Slayers, Volume 3 by Hajime Kanzaka

Author:Hajime Kanzaka [KANZAKA, HAJIME]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: J-Novel Club
Published: 2020-11-09T00:00:00+00:00

“Huh...” I hummed with interest as I looked around.

We were in a cave the size of a reasonably spacious meeting hall. It was filled with the kind of chill, damp air you’d expect. In fact, it was a typical cave in every way... except between the thick coating of luminescent moss all over the place and the fairy souls flying all around us, it was as bright as day inside. Okay, maybe not quite, but it was still pretty bright!

You might not have heard the term “fairy souls” before—they’re more commonly called mock fireflies and stuff like that. They’re little balls of light about the size of your fingertip that live in caves year-round and come out in autumn. When I was a kid, me and my big sister would go around chasing them every fall. If you try to catch one in a net, it’ll just slip right through the weaving. If you catch one with your hands, you won’t feel a thing—and when you open ’em, it’ll be gone without a trace.

I’ll admit I don’t know if they’re actually the souls of fairies like the name implies. I don’t think even the sorcerers’ council has worked out what they technically are. But if you ask me, what does it matter? They’re harmless and, more importantly, they’re atmospheric.

And here in the hiding place Sylphiel had led us, they were everywhere.

Once we’d left “Rezo” in the dust, we’d entered a cave some distance outside of Sairaag. We’d walked and walked, going this way and that at a dizzying number of forks in the path before finally making it here.

We stopped to catch our breath, then got to chatting. Zelgadis, of all people, opened the conversation.

“Why are you still here?” he asked, turning to Eris, the self-proclaimed bounty hunter extraordinaire, with an annoyed look.

“Shut up. It’s not like I wanted to come along. That man,” she said, pointing at Gourry, “stopped me when I was trying to escape.”

“Well... there was no way you were gonna make it to safety in time,” Gourry said, scratching his head.

“He’s right. You couldn’t have gotten out of there alive by yourself,” Sylphiel added, abruptly taking Gourry’s side.

Eris just pouted grumpily.

When Sylphiel’s eyes met Gourry’s, she bowed to him deeply.

“It has been quite some time, Sir Gourry. Pardon me for not greeting you properly sooner...”

“Hey, it’s no big deal,” Gourry said, scratching his head uncertainly.

“Huh? You two know each other?” I asked.

“Sort of,” Gourry replied in brief before continuing his conversation with Sylphiel without so much as a glance back at me. “Based on your exchange with Rezo, it sounds like you’ve come on some hard times. How’s your dad?”

“Not well, I’m afraid.”

“Her dad? Wait, you mean...” I tried cutting in again.

“You said something about poison?” Gourry asked Sylphiel, completely ignoring me this time.

Grr...

“I believe it was the dried bark of a vidis tree...”

“Hellooo, Gourry!”

“But why would he target your dad?”

Grrrrr! I didn’t like this one bit. But... there was someone who liked it even less than me.

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