Chapter 92 – Aquarius(9)

The subsequent funerals of the priests went very smoothly. It was very fortunate for me. The lords, who were well aware of my notoriety, showed me the way very politely and treated me generously. In particular, the successor to the tanned blonde lord I killed earlier pretended to be friendly, saying that he became the lord thanks to me.

When I arrived at the Amur estate, nothing else happened except for the lord’s wife staring at me with a very deadly look. As the chief priest, I once again expressed my condolences for the death of Lord Amur and left the territory.

The lord’s wife didn’t like my expression of her condolences, so she ran amok all the way, but that didn’t concern me. She shouldn’t have been a dick if she twisted. It wasn’t for nothing that she was told to look for a place to lie down and stretch out.

If Lord Amur had been nice too, she wouldn’t have been killed by me. He was greedy beyond his heart and died at my hand. Lady Amur cursed me on the way back, but I didn’t care.

Priest Elson and I said goodbye to each other at the edge of the Amur estate. Father Elson had been through a lot at this funeral march, so he was very tired and looked a little older than when I first saw him. The benevolent priest whom I had seen at the first meeting with him had changed into the impression of a farmer who was obsessed with farming.

“Really, you worked hard. Priest Lucius.”

“Thank you for your hard work. Priest Elson.”

“By the way, can this old man give me one piece of advice?”

“Yes. As much as you like.”

As long as it wasn’t asking for a loan or a guarantee, I could accept any nonsense with a smile. Priest Lucius is such a character. Unlike my smiling face, Priest Elson was munching his lips with a very firm expression. It was a common habit of old people when it was difficult to talk.

“Chief Lucius. You mustn’t lead a prodigal life.”

“Thanks for the advice.”

Priest Elson seemed to have something more to say, but I cut him off there. Because I’ve been restrained enough for this. Father Elson stared at me, then nodded and left. I said.

“Take a look.”

Now that the funeral was over, the only thing left for me was to be stuck in the manor again. The investigation of Evangeline was going to be left to the Mage Tower for the time being. She said that the traces of her escape were heading to the Dwarf Kingdom, so she had no one to investigate except the Mage Tower. The only ones who could freely roam around the Dwarven Kingdom were the Mage Tower Wizard and his companions.

“What?”

I stopped thinking for a moment. Come to think of it, if Soya is the main suspect, don’t these bastards think Evangeline? The exact details of the incident will only be known when the investigation report arrives at my estate a few days later, but judging from the Mage Tower’s actions so far, it was clear that Evangeline’s footsteps were missed in the Dwarf Kingdom.

That’s why I was trying to solve the case by beating Ammon Soya. Apparently, the Evangeline case would take much longer than I thought. I hadn’t even properly grasped her purpose in the first place. For what purpose are you doing this? Evangeline’s actions so far have been following one goal. Extermination of humans by the hands of heterogeneous people.

But this was really strange. Evangeline was not very active in this goal.

I’ll give you strength to Sellu, so I suggested destroying the human city, and I also suggested that Elsie destroy the slave market. I found this part very strange. If Evangeline is actually that powerful, why would she just make a suggestion? If she can make a mermaid that fucking hot, why wouldn’t she force it?

If you give strength to the mermaids in the slave market right now, they will bulk up and kill them all, right? If you peddled in the slave market of the Aberdeen estate, would the Lord of Aberdeen be a ham, whether he was a Hellchan or a Samoan?

Evangeline had very little of her doing her compared to its goals or risks her. In fact, while we were chasing Evangeline, there was only one crime she actually caused. All she did was kill the mercenaries and a few of her priests. Sellu castrated her sailors, claiming that he was her daughter her, and Elsie did not commit a crime in the first place.

What are you aiming for? My head was complicated. The carriage continued to roll its wheels.

From the end of the Amur Territory, we were able to go quickly to our territory. The borders of the territories were not tightly attached to each other, but the guard posts that set the borders were somewhat apart from each other. It wasn’t long before I saw the guards chatting with each other. Upon seeing me, the guards immediately went on alert and shouted, holding out their spears.

“Jung, stop! Stop! Hands up! If you move, I’ll stab you!”

Seeing you stutter, are you a newbie? I stopped. The head of the post guard was staring at the new soldier in turns with a nervous expression on his face. After all, you have to do it regardless of your position. Originally, it was a free pass for a high-ranking person like me, but I changed it because I didn’t know what would happen later.

“Use it, Thunder!”

“Password inexperienced.”

I’ve been away from the estate for weeks, can you tell me the password? The newcomer looked at the captain of the guard with a puzzled expression. The captain of the guard muttered in a low voice, “Hapguho.” The Hapguho was a password that was created by combining two numbers to create a specific number. For example, when Hapguho hits 10, the guard hits 7! If you shout out, I will say 3! You can just shout The Hapgu number of our estate was 10. Cried the newcomer.

“Hapguho!”

The guard’s face went white. I grinned at the newcomer. The newcomer looked at me and smiled awkwardly, wondering what the meaning of that smile was. And cried again

“Hapguho!”

Cute. Young. The newcomer who shouted Hapguho once more waited for a while before shouting.

“If you don’t shout hapgu, I’ll stab you!”

What? Are you sick? Look at me now, Hapguho! Are you asking me to do this shit? Or am I saying octopus? If it’s Hapguho octopus, wouldn’t it be over if I just shouted 1? The captain of the guard was on the verge of fainting as I was staring at the rookie with a blank expression. It’s not that guy’s fault. Newcomers are just sick. I started shouting at the newcomer in a low voice.

“Now, newcomer. Would you like to think again about how to do Hapguho?”

“Huh? Ah, ah! Thirteen!”

Why does 13 appear when the number of hapgu is 10? Are our guards already doing mathematics in a higher level? Looking at the expression of the guard captain, who had already turned white and became a corpse, that was not the case at all. I thought hard about whether I should issue a command to disobey here or throw an open house, and then said,

“…Minus 3.”

“Who are you!”

“Peta Lucius. The lord of the Peta estate.”

“What’s the purpose?”

“Homecoming.”

“Three steps forward for identification!”

“Your identity has been verified!”

Subha ended with the newcomer’s last comment. As I passed the guard post, I met the eyes of the trembling guard chief. Next to him, the newcomer stood guard with a very proud expression.

I told the captain of the guard.

“Captain of the guard. Do you think it’s comfortable these days? There are no monsters on the border, and the knights do all the hard work, right?”

“No!”

“Would you like to go through training with the knights?

“No! I will work harder!”

“Shouldn’t you be good at educating new recruits?”

“Yes, it is!”

“I’m a VIP, but what if I make another mistake? Right?”

“Yes, it is!”

The newcomer’s expression hardened. Maybe it’s because my reaction is different from what I expected. I thought I did very well, but I couldn’t help but be embarrassed by this kind of reaction. I passed the checkpoint while humming. The voice of the captain of the guard came from behind.

“Fuck, did I teach you to do things like that?”

“No!”

“Are you an idiot? When I was shouting the fucking hapguho, hapguho! Did you tell me to just do this?”

“No!”

The captain of the guard’s angry voice could be heard from here. It was a voice that reminded me of my military days after a long time. This is why when I was in the army, division commanders and battalion commander-level personnel roamed the guard posts. Those cubs didn’t come out for inspection because they had to be on guard post. It was only coming up to smell the dirty smell of the newbies who stood guard for the first time.

Even the air seemed to change as it passed through the boundary. When I entered the village, people were surprised to see me, whispered to each other, and came forward to greet me.

“Hey, lord! Are you here?”

“Yes. Has anything happened in the meantime?”

“Ah, yes… I am… I am…”

But the atmosphere was strange. The Yeongjimins were talking to each other while staring into the air, unable to meet my eyes. What? What happened to the manor? Did Eve do a striptease in front of the mansion gate? The entire estate was filled with an uncomfortable atmosphere. Even when I was rumored to be a mermaid gourd, the atmosphere in the village didn’t get messed up to this point, but it was clear that rumors had spread that I was going to fuck a beast as well.

I opened the carriage window and called a young man. Young Ji-min flinched and approached. It was a look that scared me that I might even eat it. I felt bad for being scared for nothing.

“What’s going on in the manor?”

“Oh, nothing happened.”

“It must be a strange rumor, isn’t it?”

“That, ah, no! There’s no word about it!”

It meant that there were very f*cked up rumors.

It’s such a rumor that the residents of Yeongji can’t bear to look at my face. Even thinking about cancer, I couldn’t find the cause of these rumors. Soya, the letter must have gone. He would have quietly shown the goods to Eve. Eve lived a very quiet life in the territory except for the last time she split the ship of the Grand Duke of the North.

What? What happened?

I moved to the manor house.

“Welcome, lord!”

Robin greeted me loudly as I arrived. But his expression was full of sorrow. I had to meet Eve soon. About 80% of this shitty atmosphere was caused by Eve, and if it wasn’t Eve about 20%, I had to look for it from then on.

Even when I passed the hallway, this strange atmosphere was full. The servants couldn’t make eye contact with me, and the knights passed by clearing their throats. I opened the door to my office and said.

“Your God, who loves Eve…”

“You fucking bastard!”

Flower pots flew