Chapter 84
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Calypso’s Nightmare
Judah tilted his head at the gazes upon him. Why were they looking at him that way? He glanced at the wall they had broken down a mont ago, the sound of the rain splashing from it. No way, was it because of that? Did they want them to take responsibility?
“Do you have any problems? If you have anything to say, you can tell . Anyone?” Judah broke the silence.
Among the crowd erged an older man, who might be the village chief. Judah didn’t know why, but his gaze was filled with fear.
“Is it true that you defeated all those ghosts outside?”
“Yes. Why? Have you seen another ghost?”
“No. We haven’t. I’m just worried the ghosts were hiding around the corners, or maybe even in the houses.” He said, looking up at Judah, before glancing around carefully.
Judah couldn’t show them the quest notification to reassure them. Looking at the crowd, he could see the fear in every man and woman. They’ve been haunted for ten days, and their fear had grown into trauma.
Judah scratched his head, “Then, I can’t help it. We’ll stay here and stay on guard for a few days. Rest assured, the ghosts are gone and won’t co alive again. Would it be okay for you to trust this one ti? Go ho and relax.”
If Judah and Jeanne failed to arrive when they did, the villagers would’ve been the ghosts’ dinner by now. Did they know that?
“I didn’t an to upset you. Please don’t take it the wrong way. We know that the priest was unable to hold up any more, and we know that you are the one who saved us. I said my words out of worry. I don’t know what I would do if another ghost appears.”
He bowed and replied politely. Judah wasn’t used to seeing an older man, who was far older than he was, regard him so highly. Usually, the elderly tend to let go of the conversation when the other person was young, but this man didn’t.
“I apologize for introducing myself late. I am the mayor of Cherryu Village.”
“Oh, I’m Judah Arche, and this…”
“I’m Jeanne Art Loire.” The lancer who had been silent the entire ti introduced herself, bowing her head lightly, “We are adventurers.”
“Thank you again for your help. If you have the ti, we would like to seek more of it. Why don’t you stay in our village and watch over us?”
“I want to do it out of the goodness of our hearts, but we are also adventurers, so we have to fulfill our mission. There’s nothing more that we can do. It would be better to ask other adventurers out there.”
“Oh, I understand. Was my mindless rambling disrespectful? Did I bother you, our savior, with it? I’m worried..”
Judah smiled as gently as possible as if it didn’t matter, “It’s okay. But if you’re really sorry, I have sothing I’d like to ask. Can you enlighten ?”
“If we know of it, we will answer as much as we can.”
“I know that an adventurer the sa age as I am nad Edron stayed here. Can you tell where he last headed?”
A villager who overheard Judah’s question raised her hand. Her sudden movent caught Judah’s attention, and when he turned to the woman, she flinched.
She wasn’t cold, but why was she shivering?
“Hey… I know.” She stood up from her seat, gulping loudly, “Because that boy stayed in the inn I run. My inn is also the only one in this town, so… I know him.”
“Oh, thank God. When was the last ti you saw him?”
“I’ll have to look at the lodging log at the inn to know the exact ti, but roughly, it was a day before the rain started. About 11 days ago.”
“Where did he say he was going?”
“He helped my village in running errands, and that day was the last day of his contract. We tried to hold a party to thank him for solving the village’s troubles, but he said he had to go sowhere in the morning. He headed to the north woods. He said he’d be back in the evening. He left his luggage in my inn.” When the older woman’s story finished, the villagers who had been listening all groaned.
“Did he say he was looking for ‘Cherserian’?”
“That’s right. That would be around the northern woods.”
Judah nodded and thanked her for letting them know. Although Judah already knew this story. He only asked it so Jeanne would know about it.
But if he thought about it, the villagers should be dead. In the ga, they were ant to end up as a ruin destroyed by the ghosts.
But there were so that he didn’t know the fates of, like the priest and foolish adventurers.
He didn’t want people to die, but now he doesn’t know how this would change the future.
“Then, we have to go to the north woods.”
Jeanne nodded, “Yes. He might still be alive in the woods, so we should go. If we can’t find him, we should take the luggage he left at the inn.”
“Is that all you’re curious about?” The chief asked.
“Yes, I have nothing else to ask.”
Judah and Jeanne wore their coats again, but before heading to the north forest, Judah turned to them once more.
“Ah, wait. What’s the na of the priest?”
“The priest? She calls herself ‘Arhil.’ I don’t know much about her nor her full na.”
Arhil?
At first, Judah was puzzled at the ntion of her na, but then it sank in, and his eyes widened. Arhil.
‘How is she here?”
As far as Judah can rember, that na belonged to an apostle of Asmodeus, a symbol of lust among the seven sins of the monarch. But she was here, in a human form, and even as a priest.
‘But if I think about it, Arhil was a corrupt priest.’
His mory had faded. Even though he wrote the story and made the settings, he had forgotten about a few of the characters. It would be amazing if he could rember every little detail about it after all his years of being in this world.
Of course, there were so things that he shouldn’t forget, and I certainly rember the case of the monarchs, the kings, and other important characters who had fragnts or are closely related to the story. He couldn’t even rember -Count Genuine de Lava-, but that was a problem because his appearance was completely different from the illustrations in the ga. Even his aura was different.
In the case of Arhil, she was a sub-character that had little to do with the ga’s story. Even the sub-characters that appeared in Continent 2 were rely a copy of the previous ones because he left the plot to those who helped him build the ga.
He modified so of the skills, characteristics, and stats to adjust the balance, but the sub-characters didn’t affect the story much.
‘This is crazy. I didn’t rember her.’
It was natural. He knew so that he couldn’t recruit as a companion, but he can’t even rember this character’s settings.
‘I didn’t make her.’
He sighed. He truly could not rember the story setting for this, but perhaps if he looked at her harder, he would rember her skills and abilities. She was a priest with excellent skills, so he thought about recruiting her as a teammate, but should he do it when she’s an apostle of Asmodeus?
Asmodeus was under the command of the seventh monarch -Artemia-.
In addition to that, Artemia was a monarch who had a bad relationship with Pernen.
‘But she’s a human right now, so this might be before she beca an apostle. She wouldn’t be protecting humans in this world if she was an apostle of the High Devil.’
Wasn’t Asmodeus sealed in a labyrinth sowhere? Maybe it wouldn’t be a big problem if he recruited her as a companion. No, shouldn’t he be considered lucky? This character had the potential to beco an apostle and can be seen as a hidden character like Jeanne. If he led her with the power of fragnts, then Asmodeus won’t be able to take her away as an apostle. He would also gain another trusted companion, like getting two sets of stones.
‘If I went to the dungeon and returned to the village, I’ll have to invite her.’
As Judah cleared his face and nodded his head, the chief who had been watching him asked, “Do you know her?”
“No, I don’t. I’m just surprised. She has the sa na as another person I know. Then, we’ll go to the northern woods for a while before it gets dark. There’s no more danger, but if you’re anxious, Jeanne could stay with you. All of you should stay until I co back or the priest recovers to so extent. You’ve been waiting for more than ten days, but it’s not difficult to wait for one more day. Support will co from Kaora Castle as well.”
The villagers sighed in relief. Judah and Jeanne asked for directions for the northern forest and then ca out through the wall they had broken down.
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