◈ 097. [Side Story]
Temple of Consolation.
Jupiter said that he was still in treatment, so he stopped by God Hand’s hospital room first.
So I opened the door to the hospital room.
“Stand there, child!”
“Ahahaha! Catch it!”
“I’ll throw that here!”
The Shadow Unit members are laughing and playing… … .
They throw the ball, play hide and seek, and run around happily. what. Isn’t this the intensive care unit? Is it a children’s playroom?
“Ah, Your Highness.”
God Hand, who was sitting on the bed and watching the troops running around, found us.
“Are you here?”
“Oh, tell me!”
“Come! majesty!”
“okay. came little boys.”
At first, these children pretended to have military discipline. Now there is none of that.
After saying hello once, they are playing with each other again. Do what is convenient for you.
I made my way through the children into the hospital room and sat down on a chair next to the bed.
“How are you, God Hand?”
“Thank you for coming all the way here. majesty. But don’t worry.”
God Hand raised his empty arm casually.
“The joints remain, so if you wear the prosthetic arm, you can move as before with your metal skills.”
“… .”
“All the wounds need to heal. We will be able to resume our activities as if nothing had happened.”
Are you pretending to be calm? Or do you really think so?
Either way it was pitiful. But without saying anything, I just nodded.
“It will still require rehabilitation. Take your time so that you are not in a hurry.”
“Thank you for just the words, Your Highness.”
“Tell me if you need anything. I will make it as convenient as possible for you.”
Besides that, we had a few more simple conversations and left the hospital room. You will rest more comfortably without me.
“Goodbye, Your Highness!”
“See you again!”
The little ones waved their hands. I also waved my hand.
As I left the hospital room, Lucas muttered dissatisfiedly.
“These guys are getting less and less polite towards their lord.”
“How are you? Leave it alone.”
I am not a real prince and they are not proper citizens of the empire either.
It’s cute that immature children are friendly. It’s better than keeping your distance.
Thinking so, I came out, but Lucas was standing in the hospital room, staring at me.
“Why is that, Lucas?”
“… No no.”
Lucas shook his head slightly.
“I thought it was really different.”
“huh? what?”
“This is the depth of your magnanimity, my lord.”
Lucas smiled and strode towards me and took the lead.
“Come here, my lord. I know the location of Lord Jupiter’s hospital room.”
“okay. Let’s go.”
As I headed toward Jupiter’s hospital room, I suddenly had a thought.
‘You’re not going to say anything because I didn’t buy that golden-gatherer consolation gift?!’
***
Jupiter’s hospital room.
When the treatment was over, I opened the door and went inside. jump!
“Are you alive, Jupiter?!”
“Annit! majesty!”
When I entered the hospital room, Jupiter, who was scooping something with a spoon and putting it into his mouth, was delighted to see me.
“It’s been a while since I drew this! How many days has it been since I stretched out?”
“Nearly ten days have passed. Jupiter. I’m glad you look okay.”
I chuckled. Seeing this Donmisae grandmother move cheerfully as usual, I was relieved.
Jupiter leaned against the back of the bed and was scooping up a bowl of porridge on the bed table.
He lost consciousness for ten days and received only healing magic. The old wizard’s whole body was dry.
“How are you feeling?”
“I am perfectly fine… I would like to say that.”
Jupiter pushed the bowl of porridge aside and raised his hand.
“I must be honest. Not very good.”
I saw trembling fingertips.
“The magic circuit is half burnt. I’m slowly recovering… … .”
“Can I be completely healed?”
“It will get better. Even if it takes time and gets better, I don’t know if the output will come out like before.”
Jupiter let out a bitter sigh.
“It’s like this just because I blocked a few spells… … I am old too.”
“Eat well and get some rest. Please recover quickly.”
I smiled.
“The lightning mage was away, so you had a hard time in the last defense. Get well before the next defense battle.”
“haha. whether there is Also, I can’t spit out as much as my weekly wage.”
Jupiter, who was giggling at them, slowly looked down at his hand.
“… More than anything yet.”
The old man’s hand, which had been trembling slightly, was soon squeezed tightly.
“I can’t go yet. I have a lot of work to do.”
Jupiter had a serious face, but I just joked.
“What else do I have to do? Are you going to build a castle by earning more money?”
“ha ha ha! How did you know this old man was inside, Your Highness? You are accurate.”
Puhaha- Jupiter, who was laughing a lot, slowly erased his laughter.
“Last name is last name. That would be really good… … .”
I shrugged.
“I don’t know the last name, but sooner or later I will build a luxury hotel in Crossroads.”
“Ohh!”
“I’ll make accommodations there cheaper. It’s my direct party, so I’ll give you that level of service.”
“I will be happy to stay. Then will I be the first guest?”
“No. 1 is me. I liked it. I’ll give you about number two.”
“Whiskey and cigars overlooking the city from the hotel suite… Can a big mercenary have such luxury?”
With empty hands holding neither whiskey nor cigars.
We laughed as we talked about non-existent suites in unbuilt hotels.
Perhaps it is the mercenary who survives day by day with this mirage-like dream… … no.
maybe we humans
Besides that, after exchanging small talk like this, I slowly stood up from my seat.
“There is quite a bit of time before the next defense. Take a good rest and focus on your recovery, Jupiter.”
“I will do as you command, Your Highness.”
Jupiter, who couldn’t stand up because he was uncomfortable and only bowed, ah! It made a sound.
“By the way, Your Highness.”
“huh?”
“You came to consolation, but didn’t you buy a present?”
Hey, I knew you would say this!
***
“Recovery in 4 weeks is absolutely impossible.”
Saint Marherita said clearly.
“God Hand is traumatic, so it is easy to treat and recover quickly. You should be able to return soon. But not Lord Jupiter.”
“… .”
“A runaway of magic is the most serious of all internal injuries. It is as if the fields of magical power, which are the foundation of wizards, have been completely burned down.”
Marherita compared the principle of a wizard using magic to farming.
Magic is the result of fertilizing mana in the field of the body.
Jupiter suffered a blow to the rice field, which is the basis of this farming.
“If you are young and have good resilience, it is not that there is no way to recover, but in the case of Jupiter-sama… .”
“That means you can’t.”
“That means we can’t be back on the field in at least four weeks.”
Marherita glanced toward the hospital room.
“It’s obvious that you’ll overdo it if you send it out, so I’ll hold it in the temple.”
“You are strict, saintess.”
“All mercenaries are like that.”
Marherita crossed her arms and shook her head.
“In order to defeat the enemy in front of you right now, if you burn all of your future self… … I have seen too many.”
“… .”
There was a moment of awkward silence, and Marherita bowed first and turned to the temple.
“Then, if the condition of the two of you improves, I will tell you again.”
“Oh yes. thank you.”
As always, put the gold coins in the treasury box.
I walked out of the temple.
After returning Damian, who had come to meet him, back into the temple, he briefly stood in front of the carriage.
“Whoa… .”
He sighed and scratched the floor with his toes.
In fact, Jupiter is no different from being sentenced to a season out.
‘To fly an SR-class wide-area wizard like this… … .’
Of course, if you recover hard in the future, it won’t be that there are no ways to use it in later stages.
It must be said that it cannot be used in the next defense stage 5, which is the biggest hurdle in the beginning. The operation to recapture the base camp will also have to be skipped.
‘Can I get through these fights without an area wizard?’
Although the Shadow Army’s archers can fill similar roles, in the end, physical archers and wizards have different uses.
If Jupiter isn’t there, I’ll have to take Lily with me. We can’t put Lily, who can’t use her legs, in danger forever.
I shook my head while repeating the thought of drawing a dodol table. Erai has no nutritional value.
I shouted energetically to Lucas, who was standing next to me and waiting for me.
“Shall we go hire a new friend?!”
It’s draw time!
I can only hope that there will be new useful friends in the mercenary guild.
‘There’s no way a wide-area mage will come here just in a good way.’
Do you know though? The dice god of this game will play a prank again.
***
Thus, the mercenary guild.
Standing in front of the door, I took a long breath.
“Whoa… .”
In my heart, I want to do ablution and make an offering at some altar before going in.
“I just want to trust my luck!”
I grabbed the doorknob and vigorously opened the door.
“Is there a new character for Tsuru?!”
and.
Flash-!
From the inside of the mercenary guild, dazzling gold light was emanating.
“… ?”
I was taken aback and my movements stiffened for an instant.
no wait.
Aren’t you looking at nothing?
really? really gold?
‘Here’s the SSR rating?! real?!’
Tadat!
He had no face or anything. It’s a first impression, it’s nabal, and it wasn’t the time to care.
I hurriedly ran into the mercenary guild. Lucas hurriedly followed me.
A bar inside a secluded mercenary guild.
A long robe was loosely wrapped around the body, and a large hat was pushed down tightly… There was a woman with bright yellow hair.
The golden light indicating SSR rating was emanating from this woman.
bang!
I ran and sat down next to her. I asked right away.
“Are you a mercenary?”
“… .”
The woman slowly turned her head and looked in my direction.
Her bright yellow hair stood out in all directions, and it covered the left side of her face.
The exposed right eye is weak and the corner of the eye is drooping, and there are some freckles on the cheek.
Maybe in your early 20’s? A young tee remains.
For some reason, it reminds me of a fox.
“I’m sorry, sir.”
When she opened her mouth with a bashful smile, sweet smoke came out.
Looking closely, he was burning tobacco with a long smoking pipe in his hand.
“I am not a mercenary.”
“You’re not even a mercenary, so why are you in the guild?”
“I am looking for someone. I came because my grandmother was staying here. But I can’t even see the nose.”
An old woman staying at a mercenary guild.
There was only one person that came to mind. I asked, half-sure.
“What is your grandmother’s name?”
“Jupiter.”
wink.
I asked her one more time as she smiled leisurely.
“What is your name?”
“I inherited my grandmother’s name, Jupiter Junior.”
After waving her hand to sweep the smoke from the pipe, she raised her hand in front of her chest and softened.
“People call me Jouju for short. Just call me Junior.”
Jupiter Jr.’s drooping eyes let out a thin smile.
It was like a real fox.
“Call me whatever you feel comfortable, sir.”
