Chapter 306

I didn’t expect to meet the mercenaries who set up a policy of rejecting the request first if you think you’re going to get along with me, but the world is so small.

I wanted to respond with a few words, but unlike Carl Gulls who cheered me up, I still didn’t know how well the mercenary group called the Blue Owls were, so I had no choice but to nod my head in greeting.

“As you already know, this is Eldmia Ega. How many people can I hire to get to Raviel safely?”

“One person is enough. I won’t take any money. I want you to think of it as my own little sincerity towards Valakia.”

It was only when I saw Carl Guls wiping his mouth with a napkin in an unusually polite manner that I belatedly began to wonder why the mercenaries were called ‘blue’ owls.

No matter how different the world is, where people live, there is one corner that is similar, and one of them is that the symbol of pure blood is called blue blood as in the previous life in the inland region of this world.

The big difference is that there is a clan with real blue blood, unlike the white skin and veins symbolized in the previous life. Having inherited the lineage of the great, they have a reputation for being a characteristic only of the royal family and rumors that wounds heal quickly and even a drop of blood can be moved by one’s own will.

Of course, from common sense, it is thought that something magical that simply acts on the blood is the cause, regardless of lineage or nabal, but that is not the important thing right now. Since those friends actually shed blue blood, it is important that the color of nobility in that area is blue, which symbolizes nobility or royalty.

“Are you noble?”

If you think about the people who are familiar with the manners of nobles, the strangely well-disciplined mercenaries, and the names of the mercenaries, even if it is a leap, it was a guess worth mentioning at least once. Above all, seeing the nobles I saw while working as a butler, I definitely felt it. That the manners cut on Carl Gools’ body were never made on a day trip.

Carl Gulls stopped short of raising his eyebrows at the rather unexpected question, while the mercenaries’ eyes changed sharply. Fortunately, Carl Guls, who recognized them, raised one hand, and his eyes quickly withdrew.

“He was a nobleman. How did you know?”

“I asked because I thought you were as familiar with manners as any noble. It also reminded me of a story that in an inland kingdom, nobles believe that blue blood flows.”

“Huh, not only are they brave, but they’re well-informed. We’re from there. It’s the Kingdom of Banais, one of the kingdoms bordering Volta Bay.”

“...was that Valakia friend also a nobleman?”

No matter how you look at it, he was a friend with a lot of flaws to be called an aristocrat. Carl Goose, who smiled lightly at my question and gulped down his beer, shrugged his shoulders and continued as if it was not a big deal.

“It’s not like that. Originally, it was called Barnais Owl, but since there were people who didn’t have any patriotism left, and there was a lot of antipathy toward the blue-blooded aristocrats you mentioned, it was changed to be sarcastic. It’s true that there are a lot of fallen aristocrats and illegitimate children.”

Just looking at Balakia, her dignity is a bit low. Seeing that he laughed at the last joke, it seems that the mercenary group’s solidarity is not bad.

“Well, you’ll be busy too, so let’s just stop chatting. Should I just tell you a fragmentary story about an orc appearing in Raviel’s adventurer’s guild?”

“It is more likely that ‘unexpected monsters are moving and there is an orc attack on the village.’”

“Thank God you are smart enough to keep yourselves from running away from here. It means you don’t have to experience the horrors of being chased by elves in the woods.”

Thinking back to the training she had been training with Asillie while learning tracking in Ogwen, it was clear that it would be an unpleasant experience from the moment she risked her life.

Among the guys who listened to my words and were very nervous, I organized a search team by setting up four enemies as the leader and organizing them to move with one Qing and Hwang class. I had no choice but to.

“Eh, wouldn’t it be okay if I accompany Eldmia-sama?”

A guy with a past who had his arm cut off in Ogwen came up to me and asked if I looked like an idiot who couldn’t add or subtract, so I briefly explained why I was worried.

“If you have a lot of numbers, your chance to live increases, but for me it’s a stumbling block.”

I am very determined today and intend to search the forest. In that case, of course, Asilier, who is much better than me in that direction, will use his strength, but no matter how much I care about my body and move relatively easily, it is not at a level that the Chung class here can chase. It will take up time unnecessarily.

“Your class is four. If you think I’m the weakest among them, raise your hand. I’ll put you in the weakest group.”

“I am the weakest!”

I really liked that he didn’t uselessly fight his pride and raised his hand like a knife, but the problem was that he was the guy whose arm was cut off by me.

He may have been an idiot in the past, but if you look at his movements and reaction speed, he must be stronger than Badna at all.

“...Yes, yes.”

Come to think of it, increasing the number of people was a way to promote safety, but it was also a way to increase the chances of him surviving by adding one more idiot to the strong guy’s party.

“Everyone at that level must have at least a watch, right?”

Even if it’s a bit expensive, because of its convenience, I usually carry around a silent pocket watch that uses magic stones as fuel as soon as I level up. Fortunately, all four of them quickly nodded, as if they were meticulous about their equipment.

“The Orc raid was in the east, so today we will disperse and search there. It’s still snowing heavily and the sun is likely to set quickly, so we make it a rule to return by 2:00 PM. Don’t step out. Anyone have a question?”

“Oh, what if I encounter an orc?”

“If you find a clustered colony, return and report it, and avoid engaging the rest unless you’ve encountered them yourself. Orcs have heads too. If the cubs we sent out to scout keep dying, we’ll be wary.”

The purpose is not subjugation, but extermination. There was no reason to raise the level of vigilance for nothing, as the entire colony had to be destroyed instead of just grabbing a few and letting them run away.

Even without an explanation, they understood that much, so there was no questioning, and we headed into the woods, being escorted by the mercenaries.