Episode 433 Return of the Lion (4)
A pub in District 7 always crowded with explorers.
It is the place where cheap alcohol is sold cheaply, empty bottles are always rolling around, and drunkards fight each other at every opportunity.
Quaang-!
The door there bursts open.
After all, there are people who like to talk in any world.
Even more so if it makes money.
“Extra! Extra!”
“What is a newspaper seller?”
At the appearance of the boy, the rugged-looking owner rolled up his sleeves and stepped out.
“Lee Bo-sho, in our tavern, shopkeepers are not allowed to enter.”
“No, it’s an extra!”
“No matter how you look at the extra, it must be the news of the improvent ceremony.”
“Hey hey! Do you think we, who have been drinking here since broad daylight, would be interested in such a story?”
“For sothing like that, haven’t you been very annoyed since a while ago?
“Co now, the kid is bigger.”
Soon the owner carried the boy on his shoulder and headed for the door.
and that mont.
“You stupid idiots!”
“ha ha ha!”
“Bjorn Yandel is back alive…!”
“ha ha ha……?”
For an instant, the tavern was filled with silence.
Of course, that ti was short.
“Sowhere the little boy hears strange noises and makes a fuss.”
“How can soone who died more than two years ago co back alive?”
“Besides, isn’t he an evil spirit?
” So he ca back alive and he’s not even a demon! While you’re all drinking here! There’s been an uproar over this outside!”
The host was the first to stop at the boy’s cry, which felt so unfair and sounded sincere.
And…….
“I want to hear more about that for a mont.
” The explorer showed interest, and the host dropped the boy off.
“Ayu, the sll of alcohol really…”
Soon after, the boy, who was shaking his crumpled collar with the palm of his hand, headed to the table where the explorer was, and the explorer took a coin as if paying for it. “Tell about that first .
Is it certain information that Bjorn Yandel ca back alive?”
“Then it’s certain. What the Iron Chancellor admitted at a gathering of thousands of nobles!” ”
… The Iron Chancellor?
”
I glanced at the explorers who pretended not to be listening, and the nearby explorers sighed and threw coins.
And that’s how the story began in earnest.
Excluding the seasoning of a good-natured boy, it was a story that could be summarized shorter than I thought.
” So… The reason Bjorn Yandel was known to be dead was to disguise himself while carrying out the royal family mission, and the fact that he was declared an evil spirit was a necessary process during the mission, right?
” ? He said he was the head of the expedition!” “Sohow, I
wondered what it was because an unknown person led the outstanding people.”
The return of a hero who was clearly imprinted in people’s mories even after ti passed.
The explorers at the tavern paid money to listen to what happened at the triumphal ceremony while they were away.
And how long did that amount of ti pass?
Kwaaaang!
A sound of sothing breaking was heard from the table in the farthest corner, and the explorers took notice. A tall woman with a clear
look in her eyes was walking
towards her
.
The explorers around him didn’t say anything at the exuding spirit, and only the boy kept an eye on it and asked the matter.
Soon, the woman’s lips opened.
“The boy was
listening to your story over there .
” is it? That Bjorn Yandel was alive. That it was Lichen Schuitz.”
His eyes and voice seed desperate.
The boy questioned this and answered steadily
. That’s right!”
“Yes… Is that so… Is that so…”
Afterwards, the woman muttered like soone possessed by sothing, took money from her bosom, gave it to the boy, and left the tavern. The boy
‘s eyes widened as he confird the amount he
had
given him
.
A large amount of money for a story?”
“…I never thought there would be such a rich man in such a cheap bar.”
“Who is…?” “Hey, why haven’t you said
anything since before?”
As he raised his curiosity about his true identity, a man quietly chanted,
“Crazy…”
“Do you really know who I am?”
“How many blonde female barbarians are there?
“No, so who is he?”
“Explosive sword Einar Pnellin.”
When the man spoke of his true identity, the eyes of the people around him opened wide again.
“What, you said that woman is one of the Seven Greats?”
“No, more than that… If it’s an explosive sword, you’re Bjorn Yandel’s forr colleague!”
“Could it be… that’s why you showed so much interest…?”
“Now that makes sense!”
“What, then, didn’t even your forr colleagues know that Bjorn Yandel was alive?”
The tavern started to burn again.
The guests diligently brought out their thoughts on a new topic and continued their conversation.
Only the store owner was crying.
“That woman… Naturally, she didn’t pay for the drink…”
***
After the stormy ceremony, we all went back to our respective hos.
I thought what if I kept it longer, but it seems that the Marquis had no intention of going that far.
‘Has everything worked out so far…….’
Our mansion, which has returned after a long ti.
Once I went up to my room on the second floor and unpacked, I rembered the improvent ceremony that took place yesterday.
‘First of all, they acknowledged it more coolly than I thought.’
Shortly after my non-consensual coming out in front of thousands of aristocrats. The Marquis naturally continued the event and sorted out the situation.
That my death was actually faked, and that it was all done to carry out a secret mission for the royal family.
Even the announcent of evil spirits was not true.
Originally, two months later, when the supporting docunts were ready, the contents to be announced were advanced and announced in front of everyone.
That’s because the Marquis didn’t have a choice.
‘If I denied my words in that situation, the prestige of the royal family would have beco aningless.’
That was what I was aiming for.
What would you do if a huge improvent ceremony was held?
It will go up and down in people’s mouths for about a month and then slowly be forgotten. I decided this was the best way to imprint on people’s heads and get attention.
I don’t know why, but the royal family tends to care a lot about public opinion.
‘Okay, then at least for a few months, you won’t be able to use a number like accusing soone of a cri they didn’t have…’
Anyway, the first button was sewn well.
Now the next step is to inflate as much as possible within the given ti. Even if things in the labyrinth are exposed, I think that getting rid of us is a handshake first.
‘There must be a lot of work to do in the future……’
I thought to that point and finished my transformation and ca down to the first floor. The living room was not a ss.
“…Emily, what’s the situation?”
“There was an intruder while we were away.”
“…huh?”
“Every ti I went out, my hair, which I hung on the doorknob, fell off.
“Wait a minute, if there was an intruder, shouldn’t we check the record ball first?”
In our house, CCTVs that Erwen bought are installed in the living room and at the front door.
But…
“Ah, if that’s the case, I’ve already broken it. Records can only be stored for one day anyway, and it’s not too difficult to manipulate them. Maybe they’ve already interfered with the magic circuit, but I don’t know if I’m neglecting them. can’t let it go.”
“…Right.”
“But I don’t know who they were, but they were clumsy people. At best, they ca into an empty house and didn’t even touch the basent.”
“Underground……? Ah, the navigator!”
Only then did a person I had forgotten co to mind.
Auyen Lockrobe, a plunderer-turned-navigator obtained from the previous labyrinth exploration.
‘I heard that Alia brought plenty of food for us when we camped out, but…’ It’s
already been several days since the Labyrinth was closed.
So, have you been starving all this ti?
“Is he okay?”
“I checked and it looked fine, although it was a little dry. I like skinny better.”
No, I don’t think that’s the problem…
“Furthermore, his obedience level went up unintentionally. It was revealed that he lied about the antidote he had to take every day, but he beca more dependent on us than that.”
“Uh…….”
“Shall we go and have a look? They asked to praise him for not saying anything even when there was a crowd from above.”
“Ah no… I’m fine…….”
“Well, I think it would be good for you to pay so attention to instead of entrusting it to too much.”
“…later.”
Anyway, since he said he was fine, he decided not to think about Auyen. Alia then went to my room to conduct a search, and when the work was over, all three of us gathered in the living room.
“Hey, is the house safe now?”
“For now, right now.”
“Haa… It seems like it was all a dream when sothing cos ho.”
Erwen stretched out on the sofa as if his tension had been relieved.
“Yandel is safe. Wouldn’t it be okay to open it now?”
“Ah, subspace.”
“Yes…”
Alia’s eyes looked like a child’s Christmas present.
What is it that I am not different?
What kind of things are in the subspace that the Knights of the Rose had?
“Now then, let’s do one, two, three and open them together.”
Soon I quietly counted.
And when it counted to two.
smart.
A visitor ca.
First of all, the subspace postponed it to the next one and confird who it was. As soon as I heard the knock, I was alert, but fortunately it was a welco face.
“Raven.”
“I’m sorry you must be busy. I couldn’t stay still after hearing what you said.”
“Co in at once.”
Afterwards, Raven ca into the living room, sat on the sofa, and asked various questions.
Was reclaiming your identity sothing planned?
Do you have any thoughts on what will happen in the future?
And…
“I’m glad you’re safe, really…”
Eventually, the topic of the expedition also ca to the fore.
“Yandel-san… are you okay?”
“Are you okay?”
“You died a lot……. I was also at the Palace of Glory on the day of the victory ceremony… I saw them apologize in front of the bereaved families and call out their nas one by one… …”
“…I see.”
“I’m worried. Mr. Yandel… It’s okay, right?”
How can I say this?
I hesitated for a mont, then smiled excessively and tapped Raven’s tender shoulder.
“Why not? I ca back alive like this.”
“…What happened there?”
The expedition where only ten people ca back alive.
There were so many things that can never be explained in a few short words.
But…
” nothing. It’s just as the Marquis said.”
It would be better not to tell Raven.
She was a woman who should have felt a great sense of guilt just for helping as a mber of the military. She
is not even the party this ti.
I can’t give her the burden of fighting the royal family.
It’s a burden left only to us.
“Sohow, today, Mr. Yandel feels distant. No, it’s been like that since before…”
“It must be because of my mood.”
“Yes. That’s right, right?”
The air beca a bit awkward.
In that situation, Raven sipped tea without saying anything and stood up.
No, it was exactly when he was about to stand up.
Bang bang!
A shock sound that was too excessive to be called a knock ca from the front door.
What is it? “Is it a thief?”
The mont I stood up with that thought in mind,
a familiar voice called
“Bjorn! ”
Co out now! Are you really alive!”
It
was a visit from a colleague
I was waiting for.
It was like
magic
.
The ti for parting was already long enough,
so…
‘Now, only Misha and Mr. Bear are left.’
It’s ti for us all to get together again.
***
Slowly, slowly.
At the dining table, where only the sound of tableware echoes dryly.
Lee Baek-ho, who was chewing on the tip of the spoon, carefully opened his mouth.
“Hey ow.
” I should have told you not to call that way.”
“I don’t like calling you by my last na and don’t call by my first na?”
“I don’t understand? Just do n’t call
.
”
.Except
for one person.
“ow.”
“…….”
“But you don’t go outside?”
“…….”
“It’s not a real cat. Is there no way to go out when the ti is right? Look, my skin has turned white—.”
Tak-!
Soon after, the Red Cat woman nervously slamd the spoon on the table
. And
…
He headed to his room on the floor.
Suddenly,
the sound of the door closing was heard faintly from a distance, and Lee Baek-ho let out a long sigh.
Then, he looked at the others at the table and asked for their opinions
. Like?”
The first to answer was the
Annihilator
. Okay?”
The guide nodded at that.
“…for now
.” Everyone will do it.”
Lee Baek-ho grinned and stood up first, leaving his plate on the table.
And…….
suddenly.
The mont he returned to his room.
“…….”
Colleagues His expression, which had not lost his composure until the end, stiffened coldly.
It was inevitable,
“Bjorn Yandel is still alive…”
In fact, his feelings for Bjorn Yandel weren’t too bad.
Isn’t that the sa evil spirit
? It felt like seeing a younger colleague. For so reason
, looking at her reminded of the old days.
That’s why I picked up Misha, who was like a wet cat in the rain. Do I have to say that it was amazing to see her remaining pure even after knowing that she was a demon?
The feeling of regret was undoubtedly sincere.
But
…
”
It ‘s fun.” Oh, of course
,
strictly speaking, it would be close to returning to the original owner…
“If that’s the case, co back sooner. If we do this now, it’s a nuisance.”
Lee Baek-ho pondered with sincerity.
”
As expected
…should I just kill him?”
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