CHAPTER 56 – THE IDENTITY OF RC’S TRAVEL COMPANION
rc was able to cross the lake with Totoara on her back and reach the opposite side’s small green adows. There were a few trees here and there, but not enough to call it a forest. Regardless, it was a peaceful ambiance.
The sun had nearly entirely set by the ti both got to the adow, so it imdiately got dark before they could move. And considering Totoara couldn’t see in the dark, they likely wouldn’t be able to progress any further. They had no choice but to camp out here today.
“What should we do? Do you want to keep watch tonight?”
“Hm… To be honest, that’d be great.”
rc had easily caught and cooked a small animal shortly after they arrived. However, after eating, drowsiness had suddenly swept over her. She had most likely used up a lot of Mana while crossing the lake. rc felt like she could fall asleep at any mont.
Because Totoara had presented the notion of maintaining a watch, rc had no reason to refuse her offer.
rc had already been traveling with Totoara for four days. Of course, there had been occasions when they rotated keeping watch, and Totoara had never acted suspiciously.
First and foremost, if she had desired to harm rc, she should have had a plethora of other opportunities. rc carrying her over the lake had been one such case. However, despite that rc hadn’t felt any hostility from Totoara. Which is precisely why rc trusted her.
Even though rc’s body was constantly wrapped in Mana Hardening as she slept, she trusted Totoara enough to let her keep an eye on the area.
“Wake up in around two hours.” rc said after which she fell into an unusually deep sleep.
“Okay. Go ahead and rest.”
Totoara smiled as she watched rc drift off. There wasn’t anything strange about this exchange.
Sothing’s strange.
After around an hour, rc awoke unexpectedly. Although the area was pitch dark, rc was able to see properly because of her eyes. Only the short grass and a few scattered trees surrounded her.
It was deadly silent, save for the noises of insects making their hos in the grass and trees. rc could also feel that there wasn’t any Magic Beast or large animals in the area. The Mana she sensed in the region was quite weak, leading her to assu that there was no danger.
However, it was way too quiet.
The Mana is weak?
That shouldn’t have been the case. That’s because Totoara, who was supposed to be keeping a watch on rc, had a significant quantity of Mana. There was no way rc could have overlooked her.
Even weirder was the fact that Totoara was nowhere to be found. She had always stood next to rc when maintaining watch till today. She’d never gone anywhere she couldn’t be seen by rc.
Did she go to the toilet?
rc thought as she instantly expanded her search, but she was unable to detect Totoara’s Mana.
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If she was rely going to the toilet, there’s no need for her to go so far.
rc thought.
“Just where did she… Huh?”
rc suddenly felt like she heard sothing. She quickly directed her search in the direction of the voice, and she felt a reaction as she did so. The Mana that she felt was none other than Totoara’s.
“She could conceal her Mana?”
Totoara had followed rc at the start of their trip by skillfully erasing her presence, but she hadn’t been able to conceal her mana. rc had believed Totoara wasn’t very good at Mana Manipulation as a result of this but based on the way Totoara was concealing her Mana right now, that didn’t appear to be the case.
This left rc completely confused. She couldn’t understand why she had kept this a secret until now, or why she had gone to such lengths to distance herself from rc.
Because Totoara was talking, rc thought she was conversing with soone else, but she couldn’t detect any other signals of Mana in the vicinity of Totoara. It would be a different story if there was soone who could hide their Mana even better than Totoara, but rc felt Totoara was alone.
Is she singing?
After pondering about it for a bit rc decided to retract all her Mana back inside her body. She then suppressed it and concealed herself as she moved closer to Totoara, making sure she didn’t draw attention to herself.
rc couldn’t ignore Totoara’s odd conduct because she was her travel companion. rc hid behind a tree and examined Totoara, noting that she was definitely alone.
“What? The Zetesta group is completely wiped out? How in the world do you lose against Belball with no Mana…? I guess the timing was bad. What, there are even casualties? Well, you could call it a blessing in disguise.”
What? Just who is she talking with?
Totoara had a small stone lifted to her lips with her right hand and was excitedly chatting about sothing. rc was taken aback by the bizarre sight, but she quickly recalled sothing when she heard a faint voice coming from the stone.
I see… That’s a Transmission Magic Stone.
The Transmission Magic Stone was still a work in progress during rc’s ti as Estert 15 years ago. It functioned by dividing a Magic Stone, a sort of stone that contained a particular Mana, in half and delivering each half to two separate people. It was reported at the ti that you could use the pieces to converse even from a distance.
rc wasn’t familiar with the Magic Stone’s inner workings, but she did know that it retained its properties even when split in half, allowing the two people holding it to grasp each other’s position and transmit Mana via it. As a result, whenever one of the people spoke to the Magic Stone, his Mana was transported as sound to the other half of the stone.
rc had been doubtful about it at the ti since she hadn’t seen it, and she had forgotten about it. However, it appeared that the stone had been finished at this ti.
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“What? Oh, her. She’s definitely passing. She’s been completing the trials one by one in a way that the Guild never expected. I also tested her ability as a Healer, and I can say that she’s the real deal… To be honest I am eager to see what kind of monster she’ll beco in the future. Don’t you feel the sa, Zal?”
The Guild? Trials?
When rc heard Totoara’s words, she suddenly felt as if a weight had been lifted from her shoulders. Totoara’s ability and friendly attitude were far too developed for an examinee.
The unsettling sensation rc had about her, despite the fact that Totoara wasn’t displaying any animosity. Her strange actions at that ti. It all suddenly made sense to rc.
“So? What should we do for the final trial? Hmph… A Dolm Gurin1 huh. It will be too simple for her, but since this is still an exam, I suppose it is fine.”
rc quietly moved away from Totoara and returned to her original position. She then once again cast Mana Hardening on herself and closed her eyes. She was planning to wait for Totoara to co and wake her up.
rc, on the other hand, couldn’t get a wink of sleep despite closing her eyes. That was because she had discovered that Totoara, the one who had traveled with her these past few days, was actually an examiner2.
TL/N: Dolm Gurin literally translated to Sturdy Hog Robinxen: Woah… she only JUST figured that out? Like… it wasn’t obvious from the start? She held ZERO doubt this entire ti?
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