Chapter 425: Parallel World (1/2)

A big street where 10 people could walk comfortably side by side.

It goes without saying, but stone pavings were set without any gaps in them, and for some reason, you could barely feel any unevenness.

From the back to the front; the advance of a massive amount of people was creating a flow, and it wasn’t easy to stop in place.

People, people, people.

It is not only hyumans, but demi-humans, and there’s also even living beings that at a glance only look like mamonos.

The temperature isn’t that high, and yet, this city had a certain peculiar heat whirling around the whole place, making them sweat just from standing there.

The city-state of Tsige.

The top of the remote regions and the city where monsters live.

““…””

Jin and the others were at a loss for words.

Sif and Yuno, who in a sense were coming back home, had a certain degree of shock that they were suppressing deep in their hearts.

In just the few months they were away, the city had changed to a shocking degree as if it were a completely different city altogether.

Their father is the helmsman of these changes, so the sisters could only be amazed by this.

Even their teacher Raidou admires their father, and that completely diverged from their own image of their father, which was a slight worry of theirs.

“The entrance has gotten bigger again.”

“Right. There’s this many people coming and going, so this might be a matter of course, but…the skills and the fast work of the craftsmen here are overwhelming.”

“…”

The students of the Rotsgard Academy were being watched over by their guide, Shiki.

He moved them to a place separated from the wave of people just in case, and it was as if he were trying to make the students get used to the ‘air’ in the place.

It resembled the sight of a fish getting adjusted to the environment of a new water tank.

“Haah~~.” (Jin)

Jin breathes out heavily.

Is it in order to calm down his excited self?

At the moment when Shiki said ‘it is about time’ and was going to direct words at the students…

“I see, this is what they call a ‘parallel world’.” (Jin)

“!”

Jin made a grand escape from reality.

Looks like he couldn’t acknowledge this place as a city, a land, and their way of being on a fundamental level.

(Even though he is still young… The common sense of the Rotsgard Academy might be more problematic than expected…) (Shiki)

A sigh leaked out from the mouth of Shiki.

If this had been Makoto, he would have given one big retort.

“…Now then…” (Shiki)

““!””

After a while of silence, Shiki spoke, so everyone’s attention gathered to him.

“Everyone has their simple map of the city, right?” (Shiki)

““Yes!””

“Waka-sama proposed to have free time, and in the evening when things have calmed down, to gather at the Rembrandt Company. However, looking at your states, I feel like that would be dangerous. I have arranged for a carriage, so let’s head first to the Rembrandt Company that’s also a famous location in the city.” (Shiki)

“Eh?”

“Aah…”

“Not that into the idea of suddenly going back to your home, Sif, Yuno?” (Shiki)

“Honestly speaking…yes.” (Sif)

“How to say it…I would have preferred if we had gone somewhere like the Adventurer Guild or something like that as a cushion before that.” (Yuno)

“Fumu… The Adventurer Guild, huh. It is true that that place is also made in a peculiar manner. The possibility of wasting money in the plaza luxuriously makes me a bit worried though… Then, let’s make this a simple majority vote. Go directly to the Rembrandt Company, or go visit the Adventurer Guild; choose the one you wish. Now then…” (Shiki)

Sif and Yuno don’t want to return to their home immediately to begin with, so there’s already two settled votes for where to go.

The result was everyone wanting to go to the Adventurer Guild.

Shiki internally chuckled thinking they have a high sense of camaraderie.

“I-I personally would prefer not using the carriage and go on foot to see everything around…” (Izumo)

Izumo groaned at this situation where deeply interesting buildings and roads were densely packing the place.

For him who awakened into civil works, the whole city was like a treasure mountain.

“Izumo, that will definitely end up with you all getting lost. That’s the reason why I arranged a carriage. Dealing with this crowd of people for the first time isn’t easy. I made a bit of a mistake in my judgement.” (Shiki)

The crowd split apart, and a big extravagant carriage showed up.

There were some who were a bit late moving away, but they were still synchronized enough that it felt as if it had been planned beforehand.