episode_0117

“Haa…. Haa…. Miss Leviya…, aren’t you hot?”

“Ah…. I’ve gotten used to it, so I’m okay now!”

We are walking through the middle of the Gold Road desert.

After safely bringing Leviya out of Kairo.

We were still walking through the Gold Road desert, unable to escape it.

Thanks to this, Baekryeon, Seollin, and Baekho seem to be dying, but Leviya is following my pace quite easily, perhaps because she has lived here for about 2 years.

“But Hero. Where are you heading now?”

“Kyaa?!”

Suddenly.

Lucy, who only peeked her face out from Baekho’s shadow, tilted her head.

Leviya, seeing this, was startled and clung to me, and the voluptuous sensation of Leviya’s chest spread pleasantly to my arm.

Not bad.

“You startled someone who saw you for the first time.”

“Oh my. Is that so? I’m sorry. Ms. Leviya.”

“Ah, no. It’s okay…. But can all nuns enter shadows like this?”

“Ah, no. It’s possible because I’m a mixed-blood of a vampire.”

At Lucy’s words, Leviya had a blank expression for a moment.

Well, that’s the normal reaction.

I honestly have a hard time believing it, but who would think a nun is a vampire?

“Just take it as it is. That’s the most comfortable way.”

“?…”

I stroked Leviya’s head, who tilted her head as if she didn’t understand, and turned my gaze to Lucy.

“First, I’m thinking of going to the Craftia Magic Kingdom.”

“So you’re not going straight to the Holy Kingdom? I thought the path you were taking was slightly different.”

So you knew we were going off the path?

I thought you might not know because everything around here looks the same.

“But is there a reason why you’re going to the Craftia Magic Kingdom?”

“There is. I’m going to gather some more party members.”

“Party members? Isn’t it enough already?”

Lucy’s gaze shifts from me to my party members.

Baekryeon, an excellent martial artist and now the last survivor of the Baek family.

Seollin, an excellent martial artist and the head of a family that supports a huge country.

Baekho, one of the Four Gods, but currently unable to use his full power.

Lucy, a nun belonging to the Shadow Order, who is a mixed-blood of a vampire and a succubus.

Leviya, a saintess candidate. Her abilities are still unknown, but if it’s like the original, she will be able to call 『Luck』.

I don’t know what Lucy is thinking, but maybe what she is thinking is similar to me.

“It’s a pretty good party, isn’t it?”

“What’s so good about it. The balance is off.”

“Hmm…. Balance….”

Lucy looked over the party again and shrugged her shoulders.

“Then what do you think is lacking, Hero?”

“Of course, it’s a magician.”

“Magician?… Well, if you’re looking for a party in the Magic Kingdom, there’s nothing but a magician….”

Lucy tilted her head as if she was surprised at my answer.

I didn’t understand Lucy’s reaction.

Isn’t a hero party supposed to have a hero, a priest, and a magician as a set?

I honestly don’t know why knights or warriors come in. Their position overlaps with the hero.

“Is a magician… really necessary?”

“Necessary.”

“Hmm…. Then what kind of situation do you think a magician is needed in?”

What kind of situation….

“For example, it would be convenient to have a magician when you need to annihilate a large number of enemies at once.”

“In that case, wouldn’t it be settled if you just used one of your Sword King’s Secret Techniques? Its power, range, and activation speed would be much faster than most magicians’ wide-area annihilation skills?”

“…Huh?”

That’s a very logical statement.

“What…, well. It would be good to have the help of magicians to break through strong barriers, right?….”

“If it’s a barrier that you can’t break through with your power, I don’t think any magician in the world could break through it, even if they came.”

“…Hmm?”

Is it that much?

No, when I think about it, it seems like it would be that much….

Because I can cut through most magicians’ magic with my sword….

“What about… if I get mind-controlled!….”

“Doesn’t the Holy Sword basically block all mental interference attempted by beings with the power of evil?”

[Complete Resistance!]

The energetic voice of the Holy Sword Machina echoes in my head.

“And as a nun, I also have resistance to mental interference from evil…. I can undo mental interference in general cases?”

“Ah….”

That’s strange.

Magician…, not needed?….

Really?

“Huh?… Hero, are you okay?”

Leviya approached me, who was confused, but I didn’t have time to pay attention to that right now.

My romance!….

“Magician!…. Not needed!!!….”

“Eh?! Lu, Lucy! And everyone else!!…. The Hero…. The Hero!!…”

* * *

“Are you okay?”

“Thank you for worrying about me, Leviya. I’m okay now.”

“More than that, if you make such a fuss just because you don’t need a warlock, it’s more troublesome for us, you know?”

“Still, wouldn’t it be more enjoyable to have more companions on the journey?”

Leviya is worried about me.

Seollin is scolding me.

Baekryeon is handing me a meal with a smile.

Baekho is just staring blankly.

Everyone was sitting on mats and eating dinner.

“Hero.”

“What’s wrong.”

“Are you still going to the Magic Kingdom after all?”

“I should go since I’ve come this far. Besides…. Even if I don’t bother to find a party, if I use the gate inside the Magic Kingdom, I can get out of the Magic Kingdom in an instant.”

At my words, Lucy nodded as if she understood.

“Well, it would be faster to go that way.”

Craftia Magic Kingdom.

I explained a little about this place before, but let me explain again. The Craftia Magic Kingdom is a country with highly developed magic technology.

You can think of it as a place that develops practical magic tools for daily life using various magical knowledge.

The air conditioning system used in Kairo in the Gold Road was also made here, and the Craftia Magic Kingdom, which is the headquarters of this technology, is rumored to have various secret technologies that do not circulate outside the Magic Kingdom for various reasons.

‘I didn’t see many in the game.’

What can be confirmed in the game is, first of all, the cooling and heating technology that controls the temperature of the entire house.

And the gate I mentioned earlier. The gate is a kind of portal that you can often see in games, and it is a technology that allows you to move between gates in an instant, overcoming the limitations of distance and time.

This gate is connected to the borders of each Magic Kingdom and major cities.

“But the cost of using the gate will be quite expensive, right?”

“It’s okay.”

Is it going to be more expensive than 950 platinum coins.

When I looked at Leviya without saying a word, Leviya looked at me, tilting her head as if she didn’t know what was going on.

“Anyway, if you use the Magic Kingdom’s gate to move through the Magic Kingdom’s territory, you’ll arrive much faster than just walking.”

“I understand.”

“Is that Magic Kingdom a hot place?”

“Don’t worry. I heard it’s a comfortable environment.”

Seollin looked at me anxiously.

When I told her not to worry, she let out a faint sigh and felt relieved.

“Let’s eat quickly and sleep. We’ll be out of the Gold Road desert soon, so don’t worry about the heat.”

“Okay.”

“Good night.”

The party members who had finished their meal started to enter the tent that I had set up in advance one by one.

The tent was large enough to cover up to 5 people, but it was quite cramped with 6 people.

I’m staying outside to keep watch, but….

Still, it’s cramped.

“Can I get more useful things in the Magic Kingdom?”

No, after all, it’s hard to get things one by one every time, so I need one useful magician in the Magic Kingdom….

After all, is a magician necessary!!!….

“…But now that I think about it, I feel like I forgot something.”

What did I forget….

I don’t know. Seeing that I can’t remember, it must not be very important.

“Huh?”

“…Ex, excuse me.”

Leviya, who had entered the tent while I was keeping watch outside, carefully came out.

Then she sat next to me quietly.

“Is it uncomfortable to sleep?”

“Ah…, no. It’s better than when I used to live with my mother.”

Is that so.

“…Ugh.”

“Are you okay?”

“Hehe…. It’s cold.”

The daily temperature range in the desert is large.

And the Gold Road desert is no exception.

I took off my coat and put it on Leviya’s shoulders for Leviya, who was shivering.

“Thank you.”

“So what did you want to say that you came out secretly without sleeping?”

“…That’s.”

Leviya, who was smiling awkwardly as if she had been caught off guard, stared blankly at the fire that was crackling and said.

“Can I really… do something important like a saintess?”

“….”

“I’m… just… a commoner who doesn’t know anything….”

Hmm….

Well, considering the family environment she has lived in so far, I can understand her lack of confidence to some extent.

Taking care of the party’s mentality must also be one of the things a hero should do.

“It’s okay. Even if you don’t know anything. It’s strange to know well when you haven’t done anything, right?”

“But…. This is a journey to save the world…. At first, I just agreed to help a little bit…, but if I just get in your way….”

“I said it’s okay.”

I looked at Leviya, who couldn’t shake off her anxiety and nervousness no matter how much I told her it was okay, and looked up at the sky.

“You can see a lot of stars.”

“Yes?… Yes. You can.”

“Leviya. I know why you’re so worried. But all I can tell you is that it’s okay.”

“Hmm….”

I raised my hand and put it on the top of Leviya’s head.

Then I stroked her hair a little roughly.

Leviya’s hair shook according to my touch, but Leviya accepted my touch without showing any displeasure.

“In the first place, was I born and raised from my mother’s womb to become a hero? Everyone has a first time. The important thing is… what you do in the future.”

“What you do in the future….”

“Yeah.”

Of course, it’s not something I should say as a non-hero.

It’ll be a problem if you try to do anything here and the route gets twisted.

“So go to sleep quickly. The Magic Kingdom isn’t far away.”

“Yes, yes! I understand. Hero too…, please sleep well.”

Oh, look at her politeness.