Chapter 30 – Entering the Tiger’s Den (1)

Chapter 30 Entering the tiger’s den (1)

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Before dawn, I wake up earlier than anyone else to warm up and stretch.
It seems that the paladins took turns guarding Marianne’s tent all night.
It’s a lot of trouble, but yes.

I hand the stamina recovery potion to the paladins.

And after a morning walk and a long walk, I went into a nearby bush to go to the toilet.

“Status window!”

? What are you doing?
Hero Alberic sits on a tree trunk near my bush and mutters something in the air.
Do you see that bastard hallucination?
Do you do drugs?

“Shop! Inventory!”

Go to Amity to find the store.
Why are you muttering over there?
Ahhh, now I’m writing in the air.
What drugs did you do?

… For a moment.
What kind of magic did you learn?
Like writing new spells in a magic book?
No…
Are there any infiltrators in our demon army?
Might be in conversation… ?!

“Sitpal! Damn you!
How long are you going to keep me here?
… When is the system administrator coming?”

System administrator?
Are you talking about the king?
Hero Alberic is talking to something in the air like a madman.

Even if he secretly uses the detection magic to look around Alberic, nothing is found.
Then…

Hmm… Is it called schizophrenia…
Mental illness can also be cured.
Certainly, if the hero is schizophrenic, then it is understandable that he is not sent to the battlefield and not given the rank of general, and that the marital relationship is crooked.

I saw a lot of guys like that on the battlefield.
That’s what happens when you get hit by magic and cannonballs in a place where blood splatters and corpses roll around.
I’ve seen many soldiers who only have nightmares and see empty visions even when they are asleep, or talk to dead comrades.
We are well aware that Master’s work includes mental rehabilitation treatment for wounded veterans.

“Damn it, fuck the bullshit.
From the saint of the sun, to the knight of the moon, to the princess of the stars.
I managed to catch the demon king by gathering all the party members!
So, is the mission a success?
Aren’t you supposed to return it as promised?!
But what?
The 1st level boss now?”

… Now they even point their fingers into the air.
Hmm… After the war, it is clear that he went back to mental aftereffects or something.
Of course, I don’t sympathize with that.
It’s what you get punished for.

“I’m tired of coming here and playing heroes.
… Of course, the ‘clarity ability’ you gave as a reward for catching the boss.
It was useful sometimes.
Hehe…
There are a lot of jjukkukppangppang girls.”

… What?
See-through ability?
Is there such a thing, really?
Wait for a sec. So…
Have you ever looked at Marianne’s body like that?
So that bastard’s eyes are bloodshot?!
Is it because of you that Marianne wears a shield for no reason?
Like this fuck.
You are the common enemy of all men and women all over the world.
I’ll pluck out your eyes before I kill you.

Marianne and Rebekah must be kept hidden.
Such delicate magic control cannot be easily sustained.
They should be hidden in the back of the wagon.

“I can’t even level up anymore, so how do I catch the next boss…
Damn it, I can’t even get the coins to use in the store!
… Did the predecessors die like this!?”

I don’t know what it is, but Hero Alberic is very frustrated.
And if talking to the air is really present, he’s probably an angel or a demon.

In order to receive clairvoyance, he must have met ‘the will of the world’ or ‘the biggest snake’.

It’s a scoop.
The target for which the hero received power was actually an external force.

… Come to think of it, Master told me the suspicion that that guy came from another dimension.
If it’s true that they came from another dimension, they might have ties to those beings.

Alberic writes in the air for a while, points his finger, and chatters.
And the warrior who jumps up and goes to the camp.

Hmm, it’s unexpected, but I feel like I’ve been able to access various secrets by encountering a hero.
Aside from clearing the Cathedral and the Moon Knight, I need to find out about that hero.
A powerful feeling is coming.

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“Finally, you’ve come to Amitie.”

It was around noon when we arrived in Amitie.

Marianne put herself out of her carriage and asked the hero Alberic to accompany her only to the front of the cathedral.
Of course, Alberic very willingly agreed.

“Oh, yes!
Hehe, I’ll take you anywhere.
If anything happens next, call me.”

… It’s a bonus to stare at Marianne through her fucking bloodshot eyes.
Because of that guy, mana is wasted too much maintaining the shield.
I quickly hid Marianne among the boxes in her luggage compartment and hurriedly ran to the front of the cathedral.

How troublesome the man called the warrior clung to!
While the others were waiting outside, Marianne asked me to drive her wagon into the backyard of the cathedral.

“You suddenly entered the cathedral, Captain.”

“That’s right.
Ha, that hero is the best in the world.
You can call me human sticky.”

“Still, it’s strange to say it, but the level of personal power was very great.”

Huh? Why did Zach say something serious?

“What are you talking about, Zach?
Have you ever had a fight with that guy?”

“No. I’ve never been in a fight, but I can feel it.
He doesn’t take a break from training.
Since yesterday, I have been training all the time except when I talk with the big breasts or the captain.
From push-ups that others didn’t see, to pull-ups, squats, and even tightening the sphincter while riding a horse.
One effort seemed like a real natural person.”

“Okay?
In the morning, when I saw a man called a hero waving in the air and talking nonsense, he seemed so strange…
But how did you know sphincter tightening?
You have a good eye for it.”

“Please call me ‘hawk-eye’ from now on, uhehe.”

… Well, it wasn’t the feeling of a lucky hero who killed the demon king simply by relying on the holy sword.

Around the wagon, everyone in the party was resting.
Marianne and Rebekah got out of the carriage and relaxed.

“Hey, you had a lot of trouble being between the luggage compartments.”

“… Ugh, he was a person with really creepy eyes.”

“I agree, like the tongue of a nasty snake.
It was a sticky look, Marie.”

Marianne and Rebekah crossed their arms, hugged themselves, and trembled.

“But Marie, do you know why that hero is doing insignificant things compared to force?
We would have had a hard time if we had been given at least one position as general.”

I wonder if he didn’t give me a government post because he was a little crazy…
Also, hearing that you practice regularly, I wonder if I haven’t lost my mind…

“Well, I’ve hardly seen that person since the Assassination of the Demon King…
I do not know.
He’s a very inconsistent person with my temperament.
Do you want to become a precious body?
The speed of ability growth was unmatched…”

King Amity made a promise that he would marry Princess Catherine to the person who made the biggest contribution in the assassination of the demon king.
To the others, who were women, he promised a commensurate reward.

The author and Princess Catherine had a son.
The throne will be Princess Catherine, then she will be succeeded by her son.
That warrior has nothing to do anyway.
Wouldn’t it be nice to have a place in the military, even if it’s just a minor or honorary position?
Why not?
Do you hate it yourself, or do people around you hate it?

… Rumika said it when we were taking a bath together.
The reason why only women were excluded from public service.
Guessing that if we find the reason why the achievement was focused on Alberic, we will learn the truth that we didn’t know.

“Ludvik, if we had a fight with that Alberic yesterday, would we have been able to kill him?”

“… Well, first of all, our damage must have been great.
If it was a situation where you had to stick together to die, um…
Even if the articles next to me are sorted out, that guy can’t be sure.”

“Zach, what about you?”

“It’s not possible.
There are not too many gaps.”

The two of them who pushed me so hard are all highly rated. Hmm.
I guess it’s because I’m crazy that I’m not giving a role.
It’s like seeing the fact that he was entrusted with the task of leading the knights to track down Van Dark.

“Ah, master.
Now we have to go report to the priests.”

“Oh, yes.
… Aren’t those people coming to see you?”

When Marianne and Rebekah saw where my eyes were headed, their expressions hardened at once.

“This… I am High Priest Philip.”

What?
Unexpected things happen all too often these days.

An old priest and middle-aged priests who accompany him are coming this way.

“Marie, let’s do what we said before.”

“Yes.”

Looking closer, High Priestess Philip is the face of a warm grandfather with a really friendly smile.

“No, aren’t you Saint Marianne?
Hehe, you arrived earlier than expected.
By the way, where did you put the saint’s clothes, and did you wear normal clothes?”

“Princess Philip, how are you?
Before arriving at the refugee camp, something unpleasant happened, so I hurriedly returned to the cathedral.”

“Yes?! No what do you mean?
Is it something unpleasant?”

If there is a surprise acting contest, I can guarantee that this old man will always win first place.
As soon as I saw the face of the old man, Rebekah quietly hid behind my back.

“I was attacked by suspicious people.
Hero Alberic escorted me to the cathedral.”

Marianne looked High Priest Philip in the eyes and continued her words in a quiet, firm voice.

“No, who dares to see the Saint of the Sun… !
It’s a matter of anger, heh heh!
It couldn’t be more reassuring to hear that Hero Alberic-nim, who defeated the demon king, is escorting the saintess.
You must have been very surprised, come on! Come on, eat inside!”

High Priest Philip flapped her puffy sleeves, took Marianne’s hand and tried to lead her inside.

“No.
The attendants who went with me also lost a lot of property and people.
Comforting them first would be in line with the sun god’s warm love.
Please wait a moment.”

Marianne took a step back from her hand on her high priest Philip and avoided it with her respectful bow to her belly button.

Revealed in an instant.
The eyebrows and lips of High Priest Philip were distorted for a moment.

“This serious matter must be reported to the High Priests of the Cathedral.
Go ahead and go into the cathedral, offer it, and then go out to show her mercy.”

“The high priests don’t always keep their seats, so should I dare to go ahead and urge the high priests?
We’ve reached the safe capital, don’t worry.
I will comfort the dead in my place and come back.”

Obviously Philip, that fellow knew we were coming from the moment we showed up near Amity.
The same goes for returning with the hero Alberic.
So, before Marianne did anything crap, she came in a hurry.

Now, the variable in this case is me.
Without me, Van Dark would have killed everyone and destroyed the evidence and disappeared.

The fact that Marianne came back alive
The fact that the betrayed paladin Chris is still alive,
The ones bought by the mercenaries who participated in the raid.
It’s all because of me

If the above is caught, it is easy for me to be exposed naturally.
Let’s make an excuse for Alberic to buy even a short time.

The words were deliberately shortened.
Let your imagination run wild

“Then, I will make a formal report tomorrow.”

Marianne nodded and walked straight to the front door of the cathedral.
Her Paladins controlled by her I escort her out.

“I’ll go too… Lol.”

I threw servile words at High Priest Philip’s distorted face and followed Marianne with the servants and wagon.

I heard something calling from behind, but I didn’t block it with force, so I came back out without incident.

“Where shall we go now, Mr. Kamyu?”

Marianne’s eyes looking at me.
Shaking anxiously.

“Remember what I asked before coming?
It’s time to use your connections.”

I force myself to smile to reassure you.

“I’m going to the palace.”