Umarekawatta “Kensei” Wa Raku o Shitai
106. Those who waited
Walking along the coast, there is a lighthouse set on a high cliff.
That's the perfect place to look out for the town.
If you want to look at it in detail, I guess there's nothing else to go down and check.
But if you're going to look up at the lighthouse from the side of town - even if it's some distance away, you know there's someone there.
About the lighthouse, magic technology is built in. It can rise to the top of the lighthouse for repair or restoration.
- So I exposed myself and I was going to wait.
"I didn't know you had a client."
"Hey, I'm surprised, too."
Sitting at the top of the lighthouse, an old man turns looking towards the sea. Put a smile on your face and put your hands up against me.
He was a man who made me feel nostalgic somewhere.
But I look at the man without expressing myself. [M]
Dressed in thin, dirty robes, the atmosphere doesn't even allow me to feel 'strength' or other fine dust.
But the man in front of you is - indisputably an enemy.
"Hey. I can't believe you got kids here. No, are you coming to see me because I'm a kid? Ha ha."
"Is that what you wanted to talk about, 'Waiting for Me'?
"... it's not like that. But, you know, why don't you just hang out with the public for a little while? Arta Schweitz."
Keep a smile on your face, but the man's gaze becomes sharp. The object was a knife delivered to the sheath - and the man reached out to his nostrils, making noises.
I reach for Bikaa Sword, which I have lowered to my waist. But...
"Well, don't panic. Just drinking."
Make sure to wave flickering and the man puts his hand away from the knife. What I took out of my nose was a piece of ladybug.
Kikupon, and the sound of removing the lid reaches his ear, and the man begins to drink the contents intact.
"Phew... the liquor while looking at the ocean is good inside, too. How about you, too?
"I'm a child. No booze yet."
"Huh, kid. A kid like you did the knight... and defeated four Swordsmen... and I want to think that's a lie."
"You too, swordsmen."
"Exactly. What's your name... do you already know?
"Riggles Harvey. Even the swordsmen are rare, and you treat people in a standout manner… you seem to be the administrator of an organization"
"When it comes to management, it's because I don't have the power. That's what Adil says when you're not as powerful as you are."
Drinking, the old man - says Riggles.
Among the swordsmen, he was the easiest man to get information. In addition to Adil, the man who actually mediated the swordsmen's request for work... that's this riggle.
It also looks like it's floating, but I haven't shown any gaps since earlier.
If you're just a janitor, it's still a good idea.
... the swordsmen without Adil still act like a leading organization.
With that in mind, it's really easy to get to one answer.
"You're not willing to fight me...... is that what you mean?
"I hope so, hey. Aren't we going to fight? I am a swordsman, and you are a knight. If there are two incompatible people, it's inevitable."
"Then get ready. I'm not going to take too long. Or are you going to 'buy time'?
The Riggles are waiting for time for something. That was also possible.
When Riggles slowly rises, he drops his gaze to look down from the lighthouse, not mine.
"In the sense of buying time, you're right to have been waiting. I want to see a battle."
"... a battle?
"Oh, it's got something to do with you, too. If you and I are destined to fight each other... maybe a little bit, time will slip in, okay?
Riggles mouths such a suggestion. From my point of view, there's nowhere to go, such as the need to get on his suggestion.
But from the moment I met him, one possibility had arisen in me.
So I line up next to Riggles and look down from the lighthouse.
… to see the 'battle', which is about to begin.