I Parry Everything: Volume 4 [Parts 1 to 9] by Nabeshiki

Author:Nabeshiki
Language: eng
Format: epub

Chapter 85: Mithra’s Incarnation

Reflexively, I swallowed my breath. I heard Tirrence do the same beside me. The woman who had appeared before us looked exactly like High Priestess Astirra. Based on appearances alone, it seemed reasonable to call them the same person—but the air about the newly arrived woman was markedly different from that of the high priestess I knew. Just who was she?

“Instructor,” I said, “might I ask who that woman is?”

“Her name’s Astirra,” Instructor Noor answered plainly.

“‘Astirra’...?” So she shared not only the high priestess’s appearance but her name too? My bewilderment only deepened.

“Um, hello...” the woman said, wearing a gentle smile as she studied my face. “It’s a pleasure to meet such a charming young lady. I... My goodness. Excuse my abruptness, but that gown you’re wearing seems awfully expensive.”

“Astirra, meet Lynne,” Instructor Noor said. “She’s on our side.”

There was a short pause before my manners finally returned to me. “My apologies. I am Lynneburg Clays. Though if you don’t mind, I would rather you call me by my adventurer name, ‘Lynne.’”

“Lynne, hmm? But of course. And what about that dashing young gentleman by your side? Could you tell me your name too, sir? For some reason...I have the strangest feeling that I already know you.”

“Mother...?” Tirrence murmured. “No, but that cannot... Who are you?”

The woman’s appearance had caught him entirely flat-footed. I couldn’t blame him for being surprised; I was feeling the same way. This second Astirra looked so eerily identical to the high priestess that it was hard to believe she was anybody else.

Yet at the same time, I could tell that she was a separate person. In contrast to the high priestess, who had backed away and was now glaring at us, this woman was wearing a smile so kind that just standing near her made me feel at ease.

“I... Pardon me,” Tirrence said, looking at a loss under the woman’s gaze. “My name is Tirrence.”

“Tirrence. That’s a nice name, but... Hmm...” The woman paused thoughtfully. “I really cannot shake the feeling that I know you. I wonder why...”

As their conversation continued, Instructor Noor kept his Black Blade pointed in Holy Mithra’s direction, not letting his guard down for a moment. Neither the giant skeleton with its shattered hand nor the high priestess made an attempt to move; they merely watched my instructor, wary of his every move.

“Instructor...” I said, “may I ask where you’ve been?”

“I don’t actually know for sure,” he replied. “From what I’ve heard, I think we were inside that blue gemstone, but...”

“You were inside the core?”

“Seems like it. Then that thing suddenly made a break for it, so we chased it here.”

I was stunned into silence. Even when my voice came back to me, the most I could utter was “It...‘made a break for it’?”

Instructor Noor’s words repeated in my head again and again as I tried to decipher their meaning. He’d mentioned being inside the dungeon’s core, which was quite frankly unprecedented. I’d certainly never heard of a person entering one before.

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