“It’s hot.”
The sun was shining with a fierce force that seemed to burn his skin.
Below that, Minerva slumped and muttered helplessly.
She was sweating profusely, covering her entire body except her face with clothes to protect her skin.
“It’s too hot. what… How can humans survive this heat? ? The humans she knew were very weak beings… .”
Han Soo-young waved her hand in the air without a word, seeing her droopy.
The one she used was a magic that blocks the heat, which she had already used for me and her, as well as for Minerva.
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Only Minerva was using it over and over again.
“Well.”
Han Soo-young thought for a moment, then moved her hand once more.
Then, the sand on the floor moved as if it were alive and created a shade.
“Let’s take a little rest.”
Han Soo-young came closer as if trying to support Minerva, who was still gasping and exhaling.
Minerva sat in the shade, supported by her without much resistance.
“If you think about it, Minerva was very good at getting cold in the beginning… I guess I’m more sensitive than the average person. Still, I’m worried, if I’m already drooping like this from now on… .”
“It’s because the human body is still awkward.”
Minerva took a deep breath and muttered.
As if frustrated, she roughly untied the clothes that were wrapped around her body.
Thanks to her, the dress I gave her was revealed, along with sweat-drenched hair.
“It takes a little more getting used to. When that time comes, I will no longer hold onto your ankles… So… … .”
Instead of muttering lamentably, she tilted the canteen and drank the water.
Han Soo-young, who was watching from the side, slowly opened her mouth.
“Or would you like to change some clothes? There are clothes on which I cast a spell… .”
“No!”
Minerva was startled and grabbed the hem of the dress she was wearing.
Then he frowned slightly and looked at Han Soo-young and said.
“How many times have I not told you not to?”
“I know the heart, but it’s because it’s so hard.”
“… Wouldn’t it be better to take off this piece of cloth that you are wearing?”
Minerva muttered as if he didn’t understand.
“Even if they get burned, the three of us here can be healed right away. Besides that… Is it heat stroke? It can also be cured quickly. I think it is better to move quickly with a light body.”
“That’s not right.”
As I was listening to her talk, I waved my hand.
Then the two men, who were wrapped around their bodies, looked at me.
“It’s much faster and more comfortable to move like this.”
… It was sincere.
The reason was that it was embarrassing to say with my mouth, but Sooyoung and Minerva were both amazingly beautiful. Such a beauty that I would like to see once in my lifetime.
Maybe that’s why, in a city or village, it was scary to take a step, and the reason was all related to these two.
Even after all other parts except the eyes were covered with clothes, we continued to get caught up in troublesome things, and eventually we were moving to such a rare place.
“A few days ago, while eating, there was a mess. We’ll never go into that town again.”
Minerva grumbled in a fat voice.
“… Those who dared to touch her body without knowing the subject were wrong. Are you sure it’s your fault?”
“No, it was good. Seriously, Minerva.”
While Sooyoung and I had been away for a while, some men had gathered.
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Of course, the guy who tried to touch Minerva’s body without fear was forced to spend the rest of his life begging.
I complimented her, but I didn’t mean to blame her.
“It’s a village a little further away, so let’s rest there.”
“… It doesn’t have to be because of her. Isn’t now the time to move quickly?”
“It’s because it’s the fastest.”
He nodded as he took out his water bottle and gave Raune a drink of water, who was panting in his pocket.
“Didn’t you say that you have someone you need to meet before finding Venus? That person lives in that town. But probably because of our nature, if we rush in, we will try to run away, so it would be quickest to go and meet me alone. In the meantime, Suyeong is Minerva, you two are resting in the dorm.”
He said, putting the half-empty canteen back into his arms.
“Anyway, everyone feels uncomfortable because of the sand, dust and sweat. It’s a pretty big city… You will be able to take a hot bath after a long time.”
Sooyoung as well as Minerva’s eyes twinkled at the word bath.
In her original form, she was not very interested in bathing, but after becoming a human body, it seemed that she had a lot of fun taking a bath.
“Um, then let’s go. I mean, the woman is also quite energetic.”
Minerva frowned and began to put the clothes over her dress again.
Han Soo-young, who was wiping the sand off her clothes with her hand, looked at me with a ‘I see’.
“By the way, Jihyuk, who are you going to meet? Is it anyone I know?”
There wasn’t much to hide, so he happily answered and nodded his head.
“The one who made your shield by Sooyoung.”
The person I want to meet.
He was the blacksmith of Yado.
* * *
In order to seal the existence of the Seven Evils, at least two conditions must be met.
The first thing to do is to completely suppress them so that they do not resist any resistance while performing the sealing.
The next step was to prepare a technique, method, or tool to seal the existence of the Seven Evil Bells.
The first condition makes no sense, but the second condition is also difficult to satisfy.
There was no way I could use the high-level magic of sealing, and even though Sooyoung was far beyond the realm of ordinary people, she did not have the ability to seal the Seven Evil Bells.
Even though I had little hope for Minerva, who was the same Seven Evil Species, she, too, had built a wall in that way, so she had whispered in the shadows that it would not be of any help at all.
Then, unlike Minerva, who sealed herself, Sbangali, who had been sealed by others, opened her mouth with a very inappropriate voice.
[The world says that this body was sealed by the shaman of the first World Tree. As I said before, that’s half right and half wrong. World Tree Maiden… Precisely, while I was fighting a strong woman by summoning the shaman of the first World Tree to this age, Ariman secretly used a trick on me.]
I definitely remembered it.
He had said that it was Ariman who sealed himself, Juno, and Venus in the past.
[Anyway, this body was sealed in the World Tree. In the case of a skinny guy there… Did you say that you suppressed the paladin, the highest bishop, with a magic circle created by sacrificing seven people?]
world number.
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Or the sacrifice of the seven highest bishops.
None of this was easy to prepare.
… I was thinking about it for so long.
That night, as if looking through my worries, Ariman leaked information.
It is said that the blacksmith of Yado is hiding in this city.
And his ability is enough to create a tool that can seal Venus and Juno.
“Are you there?”
When I arrived in the city, I searched for him, groping for the energy I felt.
Then he stopped in front of the ugly blacksmith and carefully entered the shop.
Inside, a young man was beating a hammer.
“Excuse me.”
Hearing my greeting, he glanced at me with a smirk and then put down the hammer.
Then, he picked up the red hot iron ingot he was beating with his bare hands and set it aside.
“It’s odd.”
he muttered quietly.
“If it’s definitely a face you’ve seen for the first time, the energy you’re seeing for the first time, then why is my mark engraved on it?”
Yado’s blacksmith muttered like that and looked at me for a long time.
“… There’s no way you can fool this. I wrote it right, I’m sure. Surely you have my mark engraved on you. It is also a sign that I must repay the favor. even twice… ? But should I consider myself lucky that there is only one left?”
In the past, he had told me he would do two favors for me as he was paid more.
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One of them was used to make a black coffin, but there was still one chance left.
“Is the time axis twisted, or was there a disruption of causation that he or she would not know about…? Either way, it doesn’t matter to me.”
He sat across from me and looked at me.
His pupils fluttered like flames.
“I am a blacksmith, and a blacksmith can make the right thing for the person who paid for it. … Judging by the fact that you have come all the way here, it seems that you have something to ask of me, right?”
“It is correct.”
“Then tell me. I don’t know when I got it, but it’s my iron rule that I should give back what I received.”
“Previously… .”
As if to wait for a moment, he reached out and stopped him and put his hand in his arms.
Then I spoke to him in a voice as friendly as possible.
“I wish I could be honest.”
“What do you mean?”
“Honestly, honestly, don’t you feel like making something for me?”
“… … .”
He was silent for a moment.
After a while, he opened his mouth.
His eyes narrowed slightly as if he was wary of this side.
“The doctor doesn’t care. If you have received the price, hand over an item that is worthy of it. Where is there room for my doctor to intervene?”
I said it around, but to be honest, it wasn’t that I liked it.
That would be the case, because from his point of view, it was like someone who had no memory appeared and suddenly offered a loan card saying that he had a debt to collect.
“So, by the way, why don’t you make a bet with us?”
“betting?”
“Yes, bet.”
What I pulled out was none other than a trump card.
“If I win, please make two objects. Instead, if I lose, I will count what I should have received. how about it?”
If you think about it, very few people would accept such an offer.
But I was almost half sure that he would accept my offer.
It was probably because Belluna once said that he likes to gamble and bet from a long time ago.
“… The conditions are not met.”
Sure enough, he nodded slowly in response to my suggestion.
“It is too unfavorable and detrimental conditions for me to continue as it is. okay… So how about doing this?”
He suggested to me, stroking my chin with his finger.
“First, I play with the cards I have instead of the cards you brought. It’s not that I don’t believe it. I just want to make sure. Also, you must wear an ornament that seals your magic power and cover your eyes.”
Sbangali spoke briefly about her feelings.
[Cheater.]
Just a little more, and I’ll tell you to hold all the cards in sight.
With his murmuring voice in front of him, the blacksmith of Yado gently held out his hand.
“Are you still going to do it? Then I think I will be able to accept the conditions you said.”
At his words, I nodded softly.
The blacksmith of Yado, who smiled bitterly, immediately handed me a bracelet and a black cloth.
“Okay then… .”
Having said that, he brought an old card from somewhere.
I asked Sbengali what he was worried about, who told him to get rid of it, saying that it must have been a scam.
‘In the first place, neither of you ever said that you don’t cheat, you don’t cheat. If you don’t get caught, it’s okay.’
[However, with magical power sealed and eyes closed, what the hell… .]
Without speaking, Sbengali shut her mouth as if she knew now.
Even if my magical powers were sealed, I seemed to have realized just now that it had nothing to do with Minerva, who swallowed Henir’s shadow, or Svengali, who was parasitic in my body.
‘Are you sure you know?’
Watching Minerva silently increase the shadows, I put on my bracelet and closed the cloth over my eyes.
Yado’s blacksmith burst out laughing lowly and began handing out cards.
“Don’t regret it later.”
At his words, I just smiled.
In his ear, Minerva was already whispering what cards were in his hand and on the table, and Svengali, who was also well versed in this area, was muttering to himself and counting the number of cases.
And one more thing above all.
The blacksmith of Yado is terribly incompetent compared to the one who likes to gamble and bet.
This was also something Belluna was proud of.
* * *
“therefore.”
Han Soo-young, who was sitting on a rocking boat, shook her legs and asked me.
“You said that you even got this boat by betting on the blacksmith of that savage?”
“Because it is.”
For some reason, she looked at me with a confused expression and shook her head.
When asked why, she licked her lips.
“… Ji-hyeok, aren’t you going to gamble on something like this after all, just by any chance?”
“Hey, Sooyoung, what are you talking about?”
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One of the things I hate the most in the world is gambling.
After seeing the expression on her expression, she seemed a little relieved.
“So, dear, what are you going to do now?”
Likewise, Minerva, who sat down and stared endlessly at the tumbling sea, opened her mouth.
“You said that the preparations for sealing Venus would be ready within three days. But if you don’t find Venus, it’s in vain.”
She stretched out her hand toward the wide sea as if to take a look.
In the vicinity of the great river and sea, countless ships were floating besides us.
Still, not a single ship was floating around us.
It wasn’t that he had cast some magic, it was simply that the sea was so wide.
“Maybe Venus is in this strait, but… If there is, how are you going to get it out?”
“First, we have to go a little farther. If you call him out here, something really big will happen.”
“Then you mean let’s fight in the middle of the sea, where Venus has the most advantage?”
“What are you worried about, Minerva? there are two of you and me Wouldn’t it be better to fight in the middle of the sea so that Yuno wouldn’t intervene?”
“What.”
Minerva took a deep breath and paused.
Immediately, she looked like she was annoyed.
“… You haven’t answered your question yet. Didn’t she ask me how I was going to get him out?”
He smiled at her words and gestured as if he was bouncing something.
“Obviously, don’t you have to fish to catch a guy that lives in the water?”
Minerva asked me, seemingly absurd.
“fishing? Do you think you’re going to fish out Venus, one of the Seven Evil Species?”
“yes.”
“What… .”
After a while, she grabbed her forehead as if her head was throbbing.
Then he said, ‘Where the hell did you see a human being like this? ‘ He began to mutter as if lamenting.
“fishing? a whale… ?”
“okay.”
“What on earth are you going to fish for?”
It seems that Sooyoung was also a long-timer.
In response to their reaction, I had no choice but to take out the thing I had hidden in my arms.
“With this.”
I held the harpoon’s head in my hand.