Chapter 83 – [Hero] Night City
I don’t even have much income, but a strange man interrupted and interfered, and the situation just became awkward for no reason.
“Um, shall we just go in today?”
We just nodded at Seria’s words.
It seems that it is impossible to investigate in this way.
When we get back, we should all talk together.
Upon entering the lodging, Mr. Jeren was having a conversation with the owner of the lodging, and when he saw us, he looked slightly surprised.
“You are here early. Didn’t things go well?”
Did he know it would turn out like this?
It’s a reaction that seems to have been expected.
“Well, that’s it.”
I smiled awkwardly at his words.
It’s true, so I don’t have anything to add or refute.
“Eric, we’ll be back later around dinner.”
“Uh? Huh.”
Seria patted me and said that, then went upstairs.
“Arin, what are you doing? Come up.”
“Yes? Me too?”
Arin tried to sit next to me, but when Seria called, she followed up with a bewildered face.
“Then I have to go up too!”
As Uni tried to follow them up the stairs, Seria said with a slightly embarrassed face.
“That… Excuse me, could you come back later? I have something to talk to Arin for a while.”
“What is it, a secret story?”
Seria was at a loss as Yuni pretended to pout and licked her lips.
“Hey, it’s okay. Then I’ll be with Eric, so let’s talk.”
She shakes her head and grunts in displeasure, but she’s not really upset.
When Uni gets really angry, he doesn’t say anything. I’ve only seen it once so far, but at that time it was really scary.
“I’ll be right back, Yuni.”
Arin calmed her down and followed Seria into her room first.
But what the hell are you talking about?
“Heh, heh!”
Even though the two disappeared, Yuni still crossed her arms and pretended to be angry.
Oh, this means comforting.
“Uni, come here.”
“Eric is here.”
Then I have to go
I moved and moved next to her.
As soon as I sat down next to her, Yuni lightly took my arm and smiled.
“Hee hee, I’m not really mad.”
“It seemed like that. Then why did you do that all of a sudden?”
At my words, Yuni was silent for a moment, then tilted her head and said.
“Well… ? It just felt weird.”
“Strange?”
“Huh. I don’t know why, but I just have a bad feeling.”
Presentiment?
It was a difficult thing to judge.
But since she’s never had a good sense or anything like that, I just thought it was Uni’s whim.
“Still, Seria and Arin were really taken aback when they thought you were angry. When you come down, clear up any misunderstandings.”
“Huh… Okay.”
Yuni said that in a slightly subdued voice, and then she glanced at me.
“Eric.”
“Why?”
“What do you think it looks like here?”
How are you?
Honestly, it’s so different that I wonder if it’s the same country.
Even before I came, I wondered if the church was overreacting, but after coming, the church’s reaction was quite embarrassing.
Where else is there a city that openly operates a window shop like this?
“I know that? There are no spirits here.”
“… No spirits?”
Spirits are naturally occurring beings.
For convenience, they are classified according to what attributes they have, but originally all spirits are similar.
I don’t know the details, but I heard from Uni the other day that the mana of nature is combined to form a weak will.
Therefore, spirits exist wherever nature exists.
Of course, there are more spirits in the forest than in the city, but there is no place where there are no spirits, no matter how many people live and where there are many artificial buildings.
“At first, I thought everyone was hiding because they were shy, but I can’t see them anywhere.”
“… That’s definitely a bit odd.”
Come to think of it, the atmosphere here feels a bit stuffy than other places.
Could this have something to do with not having a spirit?
“Master told me that there is only one place in the world where there is no spirit.”
“Where is it?”
The legendary continent of ice that can be seen by going up on a boat on the sea?
No, there must be some kind of water spirit there too.
“Devildom.”
When I heard those words, my body stiffened with tension.
Devildom.
The world that demon kings and monsters crossed over is often called that.
It has not yet been revealed whether they really came from another world, but there are too many alien beings to believe they appeared on this continent.
Its existence is still unclear, but did Yuni’s teacher go to the Demon World?
How do you know?
“I don’t know why Master knows that. You didn’t talk.”
“Um… I don’t mean to doubt him, but can you trust him?”
If it’s Yuni’s teacher, then I have one-sidedness.
A few days after her I was selected as her hero and she decided to follow me, we met her right in the middle of her journey, which she recklessly set off on.
In fact, I haven’t been taught enough to be called a teacher.
Was it two days? She just went along like that.
Coincidentally, she was also an Elementalist, so she gave Uni, who had just blossomed as an Elementalist, some advice.
After a while, her destination was different, and she broke up again, but Uni, who learned a lot from the senior spiritist, called her her master.
“Are you doubting Master now?”
“Oh, ow, sorry, sorry!”
Yuni glared at me and pulled my cheek.
It’s so easy for Yuni to do this.
When I was young, I thought my cheeks would stretch because I pulled so much.
“Actually, at that time, I thought I was joking, so I just listened to it and passed it on, but it just came to my mind when I came here.”
“Then he should have told you beforehand.”
“I thought it was hiding somewhere. There were no spirits in the middle of the streets of the capital city.”
I’m sure this sounds like a lot of important information.
Although this place is not the realm of demons, isn’t it that it has changed to a place close to the realm of demons or something?
If so, it may not be a problem for us to solve.
“Once Seria and Arin come down, we should talk. Maybe it’s not something we can touch.”
“Is that so? Ugh… I hope something like the last time doesn’t happen.”
I don’t want to go through that experience of being unilaterally ridiculed by Luella without being able to deal with it again.
I have to work a little harder to keep that from happening.
After a brief pause in conversation, a woman passed behind us.
I looked back at her presence, and I turned my head again, startled by her almost transparent fabric.
“Eric… Is that good?”
“Uh? Oh no!”
Uni was looking at me with her slightly cold eyes.
I desperately denied it, but the situation became embarrassing when Mr. Jeren intervened from the side.
“Haha! Well, since the hero is also a man, there’s nothing we can do about it.”
“Eric…”
“Oh, no! What are you talking about, Mr. Jeren, all of a sudden!”
This makes me look like a weird person!
“Oh, Oh, you must, Yuni… !”
“My lady, all men like to dress like that. Anyone who says no is a liar.”
“Oh, no…”
Actually, what he said was not wrong.
To be honest, my heart beats every time I see it.
But I can’t bear to reveal that in front of Uni!
Yuni was looking at me without saying a word.
Oh no… Don’t look at me with those eyes… !
“Fu, hee hee… Eric, do you know how funny your expression is right now?”
“Haha, the hero was very flustered, sorry about this.”
I don’t know what expression I was making, but it must have been quite funny to see them burst out laughing at the same time.
Yuni giggled and said she was joking and comforted me.
Did you learn from Arin? After that, my heart really broke.
After spending some time chatting like that, the two came down again.
No matter what he said, Arin’s face showed shame that he couldn’t hide.
After they sat down, I told them again what Yuni had said.
“Are you sure about that?”
“Huh. I’ve been walking around for 3 days and I haven’t met him once. There must be something going on.”
“I should inform the church. It just doesn’t feel right.”
Arin also seemed to be taking the situation seriously, and Seria also listened quietly with her expression hardened.
Seria, who thought about something for a moment, looked at us and said.
“I guess I’ll have to change my ways.”
“Method? How?”
“It’s not just grabbing someone on the street and asking questions, it’s just choosing a target and going. Most of the people here don’t seem to know anything about this, so let’s find someone who seems to know.”
“For example?”
Seria looked at Arin for a moment and held out three fingers to us.
“The lord, the local priest, and… The president of the place who gave Arin his business card.”
The first two are understandable.
They’re the most influential people in the city, so there’s a good chance they know something more.
But why the last one?
“You said it was the biggest place. The owner of such a place would have a good idea of how the city’s entertainment business works. If something happened in this city, they would probably be the most affected by it, so they might have information that you don’t know from above.”
I hear and understand.
But… You reacted so blatantly to Arin, is it really okay?
“Eric and Yuni go to Yeongju. Since Yuni is an Elemental Weaver, if you go directly, she might listen to the story in more detail. We’ll go to the church and the store.”
“… Are you going there with Arin?”
That… That doesn’t sound like much.
Something is heartbreaking I feel like I shouldn’t let her go.
“Of course Arin should meet the priest, and I… I heard from Mr. Ren, but her shop is also nearby. Then wouldn’t it be nice if she stopped by at once?”
“… That, though…”
If it’s Seria and Arin, they won’t be easily pushed back by force.
Still… Still, anxiety looms.
“Eric, you’d better finish quickly and get out of here. I understand your feelings, but don’t worry, I’ll make sure nothing happens.”
“…”
It’s not that I don’t believe Seria, but that doesn’t make her anxiety go away either.
“Arin, say something too.”
“Yes? Me, do you mean me?”
“Huh. You are going together.”
Arin looked at Seria and me alternately, then she hesitated and said to me.
“… I’m really just going to have a chat. There is also a church here, so you wouldn’t think of laying a hand on a priest.”
Is it really okay to let them go like this?
“Yes. So, is Eric okay? I will go now.”
“Now, hold on!”
As Seria was about to set off straight away from her, he caught her unwittingly.
She put on a cold expression for a moment, but it was so fleeting that I doubted if I was mistaken.
“… Why?”
“Yeah, but this is a bit…”
What should I do?
Unknowingly, I looked at Yuni.
Yuni met her gaze with mine, and she looked at me and Seria alternately for a moment.
“Um… Did you go well?”
Ruined.
Apparently, Uni didn’t understand my anxiety.
Are you not anxious because you have faith that Seria and Arin will be able to do well?
Then doesn’t that mean that I don’t believe in the ability of the two?
“After… Because nothing really will happen. Don’t you trust us?”
“Well, it’s not…”
“Hero, I’m fine, I’m fine. Don’t worry too much, I’ll be back soon.”
Arin said that, but her face showed a little bit of embarrassment and anxiety.
Looking at that face, she couldn’t help but worry more.
While I hesitated for a moment, Seria took Arin outside.
Jeren comforted me with a word of comfort.
“Well, please trust them. Isn’t this what I’m doing because I want to help the hero?”
“… Yes.”
“Don’t worry, Eric. These aren’t kids who go around getting beaten up!”
“No, we’re not going to fight.”
Even though Yuni was talking nonsense, thanks to her, her smile leaked out and her anxiety lessened a little.
Did you hit this?
I don’t think Yuni didn’t use her brain that much, but she felt a little more at ease thanks to her.
“Okay. It’s not the time for us to be like this either. Let’s go, Uni.”
Seria has never made a mistake.
So she must have made the right decision this time too.
Because I believe in Seria.
“I’m sorry, but the lord is currently away.”
When we visited the lord’s castle, we heard a rather embarrassing sound.
“So when are you coming?”
“Probably after sunset.”
Yeah it’s too late
“May I know where you are?”
“Hmm… I can’t tell you that…”
This man, who appeared to be an agent, showed no signs of giving an easy answer.
“I am a warrior. And next to me is my colleague. We have come to deliver very urgent news to the lord. Please tell me where you are.”
“Um… Still…”
The man was still hesitating.
Then, Yuni grabbed his hand and asked with her eyes shining brightly.
“Excuse me… I’m really in a hurry… Could you please let me know?”
… UNI?
Where else did you learn that?
Is it Arin again?
“Uh, that… Wow, I shouldn’t have told you in the first place… Eh, the lord is now in the ‘Thousand Faces’.”
“A thousand faces?”
When he noticed that neither of us knew where it was, he looked at Yuni and added:
“That… It is home to the biggest striptease show in the city. I heard there was a new recruit coming in today, so I went to see it.”
