Chapter 282 – 276 Helumen, City of Heroes
A few hours later
Hearing Rabin’s statement, a flame of anger on his face, who lives here, a lowly member of Hellumen’s West Gate Guard.
=…… That’s how it happened!=
=…….=
After looking at the faceless Balaam, who thought his facial bones might have collapsed, he looked at the Hwanin in a gray hooded robe who was sitting there motionless.
And when he saw two 6th grade workers and a 4th grade worker standing behind him, he sighed and said to Rabin.
=Once…….=
The knight, who took a moment to organize his words before speaking, brushed the fluffy black cat’s ears once and said to the soldier standing next to him.
=Sergeant Kona, fill this guy with a phase suppressor and put him in the lockup. Until the Security Bureau agent comes out, I will attach children and watch.=
=Four.=
=And Mr. Rabin?=
=Yes.=
=The Green Saint has testified of your innocence, but since the incident is an incident, a second investigation will be conducted by the Security Bureau.=
=Yes, yes.=
=Write down the name of the inn you are staying in here and wait for the Police Department to appear. Keep in mind that if you leave the city in the meantime, attempt to leave, or attempt to go into hiding, you will immediately be placed under a hunting order with a bounty for all cities and towns in Hethrond, Veltical, and Merianol, as well as Radsea.=
= Yes…….=
The female knight gives consolation with a businesslike expression that is not comforting at all to Rabin and the others who are intimidated by the bloody content that does not suit their normal voice.
= As the green saint testified, there won’t be any serious punishment, so you don’t have to worry too much. However, I would recommend that you do not do anything that will turn into a big problem.=
= No, of course. I will wait patiently at the inn!=
When she nodded, saying that this is the end of Saga’s business, Raybin and her party bowed in unison to Hwanin, asked for forgiveness once again, and hurriedly left the guardhouse.
And the female knight checked the identity card submitted by Hwanin, wrote the magic wave engraved on the identity card on the document, and politely returned it to Hwanin.
=The saint’s identity card, here it is.=
“Thank you. And…… I am a person who lacks a lot to be called a saint. Please call me by my normal name.”
= No. Because the soul masters who purified the catastrophic mixture are all called saints.=
I hadn’t heard of such a story.
He listens to the story of the female knight, guessing that this might be the reason why Youngdo is calling him.
=Anyway, compensation and reparation for the crimes committed by the guy brought by the saint will be paid for the sale of that guy to the border garrison of the evil faction on the border. The deposit will be made to the magic wave account registered on the Spirit Master’s ID card, so after about two months, you can check it at the administrative bank office.=
Hwanin, who nodded her head because her business was over, and tried to pay her toll, but instead she handed over her money bag, saying that she does not take tolls from her soul attendants who live here.
“What is this?”
=Travel expenses and support provided by the Wirt family to all soul attendants visiting the city.=
Two gold coins were contained in a small pocket embroidered with the coat of arms of the Wirt family and a simplified profile of a woman.
The woman here asks.
=If you stay in Helumen, we will guide you to the hotel sponsored and supported by the lord. As long as you stay there, all stay costs are free.=
“…… Then please.”
Hwanin thought as he followed the female knight riding his horse in emergency.
Giving 2 gold coins free of charge to visiting souls and taking care of lodging. The Wirt family must have a lot of money.
Assuming you have a lot of money, this kind of support policy for soul deaths will help Hellumen in many ways.
From a small scale to induce visits by soul priests, to a large scale from a change in perception of spirit masters, to early resolution of soul problems and increased intimacy.
Intimacy is a status value of human relationships that exerts tremendous power.
If this policy had continued for 100 years, a generational change would have taken place, so wouldn’t almost all soul masters have outstanding memories or good feelings about Helumen?
‘I don’t think there’s anyone out there who hates Helumen.’
So I asked. I heard that spiritists don’t often visit Helumen.
=Even when I rarely visit, two people visit me a month.=
It is said that there have been times when up to 7 people have come.
I guess so. That’s 2 gold coins. If you use it for ordinary travel expenses, you can spend half a year.
“Lord Wirt is making a great contribution to the misfortunes of the soul masters. I was quite moved.”
=It is one of the long traditions of Helumen that has been passed down for 700 years.=
Pride was evident from the female knight who answered that.
The hotel I arrived at when I was starting to get a little worried about what kind of person the Wirt family lord was was had a history that the Wirt family had built it to officially support the Spiritual Works.
=And.=
The hotel was more luxurious than the Stone Heart Hotel she stayed at at Visa Lux, to the extent that Anne exclaimed in spite of herself.
The exterior feels like a modern European aristocratic building. Inside, the Renaissance-style interior is decorated in white and light brown tones.
It is a style that fits very well with the exterior of the city.
=This is the room where the green saint will stay.=
The room we were shown to was a royal suite comparable to the Dolsimjang Hotel.
The ceiling is pure white, the floor is made of smooth wooden flooring, and more than 80% of the walls are windows, and each one is covered with floral-style ultramarine curtains.
The furniture interior is full of things that come to mind when you think of the Renaissance.
The manager who guided me politely bowed his back and said.
=If you ring the chime, a waiting maid will visit you in 5 minutes. If you feel uncomfortable or need something, please feel free to let her ring. =
After the manager leaves, the female friends who have put down her luggage are looking around the room in admiration or a little embarrassed.
=With no travel and lodging expenses, such a high-class room……. The Spirit Sage support policy is really great. I don’t think this will cost much.=
= Didn’t the female knight say that earlier? At least 2 people come a month, at most 7 people come. Since most of the spirit priests are frugal and simple people, the cost of staying won’t be much, and even if you stay in a room like this, would it be 50 silver screens a day? If you set an average of 4 people per month and do it for a year, it’s 24 gold coins, so it’s a pittance for a mid-range city like this.=
= Is that so…… ?=
24 gold coins are small money, what is the annual city management budget? Anne interrupted when Isilite was surprised by Yurupa’s explanation.
=Did you see the city you saw on the way? You were so gorgeous. People were dressed luxuriously, but they were also full of leisure. Buildings built at exactly the same height, or a cleanly paved street, or a lot of trees at the same time.
=Certainly, the five-way street leading from the main road earlier was amazing. It was because there were five-story ornate buildings full of glass windows, and a lot of people and carriages came and went.
= Uh If it wasn’t built deliberately, it would have been difficult to create a landscape, but making a plan itself means that it is planned because it is overflowing with leeway or ability. It seems to me that Helumen is intentionally maintaining a mid-level city and creating maximum efficiency. Helumen is probably the richest city in the south as well as in the middle and north?=
For example, Anne says that the total prize money of the Farghist tournament alone is thousands of gold coins. Thanks to that, Issilite was able to agree.
For a city that makes tons of money, spending 24 gold coins per year (+@) is new blood.
As a result, the women’s faces were slightly tense. If the owner of a city like this hates Isilite…….
Hwanin has a gold frame with a white wooden frame and a mint color background with dizzying patterns… Rather than a chair, I stared blankly at something more like an art object, then asked Yurupa in writing.
[Can wiretapping and wiretapping detection be performed?]
Eyes wide open at Hwanin’s note, Yu Lepa took out a wooden staff from his pocket and projected phase power once. He then thinks for a moment and then shakes his head.
It means that there is no eavesdropping technique. Hwanin opened his mouth.
“Yurpa, the plan is change. You don’t have to force Isilite’s story out when you visit the top of the Earclad. No, don’t bring her up unless Ms. Weisha in the Ear Crad or whoever was present at the time asks about Isilite. Anne, too, carry out as planned, but only ask for things related to Yeongdo’s current situation.”
= Huh? Are you okay?=
“Okay. There is no physical evidence, but the lord somehow…… That’s how it feels. For the Wirt family, it would be more effective to break through head-on rather than spreading rumors behind the scenes to make the situation advantageous.”
Even without physical evidence, Hwanin saw through the truth to some extent in the realm of intuition.
The fact that the city is bright and peaceful yet splendid means that the ruler of the city has strong power, financial resources to match, and a sense of justice.
The plan was changed to make a breakthrough from the front by creating rumors behind the scenes, promoting safety, and mobilizing public opinion to pressurize, discarding all paintings that the other side yielded first, and making a breakthrough from the front with a high-level spirit and saint.
It is unlikely that such manipulation would work for a person with a sense of justice, and considering the demerits that occur when such behavior is pursued in the unlikely event, it is worse than not doing it.
However, there is a feeling of uneasiness with only the card that is the mark of a high-ranking spiritist and a 7th-class baron.
If you put the church on your back, wouldn’t even the 8th level nobles feel the pressure?
Hwanin murmured to himself, thinking of the person he met his eyes on when flying.
‘It would be nice if the other side approached first, but we have to think of it as a premise that this side is approaching. I need information to choose what to say when I face the lord.’
But now information is overwhelmingly lacking.
=If Doryeong feels that way…… Okay. We believe too.=
“Just in case, you’d better prepare some clothes to wear if you’re invited to the castle.”
=Prom attire?=
“No. This is an outfit that will show you that you are not one to belittle.”
= Ah, the wedding suit. It’s okay because I have the order book. Yul’s unnie and Dew’s?=
=If it’s a suit for visiting a noble family, I have one with pants. Who is Dew Seul?=
“There is no Isilite. She intends to go out because she has something to find out, so she can just go out and get fit.”
Nodding her head, Anne asks as she crosses her arm around her yurpa’s.
=Yulie, let’s move together. I’m a little worried about sending her sister alone. =
=Will you?=
= Huh. I think I’ll finish my business soon, but shouldn’t I go to the Church of the Land God first?=
=Yes~.=
Anne and Yurpa changed into normal street clothes and left the hotel with their arms crossed like lovers, and Hwanin also left the hotel with Isilite.
This time, Isilite asked, wearing Hwanin’s clothes with her face exposed without wearing a hood.
= Master. Is it okay to not use a hood?=
“Okay. There is no reason to hide your identity anymore.”
Hwanin, who closed his eyes while answering, concentrated on expanding his senses and detecting presence at the same time.
Information generated by the movement of countless people, animals, carriages, etc. Poured into his head and caused a headache, but Hwanin skillfully controlled his senses and reduced the amount of information. .
The destination was a large and fancy dressmaker I saw on the way.
Isilite closed her eyes and murmured an exclamation of emotion and exclamation in her heart at the sight of Hwanin walking skillfully avoiding people.
I have heard that warriors who have reached the pinnacle of martial arts dodge and slash arrows even with their eyes closed, and block attacks from behind.
When she was a mercenary when she was young, when she first heard the story, she dismissed it as bullshit, but that was really possible…….
“As expected, there are eyes that catch up.”
Then, at the sound of Hwanin’s muttering and laughing as she opened her eyes, Isilite looked back at her with her cold face.
Isilite could see it too. She had the look of someone unnaturally walking into her alley as soon as she jerked her head.
Isilite, who puts her hand on the hilt of the knight’s sword worn around her waist instead of Red Rick, is stopped by her phantom.
“There is no enmity. It must be the snow that the castle puts on for the safety of the souls visiting the city. Never mind.”
=Yes, Master.=
Hwanin, who looked at Isilite for a moment as she obediently responded, recalled her growth.
When she first met Isilite, she was a beginner in level 3. Her martial arts skills were also poor.
So she sparred her every day, morning and evening, except when it was not possible for her to raise her.
Anne also participated in the middle, and the training that followed has already passed half a year.
Thanks to this, her martial arts skills have grown to a level where she is half a step ahead of Anne.
Isilite is her evasion and counterattack style, and Anne is a block and counterattack style. Until now, she maintained a half-and-half win rate, but these days, Issilite’s win rate is increasing.
As far as her fighting skills are concerned, it is no less than a 6th grade. Here, the training and practical experience are combined, and the concentration of the aura is rapidly increasing.
The reason Hwanin suddenly had this thought was because of the change in her concentration the day before yesterday.
Her caressing her and whispering her love brought about some inner change in her. Her aura when she woke up after mixing her body became noticeably thicker.
In terms of thickness, it is almost on the same level as Highen = Zod, a 5th-class fighter with no military attaché in Wayford.
‘I wonder if I’ll be in 5th grade soon.’
How can she grow up to level 5?
Among the simulations that Hwanin ran through in his head, there was a scenario in which the lord proposed to solve the problem through a duel.
To prepare for that, it’s best to raise the grade…….
‘As expected, I’m fighting against a strong heterogeneous species.’
If the turbulence of emotions is the main factor in the growth of phase power, then a life-and-death battle would be more effective than sparring as you get used to it.
Some of the reasons Hwanin left the hotel were related to him.
In order to collect information through the soul, find a guild of fighters, secure the location of nearby villages and villages, and find out the place called the spirit’s cave that Rabin and his party talked about.
If Raybin’s party, which has an average level of 3.5, goes to earn her travel expenses, there will be a significant amount of income. It will be.
‘But before that, I’ll get a call from the lord castle.’
Should I just leave the wagon at the hotel and go straight to the spirit cave tomorrow, or…….
Arriving at the dressmaker’s shop thinking about this and that, Hwanin was able to quickly purchase a suit that felt like a handmade item even though it was ready-made, thanks to Issilite’s body shape being universal and superior enough to be said to be a model of Luke and women.
= Oh my! I’ve been doing this business for 70 years, following in the footsteps of her parents, but I’ve never seen a customer who makes a ready-made product feel like a handmade product!
It was a black and gray trouser suit that suited Isilite, with her hair hanging naturally enough that her mistress’s fuss was no exaggeration.
Of course, she needed some repairs due to her wonderful voluptuous breasts, but it was a beneficial time for me as I was able to get some information about what kind of person Yeongju was through a waitress who fell in love with Hwanin’s appearance.
‘A person who is more righteous and more like a warrior than anyone else.’
It is an evaluation that is not much different from what I felt in Hellumen, which was developed enough to be called a medieval European fantasy, with the structure of the city and the arrangement of the castle.
Of course, since I only heard from one person, it is premature to make a conclusion.
Hwanin, who paid an expensive 12 silver coins for a Jira suit used in her royal family seat, headed to the Yeolsa Guild with Isilite.
