episode_0058

LIV.

『Slipped Hand』

The name of the blacksmith shop is really Slippery Hands.

And then I saw that the name of the store here was ‘Jokgashio (足加示悟)’, right?

It is clear that Evergreen is not a good site. Because none of them have normal names.

Even the name of the Join people there was ‘Buffalo Wing’. It looks so fucking delicious.

As we approached the blacksmith shop, surprisingly, a woman who did not look like a blacksmith at all was waiting for us. At first, I thought she was an employee, but it turns out that the slender woman is the owner of this large blacksmith shop.

It was surprising that the woman who greeted the guests with a smiling face was her father-in-law, but what surprised us more than anything was the answer she gave when told that she had come on the introduction of Dean Hu.

“Huh? ah! Are you the guests Juan was talking about?”

It was that way of speaking that called the dean’s name in a friendly way. So, it means that he is the same age as Dean Min Hoo.

I understand that Dean Hu is over 150 years old because he is a Circle 9. But can a craftsman do that? Doesn’t look like a knight or a martial artist?

“Top level spirit purchase. also… … .”

The mystery was finally resolved when the witch stood close to him and whispered something. If you’re a top-level spiritist, you’re at the level of a semi-superhuman. In particular, spiritists are famous for their long lives.

“Oh my? How did you know?”

“Spiritual power that gently drifts around. And the elemental power of fire and earth flowing from inside the forge.”

“What?!!”

I couldn’t help but be surprised once again by the witch’s answer. Instead of being a top-level elementalist who has concentrated on developing one attribute power, he is a monster that uses two attribute powers?!

“Huh? I can’t believe I found out all at once. What a great kid, huh?”

“Ira? Does using that word mean that you are going to reveal your ‘true’ identity?”

The witch responded sharply, like a cat with unusually prickly fur.

Only then does the woman who owns the blacksmith shop and handles spirits of two attributes to the highest level look at us with a different perspective. If you look at it that way, nothing will come out.

“Anyway, Juan ordered an artifact-class weapon for the first time in a long time. So I was curious about who the main characters were.”

“Is that so?”

“Yes. First of all, isn’t there something Juan asked you to deliver?”

“Oh, here.”

I answered mechanically, completely unable to understand why such a strong, monstrous man was blacksmithing under a strange name in Evergreen, so I was in a daze, and hurriedly sifted through the bag I was still holding in my hand.

“Hmm. huh? Where did you get the adamantium? Fairy dust must have been received from the Sumerian kingdom, oh! From self-refined mithril powder to mana stones. Good. ah! Gray?”

“Yes?”

“I heard you wanted a window. Is there a particular look you want or a type of window you prefer?”

“Type of window?”

“Because there are various types of windows. Gwa (戈; a spear with an ‘ㄱ’-shaped end that is intended for pulling and cutting), Mo (矛; a spear with a curved end), Pi (鈹; a spear for stabbing purposes that looks as if only the blade is attached to the pole), and Geuk. (戟; a spear that combines the shapes of gwa and mo). Why are there so many types of kendo, including long swords, short swords, bastard swords, etc.?”

“There is no particular shape desired. A basic window shape is sufficient.”

“Good. I think it will take about a week to ten days. You’re going to be outside the Academy for a while, right? Because there was such an uproar inside the academy.”

In the area called Evergreen, Sangin District is closer than other districts. Even so, outside of Evergreen Academy, which belongs to the outside, they are aware of the abnormal flow of divine power that occurred inside Evergreen Academy and are even aware of the internal circumstances.

As expected, this woman is a monster.

“Hohoho. Don’t look at it like that. Because I’m a spiritist, I’m just sensitive to changes that happen around me.”

“Ah… yes. For now, I plan to be at the Temple of Caligo.”

“Okay. When the weapon is completed, I will send it there.”

“Yes. Thank you very much.”

The woman, whose name I had not even heard, went inside after my greeting. With a face full of anticipation, like a plastic model fanatic who received a plastic model as a gift.

Then he manipulated something inside and closed the store.

In the end, we didn’t even get to see the inside of the blacksmith shop that the dean introduced us to after the ‘Slipped Hand’. Did I just learn about the blacksmith owner class that is common in Evergreen?

As I was standing in front of the blacksmith shop with the door closed, a thought occurred to me.

“This is definitely a bad place… … .”

“Foot!”

“… Pfft!”

“Grey. fool. Hehe.”

◈ ◈ ◈

It was my first time going out in a while, but for other reasons, I headed to the Temple of Caligo as leisurely as possible.

I don’t know if they had already contacted me, or if they had already reported my movements, but a cardinal who was familiar with high-ranking priests was waiting for us in front of the temple.

“Evidence of trust!!”

“Trust’s… … !”

…

…

I have now given up on the series of greetings. When I went inside, I was led to the room where I had previously been treated by the Cardinal.

When I felt a sign of popularity outside the door, I expected the cardinal to stop by. But the person who opened the door and came in,

“Hello!”

With a cute child,

“Nice to meet you.”

It was an article reminiscent of a huge stone mountain.

“Nu… ?”

Before I could ask who it was, the clown blocked my path and the witch stood next to me, very wary. Against a young boy and a knight.

I don’t know about witches, but even clowns are tense and wary?

Normally you would think of demons, but this is Kaligo Temple, so that’s not the case.

then?

“Are you the Pope?”

It’s really hard to believe, but it’s the only option left.

Evergreen, the Temple of Caligo, and even the utmost reverence of the cardinals visible beyond the door.

“Yes. that’s right. Nice to meet you.”

“Crazy?!”

The exact number of superhumans on the continent is not calculated. This is because there are often people who become superhumans and then go into seclusion, and it is not clear whether those who have gone into seclusion have gone away or are still alive.

However, it does not appear periodically to show that it is alive.

However, there are people who actively make public appearances even after becoming superhuman. A representative example is Dean Hu.

And in the sacred kingdom called Holy Kingdom, there are two superhumans whose life or death is known with certainty, although they are not actively active.

The reason why the Cleton Empire cannot tamper with the Holy Kingdom is also because of the two superhumans who guard it.

One is the Pope. Pope of the Caliphate. Judah.

No one knows how old this person is. It is said that he actually does not look like the Pope at all.

But what is certain is that he is a superman. One day, when a high-class demonic beast devastated the western border of the Cleton Empire and crossed over to the Holy Kingdom further west, Pope Judas appeared in front of the demonic beast and crushed the high-class demonic beast with a single word.

Heaven’s Judgment

However, what is even more shocking than this is that the Pope, the longest-lived of all known superhumans, looks like a child of only about 10 years old.

I don’t know whether to call this a baby face or a fraud.

Another superhuman is the ‘Sword of Caligo’ mentioned a little while ago.

As you can guess from the title, he is a paladin, and unusually, he has no name. No, should I say that the name was abandoned? He has been called the Sword of Caligo from the beginning to this day.

The greatest characteristic of a paladin is its survivability reminiscent of a cockroach. The reckless existence of these people who do not die unless their heads are cut off is completely opposite to that of the Clitton Empire, a magic empire.

The reason why the Holy Kingdom, which has two superhumans who are not even in Clyton, remains only a kingdom is because these two superhumans do not engage in battles with humans, not with evil beings such as demonic beasts or undead.

Unless it is a ‘holy war’, a war against heresy.

It is judged that the current Pope has a normal way of thinking. This means that he is not psychotic enough to declare the Clitton Empire and surrounding countries ‘heretics’ and start a war.

The Pope and the sword of Caligo are in front of me. Laughing brightly. And implicitly putting pressure on the clown and the witch.

“It’s different from the image I had in mind. A lot.”

Naturally, the tone that comes out of your mouth is not good.

“Really? How?”

“Should I call it frivolous?”

Now, instead of using formal language, I ended up answering in a half-serious tone.

Superhuman? What is that?

He is just like the Pope.

If the crazy among the crazy is Dean Hu, the fanatic among the fanatics is the Pope. There’s no way they can do something to me with something like this. That doesn’t work either.

“Well, I don’t have class.”

There is no class. In other words, the status is lowered.

I took the attitude that it was okay to accept it that way, and the Pope also accepted it without much thought.

“In the first place, if the Pope only holds weight, how is that any different from a king or an emperor? He is the head of a religious organization. There is no mass going on, but if you dress up and be solemn, will people approach that religion?”

“… Don’t nobles make more money?”

“Huh? What do you mean?”

“Oh, shouldn’t religion be judged by money?”

I added this to the Pope, who asked the question back to me with the same frown on his face as a small child was forced to wake up from a nap, thinking that I had made a mistake. but,

“What are you talking about this time? Of course you need money. No, you need money everywhere in the world. We also have to eat bread and drink milk. And if you’re depressed, you should have a drink.”

“Is that so…? … ? Then what did you ask before?”

Is this what happens when you become a superhuman?

Praise for money pours out of the mouth of a man called the Pope.

“Yes. You asked whether nobles make more money, right? Are there a lot of nobles? Are there a lot of commoners?”

“That’s right… … .”

“There are far more commoners than nobles. It’s a bakridamae. Is it for no reason that our temples are spread all over the continent, even in the outskirts?”

After that, the Pope spent quite a long time emphasizing that this was the reason he was getting bribes from nobles for treatment, and then he suddenly pretended to hold out his right hand and held it out to me.

“This?”

“Let’s be friendly.”

At first glance, the twinkling eyes and the cautious hand and gesture seemed like a child of the same age mustering up the courage to shyly say, ‘Let’s be friends!’

If a female professor who says that Shota and Lori are different saw this picture, she would have rushed to it and rationalized it by saying, ‘This is okay!’

Unless the man in front of me was a superhuman and the leader of continental fanatics.

“Yes.”

“Good!”

“True. Before that. Can I use the training room?”

“Okay then!”

“I would like to ask you to bring your meal in a portable form. One month’s worth”

“Yes! Don’t worry!”

“I hope there is a facility inside the training center where you can wash and sleep.”

“Yes! Of course!”

It’s not some kind of macro answer, it just feels like a positive answer comes out reflexively.

“… I need to eat the continent.”

“Oh! Do you want to?”

ah! Is it okay to hit the Pope in the Temple of Caligo?

“Yes. no. Go back.”

Were my thoughts clearly visible on my face? The Pope refuses with a cute little but stern face. I didn’t even say anything.

“Kid… No. Pope. You can’t answer that seriously, ‘Do you want to do that?’ How can we eat the continent in a situation where the devil is coming?”

“um… … . Wouldn’t it be a bad thing to do it? If you’re going to deal with the devil, it’s better to have a unified command system, right? What do you think?”

“It’s a good idea.”

The Pope asked the man who had been standing there silently without saying a word, and he nodded as if it wasn’t a bad thing. In such an atmosphere, of course, I

“I don’t.”

I answered.

“Then, what about the Western Continent, which includes the Holy Kingdom?”

“Ah, it’s okay.”

“Then, as soon as possible, the Clitton Empire, which is the largest in the western continent… … ?”

“What is so easy about it that you can just call it ‘a quick fix’? It’s an empire. I don’t.”

“I can’t help it. Then, how can you get evergreen for something that you only use briefly? … .”

“Turn off.”

“… Tsk!”

I promise once again.

Let’s not forget.

Be careful whether you sleep or wake up.

There is no normal among superhumans.

As expected, Evergreen, the ground is clearly not in good condition.