There Was a Porter Who Would One Day Be Called a Prophet

216 – Is it pretty?

“Then I’ll come back.”

As Ian headed to the palace early in the morning to lure Salazar, Sonia, who had been following him with anxious eyes, turned to the party members.

“…Are you really going to send it off like that?”

They say we need to stop it now.

However.

“What should I eat today?”

“Since it’s morning, wouldn’t something light be better?”

“Raina, what about you?”

“Please give me more of this rhyme.”

The four existing members did not show any particular reaction and were preoccupied with deciding on the menu.

“How can you be so calm…?”

Aria was the only one who agreed with Sonia.

“Now is not the time to leisurely order food!”

-Boom!

Seeing them like that, Sonia couldn’t stand it and slammed her hand on the table.

“I’m surprised. I’m deaf, so please speak quietly.”

Thalia frowned and glared at Sonia, but she paid no heed and began to argue with her warrior.

“You’re saying you knew something would happen to him and sent him there alone! At least you were secretly following him!”

“I think the same thing. I thought you would definitely be against it.”

When the two women asked together in a situation that they could not understand at all, the saint opened her mouth in a soothing tone.

“Both of you, calm down.”

But Sonia had more to say to her saint than anyone else.

“Are you looking calm now?! Why are you so calm again, saintess? You were so worried yesterday!”

Then the saint, avoiding Sonia’s gaze, spoke in a hushed voice.

“Well, you promised me that you would never do anything dangerous by swearing to the goddess…”

While gently touching her right little finger. I have a rough idea of what happened.

“….”

Sonia was left speechless by her seemingly innocent remarks.

It was not because she was shocked by her appearance as a saint, but because she was said to have sold out her goddess to her, she was speechless.

“I’m not doing this because I’m worried about that guy, but just because you’re careful when you’re crawling into the enemy’s lair doesn’t mean it’s okay.”

As her aria took her place, the saint shared her advice from her experience.

“This might be your first time experiencing this, but in reality, this is not the first time this has happened.”

“What does that mean?”

“Before, he would suddenly disappear without a word of discussion, but now it’s even better. He’ll probably have some mean… Unusual thoughts this time too.”

“Didn’t you just try to say something mean…?”

“…You heard wrong.”

Sonia muttered with a devastated look on her face at his actions, where even a saint could not properly use a shield.

“No matter what…”

Then the warrior who had been listening quietly opened her mouth.

“But we will not sit back and sit still.”

“Yes?”

“Talia.”

Sigh.

When the hero gave a signal, Thalia took out something next to him.

“What is that…?”

“It’s a magic tool made using the branches of the World Tree.”

“…Something this crude?”

It looks like a small gramophone connected to a short wooden stick.

In her eyes, it just looked like junk. The only thing that connected the two objects was a piece of paper filled with incomprehensible letters.

“I made it in a hurry, right? Even though it looks like this, it works properly, right?”

Thalia spat out as if she was dissatisfied with the look in her eyes that doubted her own skills.

“Anyway, the branches of the World Tree. Where did you get that precious thing…?”

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“I took a look at something I received from an elf woman before.”

When Aria showed her interest, Thalia shrugged her shoulders in response.

“You’re an ajumma… What a foolish thing to do to Your Majesty!”

“She looks like an old lady at first glance, so why?”

She said she was glad she didn’t call her grandmother and continued her explanation.

“The principle is simple. After amplifying the technique that detects two similar entities, the sense corresponding to hearing is implemented with this gramophone.”

It was a little difficult, but I can roughly understand it. But there was one thing that stuck.

“Two entities? There is only one person. How is that possible…?”

“The devil said that spirits are born from the leaves of the world tree. So there is one there and one here.”

Talia spoke, tapping a tree branch with her fingers.

Then she remembered the image of Ian having a conversation with something invisible.

She said, ‘She’s really cute and it’s a shame she can’t show me….’

“But no matter what, this is a bit…”

“This guy doesn’t know anything. Would we be like this too?”

When Sonia expressed her concern at the way she calmly said she was going to eavesdrop, Thalia shook her head.

“Ian wakes up and disappears, disappears without a trace in the blink of an eye, and now he’s trying to disappear in front of others. It’s getting more and more detailed, so we need to be prepared.”

Talia insists that she is doing her best to keep up with his movements, which are becoming more sophisticated by the day.

“If you’re in danger, you can take it out right away.”

“How can you take it out?”

“Transfer magic. I told Ian I would use it in times of danger, but honestly, how can we possibly be in danger?”

She asserted the validity of her eavesdropping, saying she had been saving it just for this moment.

She is a little relieved to hear that. Because I won’t go to the worst situation.

“…But isn’t that just to catch you when you run away?”

“…Can we get over the little things?”

She gave an appropriate answer to her sharp questions and soon began to infuse her mana into her tree branches.

“Well then, shall we go and listen to what they are saying?”

-Chijik.

Soon the sound of human speech began to be heard from a gramophone that looked like a trumpet.

***

“As you said, the emperor’s schedule overlaps quite a bit with last year.”

“So, does this mean I’m in the same boat?”

Saldena Castle visited again. Salazar also showed his face today, as if yesterday’s incident had calmed his vigilance.

‘You’re younger than yesterday…’ .’

What on earth am I eating that makes me rejuvenate differently every day? The kings also seemed to find Salazar’s behavior strange, but they didn’t seem to have the courage to ask him.

-Kyuu… !

Kyundori is still growling at Salazar.

Maybe that’s why the kings didn’t show up as rudely as they did yesterday.

“Huh. This was so frustrating, but now it’s finally getting underway.”

“Such detailed information. Wouldn’t it be worth a try at this point?”

Once they gained the upper hand in information warfare, the kings seem to have changed their minds and become more proactive.

“Now that I’ve shown you the card I’m holding, if I go to the Empire, I’ll be dead. Is there a more certain surrender than this?”

“Why should I die after making such a remarkable contribution? I should enjoy the rest of my life in the West.”

“The West is now the center of the continent.”

“hehehe. That makes sense.”

Am I already intoxicated with the thought of winning? The guys who had been calling me lowly until yesterday changed their attitude and were busy sucking me off.

“Then when would be a good date to invade?”

“There is a suitable day. It is soon the anniversary of the death of the Empress.”

Then one of the kings asked with a puzzled look.

“But hasn’t the anniversary of the Empress’s death already passed?”

“That’s the date announced on the surface, but it’s actually different.”

The informants I had brought in to confirm the facts began to get upset at my remarks.

He must be anxious about giving a lecture in front of the king because the information they provided was wrong.

Salazar, seeing them, opened his mouth.

“I’d like to know more details.”

“The emperor will go into the tomb that day and not come out for the whole day. He will not eat or drink. He just misses his wife who left before him. The news will also arrive late, so that day would be the perfect day for a surprise attack.”

“I see.”

Contrary to expectations, Salazar takes it quite calmly.

“It’s really been a long time. It’s been almost 20 years since I bowed my head.”

Although he was muttering openly, the tremors of his body gradually started to spread to his entire body, starting with his shoulders.

“Finally… The day has come to kill the old spider hiding in the spider web…!”

Unable to control his joy, Salazar kicked off his throne and opened his mouth.

“The West will stand together and avenge the past insults! And we must return the power that was taken from us to where it belongs!”

Then he looked around at the kings.

“If anyone is against my decision, speak up now.”

But no one came forward.

Everyone who faced the sparkling eyes of that madness was in a hurry to avoid their gaze.

“Then I understand that you all have the same thoughts as me.”

Salazar looks at me with a twisted smile.

“….”

His smile, which was so long that the corners of his mouth seemed to reach the ears, gave the viewer a chill.

***

The anniversary of the Empress’s death was not just a fabrication. Two weeks from now. In fact, the emperor visits the empress’s tomb made of marble.

In the game, even the emperor, who was obsessed with revenge, visited the tomb that day, talked about things he had not been able to say before, looked at Aria’s coffin placed side by side and his own coffin next to it, and asked the emperor to wait a little longer and forgive his mistakes. I talk to myself.

Now that we have secured two weeks, this problem can be solved by finding a suitable day, luring Salazar outside, and using the warrior party’s trademark Dagul.

They say a journey of a thousand miles begins with one step, so you have to start working slowly.

Today was the time when I was satisfied with this and was about to go back.

“Is it going back already?”

Salazar approached me and spoke to me as I was walking down the hallway.

“Until the West wins, I am a busy body that has to live in two identities. Even two bodies are not enough, right?”

That moment when I tried to turn away, making the excuse that I was in a hurry because I didn’t want to cut myself again.

“I wonder if there is any reason to go back.”

Stop.

Salazar stopped me.

“If I don’t go back, you’ll raise suspicions, right?”

“The warrior party had to be dealt with at some point anyway, so it might be a good idea to get rid of it now.”

I knew from a while ago that he was full of confidence, but now Salazar is saying that he will bring back the warrior party.

What on earth is this guy thinking, thinking of going out with a warrior party?

“…There seems to be some way.”

“That’s right. Even if it were a world-class warrior party, there would be no business due to the quantity.”

What do you mean by quantity?

While I was thinking like that in my mind. Salazar, who was chuckling to himself, opened his mouth.

“Are you curious?”

As expected, there seems to be something planned. If you don’t do that, there’s no way you can come out with such confidence.

“Still, since I’ve been with them for a while, I’d like to know what happened to them.”

“But just because it’s you doesn’t mean I can tell you so easily.”

Is this bastard joking? If that’s the case, why did you ask?

For a moment, I thought I was talking to a kid. It showed its true colors on the other side.

“What if we are related by blood?”

When I heard the word blood relationship, my mind went blank for a moment.

‘Don’t you feel safe even though you planted a bug? ‘How cautious is this guy?’

“Is this surprising? It’s a common thing among kings. It’s cheap to give up one’s family to get a talent they like. It must be a pity for the emperor. The only one he has is a son, so he doesn’t have eyes for a talent like you. I can’t believe I opened it and missed it.”

That son is now a daughter. Anyway.

“Honestly, I also had a son, but he didn’t seem that useful. Maybe he takes after my stupid wife, but he’s not enough to follow in my footsteps. But since I gave birth to a granddaughter, which gave me this opportunity, it’s worth raising him all this time. Okay.”

Salazar continued, saying he was truly fortunate.

“How old are you this year?”

“Twenty-eight… Five.”

“30 Years.”

“Yes?”

“I will hand over my position in the next 30 years. From then on, it will be your country.”

Salazar tells you to stick with him, saying he will give you power.

“…Didn’t you say you definitely have a son?”

“If such an incompetent person succeeds, he will only be targeted by other countries. In that case, it is better to appoint someone as despicable as me. If he knows that it is his bowl that he is protecting, he will protect it for as long as he lives.”

After saying that, he looked straight at me and asked.

“So what is the answer?”

***

“What is this guy talking about now!”

Aria glares fiercely at the gramophone at Salazar’s appeasement.

“Why are you so excited?”

“They say this guy is mixing with the enemy’s blood, so you’re telling me to just stay still?!”

Thalia, seeing Aria like that, muttered incredulously.

“For some reason, it sounds like it’s a waste to give it to someone else… Is it because of my mood?”

“Nonsense!”

“Calm down. You didn’t even say that yet.”

A warrior clenched her fist and stopped the trembling Aria.

This was also something I said to myself.

‘That can’t be possible.”

Ian was extremely frustrated. There were days when her insensitivity made her dress explode, but there were also days when she felt relieved because of it.

It will definitely happen this time too. That’s what she thought.

-Is it pretty?

If it weren’t for the words that came from the gramophone.