episode_0047

After the demon was dealt with, things went quickly.

From that point on, Delta Inn’s sedan raced toward the snowy mountain without resting even for a moment, and arrived at the beginning of the snowy mountain exactly 10 hours later.

“Down.”

“Are you okay?”

“Uh, it’s the spirit’s territory from now on.”

Agnes looked at the snowy mountains outside the car window. No matter how much I raised my head, there was no end in sight. This is because the peak is hidden by clouds.

An exclamation came out of my mouth.

“Are we going to the top of this road?”

“I won’t make you climb a mountain.”

“Are you giving me a hug?”

“Caltaraga.”

“I don’t like it.”

“What?”

Deltan frowned.

Agnes said, clinging to the Deltan.

“You hug me.”

“How absurd is this?”

“The Caltara is too hard to ride comfortably.”

Agnes clung to the Deltan as if she wouldn’t listen for an answer.

Deltan let out a faint expression of frustration, then quickly hugged her and got out of the car.

The reason was that I didn’t want to waste time arguing.

Sweet.

The car door opened and a cold wind swept over the two people.

“Wow, it’s cold.”

“Wait.”

Deltan summoned a black pit and pulled out a fur cloak from it.

It was a black, furry cloak, and it was large enough to roll up Agnes’ entire body.

Agnes looked at it for a moment and said.

“Shall we put them together?”

“That’s it.”

“Why? Isn’t it cold?”

“I don’t get hot or cold. Because mana supports my body.”

“It’s very convenient.”

Even as the conversation was going on, Deltan’s hands were busy wrapping Agnes’ body in a fur cloak.

Agnes, who had now become a caterpillar, made an ‘oh’ sound and said.

“It’s very fluffy. Why did you make this? Because of me?”

“What I used to wear.”

It was the work of an enemy who could not even use third-tier magic properly.

As Deltan shuddered as he recalled wandering around for a week relying on this one cloak to find the chapter boss hidden in the northern snowfields, Agnes giggled.

“Arch Mages aren’t perfect from the beginning.”

Deltan didn’t bother to answer.

“… Now go. Gerhart, you stay behind and guard the car.”

“Yes.”

Sabak.

With the sound of snow being stepped on, the Deltans disappeared into the snowy mountains.

*

The terrain of the snowy mountain was rugged and the road was winding.

That wasn’t all. All the footprints you have made so far will be lost in the snowstorm that comes every chance you get, so even if you relax just a little, you will quickly get lost.

In that situation, Agnes asked from Deltan’s arms.

“Are you on the right track?”

“No.”

“Huh?”

“I can’t go properly. We are.”

Agnes’ eyes were dark.

“Then shouldn’t you move?”

“I have to move. We’re not finding a way, we’re attracting barbarians.”

Every time Deltan spoke, long breaths came out.

“The space here is distorted by the spirit’s protection. The only ones who can properly find their way here are barbarians who have received the spirit’s protection. So, we have to lure them in and catch them.”

“Oh, you’re trying to give me directions?”

“Okay.”

Deltan said so and spread his mana wide.

‘There are some guys talking around nearby… .’

I rarely think about approaching.

Well, if those things were so easy to catch, the cuckoo wouldn’t have left a message saying that he had to come all the way here.

‘What should I do…? .’

The barbarians in the snowy mountains were very wary and could not attack first carelessly.

This is because if you hit even one person with a rash attack, they all disappear.

If that happens, all that’s left is to drift on this snowy mountain and freeze to death.

Deltan looked at Kaltara.

Even though it was this cold, he looked really carefree as he yawned while wearing only thin clothes.

“Kaltara.”

“Hmm?”

“Can you catch it?”

“I don’t think I can bring him back alive! If it’s okay with a corpse, I’ll go!”

Kaltara chuckled.

Deltan tsk and clicked his tongue.

It was that kind of moment.

Let’s go.

The sound of snow being stepped on was heard in the distance.

Immediately after, a small noise like ‘Hi!’ came from the direction from which the sound came.

A person’s obvious pretense of popularity.

The moment they realized that, the hounds moved.

“Oh my!”

The first to run was Kaltara.

She jumped up with a loud noise as if she was trying to cause a landslide, went to the back where she felt the presence of people, and blocked the escape route.

The ones that came out were Jevis and Pobler.

The two surrounded them by blocking the two sides where they felt there was a hint of popularity, and Galan blocked the front lines, completely occupying all sides.

“Did you catch it?”

“I think so.”

The Deltans walked leisurely and entered the siege.

What is there.

“… A child?”

It was none other than a child.

It had dark brown skin, jet black hair and eyes, and blue fur covering its entire body.

The child’s eyes were shaking as if there had been an earthquake.

He was clutching a small bow in his hand, so it looked like he was trying to rebel, but as soon as Kaltara grabbed his back, that sign disappeared.

“Sa, please save me~!”

A scream so long that it almost beeps.

However, there was no one to help.

‘They all ran away.’

This is why all the other barbarians fled as soon as the child was captured.

The child must have noticed this too, as his face turned white and his chin trembled.

“Ber, it was abandoned… ?”

Rather than throwing it away, it would be more correct to go to ask for help.

After all, the direction in which the barbarians fled was not all the same.

However, the Deltan had no intention of telling the truth.

‘I could use it.’

As soon as the presence disappeared, the child’s face turned completely white, showing that the child was very scared.

In that situation, the first thing that came to mind was the assumption that the child was ‘abandoned’, which showed the child’s usual behavior.

More than anything else.

‘You look stupid.’

The stupidity of being caught up in not being able to maintain a safe distance.

I could definitely use this.

Deltan approached the child and made eye contact.

And he said with a small smile.

“Yes, it looks like it was abandoned.”

“Gasp!”

“It’s too much. Those people. Still, they were colleagues and family, but you left them without even looking back.”

A sense of betrayal began to appear on the child’s face.

“I, I… !”

“It was an effort to prevent outsiders who suddenly invaded. I think this is too much treatment. Cheer up.”

As Deltan spoke words of comfort, the child began to tremble, making a ‘whoosh!’ sound.

I wondered if I could trust it this well, but what could I do?

‘This makes it easy for barbarians to deal with.’

Uneducated humans are no different from animals.

This was a maxim that Deltan felt clearly after falling into this game.

A closed environment imparts only limited knowledge.

This lack of intellectual level soon leads to let down.

Savages were the extremes of such habits.

“Hey, kid.”

The child raised his head.

That was what was reflected in the child’s eyes.

A man with bright red hair that didn’t even match this snowy mountain was smiling with his golden eyes shining.

In his arms was the most beautiful woman who had ever lived, staring blankly at the man.

It’s the same for comforting me just now, and it’s also the same for not resorting to violence right away.

The child decided that these people might not be dangerous.

“Neng… ?”

“What is your name?”

The child trembled at those words and spoke carefully.

“… Orga.”

“Yes, Orga.”

Deltan placed his hand on the child’s shoulder.

And he spoke in a truly sweet voice.

“You. Don’t you want revenge?”

Agnes said ‘Push!’ I burst out laughing.

One child, Orga had a blank expression.

“Revenge?”

“Yes, it is revenge on the tribe that abandoned you.”

Deltan said, adding strength to the arm holding Agnes.

“Proving you’re right and those guys wrong.”

Unconditional positivity and support.

This was a more powerful weapon than anything else in dealing with children.

Orga’s eyes sparkled.

“My, I am right… !”

Stupid Orga.

Deltan thought about this and his smile deepened.

Then Orga spoke.

“I want revenge! Let me do it!”

Deltan nodded.

“Okay, I’ll help you.”

“Yes!”

Agnes eventually bursts into laughter with a ‘bang!’ I exploded it.

*

Stupid Orga began guiding the Deltans and the group to the location of the tribe.

Orga was at the front, and Deltan was at the end of the procession.

Agnes asked.

“But don’t you think he’s fooling us? They are so easily fooled.”

“Never do that.”

“Why?”

“That guy is a spirit fitter.”

Agnes tilted her head.

Then Deltain spoke.

“6.2. That damn spirit sensitivity.”

Suddenly, a dot-like target mark appeared on the Deltan’s retina.

『Body: 2.1

Mental Defense: 1.3

Horsepower response: 2.2

Spirit sensitivity: 6.2』

Spirit sensitivity is considered the highest among spiritists.

This meant only one thing.

“He’s probably a pretty important kid in the tribe. So, I guess all the tribe members went to call for reinforcements.”

“Does that have anything to do with our confidence that he didn’t trick us?”

“A person with a spirit fit must be pure.”

This was one of the pieces of information that was obtained only after Deltan entered the game.

A spirit fitter must be pure.

This is because if there is a lot of suspicion, greed, and negative emotions, the spirit will not try to build a trusting relationship.

Therefore, those who are prepared to become spiritists are educated to never think of doubt or negativity, which inevitably leads to a tendency to be easily deceived by the words of others.

After hearing the Deltan’s explanation, Agnes made a ‘hmm’ sound and then asked.

“But you planted it. Negative temperament.”

“I didn’t plant it. Because that guy doesn’t even know what revenge is.”

Orga is a kid whose eyes light up more when he hears that he can say, ‘I was right and you were wrong’ than when he says revenge.

I had to assume that the concept that he was endangering the people of his tribe did not exist in that smart little boy’s mind.

Agnes giggled.

“Bad Deltain.”

“Noisy. And why are you laughing at that timing?”

“What should I do about something funny? He says ‘Don’t you want revenge?’ with a serious face. Wouldn’t it be funny if you were like me?”

Deltan had nothing to say.

Naturally, my mouth was tightly shut, and my cheeks were slightly red from the shame that came over me later.

At that moment, Orga shouted.

“Arrived!”

When the Delta man raised his head, what he saw was a small village with a long row of huts.

It was the lack of Orga.

Above it was a translucent gray-white membrane.

‘Barrier.’

It was probably a spirit barrier.

It must have been installed to prevent external physical threats.

“Orga-!”

At that moment, an old man’s cry was heard from inside.

Then, a skinny old man and the soldiers guarding him came to the front of the barrier.

“Father!”

Orga shouted with a bright face.

Father. Looking at the man who looked like a chief at first glance and calling him father, I was able to understand Orga’s position.

‘Is he the next great chieftain?’

The information that the chief was able to communicate with spirits seemed to be correct.

“What do you do now?”

Agnes’ question.

Deltan looked down at her, turned her stiff shoulders once, and spoke.

“I have to go inside first.”

After saying that, he stepped forward.

I approached Orga, who was still smiling and waving at her father.

Right after.

chin!

He wrapped his arms around Orga’s neck and lifted her up.

“Keck!”

Orga struggled, and the faces of the chieftain and soldiers turned white.

Deltan said with a grin.

“If you want to save your son, open the door.”

A feeling of betrayal appeared on Orga’s face.