24 – A palanquin to the Empire

As the number one contributor to solving the village case, I didn’t know how high my shoulders were.

“Oh~ Come to think of it, I’ve already saved two villages.”

“I thought he ran away again at first, but I saw him again.”

“Porter. Are you bragging in front of us? That’s cute.”

“Looks like we did the hard work.”

“It’s not wrong what you said, brother. You did a good job.”

For some reason, I felt like I had become something, so I spontaneously hummed.

“hehehehe.”

-What?

“Yes, my dear. You can be proud. How good your master is.”

“Brother? Who are you talking to?”

“Huh?”

‘Oh, come to think of it, I should introduce myself.’

“Now, everyone, say hello. I’m called Kyudol.”

“I can’t see anything with my eyes…”

Polaris spoke as if he did not know why.

“Look carefully. Here, it’s riding on my shoulder.”

“I don’t have anything..?”

…?

-Kyum.

“What? What do you mean, futile? Are you shy now?”

-Kyum!

“Isn’t that what it is? What is it then?”

“Look at this porter.”

In the midst of quarreling with Kwydol, Raina spoke to her.

“Spirits cannot be seen or heard by anyone other than elves. You are unique.”

“Yes?”

Then what is this guy?

“What are you talking about? The porter is talking to the spirit right now?”

“I’m curious about that too. Seeing as a child I don’t know, it looks like he was just born…”

Reina took her eyes off Kyudol and looked at me and asked.

“How on earth are you able to talk to spirits?”

“Well… I’m fine too…”

-Kyum.

“This child says you woke him up from his sleep.”

“You told me that too, but it was in the luggage bag that was handed over to you. I always thought it was Reina-san.”

“Hmm.. All I put in was the leaves of the World Tree.”

“The leaves of the World Tree?”

‘Come to think of it, there were shiny leaves in the bag… Were they the leaves of the World Tree?’

Suddenly, a phrase appeared on the loading window.

-Did you know? In the village where the elves, the inhabitants of the forest located to the south, live, there is a large tree called the World Tree. Legend has it that the Goddess planted the World Tree herself, and the locals consider it the mother tree and take care of it with all their heart. Also, the legend that spirits are born from the World Tree has been handed down since ancient times. Elves carry the leaves of the World Tree as a talisman. I believe that my mother always protects me wherever I go.

“Kyudoll. Were you born from a leaf?”

-Kyum.

Oh my God, the spirit of the world tree…

You were more of a child from a wealthy family than I thought.

“It is said that spirits are born out of reach of our eyes. I thought it was just a legend, but it was really born from the World Tree…”

Huh?

Wait

“Hey, don’t the elves call the World Tree Mother or Mother Tree?”

“That’s what elves born in the village call it, not me. I don’t have a mother, only a father.”

“Yes?”

I never meant to do that, but I was at a loss for words when Reina said Tallulah.

Gabulgi Evande

“You’ll talk about that later when you go to the Empire. It’s not something to talk about lightly.”

“I’m fine, warrior.”

“We’re not okay, you dwarves.”

Talia stopped Rayna from needlessly increasing her guilt.

‘Come to think of it, even in the game, Reina’s way of speaking is unusual, so when she chooses an option to ask about it, the party members may have blocked it like that.’

I also didn’t want to pry into this situation, so I kept my mouth shut.

“Hmm… You’re getting really strange as time goes on. You’re a human who has succeeded in communicating with the spirits… You’re probably the first.”

Should I like this or not?

-What?

It’s cute, so it doesn’t matter

“But we can’t walk to the empire like this, can we?”

“That’s not true. If you go to the big town you visited before, there will be wizards waiting for help from the Mage Tower. From there, transfer magic will move you to the capital.”

“If I come, the owner of the tower, I will come. What about support?”

“Thalia.”

“Okay. Enough.”

If it’s a big town…

“The town of Florence?”

“Yes. That’s right.”

The town where I first woke up and went through all sorts of hardships.

Go there again…

***

After moving for several days, we arrived at the town of Florence.

‘It’s a new feeling. To walk directly into the village I ran away from, with my own feet.’

As we approached the entrance of the village, the guards guarding the village came out to meet us.

“It’s been a while, warrior. Have you finished everything in the east now?”

“Yes. I came to return to the capital after completing my mission.”

“You really worked hard. The wizards from the Mage Tower are waiting, so please eat inside.”

The moment everyone entered the village and I was about to follow them.

“Wait.”

A guard watching carefully while blocking my path with a spear.

“You…”

I immediately opened my eyes wide and started shouting loudly.

“Black hair! Black hair reappears!”

-Chuck Chuck

After hearing that, the guards rushed out and surrounded me.

“After losing you, all the guards had their salaries cut, saying that the security of the village was unstable. Finally, the opportunity to make up for it has arrived!”

Ah, looking at it now, it’s scary

Unbeknownst to me, I almost ran away again.

But that’s me in the past

“What are you doing here!”

The warrior blocked me as if protecting me from the guards.

“This is a member of our party. Take up your weapon.”

Now I am invincible

The warrior party is a god

“Yes..? What is that?”

A guard who gives you a look of disbelief.

“Hey, can you put this away quickly? I’m afraid of cutlery.”

“Yes? Oh, that’s…”

The guards are riding suckers exchanging glances.

“Hey you crazy bastards!! Put your weapons away!!”

A man ran from the entrance of the village screaming.

‘Looking at his blessed body, that man must be the boss.’

“You dare to know what kind of person this is! Aren’t you afraid of the imperial guillotine!”

“Oops…Sorry!”

At the man’s grunt, the weapons pointed at me all at once went down.

The man who was presumed to be my superior came up to me and apologized while bending over.

“I’m so sorry! I made the wrong education…”

It will be so soon

After that, look at it only once

Looking towards the village, Polaris was waving his hand.

‘Is this the taste of power…’

I succeeded in bloodlessly entering the town of Florence safely and arrived at the fountain where I first woke up.

“Big..”

-Kyum?!

“No, I’m fine..”

“Is the porter crying now?!”

“Brother, are you all right?!”

“Hey porter, there are no guards anymore. Stop it!”

“I’m sorry. If I had noticed earlier…”

The party members were confused by the sudden action of squeezing juice.

“It’s not like that.. I just remembered what happened after I came here.. It’s great..!”

As I was calming down with the nadenade of the party members, a group of elderly people approached us.

“I’ve been waiting for you, Lord Red Hood.”

“Oh, long time no see, grandpas.”

‘No matter how much I look like someone I’ll do tomorrow, I’m not polite…’

The Confucian boy in me cried out at the sight of her wrathful appearance.

The old people look at Talia’s attitude with her warm face as if it doesn’t matter.

“Was the tower owner safe?”

“We’re the only ones here, so just do it like we did in the tower. I’m doing that too.”

“Anyway…”

“Grandpa.”

“Heh heh. This is true. Talia, even these old people can’t stand you.”

‘You treat me like a real granddaughter. If I had a granddaughter like that, I think I would have grabbed her by the neck and taken her away with high blood pressure.’

“But there are people I haven’t seen before.”

‘Me?’

“That’s right. Grandpas! He’s such a great kid. Leave the top owner’s secretary seat empty. After defeating the Demon King, he’ll go in there.”

What a terrible sound that is

I’m going to lay eggs in the empire

“No, what the hell are you talking about? How can you get your secretary position from an ordinary person who can’t feel any mana?”

“The owner of the pagoda said I would do it! If it’s empty, empty it!”

You did that to other people too.

You must have suffered quite a bit.

“No matter how much you claim to be the owner of the tower, the magic tower has been the pride and home of wizards since ancient times.

Yeah, don’t lose to violence

Good job Inspiration

“What if I can’t use magic! The strengths outweigh the weaknesses!”

“Talia…!”

“Mr. Lee! Look at this and tell me! Prison!”

The magic she gave off created dozens of small force fields in an instant and then disappeared.

“This… This…!”

The eyes of the old people who witnessed the scene went wide.

Wait a minute, elders, why do you open your eyes like that?

Uneasy

“How is it? Can you say the same thing after seeing this?”

“Such fast and precise multi-casting…! When did you reach this achievement? Could it be that you even reached the truth?!”

“Hee hee. Do you know who this is all thanks to?”

Don’t

Don’t look this way

“This guy right here told me! Ahem!”

Hey, you messy b*tch

All the heads of the old people turned towards me.

It’s a familiar gaze that I’ve seen before.

‘Thirst for knowledge, those greedy eyes…’

Where have all the people who objected until just now gone?

Wizards are all like that

“..Is everything Talia said true..?”

“No…”

“Of course! This is the treasure of the Mage Tower from now on!”

She cuts off my words without mercy, despite the efforts of her mouth and tongue to desperately protest to protect the safety of her master.

“Elder, wait…”

With their backs turned away from us, they started whispering something among themselves.

-If that statement is true, this is a great opportunity.

-Someone who touches the truth may emerge from our generation.

-Elders? After you published your thesis last week, you said you had no time to die.

-Yes, you man! What nonsense is that to the superior now!

Something was going wrong.

After their meeting, an old man called an elder came up to me and shook my hand.

“I don’t know this precious person… I’m Bisman, the elder of the Department of Elements.”

“Yes.. Elder Bismann. Feel free to talk to me. You can just call me porter.”

“That’s a very subtle title.”

No, it just means the warrior party bag shuttle.

“I’m sorry while we were talking. Can we leave now? Your Majesty is waiting for us.”

“Ah, this is such a big deal. I’m sorry.”

Thanks to the hero’s good cut in the middle, the old people started drawing the magic circle.

“Talia. The atmosphere inside the tower is unusual these days.”

“Isn’t that always the case? After I joined the party, there were a lot of people who didn’t like it, saying it made sense that there was no Topju in the tower.”

“It seems a bit different from what we’ve seen so far. So, if you have time someday, please visit us.”

“Let’s not worry. It’s me. It’s me. Talia Red Hood. Raised by my grandparents, I’m the youngest and best top owner. What are you worried about when I’m alive with my eyes open? “

“Heh heh. It seems I forgot about it for a while as I got older. Maybe it’s because I’ve been able to talk to you face to face like this for the first time in a while.”

“Wow, why are you doing this disgustingly… I’m going. Activate it quickly.”

-Look how shy he is. It’s still there.

-Isn’t he a kind boy on the inside even though his mouth is rough? In times like this, we adults have to pretend we don’t know.

-If even his personality resembled my mouth, it would have been the disaster of the Mage Tower.

“Stop talking nonsense and open it quickly!”

As they climbed onto the magic circle one by one, they began to disappear and my turn approached.

‘Ah, it’s a bit scary because I’m about to ride…’

At that time, I was anxious because I remembered the contents of the movie where the space movement failed.

“Hey.”

“Yes?”

Before stepping into the magic circle, Bisman stopped me.

“Thalia is a bit of a mess and has a lot of accidents, but she doesn’t have any bad intentions in that. So please take care of this old man.”

I wanted to tell you everything that Mesgaki did to me right away, but.

‘I might really faint after hearing that the tower owner, who is active as a warrior party, wielded magic on an ordinary person..’

The Confucian boy in me stopped me like that.

“I know that, so don’t worry.”

“It puts my mind at ease that you know. Then take a look.”

“Then let’s go, old man.”

After the warrior party left, one of the remaining old men opened his mouth.

“Elder. Is everything you just said true?”

“Talia, who was judged to have no further advancement as a mage. Didn’t she see with her own two eyes that such a child had grown so much in such a short period of time? Eliminate her doubts.”

“Sorry, Elder.”

“It’s okay. Until I saw it myself, I didn’t believe it either.”

Bisman, who turned his eyes away from his junior, looked at the place where the man had left and muttered.

“By the way, being a porter… Does that mean he’s going to carry all the knowledge in the world. This old man just ate a punch?”

A absurd misunderstanding was blooming in a place where the person concerned was not present.

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