117 – Tyrion, the easternmost city of the Empire
“We are heading to Tyrion.”
“..Tyrion? First time hearing…”
Three days after leaving the Orc Village and heading to the Elf Country, Illyana finally woke up after losing her mind due to the aftermath of the mana deficiency treatment.
As soon as Illyana woke up, she asked me her question at the scenery in her wagon, and I told her that I was heading to the city of Tyrion.
“It’s a city at the eastern end of the empire. I can’t hear it.”
“East…? That’s where the elves… Live…”
“Right. Right now we are going to the country of the elves.”
The next destination, the elven country of Titania.
Veronica says she can take one of the 11 exams at the Elven Bureau.
But…
“The country of the elves… Is currently in a civil war, so entry is prohibited…?”
“I know. You have to sneak in.”
Yes. Currently, Titania’s elves are strictly prohibited from controlling outsiders due to internal circumstances. But that’s your case, and I’m just going to go in.
Who are my current friends? Aren’t there two monsters who lightly chew on four continents?
It’s just my prediction, but the moment you go against the feelings of these two people, wouldn’t that country disappear into history in a day?
“……”
“Why is that, Illyana?”
“…No.”
At that time, Illyana’s appearance was a little strange.
He doesn’t stray from 1m around me and seems to keep his eyes on something…
‘Where are you looking…ah…’
Illyana looked in the direction where her gaze was shifting her gaze, and there was Celeste asleep in her white hooded cloak, holding her scabbard in her arms.
“…Is that awkward?”
“..Ah…No..!”
“You don’t have to be too scared.”
“Ah…I’m not afraid..!”
It’s a lie. You can tell by the way her eyebrows quiver whenever she looks at Celeste.
‘Hmm… But we’re in the same group, so we need to get to know each other a bit.’
But is there any way for the two of them to become friends? Celeste is a warrior and Illyana is a wizard. First of all, the occupational tendency itself does not match.
Personality? Celeste, who is harsh and direct, and Illyana, who is shy and has a strong temperament.
There really isn’t anything that fits. Would you describe this as a total impasse?
“…Can you hear everything?”
“I’m sorry, did I wake you up…?”
“I can hear outside sounds in my natural sleep state.”
“…What is that…”
Is that possible? Isn’t that just waking up?
“Mr. Illyana.”
“Yes…Yes..!”
“You don’t have to set an angle. It doesn’t hurt.”
“Ah..Ah.. Uh.. Ah..”
Could it be because Celeste’s voice was cold? Rather, Illyana’s cries backfired on her. Even though she is honestly like me, she must have been a little tired. How scary would her cowardly Illyana be?
Celeste quickly turned to her if she saw Illana in her weeping and panicked her moment.
“Ah..Why are you trying to cry all of a sudden?”
“I…I’m sorry…”
“..I don’t even need respect.”
“Sorry…Sorry…”
-One of his real personalities is really dirty.
“Shut up, you.”
“Hee..Hee..!”
“Ah…I didn’t do it after seeing Illyana-san…”
From Celeste’s point of view, Veronica’s telepathy was annoying and she must have shouted unconsciously, but Illyana, who had no way of knowing that, quickly hid behind her behind my back and trembled with her body.
It’s kind of pitiful that it’s like a rabbit being chased by a lion… But the problem is that I’m also one of the lion’s prey, so it’s hard to interfere.
If I try to mediate between the two and offend Celeste, my head could be blown off.
“Haa…I don’t know anymore.”
“Well…If we hang out together, we will become close someday.”
“It’s easygoing, you are really.”
“Other than that, it’s a corpse.”
It’s been a long time since I’ve had a honey-like break. If you don’t enjoy it then, when will you enjoy it?
The sky is blue, the river is clear, and the wind is cool, so the recent three days of riding in the carriage have been very comfortable.
Of course, things will change once you arrive in the country of elves.
“Still, you don’t call Illyana ‘you’ anymore, do you call me ‘Mr. Illyana’?”
“I’m going to be with you for a long time, but I can’t keep calling you you.”
-Who is going to be with you for a long time?
“You don’t know that.”
‘f*ck… It’s starting again.’
When these two start arguing, I am the one who suffers the most.
Illyana says it doesn’t matter because she can’t hear Veronica’s voice, but since I’m acting as a mediator between Veronica and Celeste’s conversation, I have to fully listen to their quarrel.
I want to tell both of them to shut up…But I don’t have the strength to do that…
“Adventurers~! We will arrive at our destination soon!”
At that moment, I heard the coachman’s voice saving me.
It looks like we’ve almost reached Tyrion.
‘Now, now that we’re almost there, calm down.’
“Huh.”
-Sheesh.
After confirming that Veronica and Celeste had stopped arguing, I sighed in relief and looked out of the carriage.
Then, a walled city connected to a large river was found in a place a little far away.
It was Tyrion, the easternmost city of the Empire.
“Wow…”
“Isn’t it big?”
“Yes, but smaller than Boreas..”
Illyana, who was hiding behind me, also glared at Tyrion in the distance. Since she has lived only in Boreas her whole life, Tyrion, another large city, seems to be strange.
“But Gaon, why don’t you go directly to the Elven country and go through Tyrion?”
“Huh? Ah… Maybe the Elf country is currently off-limits, so there was nothing but a wagon heading to Tyrion.”
“Ah…”
“Aside from that, I also bought emergency food in case of an unexpected situation…for some reason.”
“I see…”
-You seem to have been brought up as a precious person, so you don’t know such basic things.
“Shut up.”
Shut up too b*tch.
How can you fight right away if you sell your eyes for a moment… It feels like the stress is already piling up. At this level, I am concerned that hair loss will not occur within a year.
“There… there… Gaon.”
“..Why Illyana?”
“I am hungry.”
“……”
Was it like this? How does a kindergarten teacher feel?
***
“Wow….This is Tyrion..?”
“Uh, it’s the exact opposite of Boreas, who has a strong dark color, so it’s a bit fresh.”
Arriving in Tyrion, Illyana opened her eyes wide as she saw Tyrion, a city with a completely different look from Boreas, which had a strong dull color.
She seems to be a girl who has just turned 20, so she prefers bright colors like Tyrion’s buildings to dull colors like black and brown.
“Let’s start with the inn. Since it is a famous tourist destination, there must be many good inns.”
“Good. Then first…”
Leaving behind Illyana, who was excited to see the surroundings, Celeste and I thought of setting up an inn first.
It’s still early in the afternoon, but due to the nature of inns that fill up quickly in the evening, you should reserve a room as soon as possible.
“Then I will reserve the inn.”
“…Yes…Go..?”
“…What is that expression? I know how to do that too, right?”
FYI, she’s Celeste.
That means that there is a high possibility of lack of common sense about the basic human world… To be honest, I’m worried. Wouldn’t they catch the owner of the inn while trying to catch the inn…?
-Kiduk…. There is no trust.
“Keugh… I can do it too! Wait and see! I’ll catch you soon!”
Veronica’s ridicule may have been the decisive blow, but Celeste turned her back and disappeared somewhere with her face blushing slightly.
She probably went to the inn…
“…Follow me, right?”
-Leave it alone. He’s not a child, and he’ll do just fine on his own.
“…Really?”
-Well… I can protect at least one part of my body…
“That’s not the point.”
It’s not Celeste that I’m concerned about, it’s this city.
-Don’t worry. At worst, it would end with the destruction of the city.
“It’s really the worst..!”
I can’t. I’m going to go after Celeste right away and see what she does. Now that year is a ticking time bomb that doesn’t know when it will explode. Also a nuclear bomb.
-But how are you going to chase him?
“Ah…”
Come to think of it, I forgot one important thing.
“It’s already gone…”
Celestie is a prosecutor. It’s also a swordsman comparable to Veronica’s.
In other words, his stats are extremely high.
‘..The very idea of following Celeste from the beginning was stupid…’
If Celeste puts her mind to it, she can escape not only from me but also from Veronica.
I’m following her like that? This is just the equivalent of saying that the turtle will catch up with her running cheetah.
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“I can’t help it… I have to hope that there are no problems as much as possible.”
“Gaon Gaon…”
“Huh?”
“I am hungry.”
“……”
Grumbling…
Come to think of it, I haven’t eaten anything for almost 12 hours. Besides, the only thing he ate while riding the wagon was dried jerky.
Unlike me, who has a high level and can endure hunger to some extent, Illyana must be very hungry.
“Then shall we go eat first?”
“Yes…”
“What do you want to eat?”
“Meat.”
There was a stall selling meat skewers nearby. Subtly, those stalls are often of better quality than inn meals, so you don’t have to worry about the taste.
“Two skewers here.”
“Two skewers? Please wait a moment.”
When I ordered skewers from a middle-aged man who seemed to be the stall owner, she placed the already cooked skewers on the grill to heat them up with a friendly smile.
Then he handed me 2 skewers while spreading the seasoning on the skewers evenly.
“Here you go. 30 Copper oil.”
“Here it is.”
I passed one of the skewers to Illyana, and Illyana began to eat her meat skewers little by little, her eyes shining.
“Yum yum.”
“The girl eats very well.”
“My child is very hungry. Oh, would it be all right if I ask you just one question?”
“What?”
“Is there a good inn nearby for a few nights?”
“Tirion is a city famous for its tourist attractions, so you can go to just about any inn.”
“Is that so?”
I’m glad then. At least that means Celeste won’t be taking over a strange inn.
“Are you a tourist? No, since the country of elves is in a civil war, I’m not a tourist… Are you trying to participate in an auction?”
“…An auction?”
“Well, actually today in Tyrion there is a big auction held once a year. Since it’s near the country of the elves, a lot of valuable items come in.”
“Ooh…”
Auction….. Actually, I have enough money, but I don’t have enough money to participate in the auction.
Above all, the items that I would be satisfied with would have to be at least a sword of amplification or a ring of growth, but those items cost at least one village, and if they are expensive, the price goes up to a big city.
But…
“I didn’t come here to participate in the auction…but it wouldn’t hurt to take a look around.”
“Then go over there. It’s time for the auction to begin soon.”
The man pointed her finger towards the plaza and continued her words.
“But…You know what?”
“…?”
“A rumor that there are two auction houses?”
“There are two auction houses… What kind of nonsense is that?”
The man looked both sides of her to make sure no one was there, then whispered carefully to me.
“Actually…There is a rumor that there is one auction house that everyone can participate in normally…And another hidden auction house that only high-ranking people can participate in.”
“…Where is that hidden auction house?”
“That’s it, I don’t know. It’s just a rumor.”
It’s a hidden auction house… Only high-ranking people can participate…?
This smells like something bad?
-Come to think of it, it seems that there is a large space under the city of Tyrion.
‘…Ahh…I can’t believe it’s there…’
-Looking at the number of people in the hundreds.
‘Can you find the entrance?’
-My king has lost his senses a lot lately. That much is of course possible.
I didn’t have anything to do at the time… But it turned out to be fun.
“If you have a useful magic item… Steal it stealthily… They’ll understand. Is not it?”
-…Who understands?
“All.”
That’s how my next schedule was decided.
The goal is to steal items from the secret auction house that only high-ranking people can participate in.
“It’s been a long time since I’ve been in phantom thief xd mode. hehehehe…”
– Hmmm… I guess it doesn’t matter. There won’t be anyone in this city who’s as strong as the 4th continent.
Wait Magic Items! I’m coming!