65 Chapter 65 - Magicraft Meister and A Warning

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Before long, from a distance we saw three people, no, more precisely a half-horse man, and two little girls riding on him, heading towards us.

And after they stopped near us, the little girl with short purple hair, Wennyxa, stood on the centaur man's back and stared at the Spirit Tortoise with sparkling eyes.

"Uwwooohhhh!!!!! It's so biiiigggg!!!!"

Wennyxa exclaimed in amazement.

"Ugh.... Why are you here?"

I asked Wennyxa while looking at her with one hand facepalmed.

"Amazing!!!! So cool!!!!"

But she didn't seem to notice me and instead spread out her devil wings and flew around observing the Spirit Tortoise's colossal body.

"Oi! Are you even listening to me!?"

I shouted at her.

"Gahahahaha!"

The centaur man laughed and then looked at me.

"Sorry. Ojou, when she sees something interesting, she's always like that."

The centaur man said with a slight wry smile.

Then I sighed deeply as if giving up.

"Hah~.... Forget it."

I said with a slight shrug of my shoulders.

"Even so, to be honest I didn't expect to meet you here.... Greetings, Lord Pheles, Lord Rofocale, and Ladies. I am Grandio Orobas! [Rook] of the Wolfror Dantalian's Peerage!"

The centaur man introduced himself by placing his right hand on his chest and bowing respectfully.

We gave him a small nod.

"I know who you are."

Yeah. I already know about him even before he introduced himself.

Grandio Orobas.

[Rook] of the Wolfror Dantalian's Peerage.

He was quite famous because he was a member of a peerage which despite not being ranked in the Top Ten in the Rating Games, the Peerage of Wolfror Dantalian who was the heir to the Dantalian Family was ranked in the top twenty. So he is quite capable too.

Additionally, he was a descendant of one the Devil Pillar Families, Orobas, which was already extinct. So he is not a pure Centaur but a cross between a Devil and a Centaur.

"Gahaha! That's great! I've heard about you before too! You're pretty great, bocchan!"

Grandio said to me and laughed in friendliness.

Then, the other little girl who appeared to have light blue hair, a pair of horns, and wearing a maid uniform got off the centaur man's back.

Then she pinched the hem of her maid uniform skirt and bent her knees slightly to salute us.

".... Nice to meet you. I am Young Lady Wennyxa's personal maid. My name is Lorra Pruflas."

The little maid girl, Lorra Pruflas, introduced herself with a flat facial expression and flat tone.

It seems like she's not the type to be active and talk a lot.... Quite the opposite of her young lady.

And also, Pruflas. I know that name.

It was the name of one of the Extra Families among Devils. But they also have fell and considered extinct.

Even so, I didn't expect to meet their descendant and what's more, she's the maid of another Devil Noble Family's daughter.

"Then, what makes you three comes here?"

I asked with a slight frown.

"Oh. About that. I know you're suspicious, but honestly we didn't mean to look for you. So it's just a coincidence.... And the real reason is because Ojou wants to look for a material which can only be found in Lake Tlaga. But when we arrived at the area near the lake, we found a barrier, which apparently made by you guys, and we couldn't get through it so we could only wait until the barrier disappeared."

Grandio said with a slight shrug of his shoulders.

"Couldn't you turn around and go to the area which isn't blocked by the barrier? Why not just do that?"

I asked with a slight tilt of my head in confusion.

Grandio then sighed.

"Hah~... I also suggested that to Ojou. But she insisted on waiting because she was curious about why there was a barrier there and also who made it."

"I was the one who made the barrier earlier.... And you said you came to this lake to look for materials? What materials?"

Mephisto-jiisama answered and asked with a slight frown.

"Horn of Amethyst Water Serpent."

Grandio answered to Mephisto-jiisama.

"Hm? What is that?"

I asked confused because I didn't really understand what they were talking about.

Of course I understand that it is material from monster body parts or something like that and from the name it is from an aquatic serpent monster. But I don't know the specifics.

"Amethyst Water Serpent is an aquatic serpent monster which can only be found in Lake Tlaga. All parts of its body are useful and have quite high value. With the purple crystal horn on its head being the most valuable."

Mephisto-jiisama explained to me.

"Heh~...."

I was quite surprised and impressed after hearing that answer.

"Why does she want that material?"

I asked Grandio while pointing at Wennyxa who seemed to still be flying around observing the Spirit Tortoise's colossal body.

"Hm? You don't know?"

Grandio asked, looking confused at me.

Of course I don't understand what he meant.

If I knew, then why would I asked.

"Know what?"

I asked with a slight shrug of my shoulders.

Then I saw Mephisto-jiisama sighed.

"Hah~.... Rey, daughter of the Dantalian family may not be as famous as the daughter of Gremory or Sitri, but she is also quite a genius. She is known to be a genius in the field of magicraft. Especially weaponry."

"Weaponry?"

Mephisto-jiisama then gave a small nod to my question.

"That's right.... Even though she's still very young, Wennyxa Dantalian can already make and modify magic weapons herself."

"Heh~...."

I was quite impressed and didn't expect that the tomboyish girl actually had comprehensive sides too.

Moreover, I heard that apart from being known as a tomboy, she is also known as a bratty, bullish, and disobedient to the point that she got the nickname "Delinqueen".

".... Oh? That's quite interesting."

Scathach-sama also seemed to grin slightly in interest after hearing Wennyxa's abilities.

Possibly because she also made her own red spear, Gae Bolg Alternative, herself.

"She's quite interesting indeed. Kukuku...."

Kulshedra-san also chuckled and seemed curious since she herself was a weapon.

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Not long after, Wennyxa ended her observations and landed in front of us.

"Hey! What is that!? What is that!? Is that a monster!? Why I've never heard of it!?"

Wennyxa asked me with a very curious face and pointed at the Spirit Tortoise.

"That's right. I've never heard of a colossal monster like that either. What exactly is that monster?"

Grandio also asked but with a slightly serious face.

"...."

Meanwhile Lorra remained silent but she also seemed curious.

And because of their questions, I and the others frowned silently.

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This is something sensitive so we won't just tell other people. That's why we fell silent and frowned.

And not long after, Mephisto-jiisama stared sharply and seriously at these three uninvited guests.

"You three. You have to keep the colossal tortoise a secret."

Mephisto-jiisama said in a calm but firm tone.

"Why?"

Wennyxa asked with a frown.

Her two servants also frowned.

"Because it's something sensitive and not just anyone should know about it. Only us and the three of you currently know about it. Even the Devil Kings don't know about this.... At least not for now."

Mephisto-jiisama said and gave the reason.

"What exactly is that creature?"

Grandio asked a little suspiciously.

But Mephisto-jiisama shook his head slightly.

"You don't need to know.... The less you know, the better for you!"

Mephisto-jiisama answered strictly.

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The three guests frowned even more and became silent.

But not long after, Grandio gave a small nod.

"Okay. We won't tell anyone."

He said with a serious face.

But once again Mephisto-jiisama shook his head.

"Not enough.... Swear in ancient devil language that you will not tell anyone and anyhow about the colossal tortoise!"

Mephisto-jiisama said with a sharp tone and expression.

"What!? Why do we have to swear too!?"

Wennyxa asked in denial.

"Because it's the only way to maintain confidentiality."

Mephisto-jiisama said while looking at Wennyxa seriously.

"In our eyes, you are strangers who are not well known and close to us. So we don't want to risk information leakage.... If you don't want to do it, the options we have are we will detain and hide you or...."

Mephisto-jiisama said and at the end he also clearly threw a bit of an ultimatum at the three.

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The three of them frowned looking reluctant.

And if I'm honest, it seems a bit excessive to threaten to imprison or even eliminate them.

Moreover, as far as I know, taking an oath in ancient devil language is the same as placing a curse on yourself.

But indeed this mountain-turtle is something which is very sensitive and could cause problems for various parties, not only us but also the three of them themselves and their Dantalian family if information leaks and it falls into the wrong hands.

So this is not only to protect us, this is also to protect them and the people closest to them. That's why I and the others did not deny Mephisto-jiisama's demands and threats to the three of them.

After a long while, Grandio closed his eyes slowly.

But soon he opened his eyes again and looked at us calmly but seriously.

"I understand.... But, I have one request."

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