Episode 13 – Truth Summit (1)
Xi’an’s condition was quite serious, but
Currently, there was no way to get even a potion, let alone a priest.
If you leave it like this, big things could happen.
I wanted to know how to do this, but there was no way.
“My daughter knows how to hurt. It may not be completely curable… but it may be possible to cure it to some extent.”
None other than Grayson’s daughter, Ellie.
Grayson showed humility, but looking at the reactions of the villagers, it seemed that Ellie’s healing skills were considerable.
Xian went straight to Ellie.
and.
“Three, my God…! How could this…!”
That was Ellie’s first reaction when she confirmed Xian’s condition.
“You’re keeping your spirits up even in this state… Papa, come here quickly!”
Sian was able to receive treatment with Eli’s fuss.
“Whew… First aid was done. I’ve taken care of everything that could be dangerous, so it won’t get any worse here.”
At Ellie’s words, Xian checked his physical condition.
movement more comfortable than before.
It’s not an exaggeration, but it was much better than what most therapists treated.
“Are you good at it? You must have learned separately.”
“no. I didn’t learn it separately. No one taught me.”
“…then did you learn this by yourself?”
“Rather than learning it… My father has been hurt a lot. Since he treated my father, it came naturally…”
Ellie slightly bowed her head, as if embarrassed.
“But it is literally first aid. please! certainly! You must get help from a priest or a potion!”
Meanwhile, Ellie calmly organized the treatment items.
Xian looked at Ellie quietly.
Ellie seems to have just gotten out of her girlish tee.
Ellie, who had just passed the adulthood, had a modest beauty.
It is not the artificial sophistication possessed by the women of aristocratic families, but the natural beauty that can be felt along with simple clothing.
That made it even more attractive.
It was completely unbelievable that she was Grayson’s daughter with a sharp impression.
It seems to resemble my mother’s side…
Mother sees the invisible,
I could roughly figure out what was going on.
For those who live in the dark forest, it is a common situation that they have at least one.
That’s why Xian didn’t ask about it.
“I···.”
Suddenly, I heard Ellie’s voice.
Ellie was arranging the items pretending to be calm.
However, he couldn’t bear to look at Xian.
He seems to be very hesitant about something.
Do you want to tilt your head for something?
Ellie opened her mouth in a crawling voice.
“Ah, thank you so much for saving my father…”
Then, he bowed his head and bowed his head.
The hands that pretended to be calm and organized the items stopped before they knew it.
Xian looked at Ellie quietly.
A common situation that people who live in the dark forest have at least one.
Maybe if it was a native of Ruben.
The pain of losing someone should have been one by one.
But because it’s common.
That other people are experiencing the same thing.
It didn’t mean that it wasn’t painful.
It was not something that could be taken lightly.
If even Grayson was lost.
If only he hadn’t been able to recover his body after being crushed by the Hobgoblin.
What would Ellie be like?
Would I have been able to lower my head then, as if I was ashamed as I am now?
Xian let out a smile.
Then he waved his hand, waved it, and said.
“it’s okay. I was treated by you too. You have definitely received the price, so you don’t have to be very grateful.”
“Where is that…”
“Where is it?”
Xian checked his body condition once again.
Not kidding, the treatment was cleaner than professional therapists.
Of course, it was natural for him to fall behind the priest.
Because they borrow the power of the gods and literally ‘heal’ the body.
That’s why nobles don’t use healers.
If you are sick or injured, you just need to get help from the priest.
However, getting help from a priest required a huge amount of money.
So the common people could not easily get help from priests.
Most people go to a therapist when they are hurt or sick.
However, there were not as many therapists as I thought.
Priests who borrow the power of the gods are equally precious,
The therapist also required considerable expertise.
For that reason, the presence of a therapist was also quite precious.
Especially skilled therapists.
‘But to be at this level with self-study alone…’
In an instant, Xian’s head spun around.
‘Wouldn’t it be possible to make money by running a treatment center in Yeongji? From the looks of it, the skills seem to be good…’
Xian’s eyes were glaring at Ellie.
“Why, why do you look at me like that…?”
Ellie flinched and shivered.
However, Xian’s eyes were still shining as he looked at Ellie.
“Hoho…”
No, it was even more glimmering than before!
It was like staring at a desirable prey.
And Ellie didn’t know what that meant.
In an instant, Ellie’s face heated up with anger.
At the same time, I started panicking and not knowing what to do.
“Ah, ah… I… I, I am… that… yet…”
The words didn’t come out right.
Only the flustered gestures represented Ellie’s feelings.
Eventually, when Xian jumped up from his seat.
“Ah, ah… ah!”
Ellie closed her eyes tightly.
You shouldn’t reject it.
Xian was the benefactor who saved his father and was also the lord of Leuven.
So he had to accept whatever he wanted.
But suddenly…
I knew that someday I would give someone affection…
To think it would be like this…
Xian’s popularity is getting closer and closer.
And when you get close to it.
“What do you think there is in the mobile lord? If you rummage around the manor facility, you will find something like a treatment center… Mr. Ha, then you have to be smart again anyway.”
A meaningful voice was heard.
And at the end of those words, Xian’s presence faded away.
“to···?”
Ellie let out a dull sound without even realizing it.
Before long, he gently opened his closed eyes.
glimpse of vision.
Xian was walking far away.
“·······”
Something···.
I felt like a fool.
“What are you doing? I am not following you.”
“yes yes···?”
However, at Xian’s words that followed, Ellie flinched again.
Ho, maybe the location was a problem…?
Ellie asked, closing her eyes tightly.
“Oh, where are you going…!”
“Where are you going?”
Then Xian replied as if asking for something obvious.
“I have to go make money.”
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Dense grass and trees towering high into the sky.
“Whoa…! I think we’re almost there.”
Amelia wiped the sweat from her forehead and looked around.
It’s a landscape where it’s hard to even tell where you’re going.
Even so, Amelia took a stride without hesitation.
It was because I had been there countless times before, and the road was familiar to me.
Amelia, the top lord of the truth guild.
Amelia was one of the top traders with Ruben.
To be precise, it was the ‘only’ guild dealing with Ruben.
“Lucas. Let’s check the goods.”
Amelia turned her head slightly.
Then, the plainly dressed knight, Lucas, put down the bundle he was carrying.
“Here it is. miss.”
“Thanks Lucas.”
“It is what I must do. So from now on, I will bear the burden that the young lady carried.”
“Lucas can’t suffer alone. Even now, most of the burden is being carried by Lucas.”
Amelia smiled lightly.
The smile combined with red hair brightened even the dull atmosphere of the forest.
“see···.”
Amelia checked the items she was carrying in her sack.
And a bundle, not a wagon.
In fact, it was a pretty shabby behavior to be called the top.
That’s why it couldn’t be called the top.
The True Merchant is Amelia, the owner of the Merchant Merchant.
And it was because Lucas, the top member, was everything.
peddlers.
It was appropriate to call him a little more systematic peddler.
“There’s enough food… and the frailty that Mr. Grayson asked me to take care of… here it is.”
Amelia checked the contents of the bundle one by one.
Items to trade with the people of Ruben.
In fact, if it was general, it would be right to prepare gold coins instead of these foodstuffs.
Amelia wanted to purchase the corpse of a demon from Ruben.
It was customary to trade in gold coins.
But the people of Leuven did not.
Gold coins were not very useful to them.
Commander’s Territory, Ruben.
For them, food to survive each day was more valuable than gold coins.
Of course, that didn’t mean I didn’t take the gold coins,
Amelia had never spent gold coins in Leuven.
“good. Everything is there.”
Amelia checked that everything was in order and put the bundle back together.
“Can the people of Leuven buy all of this?”
Lucas’s voice is heard at that moment.
Lucas’ expression was somewhat suspicious.
“hmm···.”
Amelia couldn’t answer easily.
That was also the case because whenever Amelia visited Ruben, there were very few corpses of the Witchbeast she bought.
Only one or two.
At most, there were only six of them.
Of course, the value of the demons residing in the dark forest was considerable.
Even monsters of the same species are basically doubled.
And it’s 3x, 5x, and 10x as you go up the ranks.
It literally soars to the ceiling.
However, the monsters purchased from Ruben were of a low grade.
And there weren’t too many of them.
That much was not enough to buy all the items Amelia had prepared.
To put it simply, money.
Considering the dangers that come to the dark forest, it could be said that the balance was not right.
It was right for the merchants to risk death wherever they could make money.
However, that was a story when the balance was right.
That’s why there were no merchants coming to Ruben.
but.
“Because I have to earn even this penny.”
Now Amelia was in no position to cover that up.
and.
“If it’s not me, who else will supply groceries here?”
He was the only one who could provide food for the people of Leuven.
If it weren’t for Amelia, people would die of starvation one after another.
therefore.
“It’s okay if I sell it at a little lower.”
“·······”
Seeing her like that, Lucas sighed inwardly.
Amelia was always like this.
What does bondi mean?
He had to have a shrewd side.
You also need to know how to wrap your losses as if they were gains.
On the contrary, I had to know how to wrap it up as if it wasn’t a loss.
Some call it a ‘scam’
A bondi merchant had to have that aspect.
Those who do anything for profit are not merchants.
Of course, I wasn’t defending the merchant’s actions.
However, at least ‘loss’ should not be seen.
But because of that guy’s affection.
Because of stupidity, stupid honesty.
Amelia insisted on the virtue of a merchant called ‘trust’.
“·······”
So, in a way, Lucas felt frustrated with Amelia.
Because Lucas saw Amelia as having enough talent.
Amelia, the daughter of an aristocratic family.
She has had extraordinary hair since childhood.
His calculations were quick, and his sense of grasping the situation was excellent.
Not to mention the eyes that read the flow of money.
To be honest, it wasn’t just talent, it was a material to be targeted.
Otherwise, I wouldn’t have come this far.
At the point when the family collapsed,
After that, it would have collapsed in the midst of all kinds of hardships and persecutions.
Amelia overcame it all like tenacity.
But it was just there.
was not given a chance
Amelia could be ignored just because she was a woman.
Even if you are given a chance sometimes, if you look at the truth.
All of them were the ones who approached Amelia for the purpose of her beauty.
If only Amelia had been given one chance.
If only there was someone who looked at Amelia as a top lord, not as a woman.
Or if Amelia had only been born a man, not a woman.
Or if Amelia’s disposition had been a little more subdued.
If only one of these conditions is satisfied.
Amelia would have been the owner of the caravan that dominated the empire by now.
But that kind of thing could only happen in a dream.
If that was possible, it would have been possible right away.
“let’s go. Lucas.”
“I understand, young lady.”
Lucas followed Amelia, hiding his bitter expression.
How long did it take to walk like that?
Gradually, the view began to open as the forest came to an end.
Ruben arrives.
Amelia paused for a moment.
“Where are people hiding?”
“well. The other day, Grayson said that the Dark Forest is hideous these days…”
The people of Leuven did not live on the manor.
I couldn’t really live.
He always ran away and hid from the hordes of demonic beasts that attacked at any time.
So, in order to make a deal, we had to start by finding them.
“I will go and take a look.”
“no. Come with me.”
Amelia and Lucas naturally sped up.
Eventually, when he set foot in Ruben’s realm.
“······ huh?”
“······ huh?”
Amelia’s and Lucas’ expressions suddenly went blank.
It’s like ‘Is the scene I’m looking at right now…?’ It was the look I wanted.
That would also be the scene the two are looking at now.
“Eutcha! Here, the goblins who have completed the dismantling process.”
“Have you done half the work?”
It was a picture of people getting together and doing something!
To be precise, he was working on dismantling the goblin corpses.
for a moment.
Are you a goblin?
Kwajik.
puck.
“Hey, work carefully so as not to damage the leather!”
“don’t worry! In the meantime, there is a jjambab that survived in the dark forest.”
Somehow, it even seemed peaceful.
“What, what, what…?
“This, this… what the hell is this…?”
Amelia couldn’t believe the sight at all.
Right then.
“Is this the right way to do it?”
A strange voice came from somewhere.
the place you looked at.
There, a man was dismembering a goblin corpse.
nobility···?
I thought about this for a moment, but I quickly brushed it off.
Because it was too shabby to do that.
Above all, why was the noble dismembering the goblin corpse?
Even the work was quite clumsy.
It was at the level of damaging the value of the giant corpse.
Sure enough, a woman came running in fright.
“Lord! How many times have I told you that the corpse will spoil if treated this way! Just rest over there. We’ll do these chores.”
Then he took the goblin corpse the man was holding.
But the man took the body again and shouted.
“Ah noisy! It’s been that way ever since. Ellie, do you think I wouldn’t know that you’re just trying to get more pay?”
“It’s not like that! What are you talking about when you are already not feeling well… and you are not even giving an allowance?”
“That… later, later! How are you now? Since there is a lot of money to spend on the territory, all the people of the territory must join forces. It’s okay, we have to reduce the labor cost for even one person, so don’t talk nonsense and teach them properly.”
The woman called Ellie let out a deep sigh as if she couldn’t stop it.
Then he stuck to the man’s side and started teaching him something.
“Here, if you look here, you can see the muscles, right? This is a precious part because it balances the body. So if you dismantle it like this…”
“How the hell do you know about this?”
“Even if it’s a monster, if you understand the structure of the body, it’s there. Oh, that part is cartilage, so you have to handle it especially carefully…”
“uh? broken.”
“That’s why I’m just going to rest there!!”
Right then.
“young master. It looks like someone has come.”
“huh? come to me? Who will come to our Ruben…”
At the words of the old man next to him, the man suddenly raised his head.
A look at Amelia.
“ah!”
The man stood up from his seat, palms facing each other.
Did Ellie want this time?
The man took the goblin corpse he was working on and ran away.
The man strode toward where Amelia was.
“Are you the head of the top ranks of the truth?”
“Ah yes···.”
Amelia nodded with a puzzled expression.
Then the man grinned and held out his hand.
“Nice to meet you. I am Cian Elandur, lord of Leuven.”
“… the lord?”
Was there a lord in Leuven…?
Amelia couldn’t understand what was going on.