Chapter 59 – Wrong Shipment? – 3

Returning to his abode, Grindpinder soaked himself in his bathtub.

What is the most pleasant bath in the world?

Grinder knew the answer. Taking a bath after earning a lot of money is the most pleasant bath in the world.

“Kate.”

A maid had left her bathing goods, towels, etc., Tidy by her bathtub, and the Line Finder called her name.

“Yes. Knight.”

“I think I am too smart.”

“Have you made another good deal?”

“Yes. If you’re smart, your body doesn’t have to suffer. There are fools who buy garbage even if it is sold at such a high price. I’ll bring you something delicious today too.”

“You worked hard. And thank you.”

I earned 400 gold coins today. Four hundred. For some reason, the Grinder paddled her with the tips of her toes, not like her.

It was so nice to hear that she would prepare something delicious, so Kate added a word or two.

“His swordsmanship is also the strongest… The ability to earn gold coins is also the strongest… After all, a diamond knight is the most ideal knight.”

The Line Finder nodded her head.

“Of course. Right now, under Queen Denia, the three knights are equal, aren’t they? But I need to change this a bit. Like there are me under the queen, and two knights under me.”

“And. I think that would be so cool.”

The time when we shared compliments and compliments as if we were sharing the sum of swords.

“Hey, knight!”

Another maid found Grinder’s bathtub. Then she grabbed her by the shoulder.

“Is this bitch crazy!”

Damn—!

The diamond knight’s palm and the maid’s cheek collided beautifully, making a bursting sound. Grinder burst into anger.

“Does it make you look very comfortable because you are in a good mood? It’s crazy? On the subject of the human maid, why hold her shoulder! Still can’t figure out the subject?”

Said her maid calmly as she slapped her on the cheek, holding her own cheek.

“You said it was too urgent.”

Kate calmed the angry Grindpinder. She was afraid that in case she would cancel her promise to bring down her treats.

“Knight. First of all, how about calming down and listening to the story? It’s not too late to get angry after that.”

“No matter what, I’m holding on to her shoulder… What are you doing to an elf?”

Kate’s and Grinder’s gazes were simultaneously directed at the other maid. It was pressure to explain what ‘urgent work’ was.

The maid quietly parted her lips.

“That is… The queen urgently called the knight… “

“Emergency call?!”

Grindpinder jumped out of her bathtub. This splashed her bathwater and completely wet her two maids.

“If there’s such a thing, you don’t have to tell me sooner! So anyway, you crazy people. Oh get out of the way!”

“…”

Leaving her two maids behind, the line finder quickly prepared to leave.

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A sip of tea. Denia struggles to find her calm.

The curse of the Grace Witch that the person of the Northern Continent believed in Denia and bestowed upon him. The power that made Denia the Queen of Hearts she is today.

“Hmm.”

It’s gone

The mere fact that she lost once was reason enough for her to be executed. I had to find it right away.

There was no reason to keep her heart awake while stamping her feet. Because Denia has abilities worthy of the name ‘Queen’.

Heart’s eye.

An unbelievable ability to read the psychological state by mercilessly interfering with the other person’s mana circuit.

It cannot interfere with what the subject is thinking, but at least it is possible to recognize whether the other person is speaking sincerely.

That alone is already a great ability.

‘First of all, the last contact was Grinder.’

When she arrived, she was going to get straight to the point.

Have you seen or touched the witch’s curse, and if you have touched her…

Parching—!

All kinds of tea utensils, including the teacup I was holding in my hand, are smashed. There was no ability to overcome the queen’s mana resonating in a hideous form.

Around that time, the grinder arrived.

Chuck, Chuck, Chuck. The sound of folding armor is heard. Even without looking at it, I could see that he was kneeling on one knee and taking the example of a knight.

“Have you come? Grinder.”

“Yes. This is Diagisa Grinder. What did you call for?”

“Are you feeling well these days?”

She was going to get straight to the point, but had to stop her words once to contain her anger.

If you don’t catch up with the blood that rises from anger and the mana that scatters randomly, Grinder will become a child on the spot.

Grinder did not hesitate at all.

“Yes. Thanks to the queen, I am training swordsmanship and doing my best to prepare for the cricket game.”

[ Sincerity ]

From the moment Grindpinder entered this space, their mana was already connected.

It was because Denia’s mana was very sharp, unlike her others. Her mana, as sharp as a needle, interferes with her opponents unconsciously.

Anyway, Grinder’s loyalty is sincere.

This did little to calm the Queen of Hearts. Now it was time to get to the point.

“Grinder.”

“Yes.”

“There was a cricket match with me recently.”

“That’s right, my queen.”

[ Sincerity ]

“After the game, she told me to keep the Witch’s Curse.”

“Yes. I remember.”

“Did you keep it safe?”

“Yes! I really did my best to make sure I kept it!”

[ Sincerity ]

The results are sincere. Denia couldn’t help but be surprised.

“?”

“?”

Grindpinder also noticed a strange atmosphere.

Denia’s appearance a little more solemn than usual, the smashed teacup and kettle. She mustered up the courage to ask first.

“Excuse me… Did something happen?”

“Yes. There was. Would you like to come closer?”

Grindpinder swallows her saliva and stands in front of Denia. There was a stairway between the two, so there was quite a height difference.

The Queen opened her mouth as the Diamond Knight carefully looked down at her face.

“My witch’s curse is gone.”

“…!”

The Line Finder, who had been keeping her head down, jerked her head up. Their eyes meet in midair.

[ Sincerity ]

This time, the feeling of ‘surprise’ was sincere.

Loyalty and sincerity, surprise and sincerity. The Queen now began to speak freely.

“The curse of the witch made of the noble material Ermethylene has disappeared. She must not be unaware of the blessing He bestowed on me. It wouldn’t be strange if I were executed right now.”

“That… That shouldn’t happen!”

Denia nodded her head. The emotion I felt this time was ‘sincere’.

“Then you know what to do.”

“Yes! I’ll come right away! If it’s someone’s betrayal, I’ll slaughter limbs in front of the queen!”

[ Sincerity ]

Denia nodded her head with a satisfied expression.

The fact that her witch’s curse was gone was to her willful confusion, as it was a comforting fact that her loyal knights were there.

“Please go away.”

Denia’s mana is raging. The broken fragments scattered on her floor were attached by themselves and formed the teacup and kettle again.

“Yes! I will definitely return with good news!”

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“This… Fuck!”

As soon as he returned to his quarters, the Grinder gave him a mischievous kick.

He was loyal to Denia all his life. In other words, it was a story that the rope that Grinder caught was Denia.

But the witch’s curse is gone! If Denia were to be executed now, that would be a serious problem for Grinder as well.

In other words, all the time he had devoted himself to was completely wasted.

The elf knight pointed to his temple and began to recall the memory of that day.

There was a cricket match, and the Queen told me to keep the Witch’s Curse, and Grinder took it and put it in the locker.

“What kind of fearless bastard are you really?”

Ermethylene is an item that reacts to the owner’s mana. If that mana is poor, she will thoroughly reject her master.

In other words, for the unqualified, it is nothing more than a stick and nothing less.

It would be impossible to use it, and even if it was for the purpose of wealth, it would be difficult to dispose of it as stolen property.

“What kind of bastard are you!”

Another kick followed. But unfortunately bumped her toe with something hard.

“Ah!”

Ouch, holding his foot up and holding it, Grindpinder examined what it was.

“Huh?”

Locker.

It was a cricket equipment locker.

“…What, you must have sold this?”

Opened the locker. It was also the contents that I thought Grindpinder sold.

‘…?’

Store the Queen’s equipment. At the same time, it comes out with a storage box to sell. The one I brought was obviously sold.

Anxiety began to set in. A hunch that one of these things will inevitably go wrong. Anxiety that comes from it.

“Uh… “

“Hey, knight!”

Then the maid came with a letter from her.

“I will read it later. I don’t have time to read right now.”

“Uh, but here… “

The envelope, which the maid pointed to with the tip of her index finger, read, ‘Please read it now.’ The sender is Lombard.

“…Just say that you lost to the Balrog again.”

Grindpinder nervously opened the envelope.

And what was waiting for her.

[ To Grinder ]
The witch’s curse is for sale.
It was used by the Queen of Hearts herself.

“Ah… “

The elf knight stumbled and then collapsed with a thud.

“Uh, huh?! Knight? Knight?!”