Let This Grieving Soul Retire: Volume 4 [Parts 1 to 9] by Tsukikage

Author:Tsukikage
Language: eng
Format: epub

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Fierce winds and rain beat against the windows in the lounge of the First Steps clan house. Dense clouds covered the sky and thunder rumbled from time to time.

The lounge was filled to capacity. There were people who planned to undertake quests but turned around the moment the storm began. There were people with nowhere to go after their usual inn closed due to the weather. There were people who decided they wouldn’t be able to go outside the next day either and holed up in the lounge.

They all sat at tables and watched the sky through the lounge’s large windows.

Lyle, whose stomach had made a full recovery, held a bottle of liquor in one hand and rambled in a loud voice.

“‘Vacation’ he said. Goddamn Krai. It’s all going to hell right from the start,” he said.

“Nothing good ever happens when the CM begins to move of his own accord,” said one of Lyle’s party members.

It was common knowledge that the Thousand Trials were not something you wanted to get involved in. No matter how much time passed, they never got any easier. It was normal for a treasure hunter’s work to get easier the more powerful they became. The Thousand Trials, however, were different. Because they were “trials”, they aimed to always push one to their limits.

Members of First Steps were considered special because they had overcome these trials. That was fine, but they were sick of being wrapped in these trials without even being asked if they wanted to.

“Besides, didn’t we just do one of his trials?!” Lyle shouted in a drunken voice. “He didn’t give us any time to rest. Don’t make us risk our lives on a regular basis!”

Other clan members began to join in.

“You’re right!”

“I haven’t even finished resupplying!”

“He’s always hiding information!”

“We shouldn’t stand for it!”

“He thinks we’d go out in this storm?”

“He conflates us with people of his level!”

“He conflates us with Liz!”

“Tell us what you’re planning!”

“Pay us!”

“Teeell us!”

Even though Krai himself wasn’t present, everyone in the lounge became riled up. They stood shoulder to shoulder and shouted to the ceiling. Isabella and Ewe, who had both chosen not to participate, faced each other and let out exasperated sighs.

“Everyone here sure gets along nicely...” Ewe remarked.

“I suppose Liz and Sitri are fine, but I wonder about Tino,” Isabella said.

Grieving Souls were used to these sorts of trials, but she was worried about the junior clan member who had been swept along. Once you were caught up in one of Krai’s Thousand Trials, there was no escaping. The sky seemed to almost respond to Isabella’s worried gaze as it suddenly began to light up.

A panicking clan member dashed into the lounge. They didn’t seem to care that they were drenched head to toe.

“Hey, everyone! Big news!” they shouted in a hoarse voice. “Hidden Curse is going to war with Akashic Tower. Their top members are on the move and we’re gonna be feeling the shockwaves!”

This caused an instant shift in everyone’s mood.

Hidden Curse was an old clan and considered one of the best even in Zebrudia.

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