Chapter 28 – Guild Escort Quest #2

“Holy Shack. Was there an incubus in your party?”

The blonde nun who stared at me was the first to speak to herself.
The blonde nun looked at the horns on my head and immediately her complexion turned pale.
She said hello several times before, but she was a blonde nun and ignored everything as if she couldn’t hear.

Are your ears blocked?
Or is there a filter that only blows out the incubus voice?

“Excuse me.”

It was when I sighed and pointed my finger at the blonde nun. The blonde nun was startled as if she had been attacked, and took out a crucifix and holy water from her bosom. Then she cried out as she sprinkled holy water like a mist.

“Almighty Baldur…!”
“What did you say?”
“Baldur Almighty, protect me with eternal light! Baldur Almighty, protect me with eternal light! Baldur Almighty, protect me with eternal light! Baldur Almighty, protect me with eternal light!”

The blonde nun shouted out her prayers as if she had hung up her macros. I was dumbfounded by the attitude of exorcising demons.
Is this bitch openly feeding her taffy in front of people?

“Almighty Baldur!! Protect me with eternal light!!”
“Give up.”
“Heeheeeee.”

The blonde nun was startled as I pushed her face and dropped her crucifix.
It’s not an atmosphere where you can have a complete conversation.
Among religious people, there are people who associate devils with the horns of goats attached to incubus, but this nun probably belongs to that category.
Even if you think it can be.
Treating me like a devil right in front of me is serious.
This high heels bitch.

‘Fucking a heel girl.’

I gave up the greeting neatly and stepped away from the blonde nun.
I had no intention of speaking to the nun who despised the incubus again. Incubus hatred is rampant in another world even today.

“Are you just going?”
“Sister’s complexion doesn’t look good. I think she’ll have to step back. Oh, I wish my horns were removable.”
“I’m sorry I forcibly dragged you.”
“No. There is nothing wrong with Ethan.”

I shook my head and fell back.
Observing again from a distance, time passed and the blond nun was regaining her composure.
The blonde nun shrewdly took care of gifts and money that people gave her.
I realized that the smile on her nun’s lips was her sales smile.

“Is that a nun or a prostitute?”

I clicked her tongue as I watched her take advantage of her position as a nun.
This is why I don’t like heels.
Besides, long before I met that blonde nun, I had a bad feeling about priests who do adventure work.
I once ran into a party like this in Morris Forest.

‘A party of 5 with common dealers and a nun.’

The 5-person pot was hunting goblins, but the nun was doing nothing.
All I did was walk alone in the back and scream when a goblin appeared.
Nothing contributed to the party.
Nevertheless, the nun said that after her hunt was over, she shared the harvest equally with the other adventurers.
The adventurers laughed and offered the japtem they earned through sweat and blood to the nun.
I couldn’t understand that scene at all.

– What is that nun? Is it like a totem?
– I just took a walk in the back. Why are you getting the same share?

As I found out later, it seemed that there were many nuns in the adventure industry who ate raw like that.
It was because he had a cult following, and the ability to heal was rare.
From the moment I realized that, my image of the nun changed within me.

From a virtuous priest who sharpens his religiosity.
The talkative bitches who eat their lives raw.
I, Luke, have no intention of living a life of flattering people. Even if my body hurts, I will keep the integrity of a real man dealer.

Rebecca arrived here just before the company departed.
When I asked why he was late, it seemed that he had been quite lost trying to find the marked wagon.
I didn’t particularly ask her about her lateness.
Rebecca was sweating profusely as she had run for a while.

“Rebecca, do you know what? Ethan-san is among the adventurers who participated in the escort quest?”
“Oh, that kid I met last time?”
“Not a kid, but a halfling.”
“A kid is a kid. What the heck. Anyway, that kid talks slickly, but it’s quite nonsense. What is a monster behavior expert…”
“Did you call me?”

At that time, Ethan abruptly poked his head out from between the wagons.
Ethan was staring blankly at Rebecca, who had been talking behind her back.
Rebecca broke into a cold sweat with an expression that she had been caught.
Who are you swearing at even though you are a fool, you poor newbie bitch?

“D-Did you hear?”
“I heard it all. I’m sorry I couldn’t give you trust in the last quest. He’s a little different from the kelpies who lived in my hometown. If monsters appear again this time, I’ll personally show you what it means to communicate.”
“Wow! The rapport is so cool!”

Rebecca gave her thumbs up as she winked.
It’s a pity that Ethan is nice. If it was another halfling, she would have had more than enough to apply for Makgora.
Halflings don’t like being called little ones.
Anyway, since we got to Rebecca, all the people who were going up had gathered.
Following the directions of the pot-bellied middle-aged merchant, we set out for the trading city.

There are a total of two wagons that need to be escorted.
Me and Rebecca caught up with the moving wagon from the front.
A full-scale march had begun.

“If bandits or monsters attack, adventurers, please fight hard. If you are injured, I will ride you in a carriage until you return to Yoensu. Those who have made great contributions will be given a decent reward.”

A middle-aged merchant on the driver’s seat opened his mouth in a loud voice.
Rebecca said to me with her mouth open.

“They say they’ll give you more money if you fight hard. If you do well, can’t you earn more than 5 silver from this quest?”
“Don’t believe it because it’s bullshit. It’s faster for your body to wear out than to receive a reward. If a monster appears, just keep an eye on it and keep it in check.”
“Shouldn’t you be earning money?”
“If you get hurt, you’re the only one who loses, stupid. It’s more important to take care of yourself than to make a few extra bucks. The best tip for an escort quest like this is to do only halfway. Don’t go too far, and don’t fall too far behind. Easy.”

Rebecca nodded her head as if she would understand.

“By the way, what do you mean by honey tip?”
“It means a tip as sweet as honey.”
“Kick. That’s a strange word.”

Rebecca laughed, covering her mouth with the back of her hand.
It was a tedious march, but I managed to pass the time by peeling the nogari with Rebecca.
Ethan was walking alongside us, but he didn’t want to join Rebecca’s conversation with me.
Just like when I did the herb gathering quest the other day, I just walked in silence.

The road leading to the trading city was well maintained.
At least, that means the wheels of the wagon did not fall into the hole or the terrain that was difficult to walk on appeared.
In fact, I was hired as a wizard type in this guild, but I don’t have anything to use magic in particular.
There was no point in constantly teasing mana, so I practiced creating water droplets from the middle.
By then, she’d run out of topics to talk about, and Rebecca would have shut her mouth.

“Water.”

Drops of water, even larger in size, protruded from the air.
It was a drop of water that had increased in size since she had been magically charged with Rebecca the other day.
It was now the size of a soccer ball, and could easily fill a water bottle.
As I walked, I continued to draw out water droplets.
Water magic was relatively simple, so it was suitable for emptying your head before using it.

“Ah, water droplets came out of empty space.”
“It’s magic, magic.”

The adventurers who were walking all around cast their eyes on me.
The upper rank soldiers under control were also glancing at us.
I just shrugged and threw a word.

“Heh. Gaze, trouble.”

After saying a few words, I started walking again, creating water droplets.
After raising several thick water droplets into the air, he muttered like a stagnant water.

“You tidyer.

Rebecca spoke from the side, flushing.
FYI, it wasn’t that I fell in love, it was just a blush that I was embarrassing.

“I’m selling you, so shut up.”
“Kuk.”

First year.
How can you kill people with just one word?
I just quietly made water droplets in the corner because the grass was dead.

*

Around dinnertime, Ethan came to visit me for some reason. At some point, Ethan fell behind and became invisible, but from what I heard, it seemed that he was gathering information by prowling from place to place.
Information about this top.

“I found out something interesting.”
“What is it? All of a sudden.”
“This caravan holds an artifact. It’s quite expensive.”

If it was an artifact, it meant an object containing magical power. Artifacts were mostly traded at a high price because it was difficult to enchant objects. So much so that even the cheapest artifacts start with at least silver coins.

But what does that have to do with me, Jammin.
It’s not even my thing, so there’s no need to be interested in it.

“So? It has nothing to do with adventurers like us.”
“It’s not necessarily irrelevant. Astute adventurers will have already noticed. In order to carry out this escort quest comfortably, you must borrow the power of an artifact.”
“Yes? How can I borrow it when the owner is different? That’s a crime.”

Ethan opened his mouth in frustration.

“This Merchant possesses an artifact called 〈 Icecap 〉. It is ice containing magical powers mined from the edge of a certain alpine mountain, and if left, it freezes the air around it. Same.”
“That’s great.”
“This caravan seems to store groceries or something in wagons. It’s hot and the food perishable, so they keep it fresh through the ice caps. From what I’ve heard, there’s probably ice caps in the wagons over there.”

Ethan pointed with her finger at the carriage following behind.
Unlike the previous one, a wagon of relatively small size.
Suddenly, looking at the wagon, I felt a strange feeling.
It was because there were so many adventurers wandering around.

“What are you all doing over there?”
“It’s getting cold air. Cooling down with the cold air coming from the luggage compartment.
“Ah-.”

Only then did I realize what was going on in the wagon. It is still early summer, but the heat is already rampant in the provinces near Joensuu. On top of that, marching all day inevitably made me sweat.

Sweat.
An unpleasant liquid that makes people feel sick.
There’s nothing more fucked up than when sweat trickling down your forehead blocks your vision. My clothes were damp from walking around all day. If you smell your armpits now, poison gas will surely spread.

“They’re filthy bastards.”

I put on a puzzled expression while looking at the wagon in the back. The adventurers clinging to it didn’t sweat much. I wonder if the cold wind blowing from the carriage is cooling the heat. The adventurers looked straight ahead and looked refreshed as they walked.

“The top side doesn’t really control it.”
“Because you know that forcing adventurers will only lead to accidents. They seem to stop getting too close. Now you know what I mean?”
“Yes.”
“Today the procession has already been decided, so it seems to be too late to change positions. But when we leave tomorrow, we must always be late and aim for the escort of the carriage in the back.”

I gulped as I looked around.
There seemed to be more people who realized that the escort of the back carriage was honey more than I thought. There were a total of 14 adventurers in charge of escorting the upper ranks, and more than half of them were looking at the back carriage.
Looking at their faces, they all seemed to be thinking the same thing.

I thought that starting tomorrow, I would definitely have to escort the back coach.
I can feel the determination to suck honey from the quest.

“Thank you, Ethan. You gave me good information.”
“This is the experience of a veteran bronze adventurer. Let’s move together tomorrow morning. The goal is to escort the backcoach.”

It was then.
Suddenly, Rebecca’s voice echoed beside her.

“Hey, hey. Can I wear it too?”

Rebecca mumbled and talked to me and Ethan.
I forgot, but Rebecca was walking near me.
She probably didn’t miss a word of what Ethan was saying to her.
At Rebecca’s request, Ethan and I smirked and paused for a while.
Because today we both have something to pay her back.

“I heard you’re embarrassing to see me?”
“I think you called me a slick talker.”

Causal retribution.
Those who do evil will be punished someday.

“You little bastards!”
“What, are you short?”
“Oh, no. I’m all wrong, so please include it in the plan. It’s too hot. Huang!”