episode_0207

The smell was like that, but it was as expected.

Harnier did not participate in the battle.

The only thing that smelled of not only venom but also mana was used on one side of Karssein’s sword, and there was no smell of using artifacts or other magic tools.

It seems that Talpon wasn’t the only one who smelled the smell, as the Lilpeten tribesmen also looked perplexed. Even for those who had hunted the Scorpion King countless times, this was too reckless.

Before long, Carcein, who had crossed the entrance and entered Count Lilpeten’s house, got off his horse and held out an object.

“I brought this because I thought it would be evidence.”

“…Even if you don’t bring the Scorpion King’s stinger, you can tell it apart by its smell.”

“Really?”

“Anyway. This is more than enough to admit.”

Didn’t you kill the Scorpion King single-handedly?

He passed Lilpeten’s test with a degree that could be said to be more than enough.

Talpon announced that fact right here and informed the entire Lilpeten tribe, followed by loud and short applause.

The fact that he faced the Scorpion King on his own is something to belittle, but the Scorpion King of the Urome region is a particularly overgrown individual.

No one in Lilpeten would be able to doubt Carcein’s skills.

Talpon then presented the directions.

“This is the room you will stay in. Take a break and decide the date and time yourself. I won’t mind when you catch it.”

Carcein received the directions and moved with Harnier.

Talpon looked back at Carcein who was walking away and sighed softly.

This concludes the two tests presented by Talpon.

Now all that was left was the final test, sparring.

Is he really a survivor of the Kingdom of Wederos?

I think this has been proven to some extent by my ability.

In addition, the creeping smell of mana is also close to that of the Kingdom of Wederos.

“I don’t think I really know what the Kingdom of Wederos is.”

A survivor of the Kingdom of Wederos. For that alone, he was a man worth establishing diplomatic relations with.

no. Maybe it’s more than that.

but…

A feeling of puzzlement remains.

“What is this smell…”

different. It has clearly changed.

The smell emanating from his mana.

This thick smell of mana is probably the opening of eyes. It is presumed that he had an awakening while capturing the Scorpion King.

The moment of properly awakening to mana and using it is often accompanied by intense emotions. Whether you blame yourself for being weak, whether you want to save someone dying in front of you, or whether you exert your strength through the will to survive, there is ultimately only one cause.

It was the emotions of the person involved that turned their backs on the most dangerous situation, befitting the word awakening.

Perhaps Karssein is no different.

He, too, must have been in a whirlwind of emotions. And this whirlpool of emotions was completely wrapped around Karssein’s sword, so I was able to sense its scent.

However, the smell of his unique mana was so intense that it made my eyes squirm and made me suffocate.

“What kind of life have we lived to have such a strong smell of loneliness and pain?”

Karssein’s mana was providing loneliness and pain like an abyss with no end in sight. Also, even though I just smelled it, I felt a strange chill.

I knew he was an abandoned child, but was that really all there was to it?

no. That will never be everything.

At least Talpon is convinced that there is more to it than that.

***

For now, you could say I took a breather.

Although he was reckless, he somehow discovered mana along the way and succeeded in defeating the Scorpion King alone. Since he followed not only Talpon’s reaction but also the reaction of the Lilpeten tribesmen, his intimacy and recognition must have risen sufficiently.

But it looks like there is still one more big hurdle left for me.

“…Hey, Harnier? Isn’t your room over there?”

“Yes. That’s right.”

“Then, just give me the key to my room…”

Cheer up.

Although he was just smiling brightly, Harnier’s expression somehow gave off a hint of rejection.

She had both keys and only opened my room with the key. And he gestures as if to tell me to go inside quickly.

-gulp.

As I swallowed my saliva and entered the room, I heard the sound of something being locked. I was very nervous and turned around to see her smiling.

“Carsein. Don’t you have anything to say to me?”

“…”

…I feel a chill down my spine.

Even though she’s smiling with such a pretty face, the eerie feeling doesn’t go away.

After experiencing it a few times, I get the feeling.

Harnier is very angry now.

“That…”

“Artifact. You decided to use it when it got dangerous, didn’t you?”

“I did it, I did it…”

what. In my head, when this question came up, I wasn’t going to answer it right away, but I was going to spin it around and then try to calm it down…? Did you accidentally reply politely?

…I’m in big trouble?

“Then why didn’t you use the artifact even though your body was like that?”

“Uh… that’s…”

“You could have just screamed for help, but why didn’t you use it?”

“Hey, Harnier? That…”

“K. le. count. In?”

With her eyes neatly folded, she slowly approached me.

Ugh. Let’s give up.

The pain will be temporary.

-slap!

“Ugh!”

A nagging bomb flew out along with a stinging palm.

“People! uh? Do I have to worry you that much?! Yes?!”

“Evil! I’m sick! I’m hurt now!”

“What does it mean to get hurt! It’s okay to see you screaming! yes?! Huh, how can you capture the Scorpion King by yourself?! What is this again───”

I was about to lose my mind from the constant nagging.

Harnier sighed and turned around.

“Hmph. So why are you acting so worried? I wonder if he got hurt like that alone.”

“…”

I want to make some excuse, but… I can’t.

As soon as I caught the Scorpion King, I collapsed on the spot.

Harnier sighed heavily and patted the chair.

“We have to treat the wound first, so let’s look at the back first.”

It’s something I can do on my own, but…

I was in no mood to refuse right now.

“…”

It’s an unfamiliar feeling.

I can’t believe someone else’s hand with medicine on my wounded body touches me.

This feeling was very awkward for me, who was usually bullied so that I could get hurt even more.

“So, when are you leaving?”

“Yes?”

“The 4th week meeting will be held soon, but weren’t you going to explain to Talpon that you would have to postpone it in order to report at the conference hall?”

ah. Was that what you were asking when you were going to leave?

hmm. Certainly that is problematic.

Currently, I’m picking up a third agent for the episode, and now I have to get out of the West and head East to report for the fourth week of meetings.

But you can’t do that.

“No. I will stay here for a while longer. While applying for Rest Week.”

“Yes?!”

ah. It’s a painful place because I got hurt a lot there.

“Hey, are you serious? Rest Week… is an opportunity to declare a rest that is only given once to symposium participants!”

I know it well too.

Failure to attend the Eastern Noble Meeting will immediately lead to failure and disqualification.

Therefore, the opportunity, which is given only once at the start of the symposium, must be used when you cannot come to report for some reason.

When you need to take sick leave, such as due to illness or injury.

When there is a reason for not attending, such as quarantine due to treatment for an infectious disease, portraits of people around you, or a trial.

At that time, Rest Week was used to declare a week of rest to continue the symposium.

“I know.”

“Even though you know that, you still use Rest Week?”

“Yes.”

“Carsein…”

Harnier called my name with an incomprehensible expression.

Well, it might be worth it.

The last condition for de-phone is that the person concerned said that it is okay to schedule it at any time, so it is not too late to meet it after completing the 4th week report.

It must feel very strange to lose the only means of rest week so vainly.

But from my perspective, the perspective is different.

[ 3. Achieve more than 80% achievement in sparring with Talpon. ]

As if to show off, the status window is asking me to achieve the condition at least 80%.

Even when Talpon directly mentioned it, he said to fight with all your might… so it wouldn’t be a simple sparring.

You don’t have to go there.

The mere existence of this condition is not enough to explain it.

How dangerous is the situation where conditions that did not exist in the first place have been added? If these variables are not blocked in advance or resolved before a problem occurs, they will gradually tighten the player’s breathing.

In addition, by accepting the third agent, Talpon, uncovering Shatrene’s secrets a little faster will help you clear this episode reliably.

Lastly, it is also because of my own senses.

I just opened my eyes to mana by defeating the Scorpion King, so I need to maintain this sense and increase my power. Instead of just watching, it is right to deal with the magical beast and prepare step by step for a sparring match with Talpon.

Due to the above reasons, there was sufficient reason to fulfill this condition in advance.

“I will send a letter to Camilla through Tasha. If you waste your valuable rest week because of me, you can go home. Harnier.”

“…”

Harnier, who was listening to that, applied the medicine again.

“If that’s the reason, I’ll write it too. Rest Week.”

“Yes? billion.”

slap.

“Someone got hurt like this and made me worry so much that I couldn’t do anything about it? I have to have a fiancee with me. Hmm.”

It would definitely be a loss.

I wanted to point out why he was behaving like that.

but.

“You’re not going to tell me to go back alone now, are you?”

This time too, there was no such atmosphere.

Not long after, Tasha received my and Harnier’s rest week applications and delivered them to Camilla and Mina, the estate agents, respectively, and so we continued to stay in Lillepeten together.

***

Meanwhile.

At around the same time, the residents of Ruthmeyer were secretly meeting with the guards.

As Kiyan claimed, who felt something strange when looking at Shatren’s abandoned farming equipment, they are secretly bringing out the contents of the trash can and checking it.

“Hmm. I brought it secretly, but this kind of thing…”

“It won’t be easy to separate.”

“Most problems are solved by asking wizards. There is no case where trash is separated individually.”

The trash can was filled with all kinds of miscellaneous items, including food waste, including peels and seeds, packaging paper, pieces of farm equipment, and charred soot, so it was not easy to distinguish them.

Then Kiyan rolled up his sleeves and came out.

“Don’t worry. We usually keep track of things like this.”

“Huh? Why are you guys looking through that?”

“Well… if I wanted to make a living, I had to dig through trash cans at other estates.”

“I see. Ruth Meyer…”

“Ah, I didn’t ask you to make that look. Anyway, guys!”

““Yes!””

Boys and girls who had lived in poverty, including Melik, Tony, and Deanna, rolled up their sleeves and came forward.

Then, Chatelaine’s waste was quickly separated.

“As expected, the condition of abandoned farming equipment is at a serious level. It rarely corrodes like this.”

“There are too many types and quantities. Is it going to break this much? Is it just farming?”

“Besides that, it’s a bit strange. Why did I buy so much high-quality fertilizer?”

“Mmm. Fertilizer too…sniff. It seems like the smell is a mixture of different things.”

A large number of objects showing suspicious circumstances were captured.

Finally, something that looked most suspicious was held in Kiyan’s hands.

“…Those take a while too, but I’m most suspicious of this one.”

“Why are you talking about a piece of wood?”

“It doesn’t look particularly strange, like a piece of wood.”

“Didn’t you throw it away because it was leftover from being used as firewood?”

One might think so, but the residents of Ruthmire Territory immediately noticed this sense of discomfort.

This kind of thing is not used as firewood.

no. It cannot be used as firewood.

no. Could this actually be a tree in the first place?

Something this hard cannot be called wood.

rather…

‘Demon beast.’

It was much more reasonable to think that part of the beast’s body had fallen off.

-Tiring!

▶Information was obtained from the agent.◀

[A strange piece of wood was found in a trash can in the Chatrene estate. ]