It was now Wesley's turn for his vacation. There was no agenda involved this time, but Wesley was slightly serious about his choice of the place. He brought it up to the most recent meeting with the Sentinels. This caused a few vice chiefs to feel worried as the meeting progressed.
"Draxus recently had troubles with the two heroes of both Aquila and Temockria. While the two heroes aren't that much of a problem, I want to investigate the country of Temockria a bit more." "But why that of all places..." Keith raised a bit of a question wondering why he chose that of all places. "Wait, let him cook." Draxus however, was interested in Wesley's reason for travel. "So I've heard that Keith is capable of handling the enemy right? Then it wouldn't be that bad if I'm the one fighting as well." "You talk as if you'll encounter him in the first place, but continue." "Let's say that, I'll check out the country real quick, and see what I can do." "You got my permission, but I don't think the others would approve that easily." "It's fine, I can deal with it." The quick exchange between the three in the meeting room ended, and the topics had switched around as Keith had been working on improving his ability in using Theory Magic.
"The reason why you forced yourself to use it was because of your partner huh...? I wonder when I am gonna get one, I'm already nearing the twenties and I still am bitchless." "Wesley, I'll let it slide but try not to say that when there are ladies in the room." "Right, forgot about that." "Anyways, Keith, for you to actually think about improving your abilities further, are you getting a bit desperate for power?" "You could say that, but I don't really want to show that I don't really have that much talent." "I don't think talent matters all that much, it's more about the hard work you put in." "Yeah, both Wesley and I kinda started to lose confidence after your two newest fiancés asked to help with training." "True, miss Abigail is one thing as she would know what our plans are, but Scarlet is just..." "Of all things why'd you teach her your barrier?" "My barrier...? Oh, the one I used back in the Lunarian city? She just copied it on her accord you know?" "Yeah, she also copied my shadow swapping and Keith's Epitaph foresight. At the moment she's really unstoppable having all those abilities in her puppets. That reminds me, her being a puppeteer rings a bell right Drax?" Draxus, upon hearing Wesley's probing question, immediately looked away. "The dolls specifically, they're made to just look like us but in plush form." "It can't be helped right? It's easier to conceptualize the magic that way. Besides, she can't copy magic that will consume too much like Remuel's [Fog] or Arlesk's [Lasers]. She could only copy my defensive magic." "But then, isn't she pretty much the strongest of your wives in terms of combat power?" "Likely, Livi has recently tied her scores with her though. So the others are likely about to catch up." "That aside, do you think you can handle all those girls as of the moment?" "I believe I can, that's why I'm making great efforts." The two of them took notice of Draxus's smile as he spoke his experiences with his fiancés. "Bruh, I guess you all still bothered with what Gayle did huh?" "Honestly, I wish things could be reparable between you and Josh, I don't really care about Gayle." "Well, some way or another we'll be able to hang around for drinks together." "Oh yeah, I did hear that Keith did start drinking alcoholic stuff. Well, be sure to drink in moderation as always." "Yeah, I don't want to end up like what you did in that incident." "I have no memory of it, and I'd rather not know shit in that incident." "Hah, it was really funny though, but it was definitely painful for you. But anyways... I have another report for you." "Another one you say?" "Yeah, it involves Josh so I thought it wasn't appropriate for me to bring it up before we talked about how you feel about him." "I see... Then what is it?" "While I did say we hope that we all get along as guys, I don't think he's doing really well these days. He's been wallowing on his failures for long periods of time, and sometimes even failed adventurer commissions." "I'm pretty sure I left Edward in charge with keeping an eye of adventurers in the city and got no report about this..." "It's recent actually, he was actually about to come here and report to you directly, but he found me first and decided to pass it." "I see... He's resting most likely as of the moment so you may have to visit him Keith. Wesley, I want you to check on [Genuinity] and [Advocacy]. Try to avoid contact with the other group members." ""Understood."" "Oh, and Keith, don't ever mention my name for the time being." "Alright." The three of them quickly left the room and moved to work on their tasks. Wesley, went to Pauleen and Juniper immediately to ask about the situation.
"Josh's condition? I guess we can say that he's really mad at himself..." "The same case as pre-isekai Draxus?" "Yeah, he wasn't able to see the big picture of that situation back then, and he continues to blame himself for it, seeking comfort from Gayle at any time possible." Wesley quickly found the two of them alone wandering in the streets of the city. Which led to Keith immediately leaving and head towards Josh to check out his state. "So he's seeking comfort constantly, from what I can hear from both of you, relying on Gayle while deny that he's relying on somebody. It sounds dangerous." "Yes, I think due to the things that had happened to him, he's starting to lose himself." "I hope he manages to get over and recover from this. It'll be bad if he ends up making a massive scene that requires us to be involved." "Yeah..." "Alright, thanks for the information, I'll quickly report this to Drax." "I'm not sure if Draxus is the kind of person..." "Well, he'd rather not want to deal with his problems if at all possible. Specially when he gets near his fiancés." "Oh right, it'll be bad if they get dragged to his problems..." "Well, either way, we don't want Draxus snapping due to something stupid, so we have to keep an eye on his behavior." "Understood." Just after Wesley got his answers, he went back to the castle to report and make preparations.