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Go straight for the dragon king! (5)
“······ Guild leader. Just get up.”
François, who came in haste, got me from my knees.
He brushed off the dust on my clothes and straightened my look by unfolding them one by one to the end of the robe.
My grandfather looked at me and smiled kindly.
The Crown Prince had a slightly calmed look on his face.
I received the Marquis’ hand with a bewildered feeling.
Come to think of it, I was the guild leader, right.
I wasn’t used to giving orders to the original body—you know, I wasn’t born as a prince—and I was more comfortable discussing it with my friends, so I didn’t even think about it that way.
It is natural to seek understanding in advance of such a decision.
“The courtiers are no different from the Lister family, so you must not kneel in front of others.”
“Ah, huh.”
The Marquis quickly whispered in my ear.
This was really something I could not have imagined, so my mouth was opened in a triangle shape.
Was it because the atmosphere in this house just got weird?
I saw that Djibril Dioff was peeling walnuts with his bare hands and looking at him like, ‘What kind of bastard is there?’
It was an expression of the world’s absurdity.
No, technically speaking, I am not a member of the Imperial Family, am I?
It’s just that adults treat them the same way.
“then······. Hmm. We ask for your cooperation.”
I captured the face and the situation at the same time.
Then, Cain and Sir John happily nodded their heads.
Confucius Shem and Teacher Tess were surprisingly not against it. Rather, Tess said:
“Since I was little, I have been told that there are dangerous caves here in the spruce forest. I don’t know if this is an accurate rumor, but going through the forest is the quickest way to the Atsuma Cemetery. If that’s the case, then maybe I’ll give you some useful information. It’s like someone who went to and from the guild chamber.”
“I agree, too.”
Well, you might think so.
I silently nodded and went back to Alain.
In any case, I couldn’t just let go of people getting sick.
In this kind of weather, I couldn’t even leave the patient in a place like this.
No matter how tense and urgent the situation, I would never do that.
“Ugh, uhh…”
“it’s okay. We will make it easy for you.”
However, it would be difficult if I was discovered by another paladin after releasing my power, so I found the holy stone in my bag and took it out instead.
I thought it would be nice to let Alain absorb the ether I put here one by one.
Because the energy contained in the holy stone is difficult to detect from the outside.
You did a good job collecting them when you have time.
“······that.”
“You said I was the guild leader. Please yield to the patient.”
“·················ogue.”
Sedric had a dissatisfied look on his eyes, so he said something like a young brother.
We’ll fill it up quickly again, so hold on to your worries.
You recently changed the holy stone necklace.
I only rebuked him with his eyes like that, and the man turned his gaze to another place.
At times like that, she really looks like Sadie. Sadie is right.
“Edelweiss-sama, how was it outside?”
I handed the holy stone, and Ga-in took it and put it on Alain’s heart.
aaaH Ether naturally permeated into the woman’s body.
Although the absorption rate was slow, it was fortunate that there were no signs of rejection or difficulty.
Sir John answered sarcastically, wiping his blood-stained hands with a wet towel.
“It was an ordinary forest where the source of the Winite River flows. There was nothing special about it. Except that some mercenaries were dead at the entrance of a cave.”
“It is. Yes?!”
I was frightened and dropped the holy stone. There is something very special about it!
How do you say it like ‘I saw a full-bread stand on the way and there was no cash’!?
“A mercenary? So, was it the people who attacked Alain? Who killed you?”
“Oh My God. Are there any killers in this forest?”
Ga-in asked with wide-eyed eyes, and Tess was surprised as well.
Duck-shim, who was sitting on the prince’s shoulder—who had been on patrol with Sir John—was suddenly excited and shook his ass.
Confucius Diop pointed out, ‘You’re going to fall off your tail,’ but he even started crying.
How could the atmosphere be gloomy? I looked up at Sir John afterward.
He shrugged his shoulders lightly.
“All of them were torn off by the claws of a right-wing beast. He seemed to have been dead for only a few hours.”
It was terrible news. I clenched and opened the cold hand and picked up the holy stone.
“Can you? Then maybe…”
“But I couldn’t feel their energy anywhere.”
“What?”
“Yes?”
The prince and François both narrowed their foreheads at the same time.
Haha, even if there was a magical beast nearby, it was strange.
There are great fighters here, including Grandpa and Sir John, and I also had a crystal bell.
There’s no way we couldn’t have felt anything.
Besides, aren’t they a myth-level group?
What happened?
“·················ogue.”
Did the mercenaries bother you, so you dealt with that and moved right away?
No, they were the ones who ignored even us who were wearing a lot of sickness and left.
Did the hordes of beasts, whose eyes were turned over to find the dragon’s physis, take the time to kill people unnecessarily?
It’s not that I ate it because I was starving. So what?
“Hey, magic stone…….”
At that moment, I heard a voice fading from below. I doubted my ears and looked away.
Unfamiliar and gentle eyes, they were looking up at us in fear.
I felt sorry for the puffy lips and puffy cheeks.
“Oh my God, are you out of your mind?”
Alain has finally woken up!
“Ugh, Manastone, the cave…. In the forest, I said that there is a magic stone cave… Those mercenaries, whoa. That’s what I said…”
Sir John seemed astonished at the speed of her recovery, but that wasn’t the point now.
I repeated every word in my mouth, giving strength to my eardrums.
The fever wasn’t completely gone, but there was definitely a gun in Alain’s eyes.
“A Manastone Cave? Do you have anything like that?”
“Oh my God. Then, it is natural that you cannot sense the energy of the demonic beast!”
François, who suddenly became contemplative, rapping.
Lofi, who was sleeping soundly in his forearm, fluttered his ears.
Everyone’s eyes turned to him. Ga-in asked a quick question.
“Is that the way it is, Guinness?”
“Yes. Just as a holy stone has the unique property of enclosing the ether and shielding its energy, mana stones can also contain mana and have the characteristic of hiding the energy of mana. Of course, as you go down to the lower ranks, those qualities get weaker… If the magic stone ore forms a huge cave like a limestone cave, the quality of the magic stone is highly likely to reach the highest level.”
It was an unusually serious voice and tone.
Then Alain groaned and groaned.
I wiped her cold sweat and pursed my lips. That means, so…
“The cave itself acts as a shield against the energy of the beasts, so we cannot check how many beasts there are or exactly what kind of beasts there are.”
“That’s right.”
“If you think about it the other way around, there’s a good chance the griffins knew that and hid there. Isn’t the intelligence of a myth-level beast quite significant? One of them lived two thousand years.”
“·················ogue.”
“·················ogue.”
In my reasoning, the friends exchanged heavy glances. Finally, Prince Sedric spoke up.
“Then the hypothesis that there is a laboratory near the cemetery also strengthens.”
“Is that right? They say that if you pass through the spruce forest, you will immediately see the cemetery. They may be hiding in this forest to keep an eye on the lab, and plan to attack when Physis appears.”
“Ugh. In other words, they don’t even detect Physis now. When I flew this way, I felt it clearly, but why did I suddenly change my attitude…”
Ga-in and I had a serious conversation. That was then.
“Hey, if you know something, do you just tell me?”
A very bad voice came pouring out from the other side.
I looked back at D.O.P, astonished at the harsh attitude.
His blood-red eyes were glaring at the young man.
“You just shuddered when you heard the word ‘lab’. Did I say your name is Alain?”
“·················ogue.”
“It seems that we are confused whether we are good or bad guys, but that is up to you.”
“Confucius!”
Frightened, Alain’s face turned white, and I immediately urged the man.
He raised his eyebrows as if what was the problem, then started biting the nuts again.
Suddenly, a battle wizard’s wand was placed in his hand.
··············· They really mean to attack at any time. Because that’s my ‘mission’.
“It’s okay, Alain. I know you are very afraid. You were being chased alone. Even if you tell me after you calm down…”
As I tried to comfort her, Alain took a deep breath and wiped her cheek with the back of her hand.
“👅. Oh no. My wife, the angels saved me… I want to help too. And, and my nephew… Black, I want to see you again.”
‘Brandi…’ At the same time as those murmurs, a weak wind tickled my hair.
I wondered if it was because of his mood, but for a moment, Sir John’s eyes turned cold.
It wasn’t his strength. The dry saliva flowed over.
Wow, Alain is also an air attribute.
I’ve seen stats that air is the second most common of the four attributes.
“Is your nephew’s name Brandi? You kept looking for me while you were asleep.”
When I asked in a soft tone, Alain shook her head with a squishy smile on her face.
Then he exhaled a long exhalation…
“Guild, deep underground in the guild chamber, there is a secret laboratory. I······.”
He made a truly astonishing statement.
Everyone’s eyes widened like a candlestick. Where is what?
“I ran away from there, the morgue. I know I’m dead, I’m dead. The lilies moved me there… Already, like the neighbors who have already closed their eyes…”
Confucius Shem covered his mouth with a large hand.
Alain continued, wiping away the tears bravely.
“Oh that. Giving unimaginable price to the poor people of Yeongji… You are invited to participate in the experiment. No one knows what kind of experiment it is, but in winter it is difficult to make a living here. In addition, our Brandi was unwell… I also know, I know, I made a request to the administrator, and the line barely reached after a few months……”
“·················ogue.”
There was a silence that seemed to crush the breath.
The young man, who had stopped sobbing for a moment, looked back at us and blinked.
He seemed to realize that he had forgotten the subject.
“ah. we······. Young lord It is his experiment.”
*
When the sun woke up the next day, there were early guests in Edda’s office, Baron Atsuma.
“…are you all ready?”
“Yes, of course.”
It was not even before breakfast, but no one seemed to feel hungry and tired.
There was not even a cup of tea on the table of aloes wood large enough to fill the room.
No one asked for anything or expressed discomfort.
At the top was Edda, the eleventh apostle of Duke Sneijder, and next to her sat the third apostle, specially dispatched from the royal capital to help with ‘technology transfer’.
All the other guests poked their tongues out at the princess’s youthful face.
But Edda, the lord, was an exception.
For Baron Atsuma, that didn’t matter at all.
She could no longer be shaken by the coarse standards of reality.
“Then I will listen to the lord right away.”
A soft voice came out of his dry throat, as if it was about to break.
Eda stretched out her bare finger and touched the magic stone crystal ball in front of her.
He had a cautious attitude as if he was dealing with the most precious thing in the world.
-Geeing…!
Then, thick, dark green mana flowed from the manastone, and she wrapped her fingertips over and over again and moved forward towards her heart.
The baron accepted the process with an expressionless expression.
It was a welcome procedure because I am not used to it now.
The moment when Jo A-rin is confirmed as a faithful servant of the master, not anyone else, in front of this crystal ball.
-Woo…
Finally, the inside of the crystal ball vibrated loudly, vaguely capturing the image of the opponent.
Then, a voice like a blessing rang through the room.
《·······The third apostle and the eleventh apostle.》
“My lord.”
The baron felt overwhelming gratitude and joy.
She bowed her head deeply and bowed before the crystal ball.
The princess next door and the believers in red robes also bowed one after the other.
Immediately, a heavy sentence flew in.
“It’s nice to see you again. I’m always on the lookout for your hard work and dedication. If you need any resources, feel free to talk to us at any time.”
“s*x is doomed.”
《In addition, the fact that it is aimed at common people with deep faith, not from noble nobles or paladin families. I still find it interesting. I have no intention of breaking the spirit of challenge of an enterprising apostle.”
Wilhelmina Sneijder in the crystal ball could barely see her lower body and upper body.
Baron Atsuma listened to the duke with a humble attitude.
“There was a small commotion in the back room.”
“·················ogue.”
“I heard from the third apostle. I heard that a test participant fled from the morgue. What happened?”
At first glance, it was as smooth as vanilla cream, but it was a question that hid frizz and poison under the tongue.
Edda looked at the princess next to her with a piercing gaze.