Chapter 179: Curry of Tears (1)

Seiya’s motorcycle was slowly circling the simple training course built in the backyard of Uno’s mansion. Celseus came along when I was dozing around in the sidecar, which felt like a baby cradle.

「Lunch is ready…ah, what’s that? So cool. 」

Celseus’ eyes widened at Seiya’s self-made course and motorcycle. Seiya parked his motorcycle and brought a new sidecar from the back of the garden.

「Celseus. This is for you. 」

「Huh, what? A sidecar? For me? 」

Celseus asked those questions with a strange look on his face. I yawned and stretched my back. It seemed like it was already noon. It felt like several hours had passed while I was taking a nap in the sidecar.

When I looked at Seiya, I noticed that he was looking at the foggy sky of the Underworld.

「I think this is enough for motorcycle practice. 」

Then, he clenched his fist lightly. Ah! Maybe he was ready!

As I expected, Seiya began to describe the results of the past two days, as if speaking to himself.

「I learned time-limited magic. I also succeeded in synthesizing a motorcycle with sidecars that will fit the environment of Twisted Exfolia. By the way, the sidecar can be separated while driving. If chased by an enemy, Celseus’ sidecar can be separated from the motorcycle…」

Celseus showed a surprised expression, but Seiya continued to talk.

「Ready Perfectly. 」

「…!? How can you say Ready Perfectly!! There’s nothing good about that scenario, so just cut it off!! 」

「The enemy will catch up to me if I don’t discard your sidecar. 」

I burst out laughing while listening to their conversation.

「Ahhh, ah, ah, ah! That’s hilarious! Isn’t that a good thing? That function…is…ah, wait a second…don’t tell me that my sidecar can also be separated from the motorcycle? 」

「Of course. 」

In a second, I could no longer laugh, and Celseus and I both became depressed. Seiya didn’t seem to care about us because…

「It’s a day earlier than planned, but let’s go back to Exfolia. 」

「What!? Already!? 」

「Ah, sorry, Mister Seiya. But I made lunch with Miss Uno…」

「Listen, Seiya. Let’s go after eating their lunch. Celseus aside, I feel sorry for Miss Uno. 」

Maybe Seiya couldn’t just ignore our pleas, or maybe he just wanted to fill his stomach…I didn’t know why, but Seiya headed towards Uno’s mansion without protesting.

Plates with salads and curry were already laid out on the dining table at Uno’s mansion. It seemed that curry had become Uno’s specialty since I gave her the recipe a while back. I’ve had it several times already, so I could vouch for the taste.

「I’m sorry for our sudden departure, Miss Uno. But we need to go back. 」

「No, don’t be sorry! I’m glad we made the lunch in time! 」

Unlike Due, who was not feeling well, Uno still showed a kind and cheerful smile. By the way, it seemed that Due was still not feeling well and was locked in his room.

I was about to eat the curry with a spoon when I realized that…Seiya was staring at the plate of food like he did yesterday. Why couldn’t he eat? The moment I was about to ask.

「It’s spicyyyyyyyyyyy!! 」

Next to me, Celseus, who had eaten the curry first, screamed out loud.

He probably only took one bite. However, the area around Celseus’ mouth was bright red. He drank a glass of water and sighed in agony.

I took a small lick of the curry with my spoon. Immediately, my tongue burned from the spiciness! I mean, it was more than spicy, it was actually painful! I noticed that the curry was bright red when I took a proper look.

「It’s unbelievably spicy!! Miss Uno, what happened!? 」

The super spicy curry with a lethal dose was served to us. When I asked Uno about it, thinking it was some kind of joke, then…

「Gi, ge…」

Uno Porta’s face was twisted with the evilest smile I had ever seen.

「Gigigegegegege! 」

「Did you just laugh!? Wait, that was even a malicious laugh!! 」

Uno let out a scary and dark laugh. And she was holding a small bottle in her hand. Celseus, irritated by the extremely spicy curry, snatched the small bottle that Uno was holding.

I looked at the bottle that Celseus was holding. A skull sticker was pasted on it. Celseus read the words written on the bottle and shouted aloud.

「 “God Death Sauce”!? Did you put something like this in our food!? 」

「What’s that!? I mean, is there such a thing!? 」

Did that Death Sauce make the curry spicier to God’s level? Or did it mean that its flavor was so painful that it could kill a God? I didn’t know, but Celseus and I questioned Uno about it.

Before I knew it, Uno had stopped laughing and had a completely pale expression on her face.

「I…I…what on earth…happened!? 」

I was in shock. Celseus, who had a stunned look on his face, suddenly turned his sharp eyes towards Uno.

「What is this…this murderously spicy curry?! You were planning something!! 」

「I’d…never do such thing! 」

「Don’t lie!! I don’t need Mister Seiya to explain it to me since even I can tell! As proof of that…Due has been acting weird lately!! 」

「We…we…」

Tears overflowed from Uno’s eyes and fell onto the plate of curry after being pressed by Celseus.

Normally, I would’ve calmed Celseus down and protected Uno, but…I just witnessed Uno’s wicked laugh. Why did she try to feed us a curry that was far beyond the level of a prank? And she laughed so happily about it. I wanted to hear the reason why she did it.

「Hey!! Tell us what’s going on!! 」

At that moment when Celseus got unusually angry and slammed his fist on the table… “Bang!”, there was a painful sound, and Celseus’ head fell down on the table! Seiya used his fist on Celseus’ head!

「Se…Seiya!? 」

Celseus let out a smoke from his head. And Uno was drenched with tears.

「I…really. I…」

Seiya said while getting up from his seat at the table.

「They’re just doing their job. There’s no good or evil in that. 」

I didn’t quite understand what Seiya meant with those words. However, I felt a little surprised, so I remained silent and just stared at Seiya. I thought Seiya was protecting Uno.

「Lord Seiya…Thank you…so much…」

Uno must had felt the same way, as she cried and thanked Seiya.

I didn’t feel any malice from Uno now. Rather, I felt like she was somehow suppressing feelings that she couldn’t control…pain and sadness. Seiya spoke to me.

「Let’s go, Lista. Open the gate to Twisted Exfolia in the garden. 」

Seiya activated Stand Alone on Celseus, who remained unconscious. He was in a stabilized unconscious form, and he got placed in a wheelchair. Seiya then brought the synthesized motorcycle from the backyard.

I had already invoked the gate to Twisted Exfolia in the garden. Of course, the designated location was at the hill on the outskirts of town where Colt and his comrades were waiting.

While waiting for Seiya, I suddenly looked up at the sky of the Underworld. The sky had an eerie purple color.

…Did it have this color before?

I had seen the red sky many times in the Underworld, but this was the first time I had seen the sky with a color like this. Seiya glanced up at the sky and spoke to himself.

「As expected, we can only come to the Underworld two more times at most. 」

Seiya went through the gate to Twisted Exfolia after muttering those eerie words. I pushed Celseus’ wheelchair and hurried after him.

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