“If the owner says so then it could be true.”
“Then the thing about dark Lakyus who was born from her dark consciousness must be true too?”
“What?”
“When was it, she was muttering that to herself while she was alone. I don’t think she knew that I was there so I eavesdropped a bit. ‘I, the source of the darkness will take over your body once you let your guard down and release the demon sword’s power.’ Or something like that, it sounded pretty dangerous.”
“That’s… not impossible I guess. Some cursed items do take over their owners. …If that happens to Lakyus then it won’t be a laughing matter.”
“She told me to keep it a secret, but that’s a little… you know? I asked her about it personally but her face got really red and told me to not worry about it.”
“Hmm. She must have been embarrassed that a cleric like her was controlled by a cursed item. They’re the ones who lift those curses, after all. Maybe she didn’t want to worry us? That girl, she’s been worrying about it alone.”
“I haven’t seen her do that since then but… just think about it, ever since she got that sword, didn’t she start wearing those pointless armor rings on all five of her fingers?”
“I thought it was fashion, are you saying that those are sealing magic items or possibly a catalyst?”
Climb could not maintain his poker face and frowned.
The current conversation drove him to think that Lakyus was possibly being slowly dominated by an evil item. Thinking of where she was just recently only served to increase his restlessness.
“…Renner-sama might be in danger.”
Evileye stopped Climb who was about to run off.
“Don’t worry. It’s not as if something is going to happen immediately. Even if she were to fall under that dark power, there is no way that it could happen before the person herself noticed it. If she didn’t want us to know then she most likely judged that she can keep it in check. I don’t doubt her willpower, but… to think that sword had such an ability… I had no idea.”
“Should we send word to Azuth-san just in case?”
“It’s a bit frustrating to seek help from a rival… but since it’s a problem about his niece then I guess it would be for the best.”
“Ok, then should we get moving? I need to find out where he is.”
“Yes. We have to be prepared to support Lakyus at any time.”
“Only adamantium can stop adamantium, after all.”
“—Hmm?! Ah! I just remembered, Gagaran. A third adamantium rank adventurer team is supposed to be residing in E-Rantel.”
“What, really? That’s new to me... Did you hear it at the adventurer’s guild this morning?”
“No, that’s… Oh, right. I apologize. I forgot to tell you. From what I hear, their color is black.”
“Black? We have red and blue so I thought the next one would be brown or green.”
“Black is a color used in the faith of the Six Gods so there is nothing strange about it. The next team might be white.”
“I’m not really a fan of the Slane Theocracy though. Because of that one incident, we fought those guys who looked like they were from some secret unit.”
Despite Climb feeling that he had heard something incredibly dangerous, the conversation ignored him and continued on.
“You do not like them, Gagaran? …Although this may seem ironic, I can sympathize with their policy. Well, it’s more like I feel that the role of the guardian of the human race that they impose on themselves is just, at least from a human’s perspective.”
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