episode_0073

A few more days passed after experiencing the unexpected.

The chick that confessed to me(?) would stay away from me for a while and act like a fool, so I had to be careful, but that didn’t really change my life in any meaningful way.

The incident with Sister Melody was definitely put down as nothing more than an incident, and I was able to prepare for the second labyrinth conquest with a much more relaxed mind.

“Have a nice day, junior. Don’t worry about the temple. We will guard it well.”

“Always take care of yourself. You are not alone, junior.”

Priest Chilan and Priest Ando tried to lighten my load by saying that they would take good care of the temple.

‘Is it really for my own good, or is it because he’s happy about getting his hat back?’

Whichever of the two it was, I was just glad that I had someone I could entrust the temple to without any major problems.

As long as I call the two of you seniors and treat you with respect, I won’t create trouble and cause chaos in the temple.

Moreover, the reputation of people around me that I happened to check this time allowed me to understand why my seniors have a favorable impression of me.

‘Why didn’t I ever think to find out what people thought of me?’

I guess that’s because my reputation isn’t important in running the temple.

The church directly ordered me to manage this place, so what does reputation matter?

Still, it wasn’t a bad thing to suddenly find out that my reputation was better than I had imagined.

Rather, I was proud that I was being recognized by my fellow priests.

Of course, I wasn’t just enjoying the compliments and being savored by them.

‘I had to prepare myself well as the number of people was large.’

Last time I went into the labyrinth, there were quite a few items that I often thought, ‘Oh, why didn’t I bring this?’

At first, I didn’t know what to pack, so I packed lightly. This time, I had to reduce my luggage because there weren’t many porters, so I couldn’t pack everything I wanted to, so I had to pack only the essentials.

There is an item that was specially commissioned and custom-made for the next expedition.

I packed my bags, left the work to my seniors, and left the temple without looking back.

There was also a heartwarming episode where the chicks saw them off again, so they had to be comforted for a long time in front of the shrine.

“Oh! Welcome, Priest.”

When I arrived at the scene, Baron Moyle, who had arrived before us, welcomed me.

Since the last time I saw him was when he was drinking, the topic of that day naturally came up.

“Did you get home safely last time? I was so drunk that I couldn’t remember when you left.”

“… Yes, it went in well. I got help from Sister Melody.”

“Ah~ This person didn’t drink alcohol back then, right?”

“Yes.”

“You did a great job as an escort. Haha!”

While talking to Baron Moyle, the rest of the group quickly appeared at the meeting place.

Maybe it was because everyone remembered having fun while drunk and chatting, but everyone greeted each other lightly and pretended to know each other.

‘I guess we’re not as attached as we were back then after sobering up.’

Since they were nobles who had no choice but to think about their reputation, it was brave of them to at least pretend to know the commoners first.

The dinner party that Princess Rasiel hosted that day was not meaningless.

And the person who benefited the most from the dinner that day was probably me.

“Priest! How have you been?”

“Oh~ Priest, did you exercise? Are you feeling better?”

“Priest! Please take good care of me in this labyrinth conquest.”

People, both noble and commoner, readily approached me and exchanged greetings and words of wisdom.

I greeted people without stopping them from coming or leaving.

and.

The main character usually appears last.

“Everyone is gathered.”

Princess Rasiel was the last to arrive at the meeting place.

“Have you arrived, Princess?”

“Ready?”

“Perfect.”

Princess Rasiel smiled with satisfaction at the confident report and spoke to everyone.

“We’re going to go right in. Get ready to move.”

It was a command that woke us up from our slumber, as we were resting and putting down our luggage.

Perhaps because it was everyone’s second expedition, they were filled with anticipation rather than tension.

‘I made quite a lot of money from the last expedition.’

Why would people go into a labyrinth where it is difficult to save their lives?

Because the labyrinth is incomparably profitable.

Even though we clearly wasted a few days looking for colleagues, we made quite a bit of money.

If he had sold the items from the evil spirit altar, he would have been sitting on a huge pile of money.

‘That’s why it’s more dangerous.’

It didn’t seem like the government would stay still either.

Because in my opinion, it didn’t seem likely that Sister Melody, the heresy inquisitor, would have been sent to the labyrinth alone.

Don’t you know?

They may be slaughtering heretics in places unknown to others.

No, I think there’s a high probability that that’s the case.

Since ancient times, punishment for heresy has been quite certain.

‘I guess being quiet seems more dangerous.’

While I was lost in thought.

Before we knew it, we had arrived at the entrance to the labyrinth.

There was a long line in front of the labyrinth.

“What is this?”

I was curious because I didn’t know something, so I asked the person next to me.

“Didn’t you know? Now, once you enter the labyrinth, you will be asked to write a list.”

“Write a list? Why?”

A labyrinth where people from all over the world come and go.

The number of people coming and going every day must be in the hundreds, so why do they do such a thing?

Unless you have things like computers, it’s just a waste of paper and manpower.

“It seems like they are investigating the survival rate.”

“Ah~ Survival rate.”

“There are so many missing people in the labyrinth that it seems necessary to find out how many people are dying.”

“That’s definitely something we need to look into. Anyone can enter the labyrinth now, right?”

“Yes. I think it would be a minimum requirement to enter the labyrinth.”

It seems that everyone thought that there had to be a minimum requirement to enter the labyrinth.

The people around me were all nodding their heads, as if they were listening to the conversation I was having with the person next to me.

Even Baron Moyle joined in the conversation.

“It’s a good sign that the upper line has started working. It’s been frustratingly unproductive. It was annoying to watch, but now it seems like things will be organized, so I’m looking forward to it.”

“The fact that the labyrinth is a neutral zone is a big deal.”

It must not have been easy to gather opinions.

Each country would have had its own desires for the labyrinth, and to achieve these, a war of nerves with the surrounding countries was essential.

Still, I saw this change as not a bad thing.

“It’s fortunate that it’s started now.”

“As expected of a priest, he is definitely positive. Everyone is complaining now, asking why he bothers with such things.”

They set conditions for entering the labyrinth to ensure their safety, but there were a lot of complaints from people who didn’t want to wait in line.

I know there are many people who complain about the things the government does, but it is problematic to just blindly express anger when it is a policy for our benefit.

“Everyone, come this way.”

“Yes? I’m waiting in line?”

We also had to write down our names, so we waited in line, and soon the leader called us.

And I kept moving forward like I had just bought a pass to an amusement park.

“Ah.”

Of course, it’s an amusement park pass.

“Please enter.”

You can see people lining up right behind us, but we beat them all and got a chance to enter the maze.

That’s probably because we have royalty on our team.

I glanced back and saw the person waiting in line glaring at me with a shit-eating expression.

‘It’s understandable to be angry.’

Even if it is a caste-based society, blatant discrimination would be annoying.

Today, His grace was shining brightly on the people.

In a word, it means it’s fucking hot.

This weather is unpredictable, you know.

It can be cold and then suddenly hot, or hot and then suddenly cold enough to require a coat.

In my previous life, I understood that the weather was crazy because of pollution.

Here, after the labyrinth was unsealed, the weather was going crazy.

“Oh my, it feels so cool when I come inside.”

“Cool? Is this the temperature that can be expressed as cool? Oh, it’s cold!”

Everyone started to hurriedly put on their gear, terrified by the bone-chilling cold.

It was so hot outside that I wore light clothes until I came inside, but as soon as I came inside, I was startled by the cold.

“Hiya~ Here we go again.”

They say that a movie is different the first time you see it and the second time you see it.

There is a big difference in the field of vision between the first time you enter the labyrinth and the second time you enter it.

“There was something like that over there.”

“There was a road here too?”

As soon as we got all our gear on, we started moving.

The guide was skillfully guiding the way.

Since I had already been there once, there was no problem as long as I looked at the map.

However, I often noticed things that were different from before. There were traces that seemed to have been made by humans, and there were things that I could only now see because my vision was clearer than before.

“There’s a shortcut here? Wow~ How come I didn’t see this?”

“It must have already been robbed. Look here. There are traces. ”

“Ah~ What a pity.”

A hidden room-like place that appears occasionally.

Unfortunately, much of the space we had not discovered had already been cleared out.

What if I had discovered it when I first came?

Now, there are traces of people having been everywhere, but at that time, there weren’t this many traces, so there must have been places that weren’t raided.

Leaving those regrets behind, we continued to move forward.

Meanwhile.

“I have a map that I purchased separately, and it says that I should take this route instead of this route to get to the shortcut. What should I do?”

And the new guide who joined our group offered a new opinion.

We are showing you a map that we purchased ourselves, not one that we created ourselves.