Two Saints Wander Off Into A Different World Chapter 21

After safely leaving the merpeople island, Chiharu and Maki rode the train through the second great open s.p.a.ce in the tunnels . This time, they did their best to ignore any looks coming from out the window, even when they felt it staring at them . And still, the Gazer came .

“I didn’t look at it this time . I promise!”

Excuses were made, but when their eyes had met for a second, the Gazer looked very happy .

Such small incidents occurred along the way, but they safely reached Noir in the dwarf lands . By this time, they were feeling somewhat affectionate towards the Gazer and prayed that the archer wouldn’t kill it .

It was now in the evening .

As they stepped out of the train, they could see the town and its many lines of short buildings stretch out both inland and towards the sea . There wasn’t much open land near the sh.o.r.e, as small mountains were close by . It was slightly past these mountains that their destination lay .

Maki quickly looked at her surroundings . Where was that place the old ticket seller had told her about? Ah, there it was . And another thing . There . The carriage station .

“Kaider, Nyran, thank you for helping us . Well, goodbye . ”

Maki said to them hurriedly, Chiharu too bowed her head and the two of them tried to rush off to the carriage station .

“Wait, wait . Where’re you going?”

“Where? To the town of Garonce . ”

“It will take an extra hour to get there . And there are not many inns . ”

“But, we already decided . It’s hard to adjust once you change your schedule . ”

“But still…”

“There’s a carriage leaving for Garonce in 5 minutes . ”

Some pa.s.serby had overheard them and muttered this before walking away .

“Good . You buy the tickets, Norfe . ”

“Alright . ”

“Ah, hey!”

The two split up . The younger sister went to buy some deep fried fish . Then she immediately went to the bakery next to it before running back to her brother .

“Oh, I guess I have no choice then . ”

“Are you going too?”

“We can’t just leave those two alone . ”

“But there are no Gazers or merpeople on land . ”

“I just feel like there’ll be something . ”

“…Well, you’re probably right . ”

Kaider looked up at the sky .

“I don’t know if it’s just me, but it seems like there are a lot of bird people up there . Could it…”

“There’s no time . ”

“Ah, yeah . ”

They were just in time . There were carriages with three rows of four-seats . They were on the large side . The floating stones meant that weight was not a problem, but the mountain roads in the dwarf lands were not wide . And so it was necessary to use carriages like these for transportation . The pa.s.sengers were two children, Kaider and Nyran, and the man who had muttered to them a moment ago . The rest of the carriage was full of other baggage .

“Huh? Kaider, Nyran . ”

The two children with bags looked at them with puzzled expressions .

“Well, we decided that it won’t be too bad to go to the next town . ”

“Oh . So we’ll sit together again . ”

The older brother seemed quite happy about this, and so the two were glad of their decision . The sister sat next to them and cut open some bread with a knife in order to stuff them with the fried fish . She made two of these and cut one in half and the other into three pieces .

“Here . I was worried because the fish was so big, but it seemed to work out . ”

“You’re giving it to me?”

“Because there’s still quite some time until dinner . ”

The sister also gave the other pa.s.senger some bread . While it was slightly cold, the fresh fish was seasoned with vinegar and salt, which went very nicely with the bread . After that, the siblings shared a bottle of fruit juice that they had bought at the station .

The carriage had windows on both sides . As it was going up a mountain, you could occasionally get a good view of the town of Noir . When the sun started to set, lights began to slowly appear throughout the city .

“Hey, Norfe, Chouze . ”

“Yes?”

Norfe answered without taking his eyes away from the scenery .

“What are you two going to do in Garonce?”

“It’s only one stop for us . We are headed for Gromble . ”

“Gromble . But that’s the deepest dungeon town . And it is close to the Shadow World . It is no place you ones so young . ”

“But, we think our mother’s cousin is there . ”

“Cousin?”

“An adventurer . ”

“But adventurers will move from dungeon to dungeon like the wind . Though Gromble is vast, and many end up staying there…”

“We have to go . We have to see it . ”

Norfe said as he looked on ahead . They decided that it was better to not ask any more questions .

“But where are you going, Kaider and Nyran?”

“We are…”

“Gromble . ”

“Oh, uh, yeah . We are adventurers, after all . We were just thinking of going to Gromble . ”

“Oh, I see . Have you been there before?”

“Of course, we have . It’s practically our home base . We just got a little bored, you know, and were spending some time in the elven dungeons . ”

A little bored? Only a child would fall for that excuse . Nyran thought .

“Oh, and then from the elven territories, you went to Arthur’s kingdom . Did you ride an airs.h.i.+p?”

“We did indeed . Airs.h.i.+ps only fly once a week, you know? It was actually my first time riding one . ”

Hmm . They were falling for it . Airs.h.i.+ps were expensive . Too expensive for any adventurer to ride . Indeed, Kaider and Nyran had things they wanted to keep hidden as well . They couldn’t talk too much, as their story wouldn’t survive any scrutiny .

“Ah, we have now reached the highest point of the road . The rest of the journey to Garonce will be downhill . ”

“Oh . ”

The children looked forlornly at the sea . The carriage slowly descended the mountain road .

“Agh . ”

Suddenly, the children looked downward and held their faces .

“What is it?”

Kaider asked with concern in his voice .

“My right eye…” “My right eye…”

They said .

“Right eye?” “Right eye?”

What did they mean?

“Ugh, aahh, just, hehe . It’s nothing . We’re just playing . ”

“You should choose one, instead of laughing and acting in pain at the same time . ”

The children said ‘Does it ache? It does, doesn’t it?’ to each other as they giggled while looking down, there hands on their foreheads . Then they seemed to grasp something and put it in their bags .

“The miasma is thicker now . ”

“You can tell?”

“Kind of…”

Indeed, Noir was facing the sea, so the miasma could escape . But the dwarf villages in the mountains were different . Of course, as the dwarves often worked in the mines, they had a higher resistance to miasma . But humans were more likely to be affected by it . There were more adventurers now who were becoming crazed . And that is why he did not want them to go to Gromble .

They were all deep within their own thoughts, as the carriage descended into Garonce .

After safely leaving the merpeople island, Chiharu and Maki rode the train through the second great open s.p.a.ce in the tunnels . This time, they did their best to ignore any looks coming from out the window, even when they felt it staring at them . And still, the Gazer came

 .

“I didn’t look at it this time . I promise!”.

 .

Excuses were made, but when their eyes had met for a second, the Gazer looked very happy

Such small incidents occurred along the way, but they safely reached Noir in the dwarf lands . By this time, they were feeling somewhat affectionate towards the Gazer and prayed that the archer wouldn’t kill it

It was now in the evening

 .

As they stepped out of the train, they could see the town and its many lines of short buildings stretch out both inland and towards the sea . There wasn’t much open land near the sh.o.r.e, as small mountains were close by . It was slightly past these mountains that their destination lay

 .

Maki quickly looked at her surroundings . Where was that place the old ticket seller had told her about? Ah, there it was . And another thing . There . The carriage station

 .

“Kaider, Nyran, thank you for helping us . Well, goodbye . ”.

 .

Maki said to them hurriedly, Chiharu too bowed her head and the two of them tried to rush off to the carriage station

 .

“Wait, wait . Where’re you going?”.

“Where? To the town of Garonce . ”.

“It will take an extra hour to get there . And there are not many inns . ”.

“But, we already decided . It’s hard to adjust once you change your schedule . ”.

“But still…”.

“There’s a carriage leaving for Garonce in 5 minutes . ”.

 .

Some pa.s.serby had overheard them and muttered this before walking away

 .

“Good . You buy the tickets, Norfe . ”.

“Alright . ”.

“Ah, hey!”.

 .

The two split up . The younger sister went to buy some deep fried fish . Then she immediately went to the bakery next to it before running back to her brother

 .

“Oh, I guess I have no choice then . ”.

“Are you going too?”.

“We can’t just leave those two alone . ”.

“But there are no Gazers or merpeople on land . ”.

“I just feel like there’ll be something . ”.

“…Well, you’re probably right . ”.

 .

Kaider looked up at the sky

 .

“I don’t know if it’s just me, but it seems like there are a lot of bird people up there . Could it…”.

“There’s no time . ”.

“Ah, yeah . ”.

 .

They were just in time . There were carriages with three rows of four-seats . They were on the large side . The floating stones meant that weight was not a problem, but the mountain roads in the dwarf lands were not wide . And so it was necessary to use carriages like these for transportation . The pa.s.sengers were two children, Kaider and Nyran, and the man who had muttered to them a moment ago . The rest of the carriage was full of other baggage

 .

“Huh? Kaider, Nyran . ”.

 .

The two children with bags looked at them with puzzled expressions

 .

“Well, we decided that it won’t be too bad to go to the next town . ”.

“Oh . So we’ll sit together again . ”.

 .

The older brother seemed quite happy about this, and so the two were glad of their decision . The sister sat next to them and cut open some bread with a knife in order to stuff them with the fried fish . She made two of these and cut one in half and the other into three pieces

 .

“Here . I was worried because the fish was so big, but it seemed to work out . ”.

“You’re giving it to me?”.

“Because there’s still quite some time until dinner . ”.

 .

The sister also gave the other pa.s.senger some bread . While it was slightly cold, the fresh fish was seasoned with vinegar and salt, which went very nicely with the bread . After that, the siblings shared a bottle of fruit juice that they had bought at the station

 .

The carriage had windows on both sides . As it was going up a mountain, you could occasionally get a good view of the town of Noir . When the sun started to set, lights began to slowly appear throughout the city

 .

“Hey, Norfe, Chouze . ”.

“Yes?”.

 .

Norfe answered without taking his eyes away from the scenery

 .

“What are you two going to do in Garonce?”.

“It’s only one stop for us . We are headed for Gromble . ”.

“Gromble . But that’s the deepest dungeon town . And it is close to the Shadow World . It is no place you ones so young . ”.

“But, we think our mother’s cousin is there . ”.

“Cousin?”.

“An adventurer . ”.

“But adventurers will move from dungeon to dungeon like the wind . Though Gromble is vast, and many end up staying there…”.

“We have to go . We have to see it . ”.

 .

Norfe said as he looked on ahead . They decided that it was better to not ask any more questions

 .

“But where are you going, Kaider and Nyran?”.

“We are…”.

“Gromble . ”.

“Oh, uh, yeah . We are adventurers, after all . We were just thinking of going to Gromble . ”.

“Oh, I see . Have you been there before?”.

“Of course, we have . It’s practically our home base . We just got a little bored, you know, and were spending some time in the elven dungeons . ”.

 .

A little bored? Only a child would fall for that excuse . Nyran thought

 .

“Oh, and then from the elven territories, you went to Arthur’s kingdom . Did you ride an airs.h.i.+p?”.

“We did indeed . Airs.h.i.+ps only fly once a week, you know? It was actually my first time riding one . ”.

 .

Hmm . They were falling for it . Airs.h.i.+ps were expensive . Too expensive for any adventurer to ride . Indeed, Kaider and Nyran had things they wanted to keep hidden as well . They couldn’t talk too much, as their story wouldn’t survive any scrutiny

 .

“Ah, we have now reached the highest point of the road . The rest of the journey to Garonce will be downhill . ”.

“Oh . ”.

 .

The children looked forlornly at the sea . The carriage slowly descended the mountain road

 .

“Agh . ”.

 .

Suddenly, the children looked downward and held their faces

 .

“What is it?”.

 .

Kaider asked with concern in his voice

 .

“My right eye…” “My right eye…”.

 .

They said

 .

“Right eye?” “Right eye?”.

 .

What did they mean?.

 .

“Ugh, aahh, just, hehe . It’s nothing . We’re just playing . ”.

“You should choose one, instead of laughing and acting in pain at the same time . ”.

 .

The children said ‘Does it ache? It does, doesn’t it?’ to each other as they giggled while looking down, there hands on their foreheads . Then they seemed to grasp something and put it in their bags

 .

“The miasma is thicker now . ”.

“You can tell?”.

“Kind of…”.

 .

Indeed, Noir was facing the sea, so the miasma could escape . But the dwarf villages in the mountains were different . Of course, as the dwarves often worked in the mines, they had a higher resistance to miasma . But humans were more likely to be affected by it . There were more adventurers now who were becoming crazed . And that is why he did not want them to go to Gromble

 .

They were all deep within their own thoughts, as the carriage descended into Garonce

 .