episode_0116

“Hmm, I guess you can use it well.”

“Why? Did you want to be the Death Knight?”

Amy looked slightly disappointed when I told her that I had a place to use. It seemed like there was something I wanted.

“No, it’s not like that… … . I thought it would be good to just be a Death Knight and that it would be good to help train mercenaries or territory soldiers. Since they’re undead, you can attack them as if you were fighting.”

“For practice? Isn’t that enough of a skeleton?”

“It’s enough, but it’s only bones. It’s not a good idea to get used to the actual combat situation. The bones are so hard… … .”

I nodded at Amy’s words. If it was a real-life training, it would include attacking, but if you were using a skeleton, it was obvious that the attack would bounce off the bone rather than cutting through the fabric. Then, the meaning of training as if it were real combat was lost. It’s also good for weapons to get damaged.

However, it was also impossible to use the Death Knight for training as Amy had thought. The reason is that I have a separate purpose to use it, but the Death Knight was also unsuitable for training. This is because they have a power that is incomparable to that of ordinary orcs, and once they are injured, recovering from injuries requires a lot of attention to maintain as they require dark magic.

Simply put, if it was used for training, maintenance costs would be too high. Since it was not a living creature, it needed dark magic to recover, and in the case of major wounds, various materials were needed. Considering that, it could be said that the cost was too high to simply use it for training purposes.

When I explained that part briefly, Amy nodded in understanding, even though she was disappointed.

“It’s okay. Because I didn’t necessarily want you to do that. Even if training is absolutely necessary, you can just wrap something like leather around the skeleton.”

Amy waved her hand as if to say not to worry. He said he had no intention of forcing himself.

“I’m the boss!”

And at the same time that Amy was waving her hand and telling him not to worry, Jienna’s voice was heard from outside the mansion. Even if I wasn’t there, they had closed the store and returned.

After passing through the automatically opened door of the mansion, Gienna ran through the garden of the mansion, which was still on the dirt floor, and was suddenly hugged by me. Thanks to this, Amy, who was clinging to me, was slightly pushed away, but I didn’t feel bad, although I don’t know if it was because I kept hugging her.

“You worked hard today too. I haven’t had time to worry about the store for a while.”

“No, no. are you okay. We had employees, so it wasn’t that difficult. The boss is busy for various reasons, so I’m glad I can be of help?”

I laughed lightly at the sight of Jiena smiling brightly and snuggling even further into my arms.

“Oh, and a nobleman will come to the mansion tomorrow around noon. It was a nobleman who brought the certificate that the boss mentioned last time, and he said he would definitely see the boss this time. Since it was late today, I said I would come tomorrow morning.”

“Noon tomorrow? Hmm, okay. Then Jienna will have to manage the store alone tomorrow as well.”

“Please leave it to me!”

Jiena said it wasn’t difficult to do on her own, rolling up her sleeves and clenching her fists. Although he often seems like he’s crazy about money, I wasn’t worried because I could trust the store and leave it to him.

“Hi?! Oh, Orc!”

However, because she clenched her fist and slipped out of my embrace, the orc appeared in Jiena’s field of vision. When he entered the mansion, he seemed very embarrassed, probably because he was blocked from seeing me by Amy and I.

“Kyahahaha! Jiena! Are you really surprised?”

Thanks to this, Amy, who saw that scene, burst into laughter and made fun of Jienna, who was startled. It was as if he was wondering what he would do if he were surprised by something like this. The tips of Jiena’s ears slowly turned red at the teasing.

“Ziena. don’t worry. That’s not just an orc, that’s the death knight I said I was going to make. For your information, Amy was also very surprised. He suddenly took out a knife, maybe?”

“Well, there’s no way there’s an orc next to the boss. And, Amy. How can you take out a weapon in the presence of the boss?”

“Andrew! What if I tell you that?”

After realizing that Amy was as surprised as she was, Jienna returned her red ears to their original color and began to arouse Amy’s curiosity about the Death Knight.

I don’t know if it was because she spent a lot of time with me, but Jienna was even willing to stab the Death Knight’s body without fear. He was nudging the shoulder area, which was full of muscle and gave the impression of round joints being connected.

However, the Death Knight did not react in any way to such actions, although it may have been because he recognized that the two women were in a close relationship with me. No, he was just not reacting as if no one was there in the first place.

Seeing that, Jiena and Amy seemed to be agitated and even started talking to the Death Knight. It didn’t cover any field, starting from simple greetings to trivial personal matters.

Of course, Death Knight was still consistent in his inaction.

“Hey. Why don’t you say something?”

Thanks to this, the two women looked at the Death Knight with a crooked posture, as if they were upset. It seemed like they never thought they would be ignored like this.

“Andrew, is this guy not communicating? I don’t think I can talk at this level.”

“Boss. Is it that I can’t speak because I’m not a Skeleton Mage or Skeleton Knight?”

Eventually, the two women turned their eyes to me with a sulky look. I think you should ask about that before talking, but I didn’t point that out. Because there didn’t seem to be any good point in pointing it out.

“Speech goes through. The reason why undead speak is based on the language-related knowledge passed down by the warlock when creating undead. It is possible to speak if you have the intelligence to apply it. And, that Death Knight has that much intelligence.”

“You can communicate? But why aren’t you even listening to what we say? It’s better to talk to a wall.”

Amy pursed her lips and crossed her arms, as if she was angry that they had been ignored even though they were people with whom she could communicate. Thanks to this, certain body parts were emphasized, but I made an effort to look away and shrug my shoulders.

“I can’t help it. Basically, the undead are absolutely loyal only to their creator and owner, the warlock. Skeleton Mages and Skeleton Knights are just flexible in their own way. Because I wanted it. In the case of this Death Knight, I only focused on what I made, so that was a bit lacking.”

In fact, the current situation could be seen as demonstrating flexibility in its own way from Death Knight’s perspective. It was not enough for someone who wasn’t even a warlock to touch his body, so he spoke to him defenselessly, and it was fortunate that he wasn’t hostile to that.

“And, it’s probably even more so because it’s an orc. Because the Death Knight retains his original ego and personality, his personality from when he was alive comes out intact. Have you ever seen orcs calmly talking to each other?”

“Ah… … .”

The two women nodded at my explanation and returned their protruding lips to their original position.

As I laughed lightly at that sight, something suddenly occurred to me. It was about a way to make other undead think it was me, something I discovered while researching the race.

If I made the mistake of thinking that the two women were me, it was clear that the Death Knight would not ignore me like he did now. As his intelligence is high, I don’t think he will be completely mistaken and follow me, but I thought I could still be treated as an acquaintance with whom I can simply have a daily conversation.

Moreover, in the case of regular skeletons, they have low intelligence, so it would be possible to exploit them, so it could be of great help to Jienna, who does a lot of store work.

Therefore, I briefly explained it to the two women. I explained the function that prevents you from being possessed by another race, and the additional function that can make the undead think you are me so they can give you commands. Additionally, it was also revealed that it has a function to protect the soul in case of an emergency.

“I want to do it! If I can control the skeletons, I think I can manage the store more easily.”

“I like it too. The rest honestly doesn’t mean much to me, but it seems good to be prepared for an emergency.”

Naturally, the two women wanted me to apply the method I described to them. Since that was what I had said in the first place, I nodded willingly.

Of course, I couldn’t do it right away. After refining it a bit more, I decided to do it.

The two women nodded as if they understood that part, but no longer showed interest in the Death Knight. Since there was no reaction right now, it seemed like they were planning to apply the method I mentioned later.

The two women, who had temporarily lost interest in the Death Knight, immediately moved toward the interior of the mansion. Just like the two women walking towards the mansion with light steps, I followed them, thinking of resting my tired body by making a death knight.

However, before even taking a single step, the Death Knight’s mouth, which had been tightly shut, opened.

“Human. What should I do now? Surely, you’re not asking me to play with that human and elf just now.”

“Oh, it’s not like that, so don’t worry. As I said before, I have something else to do for you. I’ll tell you what to do tomorrow morning, so rest. Since you have to use a lot of strength, you must have at least warmed up your body.”

I was curious about how an undead Death Knight would rest, but I entered the mansion thinking that he would take care of it by using his entire soul and being of a higher intelligence level.

I no longer paid attention to the Death Knight not following me, and relieved the fatigue that had accumulated so far. After eating a delicious dinner, I hugged Jienna, who I had decided to sleep with today, and fell into a deep sleep until morning.

After falling into a deep sleep and sufficiently recovering from my fatigue, I got up to see Jienna off as she went to work at the store early in the morning. Since a guest was scheduled to arrive at noon, I planned to finish my work in the morning.

“Cruk. Whoops. Wow.”

When I came down to the garden to give work instructions to the Death Knight, which was one of my morning tasks, the Death Knight was moving around. He was showing signs of power, such as punching the air or kicking.

“What are you doing?”

“Human. Didn’t you tell me to relax? So I kept warming up.”

In other words, while I was sleeping, I continued to move and relax my body.

I didn’t mean to stretch my body to this extent, but considering the Death Knight’s endurance, it wasn’t too much of a stretch, so I decided not to worry about it. Instead, I thought that since my body would be sufficiently warmed up, I could start working right away without any preparation.

I immediately got on my private bus and set off for the industrial district. Naturally, the destination was the blacksmith shop.

“Ugh! It’s an orc!”

As soon as they entered the blacksmith shop, several researchers inside were scared when they saw the Death Knight. Thinking that it would be better not to make Death Knights out of monsters in the future, I gathered all the researchers, including those who ran away.

“Last time, someone suggested a new production method. that… … I think it was called press processing. Who was it?”

As I looked at all the researchers gathered and started talking about something that had happened not long ago, one researcher raised his hand.