[Silver Ash] - Become The Strongest In Another World
CHAPTER 85: Conflict (2)

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"I'm back~"

As soon as they entered the building, Chloe cheerfully made a greeting. But no one answered him.

"Hmm? Where's everybody going? "

Chloe confusedly looked around her.

The place they were currently in was the living room part of the house Noelle had taken out. The living room was spacious enough that a set of large sofas with wooden tables that were also large enough were unable to fill the room.

Some ornaments and other decorative items are placed around the room to make the room look more crowded and more alive.

Everything was arranged so dazzlingly that Norman and the others could easily tell that the person who designed the room was a very tasteful person.

… Although in reality .. The one who designed the room was Noelle herself …

"Umm~ Where are you~? "

Chloe with a face full of questions tried to pay attention to her surroundings.

Suddenly, one of the doors in the room opened and displayed the figure of Olivia wearing an apron while carrying a large bowl in her hand.

"Chloe, you're back quickly."

Olivia smiled and took off her apron as she approached Chloe.

"Ehehe~ I'm doing my job as fast as possible~"

With a gentle smile on her face, Olivia patted Chloe's head several times before she finally realized Norman and the others' whereabouts.

He frowned while muttering a little.

"They really came as Noelle said … "

After a few seconds of pondering with herself, Olivia looked back at Norman and his entourage without having any expression on her face.

(Formality is important .. )

While thinking that, Olivia immediately pinched both ends of her gothic skirt and bowed slightly while giving a welcome.

" … Nice to meet you guys .. Again."

After saying that, he without making small talk turned around and returned to the kitchen.

An awkward silence instantly controlled the air. Rico with an uncomfortable face whispered to Kaira.

"How should I say this, but .. Aren't we not welcome here? "

"Shut up, you're making it so pathetic. It's enough that my existence has been rejected by the beautiful girl on earth, you better not make me have to worry about that stupid thing in this world" Kaira said with a slick smile.

"Don't want to hear that from someone who already has a fiancee" Rico interrupted as he pointed his middle finger at Kaira.

" ……… "

" … Well, Miss Olivia does not express herself very much, so that's natural."

As if to remove the awkward atmosphere, Chloe made an excuse while shrugging her shoulders.

He intended to go into a certain room behind the door, but he suddenly stopped like he had remembered something.

" … Please put the man of the cross or whoever his name is there."

Chloe directed her gaze at Dyland who was still unconscious and pointed at one of the long tables in the corner of the room with her finger.

"The table will automatically provide healing to her, it's only a temporary measure, but after this you only need to provide further treatment."

Norman then without saying anything immediately brought Dyland to lie on that table.

The surface of the table is flat like any other table, but it has something like padding in certain parts to minimize pain.

Of course, Noelle made it even though she didn't really need it.

Norman finished laying Dyland on the table and returned to his group. Before he actually left Dyland, the table where Dyland lay shone for a moment as if identifying the figure above him.

Chloe nodded happily when she saw Norman do something as she asked.

After which, he immediately brought everyone into the other room.

"This part will be your resting place. Because you have 12 people, so the room is less. Some of you should rest in the same room. Do you guys mind that? "

Norman looked back and asked with his gaze. Everyone easily nodded their heads as a sign of approval.

"We don't mind" Norman said firmly.

"With this, the tour sele–"

Before Chloe could finish her words, a loud explosive sound could be heard from the room behind the door at the end of the hallway they were in.

"Ahh, don't worry about it–"

Again, he could not finish his words because Norman immediately jumped forward to the door.

"Wait on! Don't enter! It–"

Chloe frantically tried to stop Norman by controlling his shadow, but Norman nimbly avoided all of the shadow's hands as if he had gotten used to his movements.

Seeing that, Chloe really became shocked. He knew that his movement in moving his shadow was still monotonous and predictable, but he did not expect that Norman would adapt so quickly.

Making use of Chloe's shock, Norman immediately grabbed the doorknob and forcefully opened it.

Suddenly, he was shocked by the scene behind the door.

It was a girl with shoulder-length blonde hair who had a pretty face that could captivate many people, but what shocked her was not that.

Rather, the wings and halo were pitch-black in color that the girl had on her back and head.

It was the girl he had recently known, one of the reincarnators who became a member of Noelle's group. Charlotte, better known as Nitta Haruna.

Charlotte was seen sitting on the floor closing her eyes, the golden black chains that were spread around her seemed to be constantly moving as if covering herself from the outside world.

A pair of black wings growing from his back were seen releasing some feathers that instantly melted the floor as if the feather had an extremely hot temperature.

Norman continued to stand silently staring at Charlotte who seemed to be focusing on something.

Soon, everyone in the group came and saw Charlotte, followed by Chloe, whose face was getting grim.

Utilizing their negligence, Chloe immediately used her shadow to pull Norman and the others out of the room.

Without saying anything, he closed the door in a panic.

"Forgot what you saw just now" Chloe said in a toneless voice.

Chloe let out an extremely powerful aura of intimidation that made Norman and the others instinctively unable to move.

"It's my fault for not saying it earlier, but .. Here you are just guests, and you have no right to do anything as you please here. Thank you Master for letting you set foot here."

His intimidating figure was completely incompatible with his biological appearance which was still at the age of 13 years.

"Please don't make you angry. You'd rather die at my hands than suffer worse, right? "

Chloe's previously cheerful face and displaying a childish expression, had now turned 180 degrees as if she was a different figure.

His long black hair that could touch the floor swayed with the ominous water, as if fused with the screeching shadows on his feet.

"I've given you a warning. Then, excuse me."

Chloe said it smbil pulled the tip of her skirt slightly, before she finally sank into the shadows on the floor.

" ……… "

They all remained motionless until Charlotte finally came out and looked at them with a face of disdain.

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"Yep, that's very clear. We're being rejected in this place."

The emphasis that Rico blatantly uttered made almost everyone become depressed.

Several hours have passed since the threat Chloe gave them.

The sky was already dark, and they had also finished their dinner hours. Now Norman and the people in his group are gathering in one of the meeting rooms in the house(?) Noelle.

They sat on chairs that had been arranged in a circular manner so that they could all stare at each other.

Tired of the stifling atmosphere, Rico spoke again.

"It looks like Cana– I mean Noelle doesn't really want us here either. And not only her, but even the girls also seem to be very rejecting of us, especially Airi– I mean Olivia and Charlotte's."

"Stop it Rico, it makes me feel pain just by thinking about it. Moreover ... I never expected that there would be one of us reincarnated into a race other than humans."

" ……… You're right ... That's very surprising … "

Rico grimly responded to Kaira's statement.

The reincarnator they were referring to was Charlotte. It was an accident, but in the end they still knew Charlotte's identity.

"Now his nickname as an angel will not only be a mere metaphor."

"You're right ... Than that .. Is he really an angel? I often heard about their existence from the religious studies in the academy, but .. Her appearance was not as described in the book," asked a person seated before them.

Rico was a little confused when he heard his question, but he still thought of an answer with his skill《Analyze》.

After a while, he finally answered.

"That may be .. Different races than angels, but still in the same race tree. Just take a simple example, Werli, while still on earth first .. You quite like light novels, manga, and anime, right? When you're enjoying the fantasy genre section, you'll often find a race called 'Elf', and then there's another race called 'Dark-elf'. They were a different race, but still in the same category, namely 'Elf'. Maybe Charlotte was also on this side."

The person named Werli nodded his head at Rico's explanation.

"So, you mean ... Charlotte it's something like an angel ... Falling angel? What's like that? I quite understand what you mean, but I didn't know it could happen."

"Forget about that. My question is, why did she join Noelle's group? Putting aside how they could all be on the same team as Cryll, I just wanted to know how Noelle could get two reincarnators in her hands."

Rico put his hands together and stared at the table in silence.

However, no matter how he thought about it, he found absolutely no answer.

There are too many possibilities that have too small a percentage of truth. It messed up his ability to draw conclusions.

"Wait, Noelle and that girl named Olivia have a surname, right? Norman, do you know their surnames? "

Norman was puzzled for a moment, but he immediately answered Rico hesitantly.

"That's .. I'm pretty sure that their names are .. Noelle Lynneheim, and Olivia Landluven .. I don't know for sure because it was pretty bad at the time, but I think it's their names."

"Lynneheim and Landluven .. I feel familiar with the name, but ... I can't remember it .. Anzu, do you know anything? "

Rico asked the girl who was sitting at a considerable distance away from him.

The girl, Anzu, placed her chin on the table and was seen making a thoughtful gesture for a moment, until she finally answered.

"I've never seen or heard that name anywhere. I've read and remembered all the names on the royals list, both great and minor, but .. I don't know their names" Anzu replied listlessly.

Rico asked Anzu all that not without reason. Rather, because Anzu has a very great ability to remember.

《Perfect Memory》 was a unique skill that he had once he was born into this world.

That skill was a more perfect version when compared to the 'Eidetic Memory' ability that a small percentage of people on earth had.

Anzu's ability to remember things was great even when they were on earth, but it became even more powerful as she reincarnated in this world.

Anzu looked puzzled for a moment, then answered Rico with a hint of hesitation.

"I'm not too sure but .. If it's Charlotte, I remember there was a daughter from the Zernroden family who had that name, but … He should have been killed with his family during the Zerneoden family massacre a few months ago."

"Zernroden, yes .. I didn't know the family had children .." said Rico.

"That's not such a widespread news story, so only a few circles know the whereabouts of their child. The son of the Zernroden family had a weak body and magic, while the eldest daughter had a brocon trait that would always stick to her sister, so they could not move freely in the outside world together. Because not many know."

" … I'm surprised you know so much."

Rico without covering up his mixed expression praised Anzu while Anzu just drowned his face on the table and said nothing more.

"Then ... What about Chloe's girl? He has a unique ability to control shadows, right? Do you know anything about him? " ask Rico.

"No, I never heard his name. But I've seen some documents about the ability to control that shadow."

"really?! Then, do you know anything about that?! "

Norman interrupted the conversation excitedly as if the topic of conversation had turned into something he liked.

However, Anzu's subsequent lethargic reply left Norman sitting back in his chair with a disappointed face.

"No, I don't know. Before I could read the documents, my father came and took me away. Well, forget about them. Something still bothers me today."

Anzu limply raised her head, then looked at Lilith who was sitting right before her.

"Since then, why have you made such a grim face, Lilith? "

As soon as her name was mentioned, Lilith shrugged her shoulders spontaneously in shock.

"seen? You're daydreaming. You've been doing it for some time today."

Anzu's eyes narrowed sharply. Rico also put his hands together while closing his eyes.

"I also wanted to ask her a while ago, but .. Lilith ... No, Ina-sen, I'm sure that you have some things you want to talk to Noelle about, right? "

The sight of Lilith being preoccupied with her thoughts made Rico feel uneasy, but he remained silent about it until Anzu finally started the topic first.

In addition, Ina-sen is the pinned call for 'Inaka Kagarin' from Rico, or Saiko Kuzuha.

Kuzuha has a custom of calling Kagarin 'Ina-sen'. Even the custom continued to carry over even after he was reincarnated into Rico sera Proxia.

"That … "

Lilith replied with an uncomfortable face as she wrapped her hair around her own finger.

Looking around, Lilith realized that everyone was looking at her with anxious eyes.

He was only able to smile sadly when he realized the fact that his former students were now on the side of worrying about him.

Her smile became increasingly wry, Lilith then sighed resignedly.

"That ... I'm just surprised .. Sure I was happy when I saw they were all safe, but .. Izaya– is not, she is Noelle now."

Lilith shook her head several times to correct herself.

"Noelle .. Become more open about herself … "

" ……… "

Silence filled the room again.

Rico quickly shook his head.

"No, that's impossible! He's even worse than before, you know?! But if what you mean by 'being more open' is 'exposing her hatred blatantly', then I agree."

"Eh– Ahh .. After some thought ... You don't know, yes … "

"Know what? "

Norman tilted his head.

"Mhmm, no. There aren't. It's just .. I really wanted to talk to him in private to make sure of some things … "

"Look, Rico won the gamble! "

Rico excitedly shouted at Kaira who was sitting next to him.

"You're too noisy. I hate to admit it, but .. We have to use your idea."

"The idea? Are you guys up to something? "

Iris asked confusedly at the two of them.

Seeing that, Kaira lightly shrugged and answered Iris's question while leaning her body on the back of the chair.

"Before we went to fight with the sage mantis earlier, Rico had suggested to let Lilith speak to Noelle face-to-face."

Lilith splashed her eyes when she heard the idea, but she immediately smiled at Rico and thanked him for his concern.

"I don't agree with that idea."

Norman's stern voice suddenly interrupted the conversation which slowly made the atmosphere even lighter.

(Ahhh, this is it .. Our stone-headed prince.)

Kaira smiled bitterly, then looked at Norman.

"the reason? "

"Reason? You still asking that? Isn't it obvious?! He's dangerous! What do you think will happen if we leave Lilith with him alone?! " call Norman.

"It doesn't mean I don't understand your worries, but .. Lilith still has to talk to her, right? "

"You don't understand at all! "

Norman's face began to flushed in anger. However, Kaira remained calm as if she had gotten used to this.

"What can you really do? Shut up and accept all his kindness without doing anything? Aren't you the weird one here? Lilith wanted to meet and talk directly to Noelle, what was so strange about that? "

Kaira continued to issue her argument without moving her expression in the slightest.

"Khh– Damn! "

Norman's previously emerald green eyes were now emitting a faint violet light.

"That's free, Norman. You may be stronger than me in a fight, but our levels are on par. Your abilities will be useless against a person whose level is equal to or even higher than yours, right? "

" … Tch."

Norman exasperatedly clicked his story as he tried to draw his sword. However, the sword handle he was supposed to hold actually fell onto the wooden floor with a loud voice.

"You better stop it all, Arata."

A man suddenly interrupted the conversation while pointing at Norman's waist with his finger.

"Alan .. What do you mean? "

Alan with his sharp eyes continued to stare at Norman while his finger slowly aimed right at Norman's neck.

"You'd better stop your behavior. Let Lilith try."

" … Are you siding with them …? "

Norman asked warily while pulling the dagger hanging on his belt. However, the dagger also fell to the floor with just a single move from Alan.

" … The ability to disarm an opponent .. Do you consider me your opponent now? " ask Norman while giving off a painful aura of intimidation.

Instead, Alan also strengthened his cold eyes as if he had no emotions at all.

(Ahhh, this is troublesome .. )

While thinking that, Kaira quietly threw a small pebble right towards Anzu's head that started sleeping on her desk.

(Do something.)

His eyes that were staring at Anzu implied that, which Anzu replied with a tired face.

However, Anzu also disliked the present atmosphere, so she accepted Kaira's request to change the situation.

"You guys stop, I'm going to sleep."

(This stupid .. )

Kaira sighed tiredly when she saw Anzu who did not help the atmosphere at all.

" … Tch."

Anzu clicked her tongue in annoyance, then took out a few marbles from her pocket, before finally all the marbles quickly flew towards Norman and Alan's heads who continued to stare at each other with their intimidating aura.

The thrown marbles(?) by Anzu it smoothly hit the heads of the two and made them fall to their tables.

"Now that the two of them are finished being taken care of, then do it yourself. I want to continue my sleep, the bath that Noelle provided in this place is amazingly comfortable."

Anzu without saying anything else immediately drowned her face on the table and went to sleep.

"At least sleep in your room, you idiot."

One of the men who had been silent in his chair suddenly spoke in a mocking tone to Anzu, but Anzu did not respond at all, indicating that he was asleep.

"Troubt .. Muku, take her to her room" the man told the girl sitting next to him.

"Ehh? Why me? "

The girl named Muku looked troubled as she was asked to bring Anzu along, but the man next to her did not show any expression at all to respond.

"Ughh .. It's troublesome .. But .. Well, you owe me one thing, Waka."

After saying that, Muku directly carried Anzu and carried her outside the room.

"Well, now you're free to do what you want to do, Lilith," Kaira said with a smile.

"What's the problem now, is ... Does Noelle want to be invited to speak with four eyes like that? "

Rick asked to be sure. He had thought about it over and over again, however, the possibility that Noelle would want to be invited to cooperate was quite small.

"Ehehe .. Somehow I'll handle it … "

Lilith let out an awkward smile as she slowly left the room unaware that a terrible experience would befall her.

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