Chapter 23: Going to Italy
Yukino looked through the window of the private jet. A jet owned by Erica's family.
The reason why she was on one in the first place was that her Lord got tired of monotonous life and wanted some excitement.
This translated to them flying to Italy…
Yes, she is flying to Italy in the middle of the school year and holidays are not even around the corner! Meaning that she is skipping school…
Not that any of this matters to Raynor. No, whatever he says will happen. And since he wants to travel a little bit, they will travel.
*Sigh*
"You have been sighting for a while now." Raynor notices her resigned sighing.
At this moment he was reading a tour guidebook. They will be going to Milan and later on to Rome. The whole thing should last around a week.
If this was a proper holiday then she would be excited just as he was! However, they are flying in early October…
Where the ones would be diligent people would be attending classes and preparing for end-of-the-year exams…
"Because I am not used to any of this…" Yukino said while sighing, again.
"I see, well, then I guess we should travel more so that you can get used to it." He said that with a small grin.
"...I would rather not. But that is your choice." She said with a minuscular frown.
"Hmm…" For a few moments, he had a thoughtful look before snuggling closer to the girl. He pulled her on his lap. Since the journey is going to last for quite a bit of time… around a day. Ena and Erica are already sleeping.
Only Yukino and Raynor were not. The girl could not because of her annoyance and the Godslayer wasn't remotely tired… he was sitting in the comfortable chair for most of the day inside of the private jet.
"You know… you don't need to bother with those studies." Now he sighed while saying that.
"If you want to catch up on what we miss we could just tell the teachers to re-teach whatever they taught the week you missed.
You forgot that I can decide…everything." He said that with an obvious tone befitting someone who slays Gods for living.
As he said that his fingers brushed past her long hair. Though her eyes were wide, as her brain was catching up to what he said.
"...You are right. There is no need for you to do that. I am sure I can learn things at my own pace." She said that with a fake smile. This smile was hiding nervousness. She shouldn't tell things which concern her! Yes, she shouldn't.
This guy could pull some crazy things if she would ask him!
'Blandelli was right! I should watch what I am saying!'
"If you say so Yukino-chan. Remember if anything is annoying you just tell me. I will either smite or drown it."
"...I will keep that in mind. I am sure there is very little who can do anything to me after you added me to your court." She said that with slight exaggeration. The issue is not someone bugging her but her getting over the normal things of a person and instead focusing on her supernatural life.
If she was in constant supernatural surroundings she might have already adjusted to it. But she was in her regular one for most of the time.
So, it's hard just flipping over.
Maybe this trip to Italy will help her adjust to her new life.
~~~~~~Milan~~~~~~
As the private jet landed the time in Italy was early evening. There was a luxurious limousine already waiting for the Godslayers group.
As they walked over there the doors of the expensive car opened and a man with blonde hair exited it.
He walked over and did a small bow towards Raynor.
The first one to react to this man's arrival was his blonde girlfriend.
"Uncle."
Raynor's eyebrow slightly rose.
So this was Erica's uncle. Paolo Blandelli… a powerful Great Knight in his own right.
"Your Majesty, Erica, and the rest of you welcome to Milan." The man elegantly greeted them. His gaze stayed on Erica for a bit, who almost sheepishly smiled back at him.
He is pretty sure was annoyed that two Campiones are in his country.
"Please follow me and I will take you to Copper Black Headquarters."
Paolo motioned to get into the limousine, and the group followed him.
Sure enough, they were on the way.
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One thing which Yukino noticed is that she can understand Italian. She was certain that she didn't know it before…
As she was sitting next to Raynor in the limousine, in front of them was Blandelli's uncle who is a Great Knight and previous Diavolo Rosso. She did her research on this while they were flying here after all.
In a sense, this man was the peak of what humans can achieve without slaying a Heretic God.
Though, she was wondering about her ability to understand a foreign language like this.
As she notices that she can read stuff in advertisements.
"Don't worry. This power works on all languages; you can read even extinct ones as if it was your main language." The Godslayer explained to the girl as he saw how shocked she was after being able to read Italian.
"Yes. You Campione's are one of a kind. For regular mages, we need to learn a spell. And cast it on ourselves to understand other languages."
Hearing Paolo explain the details has piqued Raynor's curiosity. Since Erica usually tells that he should not bother with this.
"I was wondering how does it even work? Erica usually tells me that I should not bother with it." As he said that he looked at his blonde knight sitting opposite to him as the girl was sitting next to her uncle.
"For Godslayer he gains this as an ability because of Godly Authorities and essence of the God they usurp. While for us regulars we borrow it from a God through our spell work."
"I suppose, it's Hermes?"
"Yes. Hermetic arts are the most commonly used here in Italy and most of the Balkan countries."
As Paolo explained that Raynor could see how Erica was almost pouting at him. He only smiled back at her. It was her fault for not explaining in detail and instead just telling them that he doesn't need it because it's automatic for him!
As with any weeb, he does want to know the mechanics behind all of that.
While they were all discussing magic, Yukino next to Raynor was spacing out for a bit as she realised what this meant…
She can read anything she wants directly from the source! And this is simply great! Because translated work most of the time loses some of its feel to it because of the language barriers!
Now it doesn't matter! She can read all of it!
The Godslayer noticed her spacing out and sagely nodded to himself.
'Yes, dear. I went through the same thing. It's going to take some time to get used to the idea that language barriers don't exist for us.'
He still remembers the frenzy he had to read all the mangas and light novels.
Well, it was some time ago. So, in a sense, he got over it.
~~~~~~Later~~~~~~
"Erica…what were you thinking? You know that there is a reason why we are keeping it sealed away! And now you promised him a Heretic God to slay!?" Paolo said with a nervous look. He was massaging his forehead as he was thinking about the shit his niece has put them in!
"I have this whole thing planned out uncle. First of all, I didn't offer him this if I didn't know that he could beat her. The authorities he got from Zeus are more than enough to deal with another Greek God."
"Oh?"
"Yes. His King's Authority suppressed any Greek God's authority as he wields the power of the King of Gods. This is why I offered him this." Erica explained to her uncle with a crafty smile.
"This works well for us and him. The Copper Black Cross loses one of the responsibilities we have to deal with, fewer things on our hands, while my boyfriend gets the fight he wanted to have." The blonde girl quite smugly said that.
"...and does he know that he will have to be bait?"
"Of course uncle! I explained everything to him! I am not going to risk it like that!" The girl said with a huff. She was a little bit offended by how little her uncle thought of her!
"I needed to ask since you can be far too reckless."
The blonde girl smirked when she heard that.
"I learned it from the best. Unlike you, uncle, I haven't engaged Campione in a fight which is not a spar." Her words had a profound effect on her uncle who sighed in resignation.
Erica will never go to drop it, will she?
"And the fight? I hope he will take it outside Italy?" Once again he asked seriously. If they fight THAT Goddess here in Italy it will attract the attention of Doni, their Italian King. And if he learns about this…
"Don't worry. The fight will be held in Australia. In the big open desert. We already planned it out." She casually shrugged off the concerns.
"Oh, I see, that's good to hear." He then got slightly confused.
"But why Australia?"
The blonde girl only shrugged her shoulders at him.
"According to him, he wants to see the country."
"...I see…"
Campiones are weird; he should have accepted it long ago. Though this one is slightly more reasonable than Doni…
~~~~~~Next Morning~~~~~~
It was a day of explanations as Raynor wanted to see the city of Fashion. He has heard and seen some of the fashion shows on television.
When the girls heard that he watched a fashion show they slightly got weirded out.
His answer to that was that he likes seeing those girls on the catwalk. This made them roll their eyes at him.
"I should have known…" Yukino said with a disappointed sigh. Her reaction though, was ignored.
"Yes. Now you know. So let's see those shopping districts they have in this place."
"What are you even looking for?" Erica asked him. As someone who was born in this city, she knows it very well.
"Some stuff for mother and some football-related stuff for father." He explained quite casually.
"...Hmm… we can do that. Wait, your father supports Milan?" She asked curiously. As she didn't see any of the football-related stuff at his home before moving out to Japan.
"No. He supports football. So we could buy all the trinkets of all football teams and he would like it either way."
The blonde nodded before they started to explore the shopping districts and malls.
While this was going on the other two girls who were in tourist mode were looking with curious interest at the old architecture and the feel of this place.
For the first time, they were far away from their home country. So, at first, they were taking in the sights and looking with wonderment at all of the old buildings.
Then it was time to visit the shops… the high-end shops.
While Raynor wanted to buy some stuff for his parents since he left with short notice…
Erica on the other hand wanted to dress up her boyfriend!
This was the perfect time to do that!
"...What are you doing?"
"...Seeing which one will fit you the best! You are a King so you need to look like one!" As she said that the girl had put a white t-shirt In front of him.
"Girls, what do you think?" She asked the opinion of the other two.
"Not bad… What about the blue one?" Yukino chipped in from the side as she looked at him from a different angle.
"...Hmm… yes, It would fit."
Hearing how the pair started to discuss colours for him, the Godslayer with a sigh looked around and hoped that Ena was not part of it…
But he was wrong… she was carrying her batch of clothes for him to check out.
'That's it! After this, we will check out the monuments and buildings… or… I should take these three to get some costumes as payback…' Raynor thought with a crafty look of his own.
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