In A Parallel World With Random Skills, I Reluctantly Become A Mafia Boss?

Chapter 21: Deceived

-Marielle's POV-

After seeing off Elle and Kyouya-kun at the door, I went back inside to get changed.

Today, we were called to gather in the meeting area by Oren the Village Chief for an important discussion about the village's current situation. Or so Lode had told me yesterday after returning from the forest herb gathering.

Although, during the gathering, Elle somehow found a strange black-haired youth wearing strange clothes collapsed in the bushes, so I guess Lode had only told me the bare minimum of information, as to let me deal with the surprising problem of the unconscious youth who seemed as mysterious as the night sky.

He has always been kind to Elle, giving us ingredients free of charge from time to time. They were as close as if he was her grandfather. But what Elle doesn't know is that Lode and I came from the same place of work, along with those two...

As I remembered the two people who had already left this world, I notice tears gathering in my eyes, and were slowly falling down my cheeks. It seems that I still could not get over what had happened to us at that time. I quickly wipe my falling teardrops with a piece of clean cloth, and hold back my emotions, as to quickly get ready for my departure.

After all, they had left their precious memento, that they loved, with me.

I hope that someday 'she' as well, would grow up as righteous and as kind-hearted as you both, Eleanore-ane, Raius-aniue. So for now, I shall be strong for 'her'.

Hiding here in this village, with 'her' is a form of protecting her from those looking to do harm once they found 'her', so please watch over us both up there in the clouds, wherever you are. I say these silent prayers to the memories I had never forgotten, as I changed into clothing fit for a formal meeting.

After I made sure my appearance was in order, I locked the door to the house which me and Elle lived in for a year already, from the inside, and shut the door tight. I always had Elle carry a spare key to the house, so there is no problem if they get here first, in case the meeting drags on for a while. I would have preferred it not to happen though.

Heading towards the opposite direction as where Kyouya-kun and Elle had gone, I walk towards the meeting place, while checking the time by looking at the position of the 'Luxia' up above. It was standard knowledge to look at the floating star above our heads, which gave us heat and light, in contrast to its size, when you wanted to know the time of day.

Long ago, no one knew what to call it, but eventually someone who was dubbed as the 'Godfather of Knowledge' started naming many things, in the name of the 'Seraph' he had been worshiping. He called the large star of light, 'Luxia' while the large ball of pleasant and calming light during the nighttime was called 'Lunia'.

Eventually, he had spread names over many things that were mysterious and had created countless 'Magic Tools' that more and more people use in daily life. But that was a story for another time. As I had already arrived at the meeting place where the discussion was going to be held. I wondered what the chief was going to talk about today.

As I looked around the familiar appearance of the venue, where only a little number of people had just arrived, like me, I think about the mysterious youth that woke up this morning. With the people's chattering getting louder as time passed by as the background noise, I sink into my idle thoughts.

When I had first used <<Appraisal>> on him when he was unconscious, I was shocked. Not because it was rude to use this rare skill on someone I had just met, but because when I did use it, a severe headache had attacked my consciousness.

It was only for a moment, but I was scared. Scared of the dangerous potential strength that the black-haired youth had hidden within him. But, as Elle had said that there was nothing to be scared of, I calmed down. After all, she had the inherent skill, which countless beings could ever dream of.