Chapter 114 – 111 Small Town Wayford
The next morning, the citizens of the main street went to the news boards at the central crossroads, each one in the north, south, east, west, and west.
Hwanin also put on a hooded cape with Isilite and headed to the nearest news board, and he could see the people who came out first in front of him, forming a crowd, looking at a large announcement.
= Whoa. There are so many people.=
“Go a little closer.”
The news board was large, and the notice attached to it was even larger.
After reading the announcement from a reasonable distance, the Bloodhide Clan and the Lianarin Company located in the center of the city are all in one, and it is confirmed that the 6th-class baron’s daughter is the raider. Along with the information that there was a subjugation last night, the seal of Aldjin = Bere, a 4th-class baron, was stamped.
Nearby citizens gossip.
=If you are a 6th class baron, where is it…… Where were you? It was a port city.=
= Praver. It’s a city on the west side of Aleughel Lake.=
= Oh, that’s right. It was there, indeed. But what did the young lady of that place come here for?=
=How do we know what such a precious person thinks and lives? Anyway, to think that the Lianarin Company was connected to the Bloodhide Clan…… I feel like I’ve been stabbed in the back.=
= That’s right I believed and bought it because it brought the latest fashion of the saints quickly.=
“…….”
When I visited the Lianarin store, I could see regular army soldiers going in and out of the 4-story building, carrying all sorts of items.
People dressed similar to those who worked in the administrative office are also loading things like briefcases into wagons, and dozens of straw cows are transporting luggage one after another.
= I could have lived happily in our city if it was at Lianarin Company, but he said he would watch a movie of wealth and honor. True.=
= Oh, my sister is also true. I can’t help but be greedy for those who have it?=
= Hey, did you hear? I heard that the head of the skin hide was hanged in front of the magistrate. Let’s go.=
=Even if it wasn’t so, I was curious about what the monster looked like, so let’s see it and go to work.=
Seeing the citizens near the building of the Lianarin Trading Company heading towards the magistrate, Hwanin also muttered as he followed them.
“The power of the baron who is the owner of the city is so amazing.”
If you look at the progress of the subjugation, you can tell that it was struck right away without securing evidence. That was surprising, but Isilite’s answer was even more surprising.
= Master. If you are the lord of a baron family, you are no different than a king in that city.=
“…….”
I knew with knowledge. Local nobles in the Middle Ages were said to have absolute power in their domains.
Even if you know it, the difference between knowing it through knowledge and seeing it with your own eyes is incomparable.
Aldjin = Bere heard Baekryeogang’s story and immediately mobilized the army.
It took 3 hours to proceed with the operation and 1 hour to clean up, and at least not a single citizen was present to question the result.
If the power of the baron, the owner of a small city, is this much, how much is a mid-level city, a capital city, or a capital city?
‘Baek Ryogang’s statement, ‘What I saw is evidence, and what I heard is evidence’ was an honest statement without any additions or subtractions.’
Anyway, Hwanin nodded his head at the fact that the case was sorted out in less than a day.
What if he was himself?
‘After making the spirits forcibly spit out information, they must have attacked the base at night, killing everyone and escaping.’
It would have taken two days. A day on scouting, and a day on the run.
Heyern = Hwanin, who arrived in front of the magistrate, feeling Zod’s warning touch his skin, could see a pretty horrific sight by the standards of ordinary people.
Seven people were hanged on the gallows, and the skin was peeled off from the neck down, exposing the muscles and tendons.
Neither the human skin nor the corpse were intact. The condition of the corpse is in a mess, as if it had been subjected to severe torture.
=Who is the beast?=
= There is a sign stuck there. Middle…… Asia Rudan, Inlang tribe.=
= Hey, a 6th grade shooter? Even though he looks fine, and he even led a merchant, he felt sorry for him and touched the baron.=
‘Is that why they only peeled off the skin from the neck down?’
After watching a young woman with black wolf ears, Asia Rudan, bite her tongue and die, Hwanin looked at the remaining corpses and then his eyes went to the face of one of the women.
A woman with eagle feather ears who dies with anger on her face.
= Aldthis is also dead. =
“Well.”
Hwanin has already lost interest in that direction.
Hwanin came up with several hypotheses about the fact that among the seven dead, the body of Iflibel, who was the head of the upper house and the second-ranked clan, was missing.
And the hypotheses merged to create a single stem.
‘It’s not just retaliation for touching the Baron.’
I looked around the gallows, but I couldn’t see her soul. Although she looked, she had no intention of doing anything.
As the traffic started to increase, Hwanin, who returned to the hotel, gave the waiter a note along with a tip and sent it to Susa.
It was about having one last meal before leaving the city, as they came out of the labyrinth last night.
Afterwards, having breakfast, Hwanin caught Isilite as she was about to go out to sell her bloodhide clan’s weapons and her armor.
“Just destroy weapons and armor.”
= Yes? There are 16 sets and they are in good condition, so if you sell all of them, you should be able to get 1 gold coin…….=
“These are belongings of those who were executed for attacking the barons. If you try to dispose of it in bulk, you might get suspicious, so leave the city and just dump it in the field.”
= Ah……. Um, lord wait a minute.=
Having said that, Isilite spreads her booty on her floor and she examines it here and there. Her weapons were disassembled one by one and checked to the point where they were sealed.
= I think you can sell all your weapons. Usually, in the case of a well-known organization, weapons are custom-made and leave marks, but these are all ready-made products.=
“Then let’s just share and sell weapons.”
=Yes!=
Isilite replied vigorously and went out dressed up with her heavy iron greatsword and even her armor so as not to look down on her.
Left alone, Hwanin thought about his plans for a while, then looked at the emergency rations sitting on his stomach on the living room rug.
Coo?
“Let’s go out at once.”
Coo!
The place to take the emergency food was the station building near the 2nd Naeseongmun Gate on Nambu-daero in the main street.
Entering through the road that turns into an alley from the main street, a building with a similar appearance to a distribution warehouse appeared.
Outside the building, which was open like a train station, numerous carriages, carriages, and carts full of luggage were lined up in a dense row, making a loud noise as many people and carriages came and went.
Hwanin inspected the various wagon-related accessory stores and horse and quay equipment stores lined up around the post office.
‘Hey there.’
Hwanin, who crossed the street to avoid the carriages coming and going without rest, entered a store with a strong antique feel with emergency food.
The walls were lined with all sorts of gear for cues, and spurs and stirrups, as well as bridles and muzzles, were lined up nicely on the shelves below the wall.
And in the middle of an empty store.
It is an interior decorated so that you can come in with Kue and try on and board.
As the door closed with a jingle and a bell, a man with the head of a white brimstone parrot, who had been fixing something similar to a saddle, turned his head and stood up.
=Welcome. What?! Green Que!?=
Quet?!
Emergency rations are startled by the sight of a man rushing towards them and take a threatening posture.
= Oh, oh oh! It’s really, really Green Que! Cool! Great! The best! These smooth feathers, strong legs that seem to spur the earth…… !=
Hissing, the emergency rations made a clicking sound, revealing a lot of vigilance, and Hwanin stopped in front of him and said,
“Will you be okay for a while?”
=…… Hot?! This, this. Sorry. You were so excited that you showed rudeness.=
The shopkeeper, who came to his senses belatedly, smiled shyly and stepped back.
= I was excited to see the green Que that I had only heard about in real life. Thank you for your understanding.=
“It’s okay. More than that, I’d like to see the chest brace and ankle brace he’ll be wearing. Do you have any recommendations?”
At the behavior of the hostess, who seemed to have the same hobby and job, Hwanin immediately got to the point.
However…….
= Did you! Welcome! Our Kue Fantasy Shop is Wayford’s premier Kue gear store, covering all kinds of Kue equipment, from common varieties to rare breed Kue! As for the history of the store…… !=
“…….”
The store owner had a good work ethic, and badly, he was full of ignorant otaku habits.
Seeing the shopkeeper talking non-stop, Hwanin sighed inwardly, gave a rough reply, and cut off his words appropriately before purchasing a helmet for a Queyong mask, a chest protector and saddle integrated, and a pair of leg protectors.
=This all-in-one chest protector-saddle was made by adding a black iron plate to the verdant tree of Mt. Labyrinth. As you can see, the green and contrasting color is great, which really brings out this baby’s beautiful feathers!=
=Do you see the saddle that is connected to this belt and reins? This is also made of black flower wood to achieve a balance of colors. Of course, the girdle and bridle are not plain leather either. It is made of second-class heterogeneous leather, so it is not only durable but also waterproof!=
=Leggings are also extraordinary! Crystal iron made by mixing dark crystals of the labyrinth where light cannot reach with steel, it was pulled out with an iron plate and hammered forged, and the inside was lined with softly polished leather so as not to injure or pressure the delicate legs of Que! I am confident that there will be no sores or scars even after wearing the leggings for several days!=
= This mask and helmet…… Big! What a great choice. There is a small village five days away from here, and there lives a really good processing craftsman. It’s a helmet made of light steel from Mt. 3 Labyrinth! Do you see This contour and finish! Queue’s indeed! By Que! It’s a helmet for Que!=
“…… Admiration… I see.”
The store owner’s enthusiastic reaction. Anyway, the product was literally great.
The chest protector, saddle, and leg protectors were also masterpieces, but the mask helmet was truly a masterpiece.
It is tailored to the light yellow beak color, and it does not cover the entire head of the emergency ration, but only slightly covers the top of the beak and from the forehead to the top of the head.
The color is also based on black gray, so it has a strong feeling of a set item along with other equipment, so it was a Hwanin that I liked even more.
As if he was satisfied with the equipment he was wearing, he looked around his body, then raised his chin and shrugged.
The owner of the fantasy shop, Yuo, who was filming it with a video recording magic tool, said while holding Hwanin’s hand and shaking it up and down.
= Thank you so much! Thanks to Hwanin’s emergency food, we can prove that our product fits well with the skeleton of the rare Kue!=
“Thank you for offering me a product at such a low price.”
Although it took over an hour to purchase the three pieces of equipment, it was well worth it.
Thanks to that, I bought a product worth 3 gold coins at 1/3 the price.
Even if emergency rations grow to the 4th level, even if they grow in size, a high-quality item that can be used continuously with a little tuning is 1 gold coin.
= Hwanin! If there is a problem with the equipment, please visit us again with emergency food! That’s our promise at cost!=
“I will. Let’s go.”
Que~.
Hwanin, who left the store, immediately felt the effect of equipping the emergency rations.
The gaze changed from looking at a cute pet bird to looking at a well-trained combat Que.
It feels like a domestic car that encountered a Rolls-Royce or Lamborghini on the road as people sneaked away from emergency food.
This inevitably raised concerns about theft.
‘Can I teach emergency food to fight?’
If you think about kicking and hitting Aldthis, the aggression is enough.
He’s smart, so if you spam moderately, you might be able to learn how to attack and defend.
“…….”
You’d better give it a try
Hwanin, who was walking holding on to the reins connected to the helmet worn by the emergency rations and drawing people’s attention, saw that the no-entry sign at the 2nd cemetery had been removed.
Elkata returned, so I rang the bell at the doorway and waited for a while, and someone other than Elkata approached.
=What did you come for?=
A man with a white wolf head in a white robe. Hwanin intuitively realized that he was a new grave keeper and asked.
“My name is Hwanin. He was acquainted with the former gravekeeper, Mr. El Cathar…… It seems that the gravekeeper at the Second Cemetery has changed.”
=Ah, you were him. Could you please wait a moment? I have a request from Elkata Spirit Master.=
When he said he would wait, the Inrang tombkeeper went inside and returned with a letter in his hand.
=This is the letter he asked for.=
“Thank you.”
After receiving the letter and saying hello, Hwanin slowly walked away from the cemetery and examined the envelope.
The soft yet powerful handwriting on the lower right corner of the finely folded letter caught my eye.
[Dear My Dear, Elkata = Elwidris.]
‘My dear…….’
Hwanin, who lowered his eyes at the writing that made him think of various things, did not open his letter, but looked back at the emergency rations that were gently pushing his shoulder with the tip of his beak.
Que~.
“What.”
Quet!
“…… You want me to ride on your back? It must still be heavy for you.”
Cuckoo! Que~.
Seeing him crying, saying, “I don’t know unless I try it,” Hwanin also smiled and put his feet on his stirrups and got on at once.
‘It’s convenient.’
Since the black gray saddle is of high quality, it feels like the proper cushioning supports the lower part of the body and holds the waist straight.
Quet! Coo!
She shakes her body as if she is looking for emergency food.
Hwanin, who was sitting in the saddle, laughed at the movement and scratched the head of the emergency rations exposed behind the Valkyrie Helm.
“Yes, yes. Okay, stop it.”
Kuheung~.
“Let’s go back to the Olts Hotel.”
Quet.
Shortly answered, the emergency rations escaped the sidewalk with light steps, and followed the wagons back and forth to find the way back to the Olts Hotel.
‘Understanding the words and finding the way are two different things. Isn’t the emergency ration a normal green Que?’
Hwanin, who had been watching him find his way on his own without being told, praised him for doing well after arriving at the Olts Hotel and scratched his neck.
“Emergency food. Can you fly like this?”
Que? Coo.
The emergency food, which has flapped its wings several times, shakes its head as if it is still impossible to fly while carrying itself.
‘I need to become a complete adult to be able to carry someone and fly.’
When Hwanin, who came down from the back of the emergency ration, flew and told me to go back to the room, he flapped his wings without hesitation and went into the open window before coming out.
= Huh? Que flies =
= He told me to drink a lot, and I fell asleep after seeing nonsense in broad daylight. Wake up!=
= No, it really flew. Look over there…… Isn’t it?=
Haha, really.=
As soon as I passed the squirrel-haired man and the squirrel-haired man who groaned and entered the lobby, I met the manager’s gaze.
=…….=
Eyes that seem to be begging. He had that look on his face when he crossed the lobby with emergency food a little while ago.
Hwanin ignored the gaze and returned to the room, where he could see emergency food taking off his equipment in the middle of the living room.
The chest protector and saddle were already taken off, and he was rolling on the floor, and he was moving his beak to loosen the leg protector.
“Wait. If you pull it with your beak, it will quickly tear off and become unusable.”
Coo.
She shook her head when she took off the Valkyrie Helm, and when she took off her leg protection, she lifted her legs up and down, then sat down next to the window seat, next to Hwanin’s reserved seat.
Even if you look at him, he looked a little tired after carrying himself, but Hwanin didn’t say anything.
It’s not that I’m shaking my legs because it’s hard, and that would be normal strength training.
Putting his equipment in one place, Hwanin sat on a chair by the window and opened the envelope left by El Kata while stroking the emergency rations that his head was on the armrest.
Ting-
“…… ?”
When I opened the envelope that looked like an invitation, a small shooting star flew away and disappeared.
‘Is it like sealing wax?’
As I take out the letter from the envelope, the fragrant flower scent passes by the tip of my nose. As if he had smelled it, the emergency rations also opened their eyes and reflected their curiosity on the stationery.
“…….”
The content consisted of sentences overflowing with feminine sensibility.
The summary of the contents of two B4-sized letters was as follows.
[Sorry for the delay in contacting you first.
I am currently staying at the castle thanks to the favor of Aldjin = Berenim.
A few days later, when the spirit knights of Yeongdo arrive, she will leave for Yeongdo.
No matter how much I think about it, my awakening is thanks to you.
I’m just grateful and grateful, so it would be right to see you and bow down, but I can’t help but feel sorry for the situation.
I heard that she entered the labyrinth. If I come, she won’t be there.
It’s a parting with no promise of meeting again, so I’m full of regret, but I’ll endure it thinking of the memories of the midsummer night I spent with you.
I’ll take care of the rest, so please don’t worry about Wayford.
I look forward to seeing you again under the protection of the earth god…….]
Hwanin, who folded the letter and put it in an envelope, looked out the window.
‘It’s thanks to me.’
Hwanin also thought it was a very unfortunate timing for a coincidence, but he thought about it and thought about it, and the truth was unknown, so he erased it from his mind.
If he had any grounds or evidence that he had contributed to the awakening of El Cathar, he would have been grateful and made a modest profit.
But there is nothing like that.
If this is the case, it is easy for him to do favors by simply standing back as if he hadn’t done anything.
At the end of the letter, it was written that he would be responsible for Helmar-Vere’s work, but Hwanin didn’t care about that part in the first place, so he didn’t think much about that either.
I just thought ‘is that so’.
= I have been. I met Brillit on the way and came with me, Master.
Hearing Isilite’s voice coming through the door, Hwanin put the letter in his arms and stood up.
