52 – Joining
‘It’s a voice I’ve heard before…’
That’s what she thought as she looked at the old man holding up her evidence in front of the drum noble lady.
“Managing official documents, which can be a fatal weakness, like this… I think it’s a mistake on the part of the second princess.”
‘Ah. ‘You’re the man who stabbed me in the back.’
Seeing as he is wearing a butler’s uniform, he must be a spy infiltrating this territory.
“Yes, how could you…”
A noble lady raising her fat hand like a pig’s trotter and pointing a finger at her own butler.
Her lower jaw trembles as if she is angry.
“Arrest them.”
Her knights, who stood on either side of the noblewoman, oppressed her at her old man’s sudden command.
“You, you too? Let go, let go you bastards!!”
‘This damn territory is full of spies…’
I was stunned by the sudden situation, but things progressed so quickly that the drum noble was dragged away.
Before turning his back, the old man bowed slightly to me.
The villagers, including me, who were dazed, seemed to have come to their senses again, and started bowing down to me again and shouting, “Saint!”
‘No, your lord has been captured now.’
“Saint! Please lead us!”
“Please lead the way!”
“Please become my lord!”
‘Yes, let’s run away.’
I shamelessly decided to physically escape from this place and took a step back.
At that time,
“What is this situation?”
I heard a voice other than that of the villagers and looked in that direction, and saw the monk and female warrior I had seen earlier when I was eating food.
And then a typical witch wearing a navy blue robe and a wide-brimmed hat caught my eye.
The three walked through the villagers and came to me.
The witch looked back and forth between me and the villagers for a moment and then snapped her fingers as if she knew something.
“Saint! Please guard the future of our platinum level adventurer team, the Chili Peppers…!”
She took off her witch hat and bowed to me with her graceful gestures.
She had dark blue hair that matched the robe she was wearing, braided into two braids, and her bangs were long enough to cover her eyes, making it look a little intrusive.
Large, round glasses stood out between the long bangs. By the way…
‘It is the greeting of nobility.’
It’s probably one of three things, either he stole it from somewhere, he’s a fallen noble, or he’s lying about being an adventurer.
‘Let’s fight back faster than that.’
From what I could see, it seemed like those adventurers were trying to save me from trouble.
“Well, that’s good! I’ve heard the name of the famous Chili Peppers!”
‘The team name is probably just a roughly made up pseudonym…’
As I was guessing like that, the witch who looked like I was in trouble opened her mouth again.
“There are many listening ears here, so I would appreciate it if you could please move to your seat and respond to the consultation…!”
As the witch tried to finish her sentence in informal language, the female warrior standing next to her stabbed her in the side and changed into her strange expression.
‘My guess was right.’
For some reason, they are trying to help me.
I decided to give it a go.
“Good! The contents of the consultation must be top secret. Take the lead!”
At that time, one of the villagers jumped up.
The village chief tried to stop the villager, but it was too late.
“Don’t lie! I’m not trying to hog the saint! “I think Platinum Adventurers are just stones rolling around on the street, but if you impersonate them carelessly…”
Before the villager’s reprimand had even finished, the adventurer witch was holding a brilliant metal card in her hand.
It is a silver metal, but strangely, when exposed to sunlight, parts of it turned emerald like a hologram.
She held it high for everyone to see.
The card said ‘Platinum level adventurer team Chili Peppers’.
‘Was it real?’
I was more surprised that the name was real than that they were Platinum.
“There will be no complaints now!?”
The witch’s eerily red lips were twisted in triumph on the witch’s face, which was as white as a sheet of paper.
The village woman who raised an objection seemed to have a significant status as a platinum-level adventurer, but she stood there and turned blue.
“Well, now that I think about it, I’ve heard of it! “Young adventurers who were promoted super-fast on the 2nd Princess line!”
“That’s right! “I thought it was a strange name and passed on it… hehehehe!”
The villager who dissed their team name looked down under the witch’s fierce glare.
“Okay then, let me borrow the saint for a moment. “Please understand.”
A narrow-eyed male monk walked ahead, putting his hands together in the four directions.
‘Is that person the leader?’
It was unusual for the situation to be summed up in a firm voice.
The two female members and I quickly followed him.
The right arm sleeve of the monk walking ahead was fluttering.
‘He’s a monk, but he has narrow eyes and one arm? The cool thing is, you can do it all by yourself…’
He seemed quite cool to my still remaining 2nd year of middle school emotions.
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“Hey, Lishari! Didn’t you hear what Zespa said!?”
As soon as she entered the empty room, the female warrior pointed her finger at the witch and reprimanded her.
“I’m sorry~”
When the witch scratched the back of her head and showed an insincere attitude, the female warrior seemed angry and tried to shoot her once more.
At that time, a monk came forward.
“Calm down, Calia. There was nothing we could do in that situation. Rishari’s judgment was right.”
“Yeah, really?”
The female warrior retreated as if embarrassed.
‘As expected, the monk is the leader.’
Members who immediately agree with his decision to stop traffic.
“Hey~”
The witch grinned triumphantly.
“I would like to formally express my gratitude. Thanks to you, our colleagues were able to survive.”
The monk bowed his head deeply to me with one hand joined, with only his left hand raised.
“Oh no. I just did it because I felt like it.”
“Thank you so much. To be honest, I was prepared, but thanks to you, I survived~”
“Rishari!!”
The witch walked towards me with her arm around her shoulder, pretending to be her friend, and the female warrior approached me in horror.
-Munchul.
I felt a happy touch on his arm and looked over to see that there was something quite hidden under his loose robes.
‘If you look at his appearance, he appears to be this type of warrior…’
I saw a female warrior and a witch alternately.
Healthy brown tanned skin. A well-built body with not too much muscle. A face that looks bright and lively.
The female warrior, who looked like she was good at picking on men, never spoke to me or even made eye contact with me.
On the other hand, witches appear gloomy and shy at first glance, but they come across as sly.
“Get away quickly! How many times do I tell you not to do this!”
The female warrior yells and pulls her witch away.
‘It seems like this happens often.’
It’s probably referring to being attached to a man.
“Hmm. I heard that you have already made a pact with someone. I think it would be better to show some restraint this time.”
The monk cleared his throat and joined the female warrior.
“I’m sorry~ I’m late to say hello. My name is Rishari. I’m a magician and I’m talking nonsense!”
Shake her hand,
“My name is Jespara. I am a monk who is currently practicing as a monk.”
“…Ka, it’s Calia…”
Calia hesitated, casting her eyes diagonally downward.
“I am Thomas Anderson. Thanks to you, I survived. Thank you.”
I bowed my head to them.
“You saved my life, but that’s easy!”
Lishari put his arm around me again, and Kalia threw a dropkick at Richari.
“By the way, why are you on the outskirts of this principality?”
Jespa calmly ignored the two women and spoke to me.
“Well, there are various things going on.”
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When I didn’t bother to reveal the details, Jespa paused for a moment.
“Hmm.. Then I have a suggestion, but it would be better to welcome an uninvited guest first.”
Jespa immediately got up, went to the door, opened it, and closed it.
“Wow~!”
Then, with his ear pressed against the door, someone screamed and fell down into the room.
“Scylla?”
It was Sila, the village girl who gave me a guide to the village.
“Ri, Riddle…”
Silas was trembling with tears in her eyes.
Something about her stimulated the man’s protective instinct, so I hesitantly approached her where she was sitting and wrapped my arms around her shoulders.
In the form of hiding her from her adventurers.
“It’s okay. Calm down…”
It may be because of the fear of overhearing the conversation of high-ranking people.
“Why did you come?”
“I’m afraid Riddle will leave like this…”
When I asked, she answered in a hushed voice.
“……”
As I was in trouble, I heard a voice shouting a starter word from behind.
“Sleep.”
Sila, who was sitting, closed her eyes and fell into my arms.
When I checked, he was asleep.
“I think I’m in trouble~”
Looking back, Li Shari was holding her short staff in her hand with a mischievous smile on her face.
I smiled bitterly.
He seemed to be prone to unexpected actions, but it was appropriate.
Jespa finally got to the point.
“Would you like to join us on our journey? We are just heading to the royal capital of Fearless.”
“Oh, that would be great if you said so!”
As soon as I heard the story, I readily agreed.
I don’t know what the platinum level is, but it is definitely quite high.
He will definitely be stronger than me.
I have experienced first-hand the importance of travel companions in this world, having overcome the risk of death several times.
Furthermore, from now on, grasslands and forests will spread out again to the south. There must be more monsters than in the wasteland.
I looked down at Silas in my arms for a moment, but I shook her head.
‘It’s better to leave like this. She is just a memory to her and the people of her village.’
I lifted her into her princess arms and carried her to her bed.
“Everyone, I’m sorry, but could you please leave for a moment? I have something to prepare.”
When I suggested it, they readily agreed.
I closed the door and called out Baekdori.
‘It would have been better if there was something like transparency…’
I decided to use the most powerful method to get out of this village without causing trouble.
“Give me a potion other than magic recovery.”
“It’s a transformation potion! I got it!”
I took the gender change potion Baekdori brought out without hesitation.