75 – The Trial of Nothingness – 6
“I’d like a room, please.”
“Okay.”
After meeting her Illyana and completing her brief contract, I took her to her most expensive inn in Boreas.
Originally, he intended to stay at a cheap inn or an inn with good value for money, but since he lied to Illyana that he was a nobleman, he needed to act like a real nobleman.
“It’s 20 silver a night.”
“Five days, please.”
Perhaps because it is a high-end inn, I spent about 200,000 won in Korean money per night.
Since we are going to head to the rocky mountain as soon as we get the armor anyway, we decided that it would be appropriate to cut it off for about 5 days.
“Come to think of it, what’s your name?”
“…Me…?”
“Uh.”
I already knew her name through [Emotion], But now Illyana doesn’t know that I know her name.
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Then, if I ask Illyana her name, what will she answer?
“…I…I…Iruna…Iruna.”
“..Does it come true?”
“Yes…My name is fulfilling…”
If you’re going to lie, you’d have to do it in a plausible way.
Still, since I had to be fooled first, I responded to Illyana’s answer while keeping my facial expression as much as possible.
“It’s coming true.”
“Yes…”
“Iruna, do you have a house?”
“Right…I have a house..”
“Then, sleep at home for now, then come back early tomorrow morning.”
“Tomorrow…Morning…? When…?”
“Come see me, around 10 o’clock?”
The reason I hired Illyana was simple.
Because it sounds like fun.
Alberto had nothing to do while the armor was being delivered from the blacksmith’s. It would have been monster extermination or sightseeing… But it was a bit unreasonable to spend several days with just that.
So, Veronica said she hired Illyana, who said she felt a mysterious energy. You’ll be able to talk to him moderately, and you’ll know what kind of ability he has to be called a monster.
“Uh… Yes… I’ll definitely come back…!”
“Well then…”
The moment I was about to say goodbye to Illyana, there was a sudden uproar outside.
“…? What is it, it’s suddenly noisy?”
“…..Tues..Should I check…?”
“No, I’ll just go out.”
It’s not like I can let Illyana, who is feared by the city’s residents, go out, so I just decided to go out and check it myself.
When I went outside the inn, there were roughly 10 people gathered and talking with serious expressions. It looked like something had happened.
“Is something wrong with you?”
“…Who are you?”
I roughly picked one person and asked a question, and the man who received the question asked me back with a disapproving expression.
“I’m just a tourist, so I asked because I wanted to know if something was going on.”
“Ah…Is that so? Actually, it looks like the orcs have appeared from the forest under the rocky mountain.”
“…Orcs? Is that strange?”
“It’s strange, since they don’t usually leave their territory.”
“Ooh…”
This is a new knowledge. Orcs don’t come out well in their own territory….You have to remember.
“Two adventurers who went out to gather herbs today met an orc, one returned to the city with a serious injury and the other is missing?”
“That’s a big deal.”
“That’s right. Be careful, too, and don’t go into the forest under the rocky mountain and get hurt.”
“I’ll listen carefully.”
A carved horn.
Anyway, I was confident that I could easily defeat an orc.
So rather, I wanted to go into the forest where the orcs appeared. It was because they needed to check what the Orcran race looked like.
‘I’ll have to go to that forest tomorrow.’
After confirming the schedule for tomorrow, I returned to the inn and approached Illyana, who was wearing a worried expression.
“No big deal. Orcs just came out of the forest?”
“Oh..Orc…? It’s such a big deal..?”
“What’s wrong with monsters coming out of the forest… These days, adventurers can’t even catch a single orc?”
“……”
For reference, the average level of an orc is said to be in the mid-40s. And the average adventurer level is mid-20s.
“I heard that 2 adventurers met an orc, one was injured and the other was missing…The missing person is probably dead.”
“Orcs…Originally attack humans…Don’t do it well…”
“Looks like a mutation.”
Veronica said that Orcs are a race with high pride as warriors. In fact, I could see that they were different from ordinary monsters in that they did not come out well in their territory and at the same time did not attack humans first.
But it wasn’t necessarily the same race that had a similar way of thinking. Didn’t all humans think the same way?
As there are strange species in humans, there are mutations in monsters as well. Perhaps the Orc who descended into the forest this time was also likely to be such a case.
-…No matter how strange it is.
‘What?’
-No matter how mutated orcs are, they are basically intelligent beings, and there’s no way they don’t know that even if they attack humans, they won’t look good…
‘Aren’t you thinking too much? Originally, if 1,000 people gather, one of them is an idiot.’
-Hmm…
I always feel this, but Veronica is too worried. That’s what happens when you think only of the worst cases in every situation.
“For now, as I said earlier, I’m going back today. It can be difficult to go back if it gets too dark.”
“Ah…Okay…I’ll be back early tomorrow…!”
“Uh. Go inside carefully.”
***
Illyana was in a great mood for the first time in months. Her
She doesn’t know who she is, but at least she is thanks to meeting someone who treats her as a human being.
‘5 Gold… Now you don’t have to rely on your brother…’
Her For her, her biological brother, Dredd, was the object of her love and hatred.
Now that Illyana is an adult, not only did she restrict her actions, but she also forbade her from leaving the house.
Of course, Illyana wanted to have her freedom, although she knew full well that she was doing all of this for her own sake. Even if she was teased and feared as a monster, she wanted to earn her own money and live her life on her own.
‘If I start earning money… I can be confident… To my brother…!’
Illyana arrived at her shabby home with happy imaginations in her mind.
She lived in a luxurious house when her parents were alive, but after her parents passed away, she sold her original house and lived in a shabby house because of the accumulation of light.
“…? Do you have a brother…”
Then, she noticed that Illyana was doing something wrong with her.
Her own brother, Dredd, said she was concerned for her safety and returned unconditionally by 7:00 pm, but even now, after 7:30, there was no sign of Dredd’s return.
Kikik…
“…Not really…”
When Illyana opened the door of her house, the scene she was supposed to see, her brother cooking, was nowhere to be seen and she was filled with only her own stillness.
‘..Where did you go..?’
Has something happened? Still, the talented Buren would be by Dredd’s side, right?
‘..Is Buren oppa at home…?’
Come to think of it, there were times when Dredd took a nap at Buren’s house. She was, of course, but she was never past seven, but she thought she should check it out just in case.
Anyway, Buren’s house was only a 30-second walk from here, so I decided to go check it out to see if Dredd was there.
Smart…
“…Brother Dredd…? Are you there…?”
It’s strange. In the case of Dredd, even if he was in a deep sleep, he would wake up as soon as he heard Illyana’s voice… And seeing as he couldn’t hear Buren’s voice, neither of them seemed to be inside the house.
‘…Where did you go…’
Ilya put on a gloomy expression as he calmed down her body, which was getting chills for some reason.
Just as Illyana stood there desolately, she heard a familiar voice from behind her.
“Illyana?”
“…Mrs…?”
The identity of the voice was Buren’s mother, a family-like woman who had often taken care of Illyana and Dredd since they were children.
“Why are you here…?”
“Brother Dredd… Didn’t come in…”
“…Are you, Illyana, completely unaware of the current situation?”
“…?”
The current situation, what the hell does that mean?
“Your brother, Dredd, is missing now..!”
“Yeah…? What’s that…”
“Didn’t you hear? An orc appeared in the forest today, Buren was seriously injured and Dredd is missing?”
“?!”
In an instant, Illyana’s mind recalled what Gaon had said,
-No big deal. Orcs just came out of the forest?
-I heard that 2 adventurers met an orc, one was injured and the other was missing… The missing person is probably dead.
“Ah…No…!”
As far as Illyana knows, Dread’s level is in the early 30s. In other words, no matter how much she was with Buren, she had no chance of winning against a mid-level 40 orc.
“Ah…To the guards…You have to talk to the guards right now…!”
“It’s no use, this lady just went and said, and I’m on my way back, but the guards are scared and don’t want to move.”
“……”
Illyana’s whole body trembled with a dazed expression at her aunt’s cruel words.
“Oh…Brother…We need to find the car…Now…!”
“Stop Illyana! It’s dangerous to go to the forest now!”
“Let go! I’ll find my brother..!”
For Illyana, Dread was her only remaining flesh and blood, and a haven for her heart. In fact, even when he was called a monster and was bullied, he was able to endure because of Dredd.
But since Dread was said to be missing, she had no choice but to fall into a panic from her point of view.
“Wait even… Kyaaagh!”
“Let go!”
Illyana blocked herself and pushed her aunt away with her mana power as she moved toward the forest where the orcs had appeared.
[Mana runs out of control! Mana is exploding!]
In front of Illyana’s eyes, the system window was warning me that it was dangerous, but she didn’t care at all.
Her For her, the most important thing for her now was not her own life.
“…As expected…That kid…Was pretty fun.”
The moment Illyana ran out of control, Veronica, a beautiful black-haired beauty who was watching the whole scene from above, smiled happily as if she was enjoying it, and she turned into her black mist and disappeared somewhere.