Chapter 150 – Chapter 150 ― Against Destiny (4)
Episode 150 ― Against Destiny (4)
“Your Majesty sent the humans who were prisoners of war to teach them skills. So this person became our employee.”
“Employee… ? Are you working together?”
Urtellia, who still had sharp eyes, asked back. But the goblin nodded her head in annoyance.
“It will be hard to adapt to since we fought against humans on the battlefield, but it has already been more than half a year in Basel. There are so many people like this kind of lady after entering these days, so I’m tired.”
It was a human who apologized to the grumbling goblin.
“Sorry.”
“What do you have to be sorry about? It’s the market I used to go to every day.”
“Now that it’s like that, move quickly in front of our store.”
“Ah, yes… Sorry…”
Before Anmut could finish his words, the goblins shoved the humans away from their sight.
Seeing the shopkeeper’s bloody gaze, Anmut looked at Urtellia with a look of bewilderment, but
She, who always gave an answer because of her intelligence, seemed to be at a loss for words.
Anmut moved her steps as if dragging her.
It was near the end of the market street when Urtellia opened her mouth with a firm expression.
“Demon King, what the hell did you do?”
“…”
However, there was no way that she would give a sharp answer. He just scratched his head in silence.
It’s already been two years since they didn’t hide in Evirzio. It seems clear that there has been a great change in the meantime.
They finally reached a quiet inn alley.
Unlike the noisy market in the morning,
Where inns are gathered, morning hours are the quietest.
The guests who rented the accommodation suffered from a night’s hangover or left the accommodation early,
It’s not until around lunchtime that new customers take over the alley and bring it to life little by little.
Urtellia put on a distorted expression and roamed the narrow alley as if it were her own home.
It’s been over a year since she came here to Basel, but she remembered the locations of all the lodgings and the crowded alleys.
Having gone deep enough to get lost if Anmut alone, Urtellia entered a shabby inn located at the farthest corner of that narrow alley.
Anmut looked at the inn with a gloomy expression, as if it were an inn like this again.
“Master.”
Entering the inn, Yurtellia called out to her master from the empty hall. No one guided them, but Yurtalia, who had slumped down on a random table, flapped her clothes a few times in dismay.
“It’s absurd no matter how you think about it.”
It wasn’t until after bumping into a human once, that humans all over the market started to come into view.
There were overwhelmingly more people working inside the store than people who came to shop. They were so deep inside that it was hard to notice until you looked inside the store.
“What… Ah. It is you.”
The owner, who was cleaning the empty room upstairs, came down the stairs. A guest who came at a time when he would normally not be disturbed. Besides, he had a troublesome request.
The owner was not happy.
“It’s been a while.”
“One room. And there were humans?”
“Heh heh, these people. It looks like you came from somewhere in the countryside.”
“Also!”
Urtellia’s eyes shone brightly.
Anmut grabbed her by the shoulder and asked the hostess.
“Yes. Long time no see. Owner. I don’t want to ask right now, but what happened? There are humans in the market.”
If I don’t solve this woman’s curiosity right now, it’s going to take four months.
After reading the sadness in Anmut’s eyes, the owner sighed lightly.
Orc, who threw the menu on the table, sat down on the chair opposite.
“Last summer or fall, we started releasing humans from the castle. Originally, it is said that he taught skills to people held as prisoners of war.”
“Technology? What technology?”
“From things like cleaning and cooking… Making or crafting something. Or the things that count and record.”
Anmut and Urtellia’s eyes narrowed.
Only then did they understand why there were humans inside the market.
Because these two were people who knew very well what Merde’s humans could do.
“… Humans are clever and have good hand skills.”
“You understand quickly. Okay. That’s why they said they taught us things more familiar than our demons. And I started renting those humans.”
“Rental… Rani?”
“These humans are Your Majesty’s property, and we employ them as our commute.”
“Were there any objections to the existence of humans?”
“What… Rather than thinking?”
The owner of the oak recalled vague memories as if a long time had already passed.
“Anyway, it’s hard to find people for things that involve using your hands. But these people did a better job than I thought, and the rental fee was okay. There was no need to provide lodging. Besides, as soon as it happened…”
“Anything like that?”
“Oh, a troll pulled out a human arm.”
The arm that had been crushed was degenerated into rumors that the arm was pulled out over time.
“Then, His Majesty jumped out like a deuce.”
“… The emperor?”
Yurtellia, who had almost inadvertently asked ‘The Demon King?’, Managed to change her words.
The orc nodded happily as he recalled his memories of that day.
“Hmm. You were such a wonderful person. Because I admired it.”
“Have you seen it yourself? Your Majesty?”
“Okay. Luckily, I was passing by City Hall that day. I can’t remember the face now, but the voice I heard back then is clear. He was such a great person. I have power.”
In the voice of the orc, I could even feel the excitement.
Anmut and Urtellia looked at each other with stupid faces without knowing it.
However, the owner, as if he hadn’t seen the exchange of glances between the two, said in an excited voice.
“His Majesty said. I will change the world and make a world where even the weak can live. So, I’m telling the weak not to attack each other and leave them alone.”
“…”
It was Yurtalia who grabbed Anmut’s arm as she tried to open her mouth in embarrassment. Her amber eyes glowed strangely.
The orc continued to speak blankly.
“It’s His Majesty’s order, so it can’t be violated. Those are His Majesty’s heavenly words for us.”
His expression as he no longer looked at them and looked somewhere far away.
It is an expression as if possessed by magic.
Anmut’s eyes sharpened when he saw Urtellia’s wink.
The owner, who seemed to be enjoying the moment for a while, came to his senses as if waking up from sleep.
“… Oops I need to clear the top quickly. I asked for a room. You can give me the room I’m cleaning now. What about meals?”
“I will wait until the cleaning is finished. I will order it then.”
“Okay.”
The orc shoved the menu in front of them and went back upstairs with the mop in his hand.
“It looks like he has some ability.”
“Brainwashing or… Holly?”
“Huh.”
“It should be possible.”
Even if you have the ability, it is an absurd ability. Anmut knew very well that there were so many types of abilities that people had beyond imagination.
“Are you going to change the world? What nonsense. How.”
Urtellia snorted her snort.
However, Anmut quietly pondered over what the demon king had said.
It is a world that takes care of the weak.
It’s embarrassing that the demon king, who is no different from the pinnacle of strength, said that.
Even the human king threatened a truce with that power.
‘The sudden truce, the removal of human meat… Is that the reason?’
Unknowingly, Anmut felt his heart lean toward him.
If the change he felt after coming to Evirgio and Basel was really a change brought about by the devil’s intention
He may not be something that Anmut should be hostile to, but rather something to keep an eye on.
“Anmut. No.”
However, feeling his hesitation, Urtellia quickly stopped him.
“We are here to work.”
“… Urtellia.”
“Don’t think any further.”
“…”
Anmut was lost in thought.
200 gold.
Money to start a new life.
Money for Yurtellia to settle down in Evirzio and find her sister.
If he continues his mercenary work and assassin job,
How long will it take to raise that money?
10 years? 20 years?
Anmut held back the accusation.
I’ll probably have to earn it for the rest of my life.
‘Shall I say that I will give it to you every month for the rest of my life?’
Anmut stared at Urtellia in silence. Mistaking the gaze and silence for acceptance, Suin the cat sighed, swallowing her anxious heart.
As the two of them sorted out their confused thoughts, the orc owner finally came down to the table after cleaning.
“Have you decided on a meal?”
“Huh. With this, with this.”
“Okay.”
“By the way, I’d like to ask you to do something.”
“Hmm?”
It was an empty first floor, but the innkeeper and retired fixer looked around and sat down.
A few times helping them with their work,
The owner felt uncomfortable.
The work they were asking for was neither particularly dangerous nor extremely difficult. However, there were times when I felt that something was slightly out of place.
In order to work as a guild solver, he had to come and go to Basel.
There were times when they felt as if they were hearing things for the first time, no matter how long they had traveled to and from the battlefield.
Like now, I didn’t know about an incident where the emperor lowered the wheat and declared human protection.
This was a huge topic of discussion.
If you go to Basel every few months, you will not be aware of a great event.
And if you are a guild solver, you must come back to Basel every time a request is completed, complete the report, and receive a new job. That’s why the regulars of this inn showed up several times a year.
On the other hand, they even demanded an explanation, bewildered as if they had never seen a human roaming around Basel for the first time. As if they weren’t from Basel.
‘… Couldn’t it be a spy or something like that?’
However, the innkeeper, who had a wild imagination for a moment, dismissed my thoughts with a smile.
‘I’ve heard a lot of stories about catching clouds.’
His allegiance was mediocre, and so was his imagination. The innkeeper asked them, not even dreaming that they were prisoners active in Merde.
“What do you want?”
His connections are still valid.
Enough to help clean up the many people who visit this inn.
Of course, with the help of shiny coins.
“I want to find a job in the castle.”
And the orc had a big laugh.
“Puhahahaha, you guys, really… Have you ever been stuck in a remote mountain valley? Haha…”
Anmut stared blankly at the orc, and Urtellia’s expression turned ferocious.
The owner of the oak hit the table several times and laughed, unaware that magic was slowly gathering in the magician’s hands.
“Castle? Are you talking about the imperial castle over there?”
“… Yes.”
When Anmut hesitantly replied,
Said the orc.
“To get in there now, you have to pick stars in the sky.”
Anmut narrowed his brows.
“I heard no one wants to go in there.”
“I’m talking about an unsettling story. It’s been a while since His Majesty the Emperor changed his mind and changed his mind. Okay. It must have been around the fall when wheat came down instead of human meat and prisoners were dispatched.”
Urtellia asked sharply.
“Did people suddenly flock to the imperial castle?”
“Exactly. The salary counts, and you can get extra rations. In the past, there were many heinous rumors about being killed by His Majesty, but it’s no longer like that. On the contrary, they say that he is rather considerate.”
“… So, is there any way?”
“Do you want to enter the castle?”
“I have some work to do.”
Then the orc grinned.
While making a circle with his thumb and forefinger.
“With this friend, nothing is impossible.”
