Chapter 284: [EX] Where is this? (2)

Tap.

A pitch black orb appeared. Dangerous purple lightning flickered all around this allure of absolute blackness. Man, this not only sucks away light, it draws in your eyes too. 

How does one operate this again.. damn, this spell feels heavy on the body, even with the system’s assistance.

“What is.. this..” His Highness looked at the ball curiously, he kept his distance out of caution, probably.

“A pretty dangerous spell..”
What I know is that this has the capability to tear through Unicorn Leviathan’s flesh in a single shot.. it even broke the diamond tank from a few kilometers away. The fact that Bleu had to triple reinforce it vouches for its effectiveness..

“Maybe I have to just think about firing it..”

KASHAA…

WOOOOOEEEGG…

Oh fuck! I didn’t mean.. nevermind.

A jet black beam tore through the sky.. there wasn’t any sort of counter recoil because the system was the one handling the spell, so it felt weird how there wasn't an epic ‘uwah?!’ kind of reaction. 

It drew a horizontal line from the first enemy ship to the last… and since the beam melted right through the hull.. it reached the sea behind it and giant columns of water blew into the sky.

Ah shit. Is this going to cause some sort of tsunami? Please no..

“W-W-What..” Captain Rashid muttered as if lost his mind.

“Okay, I think we should start pulling away from land. I wouldn't want to change the geography.”

“Captain Rashid.”

“Y-Yes. Understood. All hands on deck!!!”
He whizzed up towards the helm and took control of the ship. Others began to wave blue and green flags to signal the other ships following behind us.

His Highness and I shifted to the other side, watching as the ship started to veer away from the bay. We’ll hopefully leave the range of the artillery in time?

Damn, this is cool. Looks like war knowledge from novels came in handy.

“Let me express my thanks. But I’m puzzled.. who are you?”

“Funny as it sounds, I’m from the 18th cycle.”

“18th? It seems magic in that civilization had advanced quite well.. that spell you used.. it was quite something.”
“Yeah.. it’s not my spell though. Let’s just say my situation isn’t all that simple.. hm?”

He.. wasn’t shocked? What?

I was about to ask him about it when he turned to look behind. I followed his gaze
To the entrance of the cabin, I saw velvet hair flutter.. 

My heart skipped a beat..

Then I noticed her big blue eyes staring at me..

Fuck. For a second there I thought that was Liliath.. jeez. The child’s hair was a different shade of velvet.. or should I say it’s a lighter purple?

His Highness’ figure flickered and appeared at the cabin door, he lowered himself to her height.

“Charlotte-chan, don’t come out..”

Wow fuck huh? What the hell.. he has superspeed? Flicker? I didn’t even catch how he did that.

POP.

POP.

POP.

I turned to the direction of the sound. 

Activating the preemptive gravity magic on each individual cannon ball, they fell into the ocean. I could mark them and apply spells in one go. The autocasting widget will do the aiming for me.

For the second blast, most attacks landed in the sea without reaching, even those I didn’t use magic on.. I didn’t need to intervene or anything.. Yeah.

“Dear? Who is he?”

“He’s an enigma, even to me.”

I turned back to the cabin. The daughter Charlotte, purple hair, blue eyes wearing a neat dress. Her Highness, green eyes, black hair.

So these three are demon lords huh..

A family of demon lords.

“Thanks to him we were able to escape trouble.” 

Her Highness beckoned me to come over.

“My gratitudes,” she said, bowing.

“Your welcome..?”

Charlotte, who looked to be 5 years old looked at me. 

Ah.. shit. There’s that red sparkle in her eyes.

“Mama.. his eyes are like papa.”

Her Highness giggled, “Is that so.”

“Um.. I don’t think so?” I stored away my horn. I don’t think there’s a need to explicitly show it to anyone anymore so..

“How about some snacks? We’re safe from danger from the time being.. right dear?” Her Highness asked, unsure.

“Please treat our guests well then. I’m sorry I’m not able to join, I’ll go check on the condition of the crew. Stay safe, Quile.”

“You too dear.”

“You too dear, Charlotte,” His Highness snuggled up to her before parting.

“Bye bye papa,” she waved.

“I’ll prepare something, come. There’s no need to be so reserved.”
“Yeah..”

Come to think of it.. isn’t it weird how they’re accepting me so openly?

The first thing I saw in the cabin was a fish tank, coral decorated the interior with some sort of magic crystal to light the inside. There were two big posh curved sofas arranged around a low table. The floor was made from something like birch wood. 

On top of the low table were a few papers with chalk marks– Charlotte’s drawings, probably. There’s also a tin container of what looked to be various assortments of cookies. 

“My name is Quile Lancestead, you can call me Quile-san. How about your’s?”

“I’m Noel.. you can call me Noel-san.”
“Then Noel-san, Is there anything you would like? Do you prefer tea or milk? Help yourselves with the snacks, it’s good to share isn’t it, Charlotte?” Quile pinched Charlotte’s cheeks, she squirmed.

“My cookies,” the little demon lord stressed both words.

“Charlotte–”

“My cookies. Mama said I shouldn’t take things from strangers. Then strangers should also not take things from Charlotte.”
Yeah.. kids really. They have good intellect.

Quile made a difficult expression.

“It’s alright. Um.. as for the drinks, I think I’ll pass on that. I actually have my own um..”

I actually just remembered that I could use my inventory. And my previous snacks are still inside. Those canned coffee I got? I guess it comes in handy during these situations.

“Here. Since I’m going to leave soon. I’m only in the world temporarily.”
“My no.. it’s not appropriate for the guests to be the one to serve us instead..”

“I insist. These are rare snacks from the heroes world you know? Better eat it before it melts.”

I held out the two ice cream sandwiches.

Charlotte’s eyes sparkled.

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I moved my hands to the right.

She shifted her gaze to the left.

I moved it up and to the left.
She traced an imaginary ‘L’.

“Take it.”
I don’t exactly know why I’m giving them my precious ice cream either.. even though I realize this was but an imaginary world inside an imaginary world.. but I guess its for self satisfaction.

Charlotte looked at Quile.

“Dear Charlotte, do you mind sharing some of the cookies then?” Quile smiled feebliy.

Charlotte nodded.

“Great.”
“One is enough, I’ll have a taste from my daughter’s share.”
“Okay then.. or do you have a fridge anywhere?”

“What’s that?”

“Nevermind. A slip of the tongue.”
I opened the plastic wrapping and stuffed it into the trash folder in the inventory. Wouldn’t want to pollute the world with unnecessary trash. Charlotte ate the ice cream sandwich with inflated cheeks. A wide smile formed on her face. The little mess she made only made it all the more cuter.

Quile managed to get a taste after persuading Charlotte.. like seriously persuading. That’s so pitiful.

“I’ve been wondering.. are you not like.. cautious? I came out of nowhere you know?”
“Cautious? It would be a lie to say I wasn’t, however, since you’re our benefactor, I believe you deserve the right to be trusted. I do think you feel the same? And my, this is an amazing snack, what is it called?”
“Ice cream sandwich. Do you know ice cream?”

“Ice cream? I believe I heard something is sold, though rarely found, in Darcia kingdom. I shall ask the chef about it.”

Huh.. wait. hold up.

This is the 11th cycle.. the cycle where the demon lords chose peace..

“Excuse me but.. why are we headed to Darcia Kingdom?”

My guess was that Darcia kingdom had been destroyed during the later cycles because.. it doesn’t exist in the 18th cycle that I’m supposed to be in.

Eh wait, what if I used [Home Sweet Home]?

“That would be to pay our respects to the king of the nation. We’ve come to express our wish for cooperation. My husband has a wish– to stop this treacherous cycle of demon lord killings for good. I don’t have much of an opinion I would like to speak to about it.. however, I myself do wish this stigma towards us demon lords would become extinct.. you’re from the future? How did his efforts fare?”
“Ah.. that’s.. unexpected.. how should I put it..”

I didn’t expect this sudden twist of events.

“Sorry. I don’t mean to diminish your husband's efforts but.. at least in my universe, it didn’t work out.”
Quile showed an expression I found how to describe before saying, “I.. see.. I suppose fate is.. quite stubborn don’t you say?” she smiled.

“It could change this time around. My thoughts on it at least since..”
Yeah. It’s heck confusing. Wasn’t this a dream? I don’t know why but I’m suddenly speaking as if this was another timeline.

“I came here to protect your husband so..”

“Huh?”

“It’s complicated. I myself don’t really understand what’s going on. All I know is that I need to make sure no one dies.”

“Oh.. so you came from the future to change fate?”

“Erm.. maybe?”

What was I here for? Protecting the ship wasn’t enough.. the event quest didn’t check off. How long am I going to stay in this dream anyways? I’m I actually going to act as this family’s body guard for when they enter Darcia Kingdom?

Not to mention, I’m really curious about this era.

“Let me try something..”

“Yummy.” Charlotte had already finished two-thirds of the ice cream. You could see the elation on her face slowly change to one of disappointment and yearning.

[Home Sweet Home]

A door appeared.

I pushed it open and..

The place was colourless. Black and white. Everything was as I remembered. The carpet on the floor, that mess Nine made that she hadn’t cleared up, Liliath’s tea collection and the placement of the bottle of ingredients.

“What the..”

I tried stepping into the apartment.. I encountered a barrier. 

[Exit Event Quest?]

[YES/NO]

“This makes no sense..”

Looks like I can’t enter.
A little sullen, I shut the door and made it go away. I don’t want to leave just yet.

“That was..”

“A Unique Skill of mine. Looks like I can’t use it here.”
“That was quite the surprise. For a moment I thought it was something else,” Quile patted her chest.

“Mama,” Charlotte stared hard at the final few bites of the ice cream sandwich.

“Finish it. If not, it will melt soon. Or do you want to give it to me?”
“No,” Charlotte gobbled up the rest with a reluctant face. This is what it means to be a mom huh? Kinda sucks.

“I think I should talk a little bit more about myself and how I got here..”
So I started explaining for no reason how it all began with this sexist frog– how I was suddenly thrown into the world and that I had no idea if this was a dream or an actual parallel universe.

I sugar coated some parts but most of it was honest.. it doesn’t seem like Quile was doubting my existence. 

“I doubt this could be but a dream.”
“Yeah..”

It might be the influence of Manifestation into Reality and the story plot. 

Charlotte kept pushing the container of cookies at me. Haha.. I see what you’re doing there. Acting all nice so that I can give you another one of that ice cream sandwich.. I’m not going to fall for that but.. oh, these taste good.

Reminds me of those bad boy’s grandma’s cookies from the baking club.

I sighed, the buttery goodness of the cookies spreading in my mouth.

Memories of the real world resurfaced once again..

I glanced over at the table once again.

“Do you mind if I borrowed this?” I asked Charlotte.

She nodded immediately.

So I took the crayon and paper and started drawing an anime face– then I went to draw the body.. it turned out miserable. I’ll make the character wear a coat to cover up all those anatomical flaws yup.

“You’re quite good.”
“You should see what professionals from the heroes’ world can do. They could draw something a hundred times better than what I can.”

“Still, It’s quite the achievement to create something so intricate.”
Charlotte took this drawing I did and kept staring. She tried to imitate it but.. you can expect the results. Not to say she sucks or anything– she’s just a kid alright.

I pulled up the map and zoomed out to find any red dots. Nothing in sight in a 10 kilometer radius. Moreover, since this is an entirely new world, the map is blacked out at parts I hadn’t explored yet.

I need to start attaching the widget virus to the inhabitants here.

“I thought this was going to be a short trip.. looks like not.”

Quile wondered at my remark for a moment before speaking, “I suppose not.”

 

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