Chapter 84: Her Majesty The Queen Has Found A Man!
Scáthach probably gave Noah some face and didn't go too far. About ten minutes later, she dragged back a bruised and battered Merlin.
"Alright, now that your personal grudges are mostly settled, it's time to discuss serious matters."
Seeing them return, Noah spoke up.
Scáthach sat on the sofa Noah created through Alchemy, crossing her arms without saying a word. Meanwhile, Merlin crawled onto another sofa, using a bit of illusion magecraft to conceal his injuries before addressing Noah.
"Your Majesty must be referring to the Rhongomyniad that maintains the surface of the world... Though I don't understand why you're seeking it, I do know its location—the entrance to the hidden realm is in the Land of Shadows, right in Her Majesty the Queen's bedchamber. Once there, you just need to chant the incantation to enter the hidden realm, and that will take you to where the Rhongomyniad is located."
During that simulation when they found the Holy Lance, Noah had chosen the Outsider's Constitution, so he only had a general idea of the details. Thus, he simply nodded.
"Good. Then, Lord Merlin, you must also know the incantation, correct?"
Hearing this, Merlin nodded, then took out a piece of paper and placed it on the table. Written on it was clearly the incantation.
But...
Noah stared at what was written on the paper—it looked like the kind of scribbles animation studios create to mimic otherworldly scripts in isekai anime. For a moment, he felt that Scáthach had gone too easy on Merlin by only beating him for ten minutes earlier!
Is Merlin really this cheeky!?
Seeing Noah's expression, Merlin obviously realized he couldn't read it, so he sighed and reluctantly recited the particularly tongue-twisting incantation.
"Reciting such a twisted incantation is bound to make you bite your tongue..."
Merlin was still complaining, but after listening once... Noah didn't remember it!
This wasn't surprising.
After all, such convoluted things are like that—they sound like bizarre noises, making it hard to find any memorable points. So, Noah asked Merlin to repeat it.
Then, at that moment, he entered the special state of the Will of Britain.
In this state, his mental power and soul strength would greatly increase, and as a result, his memory would improve significantly.
Merlin didn't know this, but he understood it was unrealistic for Noah to remember it in one go, so he repeated it again.
He was merely reciting it normally, but the exact same incantation, when it reached Noah's ears, was completely different from before.
At first, it was still those strange-sounding pronunciations, but soon, to Noah, the bizarre noises transformed into this short phrase:
'Great Rhongomyniad, I solemnly declare that I accept the trial.'
At first, Noah was a bit stunned.
But he quickly realized that this must also be a power brought by his Star Performer ability.
So he can understand such special incantations...
While Noah was still pondering, his gaze unconsciously fell on the paper Merlin had handed him earlier.
On the note, he then discovered that the scribbles which had previously looked like ghostly doodles were now comprehensible to him—they were exactly what Merlin had just said.
————So the Star Performer possesses such power after all.
Noah was somewhat amazed.
Seeing Noah like this, Merlin sighed.
"Your Majesty, do I need to repeat it a third time?"
Merlin said this, and Noah shook his head.
"No need, I've remembered it."
Noah had also roughly grasped the Star Performer's ability.
It seemed that whatever the ability could translate would, depending on the situation and his will, manifest completely different information.
Now that he had seen the incantation, as long as he wished, speaking the incantation would naturally translate it into its original form.
"Then that's settled. Scáthach, can you take me into the Land of Shadows now and then to the entrance of the hidden realm?"
Scáthach naturally had no objections to this.
So she opened the gate to the Land of Shadows once more and, taking Noah by the hand, brought him into the Land of Shadows.
Watching this scene, Merlin recalled that he had originally intended to use Noah's search for Rhongomyniad as an opportunity to launch the Land of Shadows arc in the legend of King Arthur.
But now it seemed that the one suffering in the Land of Shadows arc was none other than himself, not Noah...
However.
"As a story, this isn't so bad either. At the very least, many of the events that have unfolded are things I never could have anticipated... Truly a surprising king."
As an observer, Merlin didn't feel that the story was progressing according to his expectations, but it was still acceptable.
Not entirely satisfying, but not dissatisfying either.
In that case.
"Then let me see how far you can go, Your Majesty."
Scáthach led Noah into the Land of Shadows.
As for whether it was a bedchamber or not, Scáthach clearly didn't care.
Instead, she was more curious about why Noah was searching for Rhongomyniad, and she also wanted to see what this hidden realm, whose entrance was constructed right inside her bedchamber, actually looked like.
But while she felt this way, the other inhabitants of the Land of Shadows did not share her perspective.
Opening the gate to the Land of Shadows was Scáthach's privilege, so when she opened the gate near her bedchamber, the other beings, seeing the gate open, immediately paid their respects.
They weren't surprised to see Scáthach emerge from the gate, nor were they surprised that she had brought a living person into the Land of Shadows.
After all, the Land of Shadows was their queen's domain, and if she needed to fight at full strength, she would pull her enemies into the Land of Shadows.
Under such circumstances, they had all prepared themselves to spectate.
But they soon realized that this time, the one their queen had brought back didn't seem to be an enemy...
...Her Majesty was holding that man's hand, completely ignoring them, and headed straight for the bedchamber before disappearing inside!
Witnessing this, the inhabitants of the Land of Shadows widened their eyes in astonishment.
Although there were all sorts of scandalous rumors about their queen in outside legends, those were all false!
Stories about disciples being dragged into the Land of Shadows and making strange noises... Let's just say if you were the one being beaten, you'd scream even louder than they did!
But now, it seemed...
After listening for a long while, they still did not hear the man's cries of agony.
Then, the beings of the Land of Shadows seemed to have realized something, and such news quickly spread throughout the Land of Shadows.
—Her Majesty the Queen has found a man!
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