Reunion
, reunion
, rattling.
Rather, it is early morning that would be appropriate to call it night. While we were sleeping in an empty house, Cardisho woke us up one by one and whispered to us to get ready to leave. I took my mother and Jamel, who were still awake, and loaded them onto a cart and left the village.
“Haaaam.”
Jamel yawned and laid the blanket he had brought from the village on the cart. As if his mother had waited, he took out a new blanket, rolled it up, and began to doze on top of the cart.
“Ah?! Because I made mine! Don’t sleep alone like that, let’s cover it together!”
When Jamel, startled, shook her mother, who had rolled the blanket over her, a small wrinkle appeared on her forehead. Mother squinted her eyes and glared at Jamel, who had shaken her, then sighed deeply and gently lifted the rolled up blanket to make room for Jamel to come in.
“Hehe, thank you.”
‘Killing, killing…’
It seemed that rather than making her sleep go away by arguing with Jamel, her mother decided to make some concessions and enjoy her honey-like sleep again.
While Jamel and Mother were sleeping under the same blanket, I tried not to disturb their sleep by pulling the cart over as flat a surface as possible.
By the time I couldn’t see the village even if I looked back, Cardisho, who had been quietly walking next to me, opened his mouth.
“I woke you up suddenly, but thank you for following me.”
“It seems like it would be difficult to find anything in that village anyway, and now there are roads, so if you follow the road, you will find the next village nearby. Besides, as you said yesterday, if you continue to stay, it seems like your ankles will be caught.”
“yes.”
Cardisho smiled bitterly and glanced back.
“For priests like me to save them is, in the end, only first aid. What happens after this is all in their hands. In the first place, these things should be handled by the rulers, not by people like me… but what is this Northern Empire going to become? I am really worried.”
“Were you born in this country?”
Priests who go on pilgrimage to most countries usually have little attachment to one country. After all, what they value most is their God. So when Cardisho calls the emperor, he doesn’t add any modifiers. Still, if you were worried about the Northern Empire, there was a high possibility that this was the country where she was born and raised.
“Yes. I was born in this country By the time I was twelve… or thirteen? My life changed from the moment I met the priest of Gwanghuigyo who came to my village. From the day the warm light gave me power.”
Seemingly lost in memories somewhere, I sneakily asked a question.
“How many years ago was that?”
Cardisho’s face hardened as he reflexively pursed his lips. Then he opened his eyes and looked at me intently.
“It’s rude to ask a woman’s age.”
I thought you were the type that didn’t care about age at all.
“I was just curious about how many years you trained, so I asked. Actually, what does age matter so much?”
“is it.”
She lifted her guard and smiled bitterly.
“I’m sorry for reacting sharply. Sometimes rude nobles or old people trip over marriage issues.”
Most of the priests in this world were allowed to marry for granted. Rather, I thought it was strange that superior beings like the priests didn’t spread their seed. No one required priests to be chaste or chaste.
“Isn’t it too rude to think that you would have gotten married when you got older in the first place? Just as applause makes a sound when the hands clap each other, marriage also requires a partner. Besides, men in this country don’t like strong women! They say women should have a delicate taste! You don’t like it because you think you’ll lose if you fight there? Of course, if I really fight, I’ll win…”
When the topic of marriage came up, uncharacteristically for her, many stories popped up.
It seems that there are a lot of things.
As if I had turned on a radio broadcast, I silently listened to her words and pulled the cart. Cardisho’s voice, which had been grumbling for a while, suddenly cut off.
I turned my head at the sudden interruption of the voice, and saw her face as red as her hair. Cardisho did not dare to make eye contact with me.
“I’m sorry. It must have been embarrassing to hear. I made this pointless story longer.”
“If there is something accumulated by people, it is not healthy to release it at least once, right? And Cardi Show will be able to meet a good person someday. Just as shoes have their own pair, everyone must have their own pair somewhere.”
“Shoes without a pair are worthless as shoes.”
Cardisho glared at me with dark, dead eyes.
“So you’re saying that unmatched people are just as useless as shoes?”
“It’s not like that…”
I scrambled to make excuses, and firmly resolved that I would never stir up a cardi show with this topic again.
***
“Wahhahaha!!!”
“Come on! braided!!!”
The hustle and bustle of people and the clinking of bottles. After passing a couple of small villages, we finally found a fairly large village that had everything it needed. I think I heard the name of the village, but it didn’t seem to be very important, so I couldn’t remember it.
Having settled in, we sat down and ordered some of the best sellers.
“Hehehe. Is it because you ride a cart every day? I don’t walk myself, so I think I’m very comfortable these days! Plus, strangely enough, there were no bandits on the way!”
Well, as Jamel said, we didn’t see a single thief the whole time.
There were no bandits, which is odd considering I encountered so many bandits on the way to the first city after just crossing the border of the Northern Empire.
“It seems that the ability of the lord who governs this nearby area is excellent.”
“Something is strange.”
Cardisho glanced around and continued.
“If local security was a problem that could be solved by the lord’s own power, the empire’s security would have been restored to its normal state a long time ago. It’s just that I’ve seen cases similar to this before. wait there I have something to ask you.”
She stopped one of the waiters passing by and flipped out a fairy tale to hand. A female waitress, who quickly grabbed Donghwa, sneaked towards us with a bright smile.
“yes! customer! If you haven’t placed your order yet, may I help you?”
“I have a question for you.”
“Yes, I will answer everything I know!”
Underneath the waitress’ honey dripping voice, it was clear that he wished he had somehow answered well and got more tips from this customer. Cardisho smiled and opened his mouth.
“Hasn’t someone been hunting random bandits around here lately?”
“aha! It must be the story of the ‘Blue Ghost’!”
“A blue ghost?”
“yes! A blue ghost! The damage caused by the thieves has been greatly reduced thanks to the real blue ghost who appeared in every town and killed the thieves around him.”
A blue ghost? There was something to pinpoint.
“Is it because the blue ghost has blue hair?”
“uh?! How did you know?”
“Does he wear a white priestly robe?”
“that’s right! Besides, the blue ghost says he wears two swords! One large sword on the back and one normal sized sword on the waist! People who have seen it say that, strangely enough, both swords have very blue blades!”
“Haa…”
Two blue bladed swords? Master Friediya was absolutely right about this. What the hell are you doing here when you bring Master’s favorite swords, ‘Jeolche’ and ‘Desolation’?
I glanced at the white ring on the index finger of my left hand. As long as I’m wearing this, Master will know my approximate location. Why don’t you come to me right away?
It was a story that I couldn’t understand at this time.
“Besides, this is a secret…”
It was obvious what this waitress wanted from me as she glanced at me while saying it was a secret. I took a fairy tale out of my pocket and put it in her hand.
“thank you!”
“Please tell me the secret.”
“Actually… the blue ghost says he has a colleague! This is what the person who was chasing after the blue ghost said he saw. They say they saw a blue ghost out of town joining a dark-haired woman!!!”
dark-haired woman? There was only one dark-haired woman around me.
Jamel’s friend, Giselle.
probably not The possibility of Giselle and Master meeting first without going through me converged to zero.
“I understand for now.”
“yes yes! Call me again if you need anything!”
After the waitress left, he looked at me with eyes saying that the cardigan show was interesting.
“It looks like you’re acquainted with the blue ghost.”
“Perhaps… that blue ghost is my swordsmanship master.”
“Hoo.”
“I really don’t know what the hell Master is doing around here.”
“Then, will you prioritize joining Master from the surrounding area?”
Joining Master Friedya? If Master had been trying to find me, it was clear that he would have come a long time ago.
obviously something happened Besides, I never thought of Master walking alone and in danger.
“no. I plan to look for my colleague first.”
“Then, we’ll head to Cherbel City as planned.”
In fact, I knew that my mother would be very angry when I revealed that I had handed over the ring to Dakia and asked for Dakia’s location, but unexpectedly, my mother casually pointed me to the direction where Dakia was located.
He said that it happened because he fell for it, so he said he would look at it specially this time.
“Cerbel Shira… I remember that there was a branch of the Imperial Wizard Association there.”
“Imperial Wizards Association… Sounds like a name that will cause a lot of accidents just by hearing it.”
“It’s not like he’s going to have an accident… In reality, he often gets into an accident. Everyone is just saying that wizards are like that.”
It was just astonishing that there was a group that united sorcerers who were ruthless bastards.
After a while, the meal we ordered came out.
“Then let’s start by eating now and move again tomorrow. I heard that you can reach Cherbel in three days or so.”
“I’d rather do that.”
After I joined Dakia in Cherbel City, I made up my mind to look for Master a bit.
***
Ironically, contrary to my expectations, when we arrived at Cherbel City, we met Master Pridya first before reuniting with Dakia.
“Are you here? Yuna. I missed you very much.”
The bloody floor and scabbard. A smile like a painting that welcomes me.
“Master… what the hell is this…”
Around Master Friediya, bloodied and beaten people were scattered all over the place.
Blue eyes full of love for me gently curved.
“There were a few trivial quarrels with insignificant people. It’s none of your business, so don’t worry about it.”
“The people who have fallen here… I heard that they are all wizards belonging to the Wizard Association.”
To beat the wizards up like this. It was by no means trivial.
Master Pridiya approached me with a gentle hug and whispered to me. Master hugged me and patted my back as if comforting a child.
“That’s just a small thing. By the way, did you not want to see this master?”
“…Of course I missed it too. Master Friedya.”
