Skeleton Knight in Another World Vol. 2 by Ennki Hakari

Author:Ennki Hakari [Hakari, Ennki]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Light Novel
Publisher: Seven Seas Entertainment
Published: 2019-05-19T04:00:00+00:00

Shil jerked away and immediately began rearranging his hair.

“Hey, don’t treat me like a little kid!”

“You really do have a soft spot, don’t you, Arc?”

There was a hint of surprise in Ariane’s voice. Still, I could tell that she was smiling.

“So, about that payment you promised…”

Shil’s face clouded over. I worried for a moment that maybe his story about a secret entrance had been some sort of ruse, but he stood and ushered me toward the shack’s doorway.

“I’ll show you the way in. Come on.”

We followed Shil as he slipped between the shacks, the sun dipping below the town’s walls. We finally stopped at a stone bridge that crossed a shallow river.

The bridge was covered in moss, and barely wide enough for a single horse-drawn wagon to cross it. Judging by its age, I had serious questions about how durable it was. Still, it was probably fine for us to cross on foot.

“Here it is.”

Shil wasn’t motioning toward the bridge, however, but rather the supports that held it up. He climbed down the embankment and beckoned for us to follow. Once under the bridge, I could see that there was a massive tunnel built into the abutment, large enough for people to walk through. A trickle of dark water poured out into the river through iron bars blocking the entrance to the tunnel.

It looked like a large sewer grate.

With practiced hands, Shil twisted several of the bars and removed them. Unfortunately, though the space he created was large enough to allow him and Ariane to slip through, for someone my size—encased in armor, no less—it was another story entirely. I got stuck on the bars as I tried to pull myself through the narrow opening.

Shil cocked his head at the ridiculous image in front of him. “Can’t you take off that bulky armor?”

Wanting to get through this without revealing my teleportation magic, I grabbed another iron bar and gave it a yank.

“Nnng!”

The bar came away easily with a satisfying snap.

Shil looked at me in disbelief, but I pretended I didn’t notice and started walking with Ariane down the tunnel. A little ways in, Shil pulled a lamp out of a small hollow in the wall.

This tunnel had everything. I wondered what its purpose was.

“I’ve got this.”

Shil pulled out a striking stone, but Ariane put her finger to the lamp and chanted a quick spell.

“Fire, heed my call…”

A small flame licked out from the tip of her finger, as if she were a human lighter, and ignited the oil-soaked wick of the lamp.

Shil’s eyes lit up, his voice rising an octave.

“That’s amazing! You can do magic, too, lady?”

Ariane waved her hand as if it were nothing. She looked around the now-illuminated sewer.

“Does this go all the way to the castle?”

“Weeell, you’ll have to walk for a while. It doesn’t smell too bad here, but it gets much worse deeper in.”

His response wasn’t exactly encouraging. Any excitement I’d initially felt at the prospect of us being like cave explorers was quickly extinguished.

Shil led the way down the tunnel, lamp in hand, while we followed close behind.

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