I went toward the Airship after accepting the mission, and I soon arrived near it.
As I examined the airship, I noticed how massive it was. It was my first ti seeing an airship, and its design did not disappoint .
The advancing Weatherproof wings were powered by a magical engine that generated explosions.
The force of the explosions is used for accelerating. The flowing mana from mana stones is used to power the planar shifting.
Additionally, the ship is made to float by an anti-gravity field, and steering can be accomplished automatically as well as manually.
After a brief mont of admiration, I approached the airship.
But one of the airship's guards stopped and furrowed his brow, and said,
"What are you looking for, kid? This is not the place to ss around; go play sowhere else."
The guard appeared to be a typical bouncer who could be found outside any pub.
I kept a tolerant expression as I heard him, while Irethiel, who was sitting on my shoulder in her crow form uttered quietly,
"Don't be fooled by his appearance."
After overhearing Iretheil, I grinned and showed the guard my adventurer card.
The guard furrowed his brow and carefully examined my adventurer card for a few monts before turning pale.
"A-Rank Adventurer Ares Von Rothstaylor? sponsored by SS-Rank Adventurer M-Mika Amami?" He gulped after speaking and looked at with trepidation.
I smiled satisfyingly as I noticed his unease.
"P-Please pardon my rude behavior, Prince Ares. I was ignorant enough to not recognize you." He talked while his forehead was dripping with sweat.
"It's all right," I said innocently.
"T-Thank you for your generosity," He thanked anxiously, and respectfully guided inside the airship.
Though my na beca well known throughout the continent not long ago, his frightened expression was because he saw Mika's na, at least I think that's the case.
And everyone is aware of how violent Mika is; so if he even slightly upset , she would kill him.
"...."
The other adventurers were perplexed and curious when they saw the guard treat so respectfully.
I ignored them as the guard directed to one of the guestrooms.
"You are welco to stay here while we travel to the floating island, Prince Ares. This is one of the most luxurious rooms on the airship; I hope it suits your taste." The guard stated,
"But I'm on a mission here, shouldn't I be guarding the goods instead?" I replied.
"I-I'm not brave enough to make you guard these goods, so Prince Ares, please rest here. I'll go inform my master about your visit." He quickly left after saying that.
I'm not sure what to think about the guard's behavior, because power is everything in this world. So, I think his trepidation was not exaggerated.
And I can't say that I dislike this treatnt though.
Now that I think about it, they might even let use the warp gate freely if they saw Mika's na on my adventurer card, aren't they?
It might be an abuse of power, but it would save ti, which I could use to train instead.
Well, It's too late to be upset about the spilled milk. I might as well give it a shot the next ti I want to travel.
I ca out of my thoughts when Irethiel asked a question.
"Who exactly is this Mika Amami? The attitude of that guard flipped as soon as he saw her na," she asked.
"She is my Master," I replied.
!?
"Master?" Irethiel exclaid.
"I ant to say, she is my teacher." I clarified.
'I should change the way I address Mika from now on,' I reflected inwardly.
"She could be quite strong, right?" she wondered.
"Yeah, she is," I confird.
"I want to fight her and see how powerful she is," Irethiel explained.
'Please don't tell she's also a battle maniac.' I reflected.
And a knock on the door interrupted my conversation with Irethiel.
Knock Knock -
"Hmm?" I turned toward the door and even before I could respond, the door was pushed open, and a girl rushed up to and hugged .
!?
"Ares! Ares!" she scread in my arms.
'What the f*ck is this situation?' I thought to myself as I pushed her away.
"You could have let know if you were coming to see ," she said while pouting.
"...."
"Who are you again?" I inquired because I don't recall her in previous Ares mories.
"H-Huh!" she exclaid with a puzzled face.
I just stared at the girl in front of ,
She had a beautiful face, grey hair, grey eyes, and a not-so-well-developed figure which in ani terms we could call her a loli, and she appeared to be around my age.
"Did you truly not recognize ?" She questioned while awkwardly smiling.
"Sorry, but I don't recognize you, "I admitted honestly.
'Who the hell are you kid,' I silently wondered.
"W-well it's been a long ti since we last t, so it's understandable that you couldn't recognize ." She said with a smile that concealed her lancholy.
When I saw her expression, I smiled awkwardly and tried to recall any mories I had of her.
But I couldn't find any, even though I have a photographic mory.
If I couldn't recall her, it ant I had never t her, or ...she had changed beyond my recognition.
She introduced herself after seeing my perplexed expression.
"Hello, my na is Silvia Ursula, and I am your fiancee," she announced.
"Huh?" I exclaid.
!?
As soon as I heard her na, I imdiately recognized it from my novel's knowledge as well as from previous Ares mories.
"Y-You're Silvia?" I questioned her with suspicion, as I rember that na from previous Ares mories as well.
But the Silvia the previous Ares knew is nothing like the one in front of .
"Yes, I am Silvia Ursula, your fiancee," she answered cheerfully.
Ares's precious mories of Silvia lead to believe she had a large build, black hair, and wasn't in the best of ntal health.
Because Ares possessed a manaless body. Ares' father decided to marry him off to Silvia, the daughter of the rchant Association leader, while Silvia was infamous for being a villainess with a large build.
The head of the rchant association happily accepted the engagent even though Ares had a manaless body, as Ares was awfully attractive.
But Ares didn't bother with Silvia, and they didn't spend much ti together either nor did they keep in contact with each other.
But Silvia was very fond of Ares and sees him as her charming prince.
'There is no way this beautiful girl in front of is 'that' Silvia, and I recognized her na very well from the novel,' I reasoned as I examined her from head to toe.
"W-why are you staring at like that?" she inquired shyly as she beca aware of my attention on her.
"Whoa, Master! You even forgot about your fiancee? You are quite exceptional." Irethiel comnted and continued.
"And I believe you already know 'what' she is, right?"
"...Yeah," I answered her after a certain pause using telepathy and kept quiet for a mont to gather my thoughts.
"...."
Silvia spoke again while I was speechless for a mont.
"Don't say you didn't recognize . Even though I was sowhat healthy before, and we hadn't spoken in a long ti, you shouldn't forget about your fiancee."
'Sowhat healthy? You were five tis as fat as you are now.' I reasoned inwardly because I didn't want to embarrass her.
"I was planning to invite you to my coming-of-age ceremony, and our engagent would be announced on the sa day," she cheerfully stated.
* Gulp After hearing her last statent, I gulped loudly, knowing that hell would break loose if that happened. I have no idea what Livia will do... No, I have no idea what Livia and Mika will do.
Worst of all, I'm getting involved with this girl in front of , who is nothing but huge trouble.
Why do I always run into troubleso girls?
Silvia didn't stop talking and continued blabbering while I was thinking to myself, but I didn't hear her because I couldn't focus on our conversation anymore...
"So, that's why I resolved to be soone deserving of you." She finally ca to a halt after saying that.
We soon heard an announcent about the takeoff, which jolted awake.
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