Chapter 14 : Antidote

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"read" = speaking

'read' = thought

[read] = robot speaking

Ryusei grabbed the key of their jail and opened the jail. Vert hugged IF in relief and congo pink hair girl looked at them with surprised look as Ryusei looked at lilac hair girl and her skin is getting pale,

"IF, is that girl is okay? Her skin is getting pale and her face is slowly turning blue." Ryusei asked as IF turned back to her friend.

"It's not good. We need hurriedly to treat her." IF said with panic look.

"Okay, let's bring her to the guest room first then we can talk what happening there." Vert said as she looked at Ryusei. He nodded as he carrying the lilac hair girl on his back.

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Ryusei put the lilac hair girl slowly to guest's bed while Vert sat with IF and her another friend name Compa on sofas. He walked and sit beside Vert then introduce himself to Compa while the girl is sound sleeping than poisoning.

"For now, my darling put her to bed but I didn't expect this to be happening under me." Vert said while looking at the lilac hair girl with sad look.

"Iffy, you knew Ryusei-sama and Green Heart-sama?" Compa looked at IF and asked her.

"Only recently though.....Vert-sama, Ryusei-san, how did you know that we were caught?" IF said to Compa as she asked to Vert with confused look.

"I am a goddess, so it is easy to find out who was in attendance today, The truth, We were going to skip the party, so we could playing our unfinished games, but when I saw your name then that is different thing. So, I thought to see you and went in to party hall with darling and we were only to see all the commotion. After that, darling asked where are you to the staff and found out that you all in prison." Vert said with smile and Ryusei nodded.

"Um, It can't be the reason that recently Vert-sama was shut in the room and rarely go out.....?" IF asked to Vert with wryly smile.

"Yes, I wanted to played my games with Ryusei and We had missions to clear online together. Playing games with darling and chatting online is way more fun than some boring party." Vert shameless admit it to IF with smile while Ryusei just laugh awkward at Vert statement and scratched his back head.

'Hahaha....Vert really admit that she is a gamer easily to IF...Well, she really like me when I met her at first time though....' Ryusei thought with awkward laugh while seeing Compa and IF reaction.

"Iffy.....The Goddess of Leanbox....Are really?" Compa asked to IF with wry smile.

"....Yeah. A hardcore Gamer. I hate to admit it but I lost the bet with Nep." IF said with wry smile.

"Nep? Is that her name?" Vert said as she looked at the lilac girl who on the bed.

"Yes. Well, actually, Nep is how I call her but her real name is Neptune." IF said with smile.

"Neptune.....She is?" Vert said with wide eyes.

"Vert? What's wrong?" Ryusei said with confused look.

"No, it's nothing." Vert shook her head and said to Ryusei.

"More importantly, I would like to ask what happened. But, first you must be hungry right? We just had cookies and do you two want some tea?" Vert said with smile as IF and Compa nodded.

Ryusei and Vert stand up as they walking to the kitchen to prepared teas and cookies for two guests.

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Ryusei and Vert set down the teas and cookies as they sat down on sofa while asking what happen to IF and Compa.

"I can't believe Yvoire did that. Also, that Momus' messenger that you two talking about couldn't be ignored." Vert said with serious look.

"*sigh* That old man, he is really trust some unknown person with shady business and I already told him to check the person background before trusted he/she words." Ryusei said while massage his forehead and Vert sighed too.

"For now, we should priority to search the antidote for Neptune." Vert said with serious look.

They stood up from sofas and check up Neptune condition. IF and Compa panic as they saw Neptune blue face.

"It's not good! Nep-nep face was blue, but now it's turning to purple." Compa said with worried look while IF talked about the poison to Vert and Ryusei saw Vert looking at her phone like she is searching something.

"Hmm....It seems the poison that Iffy got from Yvoire is from the ancient age." Vert said with serious look.

"Vert-sama has so much knowledge about poison. You're really amazing, just hearing Iffy word and you already know about the poison." Compa said with amazed look.

"No, I don't have any knowledge about poison at all." Vert said with smile.

"Eh? Then how did you know about it?" Compa asked with confused look.

"I just searched it online while Iffy talking about the poison. Just in case, I also posted it to 765-chan and a pro answered it in seconds." Vert said as Compa smile wryly and Ryusei sighed at her.

"Ano...Why you looking at me like that?" Vert said with confused smile.

".....The Lady is much more.....Accomplished than I thought...." Compa said with wry smile.

"Hey, darling." Vert said as she looked at Compa and IF.

"Yes?" Ryusei said looking at Vert,

"Is it just me, or did both Iffy and Compa put distance between me?" Vert said as Ryusei just patted her head and Vert smile in bliss at his headpat.

'I really hope that you're never changed. Just stay cute like this forever.' Ryusei thought while smile.

"It's just your imagination right IF?" Ryusei said while pat Vert head and asked IF.

"Y-yeah! More importantly, was there any other detox methods there?" IF said with panic look and then asked Vert.

"Yes, but to make the antidote, it requires an ingredient from a certain monster in Marubaco Forest." Vert said with serious look.

"Then we need to hurried to get it. Let's go Compa!" IF said to Compa as she going out to Marubaco forest.

"Yes!" Compa said while following IF.

Ryusei hearing the material from Vert and suddenly he remember something.

"Hey, dear. Are the ingredient for antidote is like this?" Ryusei said as he pulled the ingredient from his haori sleeve.

"Yes that's the ingredient.....When do you get that darling?" Vert said with confused look as IF and Compa freeze at their track when they heard Ryusei already had the ingredient.

"Well, I got it when I finished yesterday quest. At first, before we going to played games, I want to try to make a health drink for you since I know you will played games until next morning but you suddenly want going to party hall to meet IF. So, I putted it in my haori sleeve to make it later then when we are going to prison, I'm completely forgot about it." Ryusei said while scratched his back head and laugh awkwardly.

They can heard cricket noise as Compa and IF looked at him with deadpan face while Vert shook her head but inward her head, she sighed in relief since his health drink is so bitter.

"Well, since we had the ingredient. Let's start making the antidote. Compa, can you help to make it?" Vert said with smile.

"Um, I'm not a pharmacist, so I can't make medicine thingies." Compa said with sad look.

"Now that posed a problem. None of us are experts in the field besides Compa." Vert said as Compa looked conflict at herself.

"Um...How about Ryusei-san?" Compa said while looked at Ryusei.

"No, even thought I can make a health drink but an antidote is different thing. I can't do it randomly." Ryusei said while shook his head.

"Compa, you're the only one remotely in a similar field. Please help." IF said with smile to reassure Compa.

"But..."

"You want to save Neptune, right?" Vert said with smile.

"I want to save Nep-nep, but I'm not the right person to save Nep-nep." Compa said with sad look.

"I don't understand. Can you explain it a bit?" IF said with confused look.

"....I kept it secret, but I'm actually failed at nursing school...Compared with my classmate, I'm a failure. That's why there's no way I could do something important like this..." Compa said with sad look and tears nearly dropped from her corner eyes.

"Is that it?" IF said with smile.

"My, I thought of something worse, but if that is it..." Vert said with smile.

"Eh?" Compa said with surprised look.

"What with that surprising look? It's not like we're going to let you shoulder the burden alone." Ryusei said with smile.

"Yes. We will assist to the greatest extent possible." Vert said with smile.

"Compa, tell us what to do, and we'll do it. Let's save nep, together." IF said with smile.

"Yes!" Compa said while wiped her tear.