Ch. 7: The Truth of the Map
We were able to safely bring down the Dream Eaters that had appeared in the cave.
Rosso: "…I thought meetin' OO today had been lucky. But then I end up runnin' into Douglas, and we keep fightin' off Dream
Eaters…what the hell!?"'
Orion: "And I wonder how I had the misfortune of getting wrapped up in this with you."
Rosso: "Then why did you say you'd come along!?!"
Orion: "Ugh, shut up."
Rosso: "You bastard…-!"
Douglas: "Oh, I can see a light."
OO: "! You're right! That must be the way out."
I started to see light from the direction Douglas was pointing.
Everyone had come to a halt, then all at once hurriedly moved forward.
Rosso: "If we get out of the cave, is that where the treasure is?"
Douglas: "Who knows?"
Rosso: "That's awful vague."
Douglas: "What do you expect me to say? I'm just the one holding the map."
Orion: "Typically it would be inside the cave…"
Douglas: "Hey…if you've got a complaint, tell it to the map."
As he spoke, we emerged from the cave and…-
Huh, this is…
OO: "Is this the opposite side of the island…?"
Rosso: "Seems so…hey, Douglas. Where's the treasure? You didn't just have us comin' out of a regular cave did ya?"
Douglas: "That's what I'd like to know."
Orion: "…"
Douglas: "Orion?"
Orion said nothing as he snatched the map from Douglas' hands.
For a moment, I wondered if Orion was just going to stare at the treasure map but…
Orion: "This…is a map to a shelter for the merfolk."
Douglas: "Eh?"
Rosso: "Haa…?"
For a brief moment, everyone froze.
So basically they were wrong to think it was a treasure map…?
Orion: "At any rate, I don't know how you got your hands on this, but you've been holding onto a terrible fake map."
Douglas: "…"
Rosso: "Bastard! You tried to trick us!"
Douglas: "Haha! Is that so? Well I guess when you look at it logically, that's how it appears to be doesn't it."
Not seeming at all dispirited, Douglas gave out a hearty laugh.
However…-
Rosso: "You wasted my valuable time!"
Douglas: "But it was pretty fun wasn't it?"
Rosso: "You wanna have a go!?"
Douglas: "Yeah, that's exactly what I want."
OO: "…!"
Once more, the two of them drew their swords and pistols and faced off.
Orion: "*sigh*…again?"
OO: "Um! This is dangerous, so stop fighting…-"
Rosso: "It's dangerous, so you get back OO!"
Douglas: "If you think it's so dangerous, why don't you give up Rosso?"
Rosso: "What'd you say…?"
Orion: "It's impossible to stop them. Just stand back and wait and see."
As Orion had said, I moved to step back.
OO: "…!"
I tripped on a rock and lost my balance.