Tortus Travel Journal ㊼ 2P Color Is Nice Isn’t It
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「Aah geeez! Everyone is so horrible! This is just too much!」
Such protesting voice that was filled with uncontrollable resentnt echoed deep within the great dungeon Cavern of Ice and Snow──inside one of the many wide spaces where the challenger had to fight their own fake.
「How can you force to sleep just because I almost collapse from overwork!」
「Are you aware just how crazy your own statent is?」
Haji was looking exasperatedly at Liliana who had completely regained her healthy complexion and energy.
She was huffing angrily. Her cheeks were puffed up like balloon. Her lips were pouting so much it was like a duck. She looked like the very picture of sulking.
After she jumped up awake from the nightmare of the mass resignation, Haji stunned her with “Lightning Clad” to put her to sleep again, but actually that second sleep only lasted for several seconds before it ended.
「What’s insane is sleeping for more than three hours! Human life is finite you know?」
「Lily……since when did you beco a short sleeper like that?」
「Will the kingdom really be able to create the Labor Standards Act properly? Perhaps it will be better if Lily doesn’t get included into the eting for that bill……」
Both Shizuku and Aiko sighed seeing the princess who was reaching the extre in various senses.
Just several minutes ago, in other words exactly three hours after Liliana got thrown into the wooden coffin, the present from Lyutilis that had the good sleep function attached.
Liliana’s eyes snapped wide open and she got up. She leaped out from the wooden coffin like a resurrected ancient mummy together with a line like Sleep is a waste of human life! In the first place sleeping too much will just tire you out!
And then she learned that the sea of trees sightseeing had ended. Even the Snow and Ice Cavern sightseeing was already reaching the second half. Her complexion that was already bad at that ti changed even worse into an ashen color.
After that, it was like that.
Haji and others urged her to sleep for a bit more, but Liliana showed them a betrayed expression and backed away until her back hit the wall. She looked just like a mouse that was being cornered by a cat.
And so, in respond to Haji and others who were worrying about her condition, she started nacing everyone while looking like she was going to yell 「A cornered rat will bite even a cat you know!」, or like a soldier who was surrounded in all directions and prepared to breakthrough with the readiness to die in the attempt.
It was as though she was saying I’ll rather kill myself rather than being put to sleep!! Please revive later okay!
In the end of all that, she started bawling like a baby while fervently sobbing out about how much she had been looking forward to sightseeing together with Haji and co……
As expected Sumire and Shuu pitied her and with their interdiation, her mind and body got healed with regeneration magic and soul magic and they arrived at the present ti.
「Why do you all think I worked to death to finish all my works? It was because I had calculated that as long as I can reach Kaori she would be able to revive no matter what kind of state I was in! And yet-, aaagh!」
Kaori who got furiously glared couldn’t do anything except smiling wryly.
「Because……Lily, I get the feeling that you will never rest normally again if you’re allowed to get away even once using healing magic like that……when you move to Japan one day, aren’t you going to try to live without sleeping everyday if you beco like that?」
「Eh, what’s the problem with that?」
Her puzzled look was terrifying. She didn’t harbor even a shred of doubt that being able to not sleep at all was the best thing ever. She looked like she wanted to say, Rather, everyone is already living such convenient life everyday correct? I’m jealous……
Of course Haji and others were creeeped out. Liliana noticed everyone’s twitching expression and her gaze darted around not knowing where to look while saying.
「That’s, well, I can’t use age of god magic so I’ll need Yue-san or other to apply the magic to everyday, so it might be a bother to everyone but……」
「……No, that’s not it.」
Yue retorted. She was massaging her temple, wondering why this princess was so reckless and hurried with her life even though she had survived the legendary great war.
「There won’t be any problem if Haji-san make an anti-sleep artifact for , but seeing that he hasn’t handed out such thing to everyone ans that creating such thing must be really difficult……」
「Anti-sleep? Anti……sleep……anti-sleep, huh? Not sothing to help stay awake, but removing the need of sleeping altogether. If that’s what she ant, I’m feeling a strong determination of not sleeping to the point of insanity from it. I’m trembling……」
「Her thinking that it’s only natural we will use such thing if it exist is terrifying desu.」
「Say, Goshujin-sama. How about thy just kidnap Lily from this world right away? In demon king style.」
「Myu……Myuu think it will be for her own sake to be forcefully dragged away from works for a ti nano!」
「My my, please relax at our ho by all ans when we arrive at Erisen. It will be a comfortable vacation at the beach……if not it might beco too late for you.」
「Does it feels like everyone is thoroughly dissing !?」
Everyone had been sensing Liliana’s tendency to be a bit too devoted to her work. It could be felt from her words, countenance, and even the incident of Captain Kuzeri.
That was why they didn’t rely on regeneration magic and soul magic right from the start and normally──her being put into coffin and dragged around like a dead character in Dragon Quest should be set aside for now──made her recuperate through sleep.
It might be possible to work infinitely as long as there was age of god magic……they didn’t want her to have such thinking.
To be honest, actually Haji didn’t want to let her used even the Hour Crystal. He made exception and lent it this ti only because Lily’s earnest desire to go together with them in this trip. After all this princess was like a lump of sense of responsibility who would force herself to the limit if she was in an environnt that allowed it.
Or rather, he thought that even if she force herself, she would surely used the Hour Crystal to take so rest too because of the ti difference. He never imagined that she would really use it for nothing but work……
It seed this princess had gone off the deep end until a very bad place.
「S-surely this is only temporary isn’t it?」
Kaori’s mother──Kaoruko said while pointing a gaze that was filled to the brim with pity to this teenage girl whose thinking had really gone off the rail……as though she was a salary man who couldn’t even realize that she was a corporate slave!
Then her husband Tomoichi nodded 「Of course it’s just temporary」 even while making a troubled expression.
「This must be the adverse effect of how busy she is with the rebuilding. Human can easily beco high ntally when in high stake situation like in a gambling den.」
「Even if you’re completing your tasks in desperation while thinking, just let rest already damn it! If you’re in that condition for too long……even when your works are finally finished, you’ll only feel empty for so reason……then you’ll unconsciously search for more work to do……」
Tomoichi and Shuu’s opinions were filled with sense of reality.
It would take a bit of ti for the heated feeling of such people to return to normal. It would take ti, but it would return back to normal.
That was why, Liliana too would surely calm down if the very busy rebuilding work was over and she returned to ordinary day that was similar to before. This ti she worked even harder than usual in order to wring out so free ti for this trip, which made her went out of control for a little. That’s all.
Adding to that, Haji and others also recalled about their own condition after they sohow managed to end their life in other world that was filled with many upheavals. They got a look of understanding.
……At this ti they couldn’t even imagine that nothing would change even after Liliana moved to Japan and her intrinsic workaholic nature ca to light.
In any case, Tio glanced at Liliana who was making an expression of incomprehension and cleared her throat to collect herself.
「How about we continue where we left off? As expected even I am feeling slightly embarrassed with the scene being paused in such timing……」
The past replay was paused because of Liliana’s unexpected awakening, but actually they were currently in the middle of replaying Tio’s past trial.
There was a crystal that was like a tree at the center of the wide space connecting the ground and the ceiling. Two Tio were being paused near it.
Just as Tio said, the mont was paused when right when she was being punched on the face by the fake Tio, so the past Tio’s face was looking comical right now.
「……Good job, .」
「Thou did it intentionally!?」
Apparently it was Yue-sama’s superb skill in the work. What a pointless skill.
*Snap* The sound of finger snap echoed and the past replay started again. Black and white breaths flew past each other. Wind and fla raged boisterously.
「Even so, white hair and pure white kimono……yep, it’s nice.」
Haji’s unexpected words caused Tio to react 「Eh」 with a blush. At the sa ti Sumire, Kaoruko, Akiko, and Kirino were also lavishing praises to the alternate colored Tio with ecstatic look.
「Really, the fake Tio-chan is so pretty!」
「Her skin and the color of her magic power are also pure white. She looks really fantastical……」
「Myu! She’s like the yuki-onna lady nano!」
「It’s like a dance isn’t it? Her kimono’s sleeve and hem, along with her hair spread out each ti she turned……her movent is also like a mirror reflection……so lovely.」
「This is exactly what you call a battle dance. I have this image of brute force pushing up to the forefront of mind when hearing the words dragon race, but they actually possess such finesse and technique. Wonderful.」
「W-what couldst this complicated emotion be? Even though I am being praised……I couldst not feel honest happiness with everyone’s eyes glued on the fake-」
It was just as Kirino said. The sight that unfolded in front of them was like a dance.
The black Tio and the white fake. When one side fired a blade of wind, the other caught it with an elegant hand movent before returning it with fla added. When one side twirled to dodge and firing a breath attack at the sa ti, the other would also twirl and fired back a breath attack.
Even when they closed the distance and used grappling, no, exactly because it was a fight in point-blank range that they both deflected, parried, or else redirected the opponent’s arm, backing away when the other stepped forward, circling to the opposite side in perfect timing when the other circled to the side, and in the end they faced each other head-on……that series of movent was increasingly looking to be like a dance exhibition in one aspect.
Haji and others knew very well about Tio’s detailed finesse with magic, but in actuality they had almost never seen Tio’s prowess in close quarter combat. They sotis saw her accompanying Shia’s training, but they never saw that aspect of her in real battle.
「It’s a fresh sight seeing Tio fighting like this.」
「……Nn. Because Tio’s role when fighting in a party is focused on being shield and artillery.」
「Perhaps it’s because her vocation is guardian that her fundantal action is defending and supporting. But, she’s amazing when we spar you know? Setting aside her kick or punch, she’s able to give a good fight using locking technique and the like desu.」
「She often accompanied you with your training during our journey didn’t she, Shia. That said, don’t you think that her movent is a bit similar with Haji-kun’s close range gun fight?」
「Certainly, like how they mutually deflected each other’s arm that tried to fire their breath attack in point-blank range, it’s similar when Haji used Donner against sword.」
「Umm……Haji-kun? Everyone? Is it alright to ignore Myuu-chan’s remark just now ──ah, yes. It’s fine huh. Geez.」
Haji nodded with a vague expression, so Aiko averted her gaze with a vague expression too.
「However……I see, this is a nasty trial.」
The won were being entranced by Tio and the fake’s performance, but Shuuzou and Koichi were making a grave look.
The two’s discerning eyes were seeing through the fact that Tio was being pushed back bit by bit.
And the cause of that was the fact that the fake pointed out with her scathing words.
『What virtuous race. It’s patently absurd that soone who art rearing such ominous fla inside herself can talk about pride.』
The fake talked in ridicule as though she had seen through Tio. At the sa ti Tio’s reaction would beco delayed. No, it was the fake’s speed that was increasing.
The past Tio was hit by a powerful blow on her stomach. Her body bent into the shape of ‘
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