Chapter 235 – 229 Ouling, the Village on the Bridge
Hwanin, who took off his cloak and hung it on the wall, was lost in thought as he looked at the huge river, not waves.
If this city fits your expectations…….
After a while, the female friends rushed into the room with their luggage. I can’t see where Isilite went, it’s just Anne and Yurpa.
= Doryeong Doryeong. Give me the key to the next room.=
After putting down three of the six bags she was carrying, Hwanin handed her the key, and then took the bag containing the yurupa as well and crossed over to the next room.
=Ahh.=
Suddenly empty-handed, Yurpa stretched out on one of the two beds with a small pained sound. Gray hair flows from under his gray hood and is scattered on the white bedspread.
Yurpa, who was beating her waist with her small hands, spoke in a languid voice.
= It’s been a long time since I’ve been on a ride like a trip, and I feel like my legs are sore~.=
“How did you come from Carton to Farkhist?”
= Until the middle, you borrowed a baby pig’s carriage and rode it, and after that, you rode a floating broom, didn’t you? It’s been decades since she rode the Que and took days to move. =
“Is that so. It’s good that you kept her in shape.”
= Ahaha. As Lady Anne said, if I hadn’t touched her lower body, it might have been a bone disease rather than a sore shoe.
Lying on the bed like a pictorial model, Yu Lepa gently curls her eyes and smiles. Then Anne, who had put down all her bags and pockets in the room next to her, took off her hood and let out a sigh.
=Doryeong, it’s a big deal! There is no bathroom in the room, what should I do!?=
= Aren’t there a lot of holy water cans made yet? Or you can bring water and wipe yourself.=
In response to Yurupa’s reply, Anne muttered with a slightly sullen face.
= Um… I want to soak in hot water……. Don’t you want to take a bath?=
She is a Hwanin who likes to take a bath more than herself. She was disappointed that she didn’t ask, thinking maybe she would give her the answer she wanted.
“Does not matter.”
When I was looking around a while ago, I saw a well in the backyard of the inn. It is enough for her to wash her hair and wipe her body with holy water before going to bed.
In response to her phantom’s reply, Anne covered Yulepa with her crying face, and Yurpa let out a scream and moaned that she was dying under the pressure of hundreds of tens of kilograms.
At that moment, Isilite, who had entered her room with her hooded cloak neatly tucked around her arm, growled slightly when she saw the two of them tossing and turning on the bed.
=In bed wearing a dusty cloak…….=
Startle. The two hurriedly get out of bed and take off their cloaks. Isilite let out a small sigh, approached her phantom, and opened her mouth.
= Master. I asked the innkeeper, but the merchants who occupied the annex are leaving town tomorrow morning. They said that the daily fee for the annex was 35 dong, so I made a reservation first. Is that okay?=
“It’s not much different from the large room charge.”
=Yes. But the facilities are similar to the house I stayed in Farkhist. There are 4 rooms, a kitchen, a living room, a stable and a large bath.=
Seeing Anne’s long, white ears prick up at the word large bath, Hwanin said with a small smile.
“Good job. When I leave tomorrow, I’ll go right in.”
When Hwanin stroked her hair and praised her, she blushed slightly and liked Isili Te. Anne, who was gazing at her yurupa from behind her, grumbled softly, saying that only her lord was an angel.
=Anyway, a dork. What are you going to do now?
“I’m going to visit the cemetery at night. I will be traveling alone, so rest in peace.”
Anne and Yurpa looked at each other, nodded, and moved on to the next room.
However, Isilite did not go beyond and said while bringing her holy water cloth.
= Master. I’ll wipe my body.=
As the sun slowly set, a knock resonated in Hwanin’s room.
Anne and Yurpa knock and talk about their business first. Don’t just knock on the door like this.
Glancing at Hwanin sitting on a chair by the window, Isilite touched the dagger at her waist to confirm it and opened her door.
‘Maid?’
Standing at the door was a well-dressed, gray-haired maid in a black skirt that reached her calves and a white apron.
The woman in the maid uniform politely bowed to Isilite and opened her mouth.
= Hello. I am Helisa, who serves Lord Ruby, a high-ranking member of Ouling Village. I’m sorry to see you without contacting you.=
Isilite confirmed that her phantom was closing her book and looking this way, and asked her maid in front of her eyes.
=What’s the business of the old family’s maid?=
=The owner wants to invite the priest and his companions who have visited our village to the mansion and treat them to a meal. Please, if you have time, please attend the dinner to shine.=
She was about to say something, but Isilite moved away at the sound of her ghost approaching.
Helisa realized that the unemployed man of another race in front of her was the leader of the clergy, and she bowed her back again.
“I’m a little embarrassed because it’s a sudden invitation.”
= I’m sorry. Because the owner enjoys welcoming guests.=
“… I will ask my colleagues and decide. Could you please wait?”
=Yes. Please accept the invitation, and we will wait for you on the first floor.=
Hwanin nodded her head, and Helisa bent her back again and went down without a sound.
As the creaking sound of the stairs begins, Issilite murmurs a little curiously.
= Looking at her attire, she just looks like a maid with 6 years of formal training. =
She said, “It’s not like the formal maid uniform you wore before.”
When Issilite, who had heard that men were excited about her maid outfit, told her that she had fluttered a black skirt in front of him, she replied with a slight blush in her cheeks.
= The clothes of a maid who obtained her official maid license are a little different from the clothes of other maids. That outfit that doesn’t show even the slightest hint of flesh is a maid outfit that only maids with maid licenses can wear.
She said, “Is she some kind of qualification?”
At that time, she came over as if Anne and Yu Lepa, who were lightly dressed, had been waiting for them. Maybe it was because she was standing at the door and talking, but everyone noticed in the next room.
= If such a maid was officially hired, she must be of a very high level. =
=Doryeong, did you not feel anything suspicious? Did she look sinister or sensed an ulterior motive? =
Anne, holding Isilite from behind, gently hugged her by the waist, and placed her chin on her shoulder.
“There was no feeling like that.”
= Hmm. Then will she accept the invitation to eat? =
“It looks like Anne is inviting you, so let’s hear what you think.”
=Doryeong decides. I’ll follow your decision.=
Anne replied as if she had nothing to think about. Hwanin nodded her head and said to Anne and Yu Lepa.
“Then change into clothes that are appropriate for etiquette. Please come dressed up as Yurpa.”
=Yes.=
= I will~.=
Hwanin, thinking of the suit she wore when the Farghist lord of the castle invited her, shook her head and put on a plain but high-quality garment.
Isilite also took off her pants and changed into a skirt-type adventurer’s outfit, but Hwanin asked her to put on her sword belt with her soul fire knight sword.
“What is that sword?”
=I thought there might be a place where I couldn’t take the Redrick, so I took one bag with my pocket money. I thought it would be better than no weapons…….=
When disposing of by-product equipment, it is a story that he took out one bag in advance and filled it with pocket money and repaired it.
“If you had told me, I would have brought you a sack.”
=That, it wasn’t meant to be used as a weapon, but because it was for show off…….=
Even if it’s just for show, Soulfire’s knight’s sword is an excellent weapon.
In the first place, the classification itself as a knight’s sword is a weapon manufactured assuming that it is used with both hands and one hand, between the long sword and the great sword used by excellent knights, and the name knight’s sword was attached because it is a sword used by knights.
As a result, it has the highest price among general weapons, excluding magic weapons, because it is made of expensive alloy and has a beautiful appearance.
It costs 50 silver coins, similar to the multi-meter Redrick using tens of kilograms of solid iron.
Hwanin, who asked for the repair fee, took out a silver coin from public money, including the price of the knight’s sword and the repair fee.
“If it’s something you’ll use during party activities, you can take it out of public money, so from now on, ask and act.”
=Yes, Master.=
After a while, Anne and Yurpa, who had changed her clothes, also came over.
Anne wore an amber uniform with silver thread and epaulettes attached to it nicely, and Yurpa came wearing a black robe dress with layers of lace that gave it a slightly flowing feel.
What is unusual is that Anne also has a handle blunt weapon similar to a baton attached to her waist.
“Yurpa should also wear a stick that looks like a weapon on her waist.”
=… Do you think there will be a dispute at the dinner table?=
“It is not.”
There are also people in the world who judge others not by their appearance or appearance, but by what they wear on their body.
If Owling’s nobles were of that type, a well-dressed appearance would be a considerable weapon.
Even if it’s not that, there’s nothing wrong with a well-dressed outfit because it can elicit a lot of positive reactions from the other person.
The female friends looked at each other at Hwanin’s meaningful remark.
It feels like something is going to happen here…….
After seeing Hwanin take out a Celtic stone axe and put it on his waist, the women feel that feeling intensifying and prepare their own way.
Finally, only Hwanin put on a gray hooded cloak and went down to the first floor with her female friends. The guests of the inn who had gathered for dinner held their breath and looked at the party for a moment.
At first glance, it was because he was a high-class adventurer who did not fit in such a town.
= Wow. Unni, the two girls in the middle are so pretty!=
= That’s right Don’t you think she’s prettier than Helisa?=
There were people who cared about her appearance, but anyway, when I asked the innkeeper for an abundant meal for Bisang and Que by handing over 5 fairy tales, the innkeeper replied yes with a nervous look on her face.
After leaving the inn, Helissa, who was waiting near her entrance, bowed her head.
“There are four of us in our party.”
=Yes. This is =
Helisa led the group in a horse-drawn carriage, and the place they arrived in her carriage was a hill in the north, which also occupied one-fifth of the island.
While moving in a carriage, Hwanin saw three or four small houses in the middle of the hill, presumably servants’ houses, and a watchtower standing tall like a lighthouse between them.
The brightly lit lights on the top floor and the shadows of people shimmering beyond the lights.
“…….”
Arriving at the top of a fairly wide hill, Hwanin and his party got off the carriage and witnessed a two-story baroque-style mansion with more than 16 rooms.
A quaint mansion surrounded by well-kept trees. Even though it is small, it is a proper mansion with a statue built in front of the house.
After looking around for a moment, the entire owling, dyed red by the sunset, came into view. Regardless of the location or the level of the house, it is the residence of the nobles of this world.
Following Helisa, Hwanin climbed the paved stone path and fiddled with the platinum token of the Farghist castle lord in his inner pocket.
If you use this token, you won’t be involved in dangerous things in the slightest.
However, in order to act neutral, it is better not to reveal that you are favored by a certain high baron.
What if you end up in the realm of the castle lord who is hostile or politically rival to the farhist lord?
However, the fact that this village may be related to a human who is proudly ranked second on the list of retaliation (the first is the person or group that summoned him) makes the decision hesitant.
It was then.
“…… ?”
In Hwanin’s field of vision, a soul came in, limping like a zombie, walking towards the southwest cliff.
=… Guest?=
Ignore Helissa who calls from behind and follow the spirit.
I couldn’t see it from the other side, but there are stairs going down. The soul went down the stairs, and Hwanin walked along the edge of a small cliff and found what looked like a small garden protruding from one level below.
No, it was not a garden, it was a graveyard.
A tomb in the form of an ossuary, like a family grave. And twelve souls gathered around it.
“…….”
Hwanin raised his head and looked towards the riverside he had to cross, turning on the sight of his soul.
About 700 meters away, on the other side of the river, where there are not a few rice fields, there is another cemetery.
= Doryeong. What’s going on?=
Looking back at Anne, who has come closer, she sees that Yurpa and Isilite are holding onto Helisa from behind her and asking about this and that.
Helisa is holding her back so she can’t come this way.
“So many souls.”
= Many? How much?=
“About thirty at the cemetery on the side of the gateway we entered. Twelve in the graveyard right below. About forty in the cemetery across the river.”
Anne’s mouth opened slightly at the total number of over eighty.
=A village like this would have less than 800 people. But 10% of the population has souls? It sounds like there is a big problem.=
Hwanin, who smiled lightly without emotion, added one more word.
“Most appear to be slain souls.”
=…… Crazy.=
Anne, who closed her eyes, said with a deep sunken gaze.
=Doryeong, let’s just float. There are 20 more days of food, so it’s enough to reach the next village or village.=
“…….”
=A soul like that means there is something in this town. Can you see the faces of the villagers going back home? Everyone is peaceful with no shadows on their faces. It’s absolutely not normal that something happens that the villagers don’t know about.=
“Or all the villagers could be a team.”
= Ah~ I didn’t say that on purpose because it was serious. Anyway, there is a possibility that the Go people are involved, huh? Doryeoong.=
Hwanin answered as he moved to where they were.
“Go in.”
Ah~ Really. Anne was frustrated and annoyed inside.
Does this man even know who he is? No matter how godlike he may be, he would have a hard time coping perfectly with every situation.
Shall we just drag it away after casting the stun spell? No, fainting won’t work because of the phasic flow, so just hit the back of the neck?
“I know what you are thinking.”
=…….=
“I have some guesses, so trust me. I won’t do anything reckless.”
Hwanin, who stroked Anne’s hair, approached Helisa, who hesitated because she didn’t know why.
“I’m sorry. The orange sky, the river, and the village were so beautiful that I moved my steps without realizing it.”
In reality, the scenery of the sea-like river, the green land repeating low hills, and the sky painted yellow as the sheep clouds passed by as the sun passed over the horizon was so beautiful that one could admire.
= There are only a few sunsets in a year that are as vivid as this. I understand your surprise.=
Helisa, quietly relieved, escorted her phantom party back to her mansion.
The inside of the mansion was similar to the hotel I stayed at in Wayford.
Hwanin’s women looked around the inside of the mansion with calm expressions.
It is not to be surprised at the interior decoration, but to grasp the topography to protect Hwanin in case of an emergency.
Hwanin, an earthling, is natural, and Isilite goes with Hwanin, and has seen enough of the splendid interiors. In the first place, Anne is rich enough to stay at a five-star hotel in Farghest for a long time, and her Jurpa is second to Anne in terms of her wealth.
There is no reason to be surprised, even though numerous magic tool lamps and magic tool chandeliers light up the inside of the mansion like daytime, and the large glass windows contain the scenery outside at sunset.
Helisa’s eyes slightly changed when she saw the Hwanin group.
The guard at the western gateway reported that a beautiful Fleur 6th-class priest had come, and the curious master invited them to dinner.
She then went to find the inn where they had stayed, and Helisa had been surprised ever since.
The composition of the party, the appearance of the party members, the outfits and equipment, and the abilities.
There was nothing worth seeing in any of them.
What surprised her more than anything was that it was an unemployed man who had women so beautiful that even the same woman would fall in love with him.
Oddly dignified and sophisticated attire and behavior. Classy speech. Even the appearance that seems familiar with luxury.
=I would like to guide you to the reception room. Before that, I’d like to take care of the weapon for a comfortable rest…….=
“You don’t have to worry about it. The party’s weapons are equipment that has more meaning for ceremonies than for practical use.”
Helisa was taken aback by the man’s answer.
It was partly due to the man’s appearance and atmosphere, but it was also because someone who might have known the real reason for keeping the weapon refused to hand it over for an embarrassing excuse.
That doesn’t mean that guests can’t meet the owner while wearing weapons, and that’s why it’s justified… It is a situation where it is impossible to forcefully accept a weapon that seems to have a strong ceremonial meaning.
It is rude to ask for something again even if the guest has refused. However, the situation here is that you can’t let the weapon be held.
When Helisa, the head maid of her mansion, fell into her panic, it was her master who rescued her.
= Helisa. Now that it’s done, would you like to help me prepare the dinner? Since you’re gone, the preparation keeps getting slower.=
=Yes, Master.=
Hwanin briefly looked at Helissa, who was disappearing into the hallway on the first floor, slightly shy, and gave his gaze to the red fox man slowly descending from the landing on the second floor.
The man who came down the stairs greeted Hwanin lightly and opened his mouth.
=Thank you for accepting the invitation. I am Malvin Rubyzoo, a high tribe who rules Ouling, the village of merchants.=
The man was an Inho tribe that looked very similar to Marte from the black soul woman’s memory.
