The trail of the sky The light belongs to you

Night finally fell, and the lights in the hotel rooms by Lake Valyria gradually went out. When the sky pirates showed up, everyone made adjustments and sent Olivier, who had failed miserably in "Friends with Wine", to the room. , Came to the trestle bridge.

"Well, there's no one there." Estier looked around, the lake was shrouded in darkness, and her vision was not so clear.

"Will the siblings really come..."

"If Mr. Lloyd's information is correct, they will definitely show up tonight."

"Sky pirates should come from the side of the street, we'd better pay attention to the entrance of the street..." Onasa looked towards the hotel, "The place where you can see the direction of the street and is not easy to be found... It seems that only The balcony on the second floor."

Relying on the cover of seats, fences and parasols, the four squatted on the second floor, and finally... the target person who made them rush here finally appeared.

A man and a woman with the same hair color slowly approached from the entrance of the street, walking towards the plank road by the lake...

"Here, it seems that we arrived a little early."

"Ah~ If it's morning now, I can have a meal at this hotel..."

The two gradually drifted away, and the voice of their words gradually became weaker. Estier and others followed behind and hid under the railing behind the plank road.

"It really hasn't come yet..." Jill looked at the moon, "What's the matter today... Usually they are very punctual."

During their conversation, Onasa always paid attention to some key words, such as—they, usually

"Ms. Ben doesn't like those guys very much. They always put on a haughty look, and they act so sneakily."

"Indeed... a group of guys of unknown origin. But there is no way, this is an order from Brother Duo Lun."

command-?

"Hey, Brother Jill... Don't you think Brother Duo Lun is acting weird recently? He asked us to rob a liner for no reason. Although the harvest must have been a lot, but now the army has fully intervened... Even the guerrillas have also intervened , and we also took hostages and demanded such a large amount of ransom... Did we go too far?"

——It seems that this Duo Lun is the leader, is it really controlled?

"...It's no wonder, you are a girl after all, and you really don't have enough consciousness to be a sky pirate. If you feel uncomfortable, you can go back to your hometown by yourself. Although my hometown is a bit backward, life is quite easy..."

"You... I'm going to be angry when you say that! Without me, what housework will I do!"

"Alright... Forget that I made a mistake just now, I'm sorry... But, I still hope you think it through... let's not talk about this, I also feel that Brother Duo Lun is weird recently, and he didn't consider the limit of things at all."

"Yeah...especially after that guy came."

... that guy?

At this point in the conversation... Both Jill and Joste, as well as the guerrillas hiding in the rear, all found the boat slowly approaching the shore from the center of the lake, and the boat carried three strangely dressed people.

Is it finally here...

Onasa tensed her fighting nerves—two of the people who came were dressed in black, just like the people she had been paying attention to all this time, while the other... was wearing slightly different clothes, with a red mask inlaid on her head He is wearing a helmet... It looks like it is the captain.

"How did that go?"

"Ah, Your Majesty has finally come forward. She intends to use her assets to pay the ransom you demanded."

"This, actually let Her Majesty personally pay for it... It seems that this matter is coming to an end."

"How about the Royal Army? They shouldn't find out that our stronghold is in that kind of place, right?"

"Not for the time being, but it's only a matter of time. I have received information here that the guerrillas are also on the move. You won't abandon your base when you are about to succeed, right?"

"...It seems that things are getting more serious." Shirazade, who was hiding aside, couldn't help showing a worried look. He was able to get the queen to pay the ransom... This hijacking is really enough to mobilize the crowd.

"Onasa, are those men in black the ones you and Agathe are following...?"

"That's right...but it's not the right time to catch them...and...huh? Joshua?"

Onasa turned her head to look at the young man who asked the question, but found that the young man's eyes were dull, looking at the men in black, his eyes seemed to be empty, but also seemed to be full of intertwined memories.

"Joshua? What's the matter..."

"Ah, ah...it's okay." Under Onasa's repeated calls, Joshua finally came to his senses, "Since... since it is not appropriate to catch them now, we must first find out where they are. Let’s go down to the place, it should be near here.”

"Joshua...Are you alright?" Estelle asked worriedly, noticing that Joshua was still in a daze.

"It's nothing...maybe...it's an illusion..."

"..." Onasa remained silent, and looked at the "Captain Red" again. The person Joshua had been looking at seemed to be him... "In short, let's find a place where the air pirate airship can land first. before they finish talking."

Amber Tower——

The entrance of the tower, which should have been dark, was faintly illuminated by the bonfire at this moment, surrounded by a group of people in the same attire—this was the base for the air pirates to hide.

"The Amber Tower...it's really the best place to park outside the street."

"Sister Sheila... shall we subdue them immediately?"

"This...manpower has increased several times..."

"It's okay, it's not too much to deal with..." Estier was already gearing up, eager to try, "If we solve it in one go..."

"Hehe... I think it's better not to do this."

The four of them turned around and found Olivier... who came out of nowhere, "Ah, I kept everyone waiting for a long time!" And they used such a natural line...

"O, Olivier...!" "Hush!"

Seeing that Estier was about to be unable to restrain her screams of surprise, Joshua immediately covered her mouth with his hand.

It turned out that in order to participate in this once-in-a-lifetime "interesting" activity, Olivier emptied all the contents of his stomach and followed him here—a terrible hedonist's obsession.

"If you fight here, even if you can capture the pair of brothers and sisters, you may not be able to guarantee the stronghold from them. It may even become difficult to release the hostages..."

"..."

"Hey, why is Onasa-kun looking at me like that..."

"No...it's just that your sharpness surprised me."

"Ah~ I hate it, it would be an honor if I could capture your heart with this wise sentence..."

"...Before you go on, I want to warn you that my sword is not just for use against enemies."

"Okay... I'm sorry, please forgive me..."

Although their heads were full of unscrupulous thoughts, everyone still adopted Olivier's opinion—they sneaked into the cabin...and finally sneaked into the air pirate base—Mist Canyon.

In the base, Estier and the others did not attract the attention of others. They found the room where the hostages were held and advanced all the way - after defeating all the other members of the sky pirates, they came to the door of the leader's room and heard something interesting. dialogue.

"Brother, why don't we plan how to release the hostages first..."

"What? Why do we have to do such a messy thing? Can't we just kill Mira after we get it?"

"Brother Duo Lun...!"

"You, are you kidding..."

"Those hostages must remember what we look like. If we kill them all, there will be no worries."

"But... there are still many old people and children! Do you want to kill them all too?"

"Hmph! Your thinking is still so simple, we are not playing tricks..."

And the five people who were waiting for the best opportunity outside the door were undoubtedly shocked by the leader's decision...

"It seems... that his mind was controlled by someone." Onasa expressed her conclusion.

"Eh?"

"Judging from their conversation, this leader is completely different from his usual behavior, as if he has suddenly changed into a different person, and...the whole body is exuding violence...

Judging from the investigation during this period, the group of people in black, that is, the people who appeared by the lake, they can instill some extreme things in others, so as to achieve their own goals..."

At this time, there was a loud noise from inside the door, and it was Duo Lun who hit Jill with a wine bottle...

"Now!"

Following Onasa's order, the five rushed into the room at one go...

"You, you... guerrillas! Why are you here..."

"Hmph, it's too slow!!"

Among the three members of the Sky Pirates, Joste uses a guided gun, Jill is good at short knives and bombs, and Duo Lun uses a violent guided gun to attack...

The other two are not difficult to deal with, but Duo Lun seems to have blood red eyes full of murderous intent because of his controlled thinking...

However, no matter in terms of strength or numbers, the three members of the Sky Pirates have no advantage.

Onasa nimbly dodged the attack of the guided cannon, and in an instant came to Duo Lun. She reversed the rapier and shot down the guided cannon in the hands of the unsuspecting Duo Lun with the strength of her wrist...

"Answer me...the people who negotiate with you, their whereabouts..."

"What... a little girl who doesn't know the heights of the sky and the earth, dare to force me to ask..."

"I'm impatient, I'll just ask once, answer me!"

Unexpectedly, under Onasa's stern questioning, Duo Lun's eyes suddenly became confused, and then he knelt down on the ground, hugging his head in pain...

"Huh... Sure enough..." Onasa immediately lost interest in him, and turned to the other two who were no longer able to fight, "Then... you guys can answer me."

"……Well……"

"...I said I'm impatient." Onasa, who was on a mission, was completely different from her usual gentle image—reasonable, calm, and only ruthless and focused in her eyes.

"No, wait a minute... Although we have communicated with them, Brother Duo Lun is mainly responsible... Besides, they only promised to help us solve the ransom problem, and we don't know anything else! I'm not lying!"

"..."

Onasa closed her eyes, and took a few steps back, "Phew...it's really troublesome. Then...since the situation is over for you, just obediently capture them with nothing to do, and interrogate them later."

At this moment... Duo Lun, who was squatting on the ground, seemed to have regained his will. His eyes... were no longer scarlet, but turned into the same emerald color as the other two, symbolizing family blood. The rage of violence dissipated...

His sudden change surprised everyone present except Onasa, but it also gave the air pirates an opportunity, and Jill threw out the bomb again...

"what……"

"here we go again!"

"Damn...don't run!"

When the rest of them came to their senses... the sky pirates were gone, and Onasa... was gone too.

The other four returned the same way, and they could hear the sound of fighting while chasing the sky pirate, and at intervals, they could find the silhouette of the sky pirate lying on the ground, obviously knocked down by Onasa.

"Sister Sheila... this..."

"Ah... It seems that her real strength is far more than what we see..."

After some running, they finally caught up with Onasa...

"...It seems that in the end, I was robbed of the limelight."

"Huh... what!?"

What they saw was the scene of the three members of the Air Pirates being taken away by the Royal Army, beside them were Dorothy and Neil who were taking pictures, and Colonel Richard and General Morgan led the ministers forward...

It turned out that the arrest was a combat plan formulated by Colonel Richard. Although the colonel affirmed the assistance of the guerrillas, it was obvious that the stubborn general was still dissatisfied with the guerrillas' "exceeding authority".

"Ah... It feels like everything was taken away by the army in the end..."

"That can't be helped...We are such unknown characters...Estil? Why are you looking at me like this..."

Onasa turned her head and gave Estier a magnified frontal face, full of doubts.

"Ah... no... I just feel that you really deserve to be a B-rank... Onasa, you are really powerful, you can wipe out so many sky pirates in one fell swoop..."

"... nothing."

"Well……"

Although she didn't get along with Onasa much, Estier also knew very well that once Onasa fell silent or answered a certain question briefly and bluntly, it meant... this question must have touched a certain restricted area in her heart...

For some reason... Estier always felt that... the girl in front of her, who was older than herself but looked younger than herself, had an unhealed scar in her heart.

The incident came to an end. Although Estier did not find her father, she received a letter from her father and the accompanying package, as well as a recommendation letter from the Perth branch. The two decided to continue traveling to the next branch... At the same time, Investigate the black power director and Dr. R in the package.

As for Sherazade and Olivier, they were going back to Loriente. The air pirate incident was resolved, and Onasa had no need to continue assisting them. On that day, she didn't even say goodbye to them, but just asked Luglan Grandpa expressed his apology for leaving in a hurry, and went to Ravenu Village to meet Agathe.

"Oh? Here it comes..."

"Ah... here we come, then, let's briefly talk about the situation."

"Really, it's roughly clear. Speaking of which, you came here so soon. I thought you would send them off and so on..."

"...Not really," Onasa looked away for a moment, and then looked at Agathe with dissatisfaction, "Although it is much better to be with them than with your poisonous tongue."

"Tch...it really hasn't changed at all..."

"Still talking about me...don't you too?..."

"Hmph, but they're just a bunch of brats, without Sherazard and you, we'll just wait until we hit a snag..."

"...I think it would be cuter if you were more frank~ Obviously you are worried about them, right?"

"I-I want you to meddle in your own business!"

After a few casual jokes to relax her nerves, Onasa spoke again, and her tone returned to seriousness.

"Let's go, Agathe," the blond girl looked up, looking at the starlight above Ravenu Village, "to the next destination, let's go."

A Psalm of Pure White Flowers - Captain Red