Chapter 128 - A queen’s dream
I was able to retrieve the Water Knight from the traveling theater. Since I paid for her as for an elf man, my wallet beca smaller, but this amount still couldn’t be compared with the amount I paid for Thief E, who had deceived .
Knight of Water, she was an elf healer. You couldn’t tell from her appearance, but she was kind to patients and had pretty good skills.
? Race: Elf
? Level: 999
? Healer Specialization (Age → Healing ↑)
? Skills: Heal S, Farming B, Blessing C, Spirit D, Cooking D …
? Condition: Curse
As expected of an elf, the skills were in complete disarray. First, they fard, then sothing happened, and they started to lead a double life. Because of this, elves’ skills weren’t at all focused on one thing. However, there was nothing to be done about it; since there were few elves, each person had to do more work. On the other hand, representatives of the human race from the continents of Fantasy relied on the division of labor.
Soldiers or rcenaries perfect their combat skills until they die, and it was very rare to find those who retire due to age. When experience points were increased, youth was prolonged because the body beca stronger. Although they still could not go beyond the lifespan of their race.
“Hi. I am a righteous Hero.”
“Are you a Hero?”
“I don’t understand why you look at like a dead man who has risen from the grave, but I am really a Hero. Heaven and earth can confirm this. Ah! And even the spirits that are pretending to be innocent.”
Did she notice that I had introduced myself? The Water Knight spoke quickly.
“I accompanied the beautiful Queen of Elfheim…”
“I know everything, so you can shorten your explanation.”
“Do you know?”
“You are one of the Queen’s escort knights, you lost to a high-ranking demon and you were cursed. I just wonder why the queen went to the land of the humans.”
I could, of course, sneak into the Demon Lord’s fortress and ask her personally, but the purpose of this passage was release. In play 4, I had missed the course and imdiately cut the Demon Lord’s throat, only to still fail. Theoretically, there were no problems. In just a day, I had dealt with the resurrected Demon Lord, and the first of the Heroes quickly brought peace and tranquility to the fantasy world.
However, due to the unfair decision of the God of the fantasy world, I was never able to graduate. Therefore, I’m not going to repeat past mistakes.
Question: Cadet Kang Han Soo, is it really necessary to collect the elf knights?
Miss Trainee, you may not know, but I’m a perfectionist.
Surprise: I didn’t know!
During the first playthrough, I solved many problems. I couldn’t say that I had solved all the mysteries of the fantasy world, but I knew about the main major events. But an event happened that I knew nothing about, despite my twenty-five years of experience.
If I were to think about it, the more specific the event, the greater the reward for it. I didn’t know if soone set it up on purpose, but there was a high probability of such a developnt. And this event was the rarest among others. If the summoned Hero weren’t strong from the very beginning, he wouldn’t be able to save the Wind Knight (Archer) at the auction.
And the next one too. Ether Knight (Tar E) was with the orcs. To take her out of there, you needed a high-level Hero or a lot of strong friends. Still, all this had a ti limit. That was, this was a rather difficult task.
Understanding: So you think you have a huge reward?
That’s right, Miss Trainee. That’s why I am collecting five knights step by step. Missing sothing may change the result.
I had already approached all of this with great care.
“Healer E, tell us about the goals of the licentious queen you accompanied.”
“About the queen’s goals?”
Confusion: This elf doesn’t even deny that the queen was licentious.
Miss Trainee, be quiet. Now, sothing important will arrive at our ears.
“She was extrely interested in the human world, especially in Heroes who were summoned from another world. Because when they arrived here, the culture of Fantasy changed and transford.”
“Ho?”
“Have you seen my companions?”
“Of course I have.”
“Really?!” Healer E worried as she wiped away her tears. It seed that she had a hard ti after those people grabbed her. Having reserved a room in a city hotel, I replied.
“Yes. I t the Ether Knight and the Wind Knight. Do you want to ask if they are okay? The Archer returned to the kingdom, and the Tar tead up with but died in the battle against the King Dragon of Oblivion, Noebius.”
It was an accident. Why exactly did her neck break?
“Is that so…she fought bravely to the end?”
“Of course! She was just incredible from the start. When I first discovered the Tar, she was surrounded by orcs, but even unard, she didn’t give up and fought to the end. Seeing her ardor, I almost fell in love with her.”
Although I had to admit I imdiately cooled down as soon as I saw her breasts, like a LED monitor. But I refrained from adding that.
“The Kingdom of Elfheim has lost one important star…however, I think she would be content to die fighting along with the Hero against one of the Five Disasters. I hope the patrons of Elfheim will bless her soul.”
“She’s glad.”
“Although these are empty words, thank you.”
“But it’s true.”
This was because Tar E was forever in my heart. Healer E, folding her hands and praying for the peace of her soul, should have heard my words. Returning to our topic…
“You say the queen was interested in the Heroes summoned?”
“Yes. The Elven King was not interested in this, so she couldn’t conduct an active investigation. Still, under the pretext of entertainnt, she wandered in the world of humans and collected information about the Heroes…”
“Indeed…”
In play 9, he had died, but I could understand why Prince Nasus grew up so outstanding. The daughter looked like an inept father, while the son looked like an educated mother. Sitting on the wide bed, Healer E sighed.
“But there aren’t many places where the elf can move around quietly, so this didn’t bring many results.”
“I expected that.”
Not all elves in the human world were slaves. There were evil elves who work as rcenaries, and there were happy elves who beco engaged to people and received citizenship. There were even elf slavers who sold their kind!
However, you have to be careful as there was a distinction. There were people everywhere who would scoff just because you had a different ear shape, especially in the black market. They would only be happy if the goods ca to them.
Healer E responded bitterly. “The Elven King denies it, but the bulk of processed goods and intricate items have appeared in Fantasy thanks to the Heroes’ knowledge. There is even a legend that the First Hero told the Third Elven King that springs were needed for a soft bed.”
“Is that so?”
How wild was the fantasy world? I also knew about the cultural work of the Heroes, but I didn’t think that it was so serious. Senior heroes accomplished more important welfare business than suppressing the evil king.
Healer E continued. “You may not believe , but the queen’s dream is to travel to the holand of the Heroes. She has been looking for a way to get there for a long ti.”
“Um? …Hmm?!”
My eyes widened in surprise. In the first playthrough, I managed to et several inhabitants of the fantasy world who had similar thoughts to the queen; they wanted to go to Earth to adopt the products of civilization. But they were weak-willed, so everything ended in as re desires. They weren’t looking for ways to get there, and so they just gave up.
The loose queen was different from them.
“You seem to be interested in how you can return to your holand?”
“Yes.”
I wondered how far the queen had co in her research.
“If you want to know more, find the Knight of the Earth and the Knight of the Fire.”
“Hey! Are you kidding?”
Should I beat you to the point where your chest will swell?
“There’s nothing you can do. Unlike the other knights who were in charge of guarding and caring for the queen, I was also in charge of the asylum in the capital of the elf kingdom. Therefore, for a long ti, I wasn’t with the queen.”
“Useless elf.”
“I’m grateful to you for dragging out of that awful theater where I was forced to beco a man, but could you please speak more politely?”
“It’s far better than a lie.”
“Oh…”
Pouting like a capricious girl, Healer E lay down on the bed. Burying her face in the soft pillow, she covered herself with the blanket.
“Zzz…”
And imdiately, there was a snoring sound. She passed out as soon as she went to bed.
“Ha! The Hero is talking to you! Hey!”
Slap!
I slapped Healer E on the only rounded part of her body.
“Oh my god?!”
Healer E imdiately began to look around from such a sudden awakening. Seeing , her expression imdiately turned to distaste.
“How can you touch the buttocks of a well-bred adult woman so shalessly?”
What? A well-bred woman? With a grin, I began to lecture her as a just Hero.
“Wash yourself first, and then go to sleep. Dirty savage.”
She should be grateful that I even cared about her. If I were a bad Hero, then without hesitation, I would’ve hit between the 4th and 5th lumbar vertebra without thinking about whether I would break sothing or not. She didn’t get hurt just because I hit her ass.
Surprise: You’re caring…
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The journey thus far brought results. There was a high probability that I wouldn’t have been able to get information personally from the queen if I had just snuck into the Demon Lord’s fortress and asked her personally.
Why? Because the Hero was the Enemy of the Demon Lord. A queen who had begun a loving relationship with the Demon Lord was unlikely to cooperate with . If I were to ask her a question, she would most likely give false information. Or, she might skip an important part on purpose.
If so, was I too negligent about this event?
“Healer E, what are you going to do?”
The next morning, I asked Healer E if she would like to co with .
“I would like to return to my holand to heal my wounded body and soul, but I’m thinking about wandering with you, like my sister, and also find my missing companions. I am concerned about sothing else. How upset the mbers of the royal family were when they learned that demons had kidnaped the queen…”
“Don’t worry about that.”
“It’s easy to say.”
“This hero vouches.”
Prince Nasus and Princess Sylvia, who were forever in the Hero’s heart, had no ti to worry about their missing mother. And the pathetic King of the Elves…
“Although these are empty words, thank you.”
“You don’t know, even when I’m telling the truth.”
“I’m sorry. But if I take all the words of the Hero seriously, then my mind will hurt.”
“You need to be more generous.”
“How can I be even more generous than now?!”
I shook my head. This elf would have a persecution mania for a long ti, as her nerves were now inflad to the limit. And so,o I changed the subject.
“Where could the Fire Knight be?”
Tar E and Archer E said they didn’t know; if Healer E also said that she didn’t know, I would have to look for the Earth Knight or attack the Demon Lord’s fortress.
“She is the best magician in the elven kingdom.”
“Just tell the place.”
“The Fire Knight who was defeated by the demons wasn’t pursued by his followers because she used an escape scroll. This scroll contained the magic of spatial movent, which ignores all restrictions and instantly sends one to a certain place. This thing has always been with the queen…I’m considering the possibility that the Fire Knight betrayed us…Hey, are you listening?”
“Yes. Go on.”
Although it was annoying that her tirade was so long.
“Unfortunately, only the Knight of Fire and the Knight of Earth, who the Queen trusted the most, know that place.”
“And the queen?”
“It is highly likely that she has already forgotten. She is very inattentive in ergencies.”
I rubbed my chin. The way to travel to Earth…it was cool if they gave this as a reward, but there was a high probability that they might say sothing like “we found a clue but couldn’t find a way.”
And for this, I needed to move across the sea to the eastern continent? Or sneak into the Demon Lord’s fortress and torture the queen there…
Oh! Miss Trainee, erase my last statent from your mory.
Difficulty: Even if you say so…it’s not who is evaluating you.
Thinking about everything, I turned to the window.
“Co to think of it, I have never seen Healer E.”
My first playthrough lasted about ten years. At that ti, I wandered around different places and saw the performances of all the traveling theaters. This I could say with confidence as traveling theaters weren’t very common. Yet I had never seen Healer E playing the king of the elves, like yesterday’s theater with that man.
And there was only one reason for this.
“Are you treating like I’m not even here now…?
“It’s not like that. You delusional elf.”
Charuru-
I opened the windows in the hotel room and spread my wings. I had a satisfied smile on my face, and then I said, looking in the sky.
“Welco, I am a fair Hero.”
Like the other wild elves, the elf mage was embarrassed by the generous and warm gaze of an S-rank Hero.
Hwaruru-
She answered by calling forth a fireball the size of a waterlon in her palm. Hah! So shyness and aggression coexist in this girl?
Kwagagang-!
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