Chapter 828 – Winter in the Capital

“I don’t know, something like that. First time hearing of it. You say you’re infertile? So you’re asking me to give birth to a baby for you to adopt?”
“I guess that’s the context.”
“Funny, testimony. What a fucking crazy bitch.”

Winia tried to look back at me as she lowered her arms, perhaps in her rage.

“Winia, don’t lower your arm. It’s uncomfortable to touch.”
“Oh, I’m sorry, bastard.”

After apologizing to me, Winia put her pods back together and put her palms on the back of her head. Now you have become a teaching assistant in my hands. If I only touch my chest, this posture is automatically maintained.

“Are you bastards now?”
“Yes.”

Anyway, I started working on breastfeeding again.

This heavy feeling is unbearable.

I asked while touching the casting.

“Winia. What do you know about the situation of the Bellate family? I heard that, beyond infertility, it seems that the sisters-in-law also have no sons.”

It felt as if the man that the Bellate family had right now wasn’t there. At my question, Winia was silent for a moment and then said.

“Hmm… I don’t know. I didn’t have a chance to find out because I’m out of the house anyway… To be honest, it sounds a bit suspicious. Why are you insisting on handing it over to a boy? Come to think of it, it’s a bit strange having only a daughter.”

Suspicion deepened.

At that time, when she went to the Bella Tude Mansion, she must have seen the portraits of successive patriarchs in the hallway. She was of mixed sex, although there seemed to be more women in general. Almost a three to one ratio?

The women were all pink haired people with huge breasts. Come to think of it, I don’t think men’s hair was pink, but…

Anyway, why is there not a single male member of the family now? And why do you need a boy? Why are you asking Winia to give birth to that?

—Hereditary.

Maybe there is some magical reason or ritual or something?

Since this isn’t Earth, the hereditary process or something might be different. It wouldn’t be strange if something like a magical ritual or religion was involved in it, even if it went a little unusual. Isn’t it a wizard family?

For example… Things like special secrets or magic that must be handed down only to men in the family. Also, it may overlap with the reason why boys are not born well due to the nature of the family.

Of course, this is just my opinion.

Still, I think it makes sense to think that I need a boy for some magic, witchcraft, or superstitious reasons.

“Winia. Are there any clan secrets that can only be inherited by men?”
“I don’t know about that… Ah, but I think I’ve heard that there is magic that is inherited by clan.”
“Is there such a thing?”
“It’s not my major, so I don’t know the details, but it’s probably there. Ask Lisa.”
“Then I’ll have to ask.”

As soon as she removed her hand her from Winia’s chest, Winia let go of her position her on the back of her head and gave her a brief stretch. So she went down to her cellar her with Winia.

“Lisha. How’s the work going?”

Going down, you can see the backs of Risha and Ari.

“Ah, did you come down?”
“Father.”
“Ari was helping Risha?”
“Yes.”

As you can see, Risha was working with Ari while standing in front of a pillar with magical energy.

A magic circle of some kind was also shining on the floor. I approached carefully not to step on it.

ㅡGiyiing.

A basin-like object was placed on top of a pillar with a geometric pattern, and the half-melted heart of the Spirit King was submerged in the basin.

ㅡChallang chalang.

The filled water was glistening excessively. And around it, several small orbs firing dark rays were revolving around the heart. How to say, the light seemed to be slowly melting my heart.

“That’s it. Now you can say that we are working on full-scale extraction. Thanks to the clinical trial, we have been able to accelerate. It will probably be completed soon.”
“It will be completed before the end of this winter, I guess.”

Satisfied.

“Then why did you come down?”
“Ah, Risha. Isn’t there some kind of magic that is inherited by family or clan?”
“What?”

I briefly explained to Lisa her story about Xenia and my guess.

“Hmm… There is magic that is handed down by family or clan, but it’s magic that is inherited only by men… Even the original woman doesn’t know much about this. There is something similar in black magic, but it’s different from that. That’s…”
“Draw? I don’t know, but it doesn’t matter.”

I’m curious because it’s related to Winia, but I can’t help it if it doesn’t work. Risha said that she would look after her once the work was done.

*           *

Winter passed by normally, as always.

Nothing special has happened over the past few days. Even when I went to Daeshinjeon, I only came to talk, and Risha is also continuing to work hard. I am Cloudy and Karin. And he just focused on training with Liz-noona.

How many days have passed like that?

—Percussion.

When I went to the Great Hall, the saintess held out a luxurious box to me.

“Finally, the settlement has been completed.
“Ah.”
“I will apologize to Paladin for the delay in the payment of the reward.

I laughed and pulled Ham toward me.

Hehe, it could be late. If you go through various procedures, of course it will be delayed.”

In the meantime, the compensation was delayed.

The first is the subjugation of Arachne and the discovery of the plan that the great demons of Pandaemonium are plotting an invasion through the case of Gognija.

The second is about raising the reputation of the Order and increasing the number of members by winning the Kingdom Martial Arts Tournament.

The third and last one is to destroy Arquina, a high-ranking spirit that has occupied the granary, prove the existence of the spirit realm, and find out the conspiracy of the spirit kings.

All three of these were so great that they could be talked about as heroic feats anywhere. In the meantime, it had to take a little time to settle these things, but the saintess treated me personally.

That reward has now been settled.

I’m so looking forward to it.

“Let’s open the box first.”
“Yep!!”

He immediately took a moderation posture and opened the box while answering loudly.

ㅡ Twinkle.

As expected, the inside was full of silver coins, as well as a few gold coins. And there was also a piece of paper that looked like a receipt, and it turned out to be a receipt for my compensation payment details.

An amount of about 10 gold.

And fuck

I felt like my jaw would fall out at the ridiculous amount of cheap money. But is it because I’m used to it a lot these days? My heart wasn’t beating fast enough to show off my eyes as before.

To be honest, I rarely worry about money anymore. Even if you live by buying everything you want to buy, you can’t spend your money.

What is this

Kim Cut Class.

Now I can be resolute in front of this kind of money. It’s the Heavenly Demon, isn’t it natural? I tried to calm my beating heart, but it didn’t work.

ㅡThump boom boom!

Fuck.

“The threat of the Great Demons has already been delivered, so let’s move on. If you check the details, you will see that the payment was made for the Great Devil and the higher spirits. It is a very considerable amount.”

Capturing Arachne and Gognija.
And the capture of Arquina.

It was a reward for both of these things. Well, those two were big enough, so I think it’s reasonable that they cost about 10 gold together. But looking at the fact that the martial arts competition was left out, do you think this will be given in the form of goods rather than cash?

“Of course it was worth it.”
“Thank you!!!!!”
“It took some time to set the price because the amount is the amount. I hope the paladin will understand.”
“Of course I understand!”
“Heh, seeing that you’re satisfied, the Bone saintess feels really good too.”

The saintess smiled and said that.

“By the way, saintess, by any chance, what happened to that ice maze?”
“Ah, that’s what you mean.”

After taking out a cigarette, the saintess began to explain.

“Currently, the Holy Knights who were dispatched to subdue the higher spirits have all returned. According to them, even after the Paladins defeated them, they continued to wait and watch, but there were no problems. The gate never reopened. However, it seems that the Knights of the Kingdom are still staying.”

The paladin men who had been waiting there returned. But that master knight and the other knights still seem to be preparing.

Well, I can’t just withdraw right away when several knights are dead. Perhaps the kingdom side wants to send an investigation team again. Mainly made up of wizards and scholars.

“This is an official document shared with the royal family.”

The saintess took out a document.
I wanted to hand it over to me.

“I think you should come to the side for a while. I’ll try to explain myself.”
“Yes.”

I immediately pulled a chair and went to sit next to the saintess.

—Sue.

She dragged her chair towards me, came closer, put her official letter her in front of her, and began guiding her by pointing her finger at her.

“Here, read the first line.”
“Yes.”

I just read the first paragraph.

Roughly speaking, the plan was to formalize the existence of the spirit realm and the spirit king and publicize it throughout the kingdom. And the detailed combat power of the higher spirits and how to deal with them were all described.

Five. Looking at this, it seemed that the response was very clear. First of all, it’s nice that it’s official. Isn’t that what people all over the kingdom know?

“Do you have any questions?”

The saintess sitting next to her asked while holding my wrist.

“No. I’ll read more.”
“Mmmm, yes. Go ahead and read more.”

I continued reading.

When I saw it, there was something that caught my eye. It was written that they were planning a business to capture elemental spirits and intermediate level spirits. It was also written that they were recruiting wizards or scholars with information about spirits.

It’s very serious.

“Is this very serious?”
“Of course it’s not serious? It’s a report from someone. Wasn’t it directly witnessed and reported by Paladin? If you use the name of the saintess and the name of the dancing Paladin at the same time, it’s as simple as this. “

Also.

“The seriousness of this situation was recognized not only by this saintess but also by all key members of the royal family. First of all, Master Night’s report seems to have played a big role, but Paladin’s influence is also very large.”

This is satisfactory.

My report makes me feel really good to know that Karga Kingdom is aware of the spirit king and is preparing countermeasures.

Isn’t this the taste of serving for the public good?

“So, it seems that the royal family also leaked information about the Paladin’s ball, but if there is a word about this, I’ll let you know then. If you’re lucky, you might be able to give a reward.”
“Oh, thank you.”

Come to think of it, did Master Night Kelbein say he would inform the higher up about my achievements? It seems that he did as he said.

I don’t know what will happen, but thank you very much.

But it’s royal

Because of the royal family, Princess Einfel Gainsha Karga comes to mind. She was a beautiful woman comparable to Cloudy. She was a princess, so it was only natural that she was treated with great care. Although she is, she is still a bit behind when compared to the beauty of elves.

“And this…”

At that time, the saintess rose from her seat her.

—Sureuk.

Then she yanked and removed the luxurious red cloth covering something that was propped up at the end of her desk.

“It’s a reward given for a martial arts competition.”

It was a water bottle shaped like a long trophy. No, should I say a long potion bottle with a very luxurious decoration…? Holy water? The right words don’t come to mind. In any case, the holy water bottle contained shiny water that seemed to be less than 1 liter in volume.

“It’s a chalice filled with the finest holy water. It’s a very precious item in the church.”
“Huh.”

The crystal body is surrounded by elaborate brass-colored decorations. It is literally something that can be called the Holy Grail.

ㅡ Top quality products.

“It has been decided to give this to Paladin. You have accomplished great achievements one after another, so shouldn’t you do this much? Now, from now on, this belongs to Paladin. Will be.”
“Wow, are you real? You’re giving this to me?”
“Even though the number of newcomers and donations increased exponentially, people say that giving in cash is a bit like that.
“No!! It can’t be! They say it’s good for your health, but if you give it to me, you should bow down and accept it!”

ㅡPay!

I immediately jumped out and bowed to the saintess. In fact, rather than money, I can say that I am more happy with healthy food that has direct effects on the body.

Money disappears when you use it, but doesn’t the strengthened body last forever? What is good for health should be eaten as much as possible. Looking at it this way, I think my life will be considerably longer.

“Huh, since I’m so happy, I’m sure everyone will like it.”

Anyway, today’s reward was a chest containing money and a Holy Grail containing the finest holy water.

Income is very good.

“But isn’t there any other effect on holy water?”
“Deadly to demons.”
“…”

For a moment.

Are you Hilde?
This… I’ll have to be careful.

“Well, it will be very good for internal injuries. If you eat just that, you can say that it cures all kinds of illnesses. It will naturally increase your lifespan, and the already hard and heavy Paladin’s body will become stronger.”
“I am very satisfied.”

I got up from my seat.

“By the way, Paladin.”
“Yes.”
“I want to meet that woman named Karin Besta.”
“Yes? Karin?”
“…Yes.”

The saintess, who was silent for a moment, continued.

“First of all, didn’t he also help with this work. Of course… I want to see it for the purpose of gratitude.

If so.

“If that’s the case, then of course I should tell you.”