire, so they deliberately staged the scene of being knocked down in order to satisfy that desire.
Pfft~
"Maggots! My body can only belong to that lord! How dare you..."
"Ouch... my hand! My hand!"
The man didn't even see the red-haired girl's movements clearly. When he came to his senses, his arm had already been severed by something sharp, and he flew helplessly to the side of the alley.
"...A ghost! A ghost!"
When they looked up, they no longer saw the frail and beautiful girl, but a pair of crimson pupils staring at them like a vengeful ghost.
The result was that, instead of taking advantage of his drunken cowardice to flirt with the girl, he ended up losing an arm and fleeing for his life.
"My dear...I will definitely find you..."
The red-haired girl didn't pay much attention to the two men and continued walking forward, eventually disappearing into the depths of the alley.
...
Just after the red-haired girl left, another figure emerged from the depths of the alley. Upon closer inspection, it was a boy with blue hair resembling fish gills.
"That guy, the God of Humanity... why does he always make me do these arduous tasks? Why can't he just leave these things to Liuyu? Ah... he's so arrogant."
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