The Status Window Disappeared

Grave of Swords (1)

… It is an unfamiliar ceiling.

Chris thought so and pushed his heavy eyelids up on the bed.

The not-so-soft bed creaked violently as he tried to move, and an empty rice bowl lay next to the bed he was lying on.

Even if it’s a familiar ceiling, it’s not a place I remember clearly. That’s right, the ceiling of the inn where travelers stay is all there.

‘How am I alive? Who helped?’

When I took a deep breath and tried to raise my upper body, my whole body throbbed terribly. It wasn’t that his limbs had been blown off, but his body seemed to be screaming from the bruises.

While a bitter moan leaked out from the pain beyond imagination.

The door, which had been firmly closed, opened vigorously.

“Oh, are you awake? thank god. It’s not completely healed yet, so don’t move too hard.”

For some reason, I heard a voice that was restless yet friendly, and a woman came over and helped Chris.

Dressed as a typical wizard, she was the first face Chris had ever seen. Chris couldn’t help but be taken aback by her attitude, as the other person’s looks weren’t lacking or common.

“who… who are you?”

“right. Didn’t you break the transformation spell?”

The wizard who sat Chris down gently waved his wand to release the spell from his body.

Before long, a face that Chris knew very well appeared.

He swallowed the bursting screams and tried to calm down.

“Elesis? Why are you here?”

Why is she here when she should be studying hard at Seid?

Illesis smiled at Chris’ surprise.

“I came to put your life on the line. I didn’t expect to see you again like that.”

“Um… … .”

It seemed that it was her touch that he felt before passing out.

Chris was speechless for a moment in gratitude and shame.

Confused, he decided to get to know the situation a little more step by step, in order. Doubts still remain like mountains.

“You managed to heal me too. thanks.”

“Ah, I only did first aid. Healing spells aren’t very effective, and since I’m being chased by the church, I can’t get help from the priest… But when I left it alone, it got better on its own.”

“Hmm? aha.”

Chris let out a questioning groan, then nodded. Perhaps the health bonus on the status window saved his life.

If you’re not in danger of dying right away, isn’t it a life bonus to save you somehow?

“Where are you? How long has it been since I fainted?”

“This is a small town in the central region… Don’t worry, you won’t be chased by the church. And it’s been about two weeks since you passed out.”

“Two weeks?”

Chris clicked his tongue in a longer time than expected.

But Illesis had no reason to lie.

Chris, who was taking care of his throbbing body without rest, thought of Tyrone belatedly and looked around his head hurriedly.

Fortunately, Tyrone was fast asleep in the bed next to Chris.

Illesis, noticing his gaze, blurted out her words slightly apologetically.

“That person is also alive, but the first aid is a bit later than you… But the wound is healing.”

“I’m glad. Yeah, I know you kicked out the school you used to go to and chased after me, but how did you find me?”

When Chris asked a bony question, Illesis glared at him slightly. However, it is impossible to hit him with a single blow as if he would die at any moment.

Instead of explaining the lengthy and tedious tracking process, Illesis held up the ring on her necklace.

Chris’s eyes widened when he recognized it.

“that… … .”

A ring used to chase down the knight commander who had his status window.

The ring on which Elgar’s tracking spell had been placed protruded from Illesis’ bosom.

Chris recalled the memory of disposing of the ring without difficulty.

‘I buried it in the corner of the gym right after I found the knight commander and threw it away… … .’

“I reset the tracking spell using your hair and this ring. It was the first time I had ever seen such a powerful tracking spell, so I studied a lot.”

“How else did you find that ring?”

“After you left, the dean gnashed his teeth and investigated all the infiltration routes of the spies. Then I came to know about your past, and I borrowed some of the results to pursue you… … .”

From the dean’s point of view, Chris and other spies were dangerous elements that should not be in the academy. No matter how finely you broke up, it is natural to investigate him.

Chris remembered the dean’s face, chewed his tongue, and focused again on Illesis.

“No, but why did you leave the academy when you skipped a class? You haven’t graduated, have you?”

No matter how rare Illesis was, there was no way he could have graduated from the Royal Seidran in just a few months.

Sure enough, she slipped away from Chris’ gaze.

“There is nothing more to learn… The dean said he would take a leave of absence, but since there is nothing to go back to, I am actually dropping out.”

“… … .”

Why did the girl who secretly plucked and ate grass in the garden become such a cool person? It’s a positive change for her, who was somewhat frustrated, but the degree is too severe.

Chris rebuked her, feeling like he was preaching to a child he didn’t even have.

“When you go back to the academy, it’s as if you’ve graduated top of the class. Why don’t you come out and suffer, why don’t you go back now?”

“Wow, after wandering all over the continent, I found it and saved it, and now I’m going back… I wasn’t so shameless when I was disguised as Raiden.”

Illesis smiled back, but her eyes weren’t smiling at all.

Well, if I was going to go back to his clumsy sermon, I wouldn’t have left the academy in the first place. Chris chewed his tongue, realizing that he had a bigger influence on this girl than he thought.

In my heart, I wanted to go back to the days when I was infiltrating Seidran.

He gave up his clumsy persuasion around that time and raised his right hand to look at it.

Right after the battle with the black flag, the gift handed over by the god of death was still clearly in his hand.

Illesis also tilted her head as if she was concerned about that.

“By the way, what is that tattoo? I don’t know why, but I feel ominous… … .”

“I do not know either.”

As the name color is a gift from God, it may not be an ordinary pattern, but Chris wanted to erase it even if he had to scrub the back of his hand with a scrubber.

After all, nothing is free in this world.

The leader of the black flag borrowed the power of Argal and overpowered the punitive force, but died in the battle that he won when the spirit of the evil spirit became bad.

Chris didn’t have the slightest desire to be like him.

‘But will this be erased?’

As soon as the priests of the church saw the gift of the god of depravity, they tried to kill him. If it had been simple to take it off, they wouldn’t have gone that far.

Chris, who had been using dragons in a hopeless mood, finally got out of bed.

“Ah, are you okay?”

Illesis, who was next to the bed, supported him by using the transformation spell again.

As far as Chris knew, this spell was extremely difficult. It also consumes a lot of magic power, so Illesis is not the type to be able to maintain it for a long time.

Noticing his troubles, she shrugs.

“If you want to travel around the continent by yourself, you wouldn’t be able to look like a student. So, I usually do this.”

“Where did you get your magic?”

“I went to the demon king and learned the secret art of sucking.”

“You even met Elgar-sama?”

Chris, full of energy at Illesis’ words, closed his eyes tightly.

This lady, her acting power is really no joke.

I felt like I was ruining the life of a promising prospect.

Illesis helps him rehabilitate and explains it as if he were scolding him.

“You sneaked into Seidran’s royal palace from the beginning thanks to Elgar. So, of course, I need to meet him in order to follow your steps.”

“I heard and saw it, but… Ugh, I don’t know.”

It’s funny that he, who was saved thanks to Illesis, said this.

Chris thought so and moved his stiff body vigorously. At first, it was difficult to even walk in the room, but as I relaxed a little, the pain lessened a lot.

The two left the room and slowly moved to the stable.

Perhaps because it is an inn in a small town, there seems to be no other guests besides Chris and his party.

Chris’ ghost horse was enjoying a leisurely rest in a soft haystack.

“I was lost and wandering in the alpine area, but it was not too late because he came running.”

“Purrule.”

Illesis stroked the bridge of the ghost horse’s nose and spoke. A completely different reaction than when Chris touched it.

He saw it and clicked his tongue.

“This beast is really… … .”

“what’s the matter?”

“no. So, is the black flag over?”

Chris sighed as he erased their names from the list in his mind.

It’s good that the revenge against the black flag is over, but the thought of the church that betrayed him made his teeth gnash again.

What happened to them while he was in a coma? It would be difficult to gather information in this small town, so it would be better to move to a nearby city.

When the two people, arms folded for support, left the stable, a young man from the village who was chopping firewood greeted them.

“Ah, wizard. You’re out now… … .”

The young man, who smiled brightly at Illesis, hardened his face when he found Chris next to her.

Chris could be sure he didn’t want his own recovery.

Not noticing the uncomfortable air between the two men, she greeted the young man face to face.

“Hello, Mr. Hans.”

“ah… hello.”

Judging by the atmosphere of Illesis and the young man, he is either the owner or an employee of this place… … .

Chris went back to his room pretending to see him and belatedly checked his equipment.

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Most of the expensive and important equipment was left intact because it was left to the ghost horse.

There is no need to worry about epic items in the first place, as they will come flying just by calling their name.

However, the longsword that Black Hammer had made shattered immediately after the final blow, leaving no fragments.

Even if the longsword was intact, it is highly likely that it was lost while rolling down a cliff.

Chris grunted at the empty scabbard.

“Sorry. I think there were some knife fragments around, but I didn’t take them because I was afraid the priests would come after me.”

Illesis, noticing Chris’ mood, said it with a strange sense of guilt, and he quickly shook his head.

“No, just saving my life is not enough. Even if I pick it up, I can’t even repair it.”

“Oh, and I spent some of the money you had. I had to buy a wagon to move the two of them, and the lodging was not enough… … .”

“good job.”

Chris smiled as he accepted the pocket containing only a few coins. It seemed that he had no time to rest as he needed to get new weapons and also to prepare traveler gold.

He opened the map, checked the location of the village, and immediately decided on his destination.

“It’s near Benicia and Rosehook… Come to think of it, the grave of the sword was around here? Then let’s head northwest from here.”

The place Chris pointed to was the road he had taken when he left Seidran and headed for the Breton Empire.

It was good to know the circumstances of Breton in a place where small kingdoms live in conflict.

Because it is a border area where there is always trouble, there are many jobs for mercenaries.

Heading back to the stable, Chris brought up the ghost horse and Illesis, and connected the wagon she had prepared to them. After laying Tyrone, who had not yet woken up, in a wagon full of hay, he went to visit the courteous young man without Illesis’ knowledge.

The young man who was watching Chris in the backyard of the inn was caught in an instant.

“Why, why are you like this!”

“You guys should be ripped off in moderation.”

It’s been a while since I received a huge amount of money from a spice merchant, and it’s ridiculous to blow that much money on lodging expenses.

He said he bought an expensive wagon, but he should have had quite a bit of money left over.

Perhaps Illesis, who doesn’t know the prices here, paid too much.

Although she had a lot of energy in her own way, she was from a student with little travel experience. And it is very common for innkeepers to overcharge unskilled travelers.

Indeed, the young man at the inn handed Chris a few silver coins right away.

While he was contemplating whether he should hit his opponent, Illesis’ voice came from in front of the inn.

“chris! Where are you?”

“sorry. let’s go.”

After leaving the young man behind, Chris took the reins from her and began to drive the wagon clumsily.

Tyrone’s body in the back seat swayed slightly as he passed the bumpy road.