Chapter 280 – Raising the Odds

‘It’s a lie… A lie…’

On the way back to the hospital room after a long discussion with Priest Owen.

I had a lot of trouble in the hallway while slowing down my steps.

It was very clear where Lily’s got this ridiculous straw.

Even though it was absurd that one of those great demons was such a petty act because they were going to lose their contractor.

As a result, it was also true that the feelings of resentment at the reality of being victimized were filled up helplessly.

“Whoa…!”

I woke up with a slap on the cheek. You’ll be seeing everyone soon, so you have to manage your facial expressions.

Let’s clear our stomachs and think of some strategies Owen gave us.

Even within my ability, there is no sharp plan that can be easily accomplished in a short period of time, so idle thoughts bubble up like bubbles and fill my head.

“Brother. This is the room.”

“Thank you.”

Heading to the hospital room where everyone was before going out with Owen.

Guided by the nun who was tidying up the bedding in her empty seat, we headed to her private room that Lilyne had moved to.

‘Ah.’

She tried to turn the doorknob without thinking, but stopped her hand at a thought passing through her head.

If you were changing her clothes or cleaning her body, it would be a catastrophe for Sister Electra.

Knock. Knock. Knock.

-D, you can come in!

It wasn’t until Seria’s voice gave permission after a hum of people that she turned the doorknob.

“Instructor…!”

When I opened the door to the hospital room and went in, I met eyes with Seria, who had a clear tear mark on her back.

Unlike before, a small ember-like vitality was rising again, and I felt relieved.

“Brother. Did you end well?”

“Huh… Older brother…”

Ricke and Chloe put smiles on their bitterness and stuck to Seria’s side to comfort them.

I showed an okay gesture and turned my gaze to Seria.

“Seria. Outside of the academy, you are not an instructor. Long ago, Ricke and I came to the adventurer’s guild… Do you remember?”

“!”

The past recalled in a soft voice that is completely different from when conducting actual classes.

Only Roman expressed his apology to Seria, who stopped blankly with her mouth slightly open.

“And I’m sorry. It was only right to start treatment or decide on a hospital room with the permission of Seria, her family.”

“Ah, no! For the part you helped me, somehow… Somehow… I’ll pay you back for the rest of my life!”

Felt in words. Let’s get up right now and have the energy to hit the head.

I quickly brought out the next words.

“It’s a lifelong payment… Will it be a big deal if I say such dangerous words carelessly?”

“Yes···?”

I’m just glad I didn’t get it right.

It was only then that Seria, looking at Ricke and Chloe alternately looking for an answer, finally got to the point.

“The priest who came earlier is the only one among those in the capital church who can treat Lilyne.”

“…!”

Saying it was fine, Chloe massaged Seria’s shoulder.

Rike, knowing that I hadn’t finished speaking yet, was staring at me.

“If treatment continues, not treatment, consciousness will come back and eyes will open. There are a few things to keep in mind while waiting for treatment in that state.”

“If you’re concerned about it…Are you the type of person who shouldn’t overdo your diet or exercise?”

He shook his head at Seria’s words, scratched his chin that was itching naturally, and continued his explanation.

“The precautions to be followed until Lily’s treatment is over are so unique… I thought of just convincing them without the reason.

Until the actual treatment is over, people around you should also be careful what they say.

I was convinced that in order to understand this point, the explanation about Malphas should not be hidden.

“…”

“If you don’t want to let anyone know, I’ll just bury it inside me and the priest, inform you of the precautions, and focus on treatment.”

“I want to know everything…!”

Before she could begin her explanation at Seria’s voice, who answered boldly without hesitation, she tried to ask Ricke and Chloe to move away.

Seria looked at me and nodded as if it were okay while holding the two of them tightly to prevent them from going anywhere.

…
…

After her explanation, Seria stared at the ceiling of Chloe, lost in her arms.

Rike neatly wrote down the notes on the note and pressed her eyes tightly.

Since it was in front of Seria, even if it wasn’t obvious, Rike was quite surprised.

“And finally, there’s the problem with therapy.”

“…Do, is it money?”

In a short time of two days at the most, I must have suffered quite a bit.

Seria’s voice trembled as she dropped her eyes from the ceiling, and a realistic answer came first.

“It’s not a simple matter like money. A little…”

Seria, who saw Roman drooping in her words on the rare occasion, closed her eyes tightly and bit her lip.

Silence to catch your breath.

Replenished with courage from the touch of her friends, Seria prepared her heart and opened her lips.

“Kyo, adventurer…! Please tell me.”

It might surprise her, but she didn’t feel like falling to the floor and crying or despairing.

It’s a difficult treatment or just finding the cause is a miracle.

She decided to let go of such clumsy warm-up and pretense and let it be known as it is.

“The problem is that even if the probability of treatment success is high, it is only half.”

“””…”””

“But if there is a religious relic related to the treatment, the probability goes up exponentially. If there is a person with the ability to handle it with certainty, the situation will be different again.”

The two of them who were embracing Seria at Roman’s words raised their heads at the same time and asked.

“Brother… Are you going to leave now…?”

“Didn’t you say you had time earlier?”

It’s because I felt that I was going to go out to find such a person right away.

I didn’t even have to say that I was going back, I just laughed when I saw the two reflexively reading my mind.

“Should I finish it as soon as possible? I’ll stop by the mansion anyway.”

Seria, who listened to the story going on without her being excluded, raised her hand slightly as she pondered over her concerns.

Everyone’s eyes gathered at that small gesture.

Seria opened her mouth.

“It’s bad to ask such a question to a benefactor who helps, but… No, it’s not the right thing to do…?”

“Huh?”

Totally sick of her formal way of giving her word.

Seeing Seria wandering around unable to choose her words properly, Rike let out a sigh with a blank laugh, and then brought up her question on behalf of Seria.

“Brother. What’s the point of helping Seria like this? Her honesty, even if her sister wakes up, it’s hard to expect a reasonable benefit from her brother, who is her platinum.”

“Yes…! Yes! That’s what I mean…!”

Rike scratched her insides as if he had read her mind, and she only nodded her head.

There, Seria will once again look back on her work in her estate.

‘···.’

The older sister of Chloe, who is known to everyone in the empire, even if it is a woman.

She said that if she had the same power as Eclairdrit or Nim, she might have a say in the family and not be ignored.

Her girl returns to her capital city, filled with soggy, dark emotions in her repeated denial of her own keuty abilities.

Even in her dreams, she did not expect such luck to come.

She made her wonder.

To a sister whose family also turned their eyes.

The honest reason why Roman, an adventurer of platinum, stepped forward to help.

“Reason? Lee Yoo-ra… There’s nothing special about it, but if I had to pick it out—-“

*****

The leader of the information guild, Bunnecker.

Although the party was canceled and retired, he is an adventurer who reached the blue gold in the past.

Now, even though he is middle-aged in age and face, he is a veteran with no sense of difference.

After quitting the adventurer and returning to the slums of the capital, his hometown, the business using the vagabond took root and earned a fortune in the name of an information guild.

And then.

The same situation as now is a boring bursting on days when luck sticks.

“Ho-oh…”

Someone is coming.

I was convinced that the sight of him not hiding his presence and even killing the gatekeeper was not a guest.

In the first place, even a guest can’t help it. If you look down on your opponent, you will die.

‘How many of them openly come here?’

Clap!

Taking the claw from the drawer, Bunnecker quickly finished his battle preparations.

Holding her breath, she hung from the ceiling and waited for the door to open.

Quaang-!

The moment the door is blown away by an intruder’s kick and slammed into a corner.

Bunnecker spurred the ceiling and fired like lightning through his body, swinging my claw.

Chin.

‘Oh, don’t move…?!’

The claw with the aura was caught in someone’s hand and stopped.

Poududeuk-!

The claw bent and shattered with the grip, and metal shards fell to the floor.

Only then did Bunnecker properly check his opponent’s face.

‘Joe, it’s fucked up…!’

It was obvious that there was a person with dark red eyes, black hair, and a crazy talent for catching his aura with his bare hands.

Platinum Adventurer Roman.

Among the strong, there was no case like today because he was a person who could communicate with common sense.

“…Ro, Roman-sama! I’m sorry…!! If I had known you were coming, I would have crawled out!”

Throwing away the claw that had less than half a blade left, Bunnecker fell to his knees and slammed his forehead.

As long as you live in the shade, you will get the best results. There are very few cases where he takes pride like a knight in front of his lifeline.

He had no hesitation in begging for forgiveness for a strong man who had no chance of winning regardless of whether he was right or wrong.

“How did you train your subordinates to block the road without knowing my face?”

After throwing the decapitated body of the gatekeeper in front of Burneker, Roman sat down on an empty chair.

‘Did this bastard take the wrong medicine…?’

Roman was far from the tendency to show off his power and might, so he wasn’t the type of person who would normally argue in that direction.

There must be a reason.

Originally, he is one of the best customers who communicates well and pays expensive amounts without hesitation, so you need to find the cause and relieve your mood.

“That’s probably why there are flying insects crawling into my mansion.”

“That, that… I will conduct a very thorough re-education!!!”

I gathered the young people from the slums, played julpata, and educated them in the Shinshindangbu.

Did you hear a petty thief in the mansion again?

The moment I spit out an excuse, I felt the momentum to kill so clearly.

“Tell me one thing: did you brag about being the king of the shadows and didn’t have any influence, or did you just listen to what I said and spill it?”

“Sorry! Sorry! Absolutely not!!”

Even from the point of view of Burner.

If he could kill Roman in the first place, he would not have shown such a disgraceful attitude as the head of the guild.

That’s impossible, so in the current situation, it’s a board that will turn around.

“Bunecker.”

“Yes!!”

“Don’t you like it when you say that a younger guy has a little more power than a bastard in a brothel? It’s such a shame to make money.”

Of course, but never show off.

Maintaining the stern expression he had built up all his life, Bunnecker raised his gaze to see Roman.

‘At that age, the color of the eyes…’

It seemed that his whole body, which had been hit by Roman before, was going to get sore, and he felt like he was going to get old and urinate at those bloody eyes.

“There’s no way that’s the case! Even just meeting and talking with Roman is an honor that will be handed down from generation to generation!”

Only Jin-Ro, who threw a bruise on who he would pass it on to, without even knowing his child’s face, continued.

“It seems that my work skills have deteriorated compared to before… Is it because I am getting older? I even think about replacing them.”

If anyone had heard it, it would have been absurd.

It wouldn’t be impossible if Roman did, and it didn’t even sound like a joke.

“Give me one chance… I beg you, this lowly bunker.”

“If you want to get my credit back, I’ll give you a chance.”

“Please tell me! This bunker will prove its ability!”

A great request came out of Roman’s lips as he raised his feet on the table.

“Find out where the church saint is. As soon as possible.”

At the line that appeared as if he had been waiting for it, Bunnecker swears inwardly.

‘This crazy bastard…’

From the beginning, this was the purpose.

There were no dangerous requests that might build up a pretend with the church, or the option of rejecting Burneker.