Chapter 244

My Villains Chapter 244

49. Visitors (7)

The lodging that our party was currently using, the Herb Guild Hall, was tidy but not luxurious.

The only rooms on the first floor were a few offices used by guild leaders and other executives, and a warehouse kitchenette.

The 1st floor of the guild hall was quite quiet to suit this simple structure.

At a table in the corner, Gidon the Crossbowman was sitting alone, reading the Bible, and at the table next to him, a freckled mummy and heavy swordsman Umberta were whispering something with their heads together.

Meanwhile, in the midst of such silence, I was sitting at the table in the middle, mending my armor.

“What’s going on?”

” huh?”

Ellen, who was sitting across from her, continued with her gaze fixed on the glass crystal ball.

“I don’t like your expression.”

“expression? ah.”

because of what happened before.

The bundle that received the present stung for a while and then withdrew into the room with a gloomy face. I was a bit worried because it was different from usual, and even I had a hardened expression because of that.

“...umm nothing.”

Wiping the rapeseed oil from the shin guard with a clean cloth, he naturally turned around.

“What are you doing? Are you done training today?”

“Not today. Simos didn’t come at the time, so I need to adjust the crystal ball.”

The boy’s eyes were shining blue as he peered into the crystal ball. It’s something I’ve seen several times before.

Ellen’s mana flowed into the crystal sphere as if following her gaze, and at the same time, the mana contained in the crystal sphere also flowed into him. In that way, mana was exchanged as if it were convection, and the magic tools were adjusted.

“Why didn’t Simos come?”

“I don’t know. I have work to finish at the upper house.”

“firm?”

“okay. You must be being eaten by your cousin at the store.”

Sanghoe is the place where the army sent by the king is stationed. As it is the place where those who took control of the city by order of the king reside, it is now practically the administrative office of Modos.

The past few days, Heila has been in and out of the store with Simos and Dervish and a few other mercenaries. They say they plan to buy a few people at the same time as the takeover...

Well. I don’t know if it will work. you will do well

“It’s a pity.”

“uh? Who is pitiful?”

“Sea Moss.”

“Why Simos?”

“The path to learning has opened, albeit belatedly, but you’re missing out on opportunities because of useless things.”

“A chance... a chance to learn a spell from you?”

“no.”

Ellen shook her head with a determined face.

“I do not teach spells. No matter what my skills are, I haven’t earned the title of Master yet.”

The guy continued talking with his characteristic arrogant eyes and nasty face.

“Of course, even if you were a Master, you wouldn’t have taught a spell to a half-assed fool like Simos.”

“So what is Simos’ missed opportunity?”

“An opportunity to receive advice.”

“advice?”

“okay. Even if you don’t teach the spell directly, I can give you a hint.”

“Aha...

I nodded, then tilted my chin to one side at a thought that suddenly came to my mind.

“By the way, you can only use one electrical spell, right? Can you give me some advice on that?”

Ellen frowned slightly, as if her pride had been hurt. It was also to regain his arrogance for a while and speak out confidently.

“Do you think that handling a few spells is all I can do?”

...wasn’t it?

“then’?”

“If you use magic in front of me, you can easily understand the flow and operation of mana. Advice based on that will be an opportunity for growth.”

I nodded my head with an expression of ‘Ah, yes, I see’, and finished cleaning the armor.

Then he suddenly remembered what had happened at church and asked Ellen a question.

“Have you been thinking about it?”

“worry?”

“uh. I told you to think about whether to go to the palace or to find the forbidden book.”

” ah.”

Ellen, who put the crystal ball in her bosom, drooled with a cautious expression.

“Do I have to decide now?”

“What is it? Looking at the monks, it seemed like they would let them go soon.”

“...”Hmm.”

Ellen was given two options.

first. Chasing the ‘Dark Knight Akhil Lemnur’ in order to retrieve the forbidden book of the palace lost by the teacher.

second. Take the master’s enemy, the spell thief Saitz, and return to the palace to clear the name right away.

I involuntarily widened my eyes and raised my voice, and Steedman nodded while stroking his bald head.

“yes. Isn’t there anything strange about it? The baroness acted as lord even when her husband was missing.”

“That’s a different story.”

Heila said softly, touching the teacup in front of her.

“It is possible to temporarily serve as regent for a missing husband. But it’s different now that all the members of Nog Nam are dead.”

“...is that so?”

“o”

Heila beckoned to the dervish who was sitting in the corner and commanded something in her ear. As Dervish went upstairs, Heila took a sip of her tea and blinked slowly.

“Countess Clarissa, who became the new owner of Marva, is not such an easy woman. There is no way I would leave an undeserving widow as a vassal.”

“But I heard rumors, Lady, that Countess Clarissa is helping the baroness?”

“how?”

“Looks like you lent me money. I heard that in Longville, they use the money to build a new wall and gather people.”

“......okay?”

Around the time she put down the teacup with a somewhat calm expression, Dervish, who had gone upstairs, came back and handed me something wrapped in paper. Heila took it and carefully unfolded it.

“...what is that?”

“snack. Want some?”

What she brought out was a snack made of egg and flour, baked thin and crispy, and topped with nuts, seeds, and sugar.

“Where else did you get this?”

“Lorena gave it to me.”

“Who is Lorena?”

“The maid of Baron Shaenna.”

“...why is Baron Shaenna’s maid

giving you sweets?”

“We became friends.”

no, what the hell is this?

Heila, who said something incomprehensible, blinked while holding a snack.

At first glance, the eyes directed at me said, “Do you want to eat?” Although it looked like it, because of the pupils that trembled slightly and the lips that seemed to be about to open, the inside of ‘I don’t want to share’ was clearly visible.

I shook my head slightly, and Heila bit into a snack with a look of relief.

“...What are you doing? You pretended to be serious and then ate snacks.”

Ellen, who was sitting across from Heila, shook her head in amazement and turned to Steedman.

“so. Is that all a funny story?”

“yes? uh no There are a few more...

Steedman glanced away, and the chubby Esson veteran conjurer and others picked up the story he had heard.

-The electors of the empire are gathering troops again.

-The army of Count Akele, who was staying at Vitian Port, is moving north.

-Black lightning strikes near the capital.

-A powerful warrior appeared in the East and was nicknamed ‘Storm Sword’.

There was a lot of interesting news, but there was something else that caught my attention.

“Thanks to the retreat of the undead army that was sweeping the plateau, Prince Ulkar got out of the siege.”

“The undead army backing down? why?”

“The peddler said it was thanks to the efforts of Princess Theodora and the Holy Knights.”

I thought over the news that chubby Esson had delivered and then asked a question.

“Then did the undead go to Blade Bay and join the Fishman army?”

“no. It bounced east, not south.”

“.... .East?”

“yes. East.”

An ominous thought flashed through his mind as he turned to Heila.

“Where is the eastern side of the plateau?”

“Antrum.”

“What is there?”

“The Arya family.”

It was a family that served as the frontier commander until the kingdom’s territory expanded to the west 30 years ago. A group of gangsters comparable to the royal family of Zeore, who once single-handedly waged war against the three electors of the empire at once.

Its prestige continues to this day, and the head of the Aryan family, the ‘Marquis of Avon’, is counted among the three most powerful people in the kingdom based on vast farmland and strong military power.

“...Luke is a madman, but he’s not stupid. Arya can’t run a family.”

“Then it must be the Seteniora Monastery.”

“what’?”

Heila blinked and said.

“It’s right on the border between the plateau and Antrum, and you can destroy the holy ground and kill the saint at the same time.”

With a calm face as usual, she muttered, ‘This is a place the king of death would target’, and then took a sip of tea.

I completely agreed with her prediction, so I unknowingly covered my forehead.

“shit.”

As Heila said, the Seteniora Monastery is the holy place of the Kwangmyeonggyo and the place where the saint stays.

And the background of the fifth chapter was also.