BLADE & BASTARD: Return of The Hrathnir Volume 3 [Parts 1 to 6] by Kumo Kagyu

Author:Kumo Kagyu
Language: eng
Format: epub

Chapter 3: Elevator

“Don’t you have anything other than your family?”

“Whuh?”

The girl turned around, a piece of hard bread hanging out of her mouth. With all the gluttony typical of a rhea, she made it vanish in an instant. Yet, despite her appetite, she was always sharing her food with him and going on about how it would be a problem if she put on weight.

Raraja had long since realized that this was just an excuse. He knew, but he didn’t point it out.

That’s just the kind of girl she is.

“What do you mean ‘other than my family’?”

“A goal,” Raraja grumbled. “If you’re just out here trying to strike it rich and support your folks, there’s gotta be ways to do that besides adventuring.”

“Hmm... Well, I do have a goal, in a way, but...” Orlaya’s mumbling trailed off awkwardly, and she looked down at the ground.

This was unusual for her.

In this gloomy alley behind the clan’s base, she’d been gnawing like a feral dog on slices of stale bread the guys had thrown out—bread that was hard enough to be used in place of plates. In between bites, Orlaya whispered, “Promise you won’t laugh?”

“Depends on what you say.”

“Boo. You’re so mean. Well, hmm... Okay.”

After hanging her head awhile, Orlaya began awkwardly fidgeting and playing with her fingers in front of her chest.

“There’s this fairy tale. With a knight and everything...”

“What?” Raraja said, laughing. He hadn’t promised, after all. “This is about a prince?”

“No, it’s— Okay, yes, it is, but still!” Her voice cracked. Even in the gloom, the boy could tell she was blushing terribly. “I don’t think a prince is going to come rescue me or anything!”

“What’s your goal, then?”

“I want to see a prince...a knight.”

He was a knight clad in sparkling, divine equipment—this equipment was more beautiful than any other in the world.

Orlaya seemed almost feverish as she told the story. Her expression was filled with a wonder that seemed childlike, even by rhea standards.

What had she called that knight again? Oh yes, it was...

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“The Diamond Knight...”

This had been an idle conversation. An inconsequential scene from daily life that had been lost in the annals of Raraja’s memories. He’d completely forgotten it.

So why had he recalled it after all this time, as he’d lain in the hay of the stables? There was no need to wonder. But Raraja brushed away the obvious explanation. He didn’t want to make the inevitable connection between the Orlaya of then and the Orlaya now.

Nonetheless, his thoughts had a habit of leaking out as words.

In the darkness of the dungeon, Iarumas raised an eyebrow.

“The Diamond Knight? That’s a name I haven’t heard in a long time.”

Raraja hadn’t expected a response. He turned around and looked up at the man in black.

Iarumas hadn’t taken his eyes off Garbage and Berkanan. They were up ahead, trading blows with some giant toad-like creatures that were pressing toward them.

“Wahhh?! Eeeeeek!”

“Woof!”

There were many toads, but their only strength was in numbers—just like the fuzzballs. Berkanan seemed awfully flustered. Raraja just nodded to himself, thinking, She’ll probably be fine.

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