Chapter 76 – BAD TASTE(6)

“Are you okay?”

“No problem. Maybe a priest. If you have a problem, we won’t fight.”

“I have no problems.”

I took out my mace. Elsie is strong. I couldn’t carry her face around if I lost like an idiot after pretending to fight with my bare hands. So I thought to do my best. The holy sword was too dangerous to take out, and a mace was suitable. Said Elsie.

“Please take good care of me. I want you to take good care of my skills.”

Robin, who was talking with the knights, hurriedly ran over and showed me her fidgety tap dance.

“Lord. I will fight. At least to take the test…”

“No. You nominated me. I have to fight.”

I said so with a smile. Robin couldn’t help but be afraid of that laugh. Being hurt is something I can’t see with my eyes open as the knight commander. Robin’s admirable loyalty to her was one of the reasons I cherished her Robin.

“It’s okay, Robin.”

I reassured Robin and raised her mace her. Elsie twisted her waist slightly in response, then put one of her feet behind her and bent her back. I said.

“Then let’s begin.”

At the same time, Elsie kicked her floor and lunged at me. Elsie, who preoccupied my square with her lightning speed, raised her claws and swung her big at me. Her white traces her narrowly brushed the tip of my nose. Turning around hastily, I grabbed her mace and swung it at Elsie.

Elsie hurriedly turned around while floating in the air. She spun like a top, narrowly avoiding my mace. When I turn his head again, Elsie is lying flat on the floor, hands on the floor, staring at me. She lunged at me once more with her claws raised. A very straight attack. I put up a guard to block it from the front, and at that moment, Elsie, who was running straight ahead, suddenly turned her direction and disappeared.

Once again, Elsie was aiming for my blind spot. I decided that it would be difficult to avoid this blow, so I hit it with my mace. The sound of metal clashing echoed and Elsie was thrown out. It felt as if a bowling ball had been hit with a mace.

Elsie brushed her hands, checking the condition of her fingernails her. Nails that would not break even if hit directly by the mace. I couldn’t help but admire the durability of the beastmen. But the only thing that wasn’t broken was her fingernails, and Elsie seemed quite shocked by the previous blow.

Her hands her were trembling slightly. Elsie stepped back a bit and watched me. I lowered my mace and said.

“Stop.”

“Cleric. Why stop?”

“Because you can’t fight anymore. This is enough to see your skills.”

Elsie, who had been gently scratching her floor with her hand for a moment, nodded her head and narrowed her eyes.

“I’m angry, but the priest is right. It’s hard to fight more in this state. I’m shocked by being beaten with a club. I’ll admit it. I lost.”

“It’s great. Elsie. I was a little surprised to be honest.”

I said my honest impressions. Compared to his stats, it was clear that he had really great fighting skills. Elsie asked.

“Then can I become a warrior too?”

“I’m sorry, but since there’s no case of a beast being appointed as a knight, even I, Elsie, can’t put you in the knights.”

By the way, since there was no precedent for a lord to win a knights member, I didn’t want to put Elsie in the knights. Not too long ago, Eve was made the lord’s wife, but this time, if she were to be signed as a member of the knights, the image of the estate would be greatly damaged, so there were some things she kept away from.

“I see. So, do I go in as a soldier?”

It was a pity to include such talent as a soldier. Beasts do not listen to those weaker than themselves. Elsie was stronger than most of the knights in our territory right now. I said.

“So, Elsie, I’m thinking of using you as my personal escort. How is it?”

“Guardian? Is that what they did at the slave market?”

“Yes. It’s similar. Instead, I won’t do anything weird or kick you out of the territory just because you don’t play this role. To do this, there are many things to consider. Because I’m not just a priest, but a lord…”

I was speechless. Elsie wasn’t particularly offended.

“I understand. Humans hate us. I can’t help but notice whatever you think.”

“Thank you for understanding, Elsie.”

As I said, Elsie nodded his head bluntly.

“Then what do the guards do here?”

“You can follow me wherever I go. If I have to fight or something dangerous, you have to fight together.”

“What do you do at home?”

“Basically, I guard the mansion. While staying in the mansion, I can help the attendants if they ask for help at night.”

Originally, the security structure of our mansion was such that attendants and maids took turns patrolling the mansion, and if there was anything suspicious, they immediately reported it to the resident guard. I was going to put Elsie in charge of guarding the mansion here.

In this way, there was no need to hire a few guards from the guards unit, and there was no need to bother with handovers, so it was efficient in many ways.

“Elsie. Then, shall we go up to the office first? It’s not good to talk outside too much.”

Robin seemed to want to quickly inquire about my physical condition. Robin asked as soon as I put the mace in.

“Are you hurt anywhere?”

“Yes. I’m fine. Robin. How’s Elsie?”

“He’s quite talented. Even with our knights, it’s hard to guarantee victory.”

“It’s a pity. I think it’s okay to include it as an article.”

“It can’t be helped. I don’t have the confidence to suppress the backlash of the other knights if a beastman joins the knights.”

Robin also had a confused look on his face her. Beastmen and mermaids are not human. Some of the knights even showed quite subtle reactions when they saw Eve. If I went as far as including a prisoner as a knight here, rumors would circulate that the lord was in fact a dyssexual. I’m a normal person Elsie was talking to Roy. Roy didn’t seem to like the decision to appoint Elsie as an escort, even looking at my skills.

“Elsie! That priest is suspicious! Don’t believe it!”

“Roy. He keeps telling me not to trust him. Tell me why.”

“Elsie is weaker than the clergy, but she tells Elsie to escort her! Suspicious!”

“Our chief also takes his subordinates. Was our chief also a strange person?”

“He’s It’s different from the chieftain!”

“I’m better than a chief. A chief fights once and it’s over. When I was in the tribe, anyone who challenged a chief literally became a rag. That cleric stopped fighting, at least to the point where I couldn’t fight “It bothered us. I don’t think you’re trying to lose it. I gave you a choice in the first place, Roy. If you don’t like this territory like that, go back to your hometown by yourself.”

“I’m not going back!”

“Then keep your mouth shut. Roy. You’ve had your coming-of-age ceremony now. I don’t know why you keep whining like a child.”

“That…”

Roy blushed. Fuck. To come all the way here and see a blushing man. Elsie waited for Roy’s answer. I hurriedly cut Roy off. Even if you confess here, the situation is screwed up.

“Come on! Elsie. Let’s go up quickly.”

“I get it.”

Roy glared at me with his face flushed red. I took advantage of the moment when Elsie wasn’t looking at me and gave me a grin. Roy suppressed his anger, frowning. He was surprisingly patient.

After coming up to the office, I asked Elsie.

“Elsie. Do you know about Evangeline?”

Amori said she knew about Evangeline. However, she, too, was caught on whether it was an allusion or a prohibition, so she was unable to give a specific portrayal of Evangeline. Could it be that Elsie is different? In the first place, I was in a situation where I didn’t even know the conditions of Evangeline’s ban. There was no other way than to ask everyone who might know Evangeline and pray that they wouldn’t get banned.

“Who is that? Your wife who ran away?

Elsie said that if the members of the Archangel Church heard it, they would foam at it, calling it blasphemy. I shook my head and said.

“She calls the Demon King and says she will bring disaster to this land. Have you heard from the chieftain? A woman wearing a mask and a hood.”

“I’ve never heard of the chieftain, but if she’s such a woman, I’ve seen her.”

“Have you seen her?”

I corrected my posture. Have you seen her? I haven’t heard from the chief, but I saw it?

“I’ve been here to buy slaves a few times before. He said he was conducting magic experiments focusing on human slaves.”

“Are you sure? A masked woman in a hood.”

“That’s right. A woman wearing a hood and a mask.”

“What mask was it?”

I held my breath for a moment here. It was because I was wondering if Elsie couldn’t explain properly. Eve or Selou asked her what the mask looked like, but she couldn’t answer. I honestly can’t tell you any more. I was hoping for a different reaction.

“I don’t know. It was a very strange looking mask. It was a mask that looked just like a human face, but it was painted in mottled colors.”

“What?”

Elsie obediently said the color of the mask. So I had no choice but to go long. What? Didn’t you fall for the hint? Or is it just a magician with a hobby of cosplay wearing a mask?

“Th… Have you ever heard anything particularly strange about a wizard?”

“I asked if I had any thoughts of wanting to get out of here. He also said that he would give me the power to wipe out the Aberdeen estate.”

“Did you agree?”

“I refused. You shouldn’t trust wizards.”

“Well done.”

It was strange. Looking at the pattern, Evangeline was correct, but Elsie was not caught by the suggestion. So I asked again.

“Think carefully about Elsie. Do you know anything more about Evangeline? What was the sound of her voice her?”

Elsie narrowed her eyes.

“I can’t say.”

Elsie seemed surprised to say that she herself. She said again.

“Can’t you tell me about the voice?”

It was only then that I felt like I knew about Evangeline’s ban. The subject who met Evangeline cannot speak about Evangeline due to a certain effect. I asked Elsie again to confirm.

“Elsie. But you can talk about the mask.”

“Yes. I can’t talk about the wizard. But the mask can. I don’t know why.”

I thought I knew why. Evangeline forbade Elsie to ‘stop talking about Evangeline’. But Elsie is such a simple bitch that she gets the taboo wrong and she doesn’t just talk about the real ‘Evangeline’. Because the mask is not Evangeline.

It seemed that the conditions of the ban depended on the person’s level of understanding her. Then this made sense. I gave her a piece of drawing paper and asked Elsie to draw a mask. It was an unexpected harvest.