#Episode 193 (Side Story Episode 6)
next day.
Early in the morning, Gram left the inn room.
Since I was able to stay at Murdan Mansion for the time being, there was no reason to stay here any longer.
“uh! “Are you leaving this early?”
Even though it is still early in the morning.
In the inn lobby, there was a girl holding a broom.
The girl immediately checked the back of Gram’s hand.
“how is it? Are you feeling better?”
“It will heal.”
“You’ll have to leave it alone for today. “That way, it will heal a day faster!”
“… … .”
Nod-
Gram just nodded and didn’t say anything.
The girl had a sad look in her eyes.
Maybe it was because she was under the illusion that Gram was leaving Oppenharum right away, but it felt like the girl was hesitating even though she had something to say.
“Hey, over there.”
“… ?”
“Are you leaving now?”
“That’s right. “There is no reason to stay here any longer.”
“ah… . Well, then may I ask where you are leaving?”
“… Murdan.”
“yes?”
“I decided to stay at Murdan’s mansion for the time being.”
“really?!”
The girl’s expression, which had been gloomy just a moment ago, suddenly brightened up.
The girl’s expression clearly changed, as if she thought she would never see her again.
“Why are you doing that?”
“no. “I thought I was leaving forever.”
“I plan to stay for a while longer. “We also have to subdue monsters.”
“Monsters?!”
“Yes, I don’t feel like it since yesterday, but with the mercenary knights.”
“Is that true?”
“Yes. then.”
“Wait.”
Gram, who thought the business was over, was about to leave.
The girl caught Gram once again.
“I gave you some rye bread. “I haven’t boiled the soup yet, so please eat this before you leave.”
“… thanks.”
“Hehe.”
The girl was slightly blushing, but she seemed more proud than any other situation.
‘They really look a lot alike.’
When the girl made a clear expression, her younger sister, whom she already resembled, looked even more similar.
“then.”
Gram gave the girl a light greeting and grabbed the door handle to leave the inn.
At the same time as he hinted at asking the girl a question.
“Anyway, what’s your name?”
Then, the girl very confidently announced her name.
“ah! “My name is Reyna Krasnozan.”
“Reina Krasnozan… . “Remember that.”
“What about that one?! “Please tell me your name too.”
“Call me Gram, Gram.”
“… Gram. “Come hang out anytime!”
“okay.”
***
Meanwhile, the Paykan mercenary knights arrived here at Oppenharum’s request.
They were very angry as they remembered what happened at the inn yesterday.
“How dare you f*ck with our knights? “I will make you pay for your sins.”
“If we had been sane yesterday, we wouldn’t have been in trouble.”
“That’s right. “It’s even funnier that we can’t deal with that bastard.”
“I’ll show you clearly the next time we meet, by the way, Arken. “Aren’t the women in this village quite nice?”
“That’s right. There’s a river on the way, so it’s geographically pretty good, so it’s a place I’m quite curious about. “I think it would be perfect as long as it wasn’t overrun with monsters.”
“Are we going to take over at this point?”
“hold?”
Nod-
To Arken, the leader of the Paykan Mercenary Knights, one of his subordinates, who was a corpse except for his loyalty, came up with a plan.
“The reason we have no choice but to be in this village! “Wouldn’t it be okay to just come up with a justification for that?”
“It’s a cause.”
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“As much as I came to exterminate the monsters. “Let’s use that as an excuse to throw it away.”
“Keep talking.”
Eventually, the servant came closer to Arken and lent his ear.
Perhaps his subordinate’s trick was quite plausible, and Arken didn’t seem particularly displeased.
Rather, it was Arken praising his subordinate for a plausible trick.
“haha! That’s a really good idea. It was good. “Let’s take over this place first.”
Arken braced himself.
Now I want to end my boring life as a mercenary.
I made a firm decision to use this opportunity to create my own new settlement.
***
A few days later.
The longer Gram stayed at Murdan’s mansion, the stronger he felt inside.
Of course, your body changes from day to day.
It definitely felt like I was completely free from the injury, unlike before.
“You have a source that can emit pure magical power. Although it would take quite some time to bring out the source of that magical power right now! “If we finally obtain the source of magical power, a new world will probably unfold.”
“New world?”
“It’s a new world I’ve never experienced before.”
Although he could not interpret Murdan’s words accurately, his implicit words gave Gram a sense of anticipation.
Moreover, the reason why Murdan’s words seemed particularly credible.
After only a few days of staying at Murdan’s mansion, Gram’s physical condition was improving noticeably.
Unlike when, after being captured by Georgios, even pulling the bowstring was not easy.
Now that I can hold the bow again, I feel like my bow skills have become stronger than before.
There was no disagreement that Gram, who pulled the bowstring every day in the hill behind the village of Oppenharum, was in top physical condition.
Meanwhile, daily life was going on as usual.
Murdan seemed worried these days.
“Hmm.”
Gram asked seeing Murdan like that.
“You seem to have a lot of worries these days. “Are you worried about anything?”
“The mercenaries are in trouble. It doesn’t seem like there are any significant results from hiring someone. When it’s a bad night, there’s no one here or there who doesn’t touch it. “It’s very frustrating.”
“Then shouldn’t we just withdraw employment?”
“There’s something more ambiguous about that… . It seems clear that we are in the process of subduing monsters. On the other hand, why do I feel like it is ineffective?”
“… … .”
Gram, who simply heard Murdan’s story, also began to have doubts.
Usually in the case of mercenary knights.
I don’t settle down or settle down in one place for a long time.
Even though Gram had no separate affiliation, he had been working as a mercenary and could not help but have doubts about what Murdan said.
“Let me look into it. “It looks like he’s up to something.”
“oh! “You yourself?”
“I can’t just be indebted to you all the time.”
“Thank you. “Please don’t think like that.”
“Anyway, I think we should do some research.”
“Then, do me a favor. “I wonder what the Paykan mercenaries are thinking.”
“All right.”
***
The lakeside around Oppenharum.
The Paykan mercenaries were noisy as they were drinking around the lakeside in broad daylight.
“Ha ha ha ha ha! “Let’s drink as much as we want.”
“As expected, Arken is excellent at martial arts and a great drinker!”
“haha! “It’s sweeter today.”
“That’s right. “How about just sitting here for the rest of your life?”
“That’s really cool! Anyway, the monsters don’t seem like there’s much to see. “If you feel like you’re ready, you can just catch one or two.”
“That’s right! “Arken.”
The Paykan mercenaries felt that Oppenharum was paradise on earth.
Of course, the weather was cloudless.
With a variety of food and just the name of subduing monsters every day, there seemed to be no intention of leaving Oppenharum.
Likewise, they were not very active in eradicating the monsters at all.
Although we defeated the monsters according to the day, rather than targeting the monsters’ habitats.
All I could do was hunt a few animals.
That’s right too.
If we wipe out the monsters early and burn their forms, not only will there be no reason for them to be here anymore.
Because I naturally had to leave Opeharum.
The Paykan mercenaries didn’t really feel the need to leave this place.
Moreover, one thing I learned while staying here.
“So you’re saying that not a single outsider has passed through yet?”
“That’s right!”
“It certainly seems like most people don’t know the existence of this village. “It was like that when we first came here too.” “That’s right. “We really wondered if there was a village deep in the mountains.”
“No matter what, we have to hold on tight to this place. “It’s like it was rooted in the first place.”
“No, Arken! “It should be viewed as a habitat for our Peikan in the first place.”
“haha! “You are right.”
They had established themselves as if Oppenharum was a village they had protected for a long time.
Meanwhile, Gram, who understood these circumstances, appeared in front of the Paykan mercenaries.
“It’s embarrassing to even call him a mercenary.”
As Gram stood majestically in front of them with his arms crossed, the Paykan mercenaries looked startled.
“… Well, what! “How long has it been here?”
“From the beginning?”
“uh? “You!”
In the meantime. Some mercenaries recognized Gram.
“You, at that inn back then!”
“… “It’s not our first meeting.”
The mercenaries pointed their pointed fingers at Gram and seemed ready to pounce on him at any moment.
“OK! I had a good time meeting you here. How dare you bring me to this point? “Today, I will definitely make your hair like this.”
One of the Paykan mercenaries with his neck heavily bandaged was furious.
Arken looked at these scenes closely. He readily pushed aside his subordinates and stood proudly in front of Gram.
“From what I heard, it seems like your martial arts skills are outstanding? “Did you put my subordinates in that situation?”
“The cause was provided there first. I just gave you enough compensation. “It was nothing more than that.”
“Heh, you’re an interesting friend. But I’m a bit suspicious. I wonder if they really brought our subordinates to that level? “Would you like to check your skills?”
