Billy had intended to enjoy that day off. Still, after connecting the dots of that winter with the existence and conflicts of the reincarnated individuals, he was unable to relax. In the end, he left that state feeling more troubled than before… Things had just improved a bit more with the alliance and cooperation of ryl. Still, Billy only felt lucky because he didn't know everything.
"I suppose the sa thing will happen in other parts of the world. It must be because the level of mana of the planet is increasing," Billy thought. "Am I helping with that by making so many things with mana?"
There was also the possibility that the existence of the reincarnated individuals was like so sort of engine to produce mana en masse. Most people can't have a large mana pool or recover it faster, but Billy and the others could.
"Still, it can't be helped… We needed the power to fight our enemies, and we will always need it," Billy thought after shaking his head. "We can't just stop now since things in this world are like that."
After returning ho, Billy's family took a day to rest from the trip, and then he showed them the underwater tunnels made by the golems. It was the first ti that they had seen so many golems since the titans, and Billy explained that he was planning to use them for defense purposes in case sothing happened. At the sa ti, they also decided to help him reinforce the tunnel, and Billy felt thankful for the extra mana. Around that sa ti, Billy received a weird ssage from ryl.
'Can you make a communication device that lets talk with the other two?'
Billy frowned when he heard that… he didn't know if he was being overly cautious, but that sounded weird. Since they were going to work together, it would be better if they got to know each other as much as possible, but…
"I suppose negating this would make look suspicious," Billy thought. "She probably knows that the devices can only contact each other, so I won't be able to tell their conversations."
That was suspicious, and Billy was worried, but in the end, it was sothing that he wasn't afraid of doing. As ryl ntioned, she was afraid of him turning to the dark side if he gets more of those skills, so she was probably going to articulate or use those two to make sure that it won't happen.
"I can always try to make one big communicator that can intercept their ssages, but I suppose I won't be able to do it in ti," Billy thought. "They know that I can make this almost instantly, after all."
'Sure.'
That was the only thing that Billy sent as a response… he would never trust those guys completely, after all. So, everything they might do, it will never surprise him. In any case, she knew that such thought would cross Billy's mind, and that would be a bit of sothing to consider, and that would bother him, but she still went with it.
"I suppose that is definitely a sign that I can't trust her…" Billy thought, and then he began to work.
In the end, Billy finished the communicator and then returned to the demi-human continent after four hours. The trusters had increased the flying speed of his suit by fifty percent, and it still could be improved. So, there was that to help Billy forget those small worries.
"You ca a lot sooner than I expected…" ryl said. "Sorry for bothering you."
"It is fine," Billy said. "I will write to Icarus. Co here to pick the other pair. That way, you won't have to worry that I will keep it and just send the ssages to him."
"I didn't consider that, but… I also know that asking for this sounds suspicious. Still…" ryl said.
"It is fine. I don't care," Billy said.
Billy ended the conversation right there, and ryl didn't have the chance to say anything else. She was finally learning a bit more of Billy's professional side, and he would learn more as she talked with Icarus and Lucyna. He didn't want them close to his family because their actions would always look suspicious in his eyes. Even when they were doing it to make sure that Billy wouldn't beco a problem in the future. In the end, the problem of trust was the sa for the two sides of the coin.
"Man, just because I can, it doesn't an that I want to move this fast…" Icarus said when he showed up.
"Lies, you want to be as fast as you can be all the ti," Billy said.
"Well, you aren't wrong, but calling a liar is a bit too much…" Icarus said.
"Whatever, ryl wants to keep in contact with you, so I gave her a communicator, and now you have the other," Billy said. "Until later."
Those two saw Billy disappearing in the distance, and then ryl left out a sigh. Although Icarus was slow to read between the lines, he could tell that ryl asked for the communicator, and Billy was suspicious of it. Still, Billy being Billy, he decided just to do that and ignore all words that they might have said.
"Well, don't feel too bad about it," Icarus said. "Although I think it would be fine if we used Billy's as an interdiary to communicate."
"It seems that he keeps you at a distance, and yet you still trust him," ryl said.
"Well, until now, and I didn't notice him doing anything that could be dangerous to people like us and the world," Icarus said. "While we made so mistakes because of our own cautiousness, he still never treated us like enemies. As far as I am concerned, we are the ones who gained the most by being his allies. He knows that, and yet he still maintains a neutral instance. Since he only trusts his family and his friends in this world, I consider that a win."
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