Water Magician

Chapter 0358 Gμν(x)

Translator: Jay_Forestieri

Editor: Tseirp

“Y’all were taking your sweet time, so I started without you.”

“What are you talking about...”

Niels replied to Ryo’s words with a small shake of his head.

The six of them left Ryo and went to take a bath.

Ryo was already bathed, so he remained in the lounge.

((Looks like they’ve gotten themselves mixed up in some nasty business.))

((Even if you say that, it doesn’t leave much to go on...))

Ryo was somewhat bored, so he turned to the king in the royal capital, and Abel replied casually.

Even after becoming king, Abel is a good guy.

((I will ask them about it during dinner.))

((So Ryo is eating cake right now... and you’re still going to have dinner after this?))

((How did you know!))

((Because Soul Resonance doesn’t just transmit sound, but images too...))

((Oh, right. There’s something I wanted to report to Abel, or rather, consult you on. This time it’s purely about the negotiations between the delegation and the Theocracy.))

((Since you’re saying ‘this time’, until now, I take it that hasn’t been the case...))

((...))

((It’s alright, I get it, I’m not mad or anything.))

((Really? Well, the Chief Negotiator, Ignis, seemed really perturbed. About the sea trade routes.))

((Hmm. Well, I hear it’s quite a distance even by sea...))

((If the Kingdom were to trade with the Western Countries by sea, the central port would be Whitnash, wouldn’t it? That’s when it occurred to me. That, there was a very cool ship called the Rain Shooter in Whitnash.))

((Ah, yeah...))

Abel’s reaction suddenly became dull.

((It sure looked fast, so I thought it could be used for trade with the Western Countries. That’s the ship that the royal family had built, right? If Abel allows it, I think it would work out perfectly, what do you think?))

((Yeah...))

Ryo said this with an air of ‘what a great idea’, but King Abel’s reaction was extremely poor.

((At any rate, I, as a noble of the Kingdom, am proposing this after putting some thoughts into it, but what’s with that lackluster response of yours, Abel? If you have something to say, then you might as well say it.))

((You’re right.... Actually, the Rain Shooter is no more.))

((...Pardon? Sorry, please say that again. I think I misheard you.))

((The Rain Shooter is no more.))

((...Sorry, I must have misheard...))

((Nah, you heard me right! It’s gone, the Rain Shooter is gone! A year ago.))

((Gone...))

Ryo became extremely depressed.

Though it didn’t matter to Ryo whether it was there or not, it had nothing to do with him...

The Rain Shooter was a trimaran, which was unveiled at the Whitnash Port Opening Festival three years ago and was even called a revolution in shipbuilding.

It was so beautiful that not only Ryo but also the three members of ‘Room 10’ admired its appearance.

The ship also had a hybrid navigation system, in which water-attribute magic was used below the draft, and wind-attribute magic was used above the draft, and the ship ran with the repulsive force of the wind behind it.

The poor magician.

“But still, what are ‘Akuma’? Of course, I understand that they are supernatural beings, different from us humans, but they seemed different from the so-called monsters... and different from Djinns like Sir Merlin too...”

Zeke asked no one in particular.

“Perhaps... beings out of this world’s biological system.”

Ryo’s muttering was not loud... on the contrary, it must have been on the lowest possible spectrum, but it reached the ears of all six of them.

“What do you mean, Ryo-san.”

The first to take the bait was Zeke.

“Huh... nothing, I just kind of thought so...”

Ryo was anxious with Zeke’s inquisitiveness.

Then Ryo became exposed to Zeke’s intense gaze.

Ryo gave up and decided to cough out a few things.

“Well... I don’t know that much either.... But I do, in fact, have an acquaintance who is an Akuma.”

“Eh...”

Ryo’s confession left all six of them shocked.

“Oh, I say acquaintance, but we’re not buddies... I helped them once, but, well, that was just an act of kindness of sorts...”

The six of them listened to Ryo’s words in silence.

“Besides that, we’ve fought about three times. And I almost died all three times...”

“Holy shit...”

The words escaped from Niels’ mouth unintentionally.

Unbeknownst to them, Ryo had survived such life or death crisis.

Against such a supernatural entity!

Then, Ryo remembered.

When he last fought the Akuma Leonor, she gave him information about the Western Countries.

When they parted at the end, she said a few words.

“Come to think of it, I remember what the Akuma said to me. There are Akumas like me out there in the Western Countries, so do be careful.”

“I see, that’s the Akuma that showed up this time...”

Ryo’s explanation was answered with a nod from Etho.

At the same time, Ryo remembered.

Another word that Leonor mentioned.

A keyword she mentioned... ‘Sacrifice’.

He recalled it, but at present, he still had no idea what it meant.

Perhaps something will come to light in the future... even so, it was quite a disturbing word.

There were several things that he was clueless about.

Sacrifice... the Fallen... the new Akuma that joined the fray, and Merlin, the Djinn who fought him.

Furthermore, there were wars among nations in the Western Countries, as he had experienced in the Republic.

He had not a clue!

(Don’t think about what you don’t know! )

You’ll figure it out anyway when you have all the information you need.

Until then, you won’t be able to solve it no matter how much you think about it...

In times like that, you only need to eat a full meal of delicious cuisine!

Good food makes you forget everything!