Sword Art Online's
Chapter 23
Issukan pushed out the guards who ran into the door after hearing a noise and blocked him.Of course, the guards looked suspiciously at Ronye and Kirito, but either because of ‘Lotest Law’ or Issukan's power, either, they believe after hearing the commander's words: “don't worry, I'll explain.”
After the bodyguards left and the 9 o'clock bell rang, Lisetta woke up and began to cry. Scheta took her from the bed and sat together in one of the chairs, the little baby drank milk from a bottle made of fibo fruit, just like in the Human World.
Mature fibo fruit will look semi-transparent like a glass bottle, and because of its elastic shape, the water inside will not leak anywhere and the tip is shaped like ******, the plant is said to be created by the Goddess Terraria specifically for babies.
But as far as we know the existence of the real world, maybe—the real world people make it better than Terraria— and Ronye stops thinking about it. Seeing Lisetta muttering my “n~, n~ku”, Scheta raised a little of her face and said.
“You tried carrying it?”
“Can?”
“Of course”
Ronye held the little baby with her left hand and held the baby bottle with her right hand. Lisetta looked at Ronye for a moment with her gray eyes that were very similar to her mother's.
But she continued drinking her milk. At the Cathedral, Ronye once gave milk to Berchie several times, but since Lisetta was female, the feeling of holding him was very different.
“I want to suckle him with mine, but it seems there is a secret formula hidden in the milk of empty-handed fighters.”
Hearing Scheta's words, Issukan who was exchanging reports with Kirito sat across the small table, looked at him and said:
“Yep, if you drink it you will not get cold, your bones will grow stronger.”
Commonly used in Underworld, the intent of the commonly used sacred language such as —tirai‘ and ’meja‘’susu comes from cows or goats that are warmed to humans with many variations of the material used specifically for baby as a substitute for breast milk.
More precisely—saling flows from their family or place for generations, or more delicious is called ‘formula secret’. As Scheta said, they often tell me that breast milk is the best, but without a bottle made of fibo fruit as a container ‘susu’, but without a bottle made of fibo fruit, it is difficult for farmers and traders to hold the baby while breastfeeding.
Lisetta herself seemed not to be disappointed by the secret milk from the empty-handed fighters she drank, when her milk bottle ran out, she blinked her eyes and slightly burped. The little baby became sleepy, and Ronye gave it back to Scheta to put him to sleep. Scheta who changed his expression from mother to knight again, quickly headed for his seat.
“So, what really happened?”
Kirito nods and begins to recount the murder that took place in Centoria 2 days ago.Issukan and Scheta listen to him in silence, but when the story moves to the mountain goblin Oroi who is accused of being a suspect, they both catch their breath. Without saying anything, they finished listening to the story of Kirito who flew using ‘ dragon’ machine with Ronye from the Human World and arrived in Obsidia last night.
“...so yes..try to circumnavigate this world by bringing unpleasant attention...”.
At Issukan sitting in front of him, Kirito shook his head slowly.
“No, in my opinion if only send a message, the time to arrive and wait for the reply will take a month.”
Communication between Centoria and Obsidia relied solely on sending messages with horses that had to pass through 10 cities and forests. It takes about 2 weeks. Not to mention if there was a danger threatening the sender of the message if it was attacked by countless giant monsters in the Dark Territory.
“It's true..I hope I found a pair of skull parents..”.
Issukan sighed and Kirito nodded with a sad face. Ronye blinked and asked.
“Sorry, a pair of skull parents.what is it?”
“Oh, I learned it when the war ended. It was a divine object that Leader Vector used to give orders to 10 soldiers during the Foreign World War.Pair of parents a giant skull and 10 small child skulls in a set. When you talk to the parents of the skull, the voice will directly reach the children of the skull even from a faraway place,”
Ronye looked surprised at Kirito's explanation.
“Wait waiting, so no need letter or horse?”
“No need, just one way that's all, but you have to have a set of parents skulls following the children if you want to do it.”
“And in the first place, the parents of the skull and some of its children disappeared after the war, so it's like a useless toy now.”
Issukan sighed and added.
“The problem is that human beings are killed.it is impossible.for all those who visit the Human World, I have a letter saying that fighting and killing are forbidden on behalf of the tribes in the Dark Territory and the commanders of the Dark Territory themselves. One by one I've marked them, and as long as there are ‘Lotest Laws’, only one person can ignore them in the Dark Territory.”
As Ronye thought about it, of course it was Issukan himself, and Scheta added: 'Sheta:
“Two people”
“....................... only two people.”.
Looking at Issukan's forehead that was furrowed from hearing Scheta's correction, Kirito smiled, then his expression returned confused.
“That is how it is, but in fact, the dagger that Oroi saw as his murder weapon disappeared from storage. Maybe it is ‘weapons while’ is made of metal elements.not me the hell who saw it, but Ronye.”.
“Wah, you have a good student huh?”
“A-I am not his student but..”
As Kirito turned his head towards him, Ronye thought, Now what is his position for Kirito, but he quickly shook his head, raised his hand and said.
“I thought about it again once again, but the weapon he said was made on that goblin mountain according to Oroi-san was a mistake. So we thought there was a Dark Art master involved in this incident but.”.
He closed his mouth, looked at Scheta and Issukan together, and asked boldly.
“...but before, what do the Dark Art master group do now..?”.
The two of them exchanged glances, and Issukan cleared his throat and replied.
“I always report this at every meeting.it's a shame, but we can't hold the status of the Dark Art master group.”.
“What do you mean..?”
Kirito raised his eyebrows.
Scheta confirmed Issukan's statement.
“If seen, my ability is better than him.”
“So we investigated him secretly, K was the 10th best person in his group when D was alive. In other words, other great people are no longer there.”
“...The Dark Art group, in the fight at the Great East Gate, didn't they almost lose 2000 people? Since when did he join the group?”
Issukan denied Kirito's words, his forehead wrinkled again.
“Entahlah..the obsession to survive is huge. Even if he was still alive, he would not have to fight the Green Swordsman. They were not that relaxed person while his 10 best members fought.”
Issukan looked at Ronye and finished his explanation.
“...so as a consequence, the Dark Art master group has already participated in the 5th Conference of the Fort, it is just an empty room. It is not impossible if there is a Dark Art master's ability to hide something in prison.and there is also the possibility that they are involved in an incident that occurred in the Human World..—but you seem to disagree Ronye? Don't you think so?”
“I have no basis to deny it but.I just think that this is weird. Although there were Dark Art masters hiding in the hall behind the curtains, it wasn't possible for them to obtain the goblin's original dagger, so they didn't need to make weapons out of metal elements.”.
“Fast. For goblins, daggers with their clan symbol are important.Then, they refuse to make it by the blacksmith.If they need it, they will definitely get it one or two, steal or buy it.”
Kirito confirmed Issukan's statement.
“If the purpose of the culprit is to heat up the state of the Human World and the Dark Territory by accusing Oroi, the most effective way is certainly to use the original dagger…—something that can not be done by the perpetrator if it is someone from the Human World”
“It's too big a mystery.”
Scheta looked sharply with his gray eyes.
“People in the Human World have harsher laws than the Dark Territory, killing is forbidden and has been confirmed in the Taboo Index, which means if the janitor's killer is a Human World person, it means he is the one who can ignore the Taboo Index.”
Ronye nodded softly at Kirito's statement.
“It was also the same as the discussion with Fanatio after the incident happened. Although Integrity Knight is no longer bound to the Taboo Index, they still cannot take the lives of innocents like janitor Yazen.”
Kirito shook his head slowly, muttering something he did not understand.Issukan nodded and thought for a moment, but he suddenly clapped his hands and changed the atmosphere.
“—Alright by the way I already understand the situation. Very sad, it looks like it will disturb the tourists enter the Human World for a while.”.
“At that time we prevented to spread this news to Centoria, but if there were 2 or 3 more incidents, we could not control it even with the ability of the United Council. So we temporarily closed the Great East Gate and the tourists in Centoria will be repatriated as soon as possible.”
Although his voice sounded a slashing tone, Kirito continued in a rather loud voice.
“And also goblin mount Oroi while in hold at Central Cathedral. Maybe I forgot something, maybe this is the reason why he was arrested. —Oroi comes from the Uboli clan from the hill, sorry but.”.
“Alright, I will contact the Uboli clan and explain the situation.”
After nodding, Issukan looked at the window, and turned to Kirito again.
“—Tourists from the Human World who are here..It's okay, what about the pool of traders who came from the Human World? surely every society is always away from Obsidia.”.
“Uh, and this too..”.
Kirito groaned with a clench of his hand.
During the exchange project to receive tourists visiting the Human World from the Dark Territory, the gathering of merchants from the Human World also began. And it was still in the experimental stage, only to trade the goods from some horse carriage, but in the Dark Territory there were many rare objects that could not be found in the Human World such as the glowing stone used for lighting, so the great merchants received many requests for goods and requested permission for delivery.
“...If the culprit was a group, they might have had a partner in Obsidia, so instead, the murder would have happened.In other words, there was a possibility that the merchants of the Human World were trying to kill the inhabitants of the Dark Territory. But
after all, the merchant guilds there were capable men from the armies of the Human World and as bodyguards of priests, so the merchants must have followed the rules so that they could not make the dispatch without permission, he said, so it won't be that easy, I guess.”.
Scheta confirmed kirito's statement.
“I think there is no need to stop trading affairs, because they bring a lot of medicines and media to the Human World, so they are definitely very welcome, one of my students will accompany them.”
“Eh, student? Scheta-san was sent here without an army.hmm.I thought you came here yourself..”.
Seeing Kirito's dark-coloured facial expression was startled, Issukan answered proudly.
“That means now Scheta is not only a supporter, but also a teacher for the Dark Knight group.”
“What…? Teacher...?”
“When I visited the group of knights, there was a young captain who dragged me into the game, you know, lending me a sword.and well, I managed to use only a sword sheath. Now I have my own dojo at headquarters.”
“There are only 10 disciples, but they are all good.”
“Yes, they are..”.
Scheta looked seriously at Kirito who seemed to say nothing “I want you to come and join my dojoku with my students.”
“No ah, I haven't practiced traditional swordsmanship in a long time.”.
Kirito rewinded his shoulders until the seat he was sitting on was pushed, and Issukan pointed at him with his left hand.
“Then come to the training hall of the empty-handed fighters. There are many people who doubt your power lo, so take this opportunity to fight against ‘Lotest Law’”
“Bodo very ah! I have my own thoughts know!”
Oh, that guy won't let you run away, thought Ronye watching Kirito who was feeling annoyed.
