Chapter 388 – 382 Port City Praver
In less than 10 minutes after Hwanyeon went out, he returned to the room with a bunch of 60 lower spirits of all kinds.
“There are a lot of people who smell good here!”
“Uh?! There’s a transparent kid over there!”
“Wow! Here’s the human! A person who is fun to play with!!”
「Where where!?」
“It’s real!”
“Play with me! Play with me!”
“Huh— let me fly! Uh-!”
The spacious living room is instantly dyed in seven colors of red, orange, green, and blue, and a noise that pierces the brain passes through the eardrum.
Just like a child in a kindergarten buzzing around and talking only about himself, Hwanin, whose head was pounding from the clamor of the lower spirits surrounding him, instantly transformed his spirits into soul beads and placed them on his left arm.
Then, the noise that seems to be talking directly to the brain subsides, and the sound of children’s laughter continues and becomes quiet.
“Whoa…….”
Hwanyeon laughed and teased him at his disgusted appearance.
“Even the phantoms of the world are weak against spirits.”
“I can’t get used to the sound of spirits talking.”
How terrible the commotion just now was can be seen from the fact that Anne, who, like herself, knew the sight and sound of her spirits, took refuge in the distance with her frightened face.
“Yeah, that’s…….」
Hwanyeon, who knew the reason for such pain, evaded it without speaking.
‘Even if I tell them that I have to listen spiritually, not with my eardrums, it’s meaningless advice because Hwanin doesn’t have affinity with spirits.’
It’d be better to bring the spirits little by little and help them make soul beads.
‘Then I won’t be able to see such a rare figure of Hwanin anymore.’
It was a fantasy that promised to bring more spirits with him the next time he asked for it.
Hwan-in, not noticing her little trick, praised her for her hard work, looked around the hotel from her window, and then told her girlfriends.
“I’ll go out when I’m ready.”
Although the day was completely bright, there was no raid on the hotel by Praver’s knights or a siege of the hotel by the garrison.
The peculiarity is that the general manager of the hotel, with a blue face and a smile, offered a large amount of money, up to 10 gold coins, as compensation for leaking customer information recklessly.
=All members of Hopeen Hotel bow their heads and deeply apologize for causing indescribable discomfort to the Green Saint of Visalux…… !=
“… That’s sad. It means that if my identity had not been revealed inevitably, I would not have even made such an apology.”
= Oh no! Absolutely not!=
To the general manager, who was startled enough to jump up, Hwanin pressed her with a smile and conveyed several demands.
If you accept this request, you will be able to forget about the ‘bad things’ that happened at the Hofen Hotel.
= Oh, what is it…… ?=
Hwanin made two demands.
“I hope that hotel workers will not be unfairly fired or suppressed because of this.”
=Of course! I swear that there will never be a difference in employment between before and after the coming of the Holy Son!=
“And I would appreciate it if you could provide the necessary support for the souls of underdeveloped villages and villages to have misfortune. As Hofen Hotel is one of the best luxury tourist hotels in Praver, I believe that you will be willing to support the bereaved families who are suffering financially.”
=Water… It’s Ron… ! If I can help the saint’s sexual misfortune, even with money…… !=
Hwan-in, who extorted a huge amount of compensation and sponsorship money from the addition of 10 gold coins to 20 gold coins, left the general manager and left the hotel.
‘Then…….’
Will the army and knights form formations at the gates of the outer wall?
Que~.
Whoops!
After waiting for a while at the front gate, a carriage led by Kuffin and Kura approaches, revealing an appearance resembling a celebrity van for the first time in a long time.
Assuming a battle, Isilite was riding on Kurti’s back, and Anne was driving the carriage.
It was when Hwanin also stroked the hair of Bi-sang who approached him and tried to climb on his back.
= Huh? Hey look over there …… Right?=
= Heck, that’s true. What is he doing here at this time?=
Suddenly, a person walking down the street starts to mutter and look to one side.
Hwanin and his women also looked in the direction the people were staring at, and the party noticed a group of people coming towards them.
Thirty beautiful women in fancy skirts, ceremonial dress, escort the pure white and pure gold pumpkin carriage and move in perfect order, as if they were in a parade.
Anne murmured in amazement at the tumult and narcissistic march created by the wagons and carts that came and went to work in the morning, frightened and moving out of the way.
= Who is that person again? ….=
“Older brother Junggang…….」
Hwanin glanced at Baekryeogang who was talking next to him with a face that looked like he was about to cry.
“The Baekryeo River is called the Baekjung River.”
=Ah, the eldest son of the Praver Baek family? Ugh, brother and sister in turn…….=
=… Still, I’m staying in my lane and obeying the speed limit. That congestion is a commotion caused by people getting scared and avoiding it.=
= Is that so? … Still, it’s the eldest son of the lord. It’s natural for people to be surprised, but couldn’t it have been a little quieter?
=If we had moved quietly, we wouldn’t be watching like this right now, we would have just left. In that sense, that person has achieved his goal.=
=…… Are you aiming for that?=
“I don’t think so.”
The women also nodded at Hwanin’s short answer.
If that kind of head rotation is possible, oops…… It would have come in a way that was smart, neat, and attractive rather than a little funny march.
However, Baek Joong-gang succeeded in attracting attention to Hwanin in a different way.
The eldest son of a noble family, if he could have a march like that, he would hold high power, and that would undoubtedly be the position in the family of the next head of the family.
Even so, Hwanin could see that people were not afraid.
What frightened and surprised the citizens was that they avoided their own driving, fearing that Quena’s horse and Ki Seung-ryong would collide with the people guarding the wagon.
As proof of that, the wagons on the opposite lane, which manage to have enough space, don’t avoid much. In leader, citizens stop and watch with curiosity and precious spectacle.
= Dew. Don’t you think people are enjoying it?
= Yes…. It looks like that in my eyes too. Isn’t the eldest son a bad person?
The reaction of the citizens towards the baron will change depending on the attitude of the baron.
Looking at the friendly and likable appearances people are showing now, I can’t help but think that way.
Baek Ryogang, who had heard Isilite and Anne’s conversation from the side, wanted to explain the reason, but was sorry that the conversation was not working right now.
“Brother Junggang is very popular with the citizens. Unlike other brothers and sisters, he visits often, helps citizens in trouble, or puts forward development agendas for citizens and communicates a lot.”
‘Does that mean he’s indifferent to his family and kind and considerate to other citizens?’
“Yes…….”
“…….”
Hwan-in watched Yeong-ju’s eldest son go with deepened eyes, and approached a woman nearby who was watching the procession and asked why Baek Joong-gang was so cheered.
The woman who did not know that the Hwanin who asked the question was a green saint blushed at her Hwanin’s appearance and told her a story, which was the same as the story of the White Ryeo River.
=In addition, Baek Joong-gang persuaded the lord to let go of the alert and martial law and let go of innocent people. You don’t know how lucky I am that Baek Joong-gang is the next lord.=
“I see.”
The difference is that Baek Jung-gang solved the tyranny of the lord caused by Baek Ryogang’s death through persuasion.
When Hwanin learned the reason for Baek Joong-gang’s popularity, Anne asked when Hwanin’s eyes deepened again.
= Doryong, what do you do? Shall we depart?=
Instead of Isilite, who was preparing for battle, Anne, who was holding the reins of the carriage, asked.
“It looks like you’re looking for me. It’s a little bit, but I’m interested, so I’ll wait.”
After hearing Hwanin’s story, Anne moved the carriage to the temporary parking area in front of the hotel, and after a while, the pumpkin carriage procession arrived and stopped exactly in front of the hotel gate.
And the wagon door with a complicated and beautiful pattern opened and revealed itself…….
‘…… Penguin?’
It was a man from the Join tribe with a head similar to that of an emperor penguin chick.
Dense, cute hair with clear borders of white and black fur.
A small but sturdy black beak and clear, bright eyes.
And a short stature that would be 130 cm.
As soon as the penguin man, who could be said to be cute, got off the carriage, shouts of women burst out around him.
=So cute~!=
=Baek Joong-kang~! Please take a look at this one!=
=Kyaa~!=
Baekjunggang, who turned his head there, grinned and raised his hand and shook it, and the cheers grew even louder.
It is the appearance of celebrities who are famous everywhere.
Hwanin quickly glanced at the splendid white-pure gold pumpkin wagon carrying him, the 30-member honor guard moving to the temporary parking area, and the approaching Baekjunggang outfit with a 6th-class female warrior and a 5th-class female priestess who appeared to be escorts.
An expensive and fancy wagon with no flaws. Two well-maintained orange Que that pull such a wagon.
The unified attire worn by the 30 honor guard women is crisp and shiny without a single wrinkle.
The same goes for the knights escorting Baekjunggang. The robe dresses and armor they are wearing look like high-end tailor-made clothes made of beast leather and special materials, and their swords and staffs look like expensive magic tools.
But it is not Baek Joong-gang.
At first glance, it is a noble outfit full of elegance and splendor, but the collar is worn out and shows very faint signs of mending, and the same goes for the sleeves. There are even very faint traces of ink on the bottom of the sleeves.
It wasn’t worn for show. Really, that outfit is life wear.
“…….”
Thirty members of the honor guard approached and asked for the understanding of the citizens, forming a kind of control line, and Baek Joong-gang approached and stood face to face with Hwan-in.
Hwan-in met Baek Joong-gang’s eyes, who were looking at him with bright eyes.
After exchanging glances for about two seconds, Baek Joong-gang first raises a courteous greeting in an aristocratic style.
=First of all, I apologize to the green saint for the rudeness my sister committed this morning.=
He looks young, but his voice is young. I asked, feeling that the girlfriends were taken aback by the gap coming from here.
“Are you Baek Joong-gang?”
=Yes. I am Baekjunggang, the first son of the person who uses Baekjungja and Ikja, the lord of Prabur.=
“…….”
When Hwanin closed his mouth and revealed his sunken eyes, Baekjunggang said with a puzzled yet bitter face.
=First of all, I would like to explain to the Holy Son how such a thing happened last night…… Are you planning to leave Prabur?=
“It’s a city where you can’t have good memories even if you look back with your eyes closed. I was about to leave ahead of schedule.”
Baek Joong-gang, who made a sullen expression in an instant at the answer that there was only a bad image in the city, and then returned, said, ‘Since that happened, it can’t be helped…’ .’ Said with a face.
= I won’t take a long time. Briefly…… Can’t you just give me a minute? Please.=
“If it’s okay with you here.”
It was a word he brought out to check his personality, but Baek Joong-gang immediately started explaining, saying that it was just fortunate.
=21 It was the instructions I gave that led to the raid on the saint.=
Baek Chi-ryeong is the leader of the Sky Knights, and is in charge of the public security of Prabur and the management of sub-towns outside.
Because of that, Baek Joong-Ik, his father, went mad at the Pillar of Light phenomenon that occurred yesterday and shouted, “That is the terror of the Alsof spy.” ….
=Convinced that the pillar of light was not a terrorist act but a miracle caused by the Holy Son, I moved the patrol under my command to track the traces of the Holy Son. When I found the place where the Holy Son was staying, I would personally visit him and explain to him the reasons behind it. And around sunset, patrol team 16 found out that the saint was staying here at the Hofen Hotel…….=
“The 21st Enforcement Battalion cheated on the report of the patrol in the middle.”
=Yes.=
Baek Jung-gang, the leader of the Changcheon Knights, is responsible for infiltrating foreign forces, and Baek Chi-ryeong, the leader of the Sky Knights, is responsible for the security of the city and solving disputes and problems in the villages subordinated to Prabur.
Investigation and response to anomalies and phenomena unfolding in the city center overlap with the work of Changchun and the Sky Knights.
However, since there is an order of business, Baek Jung-gang, the leader of the Changchun Knights, should have been in charge of this case.
However, Baek Joong-ik, who had a nervous breakdown and neurosis toward Alsop, making it difficult to properly judge the accident, called Baek Jung-gang and Baek Chi-ryeong and gave orders together.
= At dawn, she received a report of what her sister did to the saint. It is natural for the Holy Son to be angry. Because he was treated unreasonably and unfairly. However, I can assure you that the child did not intend to harm the saint. =
“…….”
= After her sister was also reprimanded by her father for the incident that led to the death of her second son, her nervousness increased dramatically. You could call her obsessive-compulsive. There must be a lot of anger toward me. You probably weren’t even sure that the cause of this commotion was the Holy Son.=
Hwanin listened to the explanation that was almost an excuse and looked at Baekryeogang, who was standing next to Sosogot.
‘How much truth is there in Baek Joong-gang’s story now?’
“It’s all true. So, from about last year, Chi-ryeong unni made her mistakes one after another, and her father was scolded. Besides, if my death is related to the spy, her older sister is responsible…… They must have even said that they would take away the position of knight commander after I die.”
Hwanin roughly understood.
In the end, Baek Chi-ryung’s absurd behavior must have been the result of not letting go of his pride as a member of a powerful family.
The delayed support of Krabin Village must have been buried with relatively little attention due to a series of big events happening in Prabur.
A war might break out between Praver and Alsop, but whether or not a village in the corner of the country disappears wouldn’t have mattered.
After that, it must have been the work of the Sky Knights for Baek Chi-ryeong to visit Krabin Village, and he must have arrived directly after receiving a report that he was in Krabin Village.
However, when I arrived, the saint disappeared along with the disappearance of the labyrinth, and I searched for a month, but I couldn’t find it in the end.
And since he must have considered himself dead, there is a high possibility that the pillar of light phenomenon of yesterday could not be related to my work.
‘However…… Didn’t Mi-an Yu send a report to Prabur with a communication crystal ball?’
Baekjunggang finished his words, paying attention to Hwanin’s behavior as he turned his head and looked at the empty space.
= My younger sister, as I said, had to start with sunglasses, so after securing information, she tried to pass it on in moderation, but the 21st Executive Unit’s excessive greed for achievements, desire for success, and quick action made things twisted like this.=
He said that without the 21 enforcement unit, the situation he and the Holy Son are now facing would not have been in the street, but in the Holy Son’s guest room.
= I apologize again for the unpleasant experience. Sorry.=
A minute had already passed, but because of Baek Joong-gang’s sincere and sincere explanation, Hwan-in, who listened to the end, thought of many things, closed his eyes, let out a small sigh, and asked:
“Are you just wanting me to throw away the displeasure I experienced since Kravin Village?”
= No. How would you like to do that without fear? I just hope that the Holy Son will show me some mercy.=
There’s a report from Kravin Village. Baek Joong-gang also read the report.
“…….”
Hwanin noticed from his eyes that Baek Joonggang did not come just to apologize.
At that moment, part of Baek Joong-gang’s story passed through his mind.
Did you say that Baek Joong-Ik was in a frenzy? Then…….
“What do you think of Baek Ryeo-gang, Director Baek Joong-gang?”
Baek Joong-gang hesitated for a moment before answering, as if he hadn’t expected to be asked this question.
= I heard the story. It means that the Holy Son has a relationship with the second.=
Having said that, Baek Joong-gang sighed slightly and continued the story.
=I don’t know what the spy said, but if you’re a Baron, you have to survive and respond to whatever happens. Taking one’s own life to evade responsibility is tantamount to dishonoring the family’s name.=
Baek Ryogang bows his head at Baek Jung Kang’s story.
=Since you are the saint, I will tell you honestly. In the family of a high-ranking noble family that rules the city at level 4 or higher, family love is only a specious story. You have to win your own things, and if you are weak and weak, you will be weeded out.
From this answer, Hwanin roughly figured out what kind of person Baek Joonggang was.
He is a great person who is perfect for work and public meetings, but he is neglectful in family relationships.
It is often said that the company takes precedence over the family.
Baek Joong-gang asked seriously.
=Do you know what the duties of a person born as a son of a noble family are?=
“It must be a life of the family, by the family, and for the family.”
Baek Joong-gang’s bright eyes widened at the answer borrowing a famous phrase from Gettysburg.
=Do you have a noble status, too?=
“If you look at your distant ancestors, they are of royal lineage.”
= Ah……. You know it, so you know it without me having to tell you.=
Baek Joong-gang said that, and a great regret passed over his face.
If Bai Liogang was alive, if he were alive and told these stories…… You must be thinking the same thing.
= But maybe…… I’m guessing from the fact that the Holy Son dared to ask about the child, but is that child by the side of the Holy Son?
It’s not like you don’t have the ability to infer information from given conditions.
“Yes. She wants to follow me, and I think it’s her bond with her, so I’m going to take responsibility until she goes into her god’s garden on her own.”
“Ah…… 」
= Uh…….=
Baek Joong-gang’s eyes are full of questions and doubts.
It’s natural that you can talk to the spirits because you’re a spirit communicator. Since he is a person who is presumed to be spiritual, he may be able to see souls that ordinary spiritists have not seen. So, even if he met Baekryeogang, there is nothing strange about it.
However, at the point of taking Baekryeogang, Baekjunggang felt a bit suspicious.
Doubts that he might be trying to do something with Baekryeogang’s soul.
Hwanin cut off those doubts with a single knife and entered.
“My party is not ordinary. In the future, she will also become famous as Isilite and Anne as part of my company. Perhaps he will become a spirit knight in the true sense of the word.”
“Me, me?”
= Yes? That, that child died and became a soul, but how…….=
In response to the siblings’ bewildered reaction, Hwanin gave a simple answer that they had no choice but to accept.
“Don’t judge me by worldly standards. Have you already forgotten what I did yesterday?”
“…… !”
=…… !=
“You should also remember why I am saying this now.”
The Bailyeo River made you die. You have no qualifications as a family, so even if Baeknyeogang becomes famous in the future, he expressed his firm intention not to think about putting a spoon on it.
Baekjunggang, who read the meaning, replied with a look that shook off his doubts and confusion.
=I will keep this in mind.=
“Do you have anything more to say?”
Okay, that’s all I have to say. Now get your point out.
When Hwan-in sends a signal, Baek Joong-gang starts talking as if he had been waiting.
= You seem to dislike sloppy introductions, so I’ll tell you the main point right away. Holy Son, I heard that you saved the town of Kravin and also rescued the wives and children of the village and healed their spirits.=
“…….”
=I swear by the name of the beast god, I will risk my life to guarantee the safety of the saint. Please heal my father’s madness with the wave of tranquility. As an example, with the authority of the next family head, I will give you the right to choose two things you want from the family treasury.=
‘As expected, this was the original purpose.’
Since I swore in the name of God, there is no doubt about its sincerity. If you break the oath you made in the name of God, you will be terribly pursued and retaliated by the Beast God Church.
Hwanin closes his eyes and thinks for about two minutes…….
“I will accept it if you accept some conditions.”
It indicated the meaning of partial consent.
