Episode 669 Wins Heart (13) After
wandering through the forest for a long time, Baekwidan entered the village after many twists and turns.
Tired from the long journey, they laid down their burdens.
“You’ve finally arrived.”
Dale, who led the White Guard at the forefront, looked around.
It is a lively town no matter how you look at it.
Even though it was late, there were many stalls that had not finished their business, and there was even a fountain with a nice atmosphere under the scarlet lantern, so it seemed like I could find a good inn right away.
“Before looking for an inn, I should meet the lord first.”
The red-haired woman patted her shoulder as if she was tired of it.
“Since everyone is tired, why don’t we start by looking for an inn?”
“Sally.”
When her name was called, she complained.
“Let’s unpack and fill our stomachs. Only then will there be two bodies left. Besides, I have to look at the condition of Ben and Freesia.”
Pointing to the fallen priest who still doesn’t open his eyes and the countess gasping for breath due to mana depletion, he says.
It certainly doesn’t look good, but from his point of view it was self-sufficient.
“There is a yes to everything.”
“If meeting the lord in such a shabby manner is what you think is etiquette, I won’t deny it.”
“Keuk…”
I want to refute it, but it makes sense.
Dale looked at the white guards.
They seemed to agree with Sally’s opinion, so they didn’t say anything.
As the flow went like that, Dale eventually nodded slightly.
“i get it. Then, let’s start by looking for an inn.”
“Ho-ho-ho. Good idea.”
When permission was granted, Celie found the inn as if she had been waiting.
He guides Baekwidan down a street that looks rich even at a glance, and soon finds the largest and most luxurious inn.
Tavern Blacksmith.
It’s a name that somehow makes the alcohol smell like iron, but what about it?
They had high hopes for finally being able to sleep in a proper bed.
Upon entering, delicious food and fragrant incense welcomed me.
“How many times has this been the smell of food?”
“Ah, it has been a long journey.”
The thrilled people trembled with their mouths open.
When suspicious people dressed in filthy clothes entered the inn, the clerk stopped them.
“I’m sorry, but beggars are prohibited from entering our store.”
“this guy! Don’t you know who we are!”
I tried to express my soul in a deliberately stern tone, but even the seeds were not eaten.
Instead, the clerk takes out a few fairy tales from his pocket and hands them over as if feeling pity.
“Tsk tsk. How hungry are you? Fill your hungry stomach with this.”
He proudly came to the fore in the face of obvious indifference, and his face was dyed red.
“This bastard…!”
Dale hurriedly came out, as it looked like a fight would break out at any moment.
“We are the White Guard. Please understand that the journey is rough and the appearance is shabby.”
As he speaks, he presents the Baekwidan certificate issued by the royal family.
Even at a glance, the plaque decorated with mithril, which was said to be more expensive than gold of the same weight, looked luxurious.
The contemplative clerk hurriedly lowered his head and apologized.
“omg! I’m sorry!”
Then the Baekwidan became more triumphant.
“Hmm. How can you make a business if you don’t have eyes for people?”
“I’ll have to develop my eyesight.”
With their hands on their backs, they are guided to their seats with dignity.
Nothing has happened since I met a strange young man yesterday and broke up, but now it feels like the reputation of the Baekwidan is being revived.
The expressions of the children of the nobles watching them changed.
“Oh, they are the White Guard.”
“Is it true that a hero’s spirit cannot be hidden even if his appearance is shabby? All of them seem to have a light shining from their heads.”
I keep admiring what I saw in the face full of mud.
The other noble ladies even had their cheeks flushed and glanced at each other.
The Baekwidan was even more invigorated by him.
They called a clerk nearby and said,
“Bring out the most expensive thing in the store. You shouldn’t even think about saving it.”
The clerk, who had just heard the same words, bowed his head in silence.
“I’ll take over right away.”
“ha ha ha. I like it. Bring me a drink and see.”
“yes.”
When they, who occupied the center of the inn, unraveled their past.
The chef and the clerk were having a headache.
In the kitchen, the two had a quiet conversation.
“…Chief, is it really okay to leave like this? Didn’t the young man tell you that food is poisonous? If that is true, we are dead.”
Poisoning heroes is a felony.
How much more poisoning all the organizations selected directly from the royal family.
Even if the three generations were destroyed, there was nothing to say.
The chef, who was sweating, said while cooking.
“Isn’t there a different way now? They said it wasn’t life-threatening poison, so it should be fine.”
“How can you believe that?”
“If it was poisonous enough to kill a person, a body should have already come out of there. And besides, do you think things will change just because you tell everyone now?”
I heard that it is
The chef, who was preparing food with a pale face, soon put the dish on a plate and handed it over.
“…Tell them well and come back.”
Now it’s the judge’s board.
Perhaps having read the chef’s feelings, the clerk accepted the dish while trembling.
gulp.
Thinking that their life and death depended on this dish, their steps are heavy.
As I took the hard step, the Baekwidan greeted me with a smile.
“Now you are coming.”
“I was waiting for you. I’m finally going to try food like food. ha ha ha.”
He laughs awkwardly and throws his hands here and there as he puts the plate down on the table.
No matter how hungry he was in the meantime, the expression on his face looking at the food was that of a person who had met an enemy of life and death.
‘Please, I hope nothing happens.’
The clerk turned his back on them eagerly.
* * *
Ray gnashed his teeth while eating vegetable soup at a cheap inn with a nice view.
“That seat was our seat!”
“calm down. Vegetable soup isn’t bad either.”
“vegetable? People should chew meat!”
I ordered freshly grilled meat in vegetable soup, but the texture is not good.
Besides, the liver was so exquisite that sour and astringent flavors coexisted in the soup.
Ete was eating with a smile as if she was satisfied, but for Ray, it couldn’t be otherwise.
When I tried to eat out happily after a long time, I had no choice but to leave the restaurant because I couldn’t make a fuss about whether the food was poisonous.
Even a high monk who has completed 20 years of face-to-face training would have become an apostate monk at once if he faced the current situation.
“If I had known it would be like this, I would be homeless today.”
Even if they caught wild animals and cooked them, it would have been better than this.
While grumbling, Ray emptied the vegetable soup clean.
He grabbed his backpack and got up from his seat.
“Looks like it’s about time.”
“Where are you going?”
“I have to take care of it. If left as it is, White Guard, Nabal, and all of them will die.”
At the words that I couldn’t understand, Ete just took the soup to her mouth.
“Ugh. Bye.”
“I am waiting here. It will be over soon. Scream when something happens.”
As the inn is built near the cliff, the view is good.
If you sharpen your hearing, you should be able to hear at least Ete’s screams without difficulty.
“yes. I…”
“Huh?”
“Can I have one more?”
Ete showed a clean, empty bowl and smiled.
It hurts my heart to eat vegetable soup that tasted like man’s sweat so deliciously.
Somehow, pity came over me.
“…if there’s anything you want, you can order it all.”
Ray took five out of his pocket full of silver coins and handed them over.
One day I will cook her a great dinner.
I made a small resolution to myself and left the inn.
* * *
It wasn’t long before Baekwidan noticed something strange after eating.
Those who ate a few pieces of meat reacted first, and then even those who ate the food later put down the tableware.
“This is…”
“Absolutely. Poison. The mana road is hardening.”
The atmosphere quickly turned cold.
Fortunately, it wasn’t poison that caused abnormalities in the body, but the mana rod was hardening.
An impatient young man grabbed the clerk by the collar.
“You dare to poison us, it’s pretty daunting.”
“Gellman!”
“Let go, Sally. If there are any culprits, these are the only ones.”
The clerk literally tasted to die for.
That moment.
A group appeared over the inn’s balcony.
A black nocturnal robe and a blue thread engraved on the chest.
It was not a familiar outfit, so they were very nervous.
Gell-Mann, who was grabbing the clerk by the collar, exclaimed after intuition that the situation was not serious.
“If you don’t want to die, everyone get out!”
The people in the inn, who suddenly came to their senses at those words, screamed and ran away.
“Kyaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!”
“Someone call the guards!”
They weren’t the only ones who panicked at the untimely uproar.
Baekwidan was also in a hurry to understand the situation because of the sudden poisoning.
They supported each other and united as one, glaring at the people in black.
“Whose orders were you given? Are you attacking us even though you know we are the White Guard?”
At Gell-Man’s words, the man in black in the lead let out a fishy laugh.
“The White Guard? Aren’t they just a bunch of kids?”
From those words, I intuitively felt that a fight could not be avoided.
Dale positioned himself so that he could draw his sword at any moment.
“Cilia wouldn’t stay still if she touched us.”
“Then just kill them all and keep silent.”
“Do it if you can. If only I could kill everyone here.”
Losing a player is the worst.
Dale drew his sword and swung it sideways.
It is to cut as many as possible in one blow.
However, the men in black carelessly avoided his sword.
“Keugh!”
Although the action was not great, it was delayed because he could not use mana to retrieve the sword.
When the gap was revealed, the black man stabbed his sword.
That moment.
“Shield!”
With a sharp tone, a sphere-shaped protective shield appeared in front of Dale.
Freesia, who was resting due to mana depletion, stretched out her hand with difficulty.
“Freezing!”
