Finding Avalon: The Quest of a Chaosbringer Volume 3 [Complete] by Akito Narusawa

Author:Akito Narusawa
Language: eng
Format: epub

Chapter 14: My Important Work

Once the deepest-depth teams had finished their lavish lunch at the Pig’s Tail Inn, we all headed out to the next floor. We’d spend the night at the hotel on the tenth floor, where Sera had booked our rooms in advance. Since we couldn’t reach the tenth floor within a day by walking, we planned to start running once we reached the seventh floor.

“Narumi, do you want one of these?” offered Tenma, holding up a takoyaki while running through the dimly lit forest map. “Say ‘aah.’”

She was doing a good job of eating one, given the circumstances.

“No thanks, I’m not hungry yet...”

“You sure?”

The rest of the students had run ahead, so it was just me and her...and the black butlers who surrounded us.

You don’t have to treat me like a threat, I thought, looking at the scowls from the black butlers. I won’t do anything to her! The butlers let me see their latest model of DUX brand weapons, paid for by Tenma’s family company. Doing so informed me they’d cut me down if I made one wrong move toward Tenma. I was pretty sure they’d nearly drawn their weapons when Tenma offered to feed me takoyaki.

Until now they’d kept their distance so they would not stand out. When I was alone with Tenma, they showed up out of nowhere. The butlers did do a good job of disposing of the bats and orcs in our path though, and I couldn’t complain too much.

“I have to say, you’ve got great stamina for your level,” Tenma marveled. “You must do a lot of training.”

“I, uh, have always been a good runner.” It wasn’t the best excuse, but it’d have to do. Naturally, it was difficult to conceal my stamina while running for several hours straight and carrying heavy bags.

Tenma had kindly offered to carry me when we set out. Yet the murderous gaze from the black butlers convinced me that politely declining would be in my best interests. It wouldn’t hurt Tenma to be a bit less blind about her servants’ fanaticism, would it?

I had another problem too. At The Pig’s Tail Inn, I’d noticed Kuga through a window following me. I hadn’t been sure it was her until I read on Class E’s bulletin board that she’d gone missing. The black butlers hadn’t noticed her, so she was probably using a stealth skill. If she was following me out here, she was still suspicious of me after what had happened at the training session.

What to do, what to do. Should I try to lose her? I thought, then sighed. This wasn’t the relaxing jog I’d hoped for.

***

We’d reached the tenth-floor entrance area. The misshapen bare rock cave walls from the ninth floor gave way to manufactured stone tiles on the tenth. Blue lights shone on the ceiling, making me feel refreshed as if I were outside. Despite the brightness, it was past 8 p.m. Adventurers had set up tents in the square, ready to camp. I wondered whether camping here would disrupt your sense of time.

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