EP.114 Behind the scenes (1)
“Hey, Kalt.”
“Did you call me? Seniors.”
“There is that.”
“yes.”
Raniel said with his eyes closed.
“···Do you think you’ll be okay?”
“yes?”
“No, you know. I think I broke a bit too much. “I feel sorry for the lord for no reason…”
“Oh, what is that…”
Kalt laughed bitterly.
“Won’t you take care of it yourself?”
“···This is such an irresponsible thing to say?”
“Isn’t that true? It may be a bit odd to say this, but do we have time to worry about such things? “The things below will roll on their own.”
“hmm···.”
“If you’re going to crack it, shouldn’t you crack it?”
The tone of voice is that there is nothing strange. However, there was a strange sense of déjà vu in that tone of voice, so Ran El frowned. He can’t remember where he heard it.
‘But it’s a bad habit.’
She nodded her head.
‘This guy has very bad habits.’
Raniel opened his mouth to lash out.
“Hey, that’s a really bad habit. From a subordinate’s point of view, it’s really bullshit. “Who on earth did you learn that from?”
“Oh, is that so?”
“······Why are you opening your eyes like that?”
“No, whatever. just. Isn’t that what your senior would say? “I want to…”
“what? Do you want to get hit?”
“······.”
Raniel opened his eyes wide.
Kalt was silent.
‘Who would I have learned from?’
Kalt swallowed his words.
Because I know that if I spit it out, a spicy fist will immediately come flying at me.
“······I will listen carefully.”
“Yeah dude. Please be nice to the kids below. “A person needs to have some kind of network?”
“Ah, yes…”
Kalt agreed appropriately. Regardless, Kalt was a fairly perceptive subordinate.
* * *
Morning comes to Kadinak, the city of night.
The sun rises over the meadow. The languid morning sunlight illuminates Cadinak. Although the day begins in the morning, Cadinak’s mornings are quiet.
Adventurers who have been drinking all night enter the inn, smelling of alcohol. After having some fun at the bar or at the gambling table, they welcome the rising morning sun and return to their respective lives.
Rather than the beginning of a day, it feels more like the end of a long night. Although that is the original Cadinac…
“One, two, three! “Push!”
“there! In balance! “Inhale!”
This morning is something different.
The streets of Cadinac are crowded with adventurers who want to put in some effort. They help the knights remove the corpse of the demon beast. The remains of the collapsed castle wall were removed.
“Wow, it’s heavy.”
“You cleaned everything up there, right? Then next time…”
“Let’s take a break and go. “I’m really dying!”
He looks quite energetic in the morning.
The residents of Cadinac glance away. Their eyes turn to the completely collapsed western wall.
“···How come only that place collapsed? “Not a single stone crumb anywhere else.”
It’s truly something that makes ghosts cry.
There is no adventurer who has not seen the battle that unfolded all night in Cadinac. Although I couldn’t observe it properly because of the distance, I at least knew that it was not a light fight.
‘It’s a fight where you die just by getting involved.’
I kept my distance for fear of getting caught up.
It was already a different world. Those who reached that level fought, but the damage was limited to the western sector. Casualties were minimal.
“What on earth were you fighting about?”
“I don’t know either. There has to be someone who saw it properly in the first place. “The dust rises and something explodes in the blink of an eye. How can you see it?”
“What did the knights say?”
“They don’t even know. “You said you only received orders from the Royal Guard from the capital?”
“Huh, really…”
In the end, there are no true eyewitness accounts. There are only a very few people who properly understand the situation of the war.
“Anyway.”
The adventurer’s shoulders slump. The adventurer who was listening to his story also let out a long sigh. This is because I had a rough idea of what he was going to say.
“Why the western section?”
“Thanks to that, there were no casualties. “The western section was evacuated at the same time as the demonic beast appeared.”
“There were a lot of regular stores there.”
“Stop it now.”
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“Tsk…”
After licking his lips, the adventurer looks towards the western section. This is a street full of stores I used to frequent. It was an alley worthy of the name of the city of night.
‘If you filled in 10 times, you got 1 free.’
The adventurer internally swallows tears. As he was lying down, a fellow adventurer who was no better spoke.
“···Let me recommend my favorite store.”
“Favorite store?”
“They said it was safe there. “I’ll shoot today.”
The adventurer’s eyes shine.
The depressing appearance is nowhere to be found. An adventurer means someone who always lives today. Bury the sadness of yesterday. Tonight I will pursue another pleasure.
‘Because he is an adventurer.’
“Hmm,” the adventurer nodded and walked away. The gait is light and cheerful.
Kadinak, the city of night.
Although night has not yet arrived, the streets of Cadinac are full of adventurers of all kinds. It didn’t take long to clear the debris.
2.
“The Lord of Cadinac shed bloody tears.”
Inside the carriage returning to the royal capital.
Suddenly, Kalt opened his mouth. Kalt held the folder with his bandaged, mitten-like hands. Then he turned the pages of his paper one by one with his teeth.
‘···You’re talented too.’
Kalt recited what was written on the document.
“The clock tower that was built with great effort was destroyed. As a bonus, the bell tower was also destroyed. The western division was destroyed. “Group closure of ‘Summer Flower’ street store in the red light district, known as the pride of the city at night.”
“oh······.”
“They even said they were planning to hold a festival in the western block. “It’s a festival held once a year, but people are crying and crying, saying that it’s also a failure.”
I pictured the lord in my head. I haven’t heard that the lord has changed, so he must have been the lord from when he destroyed several buildings to catch Lepe.
‘He was quite a gentleman, I guess.’
However, when something happened, he would shed tears and snot and hold onto my legs… a person with a bit of a twist.
-Laniel, what is this!
As I closed my eyes, the voice of the Lord crying played automatically in my head. Even though it happened several years ago, the voice was vivid.
-The saint shattered the statue? Does this make any sense! How much budget did I spend to build that statue?
-The Church of Delohim! What does the Cardinal of the Church of Delohim say? Since this was done by a saint, isn’t it certain that support will come from the Holy Church…!
…I’m really sorry.
Even then, support did not come. On the contrary, it seems that Sarah stigmatized the city as an unpleasant city… and thus support was cut off.
“I usually don’t apologize for things like this, but I would like to apologize to the Lord of Cadinac…”
“haha. Still, wouldn’t this be a small amount of damage?”
Kalt shrugged his shoulders.
“One of the four plagues, how could it be that the battle with the apostates did not destroy the entire city?”
“That’s right.”
“Senior, you calculated everything and flew it to the western wall. “This is pretty cheap.”
“If you think about it, yes.”
It’s actually Gletus the Apostate.
It was a shame that she came in weakened, otherwise it would have been terrible to even imagine.
‘Because even if the entire hero party rushed at us, we couldn’t catch him.’
In the first fight, I borrowed the power of Uncle Kuntel. At that time, he came to the brink of subjugation… but failed due to the intervention of the sword of death.
‘The second time, I think at least one person became a superhuman after that.’
Sword Demon Draka.
The madman Kelhalm.
The fight was established because the two men had tied the battle line to some extent. I borrowed the help of another hero party, but it didn’t help much.
“Now that I think about it, what about the other warriors?”
“It seems like Knight Commander Heinkel is managing it, but it doesn’t seem to be under control very well.”
“I guess so.”
“In the first place, if you become a hero for no reason, Kyle’s name isn’t the only one that comes up, right? Ah, it seems like Star Spear’s Galahal hero is doing well.”
“Aside from his skills, he has a perfect personality.”
Galahal of the Holy Spear.
I’ve met him a few times. Although his skills were not that great, his mindset as a warrior was perfect.
‘Much better than other warriors.’
I tried to think of the warriors I had encountered in my head. Then, a question suddenly occurred to me.
“···If you think about it, it’s a bit strange.”
“yes? “What do you mean?”
“Isn’t this year’s great hero having an unusually high rate of dismissal?”
“Retirement pay?”
“uh. I remember that the heroes before Kyle were pretty good, right? “Why, warriors like the indomitable Richard.”
The generation before Kyle became a warrior.
The warriors who maintained the front lines at that time… were on par with Uncle Kuntel. I remember that there were quite a few people worth respecting.
‘But what about the great heroes now?’
Aside from Kyle, there is no one worth using.
It was also the reason I held on to Kyle for so long. Because I didn’t feel the potential in other guys.
“Except for Kyle, the level of the warriors drops significantly. “Don’t you think it’s too much of a comparison to the previous generation?”
“…Now that I think about it, I guess so.”
Kalt nodded.
It was at that moment that I decided to think a little more about the matter. The carriage shook violently.
“evil!”
The shock went up my hips and down my spine.
I bowed down, holding my waist. Since I was half sick, even the slightest shock sent a tingle down my spine.
“Ahhh…”
As I was moaning and hitting my lower back with the back of my hand, Kalt opened his mouth.
“I think we’ve arrived.”
The carriage door opened.
Kalt waved his hand at me.
“Please enter carefully, senior.”
When I looked outside, I was in front of Master’s mansion.
I got off the carriage, patting my back.
“You too, go in carefully.”
“Yes, if there is anything I need to contact you with, I will send you a separate letter.”
“Yes,” I replied, waving my hand slightly.
The carriage carrying Kalt departed again for the royal castle. It was a very smooth movement.
“···Phew.”
I stood in front of the door, catching my breath.
Suddenly, as soon as I knocked on the door, it opened. There was a teacher with matted hair standing in front of the door. A tired look was evident in the corners of Master’s eyes.
I tilted my head and asked.
“···Uh, Master? “Didn’t you sleep?”
“I’m going to fall asleep quickly.”
Master let out a long sigh.
Master brushed his tangled hair and opened his mouth.
“I heard some news.”
“Already? “That’s fast.”
“···Are you feeling okay?”
I was silent for a moment.
Then he raised his arms and smiled.
“I’m fine.”
“······.”
Master’s eyes narrowed.
‘You must have noticed.’
However, Master did not say anything. After a moment of silence, the Master raised his arms.
Tuk.
A hand, rough with age, was placed on my head. Master tapped my head with his hand a couple of times. And then he asked quietly.
“Was it necessary?”
“Because I was the only one there.”
“···How much is left?”
“Hey, you don’t have to worry so much. There’s still a lot left. And, we have to find a way.”
Master smiled bitterly.
“If that’s you, then that’s probably it.”
With a tap, Master took his hand off my head.
“Come in.”
Opening the door, Master pointed inside the house.
“I bought some snacks from that cafe you like. “I’ll warm it up for you, so take a shower and rest.”
“Oh, really?”
I walked into the house, grateful for Master’s consideration. I took off my cape and unbuttoned my vest. I took off the bloody bandage.
···It felt a little strange.
‘That there is a place to come back to.’
Coming back, having a place to rest.
That alone gave me a strange sense of relief, so I stopped laughing.
It really wasn’t a bad feeling.
3.
Two days after the case involving the apostate was resolved.
While I was on some leave and recuperating at home, I was reading the post-mortem report I received from Kalt. There was nothing particularly noteworthy.
The next generation hero, Chloe.
Her identity was successfully protected, and Belnoa returned with all four limbs intact.
‘That’s enough, okay.’
There were a few more things he wrote down and sent to me as reference, but those were facts I also knew.
“Raniel.”
Master called my name outside the door.
It wasn’t difficult to guess the intention. Because I heard a brief story from my teacher yesterday.
‘I guess it means a guest has arrived.’
I slowly got up.
I leaned against the back of the bed.
“yes I’m okay.”
Soon the visit opened.
Besides Master, there were two other people standing there.
“Nice to meet you, Black Tower Lord.”
Black Tower Lord Yetual and his disciple Belnoa.
Two people, who probably knew my secret, were looking at me.
“…Nice to meet you.”
Yetual said.
“Ashen wizard.”
A word from the author (author review)
While wandering around, I found a reader who was particularly sincere about the ancient lich Skevall. After hearing his words, I unconsciously nodded my head.
Skebal is smiling…!
For the next illustration, I would like to draw a Skebalo illustration. I think I’ll leave it to the ‘typo’ artist who did the illustration for the sword of death 😀
