[Silver Ash] - Become The Strongest In Another World
CHAPTER 51: Planning

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The next day, Noelle and Chloe casually walk across town to go to the guild and search for a mission they can complete on the way to the capital.

The reason Noelle left with Chloe was because Olivia and Charlotte were going shopping to prepare the items they would need.

Noelle uses a lot of weapons during a monster raid so most of them start to break down, so Noelle asks Olivia to replenish her weapon supplies for her.

Buying a stockpile of weapons to replace the broken weapons cost quite a bit of money, but they had no financial problems thanks to all the money they had looted from the Vampire castle, he said, and their finances are also in excellent shape thanks to the income they earned after completing 'Stampede'.

"Hey, sir .. Why should we take the mission? "

Chloe asked Noelle while tilting her head. Since being rescued by Noelle, Chloe began to take the initiative to call Noelle 'master' as a sign of respect.

Noelle was a little troubled by the call as many eyes began to look at her curiously due to being called master by a beautiful girl like Chloe.

In appearance, Chloe is indeed very beautiful. She has a body like a 13-year-old, a plain face with porcelain white skin. Those very dark black hair and eyes also looked striking and attracted a lot of interest from others.

Her round eyes seemed to shine as she looked at Noelle.

Noelle thinks Chloe really looks like a doll.

Noelle then makes a thoughtful gesture and then answers Chloe.

"Well, we do have to catch Harold quickly before he runs away again, but .. I want to take on the mission because I happen to be bored, and also .. It's good to raise our ranks", Noelle answered casually while shrugging her shoulders.

Noelle felt that she was always traveling without a definite purpose, so she took on missions from the guild to vent her boredom. To date, Noelle has taken on many missions that she has done alone, most of them exploring and killing monsters, but that has not been enough to assuage her desire for something new.

So Noelle thought why didn't she take on a mission she could complete while traveling to the capital? That way, a supposedly boring trip will become more fun for him.

"So … "

Chloe seriously nodded after she heard Noelle's explanation.

(Very cute .. ) Noelle thought, but she suddenly felt cold for some reason.

But it may just be his feelings.

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After a few minutes of walking and penetrating the crowd, Noelle and Chloe finally arrived in front of the guild.

"Chloe", Noelle calls Chloe and puts her hand in.

Chloe looked puzzled for a moment, but she remained obedient and held Noelle's hand tightly.

"Don't get too far away from me or activate the skill will be void"

" … Okay"

Chloe did not understand, but she still obeyed Noelle and approached her.

Slowly Chloe could feel as if she was fusing with the air around her. He was confused and looked at Noelle to ask.

"It would be troublesome if the people in the guild saw us, so it's better to enter secretly", Noelle answered Chloe's confusion as if reading her thoughts.

Chloe said nothing and obeyed Noelle. They both entered the guild using the 《Stealth》 skill.

As Noelle said, no one is aware of their existence. Noelle and Chloe walked leisurely without letting out the slightest sound and presence.

Once they reached the counter, Noelle disabled her skills and spoke to the girl who was working on something at the counter.

"Excuse~"

"Hm? Uhh! Noelle you're da-"

Before the girl finished speaking, Noelle quickly covered her mouth and gave the code of her gaze.

'Don't be noisy ! '

'O-okay '

The girl nodded quickly as if understanding what Noelle was hinting at.

Noelle heaved a sigh of relief and slowly withdrew her hand that covered the girl's mouth.

"Pwahh~ What do you think of shutting a girl's mouth by forcing Noelle?! "

The girl began to speak again in a bad mood to Noelle, but Noelle only gave a small smile and ignored her protests.

"Well, I will be going to the capital soon .. Do you have a mission you can give me? "

Noelle casually spoke to the girl.

Chloe looked puzzled as she looked at the girl, yet she suddenly widened her eyes after recalling the identity of the girl in front of her.

She is Kenny, the girl who becomes a commentator as the tournament progresses. Chloe doesn't know her very well because she's only seen her once, but Chloe still remembers her face and name.

It makes Chloe look at Noelle with shining eyes as if amazed at her, Chloe assesses that Noelle has excellent speech ability so able to talk to Kenny without feeling awkward.

But in reality, Noelle had often come to the guild to receive missions from Kenny so the two of them became familiar enough to have empty conversations.

Chloe was supposed to know that if she had her memories in the past 3 months, but she lost those memories so she did not know the relationship between Noelle and receptionist Kenny.

"You're going? ", Kenny asks her sadly, but Noelle just looks at him coldly while saying 'Don't be cute '.

"That's how it is, I think I'm going to be 'Bounty Hunter' right now" Noelle said with a slight joke.

"Nyufu~"

In response, Kenny giggled slightly then looked at Chloe who was standing next to Noelle

"So, you're with this little girl today .. You're a playboy~ base Do you intend to take me too later? ", Kenny said without holding a grin on his face.

"Well, Chloe just accompanied me today, Olivia and Charl were shopping for our needs later, and I also had no intention of seizing you … I'm already quite fed up with the hateful gazes directed at me from those men" Noelle said as she slightly glanced behind him.

Behind her were some men who were staring at Noelle with envious and hateful looks while muttering an oath as if Noelle was the one who killed their family thus causing a grudge.

Noelle explained a little, then returned to her question.

"So, is there a good mission? "

"Hmm .. Let me see as fast as~ The mission that leads to the capital .. Ahh! Here we go"

Kenny then placed some sheets of paper on the table and showed them to Noelle.

"There are some missions that match your request, but .. I don't know if it's going to suit your wishes or not"

Noelle looked at Kenny for a bit then turned to the paper on the table.

Noelle read all the papers in no time and looked back at Kenny in front of her.

"I chose these two" Noelle said as she pointed at the two pieces of paper she had placed on the table.

On the paper was written the mission of conquest of the remaining monsters that escaped from the raid and escorted the goods to the capital.

"Say, what monsters are there? If they were really the remnants of the raid, that meant they were a type of Orc or something like that right? ", noelle asked with a serious look.

Kenny who was in front of her looked unfazed by that gaze, with a small smile he explained to Noelle.

"That's how it is, at least that's what our scouts say"

"So yeah .. Then this will be easy" Noelle muttered as she stared at the paper.

Kenny let out a tired sigh for a moment, then went back to talking to Noelle while looking at her with a bored look.

"Although they are indeed easy opponents for you .. Those monsters belong to the category of monsters that can destroy a village easily you know? "

"Yes yes alright .. So, can I take both of these missions? ", Noelle spoke while beautifully ignoring Kenny's complaint.

"Of course you can, and by the way .. That delivery mission is a nomination mission that will specifically be handed to you"

" ……… Who made this request? ", noelle narrowed her eyes and asked.

"Write in the corner of the paper"

Kenny pointed his finger at the corner of the paper written in a few words in a beautiful handwriting style.

"Guild boss? Ahh, after remembering .. The woman is in the capital huh? ", Noelle looked confused for a moment, then she again showed a face of understanding after sighing tiredly.

Kenny who was in front of him showed a wry smile.

"So, the madam left behind what she was supposed to bring"

"Even though he was quite an influential person, he was too careless"

Noelle and Kenny could not help their tired faces as they recalled someone who had been bothering them a lot, while Chloe simply stared at them with a puzzled face.

"Hmm? Ahh, come to think of it .. Chloe has never met her huh … "

"Eh? Ahh .. Ms, not yet", Chloe excitedly nodded at Noelle.

"Well, you'll probably have a chance to meet that damn woman when we get to the capital"

" ……… "

Chloe had no idea what kind of relationship Noelle and the Suiren branch guild master had, but Chloe was sure that Noelle was not very fond of her but also did not hate that person.

Chloe was able to come to that conclusion thanks to the exasperated voice and face Noelle put out while talking about the guild leader.

And Chloe was also quite certain about the reason behind the closeness between Noelle and Kenny was because of the similarity of fate they had to deal with the guild leader.

"Speaking about dropping off the guild master's item .. He nominated this mission for me, right? "

"Eh? Ahh .. Yes, that's … "

Noelle asked quite seriously as she recalled, it made Kenny stutter for a moment, but Kenny again adjusted his posture and replied calmly.

"If that damn woman was giving a special mission to deliver the goods to the capital .. That means she knew that we were going to the capital before we even made plans"

"Eh? After you said it .. The madam made this special request yesterday morning .. The madam contacted us using a communication magic tool, but ... Noelle .... When did you make plans to go to the capital? "

"Yesterday afternoon"

" " ……… " "

Noelle and Kenny suddenly goosebumps and let out cold sweat from their backs while Chloe just stared at the confusion of not being able to keep up with the conversation.

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In the afternoon, in the room rented by Noelle and Olivia.

Noelle and the girls gathered to discuss about them while going to the capital.

"So, Noelle's taking on a mission to work on while we're on our way? ", Olivia asked with her usual sleepy face.

"That's how it was", Noelle answered Olivia without changing the expression on her face.

"And the mission you took was one conquest mission and another nomination mission, delivering goods"

Olivia whose voice was getting colder echoed in the room, but she did not stop her hand holding the teacup in such an elegant manner.

" … Yeah, that's it. .. After all it's good to be training Charl and Chloe"

"So … "

The tense atmosphere that had filled the room seemed to have disappeared, Noelle secretly heaved a sigh of relief as Olivia's mood began to improve.

Olivia is currently in a good mood as she is enjoying her afternoon tea snack, but so Noelle says that she will be taking on additional missions, his good mood suddenly disappeared and changed into a demonic aura.

For now Noelle can feel relieved and return to the activities that she has done since.

Roll on the bed.

"Very bored .. Now I understand the adverse effects of being a slave to the internet … "

"Ahhh .. I want to watch a movie .. I want to read some novels or comics .. I miss playing games … "

"I also miss instant noodles .. Ahh wait, I think I just need to brew it .. Olivia made a lot of that moment … "

Various complaints began to come from Noelle who rolled around on her mattress with lifeless eyes.

Usually, Noelle would spend her time working on some missions, or traveling around the city. But because Noelle and the girls were going to leave the day after tomorrow, he could not take any missions because the normal time needed to complete a mission was 1 or 2 days.

Noelle also could not get around the city because he had done it dozens or even hundreds of times so he remembered every inch of this part of the city.

Noelle also had a desire to have fun at the casino, but her name and face were already blacklisted so she was not allowed to enter again.

There were times when Noelle would use disguise magic to change her face and voice so that she could enter the casino, but her disguise magic was actually canceled every time she passed the entrance.

Every time he was caught going into the casino, the manager and the servants would immediately throw him out while prostrating and crying to Noelle so that he would not spend all their money.

Noelle had also used many means so that she could get into the casino, such as sneaking through the roof, digging tunnels, turning into fog to infiltrate, even to the point of using teleportation magic would be very dangerous if the fact that he could use it was revealed.

However, all of his efforts ended in failure. As he slipped through the roof, several guards came and ambushed him instantly, then they threw Noelle out the window. As he digs the tunnel, some staff discover a mysterious tunnel just below their casino, but Noelle is still unaccounted for.

Similarly as he turned into mist and used teleportation to enter, it all ended in failure. The casino was a luxurious casino and had such tight guard that they had anti-magic barriers and were paired at the entrance and every gap of the room.

Although Noelle's ability to turn her form into mist was an innate skill of the Vampire race, it still used mana as fuel for activation, so the skill would be instantly cancelled once the 'anti-magic barrier' was completed' usable.

Even Noelle had thought that the security in the casino was already at the same level as the Vampire palace that she and Olivia lived in before.

So Noelle could usually just sit and drink at the bar with a frown while listening to the conversation of others.

Noelle could have defeated the guards and walked into the casino, but she did not want to create a problem that would trouble her in the future.

And now, Noelle was really confused as to what to do.

He had truly become an unemployed Vampire King.

"Well ... Then let's summarize our current plan .. ", Noelle is again leading the conversation without covering up her laziness.

"Today we've finished our preparatory shopping and got a spare weapon to replace all the weapons I sacrificed .. And we'll leave tomorrow after tomorrow so we have free time tomorrow, then … We will fill that free time by saying goodbye to everyone … "

"Nn, okay"

"No objection"

"I don't know anyone in this town, but fine"

Olivia, Charlotte, and Chloe in quick succession answered Noelle.

"Well, then .. Everything has been determined .. My estimate is that we will arrive in the capital after 7 or 8 days of travel … "

"Huh? That fast?! "

This time Charlotte asked in surprise.

"Why indeed? ", noelle asked Charlotte back to leave her stunned for a moment, but Charlotte spoke again.

"The distance between this Suiren city and the Royal capital is quite far you know? Even you need about 2 months on the fastest horse-drawn carriage"

" " … Really? " "

This time Noelle and Olivia compactly voiced their shock as if they had just learned something crazy.

"How could you not know that? Shouldn't you have predicted that when you looked at the map? "

"Ahh, no .. I mean, 7 or 8 days it was the result of my calculations after observing the map with attention to the details of the distance .." Noelle said as she awkwardly scratched her cheek.

"Huh? "

" "hmm? " "

Noelle, Olivia, and Charlotte both voiced their confusion as if each of them was the one who had just said something stupid.

While Chloe just stared blankly into the air because she could not follow the intent of their conversation at all.

"Isn't that too soon? What way will we use to go to the capital? ", Charlotte asked after she managed to sort out the information in her head.

Getting a question from Charlotte, Noelle showed a smug face for a moment, then replied with vigor.

"Of course, fly! "

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Noelle and the girls stood in front of the city gate while conversing with the man wearing armor and carrying a spear in his hand.

This was the day of their departure, and Noelle planned to leave from the morning so that they could freely use their ability to fly.

Noelle and the others had already said goodbye to all of their acquaintances the day before, so they were currently intending to leave.

Currently they are saying goodbye to the gate guard soldier, Rangga.

"Then, we'll go~"

"Yes, see you later~"

Rangga waved his hand as he stared at Noelle's back and the girls started to disappear from his sight.

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