Chapter 1520 – 2. Catastrophe in Helnt Village.

A small graveyard at the entrance to Helnt Village

Snugly snugly

Several strongmen began digging the pit with shovel handles in their hands.

How many drops of sweat did you shed?

Soon, a pit deep enough to fit one coffin began to appear.

“Ha ha… Ha ha… Chief Hudson… Will this be enough?”

The man at the head of the group, the youth president, Donovan breathed heavily and opened his mouth.

“Dig more.”

Shaking my head

The village chief of Helunt Village, Hudson, shook his head.

“No, isn’t this enough!”

Donovan raised his voice and protested.

Even now, deeply

It was quite deep compared to a normal tomb.

But what about selling more here?

What kind of nonsense is that?

“That’s not enough, dig more.”

But Hudson was not adamant.

“Let’s ask why, why the hell are you selling more! That should be enough.”

Donovan put on a look of incomprehension.

What the hell don’t you like

It was because he never knew.

“It’s a matter directly related to the safety of the village.”

“Isn’t it just to collect the unidentified corpse? I’m worried too much about the safety of the village.”

“There is no shortage of safety measures.”

“That means we’re going to die!”

I’ve been digging the pit for two hours already.

There was no stamina left.

“It’s okay, you can suffer more when you are young, isn’t there a saying?

“I’ve never heard anything like that in my life!”

“That’s right, I just made it up.”

Hudson opened his mouth with a weak expression.

“Chief! Like we’re kidding…”

“I’ll let you go on a date with Layra. You all have one.”

“…”

Donovan, who was about to raise his voice for a moment, kept his mouth shut.

It was a completely unexpected and unconventional proposal that ate honey and became a mute.

“How is it? Doesn’t it appeal to you?”

Hudson smirked, enjoying the reaction.

“… There’s no way Layla… Will accept… Villagers like us…”

Donovan opened her mouth in disbelief.

The village chief’s daughter, Layra, was an idol of the Helnt Village.

Her beauty is so beautiful that many aristocrats propose to her

Talented enough to graduate from the Royal Magic Academy in the capital.

A kind and benevolent heart to everyone

A quirky yet strong and charming personality

It is a completely different existence from the rural villagers.

But how dare you ask her out on a date like hers?

Fools like themselves.

“Tsuttuk, it’s because men aren’t this strong.”

In response, Hudson lightly clicked his tongue.

“Listen, my lovely daughter, Laira, after graduating from the Magic Academy with top honors, refused even the offer of a royal wizard and chose to return home. In other words, it means that you have no choice but to find a groom in the Heltant Village. You won’t go anywhere with that personality.”

Suddenly, the men’s eyes began to flash.

That’s why I thought it wasn’t really wrong.

“Now, then, here’s the problem. What should I do to seduce a woman?”

Hudson opened his mouth with his index finger raised.

“…Date?”

“That’s right, a date! You have to meet often to get familiar with each other! I’m giving you a big chance to become Layla’s groom.”

“Sense of groom…”

“…Layla’s…”

Hehe.. Hehe.”

The naive young men of the Hellent began to blush and laugh.

Marrying the idol of your dreams?

Just imagining it brought a smile to my lips.

“It seems like everyone has no complaints now.”

Seeing that, Hudson put on a satisfied expression.

“”Of course!””

“Then let’s start over, our sons-in-law.”

“”All right! Father-in-law!””

The elders, including Donovan, responded loudly.

And he started to focus on shoveling.

Just thinking about the date with Leila.

Hudson’s smile widened as he looked at them.

*************

With a splash

Leila dampened her clean cloth with water.

And she started wiping the straight skull gourd here and there.

Although the appearance of her corpse might be repulsive, her touch was unstoppable.

“I’m sorry I passed out earlier, it’s not because Mr. Skeleton was bad, in that situation, maybe someone other than me would have passed out?… Oh, of course, I’m not making excuses, I’m sure you’re responsible for the fault of Leila. She’s a woman who loses! Look! You bring her to the village to hold a funeral like this and she even cleans it with care? Oh my God, have you seen such a kind woman?

As she wiped her skull, she started talking about her things.

Of course, it was an echo of its own.

“Everyone says, I’m the first-class wife, I think so too. I don’t think there’s anyone who can talk so well and be so cute and cute? Besides, I’m good at magic. Maybe the guy who catches me is the guy who brought all the luck?”

Squeak squeak squeak

“Once, there was a hawk from the family of the Marquis of Bedrome, who told me to come into the 24th concubine, isn’t it completely absurd? To think that a balding, pot-bellied man in his 60s was trying to take me into the 24th concubine, which is not the royal family… I almost threw a fireball at the messenger’s head in anger…How could you ignore me…A proposal like that…”

Sigh

She gritted her teeth for a moment, as if resentful.

“Ah, don’t get me wrong…I don’t have very high eyes because of me, there’s nothing else, just look at me, I wish I was a bit taller…And…A little…Handsome. ..I wish I had a better…Reliable body type…If a man is more dishonest than me…Well…Just a little like that…And…I wish he had the skills to feed his wife and children!..Ah of course But that doesn’t mean I just rely on it or something! That’s too much… I guess it’s because he has high eyes… Hehe.”

Leila started to let out her silly laugh.

It was because the words she said herself sounded quite funny.

“..But you can’t curse at me, I’m still only 22 years old… I’m at an age where it’s okay to wish for a destined love! Did you know?”

Leila puffed out her cheeks and opened her mouth in protest.

Of course, there was no such thing as an answer.

“Silence is affirmation, right? No backlash, promise.”

Layra lunged at her skeleton with her little finger outstretched.

“By the way, the old man is amazingly clean. Normally, if it becomes white bones, it will be weathered here and there…”

It was a perfectly clean white bone.

So strangely

‘…Couldn’t it be…Really… Undead…?’

The slightest suspicion arose.

Suspicion that it might be undead

“Ah, that can’t be.”

Shaking my head

But then she shook her head.

It couldn’t have been undead.

I didn’t feel any evil energy from the skull.

“It’s more unfortunate than that, if the uncle was alive, it might have been a pretty romantic encounter, but a stranger who was injured…A lovely village girl who found it and treated it with care…At some point the two of them developed a bond like that…One…”

“Unless dirt gets in my eyes! I will never allow it!”

A loud roar cut off her words.

Mayor of Helnt Village and Leila’s father

Hudson is back.

“Oh, Father, are you here?”

Leila greeted him with a soft smile.

“What kind of delusion are you making with a skull gourd!”

“Ah, I was just using my imagination.”

“Your imagination is so filthy! Becoming one! Unmarried virgins becoming one!”

“My father is too old-fashioned, like-minded adult men and women can be like that.”

“We… Layla changed like this… The Academy… Did the Academy make you like this?! ?”

Hudson put on a look full of betrayal.

“Nothing like that! What the hell are you talking to your daughter! You stupid daddy!”

Leila let out her roar, her face red.

“Whoa…Yes…Father trusted you…Layla…There’s no way my daughter would be like that…Am…By the way.”

“Heh, it was a look of disbelief at all?”

“It’s sad that you don’t trust your father..Keuuuuu… Ugh… I’m ashamed to see you… In heaven…”

“It’s okay, because my father will go to the underworld, not the celestial world anyway.”

“You talk too much! How nice I am!”

“It doesn’t settle at all! You bald octopus!”

“This guy! Pinching on an irreparable physical defect is hate speech! Apologize!”

“I do not like it!”

It was at that time that playful arguments were going back and forth between the two fathers and daughters who were on good terms.

Jump

Suddenly, the door burst open.

Then, a young man with a pale impression appeared.

“Donovan?”

Hudson opened his mouth in a puzzled way.

How can he appear here when he is digging a pit?

“Haa…Haa…Haa…Haa…Is…Simgani…Is…Simu…Gwani…”

Donovan began to breathe heavily, as if he would run out of breath at any moment.

“Won, you’re impatient, take a deep breath and speak slowly, what’s the matter?”

I couldn’t quite understand what he was saying.

“…This…This…The Heretic Questioner has appeared!”

Donovan, who took a deep breath, raised his voice as if shouting.

“?!?!”

For a moment, Hudson and Layla’s eyes trembled without rest.

It was because I was aware of it.

The fact that the worst-case scenario that I never hoped for has begun.

**********

Town square

The inhabitants of Helnt began to congregate there.

By order of the sudden inquisitors,

“Damn…Why are they suddenly… Gathering.”

“You say you’re looking for evidence to see if it’s related to heresy, right?”

“…There is such a thing as heresy in such an insignificant little town.”

“That’s right.

“…Mom…I’m hungry…”

“Wait a little bit, my baby, it will be over soon…”

“…I hope…Well…It won’t take anything.”

“Yes, they are so venomous.

Fear and anxiety, irritation, anger,

Numerous emotions began to swirl in the square like a whirlpool.

“…Chief…Are you okay?”

On the other hand, Donovan opened his mouth with an anxious expression on his face.

It was because I felt insecure.

“I heard you filled the pit well?”

“…Yes, I did.”

It’s hard to sell, but it’s an instant to fill.

It was enough to just push in the dug soil.

“But what’s the problem? If only we kept our mouths shut, no one would know.”

“…But…That…The skeleton…”

The problem was the unidentified skeleton.

If their existence was discovered, it was almost certain that the situation would become a headache.

“Do not worry.”

At that moment, Leila, who was next to him, intervened and opened his mouth.

“Because we’ve taken the right steps to avoid getting caught.”

“…That…How?”

“There’s a space under my mother’s urn, I put it there.”

“Daughter…What are you talking about! I put it under the urn!”

Hudson asked, his eyes wide open.

“I couldn’t help it, there was no time to hide it.”

“Did you think you were going to leave the magic behind and eat the soup!”

“There is a risk that they will read the flow of magical power, so it’s better to hide it in an unexpected place.”

“No matter how… But… Under the urn…”

“My mother in heaven will understand.”

“I don’t understand! I don’t!”

Her father and daughter started arguing again.

It looked no different than usual.

‘Isn’t that too.. Carefree?’

Seeing this, Donovan felt embarrassed.

Being alert is not enough, are you so calm?

Again, I felt a sense of alienation.

Does that mean that fear does not exist for her father and daughter?

‘Or…It could be that I’m being scared.’

Come to think of it, she might not have had much to worry about.

It is said that it is notorious, but it is a reputation that only applies to heretics.

It does no harm to innocent, ordinary people.

‘Okay…Let’s not be afraid…Is there anything special?…No doubt the famous priests won’t search through the ashes…’

Her mind began to feel more at ease.

[Fist]

At that time, a huge echo began to spread from the front of the plaza.
People’s attention was naturally drawn to the front.

And could see

A middle-aged priest with a cold look standing on the podium

[I am the Heretic Questioner, Zaelos. I received a report that there is a cult here in Helunt Village, so I came forward myself.]

The man who introduced himself as Zael Roth began to speak in a calm tone.

[However, as a result of searching the whole village, no evidence related to heresy could be found.]

In an instant, a color began to appear on everyone’s faces.

It was because of the hope that it might end up as a simple happening.

[Originally, it would be correct to apologize for the rudeness and exit… But my intuition, which has never been wrong for decades, strongly warned me that heresy must be hiding somewhere…So I made a very heavy decision.]

The Heretic Questioner, Zaelos, continued with a calm expression.

[To interrogate all the residents of this Hellnt Village.]

“That…What is that!?”

“You’re going to interrogate us without evidence!?”

“Don’t be ridiculous! There’s no way that’s allowed!”

“Don’t fuck with me! Damn you bastards!”

“Do you think the kingdom will stand still!?”

Protests erupted from everywhere.

Trust your intuition and proceed with the interrogation?

Where in the world is that nonsense?

[Anything is acceptable to us when it comes to finding heresy, even if it requires some sacrifice.]

Zaeloth slowly raised his sword.

Towards the angry crowd

[Interrogate.]

At that moment, the black priests who surrounded the plaza began to slowly move toward the crowd, holding vicious maces.

“Don’t come…Don’t come…Don’t come!!!!!”

“Even…Run away…Aaaaa!!”

“Kwaaaaah! It hurts..Aah!”

“Aaaaa!”

Shortly thereafter, terrifying screams began to reverberate throughout the plaza.