74 – the zodiac (2)
-match!
The sound of someone hitting someone on the cheek reverberates through Crow Fay’s quiet office.
-match! match!
The sound continues over and over again, giving the stillness a certain beat.
“… Sorry… ”
-match!
The woman who apologized dozens of times is muffled.
Gradually, the ball swelled.
“I resend… ”
Sera Cervantes, who was about to fall, forcibly grabbed her mind and stood up straight.
And the one who sharpens her sword is Crow Fay Guild Master Regilus.
“Obviously, I should have told you to do it well.”
“… sorry.”
It was clearly Sarah’s mistake.
Crow Fay was the first to confirm the existence of [Pleasure Lord].
In other words, it is theirs to decide the priority of the expedition or the conditions of participation.
But instead of monopolizing the reward, Sera returned empty-handed with nothing.
There, all the personnel who were bought out died.
It is thought that a considerable amount of money will be spent to cover it and cut off the tail.
‘I’ve never had a bad luck… ‘
To check Kaeran’s condition, it was a big problem to leave it to the subcontracted mercenaries.
Of course, if the Pleasant Lord was just a low-middle-class monster, it would never have turned into a big problem.
Since the rewards are modest, the importance of the work will be less.
However, the Pleasure Lord was a boss-class monster with an intact adult body.
In other words, it should have been reported to the Crow Pay headquarters, and a separate raid should have been formed.
Also, the discovery of a monster is not common, so it was a more open issue.
“how… how! There was a guy who was going to kill the revelry lord by himself, didn’t you notice?”
“… ”
“Come on, didn’t you check the personnel properly?
“… ”
“What did you do while the other guilds sent spies… asked.”
Sera tightly closed her eyes at Regillus’s soft shout.
“sorry… ”
“Four years of apples.”
-match! match!
“What is it worth?”
The loot auction is just a few days away.
In the end, Crow Fay was the end of the hard work, and a certain chick ate and carried the reward.
It’s like giving me a dog.
“Now find out. The guy who took the reward. Bring it in front of me.”
“… All right.”
– Damn it!
After being beaten for a while, Sarah was able to get out of the office.
* * *
Yeriel, Arya, Edwin, and Lily were invited to participate in the awards ceremony at the Zodiac for their contribution to eradicating the fire demon.
“Lily, I’m tired… ”
Perhaps because of the noble setting, the imperial figures did not attend and only sent their representatives.
A considerable number of guild officials were in attendance as spectators to offer recruitment offers to Yeriel, Arya, and Lily.
-Even though this cadet is a student belonging to the academy, he responds calmly in a crisis situation, defeats the monsters, and enters the double dungeon.
Because he became a model for others in uncovering the structure… You will make a statement like this. then…
On the podium, Yeriel is the representative and is receiving instructions from the attendant.
The fact that Yeriel was awarded as the representative was part of the content of the original work.
If everything goes as usual, the fire demon will be defeated by Edwin and Yeriel’s cooperative attack.
Yeriel gets attention, but Edwin gets no attention.
Still, I wondered if Yeriel would be uncomfortable, and thanks to Edwin’s calm and considerate appearance, the favorability rises.
It was such an event… .
Because of me and the author’s tyranny, that scenario also disappeared.
Perhaps the relationship between the two is not as deep as the original.
Still, while I was learning wind archery from Selena,
Yeriel, as a senior and junior, must have supported and watched Edwin, who was always in trials and training, so the relationship must have been established to some extent.
When I turned around and saw Edwin, he was still congratulating Yeriel sincerely.
And he looked at me and asked.
“I’m sorry… don’t you?”
Maybe it’s because I caught a fire demon but didn’t get much attention.
“Isn’t it supposed to be a good match?”
In fact, although it was a somewhat formal event, Yeriel’s neat appearance drew the attention of many attendees.
External aspects cannot be ignored. Many guilds will probably send love calls.
Edwin looked at it and said to me.
“Thank you.”
Why are you so creepy?
“Somehow, thanks to you, I think I was able to defeat Kaeran.”
“Good.”
“hahaha, you did. The moment I’m in crisis, I can become stronger… ”
To be honest, I don’t remember everything I said to Edwin in the last training session the day before the fight with Kaeran.
‘It’s a matter of a few pennies… ‘
Roughly speaking, because you’ll never lose. I was just begging you not to give up until the very end.
Perhaps, his potential rather than my words, and the orb of the Black Dragon, paid off.
“The day before positioning, remember?”
“… ”
Was it the first day I fought with Edwin and used mythical art?
“The one who asked me to stick with… Was it for me?”
“… ”
To be honest, it’s both for me and for him.
But, Edwin, is this guy a good person or a good guy?
I seem to have already forgotten everything about being beaten and passed out.
“Something, from that day on, I realized.”
“Oh yeah.”
Edwin seemed to have regained some self-esteem.
According to the novel, I was defeated by Kaeran here, and while Kaeran was in Crow Fay for a while, I was working on the heroines’ favoritism.
In the end, the heroines are taken away by Kaeran who has returned.
Still, Edwin gains a new morale trait while on vacation.
So, believing in that alone, I persevered through the novel…
“Hey. Let’s not talk.”
“yes?”
“no.”
To be honest, I still don’t trust Edwin.
Defeating Kaeran is winning, but the coming demons are counting backwards as the difficulty rises, can this guy be able to stop it well?
Of course, this is much better than believing in gochujang heads.
– Clap clap.
At the instantaneous clap of hands, I turned my gaze to the front again.
The presenter’s face was familiar.
-The presenter will be in charge of War Hero and Paladin Dustin.
He greeted me as if he had found me so that only I could recognize him.
And Edwin’s words came from the other side.
“I’m only talking to you… Of course, I may laugh at you, but… ”
“…?”
“I want to become a warrior.”
Is the main character the main character?
It was a look full of conviction.
“… yes.”
.
.
.
– Yeriel cadet! This one time!
– Yeriel cadet! Can I have a short interview?
-ah… yes! Wait!!
Yeriel… was incredibly busy.
Her pure white beauty caught the attention of a large crowd.
There will be dungeon investigation practice interviews, but she is a sophomore, so there are not one or two guilds trying to spit.
Her qualities were famous outside of the academy, and neither her personality nor her origins as a descendant of a war hero.
This is not guaranteed by me.
‘Of course, falling angels are a problem… ‘
– Cadet Lily! Wait a minute, are you okay?
– Eh? I’m tired…
-Cadet Edwin!
Those who showed interest in Lilyna Edwin were also quite interested.
In particular, Edwin seems to be aiming for sales by inducing gossip with the newspaper company, perhaps with Kaeran.
– You must have been lucky… only.
Let’s have some fun
In the end, all that was left was me and Aria.
Of course, Arya must be very interested in her appearance and abilities, but
Since she is a healer that cannot participate in Ranked Wars, there are strict recruitment restrictions.
First of all, healers are precious in this worldview.
In mid-to-lower level raids like in the time of the Pleasure Lord, you can’t even take a healer with divine power at all.
The reason is simple.
Simple healing magic can be used by wizards, but
If there is no divine ability, this is because of the setting where you cannot amplify the effect of this healing magic or use higher level healing magic.
Therefore, cadets with the [Holy] trait are subject to various restrictions on recruitment until they reach adulthood in order to cultivate this ability.
In particular, believers, priests, and priests are even more strict because the qualities of a saint may be expressed.
Anyway, what is currently considered a saint is probably the war hero Psyche.
His whereabouts are unknown now, but
In Chapter 5, she died in a bloody battle with the Academy’s real demon, Yellowdy Latasia.
After that, the saint’s abilities are passed on to the appropriate person.
‘The fit here is… aria.’
So I will have to choose later.
Should I help Psyche change her fate…
if not,
This silver-colored girl who embraces the light purple…
– Ugh.
At that time, Arya looked up at me and glared at me with rabbit-like eyes.
-… ?
for a while too.
The bright blue eyes are very cute.
“… why?”
“… ”
“It would be better if you tell me what you’ve been up to this weekend. Mr. Rev.”
“ah.”
Arya’s tone became more clerical.
That means one thing.
By the way… Why are you so interested in my every move…
‘no… ‘
Come to think of it, the last place I took Arya with was a pub near the red light district…
It’s a good situation to be suspicious of.
I said to her in a very light tone.
“Aria, you know what?”
“… something.”
“It is said that there is a chocolatier that makes chocolate that tastes better than the Academy… ”
“Chocolate?”
“Yeah, so shall we go together?”
Then Arya said as if it was important.
“… Am I a boy! It makes me feel better… !”
“sorry.”
“I’m really, really worried that you suddenly disappeared again this time… !”
“Again, are you worried?”
“No, it is. that is… ”
ok, it passed
I said a little sadly.
“After all, Arya has a nicer heart than I thought.”
“… ”
“They always take care of me, who is called an idiot at the academy.”
“… … ”
Arya is weak at compliments on herself or low-key comments from others.
It’s just that he’s not a character who’s always dedicated.
“I’m sorry for always worrying you about my subject… .”
“… … … ”
Arya’s gaze began to falter, perhaps more uncomfortable with words that demeaned me.
“I don’t mean that… yo. this.”
“then?”
“Again, me, like last time… I know you’ve been to a place like that… !”
“Where is such a place?”
As I slowly pushed, Arya avoided her gaze.
Instead, I started to get redness on my face.
“All right, all right! Oh, stop it!”
I said with a slight smile.
“Then, let’s go now, shall we?”
“yes… ? yes yes?”
With five replies, her face began to heat up.
this is pretty… It’s fun.
– This is it.
-Bye.
– Please wait.
-Then, for one episode only, I’ll close my eyes.
Arya, an adult in ＜Reincarnated Hero＞, is a person who is completely thorough and thorough.
The underage aria here is full of gaps.
“What are you thinking? I asked them to go to the chocolate shop, and the other kids seemed busy, so I asked them to go.”
“ah… … … ”
I have to do the appraisal of the ring anyway, so I think it would be better to move quickly to the zodiac commercial area.
When I turn my head to lead,
-bean!
“Ah!”
A cute punch exploded behind his back.
* * *
Meanwhile, in front of the main building of [Divine Valhalla].
Reddish-orange hair and freckles, a girl that can be explained by these two things, Emma was arguing with the guards in front of the headquarters.
“Please let me meet you!!!!”
“I found the wrong street number. This is the Knights Guild, kid.”
“My letter, you read my letter! A lifesaver!”
“I will turn… ”
“And, me. Are you not a kid? I am old enough to enter the academy!”
“Oh, yes. Then.”
“What? Are you sending me?”
“no. don’t let it in I have no intention of bringing it in. Come back quickly.”
“Profit!”
-Pak!
“Ahh!”
When Emma kicked the guard’s shin, Guard Park began to get really angry.
‘I’m confused… !’
That was then.
“What’s going on?”
“Ah, Avelyn!”
It was the young girl of the guild leader, Aveline Valantes.
“That’s it. This little boy keeps saying he has a benefactor in Avelin-sama’s guild, and wants to see his face… ”
“A benefactor?”
When Aveline responded, Emma answered instead of the guard.
“yes! He was a crossbow! I have to say thank you for meeting me!”
“Avelin-sama, there aren’t any knights who mainly use crossbows in [Divine Valhalla]… ?”
Come to think of it, there is something that closely matches what I heard from Raymon.
While Aveline was thinking about this,
Emma shouted, eyes wide open, pointing to the public square.
“Oh, that one! I have the same body type as you!”
Her fingers pointed at a pair of men and women who appeared to be Clarisse’s cadets.