16. A warrior grows (2)
The golden chair had an unexpected advantage.
It was so hard that I had to place a cushion on it, and it didn’t have a rocking function, so my body twisted when I sat on it.
This means that the seating comfort is not as good as that of a wooden rocking chair.
But as I sat here, people didn’t dare to talk to me.
Humans are weak to authority.
There was nothing better than this chair to enjoy solitude.
But there were always exceptions.
If you are a human being without a sense of authority, or if you are not a human being.
I opened my eyes to a shadow.
There was a woman there wearing a large-brimmed hat.
Smile brightly.
Is it pretty?
That’s right. So much so that it is difficult to find a partner even in the demon world.
Even Shantrina, the leader of the Dream Demon tribe,
could not be said to be prettier than her. There was no doubt that it was more erotic.
She had a bag with wheels.
“Are you going?”
“huh.”
“The next time we meet, it will be Jin Geum-yong again.”
“I’m sorry.”
“what?”
“By making them return the title ‘Killing Jin Geum-Yong’.”
“There’s no need for that.”
“If you want, come pick again. “I won’t give it up easily
.”
“If you don’t mess with my family, I won’t fight with you.”
“It looks like that level of responsibility still remains.”
“I said I would quit the Demon Lord, but I didn’t say I would abandon myself.”
“ah! You are still Demiurge 666 years old. “So there will still be a war 20 years later?”
“What the hell, that’s a line I don’t think I’ll ever see again.”
“Because the mold case is over.”
“Is that really the case?”
Deus slightly raised the corners of his mouth.
“It means there is something more. “Does this have something to do with Alex disappearing?”
“If you want to hear part 2, admission fee is 1,000 gold.”
Yulgeum slowly shook his head.
“No, I want to quit. “It will be difficult to handle my work for the time being.”
“Goodbye then.”
w O ” Hmm.
“Damn woman. live well.”
“you also.”
Yulgeum turned around, dragging a wheeled bag
.
Then he paused for a moment and turned his head to look at Deus.
“Watch out for that butler.”
“Do you know who it is?”
“Take a guess. But I can’t tell you.”
“Then just go.”
Yulgeum looked at Deus for a moment longer and then bowed his head.
She disappeared and Deus went back to sleep.
But once a nap ran away, there was no way it would come back.
Just close your eyes and pass the time.
It was well past lunch time when Zeke returned.
“Did you do a good job as a parent?”
“Yes, Deus.”
Deus, sitting on the golden chair, looked up at Zeke.
“Are you doing well at school?”
“yes. depending on. It looks like there’s a bit of bullying going on, but I can’t do anything about it. “The Holy Jade family is a disgrace to Joryx Castle.”
“Well, it has been a subcontractor for a long time. Still
, it’s B-level right now. “I even defeated a giant not long ago.”
“I guess everyone doesn’t believe it. “Even giants didn’t fight alone.”
“It looks like the Holyoke family stole the ball.”
“It’s not that they intercepted it, but that everyone doesn’t believe it.”
“you’ve worked hard.”
“I’m fine. “It will change when my younger siblings graduate from school and get their official grades.”
“You mean that’s the power of the family?”
“yes. “A warrior is not an individual, but a family
name.”
“Just work hard.” “Do you know that you are having such a hard time?”
“I believe so.”
“Anyway, you have the personality of losing money. Ah, anyway, go in and work. Now that Yulgeum has returned, you will have more work to do.”
Zeke asked back in surprise.
“yes? “Has Yulgeum left?”
U o ” Hmm.
“Why… did you two fight?”
“What are you talking about?”
“We’re dating.”
“Did Alex get upset like that?”
“Yes…
“When that bastard comes back, I’ll have to educate him.”
“So Yulgeum isn’t coming back anymore?”
“I don’t know. “She is a self-willed woman.”
“I wish you would come.”
“why? “Are you in love?”
Zeke’s face turned red.
“It’s not like that!”
“Then who is better? That woman from the Holyoke family?”
“Lexia is just a senior.”
“The way you keep flirting with me makes me think that he has feelings for you.”
“Don’t say that. “Senior will be angry.”
“Is that really the case?”
At that time, an old woman with a bent back came across the yard.
He walked slowly and his expression was not good.
When I made eye contact with Deus, I lowered my head. Then he went to Zeke’s side and spoke carefully.
“Zeke.”
“Oh zero grandma.”
Old Woman Zero bowed to Deus.
Deus looked back at Zeke with an expressionless face.
“Grandma Zeroro lives on the same street as me. Since she was young, she often took care of her younger siblings…
Zeke said as he looked at the old woman.
“But what’s going on?”
“I know I shouldn’t do this, but I want to ask Zeke for some help.”
“For me?”
“huh. Since Zeke is a warrior, I have to tell him through the office, but… you know. My house…
“Speak comfortably. “It’s not like we don’t even know each other.”
Zeke smiled kindly and comforted the old woman.
“Well, my second child hasn’t come home for three days.”
“Mr. Jace?”
“yes.”
“I heard you work underground
.”
“The supervisor said it was just a matter of going into a deeper area and taking more time… I was really worried…
“I understand. “I’ll take a look
after work today .”
“thank you. “How do I repay this favor?”
“That’s Okay. “Neighbors can help each other to this extent.”
“thank you so much.”
The old woman nodded and returned to the other side of the street.
“What?”
“Oh, Mr. Jace, he’s working in the sewers of Joryx Castle. Because the roads are so complicated, sometimes you get lost and come back a day or two late… “
It’s common to get lost for
a day or two while cleaning sewers ?”
“Haha, of course.”
“You probably go somewhere else and have fun and come home late. “I was having trouble in a bar or something.”
“There have been a few times like that.”
“Anyway, be good to people in moderation. Because you are the one suffering. “I don’t think they would have treated your family particularly well just because they were neighbors, right?”
Looking at the old woman’s overly servile attitude, it seemed like they were not close enough to Zeke to ask him to do something like this.
“But we’re neighbors. It’s because everyone’s life is difficult. Besides, I’m a warrior. My father always said. “A warrior must make sacrifice his profession.”
Deus looked at Zeke blankly.
Even if several years, hundreds of years, or even hundreds of centuries pass, we will not be able to understand that way of thinking.
If you think about it, it doesn’t seem to be a way of thinking that sells very well even among humans.
So the Holly Beach family
must be living like beggars like that.
“So it’s closed today?” Deus blurted out something as he watched Zeke leave, armed with a steel shield and sword from the store and wearing only a chest protector.
“yes. sorry. Eat dinner somewhere else. “May I recommend a store?”
“it’s okay. Would you be okay alone?”
“Yes, it’s my job.”
“Well, that’s true. “It’s not about making money.”
“That’s right. “Don’t worry, I’ll make sure there’s no disruption to work tomorrow.”
“Who cares?”
Zeke smiled broadly at Deus and left the store. The place he headed was the entrance to an underground passage not far from the store.
The sewer system of Joryx Castle has a long history. It has been used since at least 300 centuries ago.
Sewage inevitably contained waste called sludge.
It had to be cleaned periodically to prevent the flow of water from being blocked, and that work
was done by the lower class.
Zeke also worked quite a few part-time jobs cleaning sewage.
Thanks to this, I was quite familiar with the geography of the sewer system. Nevertheless, Zeke copied a copy of the sewer map from city hall and took it with him.
The complexity of the underground waterway was not at a level that could be memorized by the human mind.
He carried a shield on his back and a sword on his waist.
In fact, the underground was not a particularly dangerous place, but sometimes
monsters that came from outside lived there. Zeke was worried that he might meet such a monster and have an accident, so he brought a weapon.
Of course, the weapon I just brought wasn’t free.
I bought the sword and shield with a total of 1 gold and two months’ salary.
It was expensive enough to make my hands shake, but I had no choice. The store with the highest price/performance ratio in Zoryx Castle was Deus Mugusang.
However, after completing the expedition to Horsetail Forest not long ago, Deus
paid me a generous amount of money, so I was able to purchase such expensive weapons without any burden.
After passing through a relatively safe area, Zeke headed deeper.
It wasn’t until I was sick of the rotten smell of sludge that I was able to arrive at the area where Jace worked.
At that time, a strange place caught Zeke’s eye.
There was a collapsed wall next to the main passage, which was wide enough for a carriage to pass through.
It was impossible for the sewer wall in a place like this, which was not even a pipe in a remote area, to be left broken
.
Two soldiers were seen next to the collapsed wall.
They were frowning as if they were annoyed at being in the sewer.
Zeke approached them.
“Stop. “This area is off limits now.”
“Thank you for your hard work.”
“Oh, are you Zeke by any chance?”
One of the two soldiers pretended to know,
“Yes.”
“also. Now that I think about it, they say it’s not a subcontract right now.”
“It’s class B.”
“Then will it be okay? But you better be careful. “Now the head of the Holyoke family has gone inside to investigate, so don’t be rude.”
“Canadine?”
“okay.”
“Is the situation that bad?”
“Huh..” Soldier
C
remained silent.
Zeke swallowed dryly without even realizing it.
Cannadine van Holyoke was the father of senior Lexia.
The rank is Class A. He was a person of considerable skill.
Just a generation ago, the Holyoke family was a G-class warrior family.
He had a generous inheritance and his martial arts skills were excellent. It was at a level that could not even be compared to Zeke’s Holly Beach family.
Naturally, the skills of his colleagues were also outstanding.
There was almost nothing they needed to do in Joryx Castle.
This means that you are not in a position to enter a place like a sewer.
Nevertheless, his arrival meant that a more dangerous enemy was lurking underground.
Zeke stroked the sword on his waist.
It was an ordinary iron sword, not a Doomsrhino.
How much power can I really exert with this weapon?
At the moment when fear was about to take over his body, Zeke remembered the eyes of Deus.
The hesitation disappeared.
Zeke nodded, greeted the soldiers, and stepped into the black hole.
If there is evil there, there is no reason for the warrior to hesitate.
The cave opening in the sewer passage was a different landscape than the other side of the wall.
It is a series of smooth bars that look as if they were carved from natural rock.
The environment was better than the sewage where the sludge gave off a putrid smell, but Zeke was even more nervous.
I stroked the wall.
There was clearly a mark where something had been swept away.
This cave must have been an underground path created by some monster.
Zeke stopped for a moment.
A monster that drills a 3 meter diameter hole in bedrock. There is such a scary thing roaming underground.
There was no time to dawdle here. I leaned over and kicked the ground.
