#108
The next morning. The group left the settlement riding on two horses.
The settlers never accepted Ian’s payment for the horse. Some warriors even tried to follow them. They were all people who had been beaten by Ian. Ian was forced to raise his fist again to stop them.
“It almost turned into a real mercenary group.”
With Tessaia’s giggling voice flowing through one ear, Ian looked back at the settlement that was moving away.
Contrary to what it looked like from the outside, the village was not yet completed.
A log cabin being built by settlers.
Even vacant lots that have been left behind with only logging completed and outlying areas that lead straight into the forest without fences.
This meant that the residents of Black Forest Hill Village had ample room to move.
‘That’s enough, okay.’
Ian looked away without regret.
There will be no more chain quests, so you will never have to get involved with those northern barbarians again.
“But why do I always have to ride a horse with Meow?”
Tessaiah blurted out.
Ian, out of his thoughts, looked back at her.
“Can you keep your senses while still smelling me?”
“I’m confident. Want to try it? … Oh, I guess it didn’t work out. okay.”
While Tessaia quickly looked away, this time Charlotte looked back at him with a frown.
“Ian, can’t you just let this guy walk? “They keep pulling my mane.”
“What should I do with something that looks easy to catch? “This is a comfortable posture.”
There really isn’t a single quiet day.
Ian snorted cruelly and adjusted his grip on the horse’s reins.
***
After traveling for a full day and a half, Trabelga finally appeared.
A castle towering like a fortress in the center and several layers of dry walls.
The panoramic view of the dark-grey city, devoid of any decoration or color, was quite dull when combined with the cloudy sky. It was large in size, befitting the center of an autonomous territory.
Residences were even formed around the gwando outside the walls, and countless pedestrians walked up and down the main street.
The busiest and most bustling northern city I’ve ever seen.
Well, it wasn’t surprising.
If Trabelga is desolate, it means that the Dominion is facing a crisis.
Just like in the game.
“… … ?”
Ian’s brows suddenly narrowed as he entered the northern gate of the castle.
This is because the face of the person standing guard at the gate looked strangely familiar.
The gate captain also looked surprised for a moment as if he recognized Ian, and then a faint smile appeared on his lips.
Ian finally stopped and spat out.
“Do you manage all the large cities in the Dominion?”
The guard captain who guarded the gates of Ninglossul was here.
He let out a hearty laugh.
“Only the north gate is taken care of here. “I knew we would see each other again someday, but it’s nice to finally meet you.”
While he was giving greetings to Charlotte and Tessaia, Ian got off his horse and looked at him.
“Why are you here? “Don’t you have a wife or children?”
“No. That’s a good thing. Even if it had been there, nothing would have changed. Anyway, I’m here… To put it bluntly… .”
The gate captain looked into Ian’s eyes with a strange smile.
“You can say it’s thanks to you.”
“… … ?”
Ian’s eyebrows rose. The gate captain shrugged his shoulders and continued.
“I followed Sir Lucas here. You could say I was lucky. Otherwise, he would have been taken to Caringion. “I am acquainted with you, so we buried it together.”
“So, why do you know me?”
“Sir Lucas is very interested in you. I need someone to recognize you and report to you when you come to Trabelgar. “It happened to be me.”
“under… .”
A smile spread across Ian’s lips.
Should this also be considered a butterfly effect?
Whatever the reason, meeting a familiar face wasn’t a bad thing. This is especially true if you are a member of the National Guard who only has time.
“Thanks to you, I was put in charge of the northern gateway as soon as I arrived. And this is how we met. Actually, I was skeptical, but you really came back alive. So, have you completed the request?”
The gate captain asked subtly, lowering his voice.
Ian shrugged.
“That’s the way it is.”
“You can’t even imagine. “What did we see in the mountains?”
Charlotte covered Thesaia’s mouth as she spoke arrogantly, as if it were her own achievement. As her red and orange eyes glared at each other, the Gate Captain laughed once again.
“You still get along well. Well, just coming back alive is enough of an answer. Rather… It’s a pity. “It’s strange that you came while the commander was away.”
“I have already met Sir Lucas.”
Ian said, handing over the parchment.
Without even opening the certificate, the gate captain blinked.
“You already met… ?”
“At the Wall Gate. We talked about everything we wanted to talk about. Hmm… “Now I see it.”
Ian added, scratching his chin.
“I think this is a sad situation for you, not me.”
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“What have I to regret?”
“Sir Lucas must be on his way to Caringion by now.”
“Eh… ?”
“It looked like I was going to sit down there. “Maybe I’ll invite you.”
“Ha, my.”
The gate captain closed his eyes tightly and sighed.
“I don’t want to go to that cursed town… “There are not just one or two wizards there.”
Ian’s smile became strange.
“I guess you don’t like wizards very much.”
“Who would like it? No one knows that the reason they are in Caringion is simply because the black wall is nearby. “Those who secretly study the black wall cannot be sane.”
The guard captain clicked his tongue and shook his head.
“They are the ones who didn’t even reveal the location of their lair in the first place. In fact, I doubt whether there really is such a thing as a magic tower. “If there are so many towers, shouldn’t the location of at least one be known?”
That’s because they built a huge basement underground or under a lake, and insisted that it was an upside-down tower.
“but. “Everyone knows that those people are out of their minds.”
Ian blurted out calmly, contrary to his intentions, and slowly looked away. Charlotte and Tesaia, who were staring at him, quickly averted their gaze.
Ian swallowed a laugh and continued.
“By the way, I heard there is a church of the God of Light here. “Where should I go?”
Only then did the Gwanmun captain, who had roughly opened the certificate, speak.
“We have to go over one more wall. Do you have business with the church? I’m a bit curious about this… .”
“It’s better not to know. “Then, which inn do a lot of mercenaries and merchants stay at?”
“I have a couple. Don’t just go to the inn called Snow Mountain Toad, which you can find if you go around the southwest alley. “That’s where mercenaries who have lived in the area for a long time mainly stay, so when outsiders come, they often cause problems.”
“Then I guess we should go there.”
“… … ?!”
The Gate Captain raised his eyebrows and looked at him. Ian, who received the parchment from him, added calmly.
“I’m thinking of meeting people who are quick with information. “If we exchange fists with each other, we’ll quickly become friends.”
The gate captain gaped for a moment, but soon his expression turned serious.
He looked around, covered his mouth with his hand, and added quietly.
“It won’t matter if it ends up being a fist fight, but don’t kill anyone. “If you do that, don’t get caught.”
“Don’t worry. Because that won’t happen.”
Ian said with a grin, and walked away with a greeting to see you again. Charlotte and Tessaia led the horses and followed leisurely.
“… “Do you mean there’s no need to kill me, or that I’m not going to get caught?”
The gate leader muttered as he stared at the back of the group, who were still very unique, but then he looked ahead again and sighed.
“It’s Caringion… .”
Actually, now is not the time to worry about others.
***
After entrusting the horse to Ian, he immediately bought new clothes for Tessaia to wear.
“So, are you fighting again?”
Tessaia asked, as if her shoes were awkwardly moving. Ian shrugged her shoulders as he entered the alley.
“If necessary. “For now, I’m going to try using a method that doesn’t require that.”
“In a way that doesn’t have to be… ?”
Charlotte looked at Ian as if asking if such a thing existed.
Ian blurted out, thinking, “Are you really asking this?”
“Normally we call that a conversation.”
“… ah. Right.”
“Let’s eat first before that.”
“I’m hungry too.”
Tessaia said, licking her lips. She had bright red eyes. She blinked at Ian’s gaze, then took out her leather eye patch and put it on.
Charlotte blurted out as she slowly stepped in front of him.
“Don’t be foolish and just wait. “I’ll at least catch a few mice before I go to bed.”
“At least two. “To the chubby one.”
Charlotte, not listening, looked back at Ian and nodded.
Are you saying I shouldn’t care?
Fed up, Ian pushed the thick door of the inn. A small wooden sign with a picture of a toad on top swayed.
Ian entered the hall, feeling the musty air mixed with a foul and stinky smell and the hot heat all over his body.
“… … .”
The noise in the hall quieted down for an instant.
The fairly large bar on the first floor was quite crowded even though it was early evening. The eyes of people everywhere focused on Charlotte and Tesaia.
‘I’m almost glad to see this now.’
Ian walked leisurely while thinking and took a seat at a table in one corner.
Soon, the waitress who had been watching the group from the moment they entered approached us.
She was a typical northern waitress, tall and personable.
“What’s delicious here?”
She blinked for a moment at Ian’s question, then lowered her voice.
“It looks like this is your first time visiting, so it would be best to leave if possible.”
“why. “Are you saying that all of the people gathered here are street lords?”
In response to Ian’s question, the waitress added with a strange smile.
“It’s still quiet, but it will get noisier in an hour or two. Then maybe… .”
Her eyes swept over Tessaia and Charlotte.
Ian shook his shoulder.
“Good. You can hear a lot of different things. So, what’s delicious here?”
The waitress looked at Ian with an expression as if he was wondering what he was doing, then shrugged his shoulders and spat out.
“… A good one is a stew with beans and meat, rye bread, and eggs. “The expensive thing is grilled meat, right?”
“Then, two servings of each. Bring a glass of alcohol too. “The most poisonous one.”
“yes. “Aren’t you going to stay overnight?”
“Is that correct?”
“… … .”
The waitress looked at Ian again, asking if he was serious.
Ah, yes, they seem to cause quite a few accidents here.
“Give me the biggest room. “Can I take a bath?”
“… yes. “Although you get paid for every pot of boiling water.”
“Then please ask for that too.”
Ian took out some silver coins and placed them on the table.
The waitress’s eyes narrowed.
“There are too many.”
“You take what’s left.”
“By any chance, you don’t want to pay for the store’s equipment in advance, do you?”
“… … .”
This guy has unusual tact.
Looking at Ian, the waitress lightly massaged his temple and whispered.
“You are not allowed to draw your weapon. It’s not even murder. “I will call the National Guard right away.”
Ian nodded calmly and added.
“Do you often listen to outside news here?”
“Well, I don’t know how believable it is.”
“I’m going to stay here for a few days, so let’s listen carefully.”
Ian placed another silver coin on the table and pushed it toward the waitress.
The waitress holding the silver coin with a confused expression sighed.
“I don’t know if I can take it. “You might actually be able to stay here tonight.”
“There it is, take it. Go and get some food. “Because I’m hungry.”
“… … .”
The waitress looked at Ian for a moment and then turned around as if she had no idea.
Charlotte said as if she wasn’t surprised.
“You’ve already become friends with the waitress.”
“It’s okay to become friends. “I bought it.”
Tessaiah added.
“I’ve felt this before, but Ian is particularly kind to his employees.”
“Because it’s a lot of hardship.”
Ian, who was fed up, looked around the hall with indifferent eyes. Drunkard. What a shameless boat. mercenary. No matter what you call them, they are all similar types of human horses.
The fact that he lives with those things every day was enough of a reason for him to be kind to his employees. This is especially true for those with a past filled with various part-time jobs.
A pile of food was soon placed in front of Ian, who was calmly assessing the glances glancing in this direction.
“This is for you.”
The waitress whispered as she placed another drink and turned around.
Ian looked back at Tesaia and raised his drink.
“Sometimes like this, something comes back.”
He refreshingly moistened his mouth with alcohol and picked up a fork.
No further conversation was necessary. The only thing that mattered now was the warm food in front of me and the drink that hit my esophagus.
‘I really feel like I’m a local. ‘I can’t believe this tastes delicious.’
Unlike Ian, who occasionally smiled and focused on his food, Charlotte’s complexion was gradually hardening.
This was because the five or six people sitting at the table across from them were talking foul language about them. The main target was Thessia. He said there must be only one reason to bring a blind fairy with him.
He didn’t even have to lower his voice, so it was heard by everyone else in the group.
‘I guess I should start with those guys.’
First, eat it all.
It was a time when Ian was thinking and moving his mouth hard.
“… Ian, can I come by for a moment?”
Charlotte put down her fork and spoke in a calm voice.
Ian answered without even looking.
“I’m thinking of going.”
“I hope you will leave it to me.”
“hmm… .”
After a moment of silence, Ian dipped some bread into the stew and put it in his mouth and spit it out.
“Remember? “Don’t draw your weapons, and don’t kill.”
“What about breaking it?”
“What about that? “You just need to be able to talk.”
“I will keep this in mind. “Take care not to disturb your meal.”
Charlotte smiled brightly, stood up and looked back at Tessaia.
“Keep your mouth open. “Because blind blood may splash out.”
“That’s the most wonderful thing I’ve ever heard from you.”
Tessaia smiled.
Charlotte turned around and walked across the hall with a calm gait. Then, as if she were flowing, she grabbed one of the guys’ heads and slammed him down on her table.
fantasy,
