episode_0139

“You’re so proud of being immortal.”

“I’m sorry. No matter how I tried to sneak in, I couldn’t avoid Hosott’s nose and ears.”

It’s a lie.

“You can walk normally. Like turning into a small bird. There is also a siren”

“A siren’s wings are not arms, so it takes several years of practice to use them skillfully. If you were walking and ran into Hosott, who judges demi-humans based on their body odor, you might have died.”

This is important information.

Immortal can polymorph hardware, but it appears that it cannot polymorph software.

The only one who can do something like that is Shir.

“You saw the elf aiming a bow earlier, right? I had to take out the spirit of that elf or another hosot. I’m not an exhibitionist.”

The excuses were enough.

“Still, I guess he came wearing clothes.”

“Yes. Sorry.”

There was no more reprimand.

After going down a deserted path, I sat down on a suitable rock. Amy also looks at me and stops, waiting for me to speak.

“Did you find out who the head ghost is?”

“The head ghost is dead. He died of natural causes. His name was Brandon Lerner, and he was a knight from the Kingdom of Orne. After his master died in war, he was stripped of his knighthood and enlisted as a soldier.”

····Even though it happened decades ago, I learned it in quite a bit of detail.

To begin with, Amy is a person of the same age as Edeline, from several centuries ago. It might be something I knew about a long time ago.

Amy was stopped from continuing her conversation.

Because there is nothing to know about the origin of the head ghost.

“Is there a successor?”

“But he withdrew from killing. Currently, I am serving as a knight to a border noble. I am also 40 years old. Take the squire───.”

“What is the location of the successor?”

“It is the westernmost territory of the Kingdom of Orn.”

Kingdom of Orne.

It is a country between the Habstenburg Kingdom and the Romaria Empire. Additionally, if it is the far west, it may take over a year just to get here.

‘It’s quite a distance.’

The elf’s corpse has nothing to do with the head ghost.

It’s as if someone imitated his method of execution.

“Have you found the location of the owner of the empty house where Amy lived?”

Amy hesitates to open her mouth.

Then, he lowers his eyes and looks at me with an earnest expression.

“That…is because there is too little information…”

Can not help it. There are no photos or portraits.

There was too little information.

You didn’t even tell me your name, so how can I find it?

The words of the administrative officer came to mind.

‘My father said he was a hero.’

It might be a good idea to ask now.

“My father was an instructor for the Wall Keepers. His name is Abel. Do you have any guesses?”

Normally, I wouldn’t even ask about it, but he is a person who is somewhat well-known in the Great Wall.

Maybe inside───

“Yes? Abel?”

Amy tilts her head and looks me up and down.

Amy’s expression, who had been looking at me for a long time, began to change into something bizarre.

no way?

‘Do you know your father?’

Amy notices my gaze and immediately opens her mouth.

“He is an instructor of the Royal Guard.”

ah?

“······Instructor?”

“I know that one of my boyfriends is a member of the Royal Guard. A newly appointed instructor who was a commoner complained to me that he was trying to kill nobles.”

“Pfft!”

Laughter burst out.

When I was learning about the history of Pangea, I thought it would be a good fit for my father to become a teacher if he were on Earth.

It’s like I’ve found my calling.

‘I see you are doing well.’

If the royal family is training guards, they are probably living a somewhat wealthy life even though the work is difficult.

Stella, Damien, and my mother too.

“Any signs of large-scale provocation or preparation for war?

“That’s ambiguous.”

“Why?”

“Logistics movement is the same as usual. The same goes for military provisions. In the first place, this distance can be covered sufficiently with just the military supplies stored inside the colon wall.”

“But why is it ambiguous?”

“Immortals can recognize each other. I feel something like a wave. As I was passing the colon wall, I felt a strong immortal energy inside. Several. There is a high possibility that he is a close associate of ‘father’.”

They’ve already noticed…!

Immortals are gradually strengthening their position to wage war! ···I thought I would get caught at some point, but I never thought it would be so soon.

“Is there any way for the general public to distinguish between immortals?”

“There are a few things.”

“I will listen.”

“What stands out the most is the ability to transform and recover from wounds. It gets better even if you are not conscious of it.”

You can’t just hurt or stab someone just because you suspect something.

People are likely to be repulsed by this kind of behavior, and it is unlikely to spread widely.

“And, in the polymorph state, the sense of touch becomes dull.”

Is your sense of touch becoming dull?

“A powerful immortal whose entire body has been mutated cannot feel any sense. You can feel a strong shock as your body shakes, but there are times when you don’t even notice when you get stabbed by a knife.”

······This is it!

Doesn’t that mean that you won’t notice even if you secretly pinch or stab him?

“There are many senses, right? Why can’t I feel the sense of touch?”

“I don’t know either. I can’t feel it anymore, I guess it’s because I’m building a new body.”

The sense of touch is one of the cells that is very sensitive to recovery.

Even on Earth, it is not uncommon for people to lose their senses after surgery and have the sense of touch in the affected area disappear or become dull for the rest of their lives.

It is one of the most sensitive bodily senses.

Whatever the cause, there are many ways to find out if sensory loss occurs.

“Is there a Horsot among the Immortals?”

“No. My father is so racist that he only treats humans.”

I’m just thankful.

Humans have a dull sense of smell. In other words, we can identify an immortal through their body odor and pain.

Now that you know what to do, you need to take action.

The only person I can confide in is Jules.

If so, Juul will take care of it and deliver it to Heilang and the priest, and the information will spread throughout the village.

“Um… So, what did you decide to give…?”

ah.

Amy’s earnest eyes stare intently at me.

Since it is such a valuable item, the Precious Blood has never been removed from the body.

Good thing I took it with me.

“Would you please open your mouth?”

“Yes!”

Amy approaches me in short steps.

Then he knelt down, hugged me, and opened his mouth. ·····It’s masculine.

This is a posture that appears often in porn.

He held the syringe to Amy’s mouth.

······This is also very manly.

I turned my head and saw Shir’s eyes sparkling.

driving me crazy.

How many drops is the right amount of carrot?

Would ten drops be enough?

Amy’s eyes seem to be spinning as she looks at me with her mouth open like a baby bird. As I dripped a drop at a time around my mouth, Amy’s hand came to hug my back as if she was coquettish. My head felt cold.

‘That was what I was aiming for.’

The plan was to provide me with some entertainment.

“Amy, stay away from me because it’s masculine.”

“Yes? Yes… Yes.”

Only ten drops of the Precious Blood were dropped.

Amy looked at me with a pleading expression for a long time, and eventually got up.

The eyes looking at me are full of desire.

My country is like that too. Even if it’s not death phobia, you’ve just gained 20 years of ‘young and healthy’ lifespan.

“Is there anything else you want me to do?”

If you have a source of information, it is better to use it somehow.

But I can’t think of any use right now.

However, you should not just send it away.

Let’s discuss it first.

“I want to test Amy’s abilities first.”

“Which one?”

“There is a village below. Get as much alcohol as possible without harming people or stealing.”

“···Alcohol?”

“Can’t you?”

“No! I’ll sweep it up right away!”

“Additional points will be given depending on the value and amount of alcohol obtained.”

I was always worried that Jules’ health would suffer after seeing him drink, but since he doesn’t have a good liver, he ends up with a hangover after drinking strong liquor mixed with dragon’s poison.

Because they like alcohol, there are no bottles left in the village, so they are unable to match the orders of drunkards according to the fermentation period.

“The time is until this evening.”

In the meantime, it is decided whether to dispose of Amy.

*

“Lee. Who on earth is that woman just now?”

“This is an Immortal that I found out about while walking around with Juul.”

Although it was said lightly, it was by no means light.

───Immortal.

An immortal monster that changes its appearance at will.

And the main enemy of this village.

Dennis let out a groan of embarrassment and looked at me with wide eyes.

“Didn’t you say that Immortals are our main enemies?”

“That person from earlier is my only source of information. We exchange what we want with each other.”

Dennis’ pensive eyes look directly at me.

“Using a monster as a source of information, can you trust it?”

“At least it seemed trustworthy to me.”

In Dennis’ mind, Amy seems to have been declared a monster. The polymorph process is certainly creepy.

Mira didn’t go crazy for no reason.

It doesn’t pop and explode like a cartoon, or change and change like a movie.

Feathers and body hair are rolled into the body, and the leg bones are reassembled just as the front and back of the body are changed.

The spine was straightened, and especially in the case of the face, the lower part became a chin, but the upper part just melted away, exposing the bones.

‘It is truly the descent of the devil.’

Mira had a pale face and was resting near the abandoned house where I first met the children.

The three children also seem shocked and are sitting next to Mira and whispering to each other. Then, he looked in this direction and asked me to come and explain.

Only Shir, who felt a sympathy for her, accepted her generously and waited for me.

“That woman, there was nothing special.”

···What does this mean again?

“There’s too much unnecessary stuff. It was roughly polymorphed to match the skeleton of a vertebrate. Thanks to this, my pectoralis major muscle swelled strangely.”

Even if they show professionalism in a place like that, I don’t know?

Looking at it this way, I think it was really a good idea to ask Julia for a sur.

Because it meant that you couldn’t properly polymorph if you didn’t master the anatomy of the animal’s body.

“You are the original. Of course there is no comparison.”

“Did you do something dirty with that woman?”

What are you asking?

“He’s just an information man. What did you ask?”

Shir narrowed his eyes.

“You smell like that woman.”

I remembered Amy desperately begging.

From the moment I understood her inner thoughts, any feelings of shame had long since disappeared.

“He is a smart, desperate, and action-oriented person.”

“······Really?”

Shir turns around and goes back into the cave.

Did you feel a sense of heterogeneity?

Dennis, who was looking at the back of Shir as he left, turned his gaze towards me.

“Lee. Doesn’t Shir seem to have changed these days?”

“Yes.”

But why?

“Still, I think it’s the same now as before.”