章 14: The Capital (1)

An hour later, Luna, Elio, and Ilaria were walking through the same giant forest they were in an hour ago. The atmosphere was currently a bit weird between the white-haired 10-year-old and the 14-year-old vampire.

Ilaria was scribbling down notes in a pink notebook while plucking herbs from the ground and placing them into her bag from time to time. Elio had the expression of an abandoned puppy and Luna wasn't wearing her eyepatch.

There were wolf-type fiends that would approach them from time to time before being kicked 5 to 7 times away by Luna.

She also had this expression on her face that suggested that she did not want to be bothered at all at the moment.

Elio had assumed she was angry at him for not being able to save her in time and Ilaria assumed that Luna was actually older than she looked and was having a nasty period.

The truth was that Luna was currently having a deep thought session with herself.

'So, I somehow got transported into Schwarzwald. Probably has something to do with the dungeon.'

'Elio also got transported here and it seems he has lived here longer than I have. Now that I think about it since Noel-sama should also be the same since he already has knowledge about a lot of things in the current era.'

'The vegetation here all have color and the Capital should be north somewhere. The only problem is...'

"How do I get to the Capital?"

Luna turned her head towards the two behind her. To be more exact, she tilted it.

When Ilaria and Elio moved their attention towards her, they saw a beautiful sight.

Luna's silky white hair danced in the wind and her blue and golden eyes shined like the ocean and the sun. She had an innocent vibe to her and with the backdrop of a luscious green forest, it painted a peaceful painting in their eyes.

Ilaria also secretly thought it looked similar to a certain animations studio's head tilt.

"Umm... Hello?"

They stayed in this state for about 10 seconds before they snapped out of their reverie to patiently explain to Luna.

"The Capital is in the north, which is the direction we are currently walking in~"

"Oh, okay."

Luna then started increasing her pace before it turning into a light jog and then eventually dashed out in a full-out sprint.

As for the Elio that didn't get a chance to answer the question of his beloved.

"..."

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In a pub where Noel had initiated a shooting some chapters ago, he was currently drinking.

As for Gary, the bartender, he was still polishing the wine glasses on the counter. The pub was empty due to Noel threatening the zombies that he would blast their brains out completely if they didn't move it.

The zombies all naturally obliged. They were all masochists and loved the feeling of bullets penetrating through their rotten flesh but they needed to stay... alive? To keep on feeling that way.

That and the fact the gatekeeper of Hell was literally standing right behind Noel with eyes that looked like they wanted to swallow them whole.

"You know, the more you drink here, the more chances that your precious little sister will die you know?"

Noel didn't respond and just kept on drinking his beverage.

"Okay, I know that she's actually the Demon Lord of Envy and would probably never die unless some random dude from the Celestial Plane decided to strike her with Divine Punishment, but I need customers for my pub to be gaining any revenue."

Noel just kept silent and just pulled out a sack of gold and placed it on top of the counter.

Gary didn't have anything else to say after that and just moved on to a different glass to polish.

3 days passed like that and during those 3 days, Noel was actually restructuring his Mission Plan while Luna had already arrived in the Capital.

The Capital had giant walls covering it, similar to Brackwater, with the difference of it being made out of a black metal called 'Moon Steel' that boosted the abilities any kind of demon race inside the city walls.

There was a constant stream of people flowing in and flowing out of its only gate with dark blue orbs hovering around the city's skies.

The combination of the blue, purple, and black made it a sight that anyone who saw it would be filled with admiration and awe just for the outside of the Capital.

"Hmmm...."

As for Luna, who was currently standing on top of a cliff south of the capital. Her impression of the Capital was...

"They didn't change its exterior at all."

Was all she thought about it.