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Not long after the Hero Party was reunited, the Imperial Palace’s office.
There, Altrich was perusing a long letter with a magnifying glass. It was a report from Elaine. Instead of being dispatched for an activity fee, Elaine had decided to regularly publish Zain’s trend reports. The report was full of content that was not known whether it was self-congratulation or a report, written in useless and elegant handwriting.
“The plan was a great success, the red mage also misses the cute me so much. Thanks to love, he regained the strength to live. fell in love with me It feels like an exaggeration to say that we are lovers. Then, a party was formed to fight against the demon realm again. Almost all of my other co-workers had gathered. He said he wanted to grow us up to fight the Demon King… ”
The content about Jinma Hwang was omitted. It was because Jain asked for silence. It was because of causality. Altrich carefully reviewed the contents of the letter, many times over. Leonhardt, the best knight in the Empire, who stood next to him for escort, asked with an anxious look.
“Can you trust the contents of that letter?”
Apparently, he still didn’t trust Elaine. Altrich replied with a smile.
“The investigation was exaggerated, but it didn’t seem like he was a kid who would say anything out of the ordinary. So, all you need to do is remove all adverbs and modifiers, and filter out only the facts that can no longer be excluded, excluding subjective interpretations.”
Finally, Altrich put the letter down. It was because the work of refining that fact was finished.
“It seems that it is true that the red mage formed a new party and decided to fight against the demon realm again.”
“Is that so?”
Leonhard’s face brightened a little. But Altrich was thinking of something else.
‘What I tried to hide was the motive and purpose. There is no specific mention of what motivated him to get up after losing the will to live and being in a debilitating state. Maybe he asked me to hide it.’
In the letter, it was unnaturally emphasized several times that it was because of love that Jain had regained his motivation. It was too much to be seen as a description to exaggerate his own worth and merit. Perhaps there were instructions to hide. Altrich thought so.
‘Well, it doesn’t seem like a bad motive. You’ll have to figure it out later.’
Altrich shook his head and came to another conclusion. It was the conclusion that I could trust Jain and entrust something. He gave orders to the guard with a chin.
“Sir Patriot, bring Gramhild.”
Leonhardt immediately returned with the holy sword Gramhild. When the sword was pulled out of the sheath, the blade reflected the light and sprinkled a milky brilliance. Altrich looked into his own face reflected on his sword and asked Leonhardt.
“How did your efforts to use Gramhilt pay off?”
“no. It’s a shame, but I failed.”
Hoguk-gyeong shook his head. Gramhild lost his skill like a toy knife in the hand of a non-master, and could not cut a single piece of paper. The reason I tried it even though I knew it was because of an attack from the demons a while ago.
For some reason, the demons kidnapped the hero Bongpal Park by sending the heir to the demon king and dragons. For Altrich, it was a truly meaningless attack. He pondered for days and days with that clever brain, but could not find a reasonable reason. The last reason he had barely deduced was this holy sword.
‘Are you aiming for the holy sword?’
Gramhild had great potential. This was a weapon that had the power to raise even a child who had never held a sword before as a hero. The plan is to seize the hero first, then take even Gramhild and give it to the hero, and use that power to raise the warrior and use it as the power of the demon realm. I thought that maybe he had a plan like that.
‘So, there is no guarantee that the next time Gramhild will not be attacked.’
The Chief of Staff of the Annihilator Army infiltrated as far as the northern fortress, seized the hero and fled. That fact made mankind, who had been loosened up by the demon lord subjugation, tense up. Taking Gramhilt would have been a simpler task compared to taking the hero. So Altrich was diligently searching for a safe place to store Gramhild.
And the safest place in the world he came up with was Jain’s arms. Given Zain’s transcendent inaction, Altrich had guessed that he would also know how to use this holy sword.
“Then, are you going to do it as planned? I asked the Red Mage to keep this Gramhilt… ”
“No, I thought so, but I changed my mind a bit.”
“Yes?”
“I’m thinking of giving it away.”
At that, Leonhard gave a bewildered expression on his face.
“Are you saying you’re going to give it up altogether? A holy sword?”
“okay. Just like that.”
“But, how do you get the treasures of the empire… to a foreigner?”
Leonhardt’s reaction must have been the usual reaction. It was usually not a big deal to hand over ownership of the Imperial Treasure, the Holy Sword, to someone who had nothing to do with the Empire. But Altrich only sighed. Its eyes were gleaming with kindness.
“Think about the reality, not the appearance of the action. The act of possession is always a nominal act. Without a piece of paper, it is indistinguishable from rental.”
“Can you explain a little more?”
“Whether we ask him to take over this holy sword or hand it over to him, the essence is the same. He will keep the holy sword safely, and he will fight the demons with that holy sword.”
“but… ”
“However, if you ask me to take over the debt, the empire loses, and if you hand over the ownership, you become a red mage.”
“ah.”
Leonhard groaned. He seemed to understand a little bit what Altrich was thinking. If he could hide his true circumstances and simply hand over the holy sword, he would be grateful for the unprecedented treatment of the Empire. In fact, without knowing that it would benefit the Empire, who was looking for a place to store it.
“It would be better to keep one debt than to take on one debt while doing the same thing.”
I’ve seen him for a while, but it’s his nature that he owes him a debt, and I don’t think he’s going to pay it back. Altrich added. Leonhardt admired himself.
‘To use the other person to achieve the purpose, but rather to be appreciated. Is this a politician?’
The prime minister in front of him truly deserved the title of Iron-Blood. Leonhard nodded and asked again.
“Then how are you going to give it to me?”
“Well, you can find a suitable cause and hand it over. Well, to congratulate Elaine, whom we dispatched, for becoming lovers, and to give him a holy sword as a sword of gayak. That should be enough.”
In this world, it was customary to present a sword to an engaged lover. Altrich remembered it. Leonhard asked with a worried expression.
“Because they’re lovers, is that kid and the red mage really a lover?”
“What if it’s not true? You just need to give it a reason. This is a matter that must be handled in a confidential manner, so it would be better for me to go to Rottern and hand it over myself.”
Altrich made a conclusion and put Gramhild into a cypress neckerchief covered with silk. And I started writing letters. The content of the letter was very concise.
[Congratulations on your success. Being in love with the Red Mage, I can’t get over it from the position of being the guardian who sent you. I would like to present the holy sword Gramhild to that person with the sword of kayak, so please do not refuse. I’ll drop by Rotern myself and hand it over to you. Miss Elaine, congratulations on having a lover. ]
*
Meanwhile, in Rottern’s cafe.
“Hey, ragweed boy.”
“Whoa!”
Taching lovers Elaine and Zain were fighting fiercely. Zain was pulling Elaine’s cheek. Elaine, wearing a maid outfit, struggled without even being able to protest properly.
“How many times is this already? Another order mistake? That customer got angry and left.”
“But, frappuccino, peperoncinoni, it’s all the same, I don’t know… ”
“Yeah, I’m a beginner, so I can make mistakes. So I passed it three times. But how can you make a mistake four times a day?”
From the day after the party was formed, the heroines were working in Herena’s cafe. The number of customers gradually increased due to the effect of a large number of beautiful female clerks. However, the growth was not that great. It was because Elaine, who was not used to working at the cafe, made a mistake and kicked out all the customers. He had been patient and patient for several days, but when Elaine made another mistake, he could not bear it and became angry.
“want to go home… ”
That evening, after finishing the deadline, Elaine sat at the back door of the cafe and muttered. The sky I looked up at while hugging my knees was a clear black. Elsie, I miss you. As I was muttering like that, I heard a blunt voice behind me.
“Now this is your home, where are you going?”
“yes?”
Elaine, still in her maid outfit, looked back, hugging her knees. There was a Jain. Two cups of roasted coffee were in their hands. Zain sat down next to Elaine, handed him coffee and said:
“sorry. I was angry earlier.”
However, Thorazin Elaine did not receive it. He just shook his head. Jain said while offering coffee.
“Are you pissed off?”
“I’m not crooked.”
“I’m pissed.”
“Because I’m not pissed off. Why do you keep… ”
And Elaine stopped talking. It was because the potato bread hit the cheek. It was a menu not sold in cafes. Knowing what Elaine liked, he must have gone out to buy it. Jain said while holding the potato bread.
“Release your anger. I was wrong.”
“How easy it is to see people. Do you think that just one thing like this will relieve your anger?”
released
Elaine took the potato bread, chewed it, and drank coffee as if resentful. Seeing this, Jain smiled bitterly.
“It’s windy, so don’t sit outside like this, go in and go to bed early. I have to go to the guild tomorrow.”
Zain was planning to register Elaine as an adventurer. Not only Elaine, but all the heroines were going to be adventurers. The reason was clear.
‘That’s because we can distribute all the giyeon of the regular route.’
Brave Bong-Pal Park was dragged to the Demon Realm without being able to touch a single piece of Ki-yeon that was left for him. So the dungeons, items, hidden pieces, etc. that were originally left for Bong-Pal Park remained intact. Zain was planning to induce growth by properly distributing it to the heroine. And in order to receive the Giyeon left by Park Bong-pal, it was essential to join a guild and build up a track record.
So, one by one, we decided to go to the guild together with Jain. The first turn was Elaine.
Tomorrow was the day I promised to finally visit the guild and become an adventurer. When she first heard this story, Elaine was delighted with her little teeth. But now, Elaine was firmly dehydrated.
“I won’t.”
“yes? Why all of a sudden.”
“I can’t do simple things like this, such as ordering a cafe, so how can someone like me fight Jin Ma Hwang?”
Elaine said so and buried her face in her lap. Apparently, he was really freaked out.
“If I go to the guild, do I have to take a quest for testing? And do you have to set up a temporary party for the quest and succeed in the first mission? But, nobody’s going to have a party with someone like me.”
Hearing this, Jain smiled teasingly.
“What is it, aren’t you asking me to leave it to the cute me as usual?”
“Don’t make fun of me… Seriously.”
Zain said while stroking Elaine’s head, who had bowed her head in grass.
“do not worry. Tomorrow everyone will find you. It must be a popular explosion?”
“Don’t lie… ”
“Would you like to bet?”
At that, Elaine shook her head. Jain’s expression looked more serious than ever.
“A bet?”
“okay. If you go to the guild tomorrow, everyone will beg you to become a companion. Or I will, um, do whatever you want me to do.”
“If not?”
“then… ”
Jain offered the terms of the bet. It was worth listening to. Elaine was dubious, but nodded, accepting the bet.
*
And, the next day.
“Me, Saint Elaine Enfield? If not for the lungs, why not subdue the goblin den together?”
“No, I spoke first! Listen to me first!”
Elaine, as soon as she finished registering as an adventurer at the reception desk, put on a bewildered expression because of the rush of people. Jain looked at him and muttered.
‘Of course.’
This world is similar to a game, but to the extent of reality. The risk of death and injury was incomparable to the game. So, the position of the saint who can heal the wounds was much better than the original. This is because the skill Elaine’s only healing skill, ‘Less Healing’, was a skill that could tell the difference between life and death in this world.
After graduating from the convent, Elaine had never been out on the field other than a hero party, so she just didn’t know where she was.
“is that so? Am I that useful?”
Elaine’s expression, which was stunned at first, began to widen the more she received courtship. He seemed to have regained his motivation and confidence. Zain, with his arms crossed behind him, nodded happily. And shouted loudly to Elaine.
“Hey, I have to keep my bet. Come quickly.”
“ah.”
The bet was clearly a Jain victory. Hearing this, Elaine shouted lightly and ran to Zorr Jain. It was to keep the promise of the bet.