Now it's time for us to talk about Leon's father, Seglade Cabdeon, the guy who, despite possessing extraordinary abilities, pretends to be a half-baked father.
Although it may seem abrupt, it's still an essential digression.
Friendly reminder: This chapter is part of the "casual conversation" section; feel free to skip it if you prefer.
Okay, that's enough with the plain language. Let's take a look at what Seglade experienced after nearly half a year of adventurous life in Leon.
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First, let's go back to six months ago, to the time when the "Clins Town" relocation event occurred.
Like Sylvie, when Seglade opened her eyes, she was no longer in that warm wooden house; the scenery before her had been replaced by a plain and unremarkable plain.
Although it was unremarkable, Seglade was able to easily recall this plain from his memory. It was the "Langusoa Plain," a necessary route outside the city of Buryenni in the southern part of "Kelolans."
Yes, in Segreed's past adventures, he did indeed carry out a similar quest to collect slime condensate on such a plain. It was the first adventure quest he received when he first started out.
It was here that he met the team members, including Felita Philobies, who is also my mother.
The moment Seglade looked at the plain, he realized it was a dream; after all, he couldn't possibly have appeared in such a place out of nowhere.
Although he does miss that adventurous life and his teammates who fought alongside him, he has actually offended all his teammates as the captain due to his recklessness. After all, he was very lecherous and promiscuous back then.
That's why he ran away from home to become an adventurer, but actually he raped a girl from his hometown and didn't want to take responsibility.
"By the way... what was her name again?"
After all, it was a story from twenty years ago. Back then, I was just a young lad, and although I'm sorry, I really can't remember some of it.
"...Hmm"
At that moment, a gust of wind blew across the plain, and dust got into my eyes, making it hard to open them.
Yes... If it's a dream, then when I rub my eyes and open them again, the scene will probably be changed by some mysterious force, or... I'll wake up completely.
"……Um"
Even after opening his eyes multiple times, he found that the plain he was looking at was still the same plain he remembered, and he was wearing light indoor clothing and could feel the ground very clearly under his feet.
"Hey, hey... what's going on?"
I have indeed heard a story that is like a dream within a dream. Could it be that I am like that too?
*Snap*
"Oooh~ It hurts, it hurts!"
Thinking it was a dream, I slapped myself hard, but even after doing that, I still didn't wake up from the dream.
This is not a dream!
It was only at this moment that Seglade realized he had been suddenly transferred to such a place. Just a moment ago, he was teasing Anna with Sylvie and Felita, in what was supposed to be a casual family chat.
"Hey, hey... what's going on here?"
When I suddenly appeared in this place, I didn't feel any magical fluctuations, except for the somewhat strange sky, which was probably a sign that a rainstorm was about to break.
But at this moment, the sky over Buryen was very clear. Although the town of Klins was some distance from the city of Buryen, it did not create the strange phenomenon of half rain and half clear skies.
"Damn it... what on earth happened?"
I can easily see the scenery in front of me, but it no longer belongs to that warm wooden house, and I can't see Felita and Sylvie, or even Anna.
"Are they nearby?"
"Or am I the only one being relocated?"
Because Felicia is a magician, Segreed knew very well that this magic belonged to teleportation magic, the kind that can instantly move any object it touches. In terms of classification, it belongs to barrier magic.
Even so, why am I here?
Although it's a teleportation spell, it can only move the target to another relatively nearby place, or a place that can be seen at a glance, and the distance can't be too far, since no one has that much magic power.
"Who could be the perpetrator? And what is their motive?"
Judging from the situation, I'm the only one being targeted, so is that why I was moved to this kind of place?
Are you trying to scare me? Or threaten me?
I have no idea.
But I understand that I did offend a lot of people when I was building my adventure team, but most of them were former team members, and mages were the minority.
"No matter what, let's go back first!"
With this in mind, Segrede arrived in the city of Buryani. He remembered that he had asked Marta to let Leon join his party and become an adventurer to earn money.
Therefore, Segrede arrived at the guild immediately. Since he was wearing indoor clothes and did not have his longsword with him, he chose to find Leon and borrow money to return to "Klins Town".
To his surprise, Leon had indeed registered as an adventurer with the guild and reached rank D, but he hadn't appeared in the guild recently.
Since her Adventure Rank has reached D, Segrede knows very well that most of the quests at this level are long-term quests that require staying away from home for a long time. Therefore, at this point, Leon is probably carrying out a quest.
Left with no other choice, he could only take on low-level commissions like delivery. Although it was somewhat beneath him as an S-rank adventurer to accept such commissions, Seglade had no other option.
The receptionist, after injecting magic into the nameplate (which had no text because its identity had been cancelled), was startled to see that it displayed "S-rank" and was puzzled as to why an S-rank adventurer would accept such a request.
Although Seglade wanted to explain, he didn't. The so-called acceptance of commissions was actually something that could be freely chosen as long as one reached the corresponding adventure level and complied with the guild's rules.
Since it's a delivery commission, the necessary carriage will be provided free of charge, but... remember to return it after completing the commission.
After receiving the carriage, Seglade did not choose to go to the mission location, but instead took a route completely opposite to the mission's instructions. Although she felt bad for the client, Seglade also had a rather urgent situation.
Although doing so would result in the failure of the quest and the stripping of his adventurer status, Seglade didn't really care about that, since he had already deactivated his account once.
However... when Seglade arrived in "Klins Town", she was plunged into a kind of deep despair.
The scene before him was beyond his expectations... Even though the darkness made his vision blurry, Seglade could still clearly confirm something that could never have happened.
—The entire town of Collins has vanished!
"What on earth happened? Where did Collins Town go?"
Seglade could not accept this fact.
That said, since the entire town of "Clins" has vanished, then Felita, Sylvie, and Anna are all...
"how so……"
He involuntarily knelt down. He had thought the teleportation magic was only targeting him, but it seemed to have affected the entire town.
No, no, no... No, they'll be alright!
I know this very well. Felicia used to be an excellent mage in the team and also worked as a teacher in a nearby town. Maybe she's somewhere waiting to be rescued, just like me.
Oh right... Anna seemed to be with Sivir when she was transferred, so they should be in the same place.
Although Anna is a year younger than Leon, she is also a child who can perform magic without chanting, so protecting Sylvie should not be a problem!
No... we can't give up.
He couldn't give up until he saw their bodies.
"We need to find them..."
Yes, even after all that, it wasn't enough to make the former S-class adventurer Segreed lose hope and fighting spirit. Even if he didn't hear a word about his wife in the end, at least he still had Leon.
So... cheer up!
"Felita! You must wait for me!"
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One day after the disappearance of "Clins Town".
Segrede returned to the city of Buryenni. Upon learning of the disappearance of "Clins Town," he immediately went to the Adventurers' Guild and announced the news of the town's demise and the relocation of its residents to various parts of the country.
Beside him were several men and women who were natives of "Clins Town". Judging from their statements, Seglade was indeed certain that the teleportation magic had a certain survival rate, and a very high one at that.
Therefore, he firmly believed that Felita must still be alive. Of course, his strength alone was limited, which is why he came to the Adventurers' Guild for help.
Without exception, their words were taken as rumors, since the disappearance of the entire "Clins Town" was simply impossible.
In the end, the Adventurers' Guild still had no information about the disappearance of "Clins Town". Helpless, Segrede could only leave a message requesting permission and then return to the territory of Clins Town.
The very next day, Paradis arrived in Collins with a large group of people and began the reconstruction plan, the first task being the establishment of a refugee camp.
But thanks to the help of Prince Kylorans, many people who were originally residents of "Clins Town" were able to gather together, and the search and rescue operation was launched in time.
Meanwhile, Seglade also called on young people who came to the refugee camp to organize the "Clins Town Territory Search and Rescue Team".
This organization aims to save the indigenous people of "Clinstown" who have been relocated around the world.
Even so... Seglade's goal was simply to find her family. She wouldn't say she would stand idly by for those she didn't know, but they were just lower on her family's list.
In short, he chose to leave the refugee camp at its inception and go to "Robertia," since the intelligence in "Robertia" would probably be more accurate than that of the newly established refugee camp.
The reason we can be sure that the destination is "Robertia" is because someone dressed like Sylvie has appeared in "Robertia".
Seglade needed just that kind of intelligence, even if the chances were slim, he still had to verify its authenticity.
So, after leaving the same message in the refugee camp, Seglade embarked on a journey to find her family.
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A week of "Melocas" activities.
This is the first town that Seglade reaches on its way to "Robebia".
However, since Melokas is a city inhabited by demi-humans, they do not pay special attention to such disasters occurring in human towns.
Therefore, after a brief period of fruitless intelligence gathering, Seglade left "Melocas" for "La Noscia," leaving a message at the Adventurers' Guild.
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A week of activities in "La Noscia".
Although it was only a week, Seglade learned that a large number of the original inhabitants of "Clins Town" had been transferred to "Robobia", and the source of information about Sylvie seemed to be "La Noscia".
Therefore, Seglade planned to stay here for a while, not only to gather intelligence, but also to gather information about Sylvie.
To his surprise, he couldn't gather any information about the disappearance of "Clins Town" from either the Adventurers' Guild or the local government.
In other words, even the capital of Robebia is something that no one except the guild knows about. He can be considered the first person to come to La Noscia with the news of the disappearance of "Krins Town".
However... this is not the problem yet, because here Seglade met his old friend Basaka, and with his help, he learned that some of the original inhabitants of "Clins Town" had been transferred to Robebia, but they had no news of their families.
So he abandoned his plan to stay in Robebia for long and instead went to Felita's home country, the Kingdom of Dororo.
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A week of activities in "Port Lucca".
During this time, rumors about the disappearance of "Clins Town" have become rampant, and some of the original inhabitants of "Clins Town" have been transferred to "Dororo", including the residents of "Brein Village".
Since they all lived in the same village, Seglade couldn't just ignore anyone who wasn't family, as he usually did. He had to rescue everyone one by one.
However, his and Basaka's power was limited, and some villagers were inevitably sold into slavery. Although they could rescue them, forcibly freeing the slaves would risk violating the "Dororo" laws, so they had no choice but to give up.
However... if Sylvie, Felita, and Anna were sold into slavery, even if it violated the law, Seglade would not be afraid.
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