Chapter 143 – Assassination Family Raven 2 (2)

Roman greeted us first, but when we didn’t respond right away, he greeted us again.

“Hello, Sian. I saw Rosette yesterday, right? And Terry is with you, too?”

He smiled brightly and said, as if he knew that Terry Crow was also living in this town.

“Yes. Hello. What is your name?”

When I stayed still without answering, Princess Rosette came forward.

“It’s Roman!”

Roman seemed to like it more, and even though he couldn’t remember the name, he really liked it.

“Roman, are you not going to the adventurer’s guild today?”

Next, I asked him a question, and he answered with a big nod.

“Yes. I have to help with the temple work today as well. The priests do the important work, but I help with the chores.”

It feels like it was quite a long time ago to me, but I asked Temple Leader Gwen to follow up on the women who had been raped by goblins.

We didn’t bring them to Teib Village, but in order to send them to a temple far away, they probably need a lot of things for basic education and living.

So it seemed like Yui, who she always went with, wasn’t by her side.

I was planning on showing the contraceptive magic circle to Temple Master Gwen, but if you’re so busy, do you think you’ll have time to talk to me?

Still, if I didn’t visit, the possibility would disappear, so I decided to go to the temple.

“Rosette, Terry. I have to go to the temple for a little while. Do you mind if I go alone?”

“Wouldn’t there be something I could help you with if I went to the Jedo Temple?”

I said I was planning to go alone, but Princess Rosette chose to accompany me.

“I want to go with you too.”

Terry Crow also seemed to agree with Princess Rosette.

And she has someone by her side to support her words.

“Yes. If you two help with the work, the priests at the temple will feel more comfortable.”

“I’m not going to help. I have something to talk with Temple Chief Gwen. So, will you come along?”

“It’s okay. I won’t disturb you.”

Right now, it was difficult to shake off Princess Rosette, who seemed to keep following me.

So, I headed to the temple in Teib Village with Roman.

The temple was quiet from the outside, but I don’t know what it is like inside.

As I opened the large wooden door and entered, I saw priests using magic tools to communicate.

At that time, I saw at a glance that all the priests in this world had pink hair.

Among them, the person who welcomed us was Yui, who looked the youngest among the priests.

“Are you here Roman? And Mr. Sian and the others?”

“Yeah. Looks like everyone is busy. What should I do?”

“I called you, but I’m sorry. The Holy Kingdom has decided to accept the victims faster than expected, so the other priests’ work will be finished in a little while.”

“Really? It’s better for things to end quickly. There’s no need to be sorry.”

It seems like things are slowly working out.

After finishing talking with Roman, Yui looked at us and asked.

“But what brought the others here?”

“I came because I had something to talk about with the temple leader Gwen. The group came to help with the temple work. It looks like a good trip, huh?”

“Yes. Um… It seems like this has happened a few times recently and the Seongguk has set up an emergency response team. That’s why I think we can respond quickly.”

“How many times has something like this happened recently? Yui, can you tell me in more detail?”

“It’s the first time in the Empire, but it’s said that something like this has happened in another kingdom. Should we say that some unusual goblins have formed a force? We say it’s the third time.”

“Ugh… Bad guys.”

Yui spoke with as little emotion as possible, but Roman did not hide his emotions.

I thought that a goblin shaman with tattoos was unusual, but did you mean that there were more people like him on the continent?

When I gave Terry Crow a quick look, he shook his head slightly to indicate that he didn’t know.

The Crow family basically collects information inside the empire.

It can be said that the high-ranking priest of the last Holy Kingdom was a slightly unusual case.

“Then there’s one more reason for Temple Master Gwen and I to meet. I killed those goblins.”

“Yes. I will ask a question and then come back.”

Yui walked quickly towards Gwen’s shrine room, and we followed slowly.

Roman asked me on the way to Gwen Shrine’s room.

“Mr. Xian, how were those goblins?”

“The goblin was a goblin, but it seems his mental state was a little different. Even when his comrade was killed by my sword, he rushed at me without fear of death.”

The hobgoblin that was having an orgy with the women ran away from me, but the regular goblin was in a bit of a strange state.

He rushed at me, feeling drunk on contaminated mana.

The biggest problem, the existence of the goblin shaman, was deliberately not told to Roman.

However, the priests found out that something similar had happened in other regions, and one of the priests is close to Yui, so we’ll find out soon.

Yui stepped out of Gwen Shrine’s room and nodded her head when she saw me.

“Director Shin Jeon said he wanted to meet Mr. Xian.”

“Then, I will talk to you for a moment. You can go back first.”

“I’ll wait and go. You can just look around the temple.”

He left Princess Rosette, Terry Crow, Roman, and Yui outside and went into Gwen’s room alone and closed the door.

Gwen Shrine, with her voluminous pink hair, was sitting at her desk with several communication magic tools.

I sat down on the chair across from him without asking for permission.

“Mr. Xian. What brought you here?”

Shrine Gwen asked as I sat down.

Rather than talking about the contraceptive magic circle I brought, I decided to listen to Gwen’s story first.

“There’s something I’ve always wanted to do, but I think Master Gwen might have some questions for me, so I’ll listen first and look at my work.”

As soon as I handed over priority, Master Gwen immediately started asking me questions.

“If that’s okay, let me tell you first. Was there a goblin shaman in the goblin cave where Mr. Xian rescued the people?”

“Yes. It existed.”

“And was that cave full of contaminated mana?”

“Yes.”

“Whew… Do you have anything to prove the existence of that goblin shaman?”

“I don’t have a corpse because it was completely crushed, but I do have a staff.”

“The cane…! Mr. Xian, I will give you ample compensation. Can you transfer the cane to me?”

“It’s not too difficult, but may I ask the reason? I heard from Yui outside that she said it was the third time.”

“I know it’s related to that case, but they said it wouldn’t work without evidence. So it’s necessary to prove that it’s the same case.”

It seems to be necessary for verification procedures for the rehabilitation of injured women.

Listening to Princess Rosette, it doesn’t seem like a very good wand, so let’s buy a new wand with the money we received as a gift.

“Okay, I’ll bring it to you later.”

“Thank you. At first, I was keen because I was from the Raven family, but it seems like I keep getting help.”

“It’s okay. I’m the one who got Gentleman Gwen into trouble.”

I was the one who woke up Gwen, who was sleeping well in the middle of the night, and asked her to treat the girls, but it seemed like it was natural to help them.

So, is it possible to become a priest who is in charge of a temple and holds the position of temple chief?

“And there is one more thing I need help with.”

While saying that, I took out a birth control magic circle from my pocket and handed it to her.

“Is this a magic circle? If so, I think it would be better to ask the wizards at the Magic Tower.”

“I brought it because I thought its magical properties would be better suited to priests.”

Shrine Commander Gwen’s face stiffened slightly as he examined the magic circle.

I would have been a little disappointed if I hadn’t figured out what it was, but fortunately, it looks like I figured something out in the magic circle.

“Mr. Xian, is this a magic circle that can prevent women from getting pregnant? A contraceptive magic circle?”

“Yes, that’s right.”

“It’s a very sophisticated magic circle. And it’s also a magic circle that shouldn’t exist.”

Gwen Shrine put down the paper I handed her on her desk and said.

“A magic circle that shouldn’t exist? May I ask why you decided that?”

“Compared to the contraceptive magic circles known so far, the difference in performance is too large. It is natural for a man and a woman to unite and have children. The goddess also encourages priests to form families. So, due to unavoidable circumstances or debt, That’s why people who work as prostitutes risk scars that are difficult to erase and receive long-lasting contraceptive magic at temples.”

“If it is a wound, how much of a mark does it leave?”

“We need to engrave a magic circle on the ship that is similar in size to the magic circle that Mr. Xian brought.”

The magic circle I brought couldn’t be said to be small.

A circle that fills an A4 sheet of paper and a dense magic formula engraved inside it is engraved on the stomach? In fact, there is not much difference from the slave stigma.

Shrine Director Gwen informed us that birth control magic in this world cannot be used in everyday life unless it is used to prevent a prostitute working in a brothel from getting pregnant while receiving a customer.

As I was thinking in silence, Gwen Shrine continued the story.

“If this magic circle that Mr. Xian brought works properly, it can be said to be a magic circle that will make the contraceptive magic that the temple has known and used until now into waste. It was created by a person who devoted himself until his death to avoiding getting pregnant while having relationships with women. It looks like a magic circle, but have you ever actually used it?”

“I have never used it.”

Seoyeon has had the procedure, but I have never used this magic circle.

After hearing my answer, Shrine Leader Gwen began examining the birth control magic circle again.

“And even if it is close to perfection, there is one problem. There seems to be a time limit to engrave this magic circle on the body. If it is not engraved within the time limit, the magic circle will collapse. This condition requires a person who is perfectly skilled in engraving a magic circle. If not, it seems difficult.”

People with status window abilities in Yu Xian’s class can use it as a skill, but people in this world have to calculate it one by one, so I didn’t know there would be a problem with engraving time.

The goblin’s tattoo can be activated without having it tattooed on the body, but the birth control magic is a little different.

“Is that all that Gwen Shrinemaster can grasp from that magic circle?”

“There’s a little more, but the engraving conditions are more difficult than I thought, so I’m not sure if it’s necessary.”

“Lord Gwen Shrine, would you please give her hand?”

“Why are my hands suddenly…”

As she said that, Shrine Gwen held out her hand.

I used Shadow Craft to shrink the magic circle I copied so that it could fit entirely in the palm of my hand.

Then, he evenly filled the negative attribute mana and stamped it on the palm of the temple hall of Gwen like a seal.

When the stamp was stamped so that a trace of negative attribute mana could remain, the magic circle slowly moved and formed the shape of a lock.

“There is no problem using it.”

“Eh…?”

Temple Director Gwen looked at the lock in turn, looking even more surprised than when he healed the dying man and realized it was a member of the Raven family.

“Surely you can give me as a reward for the staff…?”

I don’t know how to answer this.