Relic (1)
Just as I was enjoying the victorious feeling after having succeeded in breaking the bishop’s mentality and drinking the bishop’s share of drinks, Celia, who had gone out with the old woman and returned, saw me alone and expressed her doubts.
“Ronan-nim, did he die well…? Where did Bishop Barca go?”
“You’re such a busy person. He went first to see if he had something to do.”
It was somewhat evasive, but it wasn’t wrong.
If that bastard reports to his superiors, he will have no choice but to dig into me in order to resolve the suspicions he harbors, even if he doesn’t report according to the orders of his superiors.
By the time he shows signs of trying to do something in earnest, I’ll have to go and find out what kind of choices he’s making and what he’s doing.
“It’s strange. When you come to church once, you usually stay up late before leaving… Today, Ronan-nim was there too, so I thought he must have set the day.”
It’s probably true that he brought me here? It’s the first time he’s meeting me face-to-face, so he must have made plans of his own. Originally, everyone has at least one or two plausible plans.
The problem is that things don’t always go according to plan after one or two punches from the world.
If everything went according to plan, I would be rolling on the bed by now.
“Barca-sama must have had his own circumstances.”
Celia, who stared at me for a moment at my words, nodded as if recalling the ‘own circumstances’ I said.
“Maybe it’s because of the dwarves.”
Dwarf…?
When a completely unexpected keyword flowed from Celia, I naturally had no choice but to tilt my head.
Why is a dwarf appearing out of nowhere?
Is there a problem with the Dwarf Knight Commander? Or the Knights under his command?
What was the problem that the meddling knight commander didn’t come to see me yesterday, even though I went back to my dorm after wasting time at the academy?
“What’s wrong with the dwarves?”
When I asked without much thought, Celia suddenly looked like she had made a mistake and began to break out in a cold sweat.
“Ah…that…no big deal! I must have said it wrong. Dwarf. Why did I say that all of a sudden. hahahahaha…”
The kid has become competent, and now he’s even telling lies. I don’t know if I should be happy about this or not.
Seeing Celia diligently making excuses with awkward gestures and voices that made it clear at once that it was a lie even without looking at her aura, while contemplating whether or not to let it go, Celia cried as if she accepted the silence as pressure.
“I’m sorry… Actually, it’s true that the dwarves have a problem…”
In the end, Celia, who couldn’t overcome the pressure on her own and stood up straight, began to explain with a sigh.
“It’s not known to the outside world, but it’s a story I’ve heard from people like Lady Helena, Bishop Varka, and Captain Gorg, so I don’t know the details. It seems that unusual things are happening in the Dwarven Republic these days.”
wait time.
Of course, I thought it was not a big deal, so I was listening to Celia with a light heart, and I was frozen on a scale beyond imagination.
Suddenly, the Dwarf Republic? It’s not a problem for the dwarves staying in the academy, but a national problem for the country of the dwarves?
A very foreboding came over me.
Isn’t this pattern too familiar?
He said that he would help with a light heart that he would be able to eradicate it quickly, but he remembered the expedition that had suffered as it was.
no way…?
“Something unusual…?”
Ominous, too ominous. In my heart, I just don’t want to hear it.
I don’t care if something unusual happens to the Dwarven Republic.
However, it was strange to say that they would not listen to the story until now, and above all, if a real national problem had occurred, it would have been better to know than to be swept away unexpectedly.
“Yeah, I’m not quite sure yet, but maybe the devil worshipers are going on a rampage.”
I reflexively closed my eyes at Celia’s story.
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Look at this. I knew it would be like this. Anyway, all those dog devil worshipers should be thrown alive into the fire.
So, is the SOS request coming in sooner or later from the head of the nosy knights?
Is the church begging me to be dispatched to the Dwarven Kingdom under the name of a favor this time, in order to gain free fame without touching it?
It’s been two days since I’ve been back here… Really do it in moderation!
My head has already been hurting since he came back to torment me with another ingenious trick this time.
Celia, who looked at my silent appearance for a while and noticed, quickly continued.
“But this time, it’s a little too much for Ronan-sama to help.”
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Looking at Celia with such a determined expression on her face, I could guess why Celia was reluctant to tell me this.
Did I actively express my opinion that I would go to the scene of the incident during the epidemic?
Celia seemed worried that I would do the same if I heard the stories of the dwarves.
Celia, to be honest, I don’t really like going either.
Stepping out to help the princess was honestly ignorant, and the word “brave” couldn’t be more appropriate than this.
I would never want to do it twice.
Besides, I don’t have to go through such risks and hardships to cling to famed works anymore. Seeing that the church, more precisely, the shadow side has secured influence in the academy while I’m away, I don’t want to do anything that takes a long time. Rather, I just sprinkled rice cakes on the bishop that are somewhat close to gambling, but I don’t want to go even more because I think I need to make fine adjustments to make this flow in the direction I want.
Emotionally and rationally, he didn’t want to step into the dwarves’ problems.
But my body has already mastered the patterns of the world.
The rampage of the demon worshipers that started in the Republic will intensify rather than end, and sooner or later the Knight Commander will come and ask for help.
Aren’t I the one who made a very impressive contribution to eradicating the demon worshipers hiding near the academy?
He is a person who is staying at the academy as a representative of a country in name, but when such a person came and asked for it, it was already painful to know how to refuse it.
Originally, it wouldn’t have been a difficult problem to refuse as the race was different and my position wasn’t light, but it was a problem because I already had a criminal record. that’s right
“And since the dwarves are doing well on their own, there’s really no need for Ronan-sama to go! Captain Gorg also told the dwarves that this is not a problem, that it’s almost solved!”
Celia hurriedly added a word, as if I was nervous because I didn’t have an answer.
And Celia’s words were quite unexpected.
The knight commander said that? That the situation is really improving, not worsening?
I hate myself for being naturally suspicious of the authenticity when I am told that I am solving it on my own, but I couldn’t help it.
“Are you sure of that?”
“Yes! There was no initial damage due to the sudden rampage, but the devil worshipers who figured out what they were doing said that they weren’t that difficult opponents and now they’ve captured almost all of them.”
Really…? Actually, are the dwarves the strongest?
If you think about it, the dwarves were the only envoys of different races, and they belonged to the side with superior military capabilities to the point of dispatching a strong person comparable to the master.
Hey, are you really doing it right on your own?
With hope in my heart, I nodded and hurrahed for the dwarves, then thought of the church.
Apart from the fact that the dwarves are controlling the situation, there is no guarantee that the church will not use this as an excuse to drag me out of the academy again.
Sending me to the Republic to buy me time and then I don’t know what else they’re up to.
“Besides, I heard from Bishop Barca that the church has already made a decision saying that it is absolutely unacceptable for the Church to continue forcing Ronan to do anything, and that there will never be a way to dispatch Ronan before the Dwarves even ask for it.”
what…?
Why would the bishop bother to damage Celia’s relationship of trust by telling a lie that would soon be exposed?
Even if the head office changed its mind later, even if it wasn’t their will, damage would be inevitable.
Then why the hell do you say that…? Could it be that the church is really helping me?
After pondering the church’s intentions, I unexpectedly came to the conclusion that the church would not want to be dispatched.
Cognitive dissonance came for a while because the church’s intentions and what I wanted coincided, but in fact, it was highly likely that the church expected that if I found out about this, of course I would go out to help the dwarves this time as well.
When you are in conflict with someone, it is only natural to try to prevent the will of the person in conflict with you from being fulfilled.
If you think about it, the situation was a little special when the church asked me to join the expedition.
Due to the devil worshipers commotion, all the characters planted in the church were blown away, so there was no way to exert influence on me, who was confined to the academy, to contact me. Above all, to make it a success before the story about the expedition, which they tried to deal with themselves and ruined several times, became bigger.
They probably asked me because they thought it would be more profitable for them, even considering that I helped the different races gain favor and build their reputation.
But now that the bishop has been dispatched again, there is no need to bring him out of the academy, and people have already begun to forget the ‘old days’.
Even this time, it seems that the Dwarves will end the situation sooner or later, so putting me in here will only increase my reputation.
So, with the mindset that no one else should eat the bread I can’t eat, I nailed it and gave a plausible reason that I shouldn’t be sent to the Republic.
…
After sorting out the situation, I naturally tilted my head.
Then I really have nothing to do?
The dwarves don’t really feel the need to ask for help, and the church doesn’t have the heart to send me there, so isn’t it serious enough that I feel the urgency to go there myself?
Wow, is it okay for this to happen? Have I used up all my luck in my life now? Am I not going to be struck by lightning tomorrow?
I was dumbfounded to the point of thinking that way.
Oh my God, the world doesn’t care about me.
“So it’s okay if you don’t care about Ronan-sama, really. Even Princess Azalea will never allow it!”
Celia tried hard to persuade me, even selling the name of the princess, perhaps assuming that I still couldn’t let go of my lingering feelings.
Even though Celia was on the wrong foot, she told me all the important points, so I only had to think of the opposite of what Celia said.
Come to think of it, there is also a princess.
Even if the well-controlled rampage of the dwarf demon worshipers suddenly worsens and the church changes its mind and tells me to go over there, the princess will take care of it and block it.
This time, it’s enough if I don’t strongly oppose the princess’s will.
If someone asks why I didn’t go ahead with it this time, I’d say it’s because I’m already in debt to the princess.
It was perfect.
To be honest, if there were so many safety devices, it was almost impossible for me to go to the Republic.
So now I think the only possible way to get involved with the dwarf demon worshipers is if they suddenly go mad and stop fighting the dwarves, cross the borders of the empire, hide in the empire, come to this academy and confront me…
Would that be possible in common sense?
Why would they suddenly take over the empire after fighting and fighting among themselves, and what reason would they have to come to this academy? there was no li
After all the reasoning, I finally came to a conclusion.
This time it really has nothing to do with me!
I thought it was really fortunate to listen closely.
“Okay, Celia. Even if you don’t say that, I’ll be quiet from now on.”
Celia nodded her head with her face brightening in an instant, as if she was satisfied with my words when I said that to Celia.
Celia and I were able to leave the waiting room in good spirits after a conversation that both parties were satisfied with.
* * *
“Have you conquered them all?”
“yes!”
Somewhere in the Dwarven Republic.
Against the backdrop of the devastated surroundings, Dwarves dressed in knightly armor were busily walking around and doing something.
And the one who looked like the captain of the knights habitually rubbed his chin and cast his gaze toward the dwarf who had been subdued by the other knights.
“I don’t understand. What’s the reason for such a sudden suicidal attack?”
At the captain’s words, the Dwarf, who had been suppressed by the knights, barely raised his head and met the captain’s gaze.
“It would be better if you answered with words. Then at least you will be able to die easily.”
The captain inquired in a more exasperated tone, but the Dwarf, who was still subdued, did not answer.
“Tsk… Dirty, ugly people always talk a lot. Whatever you intended, you guys have already failed. Sooner or later, you guys will all be cleaned up.”
The captain, who thought it was wrong to get information from that appearance, uttered an irritating word and turned away.
It was more efficient to do other things than to bully the devil worshipers who wouldn’t open their mouths.
“That we failed…? Khehehehe…”
Behind the captain who turned around like that, the cracked voice of a dwarven demon worshiper, who hadn’t spoken a word before, was heard.
“How can you be so confident when you don’t even know why we did this?”
Turning back to the demon worshiper who began to utter meaningful words, the captain drew closer than before and met the demon worshiper’s eyes.
“So you’re saying there’s even a hidden meaning to this pointless attack?”
“After putting everything together and melting it, I will cast the ultimate by hand. The day we hold the ultimate in our hands and decapitate the god, we will rise to the top of the heavens. Ha ha ha ha!”
“Damn it, everyone back off!”
When the body of the devil worshiper who left incomprehensible words began to turn red, the captain hurriedly ordered an evacuation.
It was something that was happening all over the Dwarven Republic.
