143 – Promises are meant to be kept – 2
Even after the snow sculpture contest, he toured the village.
Having enjoyed moderately enjoyable things, I arrived at the application form for the hunting competition with Veronica and tried to fill out the application form.
“Huh? You want to go with the priest?”
“Can’t you?”
“Didn’t you win last time with an archer?”
The werewolf female receptionist asked, puzzled, and Veronica looked at me.
“why?”
“If it’s an archer… Evangeline?”
“Yes. I stopped by during the journey to defeat the demon lord and participated in the hunting competition.”
And I didn’t mean to, but I won. Evangeline did so well.
When I replied indifferently, Veronica began to groan.
The receptionist who saw it smiled and asked for a pipe.
“Why don’t we participate in the night hunt? The priest has an advantage over there.”
“Night hunting? What else is that?”
“I was going to do it anyway. Register with that.”
The hunter flicked his smoking pipe and put my application inside. The receptionist smirked at the puzzled Veronica.
“Night hunting is undead hunting.”
“…Ah. If that’s the case, then I’m more confident. But do undead… come out around here?”
“Hmm? You don’t seem to know anything.”
She looked at me, and I shrugged.
I didn’t say anything because I thought I’d find out anyway.
“This village is. Originally, it was a village built by those who studied immortality in order to overcome death. Of course, there are many undead who failed.”
Trevor came with Veronica to the street teahouse in the center of the town, which is a specialty of the town and must be visited during the town’s festivals.
Since registering for the hunting competition earlier, she hadn’t said anything.
But the way he keeps looking at me and moving his lips seems to have something to say.
“If you have something to say, say it.”
“Yeah. First of all, two things. This village was the village of those who studied immortality?”
“yes.”
“Why didn’t you tell me?”
“I didn’t know you didn’t know. Everyone who knows this knows.”
Trevor Anderson.
A brilliant scholar and alchemist, he loved his lover very much.
However, his lover was suffering from an incurable serious illness, and when Trevor brought the panacea he had barely obtained through touring the continent, the only thing that greeted him was a cold body.
Even the panacea could not bring the dead back to life.
Desperate for that, Trevor Anderson studied eternal life.
“If you go to the mercenary guild or the adventurers guild, or go to the wizard guild or the alchemist guild and ask them about Trevor who claimed immortality, they’ll tell you everything.”
At my words, the dog Su-in and the black cow Su-in, who were drinking tea next to me, glanced at me.
I lightly raised my hand to them and smiled.
“The Pao tea and raspberry cookies you ordered.”
Suin, a hamster who still looks young, put two cups of tea and cookies made of raspberries on our seats and hurried away.
Glancing at it, Veronica tilted her head and took a sip of her tea.
“Did you?”
“Hmm. Iboche.”
“Mmmm. What is it?”
“You know about Trevor Anderson?”
“Is there anyone who doesn’t know that?”
“Let’s go. Don’t worry and let’s talk about our business. What we’re going to bring this time is…”
“Mmmm~! I’ll buy this.”
“And this…”
“Mmmm~!! I’ll buy this too!”
“And this too!”
“Mmmm~!!! I’ll buy this too!!!”
…what? that black cow?
I turned my eyes to Veronica again as I watched the black cattle man accepting what he offered.
As the merchants seemed to know, Veronica’s face flushed red.
“Ugh. I also studied a lot on my own…”
“Don’t be ashamed of what you don’t know. Be ashamed of what you don’t want to learn. Anyway.”
There were many people besides Trevor who wanted to study immortality.
Those who lost their families to the plague.
Those who lost their relatives to the monsters.
Parents who had to leave their beloved children because of an incurable disease.
They all sympathize with Trevor and begin research with him.
As time passed, the number gradually increased, and a village was created.
“That’s this Trevor town.”
“Oh. Okay. By the way? Why are there so many undead?”
“Trevor Anderson eventually died without seeing any results, and the 2nd village chief who succeeded him, Lovalain, said he thought that immortality could not be achieved with magic and alchemy alone. So…”
“therefore?”
I looked around. What I will tell you from now on is not for others to know.
So, rather than speaking, he wrote letters on Veronica’s hand.
“silver…!!”
“Shhhhh.”
The letters I wrote on her hand are Njambi.
It was a name Veronica would never know.
corrupted priest.
An archbishop who denied God and summoned the devil when all the orphans he cared for died from a plague.
Njambi Bellelucci, an apostate who held the position of a saint but eventually cursed God.
There will be no Heretic Questioner who doesn’t know him who single-handedly annihilated the Thirteen Silver Flower Association, the predecessor of the Heretic Questioner, and trained a formal Heretic Questioner.
Veronica kept her voice as low as possible and asked softly enough for only me to hear.
“Is that real? Evidence that Njambi cooperated with someone…”
“Ah. This is a sensitive topic, so only those who really know. So watch your mouth.”
I put my finger to my lips.
Only then did she shut her mouth.
“Anyway, I joined hands with him, and continued my research afterwards. Then we both got to know each other.”
“What?”
“That immortality is impossible.”
“…..”
“The trouble is, I know that, but too much blood has been shed. A lot of people have died, and a lot of people have lost their families.”
“ah…”
“The Lovalains, realizing that they were wrong, despaired and sacrificed themselves to avert the terrible situation created by their failure.”
“…”
“Since then, the researchers of Trevor Village have made up their minds. They will continue their research with their own secret knowledge without any outside help, and let’s undo what went wrong.”
“…outside help…”
“Because Njambi is also an outsider after all. Maybe the researchers in this village came to think that their purity was lost because they invaded from the outside. It’s actually not wrong.”
“I see…”
Veronica took a sip of tea. I smiled at her and took a bite of raspberry cookie.
“The problem is that the aftermath of the wrong resurrection was strong. Even at the cost of his own life, Lovalain couldn’t handle it.”
Afterwards, the terrible and erroneous experiments conducted to achieve immortality became a curse that resurrected the dead around them.
was stated in the setting, and I had heard it when I came to this town before.
I looked around. Before I knew it, there were quite a few adventurers with weapons gathered in the tea house.
“They’re all here for the night hunt.”
“But why do you hunt only at this time? You don’t usually come out?”
“Yes. Didn’t I say there were researchers left? Usually, they desperately continue research and sealing. But only seven days a year. There are times when the curse dwelling in this land becomes unbearable. That’s when adventurers come. And then is the day of this festival. In fact, the festival is also held because of it. They say that the more vigor there is, the weaker the energy of death becomes.”
“I see…then why are you here…”
“Yeah. I think I’ll have to cure this town’s curse.”
Veronica nodded slightly and sipped her tea.
uh? But you said you were thinking of two things, so why did you only say one thing?
As I was curious and about to ask, a cheerful voice came from behind me.
“Ohhhhh?! Who is this!!”
“Nya-nya-nya-nya~!”
A large, bald human warrior male with hair that sparkles like glass marbles.
It was Six Man and his wife, Rachel.
“Oh! Aren’t you the ‘S-rank’ adventurer Sage! The best friend of this S-rank adventurer, Six Man! hahaha! The wife I love and the best friend of S-rank adventurer Rachel!! S-class adventurer!!”
You’re emphasizing that it’s S-class.
It’s not something you can’t understand.
I became an S-class adventurer because of my achievements, but for ordinary adventurers, the S-class position is a real dream position.
When you reach S rank, even a few nobles can’t treat you carelessly, and you can only receive good requests by preoccupying them with requests.
Anyway, as if the Sixth Man was proud of his S rank, he held out his S rank seal, which he wears like a medal, and shouted.
“f*ck!”
“The subject of meeting the party members well and becoming S rank!”
“It’s like an unlucky jerk!”
“Gae’s arm! I was S -class if it weren’t for trolls!”
…They must have failed the last test.
The Sixth Man, who snorted at them growling, slightly bowed his head to Veronica.
“Hey~ Isn’t this the cardinal? You’re still beautiful. More recently, the church has been requesting a bit…”
The Sixth Man cringing while rubbing his palms. No matter how S-class adventurer he is, it doesn’t seem to work for the cardinal of the church.
“Well? Hyeonu is in charge of most of the requests these days.”
“…do it in moderation, son. Or let’s do it together.”
“No, then wait until a good request is made to the church.”
Why are you mad at me?
While I was dumbfounded, Rachel tilted her head and then smiled.
“By the way, are you two on a honeymoon?”
“Poss, poetry, that… that, it’s not like that…”
“Nya? If not? Why did you come here? Did you come to join the night hunt?”
“Rachel. Did you know about this town too?”
“Are there fools who don’t know that?”
“…..”
“Mu, of course, people might not know Nyan~! How can all people know that? Not all of them are wise. Nyangnyangnyang~!”
When Veronica was confused, Rachel hurriedly changed her words. Even if you are an S-class adventurer, the church is still a super power…
“You’re so busy and there’s a lot of other things to take care of! What else? Ah. That’s right! You’re so busy breaking the demon followers’ heads, what do you do! Adventurers like us can handle these things enough! Right? Honey?! ha ha ha!”
“Of course nya!”
How can you fart so well? Compared to when I was in Class A, my flattery skills have improved.
I smiled at him, who was trying to make a deal with the church somehow.
“My friend. I’ll introduce you to one later. It’s embarrassing to see.”
“Friend of my heart!! From now on I will call you brother!!”
The Sixth Man was delighted.
I’m so happy, but I’d like to introduce you to a quest where you can get a proper holy relic.
“By the way, the wise man and the cardinal also participated in the night hunt?”
“By the way?”
“Hmm. How about doing something together?”
“Ah. That’s…”
“I’m sorry, but this time a bit.”
I said no before Veronica said no. Surprised, she looked at me.
You don’t have to work so hard on the hunt this night. It’s not like they give you an achievement for winning here.
There were only four undead to catch, so I had no intention of straining my strength.
“why?”
“There is such a thing.”
I laughed at the curious Veronica, and she gave me a sullen look.
As Sixth Man and Rachel, who were looking at us alternately, smiled and left, Veronica played with her slender chin before smirking.
oh.
that look.
Is that the look you make whenever something bothers me?
“Come to think of it, I won the bet.”
“oh.”
“You said you would curse me, right? That must be dangerous.”
After drinking the lukewarm tea in one go, she blinked one eye and flicked her tongue.
“Do it together. What would you do if I told you?”
I hope you ask for it
I really can’t stand a girl like this fox.
“I have to.”
“right?”
“okay.”
That is.
Whether it’s a promise made with a cardinal of a church that exudes majesty on the continent.
Whether it’s just a verbal promise made to soothe the children who lost everything in a terrorist attack and can’t sleep from fear every night.
Because promises must be kept.