The Banished Former Hero Lives as He Pleases: Volume 5 [Parts 1 to 4] by Shin Kouduki

Author:Shin Kouduki
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Light Novel, partial, magic, fantasy, adventure, isekai, nobility, OP protagonist, cute girls, male protagonist, slow life, game elements
Publisher: J-Novel Club (generated)

An Incomprehensible Something

Allen scanned the room, then returned his gaze to the ground beneath his feet. “Hmm,” he murmured to himself.

“What’s with all the staring at the floor?” said Chloe, drawing closer to him. “You find something?”

Evidently she was keen-eyed. This was the real Chloe, he assumed. It was hard to believe how much more relaxed she was than when they’d initially met, but it seemed that either meeting a familiar friend in Mylène, or else the trust Mylène’s friendship with Allen conveyed to him, had put her mind at ease. There was no doubt, at least, that he preferred her like this.

Chloe’s words reverberated through the large, empty room, and the scattered party gathered around Allen. Each had been using their own approach to search the room for clues, but so far nobody had turned up anything.

Allen grinned at their expectant looks. “I found something, but I dunno if it’s something.”

“The hell are you babbling about?” said Akira. “A weird-lookin’ monster, or what?”

“Not even,” said Allen. He was unsure how to answer Akira, who seemed to be considering giving up her exploration. A simple description of what he saw wouldn’t achieve much.

“Huh,” Akira replied, nonplussed. “All right. Judging by where you’re looking, we oughta start digging about here?”

“I mean, we could,” said Allen, “but it’ll be pretty tough.”

“Huh? Why?”

“We’d have to dig pretty deep.”

“How deep? “ said Chloe. “Ten meters?”

“Try ten times that.”

A dumbfounded “Huh?” was the only reaction Chloe could offer as she stood staring at the ground.

Akira, too, looked at the spot where Allen stood with curiosity. Their gazes were so intent that he almost forgot that, unlike himself, Anriette, and Mylène, neither of them had the ability to see through solid surfaces.

“I can’t see anything,” said Mylène, sounding slightly dejected as she drew closer, narrowing her gaze as she walked. But proximity did nothing to help; she looked up and shook her head.

“No good, huh?” said Allen. “How about you, Anriette?”

“A hundred meters?” said Anriette. “Right beneath your feet? Ah, yeah, there is something there.” She focused her gaze. A moment passed, and she raised her eyebrows in a look of incomprehension. Allen knew exactly what she was thinking. “What is that? A room?”

“A room? Like this one, you mean?” said Chloe.

“Pretty much, although it’s half the size at best,” Allen replied.

“Why the big performance, then?” said Akira. “Couldn’t you have just told us?”

“Well...it really is like this room,” said Allen. “There’s nothing in it, just like this one. And...it’s weird. It’s not connected to anything.”

“What do you mean?” Mylène asked.

“What I said. There’s no way of getting into or out of it. There’s not even a door.” It was more like a huge, hermetically sealed box than a room.

“That does sound impossible. There’s gotta be some way of getting inside, though” said Akira.

“Teleportation, right?” asked Mylène.

“That’s it,” said Chloe. “But what would be the point?”

“Some kind of emergency shelter?” Allen suggested. “But anyone who could teleport wouldn’t need to hide in a hole in the ground.

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