Sorcerous Stabber Orphen: The Wayward Journey Volume 9 by Yoshinobu Akita

Author:Yoshinobu Akita [AKITA, YOSHINOBU]
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
Publisher: J-Novel Club
Published: 2020-11-18T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter IV: He Waited for Her Words. And...

“...So, when you say you ‘can’t use it’...” The slightly annoyed, incredulous words came from Salua. “Is that something that happens often?” he asked, flexing his fingers with their newly-regenerated nails.

They’d gone up the stairs and relocated to the guardroom after tying up the soldiers and locking them in Salua’s cell (they made Leki fix the door). Needless to say, the guardroom was much more comfortable than the cell. It was decently large, with a desk and some chairs, so they didn’t have to sit on the floor. Orphen had been surprised to see a bottle of alcohol and some glasses, but when he smelled the bottle, he realized it was only filled with water. One of the guards must have been using it as a water jug. The door was sturdy iron like the others, and according to Salua, it led to the Cathedral.

Orphen took a look around the room and asked, “Why do you know so much about this place?” After he asked the question, he wondered if Salua found himself here often.

Majic and Claiomh watched him nervously from a slight distance. They both had the exact same concerned look on their faces. Orphen was looking at them instead of Salua when he addressed the man.

Salua gave them a glance as well and shrugged his shoulders with a smirk. “Our position and our work are a secret in this town.” By “our,” he likely meant Death Instructors. “Most of us hide out under the pretense that we’re high-ranking Instructors for the Cathedral Office, but I’m a little too young to pull off an Instructor. You said you ran into Name earlier?” The glint in his eyes was harsh even as his tone was carefree. It said that he knew exactly what their encounter had been like. “That kid’s young too, despite how he looks. He got roped into acting like some kind of spy in the slums. I was a little more lucky than him. When I’m in town, I basically work as a priest soldier. When I leave town, I’m ‘Instructor Salua,’ and I get an escort. So I know when the shifts change here. We’ll be safe here until dawn.”

“Your age, huh...” Orphen muttered, returning the bottle to the table.

Salua didn’t look younger than Orphen, but he was probably 22 at most. Maybe 23.

“Then... I couldn’t tell with their masks, but were those priest soldiers just kids, too?”

“You could say that. Kids make the best soldiers, after all. Can’t say I see what difference it makes, though.”

“I have a question—”

“Wait.” Salua cut him off. His injuries had all been healed by Leki, at Claiomh’s request. All the ones on the surface, anyway. When he stood at his full height after recovering, the Death Instructor was quite tall. He had a lanky image to him, but he was by no means slimmer than average.

In any case, he raised his eyebrows, not hiding his annoyance in the least. Brushing his hair back, he told Orphen, “You haven’t answered my question yet.

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