70. Witch Hunt (1)
“This is inconvenient.”
“Be patient. You know very well that you can’t just wear pants like on a deserted island, right?”
Lenny patted me on the shoulder and whispered softly.
I know.
It’s inconvenient here, and if you take off your armor, it’s an escort accident and everything is ruined.
That’s why I’m desperately enduring the discomfort of having these bugs crawling all over my body.
Still, I expected it to be a splendid armor that opened my mouth on its own, but even though the blood of an Irishman who participated in a war naked in the distant past flows through my body. Why do you feel like you’re getting hives all over your body because you’re wearing armor? Could it be that I am allergic to steel?
Oh, I don’t know. I just hope it’s over soon.
“…Do you hate it that much?”
“Not that much. It’s just inconvenient.”
“Because it’s a ceremonial armor, it’s originally a bit inconvenient, so bear with it. You can wear a light suit when you’re at work. Aren’t I usually dressed lightly too?”
“…Not really.”
“Yes. So let’s be patient for a little while. I want to get rid of this tin armor quickly. Wearing something like this in this warm weather makes me sweat all over.”
Sweaty Lenny. I want to see you once. I’ve never seen it properly on a deserted island. Come to think of it, I’ve never seen Lenny break a sweat from fighting. Is it harder to wear thick armor than to fight?
So we chatted and waited for the door to open.
Anyway, it’s not that grandiose because it’s an abbreviated form, but even if it’s abbreviated, the minimum procedure must be followed.
It’s a bit embarrassing to have to stand for over 15 minutes in filthy heavy armor, but-
“Please come in.”
“Let’s go. Don’t forget what you memorized.”
“Okay… I got it.”
The door opens.
Looking ahead through the eye sockets, I saw an old man in a white priestly robe at the end of the room.
It was a very welcome face. It wasn’t different, because it was the NPC that I got tired of meeting when I got a job as a priest in the game. The head of Crispy, or rather, the bishop, who taught the priests skills several times in the game, cleared his throat and looked at me with soft eyes.
Seeing the faint curiosity in your eyes, are you curious about me? Well, even I would be curious and look at a human who gets a license in double digits and casts ‘Give me a knighthood’. Even more so, since the person who acquired both the warrior guild and wizard guild licenses at the same time was the first person since the establishment of Calon Academy.
…Originally, it’s a title that the main character should get.
With this, I learned that the main character is a human who can’t act like a dead person like a duel class, so it was a good harvest. Regardless of whether the main character actually exists.
“Now, come here.”
We approached Bishop Crispy, maintaining a disciplined gait as we practiced. We stopped within arm’s reach and carefully knelt down. A strange smell comes through the hole in the helmet. Was it the scent of scented candles scattered around, or the smell coming from Bishop Crispy’s body? I bit my tongue lightly at the smell of drowsiness.
“From now on, the knight ordination ceremony will begin. Mary, bring me the sword.”
As soon as the words were finished, regular footsteps were heard. When the sound of footsteps ended, a sharp sound tickled my ears this time. Did you draw the sword? As I was thinking about that, a voice came from above my head.
“John. Will you, as a knight, swear to respect and protect the weak?”
“I swear.”
“John, will you swear to serve your lord with valor and faith?”
“I swear.”
“John, will you swear not to turn your back on the enemy?”
“I swear.”
“John, you…”
Repetition of questions and answers. No matter how many times he shouted an oath, the question suddenly stopped. Is it over? Just in case, I paused for a while, and I heard Bishop Crispy’s voice.
“Get up.”
Standing up, I met the Bishop’s eyes. Clear, clear eyes. It was hard to believe that it was human eyes. Is it because he has one of the best personalities in the game?
“With this, you have become a knight. Please act with dignity. And…I’m asking for Karina-sama.”
Bishop Crispy’s voice was full of sincerity that could not be hidden. He was genuinely worried about Karina. I stared blankly at the hand the bishop was holding and recited a sentence I had thought of beforehand.
“Even if I die, I will protect you.”
As soon as the words were finished, the uncalled status window opened.
[Mission Clear]
Reward: Attribute Point 1
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“Your ID card is gorgeous…”
I fiddled with the little golden pendant that proved to be a knight. Of course, there is nothing inside. People say they usually include family portraits, but I didn’t have one. So there is nothing to put
…Should I get a portrait of Karina and put it in like an escort knight?
“Don’t forget. It’s really cumbersome to get it issued again.”
“Okay.”
“I’m going to see Karina-nim soon, and you should follow me too. Since you are now an escort, you have to work.”
“It’s been almost 15 days.”
“Until now, only I and Professor Lennon could see each other, but now you will come too.”
“I am worried about Milia.”
Milia doesn’t like being alone. I could still see him walking around alone with a gloomy expression because he didn’t want to interfere with my studies related to my position as a knight. Milia seemed to hate that she was alone.
Could it be because of things in the past?
At first glance, it looked like a pouting puppy because the owner didn’t play with it. Wait a minute, I used to think that way when I looked at the expression that changed every time I met Milia in the spare time hanging out with Milia.
“I still have to work. Millia is not her child either, is she?”
“…I did.”
It’s because he follows you around like a baby bird. In terms of age, he’s the eldest among us. Right now, I have to add and multiply my age by about 10 times to get Milia’s age.
I followed Lenny and got up. It’s been a long time since I met Karinara. Will my body be okay?
There’s no way my body will get better at the point of being cursed.
We left the Dawning Hall and headed straight to Karina’s lab where she was being treated. The road to the lab was quiet. It was natural. Because today was the weekend. At least, I could see students enjoying the holidays from time to time.
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…Looking at her tired, is she a slave or a graduate student?
That’s not what I’m talking about. I am now Karina-sama’s loyal slave… No, because I have become an escort knight. According to Lenny, there are benefits, but he said that it would be difficult to use them properly, but all of her office workers are like that. It’ll be a little better once Karina wakes up.
“Karina-sama should wake up soon…”
“Didn’t you say that you almost did all the curses?”
“But… It’s a terrible curse, so it looks like they’re having a hard time removing the core of the curse.”
A curse core? Are you talking about something like a medium? I don’t know anything about curses, so it’s hard to understand. Even in the game, curses are status ailments, and all of those things would be solved with one shot of the priest’s purification magic. This means that there is no way to solve this area even with secretly remembered original knowledge of what principle the curse is triggered and how to do it.
In the end, you have to rely on the ability of a good-looking professor who can sing.
The problem is, if I remember correctly, what will happen after the appearance of the Hell Hound…
“John?”
“Ah, sorry. I have something to think about.”
“Do you have any worries? If it’s not something you can’t talk about, tell me about it. This sister will listen to you.”
Lenny playfully tapped me on the side. The frequency of such friendly pranks has increased recently, probably because we have become closer than before as we have been together due to the appointment of a knight. It’s not bad, but I was afraid that I would accidentally break one part of my body like a can of sorghum.
“I was just thinking about the people who cursed Karina.”
“Ah, those scum… They sent the Holy Knights to the base of the Harpas Church, but they said they weren’t showing up already. If I had been away, I would have found it myself and severed all the hairs.”
You ran away with it? I didn’t think I would be caught easily from the moment I decided to kill Karina, but I didn’t catch any at all. Aren’t you too incompetent?
Well, if they were competent, the world wouldn’t have perished in the original.
The difficulty level is one hell of a guess in case someone isn’t a f*cking game.
The missions are a headache too.
“… Status window.”
Call the status window like a whisper. A newly appeared mission after clearing yesterday’s mission.
[New Mission]
– Become friendly with the witch.
Reward: Attribute Points 2
Subtly increased rewards and cryptic quests.
And witches.
They say my memory is faded and there are many missing places, but I know witches.
The story continues after the Hellhound Incident.
Summon demons.
The final boss of the Demon Summoning episode.
That was a witch.
But you want to be friends with witches? What on earth is the true ending, why do we have to be friendly with the villain?
“Hey, hey! Are you listening to me?”
My endless thoughts disappeared along with Lenny’s cry.
“… Sorry.”
“I don’t mean to say anything because I have a lot of thoughts, but if you do that while talking to people, it will be embarrassing, so be careful. Come on, let’s go in.”
We entered the research building where Professor Lennon’s laboratory is located. Due to the nature of Haeju Studies, there are many cases where cursed objects are dealt with, so the Haeju Faculty had a separate building that was not suitable for the size of the Faculty. I didn’t know it at the time because I was so tired, but once I entered the building, I felt that the air had changed.
“I feel uncomfortable whenever I come here.”
“Not a place I want to come to very often.”
“When Karina wakes up, we should take her to the Dawning House right away…”
Even though there is a holy relic, you’re a coward. How many cursed items have you collected?
Even though there is one of the most powerful holy relics, it’s this much. If you don’t have it, even if you come in, the curse will cling to you like in an old horror movie, and you’ll spend an exciting night with ghosts.
I don’t know if ghosts really exist. No, there are demons, monsters, and Dullahans, but there’s no way there aren’t ghosts-
“Ah.”
The shock I felt in my chest woke me up from my thoughts and looked down at the person I bumped into.
…Something familiar?
“…Are you okay?”
“Are you okay?”
Lenny and I approached the girl who was sitting on the floor and asked. The female student only trembled at our question. And I noticed that there was water on the floor where the female student was sitting.
Why are there puddles like this? But the smell and color…
“…A monster, a monster…”
Oh, I passed out.
“…What is it? Why are you fainting?”
“I don’t know either.”
We looked at each other and shrugged.