episode_0204
by fnovelpiaWhen the buoyancy subsided and the bloody maelstrom cleared, I was standing in the field where the Holy Land came into view. Elise had sent it away with her magic.
The holy and noble kingdom that had been just a moment ago had turned black. Blood-red clouds were gathering in the clear sky.
An ominous atmosphere reminiscent of the end of days. Even without a separate explanation of the system, you could tell that something was definitely wrong.
This was because the complete liberation of Elise had failed.
‘This is a bit unfair.’
I can guess roughly where and how things are going wrong.
This is also due to the differences compared to the game.
Most of Elise’s story is told from Elise’s perspective, which means her psychological state is also expressed in the text.
(Elise is a little confused.) Something like this.
However, since I cannot use mind reading, there is no way for me to completely understand Elise’s inner thoughts.
Now, from the system’s text and Elise’s words, I can see what kind of troubles she’s going through. It’s already too late.
‘I clearly told you to tell me if you have any concerns.’
It was something that could have been solved much more easily if you had told me. I ended up ruining it by suffering alone while hoping for salvation.
No, maybe he was teasing me and I just didn’t notice.
‘What should I do?’
This is a situation where you can’t just retry like in a game because you failed. You have to find a way.
Living in this world is a way, if that’s the way, but we can’t learn unless we free our poor slaves.
It’s not like I don’t know if the other person doesn’t want it. I know that Elise wants salvation.
If you give up here, you are no longer worthy of being the owner.
‘You can’t just go in.’
How can I get through this hellish city? It would be fortunate if you let me out again. I have to think that there will be no second mercy.
And I had no intention of giving up on returning.
It is a law given to me that a slave once freed cannot be put in chains again.
‘There is a way, right?’
A little witch who ignores the laws of the system and puts chains on herself.
The destination has been decided.
“We caught the slave messenger!”
But my plans fell apart as soon as I arrived at the next city.
It would take several weeks to get to my destination by carriage. Having been practically driven out of the Holy Land, I needed a means of transportation.
We arrived at a nearby town to secure a carriage. As usual, the guards asked for identification, and I presented my slave trader’s guild ID.
The soldiers of this world are poor. The honest soldiers starved to death long ago. They were nothing more than mere wage earners.
He paid the gatekeeper a sum that he would not mind paying. It was a sum so large that he would not be able to refuse it unless he was the youngest son of a wealthy family and enjoyed being a soldier as a hobby.
But it didn’t work.
It wasn’t because he was a noble soldier.
“Finally caught you, you rat!”
A familiar face.
But he wasn’t the kind of person I wanted to see.
“It’s been a while, Count Brian. How have you been?”
Narsha’s father.
It was Count Brian.
Why is the person who should be in the capital here?
“How have you been? I haven’t slept properly for a single moment since you took our daughter away. But that’s only until today. I hired a bounty and even hired mercenaries to catch you!”
“I can clearly feel how much the Count wanted to see me. But you are taking your daughter away? Didn’t I bring Young-ae back safely?”
I think I’ve heard the rumor.
Narsha suddenly disappeared, so the Count put a bounty on me.
“It will be difficult to request AS now. The period has passed.”
“Hah! I don’t want to be played with by your new tongue any longer. You’re going to die!”
Uh.
***
Honestly, I thought it was a hidden camera.
It’s the same with Elise cheating and Narsha escaping.
I can somehow understand the former, but I can’t understand the latter. Why is he blaming me for my daughter disappearing without permission?
I thought it would end with, ‘Ta-da~ It was a joke~’. I thought it was time to do it now because I hadn’t been able to treat my daughter well.
“Kill him! Kill him! Kill him! Kill him! ”
Until my neck is hung on the guillotine.
From the city gate to the prison.
From prison to execution ground.
It happened in an instant, without even a trial.
There was no room to escape by using items.
Tied up so they can’t move. Above them, the guillotine’s blade flashes. In front of them, people of all ages and genders cheer.
I was in a situation similar to the introduction to a romance novel where the villainess Youngae dies and either returns to Earth or is reborn as an old man.
But if I die here, will I return?
In that case, I wish I had woken up from a ‘shit dream’.
But that won’t happen.
I already know because I was killed by Heukbi.
Even if I come back to life, I don’t want to die.
‘What did I do wrong?’
The only crime is freeing slaves.
Of course, people died in the process, but it’s a world where if a noble passes by and gets ‘cut in half and dies’, they’re left behind.
When in Rome, do as the Romans do. If it’s self-defense, they’ll give you some leeway, right?
But no matter how much I complain, no one listens to my grievances. I’m a slave trader, and my opponent is a noble.
It’s the height of irrationality.
“Execute the sentence!”
I’m going to curse you.
When I die, I will no longer be a slave reaper, but a real reaper and go around slicing all of you.
I closed my eyes tightly.
Wedge!
It was then that a sharp crack was heard.
At first I thought it was the sound of a guillotine falling.
But it was thinner than that.
Exactly, like the sound made when an arrow is shot.
Boom!
There was a sudden explosion.
A soft breeze enveloped me.
“Gyaaaah!”
“It’s terrorism!”
My followers?
Yeah, there are ten thousand teachers, so maybe one of them will come and save me.
Ironically, what flowed into my nasal passages while I was thinking like that was the smell of the forest. It was refreshing, and the smell of the forest cleared my head the moment I drank it.
I’ve been to many forests in my life, but I’m sure there are only two that give off such a refreshing forest scent in the middle of the city.
World tree.
And the elves of the Great Forest.
I opened my eyes in wonder.
Amidst the chaos of the crowd, a forest fairy descends on the wind like a leaf.
“Master!”
Is it honorific or informal?
Anyone who hears the name will know it’s the owner.
But none of that mattered.
“Arpia Miss?”
Playful flower Arphia lilyand.
It wasn’t like a revolving lantern that I encountered just before I died.
When Arphia landed next to me, I couldn’t help but mistake the elven forest scent that wafted out of me for something else.
It wasn’t like I misjudged the person.
He was wearing a laurel wreath from the World Tree on his head.
It wasn’t any other elf, it was the Arphia I knew.
I was dumbfounded.
“Uh… Why is Miss Arphia here?”
“Why? I went looking for you because you didn’t come. I thought the spirits in the area were shaking, so I came just in case, and it was as expected.”
I don’t understand what you’re saying.
Instead, I suddenly had the thought that maybe I was a worse person than I thought. Otherwise, there would be no way everyone in the world would be chasing after me.
One of them, Narsha, Arphia, and Mirabelle, was imprisoned.
Arphia had dark circles around her eyes, as if she had had a hard time finding me, but she still had a bright smile on her face.
With an expression like, ‘I finally caught this kid.’
Thanks to that, I was able to save my life.
“Get out of the way, elf! I don’t know why you’re interfering with the execution, but if you break the laws of the Kingdom of Traul, I will subdue you with force!”
Arphia’s expression, which had been giving me a bright smile, suddenly turned cold.
“By force? You? Me?”
“What?!”
“If you want to catch me, you have to attack not just the city, but the entire kingdom.”
“Are you declaring war now?”
“No? I’m alone? It’s a personal deviation.”
It’s not an empty promise.
A young elf who has tamed a spirit is treated as a mid-level wizard or higher. And Arphia is the strongest elf warrior known to all, holding a servant who is a higher-level spirit.
Arphia is the one who completely destroyed the top with one arrow. They can never subdue Arphia.
“Want to bet on who’s right? Of course I won’t bet anything. It’s cheating to bet something when you know the outcome.”
I guess he really liked those words.
Judging from the fact that I still use it and haven’t forgotten it.
“Miss Arphia, thank you for saving me, but let’s not let this situation escalate any further. Of course, Miss Arphia is not my slave, so this is not an order, but a request.”
“I tried to kill you, but you want me to let it slide?”
“The opponent is a noble. He is the head of the Count Brian family. If you kill a noble, it will be a big hassle.”
“Count Brian? Then is that guy Narsha’s father?”
“Yes, that’s right… But what about Arphia-san Narsha?”
“That’s because I was with her.”
“?”
What the heck is this?
Why is the missing Narsha with Arpia?
“I mean, Narsha’s dad. I don’t really care, but I can’t help it because you told me not to.”
Arphia said to Count Brian.
“If you’re looking for Narsha, go to Noktar. You’ll find her there.”
“My daughter is in Noktar? Is that true?”
“Yeah. Well, I don’t think it’ll be the touching reunion you’re imagining.”
“How can I believe that? Even if that were true, I can’t let the slave messenger go! That man is a villain who threatens parents by using their children as bait!”
“Believe it or not, it’s your freedom, but if you’re going to hurt this person, I won’t tolerate it either. I tolerated it because he’s Narsha’s father.”
Swish.
Arphia placed her hand on the bowstring.
It was clearly bare-handed, but at some point an arrow of light was hanging from it.
Elf-only skill.
It was a spirit arrow.
The knights surrounding us watched the count’s expression, and he silently changed his mind. He decided that fighting the elves would be suicidal.
“That’s a wise choice.”
Arphia, lowering her body, turned her head to me. An invisible blade of wind cut the rope that had bound my wrists.
“Let’s get out of here, master. There are too many eyes watching to enjoy the reunion.”
“Um… .”
“What’s with those eyes? You didn’t mean you didn’t want to be with me, did you? If it weren’t for me, you’d have rolled around with your head cut off a long time ago?”
“No way.”
Got caught.
But I can’t imagine what he might do to me.
He wasn’t originally this quick-witted.
I’ve become a bit scared of people since I wasn’t looking.
Arphia, holding my hand, rode the wind and quickly escaped the city.
Landed on a nearby forest path.
But still, the hand that did not let go.
The refreshing smile shows no signs of fading.
He stares at me intently without taking his eyes off me for even a moment.
“I was so confused earlier that I couldn’t speak properly. How on earth did you know I was here and come looking for me?”
“She told me. Ice Princess… Um, was it Asias?”
“Did you meet ASIS sheep?”
“Yeah. I went into hibernation though.”
“… ?”
What is this?
He’s not a bear, so why is he hibernating?
I started the story by waking up the kids who were sleeping.
I have no idea what happened without me knowing.
“You look like you don’t understand. Okay, I’ll tell you step by step what happened.”
Arphia began to speak.
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