chapter 63
63 – Episode 63
If I get fired from here, where will I go…
Should I go back to the nearby village and settle down?
I need to get married soon…
As Tris, who had all the worries of a man in the right age to get married, trudged along helplessly, the manager with a hurried expression furrowed his brow.
“Can’t you come quickly?!”
“S-sorry…”
His shouting made me walk faster, but I still had no strength.
Whether you go early or late, you will get scolded because it is decided.
After sighing dozens and hundreds of times, the manager who was leading the way stopped in front of a building.
I finally raised my head, which had been down all along, and looked around.
‘It’s really the end…’
A pure white color that symbolizes nobility.
High walls and numerous windows.
Even a private soldier in armor guarding the door.
Just by looking at it, you can see that a noble person is staying there.
I had a feeling that it was a place that had nothing to do with me.
The manager gave a humble smile to the soldier next to the door, and the soldier nodded and opened the door.
The door opened naturally without a squeak.
When we went in, the inside was more luxurious than the outside.
As I was distracted by the decorations I had never seen in my life, the manager rushed over and knelt in front of a fat man sitting on a chair.
“I brought it to you, master.”
Tris, who finally came to her senses at the sound of that voice, also ran in a huff and knelt down next to the manager.
“Huh. Good job. “Let’s just leave now.”
“Yes, yep!”
When the manager ran away, only Tris and the nobleman, who was as fat as a pig, were left in this large room.
“okay. “You are Tris.”
“Yes… That’s right.”
In order not to offend the nobleman and immediate boss, he bowed his head even further and placed his forehead on the floor.
Pop next to him! And something fell.
Tris wondered what it was, but didn’t look up.
Because the nobles have not yet given permission.
“Take it and leave here.”
‘Ugh… in the end… I’m fired…’
Although he was heartbroken over the loss of his job, he could not refuse the nobleman’s orders.
I slowly raised my head and looked to the side.
‘… what?’
It was a money bag.
The money bag was so full that coins had been inserted into it just before it exploded.
The noble in front of me spoke.
Take this bag of money and leave here.
Commoners do not question nobles.
but.
“Si, if it’s not rude, can I ask you just one thing?”
Tris was so surprised that she asked without realizing it.
and.
“Huh. “It’s okay.”
Tris was allowed to ask questions as to whether the noble in front of her was not such a bad person.
“Uh, why… you could just… just tell me… something like this…”
He was an excellent woodworker in a quiet village in the countryside, but in Trevaian, where experts gathered, he was a beginner among beginners.
go away! In one word, I would have to leave empty-handed, but they even gave me money like this.
I was very curious about the reason.
“When I asked, I heard he was from the relief camp there.”
ah.
It’s a relief station after all.
It’s Diam after all.
Diam’s name has spread to this place and bestowed invisible grace on me.
‘Diam… thank you…’
Tris, realizing everything, grabbed the money bag with trembling hands.
A bag heavier than the plane that I’ve been pushing and pulling all my life.
Silver visible through a slightly open hole and gold occasionally visible.
“Tsk… thank you… thank you…”
“It’s time to say hello. Leave Trevaian right now. As far away as possible. And without anyone knowing.”
“I obey your orders…”
Tris covered herself with the robe the Count gave her and came straight to the stables.
There were a lot of his belongings left in the dorm, but as the nobleman said, Leave now.
I don’t know why he gave this order, but since he obtained the money using Diam’s name, I decided not to question it.
I bought a seat on the fastest carriage I could ride.
Less than 15 minutes after receiving the money, we passed the walls of Trevaian.
Tris left and the manager appeared cautiously.
“Count. “How can that much money?”
“Tsk. I can’t help it. That old man is suddenly investigating the relief camp subsidy? “I’ve had a good time so far, so let’s think positively.”
“Then we will carry out the second operation as well.”
“okay. “Take care of everything so you don’t miss anything.”
“yes.”
The manager responded calmly, as if the fuss up until now was just an act, bowed his head and left the room.
How many hours have passed?
A soldier wearing a black cloak burst into the nobleman’s house.
“Excuse me for a moment. Count Liere Daeman.”
A nobleman who was about to have dinner.
Count Liere Daeman placed his fork and knife in front of the luxuriously prepared food.
I proudly picked up a napkin and wiped my mouth.
“Even if it is the Reign Knights, which is favored by His Majesty the King. Is it okay to just come into a nobleman’s house like this without permission?”
He subtly provoked him, but the knight standing in front did not even flinch his eyebrows.
“This is His Majesty’s command. Count Liere Daeman to disclose all donations related to the relief center from a year ago. “If not.”
When the knight tried to say more, the count responded! match! We clapped our hands together.
At the sound of the sound, the closed door opened and a manager in a neat suit appeared.
“Did you call me, Count?”
“A statement of donations related to the almshouse. “Bring everything and show it to these handsome knights.”
“All right.”
As the manager bowed his head and left the restaurant, the Count smiled sinisterly and opened his mouth.
“It looks like you’re investigating something. What if no crumbs come out even after such a rude investigation? “You know that, right?”
For the first time, the knight Huyeong frowned at the count’s proud attitude.
“hmm. “That remains to be seen.”
Not long after, the manager brought a thin book and handed it to the driver.
“Here it is.”
“hmm. “Excuse me for a moment.”
The driver quickly opened the book and looked at the contents.
A kingdom seal stamped with information about the year, month, and amount the kingdom gave.
And the seal of the almshouse with the information that the earl gave the almshouse a certain amount of money in what year and month.
Same amount as received.
no? The wrinkles on the knight’s forehead deepened at the clear evidence that a slightly increased amount, including the earl’s donation, had been delivered to the almshouse.
The knight took out a round magic tool from his belt and placed it on the kingdom seal and the almshouse seal, but a green light flashed, indicating that it was genuine.
All verification was completed using magic tools.
This evidence was neither hastily fabricated nor forged.
The seal is also a genuine seal registered in the Kingdom Seal Archive.
That’s right.
‘After the Count handed over the money, did someone steal it while he was on his way to the relief center?…’
In the knight’s mind, the count was slightly off the list of criminals.
“It looks like there is a problem with donations.”
“hmm. Thank you for your cooperation.”
“It is natural for those who become nobles to be loyal to their country. but. “I would like to compensate for this rudeness in some other way later.”
“Keep that in mind. “Everyone retreat.”
As the knight spoke, the knights in black cloaks, radiating a sinister energy, escaped from the building as if the sea was falling.
The remaining driver returned the statement he had received to the manager and opened his mouth.
“Then finally. “Can you find out the identity of the person who moved the donations to the relief center?”
“Of course I will. His name is Tris. This is a man from that relief center. But why is that?”
“no. “Thank you again for your cooperation.”
I didn’t see the driver going out.
The manager’s sinister expression.
***
I lay down on the soft bed and closed my eyes.
If it had been like this in the past, Olivia and Ellie would have thought I was sleeping and came up next to me and laid down with me.
“The baby started it.”
“hmm. “I guess we should be quiet.”
“You’re dealing with a deity. “What a kid.”
“Didn’t you hear me tell you to be quiet?”
People who are told to be quiet talk louder and become more noisy.
As I laughed softly at the noise, the surroundings became quiet.
As I erased my smile and concentrated, I began to see something blurry before my dark eyes.
A being that wriggles as if it were alive.
Over the past year, I have learned how to manipulate [Godhead] under Lageta.
It’s not that my body completely transcends that of a human, but like Lageta, I can manifest magic just by swinging my finger.
Although I cannot use abilities that would make the Great Spirit bow down.
‘If you focus like this… if you focus again!’
When I opened my eyes, imagining the magic I had learned so hard… or more precisely, the magic I had been forcibly injected into my head, a tree branch as thick and long as a sword appeared in the palm of my hand.
‘Phew… success.’
I just created a tree branch out of thin air.
It doesn’t shoot out like a fireball, nor does it set fire.
My divinity belongs to the World Tree.
Just by holding it, I felt a deep vitality that restored my stamina on its own.
Let’s concentrate again, recite the spell in our head, and draw the magic formula.
thud.
A thin but wide tree bark appeared on my hand, like a shield.
When I opened my eyes, Lageta gave me a thumbs up and waved as if I did a good job.
As a result of her actions, a training scarecrow suddenly appeared in front of her.
‘I wonder if I’ll be able to create something like that someday~’
He chuckled and lightly stabbed the scarecrow with a branch.
Common sense tells us that if you stab a tree with a branch, the branch will bend or break.
Phew!
The tree branch made by the Goddess was sharp and hard enough to puncture the wooden doll made by the Lageta.
This is the divine power of [life] that the World Tree contains.
Human magic cannot withstand divine power or something.
As Lageta smiled at the sight of this enormous legendary tree branch, he waved his hand and created a new scarecrow.
It looked similar to what I just saw.
The moment when you stab yourself with a legendary tree branch.
Kang!
‘Whoosh!’
A huge wave hit my hand, accompanied by an intense sound as if high-strength minerals were competing with each other.
If you make a mistake, the impact is strong enough to knock off a tree branch.
Of course, he recovered quickly thanks to the bark and branches of the World Tree, but he only got stabbed, so he reacted like this…
As I glanced at her, I finally began to hear the sounds around me.
“What did I say, Diam? The same Godhead?”
‘We can’t hurt each other.’
in other words.
Just as I hold the deity of the World Tree, so does Lageta.
‘It means that it holds the deity of the World Tree… No matter how you think about it, it’s a munchkin?’
He laughed and let go of the branch, which instantly turned into powder and disappeared.
A weapon that takes a long time to make, but disappears in an instant.
‘I need to practice taking it out faster.’
This magic.
If you can handle the Shingeki well, you can use the strongest sword and shield even when unarmed.
of course.
‘That’s because it’s so damn difficult…’