Chapter 150 – Articles (1)

No matter how stupid and ignorant the new recruit was, he couldn’t open his mouth with the knight in front of him.

Passing by the stiff guards, a procession of knights approaches the front gate.

Everyone who passed through this gate deserved to be inspected, but no one, let alone Illone, attempted to inspect them.

“Welcome.”

“So- is the lord in the castle?”

“That’s right.”

“You look busy. Seeing that you didn’t send a vassal.”

The man standing at the front of the knights procession said that and hardened his expression coldly. If it was normal, he would have been frightened when he saw that expression, so yes, but…… It was different like today.

“That’s right.”

“… Hoh, is it? What happened?”

“I cannot tell you.”

Her guards her were surprised to see her like that, but the knight rather smiled lightly as if he liked her firm attitude her.

“Yeah, I got it. Do you need an inspection?”

“You don’t have to. Because the honorable knight won’t smuggle dangerous goods-“

“Thank you-.”

Ilone nodded his head and let the knight in.
After that, a procession of numerous knight candidates and wagons followed.

Time passed and the new recruit, who was barely able to catch his breath, could not overcome his curiosity his and approached the senior officer with a question.

“I am chief. Why are the knights here…… ?”

“Uh? Oh, was it your first time this year?”

“Yes.”

“Isn’t it winter now, do you remember how cold it is outside?”

“…… Yep. I remember.”

Recalling his life at the training center at the beginning of the year, the recruit shuddered as he recalled his memory.

Poor facilities and the extreme cold in preparation for it made the training life hell.

But, what does that have to do with why the knights are here?

“How do you think knights will train in cold weather?”

“Uh… Shall we do it in a warm room with magic?”

“Where is the money for that?”

He was the first recruit in the kingdom, so he wondered if he would have a lot of money.

Thanks to this, the leader started talking about the story he knew without any interruption.

“There is a dungeon.”

“Ah…… Dungeon.”

It was. There was a dungeon. A different world that maintains an unpleasant environment 365 days a year.

However, if the knights occupied the dungeon, wouldn’t one problem arise?

“What are adventurers doing?”

“Yes?”

“Well, it wasn’t until before that each person could enter a different dungeon, so he wouldn’t have cared about whether or not there were adventurers…… Not anymore, right?”

“That…… It’s none of our business.”

The senior followed the knights with a bitter expression.

“And they probably don’t even know.”

* * *

Turong-!

After blocking her flying wooden sword, Emilia stretched out her wooden sword like flowing water, pressed Dojin’s wooden sword, and fed Dojin her kick her.

The moment he loses his balance while blocking a kick with one arm, he quickly approaches and slams his head down rather than stepping back.

Wow!

Do-jin felt his eyes flash for a moment and stepped back in an instant.

Emilia gazed at Dojin triumphantly with an expression as if asking.

“…… Pass.”

“Oh yeah!”

Emilia, who had succeeded in giving her dojin a shot, began to clench her fists and rejoice. Do-jin stroked her hair and looked at her.

Having learned the basics of her swordsmanship her, she has now succeeded in incorporating that swordsmanship into her movements her. That is to say, she succeeded in mixing the hardness of swordsmanship with the movements and flexibility of a beast.

‘I can’t even look at it anymore.’

Her bones her started to go numb from how hard her head was. Feeling a little dizzy, Dojin took a break by drinking water.

The sweat dripping from their bodies told them how hard their training was, and the steam rising up told them how cold the weather was.

“…… ?”

Do-jin felt something cold touch the bridge of his nose and slowly looked up at the sky.

Snow was falling.

“It is snow.”

Emilia was looking up at the sky with a tired expression. She was the one she should be. A virgin of her age would have welcomed her pure white eyes, but for some reason she didn’t have a very nice expression.

“What’s the matter?”

“Trash is falling from the sky…….”

“…… Garbage?”

“This is garbage, so what is it?”

It’s pretty, but Do-jin, who didn’t understand why this was called garbage, pretended to agree to some extent after hearing what Emilia had to say.

“In the countryside, when it snows, everyone cleans it up together, right? However, it is difficult to clean the snow when it is frozen, so when it accumulates to a certain extent, I clean it up right away… I have to clear it out while facing the cold snow for half a day, but when I turn my head, it’s piled up again. You are struggling in vain.”

“Oh, I see.”

“What, have you ever cleaned your eyes?”

“Yes.”

“You……Even if you don’t look like that, you were a child of a family.”

Saying that, Emilia looked at Dojin again. Hey, a person with such swordsmanship would not have been a child of an ordinary family.

No matter how bad it is, it must be the son of a promising knight, or the son of a nobleman who will treat such a knight like a subordinate and teach his son swordsmanship.

She was Emilia who wanted to be a dark-haired aristocrat, but what would a country boy know? All she did was look at Do-jin’s eyes while saying that.

“Shall we go?”

“Yes?”

“Is your body loose?”

“Uh? Right…?”

Each time it was undone, she was in excellent shape, though a little tired. A state in which the whole body seems to be on fire. If it was now, any enemy would be able to respond in an instant.

When Emilia nodded her head, her Dojin looked at her approvingly and said.

“Training ends with this…… I have to use it in practice.”

“…… Practice?”

“Okay.”

Traditionally, there was only one actual battle for an adventurer. It’s just a dungeon.

* * *

Wearing only one light coat to keep the sweat from drying out, the two of them headed to the dungeon with their sweaty bodies.

However, upon arriving at the dungeon, the two were forced to stop by a guard blocking their way.

“I’m sorry, but there is a curfew here.”

“…… Curfew?”

He tilted his head as he looked at the guard who stood in his way. This is the place where the dungeon is located, and it was always empty because there was no way to block the path of many adventurers.

Although it was frequently patrolled by guards, it was not a permanent residence. But how dare you stand in front of me like this?

Do-jin, who was curious but had no intention of opposing the public power, tried to pass the guard and head another way.

Then the guard stopped him again and blocked his passage.

“The dungeon is currently prohibited from entering. Please go back.”

“I’ve never heard of such a thing.”

“We announced everything in advance. Since I didn’t hear the notice from the guild, I couldn’t look after the circumstances of each individual…….”

He started to get a little feverish, but the guards came out in the middle of the way, but he couldn’t attack with his head stiff from this side.

Do-jin, who grew up in the country of courtesy in the East, had some obsession to show kindness and courtesy to others.

“You can ask the guild, right?”

For reference, that obsession was not visible to people older than him. Do-jin, who found the guild, immediately kicked off the guild leader’s room and entered.

Guild staff couldn’t stop the two. People like Dojin and Emilia would not be able to say anything even if they slapped the guild leader on the face.

The guild leader, who was cleaning some rocks, looked at the door in amazement.

“Do, Do-jin? And Emilia-sama? What happened all of a sudden…….”

“Guild leader, I heard an interesting story.”

“Yes, yes! What did you hear that made it so much fun?”

“The way to the dungeon was controlled, but it was already spread.”

“Ah, ahaha. Could it be…….”

The guild leader thought of Pion. This bitch, I sent her to take care of her well, but she doesn’t talk about simple things like this?

And secondly, he cursed at the guard who stopped the two of them. Isn’t it a little cute just seeing the two of them?

If you send me a little bit wisely and judiciously, where do you think it’s going to be? ….

However, the guild leader did not know that the guard guided the two of them kindly, and Do-jin came to the guild without getting angry.

“I’ve never heard of such a notice before.”

“Ah, ahaha. Haven’t you heard of Emilia-sama too?”

“Yes. No?”

“There must have been a mistake.”

“Please fix it quickly. How much money would you make if you hunted at this time? Yes?”

“…… I’m not going to do this, let’s go right away. I will make a deal myself.”

The guild leader said that and left the guild room. The guild staff who had not been able to stop the two avoided the eyes of the guild leader.

However, it was inevitable that he had already entered the guild leader’s field of view. Promising to see you later, the guild leader headed to the dungeon with the two of them.

Indeed, just as the official notice had come down in advance, this time I could see the guards guarding the dungeon area.

The guild leader approached the guard and coughed while looking at the guard.

“Hmmmm-.”

“Ah, yes. What are you doing?”

“I am this kind of person.”

Saying so, the guild leader held out his identity card his.
Since ancient times, the guards were trained to see and memorize all kinds of identity cards, since the people they deal with are human.

The guard, who recognized the identity of the guild leader, kept his attitude at attention and lightly ignored it.

“… Thank you for your hard work. What is the guild leader doing here?”

“I’m here to protest.”

“Protest…… Yo. This?”

“Yes, protest.”

The guard, who was looking at the guild leader, wondering what he was talking about, saw Dojin and Emilia behind him and realized that the two were the adventurers he had seen before.

Because they looked noble at first glance, they sent them to Tyler’s guild, and they brought the guild leader with them?

‘What great people are you?’

He listened to the words of the guild leader thinking that he was good at not being rude.

“You obviously decided not to interfere with the hunting of high-ranking adventurers, right? But why did you block these people’s path?”

“Ah… I forgot. Sorry.”

“Oh, forget-!? There are things I forgot and things I didn’t-! Do you know how much they can make for the time they just wasted? Your salary is your salary!”

“Yes. I’m really sorry. I’ll be careful next time-.”

The guild leader deliberately began to express his anger his, thinking he had caught the case well. Indeed, as he intended, Do-jin first stopped the guild leader who scolded the guards.

“Guild leader, please stop.”

“Hmmm- but how could the guy who wasted the two of you….”

“You made a mistake. We, too, understand. Yes.”

“…… If so, you’re lucky. There is no problem with our guild this time.”

In the end, it was a tail cut. Dojin understood, nodded and sent the guild leader back.

Leaving behind the guild leader who was striding forward, Dojin looked at the guard as if he was sorry.

“Sorry. I didn’t tell you earlier.”

“No-. Rather, thank you for covering it. Because it was a mistake on our part.”

The guard lightly thanked Dojin and guided the two directly to the dungeon. In fact, there was no need to guide Do-jin, who knew the dungeon better than anyone else… He did not refuse, considering it a courtesy from the guards.

“Um, by the way, adventurer.”

“Yes.”

“Really…Do you earn more than my annual salary in one day?”

At those words, Do-jin fell into trouble over what to say. He said he did n’t talk about salary salary even to his family.

Not to mention the income of a level 3 adventurer…… More than anything, I started to worry that he would be disappointed to hear the truth.

Sometimes lies are better than the truth. Dojin smiled slightly and replied that it was not that much.

“Okay. Even the guild leader is bluffing.”

“Yes. Oh, may I ask you something?”

“Yes, whatever.”

“Why was the road blocked?”

“Oh, you don’t know yet.”

As the guard said that, he raised his head and pointed to the dungeon.

Several wagons were lined up near the dungeon, and nearby were armored knights entering the dungeon one by one.

“Because of the knights.”