Two as One Princesses
14. Connections and paths
Overnight since then. Now Ciel is fit and walking lightly through the woods.
With less food and more room for luggage, the giant Demon Stone brought it. I ran into a demon today, but it was my luck that I went to battle with my arms.
There was an eight-legged large spider with bright red eyes and glittering fangs.
But in an instant, only the demonic stone was left behind and ashed. I, of course, and Ciel, spiders are traumatic.
The Demon Stone decided to take it once and for all. The size is smaller around the second than that of the first giant, and the concentration of encapsulated magic is also thin.
But I might be able to take in the magic of the Demon Stone and use it to experiment with making it my own.
It could have been used to know the value of the Demon Stone, and if it hadn't been a spider, I would have been happier. Instead, for not being able to resist letting go, maybe it's good.
Though I also thought about defeating other demons, I wanted to get out of this forest even a second early when I encounter spiders, so I decided to hurry ahead, unanimously with me and Ciel.
Honestly, the pace is faster than it was when I was conscious of escaping from the Duke.
"It's getting brighter."
'I guess the forest exit is close.' Cause we're just a little further ahead, and we're going to have extremely few trees. '
"Finally, you can get out of the woods. If we were to stay another night, we'd have to extinct that big spider."
"You say something radical."
"Ayn was whining about the same thing."
'Spiders should disappear. Let's destroy it.'
Talking as I spin my palms around, I'm starting to be able to see the end of the forest.
Finally, I feel like I can get out of that guy's territory, and I'm going to take a breather even with me.
That's what I thought, but I'm uncomfortable with the border with the forest.
'Before you get out of the woods, can I ask you to stop for a moment?
"You have something else. I hope this is the last time, but what do we have?
'Sounds like there's a kind of tension in the junction. Unfortunately, we don't know the exact effect, but it doesn't seem to prevent physical intrusion.
Considering the distance from the mansion, it doesn't seem like anything would perceive something passing. '
"Whatever it is, you can't just not go through it, can you?
'Right. I'll take care of it for once, but if the prediction is correct, it shouldn't be anything.'
Still, there's one thing I'm going to say about junctional magic.
Even on the mansion bookshelves, I could learn a lot, and even if this was a security precaution and monitoring people's entry and exit, I wouldn't find it.
Anyway, my cover of magic is so unnoticed by that man.
The cover-up effect on sorcery can be called origami. Well, I can't erase the signs, let alone a godforsaken secret that's unnoticed in front of me.
When you're ready, tell Ciel to go through the woods.
The sky was also visible in the woods, but when the trees disappeared and my vision widened, I feel a different emotion again.
There is a three-way stretch of road in front of you, and while you can see mountains in the distance, it can be called a meadow as far as you can see. With the exception of the road, blue grass ripples into the wind and trees stand dotted along the road.
Still, come here and make three choices. Whichever you choose, I think you'll get to the people by two days at the latest. But I'd rather have a big town in the middle if I could. Because it seems easier to get confused.
As I leave it to Ciel to choose which one, I see the way I came to see what the junction was for now.
"After all, this is what happens"
"What is it, after all?
"Look at the woods."
"The woods are here now. It's not like there's anything else..."
Ciel, turning back as she spoke, opened her eyes to her surprise.
Sure, like Ciel said, there's just (...) a (...) forest (...) in what (...).
Nor does the path that we are supposed to have come through exist. I can't imagine people walking into this forest, not on that level, not hiding and not seeing.
'Sounds like it was a juncture that inhibited recognition. Unless you know there's a way in here, you're not going to want to come in.'
"Sorcery is amazing. No, I wonder you've reached the magical realm."
'You must have reached it. I can't reproduce it anymore. "
"So far, you want to hide the mansion..."
I also know how Sighing Ciel feels.
The man had enough power to use this scale of magic, and he was in the middle of something he wanted to hide from the public using that power.
If they put their eyes on me, wouldn't they follow me even at the end of the earth?
'This is as fast as you can, you might want to leave the country'
"Could it be that easy to get out?
'There's a good chance that the general public doesn't have freedom of movement.
But what organization, if any, do I envisage? '
"For now, you mean after you get to where people are.
I think you can go to another country on your own. "
'Because if you suck at illegal immigration, you could be forcibly deported.
After turning down your worries, I think you'd better get out of here with dignity. Really, it's not a rush to enforce it if it is.
In the meantime, when it comes to people, find out how we can move between countries. "
"Right. You might get away with this unexpectedly."
That's what I say, Ciel laughs corny.
I hope Ciel is right, but Ciel herself will know what she wants less.
'So, at the moment, what is it that goes down which of the three divided paths, which is better?
"At a time like this, you don't have anything like which one to choose, do you?
'No matter which one you choose, I know it will be in some town or village, but you don't have a theory at times like this.
If you never decide, maybe you can knock down the stick.
"If you knock down the stick, will you know the way?
'I don't know, but in this situation, it wouldn't make a big difference if we knocked him down with a stick and decided the way, or if we talked and decided the way.'
"Hmm... sure, we should take a way to decide quickly rather than spend time here, right?
Sticks are okay with branches, right?
After Siel roars as he thinks, he adopts my proposal.
Although it is more constructive to look for maps than to do that in Japan, there are few things we can do in the present situation.
Assuming there was an ideal town on the route that went straight out of the woods, and a village that hated strangers at the end of the left and right roads, if they asked me if I could choose the right straight path, I wouldn't.
Because there's no way to know straight is the right answer.
Even if the road we chose was not very good, it was only a theory of results, and when it came to what was wrong, we were just unlucky.
Returning to Ciel's question, "It's okay," Ciel walks to the roots of the trees nearest him.
Then put up a pin and index finger and draw the letter "no" in a motion as if it were also to be commanded.
A blade of wind flew away, and a puffy, narrow branch fell. Although it is far from the original Ciel sorcery, I don't think it would be an injustice to be judged by this alone and be able to use sorcery without chanting. You can take down as many big spiders as you want.
Haven't any of the princesses ever been able to use magic?
Or did you just not think of using magic to attract dancing?
Whatever the reason, in hiding Ciel's profession, it is very helpful not to be known.
Syel, who picked up the branches, said, "Let's make it thinner and more pointed," and tried to shake it up from the bottom up, throwing up the branches. The branches that went straight up eventually fall in the loss of gravity.
Eventually the branches returning to the ground fall between the right and the front, pointing to the right.
Seeing it, Ciel started walking down the road leading to the right, "This way," he said.