Chapter. 12. Lettuce to Wind Mage (2)
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“Enjoy your meal!”
thud!
The innkeeper capped off a sumptuous breakfast setting by placing ‘grilled dust-wind gwanjo with caramelized apples’ on the table filled with dishes.
“oh my god. “What is all this?”
“Well. The very suspicious favor of an old bachelor inn owner nearing the end of his 30s. “Isn’t that what you expected?”
“Oh my goodness?”
guy. Being condescending.
After an eventful morning, the innkeeper, who saw my room and counter in disarray (Borka had turned them over because he was looking for a servant), was ready to kick us out right away, but he changed his mind in an instant at a single word from Lucilla.
‘Oh my. I just got here from Teldrat and was looking for an inn where I could stay for a while and relieve my travel fatigue. ‘There are no good inns around here other than this one, so what should I do?’
I saw it clearly. At the word ‘Teldrat’, the innkeeper Hans’ eyes sparkle and he looks Lucilla up and down.
Except for the elf Idrasil, Lucilla is the only sane person among our group, who are all old and bulky. Looking at it objectively, Lucilla has a fairly good appearance due to her delicate facial features.
To top it all off, a craftsman from the Aedran family took out a bag of silver coins and paid for the destroyed items.
Just a quick glance from the side made an old bachelor named Hans think, ‘No way… that legendary Teldrat lady… right in front of me? I could see the thought creeping up, ‘I have lived alone for today’s destiny…’
What happens after that? A very tight-knit old bachelor and a fox girl who was a merchant to her core met. To Lucilla, who was demanding compensation for all kinds of reasons, he said, ‘You are truly full of vitality! She muttered something like ‘I’m perfect for being the hostess of an inn… no, I mean…’ and then she came to me with her upper legs bent like this.
hmm. A man who is good at cooking is definitely cool. If it wasn’t for the bald guy with a pot belly, I would have given it more points.
The professor glanced across the counter at Hans, whose eyes were shining with lasers, and then turned to Lucilla.
“But why do you keep repeating that so much? Rumors of a ‘Teldrat suitor’. If it spreads further, isn’t it really irreversible? I don’t know if you’re just living like us, but after all, you’re a merchant and a nobleman. “You can’t ignore your reputation in society or your position as an aristocrat, right?”
“It’s not about spreading rumors, it’s about intentionally spreading rumors. It was too late to stop the spread of the rumor anyway. Since this is a border town, the rumor hasn’t spread yet. There must already be hundreds of copies of my portrait circulating in the imperial social circles. Rumors have probably reached our family by now, and my father is not the type of person to miss an opportunity like this, so he may be encouraging the rumors. It’s already come to this, so I need to find a decent man before this journey ends. If you’re going to look for something, it’s better to have a wide range of choices. There may be a fateful friend buried on New Year’s Eve, so the more the rumor spreads, the better. “It’s like that.”
Oh my. You were thinking about it quite seriously?
“To get married?”
“As for the engagement… ugh! “You don’t ask that of a grown woman!”
slap!
“Hehehehe. No, if you really didn’t like it, I tried to find a way.”
“method? how?”
“How dare you? Can’t you get the answer just by looking at my status right now? All you have to do is throw away that ‘suitor’ business card right now.”
“Now wait a minute. Uh um. So, that means me and the warrior….”
Hwaaaah!
Lucilla, whose face was as red as blush because of what she was thinking, even slowly pushed her chair back and said,
“Oh, no, uh… Leaving the status of a suitor means there is no need to get married… like that? Because I’m talking about meaning… Yo hero? Of course, I think very well of you, and you are a great person in many ways, but we haven’t known each other for very long, and it would be easy to decide to marry someone who is this crazy… that…. Don’t you think it will be stable forever? Of course, the professor is a really good person, but… how about a person who talks about such important things while eating fish soup…” “
Hmm? What are you talking about? What I was trying to say was that there is a way to become a priestess of the Church of Light.”
“A priest?”
The professor desperately suppressed laughter and answered Lucilla’s bright red face with a confused expression.
“okay! I am now a recognized saint of the church. There are holy relics, holy oils, and priests. It is said that the ceremony can be held informally right here and now. Of course, priestesses of the religious order are allowed to find a partner as priests if they go through appropriate rituals and approval, but if you say you want to maintain chastity as a priestess, that falls into the realm of religion, right? Of course, I said I would find a way that way…”
“Huh? eww?”
“Puheuk keut! Professor… I guess you underestimated the imagination of an old girl? Hehehehe! hmm! That could be so. Yeah… that’s a shame. Professor, unfortunately, you failed. “He’s crazy.”
“Hehehe cough hehehe! What are you talking about, Ottoman? Here’s what we’ve seen of this friend so far. That’s a good score! If I had a daughter and one day she showed up holding hands with that guy, I would have immediately uttered a vicious curse that would have her wandering around the nine heavens forever just by saying it! Well done Lucilla! Not that guy! “Chaejabi can’t see that!”
“Ah ahhh….. ahhhhh!!!! “No, don’t make fun of me!!!!”
Lucilla covers her face and screams at the group. Notum, who had been quietly listening to this, stood up and wrapped her large hand around Lucilla’s shoulder.
“Notum….”
“A small human woman is looking for a mate. Being in heat is not something to be ashamed of. A warm nest. hearty meal. There is a lot to prepare. Notum female. Females help each other. Gwok.”
Pat pat.
“Ba ba ba ba…. Val…. Argh! “What’s wrong with you too!!!!!”
Tsk tsk tsk tsk. Aww, so cute. Why do all the little kids in our house enjoy teasing each other so much? Cynthia and this guy too.
The professor is happy as he remembers Cynthia, who is probably learning math, history, basics, disassembly and assembly of firearms, etc. at Dom’s school.
“Kuhuhuhuhuhuhuhuhuhuhhhhh!” Hehehehe! Pugh!”
From one corner of the table, I heard laughter that I had never heard before. The professor’s face, who was looking back at him because he thought it was the inn owner, was momentarily filled with confusion.
“Cough!”
It wasn’t the innkeeper, but Borka, who was laughing and chomping down on the soup he was eating.
“Ah breath! I’m sorry. I didn’t mean to laugh at you! It was. “You look too cheerful, so stop.”
“…Aldrich, did you hear that? I’m not saying I was laughing at you. “I’m saying it’s not that he was possessed or had a werewolf-specific respiratory disease, but that he was laughing.”
“Did you hear that too? That’s really… fascinating. While I was walking around with that friend, I’ve never seen his sullen expression change so much, let alone laugh. “I thought werewolves had no facial expressions due to their facial structure.”
“me too. Except when I first met him and he hit me from behind, I didn’t even see him frown. “Even when the knife was stuck in my stomach, I just twitched my eyebrows.”
“Kuhuhuh! That sounds stupid. I am also human. “If something funny happens, you can laugh, right?”
While we were all marveling at the amazing fact that ‘even werewolves can laugh’, Borka, who was wiping his soup-covered mouth with his arm, suddenly hit his head on the table.
bang!
“What is it?”
“nothing. I just felt like I couldn’t say thank you properly. Thank you, boss. Thank you my colleagues. I want to thank everyone who helped me get here. “When I came here and heard the news that my children, who I thought were dead, were alive and well, I received an unprecedented blessing in my life.”
A thank you full of laughter but also very sincere.
The werewolf, who had not shown a single smile in the past few months, was smiling and expressing his gratitude with an expression so happy that it almost seemed like a fool who had just shed the burden from his heart.
“…Mr. Borka too. “Everyone knows it without having to say it that way.”
“no. Even if you know it, there is a difference between saying it out loud and keeping it in. So, Lucilla, if there is a man you like, don’t hide it and tell him. “To repay my favor, I will bring him next to you, even if it means breaking his legs.”
“Ugh! Borka, even you!!!!”
A late morning feast and colleagues full of laughter.
In addition, there was a werewolf who became happy from this morning.
I felt good because only good things had happened since I arrived here.
Of course, you never know when and where something bad will pop up.
First of all, it was amazing to see our furry uncle, who had a sullen face and couldn’t talk about everything, smiling brightly like that.
I thought that just for that alone, it was worth visiting this place.
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“Then let’s take care of it until we get back!”
“Please don’t let the warehouse get humid! ”
“Take care of yourself! never! “You must never provoke a working wizard!”
I must have filled my stomach and gained a lot of camaraderie among the group.
Our group left behind the inn owner, who waved his hand with a look in his eyes sending lovers to some kind of battlefield, and moved towards ‘the’ Wuthering Heights.
Not only was there no reason to hesitate any longer, but I said something like, ‘If you could find the letter Borka sent from Felix’s home and check the direction it was flying…’ in a passing tone, Borka’s motivation was so overflowing that he exploded. am.
Even now, I couldn’t stop laughing when I saw the werewolf at the front of the group, holding the Imperial Mission (Lucilla’s Combat Discount Price – 1500 sil) that I bought in the village, wrinkling his nose and memorizing the direction of the wind and the name of the area. .
Surprisingly, Wuthering Heights is close to the village. No crazy bandit would ever settle down in front of a wizard’s lair.
The only thing I could see around me was a rocky and sandy bedrock area that resembled the wasteland I always saw, so the whole way up the hill was filled with only the quiet sound of the wind and letters fluttering.
Truly peaceful. Yeah, it’s like…
“It’s like the calm before the storm.”
“Ugh! “I was deliberately holding back so I wouldn’t talk about it!”
I was completely shaken by the words of Idrasil, who raised the flag without mercy.
That’s really it. It’s not just peace, it’s the kind of peace where a major disaster sweeps away and there’s nothing left around. Even in a neighborhood with nothing but stones, or even a safe zone where monsters don’t appear, environmental creatures like rock centipedes, cave rabbits, or the dust-wind gwan-gut I ate this morning are likely to appear, right?
But there is nothing here. It’s just full of wind and things carried by the wind.
Let’s go. Let’s go. Let’s go. Let’s go.
Whiuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu
the sound of the wind was suddenly mixed in between the sound of stepping on small stone chips. The sound of the wind got louder as you went up the hill, and at some point it started to gather so strongly that it made your steps unsteady.
“This… is not a normal phenomenon! “The wind is gathering more and more in a place that isn’t even a valley!”
“Wow! my hat! “Someone, please…catch me!”
Kwaaaaaa-!
Paralarak! Para la la la rock!
Letters from all over the empire gathered above the group’s heads, forming a huge pillar that flew up, and Notum held Lucilla, who was about to be blown away by the strong wind, as they struggled up the hill.
Whoops!
The air that had been suffocating suddenly felt like it was rushing out, and the uphill road that was blocking my view disappeared, and my vision became brighter. At some point, when the group, who had been pushed by the wind, reached the top of the hill, what unfolded before their eyes was something they could not have imagined at all, even though they were confident that they had come with enough determination.
“Wow, it’s so pretty…”
“This… is a scene that can only be described as great magic. “It’s the grandeur of an 8th rank wizard’s last spell.”
The professor nodded his head in agreement, distracted by Ottman’s admiration.
It was truly… a scene from a fairy tale that could only be described as a scene.
Felix Home was a pure white hemispherical building. The building, made of overlapping large and small curved pillars, boasted a beauty that was close to a work of art in itself, and at a glance you could see that a blue wind full of magical power was endlessly blowing through the gaping buildings, creating a thin whistling sound. .
The letters gathered in the wind and the music created by the building gathered in a circle on the white building and slowly flowed to the top of the building through a small spiral at the center.
Even I, who have seen ridiculous things like modern skyscrapers and Mayer Zeus in person, can’t stop taking steps due to its overwhelming scale.
“That… is the only resting place for wind wizards.”
Felix Home. A place where the lifelong aspirations of an archmage who has reached the edge of magic and the wind created from his remains reside.
The overwhelming sight made the group watch in a daze until the singing building finished its performance.
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