[Silver Ash] - Become The Strongest In Another World
CHAPTER 66: Terrible odds

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"Hmm♪ hmm♪.~"

A black-haired man wearing a mask covering his face was walking cheerfully towards the special chair he had booked with his friend.

However, a strange feeling continued to haunt him from the moment he finished the fight in the arena.

Although in the end he ignored that strange feeling and walked over to return to his chair.

"Hmm? Who're they? "

He tilted his head curiously as he looked at the four figures who were sitting on the chair he had ordered.

(What does Cryll invite that invites them …? )

" … Yeahh, I'll know if I go there."

He continued walking cheerfully while inserting his sword into 《Spatial Storage》.

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"Hey, Cryll~ Did you invite any more guests? "

" ……… "

After he got to the special chair and took off his mask, he was surprised by the figure of Cryll who had also removed his mask and sat on the stone floor— froze not in the slightest.

It was obvious that sweat droplets were coming out from his forehead.

Noelle looked puzzled and tilted her head, then turned her gaze to the girls sitting quietly on the chairs.

"Hey ... What happened … "

A look of confusion filled his face, his brain working at full speed to find the answer to this situation.

Only then did he understand the situation once the four girls took off their masks and showed their faces.

" ……… "

"M-sorry Noelle, I'm a little off guard … "

Cryll in a trembling voice apologized to Noelle without moving from her sitting position.

Behind her was Olivia who was staring at her with empty eyes.

Noelle without saying anything else instantly made the perfect seat position of seiza right next to Cryll.

"What should we do … "

Cryll whispered to her from the side, and Noelle immediately smiled and answered.

"You fool, I've faced this situation a thousand times before, of course I've experienced in escaping."

"So you've been through this a lot, yes .. As expected of a Noelle, she said, I think you deserve the title of the world's naughtiest man for still doing the same thing even after being scolded all-out by your own lover."

"Shush."

They continued to whisper to each other while Olivia unblinkingly though continued to stare at them with empty eyes.

The white mana waves emanating from his body further stiffened the atmosphere.

" … How is this … "

Cryll tensely asked in a whisper beside him, he glanced towards Noelle with a look full of fear.

"It's okay, leave it to me." Noelle replied in a calm and reassuring voice.

Noelle took a deep breath and turned to face Olivia.

" … Noelle .. Explain."

As soon as Noelle fixed her position and looked at Olivia from below, she immediately kowtowed with a perfect gesture as if she had gotten used to it.

Seeing Noelle who made a prostrate posture suddenly was certainly very astonishing for Cryll and the others there, so inevitably they immediately looked at Noelle with a surprised look.

Fortunately the special place they were sitting in was a room with a very strong silencer and they could arrange the glass to be a one-sided glass so that the people outside would not know the situation on inward.

Taking a deep breath, Noelle then said her 'confession' to Olivia.

"I'm sorry! I-i'm sorry! I was so overrated in having fun that I don't remember the time! But what can you do, right? It's so much fun that it makes me lose my mind and makes me subconsciously keep playing! Outside it's so boring! There's absolutely no entertainment that can catch my eye, you know? The game here is so boring and I can finish it in such quick time that it doesn't make me feel like having fun at all! And I came to play here because Cryll took me first! Right, it's Cryll's fault that makes me tempted to come into play! But luckily we got a huge amount of money after playing, so it doesn't matter? That's a profitable thing, right? It's also the fault of that old Terneth who told us this place, so this is his fault! Right, this is completely wrong Cryll and the old Terneth! I'm just a tempted victim here, so please forgive me! Forgive me for acting childish and being easily seduced by others! I'll do whatever you ask! So please let me go! "

" " " " ……… " " " "

Cryll and the others became completely still frozen when they saw Noelle saying everything on her mind in just one breath, while Olivia seemed to have gotten used to it, but still have cheeks that blush with pink.

Noelle who let go of everything in her mind now looked tired and out of breath.

He was still in a prostrate position with a severed breath.

" … The same reason as the previous one" Olivia said in a lifeless voice.

" …… Sorry I didn't have time to think of any other reason."

After all Noelle really did not expect the arrival of Olivia.

He thought the underground colosseum was a truly secret place and Olivia should not have been able to find her way in, but all her estimates were broken very easily.

(So this jerk has experienced this a lot, yes .. No wonder he looks so used .. No, wait! Didn't this bastard just mention my name as the perpetrator …?!! )

"H-hey Noelle, what do you mean by-"

"Shut up! Your fault! I got involved in this because of your fault! Fucking cryll! "

"Okay, listen here you bastard."

The two of them continued to fight until finally Olivia stopped them by forcefully using her cold gaze as if emitting a powerful killing intent.

After that the two of them spent their time by sitting seiza on the ground in cold sweat

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"What did you attack do? "

The next morning, Charlotte sees Olivia borrowing the kitchen of the inn where they live.

"I'm making pudding for Noelle."

"Hee~"

After last night, Olivia and Stella drag Noelle and Cryll back to the inn.

And when they arrived at the inn, Olivia 'hardened' Noelle to dry as punishment for leaving her alone.

Olivia felt a little guilty about it, so she decided to make Noelle a snack for her to enjoy in her spare time.

Currently Noelle and Cryll are spending their time in the city library to gather advanced information about the monsters they will fight later, so Olivia will make a snack that will not interfere with their concentration.

All the lodgings they have stayed at will be happy to lend their kitchen to customers who want to cook for themselves. Of course at a small cost.

" … Is there anything I can help you with? " ask Charlotte while looking at Olivia who is using her magic to speed up the cooling process.

"No need, it's done."

Olivia with a flat face showed a large plate with pudding on it.

" … Isn't that too much? "

"It doesn't matter, after all, men in their growing age have a big appetite."

Although Olivia said that, in fact, she was just too excited that she had unwittingly made a pudding that was too big for one person to spend.

But that shouldn't matter. If Noelle could not finish it, Noelle would only need to eat it with Cryll, or at the very least, Olivia could keep the rest of the pudding to eat later.

"Substance of growth … "

Charlotte was a little conflicted when she heard those words. After all, Noelle was a reincarnation just like her, and their mental age should have been over 30 so it was not worth saying that they were still in their infancy.

Fortunately the distance between the city library and the lodging they stayed was not too far away, so Olivia and Charlotte only needed to cross a few bridges to arrive at the library built on a small island in the middle of the city.

The library was of a size large enough that it almost filled the part of the island where it was built.

With an accent of development that uses the Victorian style as if to distinguish itself from other buildings around.

"Where is Noelle … "

Charlotte asked in confusion as soon as she entered the library building.

However, the interior of the building was much wider in size than he saw outside, perhaps expanded using space magic.

Olivia without saying anything else immediately walked without hesitation along the shelf of bookshelves arranged in such a way that almost formed a labyrinth.

"Meet."

Once the two of them reached the center of the bookshelf arrangement, they finally found the two people they were looking for were sitting on chairs with a distance apart from each other.

With the addition of a peach-haired girl standing before the towering bookshelf.

Noelle was reading several books at once, while Cryll was seen not touching the book at all and seemed to have given up on finding information.

"Noelle."

Olivia walked silently over to Noelle and called her in a soft voice so as not to disturb her concentration.

"Hmm? Ahh .. Olivia, and Charl .. Sorry, I'm a little too focused."

Noelle responded after raising her head and looking at Olivia who had come with Charlotte.

"What are you reading? " asked Olivia while pulling a chair next to Noelle for her to sit on.

" … History of the origin of monsters"

Noelle replied after a moment of silence. The answer made Olivia and Charlotte tilt their heads in surprise.

"Isn't that ... Nothing to do with the monster we're looking for? " said Charlotte.

Noelle glanced at Charlotte for a moment, then sighed and her eyes went back to reading the book before her.

"Of course I know that, stupid .. I just thought that maybe I could find information that I could base my conclusions on, and also ... I was a little curious … "

" " ……… " "

Noelle without looking at them opened one of the books that was placed on the messy table.

" … This."

After he opened the pages of the book one by one and finally stopped at a certain page, he immediately showed it to Olivia and Charlotte.

"It is explained that the existence of monsters appeared after the Demon King appeared and made an invasion in the human world, obviously it is very incompatible with what Anastasia had told us."

Anastasia told them that the monster was the result of a mutation of a living creature contaminated by the energy of a fragment of a star in ancient times, but it did not match what was described in the history books.

" … Isn't it natural that history books have little difference to reality? In our old world, too, right? "

Charlotte confusedly asked while tilting her head, clearly she did not understand what Noelle was saying.

While Olivia frowned then nodded with a serious face.

"What indeed? "

" ……… "

Noelle was silent when she saw Charlotte who did not understand what she meant, even though she felt she had explained it as best she could.

Noelle let out a long sigh for a moment and scratched her non-itchy head, then she explained her point to Charlotte.

"You should have understood the inconsistent part of the explanation … "

" ……… "

"Remember what Anastasia told us? He explained that 'monsters come from mutated living things', while in all the history books we have read, it is said that 'monsters come from the demon world, ' he said, and coming together with the invasion of the Demon King' .. From that part, we can conclude that 'there is an empty point between the two times'."

" ……… "

Charlotte did not say anything and simply frowned at Noelle's explanation.

Seeing that, inevitably Noelle immediately felt irritated, but still held him back and continued to explain.

"If monsters did come from living creatures that mutated in ancient times, they would have been around for a very long time in this world, but … Why is there absolutely no record of monsters before the invasion of the Demon King a thousand years ago? Isn't that weird? "

"Acst … "

Charlotte finally understood what Noelle wanted to explain. He then frowned seriously and focused on hearing Noelle.

Olivia, who was sitting next to Noelle, put her pudding on the table and started reading one of the books on the table.

"You're aware of that, aren't you? There is absolutely no record of the monsters .. No, more precisely ... There is no record of any life more than a thousand years ago."

"All new history began a thousand years ago, ever since the appearance of the Demon King! Isn't that weird? "

Noelle began to smile crazily along with her explanation.

"We never realized it and accepted it normally, until Anastasia herself explained it to us."

"Certainly somewhat doubtful to believe with Anastasia."

Based on what Anastasia admitted, she was only born in this world as a 'God', as the embodiment of the concept of 'Love and Hope' since 700 years ago, along with the first appearance of hero Aaron.

Which means, Anastasia should not know for sure about what happened in ancient times, but she just confidently told all three of them.

"There is certainly a possibility that he was born with 'memory' or full 'information' about what has happened since the creation of the world by the creator God Chronoa, but. That's too good to be true! More … "

The crazy smile and expression plastered on Noelle's face slowly faded as the atmosphere stiffened.

"The concept of 'Love and Hope' should have existed even before the invasion of the Demon King, but .. Why was he only 'born' when the New World was really threatened? "

Was the accumulated power of the concept insufficient for the birth of a new God? Or are there other external factors that secretly control everything?

In that case, the best estimate Noelle could think of was the second estimate, even though it was a terrible one.

The concept of 'Love and Hope' should have existed since the creation of the first creatures to inhabit the planet.

Someone gets married, then hopes to have a child. Just with that, it should be enough to increase the 'power of concept' to 'birth' a God.

"Of course we don't know for sure how long it has been since ancient times, but .. I'm pretty sure that the concept that gave birth to Anastasia should have been enough for her appearance long before the invasion of the Demon King."

Using the 'invasion period' as the basis, Noelle estimated that ancient times had occurred millions or even tens of millions of years ago.

Like the emergence and extinction of dinosaurs on earth, Noelle can not guess with certainty about what happened.

Too little information to draw conclusions.

However, one thing Noelle believed was, there was an error in the 'birth' of Anastasia.

Noelle really did not want to explain this further. He was not ready to tell the crazy theories he had in his head.

He wasn't brave enough to tell that, after all it wasn't something he should have known.

As a mortal, he should not interfere with this matter. Therefore, he wanted to avoid getting involved further.

He is not arrogant enough to declare himself to be a 'strong figure', while there may still be many far-flung existences out there.

It was possible that there was a figure far beyond what he could think that controlled all the events in this world without him noticing.

And as he thought that, he inevitably realized how small he was in the vast world.

It is possible that 'the figure' is what caused the 'emptiness' in the history of this world, and was involved in the 'birth' error of Anastasia.

After all, Noelle really did not want to get involved with it all. It doesn't matter if his curiosity is never fulfilled, anything so that he doesn't regret it later.

The only thing Noelle could think of about this situation was the 'terrible possibility'.

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