94. Ugly Holy Sword
And to my surprise, nothing happened until we reached the city.
[Why?]
[Actually, isn’t this natural?]
[No, that’s strange!]
While Cream passed through the city checkpoint using the privilege of a warrior, I sent a mental wave to only the party and uttered a passionate speech.
[No raiders! I didn’t even run into monsters on the way!]
“Did we meet?”
[But that’s because everyone ran away!]
Young monsters these days don’t have spirit, spirit! The guys who lived in the Sunset Mountains still showed fighting spirit. Your father never raised you like this, but my heart feels like it’s about to break.
Besides, the only ones I encountered were low-level ones like goblins and gnolls who spent more time chasing them.
“Actually, it’s even weirder that I’ve been fighting to die until now. Isn’t this situation normal?”
[What?]
“First of all, I am also a pure-blooded prisoner.”
Choco calmly shrugged her shoulders, and finally realizing the culprit behind the incident, I gnashed my teeth.
[You were the main culprit!]
Cream is mighty, but her race is only human. This means that Cream does not appear to be a very threatening opponent to low-level monsters who do not even feel the protection she surrounds them.
Choco, on the other hand, is different. Although her appearance is cute, her essence is wild. There was no way that a monster with a beast-like mental world would not be able to sense the momentum of her superior predator that she radiated.
Of course, when in human form, most of that momentum is captured, and even a mid-level monster can escape from atrophy. However, even that was enough to make us dodge.
[Honestly, pure-blooded beastmen are the only transcendent species in this world, along with dragons.]
[It’s like f*cking talent.]
If they grow into adults normally, they are monsters of a racial unit that naturally step into a state of transcendence in the process. Besides, most dragons are confined to their rares and don’t come out well in the world.
In the end, only pure-blooded beasts are the transcendental species that roam the world. Of course, it’s rare to truly reach transcendence unless you’re an individual born with as much blood as Choco.
That rare case was right next to me.
[As expected, the world is unreasonable!]
I scattered my anger and frustration all over the place. The ominous aura of the magic sword soared, and the passers-by were startled, and Cream consoled me.
“Don’t be grumpy, do it. I’m hungry, right?”
[Correct answer, hero!]
I shouted in an unnecessarily grim tone. The reason I’m smoking like a child right now is none other than the frustration I’ve accumulated recently.
[No, you’ve been fighting like that lately, right?]
[But I didn’t do a good job!]
Recently, the only ones we’ve met have been monsters or demons at most. I am a demonic sword that is notorious to people. It was also against the primate species that I really showed my strength.
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It is not a one-on-one confrontation with the strong, but my ability reaches its peak when I commit genocide while despising the weak. By the way, there have been no such fights lately!
Akan, who was a human at least, couldn’t even taste it and let it go.
[You are very shameless on the subject of garbage.]
[Wow, as expected…]
Not only the Holy Sword, but even the muffins showed signs of being fed up, but I didn’t care. This is because my absolute ally always took my side this time too.
“Okay. Save me once, I’ll see.”
[You promised?]
“Yes.”
Of course, the holy sword was the flagship of that conversation.
[No, what are you saying?]
“Huh? Yes, of course, people.”
Cream spoke in a calm tone, as if asking what he was asking, but of course that was unacceptable for a holy sword with an extremely good tendency.
But what if Ji can’t tolerate it? The opponent is a warrior who believes in the holy sword and serves it like faith. The Holy Sword grunted, unable to do this or that.
[Ugh······. Warrior. Do you remember what I said?]
“Which one?”
[I want the hero to learn about goodness.]
Although the Holy Sword claimed to be her teacher at that time, she could not properly serve as a teacher or guide due to her position of unconditionally following the warrior’s words.
Actually, if it was still for the hero himself, for example, if Cream was a psychopath and he wanted someone to kill for pleasure, the holy sword would not have said anything.
“Yes. I’m trying, I am.”
However, it was not for Cream herself, but for me, so the holy sword was timidly trying to resist.
“Talking, I heard you. Being kind, being like a warrior. You are helping others, right?”
Cream spoke calmly, as usual, with a calm expression. She replied in a tone where the Holy Sword was a bit shy.
[Is that so…?]
“So, help. If anything, the person I like.”
I was moved and applauded for his flawless logic. This is our master! I felt the holy sword glaring at me sharply.
There is no better thing in the world than helping others without a price. I was proud of the appearance of the cream that had grown even further. Yes, keep growing like this.
“Isn’t it?”
[That, uh, uhh… Killing people is bad!]
“So, I, so far, have killed a lot of people.”
Dealing with a child makes me feel like even the logic of the holy sword is getting younger. The Holy Sword’s mouth closed shut at the question that Cream threw in succession.
“Me too, am I bad?”
It was an invincible logic. To affirm it is to insult the hero, the holy sword itself, and to deny it is to acknowledge Cream’s actions, which are tantamount to human sacrifice to me.
A dilemma that the Holy Sword cannot choose either way. The light flickered anxiously on the blade of the Holy Sword, which hesitated for a moment, and then it was picked and turned off. In the end, he gave up on the answer and chose to dive.
[Good luck.]
I grumbled, but the Sacred Sword, which had already sunk into his consciousness, couldn’t hear it. Muffin, who was watching the skit, gave a rare smile.
[Poor child.]
It’s been a while since I’ve been playing with the holy sword, so I feel proud and a sense of accomplishment for no reason. Well, that’s all white talk, now let’s get back to the original topic.
[So what were we going to do?]
“Slave, purchase?”
“I decided to go to the restaurant and eat the finest blue rare steak!”
No, you beast. When I had a snowball fight with Choco, who subtly inserted my desires, Muffin, who was worse off, eventually sorted things out.
[Haa, you decided to find the sapling of the world tree and use space movement.]
That’s right. Well, you’ll have to go back to Hyr anyway.
Andechs, where we are, was truly a boring city with no character. It is best to get away quickly from a place where no incident like this is likely to happen.
“In the interim, Robbins, let’s stop by.”
[Huh?]
“Because there will be a lot of coffee, reports, good quality, and slaves.”
[Good!]
“Good!”
And at the same time, me and Choco, who said the same thing, started growling at each other. I could hear muffins tsk tsk behind me, but it wasn’t enough to get me off my guard.
Even though I’m hundreds of years old, I’ll always be a high school girl at heart! So, it is not at all embarrassing to have childish bickering with Choco, who is a real high school girl.
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In the end, with Cream’s intervention, me and Choco stopped fighting, and we headed to where we were going.
[Come out of the branch manager!]
It was a branch of the adventurer’s guild.
Somehow I feel a sense of déjà vu, but it must be because of my mood. Following my instructions, Cream jumped in through the door, and when I shouted out an ominous aura, the tavern instantly panicked.
It seems that the rumors of the hero have spread in cities of some size. Or was it just that he was terrified by the maddeningly ominous aura I exuded.
“I am Raul, the head of the adventurer’s guild, Andex.”
Still, it was fortunate that the adventurer’s branch manager didn’t have to invade the office this time. While the tavern on the first floor fell silent, the bartender who was washing glasses at the counter slowly stood up.
Looking at the other people’s lack of refutation, it must be the real branch manager.
“By the way, that look and the talking sword. Are you a warrior by any chance?”
What is it, our cream is a celebrity. The other adventurers were still a little concerned, but Raoul definitely recognized us.
“This way.”
“What is it, Raoul! Are you trying to monopolize the pretty lady?”
Raul responded to us politely, but there was one adventurer who made a stupid joke that made it look like nothing. Hey, there are people who are so indifferent. I was amazed.
However, unlike him, the colleagues sitting next to him became contemplative and covered his mouth.
“Are you crazy? Just drink in moderation!”
“Eupbubh!”
“That discord… No, what kind of fate are you going to be subjected to by the hero of peace!”
No, that’s really too much. What kind of rumors are going around our Cream?
But it was such a trivial thing, and since Raoul was trying to divert his attention, I decided to let it go.
Certainly, the branch manager did not have much distance from the other adventurers, and the atmosphere was very good. That must mean that peace prevails in this city.
“Hmmm. What did you come for?”
Raul, who guided us to the office, opened his mouth in a deep voice. I shot a dull mental wave at Raul, who wasn’t surprised at the sight of the talking sword.
[Ah, I have something to tell the high elves.]
First of all, any adventurer’s guild should have at least a contact with the guild leader, so you should be able to use it after asking Riya-noona for the location of a nearby sapling.
However, Raul’s words immediately put me off my thoughts.
“Are you going to use the saplings of the World Tree, too?”
The high elves’ contact point somewhere in the city- The adventurer’s guild was the contact point for the forest keepers who managed the saplings of the World Tree, not the guild leader Liya.
Well, since the head of the adventurer’s guild was a high elf in the first place, it’s only natural if you think about it. Anyway, it was a happy mistake. I put in what I was going to say and said it confidently.
[Yes. So can you guide me?]