Mr. Nobu’s Otherworld Chronicles - Chapter 98

Chapter 98

Chapter 98 Malice Lurking in the Dark

 

Since Brighton-kun has come to as well, right now we're all encircling the sitting Belchika for interrogation time .

"So could you tell us how it turned out to this?"

Originally, a party-specific problem should have nothing to do with me, but since I've used [Curse Return] and all, I'd like to know the circumstances as well .

"Err, why are you? Nobusada-san, isn't it? The one rumored to get women pregnant just by glancing at them . "

Just how big have the rumors grown anyway . This feels like pure malice at this point . I'd be sure to have everyone console me once I get back, sniffle .

"That's absolutely wrong! I have people dear to me already . I'd never lay my hands on some random passerby just because! I see you're looking at those girls, just so you know they're our store's employees, don't get it wrong!!"

Good grief . All of them are looking here .

"Excuse me . But that doesn't explain how you are related to this . "

What a strong willed girl . I'm convinced she's the type that will go wild on her own though .

"I just happened to stop Afuro-kun's rampage by chance, but I also wouldn't want people handing out those cursed magic tools in the middle of town . I have a duty to report this to the head commander, my master . "

"Eh, you're a fellow disciple of Papan!?"

Afuro-kun, what's that Papan . . . By the way, apparently he had no idea about our match yesterday since he's been in the dungeon this whole time .

"Yeah, I'm Matda-shi's tenth disciple . Back on topic, those magic tools aren't something some random fortune teller would possess . I have no clue how big this whole thing is, but it's definitely not something limited to your party . "

"You're right . I understand . I shall tell everything I know . "





This is Belchika's side of story .
She was in love with Afuro-kun . However, Afuro and Chein had been getting along well lately, she began panicking . Then another friend of her told her about a fortune teller rumored to give precise advices, thus she went straight to them .
At the site, she couldn't look away from the crystal ball, and was somehow convinced that Afuro would turn to her if she did everything the fortune teller told her to .
Then, today she gave him that gem as a charm and pretended to have been lost while watching over the situation herself .

"Do you remember that fortune teller's name and looks?"

"Err, huh? I can't seem to recall . And the friend who introduced me to that fortune teller . . . who?"

This is more like a memory manipulation than merely leading her around . I dunno how truthful she is being, but it's probably true that someone had come in contact with her in an attempt to harm Afuro-kun . And yet, Afuro-kun himself has no idea about all this when asked .
Which means, this pertains men of major positions related to him . Either Temuro-san, or even perhaps the one above him, the duke himself . Either way, this is far beyond a lone adventurer's hand . We'll have to let Master and co . handle this .

"At any rate . Everyone, keep all this to yourself . Afuro-kun, could you contact Temuro-san right away?"

"Sorry, I have no idea about Papan, I mean, father's schedule . "

"I see . Okay then, let's just head straight to the guard garrison . Master should be there today . We'll ask the guards to catch that fortune teller by the tail . Also, Belchika-chan should probably stay somewhere safe for a while . Any idea where?"

"Then she should come with me to the temple . We have temple knights-sama under the same roof there, she could stay in my room if she would . "

Chein offered a helping hand to Belchika . Seeing that, Belchika teared up before hugging her .

"Sorry, forgive me . Even though it's all my fault . "

"It's okay . It's not your fault Belchika . I might have been manipulated myself, you know . "

Afterward, Belchika cried her eyes out .
I'll let Chein take care of her until she calmed down .
Well then, what to do with the boys .





"Afuro-kun, Brighton-kun, what's your plan? Me think explaining the situation to Temuro-san and ask for his protection would be best . "

"I . . . Would rather not rely on father . But then, someone else could get dragged into this because of me, could it?"

"Yep . You might be the target or perhaps there's something else behind it . We are totally clueless though so there's just no way to be sure here . "

"Would it be fine if we leave the decision making to father? Brighton, are you okay with that?"

"(nod nod) . "

Brighton nodded at Afuro . I was wondering why he hadn't said a word, turned out he was a silent character .
By the way, Afuro-kun apologized to him with a dogeza the moment he came to . Brighton only patted Afuro-kun's shoulder while smiling like saying 'don't mind it', so that was cuz' he couldn't talk .

"Well then, time to get out of this dungeon . "

Everyone nodded and departed the place .


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A crystal ball put on an alter broke into pieces with a shrill sound .

A man in hood turned to look at it with a dubious look on his face .





"Curse Return? I don't believe those little girls are capable of something like that . Tch, what a waste of memory manipulation artifact . That thing's pretty valuable . "

The man thinks .
Altering the mana through the crystal ball just in case of having the art returned was the right decision on his part .
However, this situation is bad in itself . There's an art user capable of Curse Return around them . This location might even get found out .

"Damn, what a pain in the ass . Well fine, done 90% of stuff Boss told me to do anyway . Just gotta wait for the right time and activate that stuff over there . Gotta raise this pawn I got here too . Thought I could get rid of those pesky 『Meteor』 and 『War Fist』, but that was too much to ask eh . "

The man muttered something before the fortune teller tent suddenly vanished .

The only thing left in the dark is a hooded man with sharp eyes like that of a bird of prey .

"Now then, ladies and gentlemen of Gramada . It won't be for a while, but I hope you shall enjoy the show time . I'll have myself a special seat to watch over it safely . Well then, see you again in a while . "

The man made a light step dance before melting into the darkness .



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The guard garrison is situated not too far from the dungeon's entrance . After taking them there, I escorted our girls home . Then I went back to the garrison .

"Fumu, that happened huh . "

Master scowled while stroking his beard .
Yukito-san next to him doesn't look cheerful .
Afuro-kun and the gang are resting in another room .
Only us three in this room .

"S'fine to conclude that matter is related to this one then, eh Yukito . "

"Most definitely, yes . I have dispatched our people to several spots where the fortune teller is likely at, but it's probably already gone by now . "

"For sure . "

"Err, I have no idea what's what, what is it about?"

"Umu, there's this incident that's been giving us headaches lately . We have a few dozens of relatively capable adventurers and townspeople losing memories for a period of time or having recollections of inexplicable experiences . "

"We have utterly no idea how it's done, however, Nobusada-kun's conjecture is most likely correct . "

"I'm sorry, I broke the necklace that could have worked as evidence . . . "

"Oh no no, you had no choice there . We couldn't have gotten her circumstances otherwise . But really, undoing curse and even appraisal, you're truly versatile, Nobusada-kun . Oh but this man's disciples being extraordinary is just the usual though . "

The usual huh . Yukito-san is holding his stomach down for a bit . Sorry, I'll make some stomach medicine and hand you over the best one next time .

"Anyway, we've dispatched a messenger to Temuro . Should have gotten to him by now . As for the girls, the guards will take responsibility of escorting them to Hadin temple . "

"How about Afuro-kun and Brighton?"

"That'd be up to Temuro . They ain't gonna dive in the dungeon at their state though, he's probably gonna work them hard at training ground . "

Ah, my condolences . I and Yukito-san reflexively looked at each other and smiled wryly .
Afterward, I could hear intermittent screams coming from training ground . Afuro-kun's face was full of swollen marks when he dropped by to thank me later . I cast Heal on him then, do your best young one .

The day after, we got reports from the dispatched guards, and sure enough the spots were completely vacant .
Having absolutely no clue despite it being quite a huge incident, Master and co . were at their wits' end . For now they apparently plan to intensify patrols for a while .

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