41. compensation
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“Now, eat a lot! hahahahaha!”
The lord, who had a virtuous expression, raised his glass and spoke in a friendly manner.
The main retainers of the lord’s castle, the lord, knights, and apprentice knights who were commanders in the field were also present at the dinner. Post-war handling was to be left to other commanders.
The lord and his retainers praised Doyoon and tried to please him.
A top level Apostle that is hard to even meet unless it’s a large-scale war. In this era of war, such a relationship with a strong person was like a piece of gold.
Besides, Yeongju almost broke his nose this time.
‘I forgot. Our city is on the front lines and is the most exposed to the threat of war!’
The fate of the city was almost completely over. However, such a crisis was eliminated by a single apostle who happened to be here.
The lord and his retainers heard Doyun’s heroic story from the knights and soldiers. They were impatient and wanted to establish a friendly relationship with the highest level apostle in front of them.
However, Doyoon just silently savored the food.
Enoch was also strong in politics. It wasn’t his style to talk about politics and make friends.
In the end, the inmaek that has been built like that doesn’t help anything at the decisive moment. Do-yoon knew from experience.
Rather, Doyoon preferred a different method.
Those who are unjust will take care of themselves, expecting the dumplings to fall from him.
Those who are righteous are influenced by his ideals, and eventually agree with him.
That was it. It’s a law that I don’t struggle among the nerds, I just have to do my job in silence. This was how the hero, Roosevolnik, treated people.
On the other hand, the lord and his retainers glared at Doyun as he savored the food.
‘Manners and culture come naturally from the body.’
Besides, when he washed his body and changed his clothes, he could feel refined nobleness and charisma from his appearance.
‘He is familiar with meeting nobles.’
If that’s the case, the resistance to trickery must be considerable. Even so, I hadn’t flinched at the flattering words of this side since earlier.
Until now, I have been indirectly asking him for personal information such as his name and affiliation. However, he only revealed that he was a guild member belonging to the World Tree, and did not give any information.
Yeongju asked Doyoon again.
“You said you belonged to the World Tree, how did you get to this place right away? By any chance, did you come to apply as a means of transport for one person?”
“no. It was a coincidence that I was here, but the Master gave the order to urgently join the battle and defend the city.”
Do-yoon lied for the world tree’s reputation. But no one had any way of knowing this.
“Ahh…!”
It was a question to get information, but at this moment, everyone admired his answer.
indeed the world. How righteous and grateful they are!
Moreover, along with Muspelheim, it was the World Tree that started the first reinforcements. After all, they dared to call themselves the best guild in the country. No, rather, there was a feeling that its reputation was reduced.
‘Besides, that hidden potential…!’
No matter how many world-class guilds there were, they couldn’t have a mountain of apostles of the same level as the man in front of them. If a hero like that belonged to a guild, it would be normal for the guild’s name and its skills and reputation to spread widely.
However, no one in this room had ever heard of the man in front of them. Besides, he is still hiding his identity.
that means that.
‘It’s the hidden sword of the World Tree.’
They decided not to ask anymore. More than finding out information about him, courtesy to the hero who saved the city came first.
However, I couldn’t just walk away like this.
‘No matter what happens, we must establish a friendly relationship with this apostle and, furthermore, with the World Tree!’
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Justice and the ability to take action before anyone else. And even the hidden potential like the man in front of you.
To those who almost lost the city once, the guild of the World Tree seemed too attractive.
Since the level of the guild in Lockenmire was low, it felt more like that. The World Tree was on a different level from the group of mercenaries living in the capital of this country. The comparisons were made over and over again.
However, the opponent is an existence that cannot be put to sleep with trickery. If so, I’d rather…
‘I’m going with the regular method.’
He made up his mind and opened his mouth.
“…Let me be blunt. Our city wants to establish friendly relations with the World Tree and with the apostle.”
Doyoon put down the fork and knife. Then, wiping his mouth with a napkin, he looked into the lord’s eyes.
A direct and heartfelt introduction that is different from the speech style of political pigs. Unlike flattery so far, it seemed that it was worth listening to.
“Institutionally, rewards for war merit are supposed to be given by the royal family, not by the city. Of course, we can express our sincerity on our own, but we will not be satisfied.”
Doyoon looked at him gently, as if asking him to say more.
“This city is positioned as the center of the Lockenmeyer economy through the by-products of monster hunting. Of course, it exerts considerable influence in the royal political world.”
“okay.”
“We can exert our influence on the royal family, improve the quality of this reward, and proceed in the direction you want. chamberlain…”
The lord glanced at the knight once.
“…You can open the treasury of the palace and hand over weapons that are treated as new recruits.”
“…”
Doyoon touched my chin with his index finger and thumb. It was a very appetizing story.
‘I must have heard from the knight that I don’t have a sword.’
not bad. Isn’t he a very resourceful writer?
Besides, I like his sexuality. Unlike other aristocrats who had only gutter rats and fat pigs inside, he quickly understood Doyoon’s tendencies and switched to a strategy that suited him.
In the end, although it is to satisfy his own interests, it is a willing act to keep pace with Do-yoon. It was an idea that was not aristocratic.
“By any chance, do you have any type of weapon you want?”
“…I want a javelin spear.”
“A window?
Doyoon nodded.
There are several ways to obtain the sword. You can hear it someday when a rainbow appears around Enoch’s weapon vault. And I’m not sure, but you can probably get one from Busker’s gallery.
Rather, the javelin was more distant.
It was a different answer from the lord’s expectations, but the lord didn’t care much. It didn’t matter what the man in front of him wanted.
“All right. As far as I know, there are two very good javelins in the royal family of Rockenmeyer. We will do our best to make it come out.”
“And, please support the world tree politically in the future. With that, the lord will get what he wants.”
“I don’t. thank you.”
The lord bowed his head weakly. The vassals were very satisfied with the direction of the conversation, and even raised their forks and knives.
The treasurer glanced at Do-yoon’s bottomless drinking glass and deliberately raised her voice without asking the lady-in-waiting next to her.
“The hero’s cup is light! Bring me a drink!”
It was a signal to bring the good wine that was saved and saved to treat the distinguished guests.
The old goals of each other disappeared, and only good results remained. In the atmosphere where everyone smiled sincerely, the real dinner began.
The lord, whose face went red as the alcohol came up just right, said while looking at the apprentice knight.
“okay! You were the temporary commander on site! Oh my gosh, to think that something happened while I was in the position for a while. You’re out of luck, but yeah! hahahahaha!”
“Oh, no.”
He was really uncomfortable in this place where the lord and his vassals gathered.
Originally, it was partly because they were high-ranking nobles, but isn’t there something stabbed in a corner of your heart now?
It was to the point where you didn’t even know the food was going into your nose.
“Well! wait. Come to think of it, it must have been you who brought the apostle to the top of the castle wall?”
At those words, the apprentice knight’s body trembled.
“Yes, there must have been no rudeness in dealing with the apostle! hahahahaha!”
After saying that, the lord took a sip of the wine. From his point of view, the words were thrown as a joke without much meaning, but the apprentice knight’s complexion was blue and he was sweating profusely.
Doyoon cut the meat without saying anything. To him, an apprentice knight is a person who lacks mental strength compared to the position he holds. It was just there. Do-yoon was not a person to keep in mind the treatment of an apprentice knight.
However, the apprentice knight shook his pupils as he was so uneasy about Doyoon’s silence. The knight saw the complexion of his servant and sent him back to his room, thinking that the aftereffects of the war were still there.
In the end, he later said that he had a big stomach and vomited up everything he ate.
And after a while, the World Tree’s reinforcements arrived at the castle to pick up Doyoon.