The Survival Strategy of the Contract Duchess - Chapter 114

Sasha went inside first. After walking for a while, when she felt a heavy, gloomy aura, she sensed a presence ahead.

As she walked further in, the owner of the presence appeared. The creature, whose large back was visible first, turned around as if it had sensed Sasha’s presence.

“Ah, have you been waiting long? You didn’t tell me a time, so I came as early as possible.”

The creature quietly shook its head. This time, communication would work, right? This time more than half of her worries were resolved.

So, how is the progress going?

“Wow, that’s a relief! I was worried that I wouldn’t be able to hear you again after that time. Have you been well?”

At her greeting asking about its well-being, it tilted its head as if puzzled, then nodded again.

Nothing else happened. So explain how the work is progressing.

“Ah, yes, that’s right. About how things are going, if the hole can be physically blocked, we thought of breaking the waterfall, and if possible, blocking the water flow to expose the hole.”

The creature, which had been listening calmly to her explanation, nodded its head, which had been still.

“So, we want to observe properly. Please help those who will actually do the work enter the mountain range, not just me.”

Sasha knew that her proposal might be wrong for them, or something they couldn’t easily agree to. That’s why everyone was taking a step back.

It was the same from the creature’s point of view; as soon as they saw them, they would swing their swords and ignore them as if they were the owners.

They didn’t know if it was a genuine attempt to deliver help or if there was another hidden agenda. Believing that was his primary role.

There is a human hunter with great power there. He will try to kill us.

It seemed like it was talking about Kyler, right? Sasha said with a bitter smile.

“That person is my husband. I talked to him separately and told him everything about this. You can trust him.”

The creature seemed a little displeased, but surprisingly nodded. Instantly, Sasha’s face bloomed with a bright smile.

It must have been difficult. If there is even the slightest misstep, we will be merciless as well.

“Yes, of course. I know that too. We are being careful about that part as well, so we will keep the line accurately.”

Sasha hurried back the way she had come. As she went, she quickened her pace in her haste and called out to Kyler at the top of her lungs.

“Kyler! Come on! Come in slowly!”

After she called his name about twice, she heard a sound like he was walking from the other side. The approaching sound made her heart flutter for some reason.

“Did the story go well?”

“He said it was okay. Let’s go and discuss the rest of the details.”

As soon as those words were finished, Kyler’s face, who would be at the front, appeared. As she reached out her hand to him and looked behind him, Dylan and the wizard popped out.

Sasha led them back the way they had come and stood in front of the creature.

There was a tense feeling like a battle of nerves going on between the two sides, and when that suddenly started to ring out, she became nervous.

She could feel the creature standing there and observing them.

“First, please take me and go up to the mountain range. Then, creatures that can carry these people will come down together. That way, I won’t be separated from the creatures, and there won’t be a situation where only those people and the creatures are left.”

The creature nodded for a moment and readily accepted her plan. It seemed to agree with the idea that it was good to observe directly for the plan.

That makes sense, so I will believe it. You said you would go up first.

Everyone was surprised when the creature made a sound.

“Thank you for believing me. Everyone understands the situation well, and they know the circumstances of the creatures well, so they will worry in many ways so that nothing big happens.”

Sasha quickly turned around and jumped on the back of the creature that was reaching out. Having experience was a little different from this.

“I’ll be back!”

Sasha left only those words, and because the creature soared up, she had to part with Kyler for a while.

She decided to translate the story right away when they were all gathered later, and Sasha left for the mountain range first.

And those who were left behind were speechless and just stared at what they had seen.

“D, did, the Duchess speak to the creature?”

“That’s right. I confirmed it a while ago, and it seemed to communicate quite well. That’s why she was the focus of this matter. We shouldn’t meet the creature without her. She will attack, and we will have no choice but to fight. The goal today is to prevent that from happening.”

Kyler soothed the bewildered people and looked up at the sky.

This side was the end of the forest near the mountain range, so there were quite a lot of trees, which made him feel very heavy. Even if time scattered it, it could be compared. A sense of determination lingered among the remaining people.

“I’ve heard a lot of explanations but there’s quite a difference from actually seeing it.”

Dylan also added a word. He had already witnessed her shouting at the creature to stop, but today’s scene was surprising again.

“How long will it take?”

“I don’t know exactly. We came to get permission from the creature.”

“Well, I don’t know if I can do well.”

A sarcastic voice was heard from over there. The wizard had a smiling face, but his face was full of dissatisfaction. It wasn’t that he had any animosity towards the creatures, but the imperial citizens basically thought of the creatures as enemies.

Kyler turned his head and looked at the wizard head-on. He stared at his grinning, carefree eyes and spoke as if grinding his teeth.

“I said it clearly. Do not touch the creatures carelessly, and help to the end to block the hole through which the creatures are coming. If you violate this Kyler Ignote, I will risk my life to destroy the Magic Tower.”

“No, I didn’t know it would be such an easy task. The Magic Tower, by the Duke of the Empire?”

“You seem to think I can’t do it, but if you really think so, you can try it. Almost half of the wizards that the Magic Tower has accommodated will disappear in an instant, and you will see it clearly with your own eyes.”

Kyler’s eyes shone coldly like ice. There was no one who didn’t freeze at the sight of it. The wizard backed down with a whimper and quietly shut his mouth.

Anyway, that’s not the problem now. Their biggest problem is to safely go up to the mountain range and check the state of the waterfall. At least, the moment I saw that the scale I remembered seemed large, this was something that could be executed right away, so I was quite nervous.

As much as Sasha had stepped forward, Kyler also had a strong desire to do it properly. Come back safely and I’ll make sure you can go and come back safely.

He muttered like that and continued to look up at the sky.

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Screech!

As expected, what was uncomfortable couldn’t be fixed right away. Sasha couldn’t block her ears, so she had to hear the creature’s roar with her own ears, and with the hands that couldn’t block her ears, she had to hold onto the creature’s wing bones tightly enough to hurt.

But just as bad things are, good things were the same. It couldn’t be helped that the height was scary, but the scenery below was still wonderful.

As she moved her gaze along the line formed by the mountain range, the endlessly repeating line that rose and fell looked so wonderful.

She probably wouldn’t get tired of seeing it no matter how many times she saw it. Or how nice it would be if she could see it by season.

“How long have you been here?”

She tried to have a conversation in the air. Had he seen it all, the four seasons of this mountain range?

「I have only been here for about half a year.」

His voice echoed comfortably even in the open sky. Listening to his voice and looking down, she felt her heart calm down a little.

Seeing the white top, she could guess the height. Looking down at the scenery she would never have been able to see in her life, she could forget even the height and the wind that was hitting her body violently, just like when she first felt it.

Screech-!

Certainly, the cry of the creature that she first heard in the Uhalin Forest was so scary that it gave her goosebumps, but not now. The sound echoing in the vast sky felt like the cry of an animal enjoying freedom, like nature itself, so it felt wonderful.

It couldn’t be helped that the back of her hand, which she was holding tightly, was bulging white, but anyway, she felt so good that she could fly like this without being afraid.

The gliding continued for a while longer, and it landed more stably than the young creature. The head creature and the other creatures she had seen at that time were all gathered in that place, as if they had been waiting for this creature that had gone to meet her to return.

No, what’s going on? Why are you back here?

The head creature strode towards them. She looked at the creature catching its breath and then shifted her gaze to her. Seeing that they wanted her to say something quickly, it seemed that they had been waiting for this day for the past three days.

“It’s not that something happened that I came. It’s just that I thought I would need your help in the preparation process, so I came.”

When Sasha said that, the young creature that had been rolling on the floor over there ran over with sparkling eyes. And the head creature calmly calmed its breathing and looked at her again.

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