312 Fire Heritage (1)

A high-class restaurant with a well-known name in District 7.

It was a place Arua Raven visited to have a meeting with clan members after a long time.

Of course, this was my first visit.

If you set up a place you used to go to as a meeting place, it will surely make you more depressed by thinking about this and that.

“Aren’t you going to place an order?”

“You haven’t come yet.”

Raven gave a brief reply, and Abman gave him a somewhat uncomfortable expression.

When there was such an awkward current.

“No, it’s all right.”

Ainar opened his mouth.

“… … Misha said she wasn’t coming. I was hoping that I might change my mind later, but if you haven’t come by now, you probably won’t come.”

“… … okay. Then these three are all.”

Raven sighed involuntarily.

Then, a similar sighing sound erupted from the side.

Well, it must have been the same for everyone.

“Raven.”

“Please speak. Mr. Urikfried.”

“by the way… How’s Erwen? Have you been contacted?”

“Once I sent the mail. The settlement of the last expedition, and Mr. Yandel’s… … I have something to talk to you about the heritage, so please come.”

Of course, I just contacted him to protect Dory, and I didn’t expect the fairy to come here.

Because he showed up like that at the end and left.

“Did you get a reply?”

“No, I didn’t come. So when I’m done paying, I’ll just send it to you by mail.”

“… … Right.”

“Anyway, she has become that fairy, and I think Misha-san won’t be able to attend either. I didn’t know this. He was the most important person in this matter, so I thought he would definitely come.”

Raven sighed deeply and looked at Ainar.

and asked carefully.

“… … How is Missha? I’m doing well?”

Raven was genuinely worried about her.

Well, the last time I saw it was at the funeral procession held by the royal family. Even at that time, the distance was far and there was no atmosphere to talk to, so I couldn’t speak properly.

If so, what is her condition?

“… … will you be able to get along He stays in his room all day and doesn’t eat properly. One time, I forced him to feed him and he vomited.”

“okay… … .”

“That’s why I don’t go home often these days. It makes me feel more uncomfortable when I am there.”

“Then where are you, Ainar?”

“I am living in the Holy Land. Still, when I’m not around, it seems that Misha eats a minimal meal too. So I just bought a bunch of stuff to eat at home and kept it.”

“… … If so, I’m happy.”

“Raven, but what do you think? Is it okay if I leave Misha like this?”

“that… … .”

Raven compared it to her own experience over the course of a month.

“I think it’s a feeling of guilt not to eat first. Is that there? From the act of eating itself… … I can feel that awkwardness… … .”

It was gibberish, not like her, but Ainar and Abman nodded their heads as if they were convinced.

“Ah, that’s it.”

“I think I know what you mean. But so?”

“… … I don’t know either. How to help Missha. I don’t think it would be a bad idea to give them time to be alone, but I don’t know if that’s the right answer.”

“Well, it’s not like you’re the answer.”

Ainar probably didn’t mean it with malice, but Raven felt cramped and sad at the same time.

Ainar was not wrong.

Had he been there, he would have done the right thing.

“Before that, first place an order. If you waste more time like this, you will be kicked out.”

Abman changed the topic as he felt something strange, and Raven moved away from the heavy subject and chose food together.

“Oh, this is my first time in this restaurant and the food is very good. what are you all doing? without eating.”

“Ah yes… … .”

After the food was served, we had a conversation while having a meal, and then we started talking about work in earnest.

“There is no problem with loot settlement. All I got that day was to put it in 5th place. The problem is legacy… … . Have you all seen Mr. Yandel’s will?”

“Oh, I saw it. There really wasn’t anything other than writing down the proportions of how the inheritance was going to go. Well, if it’s like that guy, it’s like that guy, but… … .”

Abman wiggled his tail and grinned.

And I asked the question very carefully.

“But isn’t it a bit strange?”

“Is that weird?”

“It’s the ratio. To be honest, I really don’t understand why he’s split the proportions like this.”

“Ah, that… … .”

Raven nodded her head slightly with a sympathetic expression.

Sure enough, she, too, was surprised at first.

I couldn’t have imagined that I would assign the inheritance to five people, exactly 20% each.

Naturally, he expected most of his fortune to go to Mishana Ainar.

However, Bjorn Jandel did not.

We didn’t set exactly what to give to whom, but only the proportion of the property was written down, so we have to agree on who will take what, but only the ratio is consistent.

And maybe that’s why… … .

“Looking at what he’s talking about, does he have any guesses?”

Raven replied with a bitter smile.

“It’s obvious. Why did Mr. Yandel do that?”

That clever barbarian warrior is what he wished for.

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May we not feel sorry for each other even after our death.

So, unchangingly, let each other give for each other.

“… … After all, I don’t think we can leave Misha-san like this.”

Yes, he would definitely have wanted that.

* * *

Three days after I went to the round table.

After a long time, Amelia and I went to Yeongju Castle, wearing full clothes.

And I met a man at the meeting place.

“Nice to meet you. Is this an iron mask?”

The nickname in use at Noark is ‘Felic Barker’.

She was the leader of the clan to which the Lane Wales sisters in childhood belonged as the ‘Shepherd’.

The total number of people was thirteen or so.

“nice to meet. It’s an iron mask.”

There is also a nickname, ‘Bjorn son of Thor’, but I just replaced the self-introduction with a nickname.

There wasn’t really any problem.

In this city, nicknames themselves are often used as nicknames.

“Go in.”

When I followed him into the clan house located inside the lord’s castle, the smell of alcohol wafted out.

Inside the hiply decorated interior, the clan members who looked naughty were sitting freely drinking alcohol and smoking cigarettes.

This isn’t some kind of criminal hideout.

“Would you like to drink?”

As I sat down on the opposite sofa, Felic Barker offered me a bottle of wine.

“No specification.”

Amelia refused like a knife, and I just took the bottle.

Well, isn’t it too strange if you don’t drink both?

First of all, we came here to join this clan. Refusing alcohol in this city means I don’t trust you.

therefore… … .

shudder.

Touch the seam to raise the helmet only at the chin, then drink alcohol.

Then Felic Barker grinned.

“Okay, okay, I like it. Oh, but I have a question for you, is it okay?”

“Do it.”

“Why did you choose our clan?”

The answer is simple.

Because the Rainwales sisters belong to this clan.

This was the best way to stick together most naturally when the incident occurred five months later.

Well, I couldn’t answer that.

“Emily, you said you made the offer first, didn’t you?”

“But if half of your rumors were true, there would have been other good places.”

I pulled out the answer I had prepared in advance.

“I think it would be convenient to have a clan, but if you go to a place like that, the ratio tends to be low.”

“If you have ogre claws, you mean troll heads.”

“Yeah, is there any problem?”

Felic Barker looked at me intently, as if trying to find out my true intentions.

But there was nothing to be done.

No, I put an iron helmet on my face, but I wonder if my eyes can see it properly.

That was the time when I was thinking about it.

“hot! Ha ha ha ha ha!”

The boy suddenly burst out laughing and his eyes lit up.

Unlike Auril Gavis, it was only plastic.

Should I say it’s like a concept insect with a lot of wind in its lungs?

His voice is oddly acting, so it’s annoying.

“Okay, very good.”

“What do you like?”

“It means I like you more.”

“Then are you successful?”

“No, not yet.”

Felic Barker said, waving his finger leisurely, pretending to be some kind of mafia boss.

“Because we are talented. In the clan, except for me, there are three ranks, and depending on the rank, the share of the expedition is decided. And we don’t know your skills yet.”

“… … ?”

“Have you ever heard of the term “Yak-Yuk-Gang-Sik”?

“I heard it.”

“Then the story will be quick. If you want the troll’s head, take it. And prove it. The place you are standing in is such a world—”

Oh, what are you talking about?

“good night.”

“yes… … ?”

“I’m not going to have to check whether the rumors are true or not.”

“But that… … .”

“Then why are you talking so much?”

As I jumped out of bed, Felic Barker looked up at me with bewildered eyes.

Well, did you think I would be scared if I spoke while holding the form?

In the first place, you should skip this kind of job event quickly.

“Okay, talk to me. Can I kill you?”

“… … Controversy is only possible between members. And when you say you must kill—”

oh, what’s spicy?

“Then who should I kill?”

Saying that, I glanced at the clan members around me.

Then a large man who made eye contact flinched.

“Just looking at him, he must have been my opponent.”

“Yes. But just because it’s a scramble, you have to kill it—”

What the hell, it’s noisy.

As I strode forward with murderous intent, the force pushed back the body and glanced at Felic Barker.

The unique gaze of those seeking salvation.

Soon Felic Barker came to his senses and said to me.

“Come on, wait! There is an empty lot behind it.”

“Oh, then let’s move there.”

“He, and during the strife, it is forbidden to use this ability.”

Huh, there must be a rule prohibiting the use of skills.

It means to fight only with passive and gang stats.

Is it also Noark, a world of real men?

“You have to kill me without using my abilities… … . Well, I don’t think it would be too difficult.”

After thinking for a while, I readily accepted the rule.

But what else is this?

Felic Barker answered in an ant-crawling voice.

“If possible, so that no one dies, Hanema… … .”

I was genuinely surprised.

“Then you can’t get promoted!”

“… … All we need to do is accept surrender.”

“What? Can you get a promotion without killing me?”

Wasn’t the bloody promotion war the rule of this underworld?

Besides, you said it was a medicinal food?

“What the hell happened? Does this make sense?”

I looked at him as if I really didn’t understand.

Coincidentally, he also had similar eyes.

“you… … Didn’t I say you’ve only been here for a month?”

“By the way?”

“No… … .”

It was Felic Barker who avoided his eyes first.

* * *

A dark room with a window covered with a thick cloth.

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Mischa Karlstein thought as she stood up with her eyes wide open.

The day has started again.

She rolled up the curtains slightly to make sure it was daytime, and she lay down on the bed again.

He never slept again, and his unwashed body was covered in sweat from last night’s nightmare.

And I was in pain because I was hungry.

to the point of being bitter.

“… … .”

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Misha came out of the room with her dazed body.

And I stopped in front of Yandel’s room, which I haven’t touched since that day. It feels as if you just open the doorknob and walk in and the person waiting inside is sleeping.

However, in the end, she was unable to open the door today.

Tub.

Turning her back helplessly, she went down the stairs to the first floor.

Like the second floor, the first floor was dark.

It was because all the windows were closed with curtains because of people who came to us to leave even flowers.

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Misha muttered in a dry voice.

“Again, you have come, you have gone… … .”

On the table on the first floor, there was a note that Ainar had written in crooked letters asking him to check that the grocery box was full.

rattle.

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Misha checked the grocery box.

Rye bread and vegetables often used in cooking.

And meat and fruits.

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Most of them were filled with things that she had eaten well before.

However… … .

“Wow.”

Just looking at it makes me nauseous.

I can’t even smell it.

Rye bread was Bjorn’s favorite.

Not to mention the meat.

Vegetables were always bought in abundance because Bjorn is a picky eater, and he had no choice but to eat them often because they had leftovers every day.

In the end, Misha closed the grocery box as if she was running away.

But she herself knew.

You must eat it though.

If you don’t eat, your body will break down.

Because Yandel wouldn’t have wanted that.

“Bjorn… … .”

Dark kitchen with lights off.

She sat down in her chair, sobbing for a long time, then got up again and went to the grocery box.

That was the moment.

“Oh, was there? I thought no one was there.”

I heard the voice of an unfamiliar man behind my back.

‘thief?’

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Misha grabbed the knife that was on the chopping board and turned back. It was such a nimble movement that it could not be seen as a person who was pretending to be a lung.

However… … .

“Wow, that’s dangerous.”

The assailant grabbed her by the wrist with the sword so easily, and subdued her.

It gave me strength, but it was so strong that I didn’t even budge.

“It’s been a long time since we met, but why don’t you start swinging a sword?”

“Long time no see… … ?”

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Misha unconsciously raised her gaze upwards and checked the monster’s face.

It was dark and I couldn’t see well.

But somehow I got used to it.

The race is human.

The skin is as white as snow, and there is no visible scar as if it has grown fine. Platinum blonde hair, a symbol of nobility, is well-groomed and tucked back.

And above all… … .

[The Red Cat, are you a player?]

[Yes? F, Freya?]

[Are you a demon?]

[Ah, ah, no… … ?]

A characteristic light yet creepy tone of voice.

Thanks to you, I immediately remembered this man.

“You were then… … !”

“Do you remember? My name is Lee Baek-ho. I’ll let this go, so be quiet.”

“… … .”

The man who said the strange name Lee Baek-ho released his arm as promised.

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Misha clasped her sore wrist and stepped back.

Then, the platinum-haired man smiled as if to be relieved.

“Don’t be too vigilant.”

Goosebumps spread all over my back.

Unlike long curved corners of the mouth.

“I’m just here because I want to ask you something.”

The eyes were not smiling at all.