Isekai Journey Of The Magic Archer

[Eon's POV: ]

Dealing with our dear stunned friends was a challenge, especially for her.

Things were perfect from their side.

They had already planned things out and convinced the others to join them since they thought that we would join them anyway.

They had even predicted that we already knew about the place that they were talking about and that there was a possibility that we knew things about that place that no one else did.

'And they were right.'

We certainly knew a good lot of unique things about the rare seasonal valley that appears and gives birth to the unique flower fields.

It was a fun place and we would have loved to visit it with all of them but… thanks to the headmaster and the things that we are supposed to do, we had to ruin their plans.

There was a good chance that by the time we came back from this mission, that place would vanish. There was also a chance that we wouldn't be able to see this flower field for the next few years since it was a unique phenomenon that happened randomly.

'It also stayed in certain places for a few days after it appeared.'

It was a random natural happening so we might not be able to see it at all when we were back and, since the two of us weren't available, Quin and Zoe wouldn't go either.

And since they wouldn't have as much fun by themselves even if all of them went there on their own, they had to cancel the entire plan.

'We tried talking them into going there, but… it was of no use.'

It was a place that would only be fun when the entire group was there. And they knew if the two of us weren't there, the binding force of this group wouldn't be there either.

Which was sad, I'd say.

There were a number of things that we all would have enjoyed together in those flower fields had we been available and had it not been for this important task.

There were a certain few places on this sky island that became one of the most attractive places present in this world when this phenomenon occurred, and I wanted to show them all that as well.

Alas…

"Where the hell is that sword now?!"

"Above the shelf."

She was angrier now and it was night already.

Their plans were ruined because of us… because of the headmaster and his task so she was even angrier than she was when we exited the headmaster's office.

"Fucking bastard…"

She had been cursing him since earlier. And I couldn't even say anything against it anymore.

'The looks all of them had when we told them we had something important we had to take care of during this weekend and that we would be gone the entire time, was devastating for her.'

She didn't like how they had to cancel their surprise plans because of them and they also knew the two of us had no choice but to go and take care of whatever the situation was.

They knew we wanted to come with them, that we also liked their idea and wanted to go with them to those gorgeous flower planes.

There was a bitter expression on our faces that was enough for them to understand that this was an important thing that we couldn't leave for some fun with all of them.

'They didn't knew the future of this world might be dependent on the task that was assigned to us, but they knew it was more important than some fun time with them.'

They were sad and Tia tried her best to talk her into leaving whatever we had to do and come with them, but her pleas were not enough.

'Rein would have decided to go with them on her own if this thing wasn't important for me, but since it was important, she had to stick around to take care of me if anything out of our expectations happened.'

She was also the only one among us that could see through the true nature of things.

And she was also the only one that possessed the skill to travel through the shadows.

'Her role was just as important in this mission as the rest of us.'

So… we both had no choice but to ruin their mood.

And thanks to that, they all ended up deciding not to go at all.

"Fuck this shit. I'm not doing anything he asks of us after this time!"

She was done with her packing so she came back and sat down on the bed with me.

The things we would need for this trip, the useful and necessary stuff, and the rest of the preparations for the task were all complete.

There wasn't much time left before we would depart for the empire through the special (Gate) artifact present in the underground floor of the academy.

And, though she was still upset about all of this, she was ready to go.

"He better give me a kingdom as a reward for this favour."

"I'm sure he would if you ask nicely."

She looked at me with eyes that screamed at me to not joke around in a time like this.

"Shut up."

She was upset already but the thing that upset her even more was how I was fine with all of this.

[{ "Okay." }]

"Don't say anything at all, bastard."

"Hmmm."

"Don't make any sound either."

She thought this whole 'mission' of infiltrating into a holy place and finding out if the person that was rumoured to be connected with the people that had become practically the biggest threat to this world, was in fact connected with in any way, was more important to me than playing with our friends.

And she wasn't wrong to think that, at least to a certain extent.

'This Was Important to me.'

Those cultists weren't like the usual Rakshasas present in this world, the demon puppets that were humans and not at the same time. These bastards were different from those pieces of shits.

They were in complete control of their own selves and weren't as crazy as a demon contractor should be. And that made them even more dangerous.

'And if someone related to one of the leading figures of this world was found to be a part of this group… or even remotely connected to them, there would be even more chaos in this world.'

She understood why I was serious and why I would consider looking into this matter more than wanting to go out and play with our friends.

'I didn't like it, but this was the right thing to do here.'

Rumours don't originate on their own and there is always a reason behind their spread in this world.

'Even if the young saint wasn't part of that group, if there were rumours out there about him, then there is no way they were entirely wrong.'

There were some bases to these rumours, some premise to their spread and some individuals that wanted these rumours to spread not to bring the young saint down, but to ultimately affect the pope and the rest of the world.

"I don't want to go," she complained in an exhausted voice and lay down on the bed.

And since I was told not to make any noise at all, I had no choice but to continue watching her with a bitter look.

'She meant it when she said she didn't want to go but she had no choice in this matter because of me.'

She was being nice but at the same time, I knew she wanted to and smack the nose of the headmaster.

The rage of not being able to play with her girls and friends was going to be projected at the headmaster when we got back.

'I'll pray for his safety… as well as the safety of this academy.'

She was upset and this was not the normal kind of upset.

"Haaa…"

She wasn't in the mood to do anything anymore.

The talk with the others in the morning, the talk with the others during the classes, the talk with the others during lunch, and the talk with others during the dinner we all had together failed to resolve the issue completely and she had no choice but to leave it as it was.

She didn't want to, but there was no choice.

-Knock. Knock. Knock.

"Looks like they are here… but you're still not allowed to make any noise until I tell you to."

She was ordering me now, just like mom does to not just dad but many other people she usually works with.

'And she says she isn't becoming like mom.'

Mom's influence on her was inevitable but she didn't like the kind of wild things that the two of them were into.

She was different and it would be better if it stays that way going forward…

"Let's go."

The next stop would be the city of [Shrudha], the city maintained completely by the Temple of Twelve gods, the city of religion, faith, and holy powers.

"Let's finish this quickly so that we can at least get back on time."

This wasn't going to be a small or short task to take care of since just the infiltration part will take away half of our day.

And that wasn't even the most difficult thing.

'I still didn't know the perfect method to confirm if he was related to those bastards or not.'

But they rest of them were going to rely on me this time since I knew the most about the gods and what kind of powers the individuals in that city might possess.

We have Celes to help us with the things we need but even with that, this wasn't going to be easy.

'It was a difficult task, and… dangerous as well.'

Even I don't know what is going to happen from now on.