How To Suck Honey With Extras [EN]: Chapter 154

171. Heading Towards a Suspicious Place (2)

“Sylvester, Lussel has already told you about my skills, so you probably know a little about them.”

“…Skills? Ah, is that what you mean?”

Sylvester knows I possess an ability.

Just as I suspected.

That makes the explanation even faster.

“In other words, if you two don’t talk too much about me, I can get you to your destination much faster. Honestly, doesn’t that sound good?”

My spatial control skills are still clumsy, but moving with two guys shouldn’t be a big problem.

There’s no need to take the slow route when there’s a faster way.

They both seemed to understand my point.

“Indeed… if we can arrive immediately, there’s no better option.”

“Hmm… I’m not sure, but are you saying that spiritist can send us right away without a carriage or anything?”

“Of course.”

I grinned.

“And I won’t even charge you right now. How about it?”

Eilon’s quick delivery service.

I’ll let you experience it for free as a grand opening special.

Isn’t this a rare opportunity?

‘Shorten the time and gain experience transferring someone other than myself.’

I don’t lose out either way.

“And as a bonus, you’ll get a handshake with our Undine [a water spirit].”

“…No, I don’t need that.”

“…I don’t really need it either.”

“Tch.”

You’ll regret it.

Our Undine is so popular with the guests these days! Especially with dads who have daughters!

Anyway, I didn’t even need to wait for their answers.

* * *

There are basic conditions for transferring living beings other than myself with my ability.

That is, the other person must not resist.

If the other person activates their mana circulation even slightly at the moment of application, the transfer is immediately canceled.

This is because the ability to manipulate space is based on a very delicate principle.

Of course, the more skilled the user, the more difficult it is to reject the transfer.

However, with my current skills, Sylvester or Alnix can easily disrupt the transfer just by circulating their mana once.

That’s why I asked them not to resist, and they willingly agreed.

‘They’re listening quite obediently.’

It might seem like nothing, but entrusting yourself to the ability of someone you don’t know takes a fair amount of courage.

Or maybe they’re just clueless.

Anyway, without any problems, we were able to arrive near the border of the Falzante Duchy.

Fast and reliable Eilon delivery service.

I wonder what the ride was like.

“Ugh… this is a strange sensation. I feel dizzy.”

Alnix complained of mild space sickness.

Unfortunately, he and spatial powers don’t seem to be compatible.

It’s his constitution, so there’s nothing I can do about it, sadly.

Sylvester, on the other hand, didn’t change his expression at all, but his eyes were wide with amazement.

“…Truly amazing. To be able to travel this distance without using artifacts or magic… Is this how powerful abilities are…?”

“To add, it seems that even stronger power can be exerted depending on the user’s capabilities.”

I added slyly, just in case he developed any prejudice against spatial abilities.

“Abilities…”

Maybe this will make Sylvester want to gain an ability, but I don’t care.

According to the future developments, he’ll conquer a dungeon and get an ability soon enough.

“I guess you got that ability from a dungeon?”

“Well… something like that. I can’t reveal the details due to circumstances. Um, do I really have to say that?”

“It’s okay. I’m not so rude as to pry that far.”

Sylvester smiled kindly and didn’t delve into the source of my ability.

“By the way, Eilon, I heard you’re from the Selbas Kingdom… is that true?”

Meanwhile, Alnix, whose motion sickness had subsided, also became interested in me and asked cautiously.

I gladly told them my place of origin.

After all, personal information is public property, and it would be easy for them to investigate if they wanted to.

“How strange. To have such power and not even be known…”

“I stayed in the outskirts of the kingdom. Maybe that’s why.”

“That’s a shame.”

They didn’t suspect anything.

“You could have made a name for yourself with that power. Want me to introduce you to someone who can back you up?”

“Thank you, but I’ll pass.”

I declined Alnix’s offer.

It’s obvious.

He was probably going to introduce me to someone connected to his family.

But I’m not interested.

I have no interest in ordinary success.

If I succeed in the ordinary way, I’ll end up working until I die.

Unless they’re going to take me in and support me, I don’t need it. I mean it.

“Enough with the small talk, let’s get going. We’re not here for fun, are we?”

It’s time to work.

Let’s work, everyone!

So we moved to the vicinity of the border, our destination.

In fact, I could have teleported directly here, but I didn’t because I was wary of what might happen.

Surprisingly, you’re most vulnerable when you teleport.

Especially when traveling long distances, the brain takes longer to adjust to the changed space, so there’s bound to be a bigger gap in perception than usual.

“…But. There’s nothing here.”

“Of course not. This was a battlefield until recently.”

It’s eerie to think about how many terrible battles have taken place here.

The stench, the faint smell of blood, and the crows and wild animals preying on corpses.

It doesn’t feel good to see the remnants of so many lives fought and died.

“It never sits well with me…”

Alnix scratched the back of his neck as if he was troubled and asked Sylvester about what we had to do.

“So, it’s called a situation investigation, but what are we supposed to do? You don’t expect us to dig up buried corpses one by one, do you?”

“…First, we have to search one by one and find them.”

However, Sylvester did not deny Alnix’s example.

He meant that we might really do that depending on the situation.

Perhaps Sylvester has a hunch about something.

“But… it doesn’t look like there’s anything special here.”

“First, why don’t we find a suitable place and observe until nightfall?”

Sylvester suggested the standard approach.

“It’ll take some time to prepare the observation magic, but I know how to do a few. I’ll use that.”

That makes sense.

If we find a place with a difference in elevation and observe, we might be able to catch anomalies.

Wandering around aimlessly would only waste our energy.

If this were another request, I would have quietly agreed and stepped back.

But there’s no need for that.

“…Eilon?”

Sylvester noticed that my demeanor was strange and watched me.

“…Sylvester, Mr. Alnix. I want to get one confirmation first.”

I didn’t hide it and immediately asked them for one thing.

“Confirmation?”

“Promise me that you won’t ask the reason for my method, at least for now. If you do… I’ll help you in a sure way.”

“…”

Sylvester initially looked back with a ‘what nonsense’ expression, but soon frowned without a word.

But he didn’t bother to argue and seriously considered it because he thought I wasn’t the kind of person to talk nonsense.

“Okay. Whatever you show me, I won’t ask as long as it doesn’t go against human morality.”

“Well, I’ll try not to say anything else either.”

“Okay. If you change your mind later, I’ll just run away.”

I said something I didn’t mean and checked my surroundings.

“…I’ll explain on the premise that you don’t ask about the source of the information.”

“Did you see something suspicious?”

“Rather than suspicious… there’s something bothering me…”

The words ‘if it’s an element from the original work’ only lingered in my mind as I trailed off.

“My… ability is picking up on something.”

“Ability… really?”

It’s not just about opening subspace, teleporting, or fixing space for defense.

I can also sense a sense of incongruity.

Thanks to the complete acquisition of the ability, my sense of perception has improved.

I looked in the direction that the incongruity was pointing and raised the corners of my mouth.

That way.

“Salamander, scorch that area with fire.”

-There’s nothing there!

“I don’t care, just shoot.”

I summon Salamander and unleash flames.

Sylvester gave me a ‘what are you doing’ look, but soon realized what I meant.

Whoosh!

The flames spewed out by Salamander soared and stretched out in the direction I pointed.

It disappeared as if being sucked in the middle.

“…Spatial camouflage?!”

“I knew it!”

Sylvester was surprised, and I clicked my tongue at the feeling that my assumption was correct.

“What’s going on?”

Alnix frowned, as if he didn’t know what was going on.

I continued to explain to them.

“It’s better to show you properly once than to explain it in detail. Usually, something quite interesting is hidden in these cases.”

I stood in front of the camouflaged space, stretched out my hands, and concentrated.

I’ll expose it completely.

This is the feeling of finding hidden elements.

A hidden stage that shouldn’t be discovered now! I’ll open it!

“…Hmph!”

I concentrated and interfered with the camouflaged space.

Their spatial distortion magic and my spatial control ability interfere.

However, its solidity is not easy to deal with.

Breaking this alone would require almost as much power as we used when we teleported just now.

‘As expected, demons. Not ordinary magic…’

My body feels hot as if I’m burdened to some extent by interfering with the precise perfection of the ability.

It means that the ability embedded in my blood is more burdensome than usual.

Still, you can’t beat me.

It’s not for nothing that I’ve completely mastered spatial control.

Even if they have superior knowledge, I have the upper hand in compatibility.

“Got it!”

An illusion of grabbing something.

I tore it off with all my might.

Zzzzzing!

A strange ringing sound echoed, and the camouflaged space seemed to be distorted, and finally, what they had hidden was revealed.

“This is…”

“Ugh… it’s more terrible than I imagined… what is this?!”

The two couldn’t help but be genuinely disgusted.

What was revealed when the spatial camouflage was removed was a structure similar to a castle inhabited by humans.

That’s the demons’ ritual site.

“One question. Sylvester, have you heard of anyone building such a castle here?”

“No way… above all, I’ve fought the Marquis’s army here several times. There’s no way there could be something like this…”

Sylvester denied it in a slightly trembling voice.

Even this boy with knowledge of a 20,000-year-old civilization must have been dumbfounded.

And Alnix continued, agreeing.

“Besides, who would build a castle made of human bones… in a place like this? If there is, they must be crazy.”

That’s why they’re so disgusted.

The elements that make up that huge castle are all human bones.

A castle built by carefully connecting them one by one like bricks.

It’s completely a demon’s house.

“If the one who lives there is just a human… honestly, I don’t want to face them openly.”

“I agree…”

I smirked as if agreeing and glared at the place.

‘As expected, things are going to go wrong properly…’

As expected, that castle is built.

That tasteless architecture that would originally be discovered in volume 23 is here.

‘However, its scale is smaller than the description in the original work… I guess it hasn’t progressed properly yet.’

Anyway, now that I’ve discovered it, I can’t leave it alone.

“I’m going in right away. Is that okay?”

I don’t even need to hear the answer.

Sylvester had already reached for the sword at his waist and was ready to draw it at any time.

He seems full of motivation.

That’s very fortunate.

I didn’t even bother to say it, but I decided to tell him this first from behind Sylvester, who was walking ahead.

“I’ll tell you this first.”

“…What is it?”

“If my prediction is correct, the ones who built that are demons.”

I decided to spoil the ones who built that without hiding it.

After thinking about it for a while, I thought it would be better to tell him to some extent than to hide it.

That way, he’ll be more motivated.

“…And. They’re probably the demons you missed, Sylvester.”

“…”

Sylvester didn’t answer.

However, there was no sign of denying it.

Rather, I felt a chilling murderous intent.

“Then let’s go in.”