Chapter 196

The journey that followed was surprisingly shit.

The first piece of shit was a stone bridge that arrived 4 hours after leaving the camp. As if we were just resting properly, the moment the dozen men gathered together on the stone bridge talked to us as we got closer, I had no choice but to slap my forehead.

“Hey, brothers. From here, you have to pay a toll to get through?”

In fact, wouldn’t everything I’ve done so far be meaningless?

Looking at the novels I read in the past, fame spreads quickly in an era without cell phones, but seeing that I can’t even recognize stone heads trying to steal money from stone bridges scattered across the valley.

Thanks to that, not only did I realize to the bone why boring clichés are boring clichés, but I also realized that there is a long way to go.

“Heh, hehe. Today, if you leave that elf alone, I’ll take care of it.”

There are too many gangster puppies in the world.

“Hey Sen.”

“Yes, four! Eldmia-sama!”

“Keep those fucked cubs.”

Sen jumped off his horse and threw a dagger among the thieves who were laughing obscenely.

As soon as the daggers were driven into the eyes of the two thieves who couldn’t understand the situation, Sen shouted.

“Hey you bastards!”

I gave instructions to Sen, but everything that moved was everything. Carls and Weizet spurred on their horses and crashed into them, and Merdella assisted them by casting a chant as Sen jumped down.

Of course, there was no fighting whatsoever. The guy who stood there pretending to be a bit old saw Sen and the others jump out at my words and ran away like a ghost, then followed the others with a single shot from Asilier’s bow, and the rest were just robbery level. It was so useless that I didn’t even have the will to fight.

The only damage I received was that Asilie, who was riding in front of me, slapped my lips with the palm of her hand, saying ‘I have kids, so what’s that?’.

The second shit happened that evening.

The robbers who had settled in the woods and had survived the stone bridge near the end of the construction of the camp had brought their gang from somewhere. These days, if 10 people die, 20 people come to the trend, so it’s almost like that number of people surrounded us and approached us.

“Fuck, this time you’ve lost.”

Rumors don’t spread, but how is it so easy for the surviving robbers to find us along with the rest of the gang? Mental fatigue set in, so I decided to move this time. After all, no matter how annoying these guys are, you have to deal with them yourself so there is no end to them.

Maybe it’s because I’ve recently been fighting with guys who say they use knives, but now this kind of situation just bothers me.

“I’m from Eldmia...”

Then an unexpected reaction came out.

“Uh, uhhhhh! Go to Eldmia!!”

A guy who recognizes me has appeared!

“Sir, fuck! There’s never been a story like this!!”

Not even one or two. Leaving behind the dumbfounded party with both eyes wide open, I looked around and saw that there were many people with similar reactions. When I even made eye contact with a guy who was so astonished, he threw down his weapon and turned around and started running away.

“Dog bastards! Fucking bastards! If you’re going to kill, you’re going to die!”

“I said no! I’m not! No!”

“What, what?! What are they doing?! Wake up you bastards!”

“Fuck you!!”

The procession of escaping without looking back. In the sight of twenty people being reduced to half in an instant, I was able to realize belatedly that my efforts so far had not been in vain.

Fortunately, those who remained didn’t falter. In the end, Sen, who had been staring at the people doing nothing and running amok, looked at Asilie and I, who burst out with a gentle smile that was out of proportion to the situation, as if he couldn’t understand them, then asked slowly.

It’s only recently that I’ve realized I’ve been desperate, but I’m still better than Alec. uh huh Arriving at the gateway while teasing Alec, who caused cognitive dissonance, we entered the free pass with the help of our acquaintances.

“I’m glad you seem to be doing well, hey! Are you going to stay for a while?”

“It’s not long... but about three days?”

“Ah, he seems busy. It’s been a while since I’ve been here, so let’s have a drink together later. Oh, travelers, please stop by the adventurer’s guild. These days, it’s security reinforcement week, so we’re meticulous.”

“Ah, yes. Thank you.”

The inside of the city was much more familiar than it looked on the outside, leaving behind Alec, who was waving lively to see him off.

“Huh?! Eldmia!”

“Long time no see, Milena! Has the location of the store changed?”

“Oh my God! No, you heartless bastard! Stop!”

“I can’t because I have something urgent to do right now. I’ll say hello later!”

Passing by Milena’s store, which changed its location and got bigger.

“What is it? Is it Eldmia?”

“You used the sword that the uncle gave you cheaply!”

“What? Why is it in the past tense? Hey! Yamma!”

“Ha ha ha! The long sword of Hans, the Ogwen blacksmith of the border! It has been replaced with the long sword of the capital Dwarf craftsman!”

“What?! Dwarf?! Hey, hey! You bastard! Show me your sword and go!”

I glanced down the street past Hans, who was always in front of the smithy, shining a light on his shiny hair.

familiar face. A series of unselfish pleasures. Even though I didn’t bother to remember it, the memory springs up as soon as I arrive. It was such a pleasant feeling that I could easily ignore the stares of the people around me, including Sen’s party, who looked at the atmosphere of hospitality with a stunned expression.

The place they drove to was the inn of Mrs. Alicia, which had now become a nursery school. When I stopped talking and looked at the building, which had changed significantly, little kids who didn’t seem to know me were staring at us, who had suddenly gathered.

...a lot.

“If you follow the southern road from here, you will come to the Holy Cross Temple. Go and settle your affairs, put your eyes on the adventurer’s guild and come back here.”

“Yes? The Holy Cross? Why is there...”

“Belessica’s family will be there.”

If you’re safe, that is. They were people with question marks above their heads, but they didn’t particularly object to my words.

“Aren’t you going with me?”

But Veleshka vomited a little. It seemed uneasy, so I explained it in a slightly soothing tone.

“Because I’m always in a third party position. Of course, I’m not parting like this. I’ll just settle my affairs first and visit to explain the situation. If you go there, you’ll be told that it’s Priest Asher. If you tell him to meet him, the other priests will guide you. You can trust him because he is more faithful than anyone else.”

He is not only faithful, but also a veteran crusader who participated in crusades in the past. It feels absurd that the Holy Cross priests in Ogwen are blinded by self-interest in the first place, but it would be better to introduce the most trustworthy person first.

Fortunately, with that alone, Beleshka was relieved and accepted the situation. Asilie looked at the companions and horses walking away and asked me quietly.

“The Holy Cross?”

“They say she might be a saintess candidate.”

“...Aha. So...”

Asilie understood the situation with just those words and didn’t ask further.

It’s just ‘really, I get caught up in a case wherever I go.’ He just laughed a little.