episode_0368

[Queen 2 is still unable to escape from her past. Get rid of the regrets engraved deep in her heart.]

[Making the 2nd queen meet her old friend]

[Reward: Desired ability level increased by 10]

While Caria was tormenting Curse Newman, I was looking at the quest window and froze when I saw what was written on the reward.

Your desired ability level will increase by 10! So does that mean it is possible to get four ability scores over 100 with just this reward?!

no. No. It would be okay to supplement it with elixirs and exceed 200 divinity. When an ability exceeds 200, various changes occur.

Perhaps the change is more drastic now in reality than when it was a game.

Umm. Now that I think about it, this isn’t that good either. Since I am an apostle of the main god anyway, it won’t take long for my divinity to exceed 200.

Rather, it’s what I need right now. It’s right to take care of what I lack first. So let’s raise our intelligence.

What difference does it make if 58 becomes 68?

It’s not wrong. To be honest, it’s definitely an inefficient action compared to raising other abilities that I can use usefully. It’s a stupid choice that you wouldn’t even consider if you were on the other side of the monitor.

But anyway. I don’t want to admit to myself that I’m going crazy! I may be stupid compared to other people, but that doesn’t mean I have to be an idiot with an intelligence of 58!

“Hey, employer. Are you listening?”

I, who was talking like an idiot inside, came back to reality after hearing Karia’s words.

‘Roughly speaking.’

“It was a bit difficult to hear the old lady’s new voice. So I was just listening.”

“That means you weren’t listening.”

Caria sighed as if holding her forehead and continued explaining again.

Two days after the finale party where there was a fight between me and the second queen, the second queen contacted the Newman family first.

She didn’t know the exact relationship between me and the Newman family, but she guessed that I had a connection to the Newman family. She was planning to use Newman as a mediator to apologize to me and ask for a deal.

Newman welcomed the deal with Serrane, a powerful figure in the royal palace and with ties to the Duke’s family, with both hands, and was thinking of gaining many things by connecting Serrane and me.

However, Newman’s plan was not implemented. Because Karia intervened before their plan could become a reality.

“I was planning on just ignoring it and moving on as long as it was a moderate amount of trouble, but this guy tried to cross the line.”

“Ugh. You are mistaken. Karia. Although my family mainly works in the shade, we are not trash that does not know silver. I just took what was necessary for mediation…”

“Hey. Kurz. If you keep saying that, am I going to tell Benedick everything I know? Can you handle this?”

“…I’m sorry.”

When I saw Curz Newman bowing his head obediently while making excuses, I felt a complex feeling that was difficult to describe.

When I first met Curse Newman a few months ago, he was a nobleman with the arrogance, shadyness, and thoroughness of someone from the underworld, but why did he become an ordinary bully when he was next to Caria?

“Anyway, back to the main topic, the reason I came to see my employer was because I wanted to give him advice on what I would gain from this transaction. If there is nothing you need to get from Queen 2 right away, I hope you will listen to me.”

When I noticed the seriousness in Karia’s eyes, I nodded instead of saying something pointless.

Right now, I’m in a position where I can obtain most things if I want, and since I’m on the Paladin route, there’s nothing I have to do using my queen’s status.

When I readily indicated that I would follow the suggestion, Caria raised the corners of her mouth.

“Then I’ll get straight to the point. I hope that my employer will ask Queen 2 about Queen 1’s movements.”

What Caria suggested was the supervision of the first queen.

They say that if she lives with them in the palace, she will be able to spread a tighter network of boundaries than they do. Caria raised her voice saying that she would be able to respond quickly when the first queen made a move, and her deep hostility towards the first queen was evident.

Since she was already deceased in the game, I didn’t know much about her, so I couldn’t guess where the source of that hostility was, but I agreed with Karia’s opinion. Because it was clear that the first queen was a dangerous person.

‘I will do so.’

“Do whatever you want, lady. If it’s just the rotten old maid’s sinister nature, it will take care of itself.”

“I know your employer will think it’s strange. I see… Huh? What?”

As Caria’s face turned red, as if she couldn’t help but laugh at what she had just said, Benedick urgently grabbed her shoulder.

“Let go. Benedick. Do I look like the kind of person who would get angry over something like this?”

“If you want to say something like that, shouldn’t you first remove your hand from the dagger?”

“This is not pointing a dagger. I grabbed the memory card next to it.”

“That’s what it is.”

Curse Newman was breaking into a cold sweat as I watched the two bickering, and I suddenly realized that there were numerous divine beings spread throughout the street, and I tilted my head.

That’s strange. Just yesterday, there weren’t that many priests staying at the Badronel estate. What happened?

‘Caria. I have a question…’

“A rotting old maid. Stop being annoyed. I have something to ask. What happened to the street where mazo perverts live now?”

The table became quiet as the question was asked without much thought. Only then did I realize that the reason these people had gathered in the morning was not simply to talk about business.

‘What’s going on?’

“You didn’t even say it was loud, but you kept your mouth shut. It’s disgusting that I’m so good at understanding the topic, so it doesn’t really matter. Be honest. What the hell is going on?”

Benedick was trying to avoid my gaze and was watching, and Newman looked at Caria’s expression and closed his mouth, and Caria, who was in the center of it all, remained silent as if she was thinking about what to say.

As if he had sensed something, the moment I heard the old man say that you should respect these people who cherish you, I burst into laughter.

Grandpa might have said that for me, but those words gave me confidence.

Aside from Benedick, there is only one issue that even Grandpa and Caria can spare a word about.

The death of someone who happened because they were related to me.

Grandpa Kariana knows that I am not that mentally weak. Even when faced with quite a challenge, they just complain and don’t avoid it or break down in despair.

However, human death is different. Because I have shown many ways to react sensitively to death.

Once you have established the large frame, it is not difficult to fit the next part into it.

The sense of divinity in the streets is said to be related to priests. Since there are many divinity, it is far from an ordinary death, and considering the wide spread of divinity, the number is not just one or two.

Among the people who were recently in the Badronell territory, he was the one who could without hesitation kill several members of the main church that influenced the entire continent. And who is connected to me.

Even though my intelligence is 58, I can guess what happened at this point.

Rasha. She killed the clergy of the church in the Badronell estate. That too for me.

If I were to guess, it would go something like this.

A member of the church saw that I had raised the divinity of the main deity to prevent Rasha’s attack, and Rasha, who liked me, kept the secret by covering the church priest’s mouth before he could report it. I hope you don’t get in trouble by the church I gave you.

Although I had suddenly taken on her favor, I did not feel grateful at all. Because I have never once thought of protecting my own safety at the cost of taking the lives of others.

iced coffee. I wonder if this is how Erin felt when she was told that it was okay to take a break. Unsolicited favors can be quite unpleasant.

“Stir. Lucy? Are you okay?”

Benedick looked at me as if my outward expression was not good, but instead of answering, I glared at Caria.

“Where did that stupid muscle pig go to eat now?♡”

“…Can’t you just be a little more oblivious in times like this? Employer.”

The sighing response proved my guess was correct. Rasha. I mean, he did something stupid.

“You may be old, but aren’t you old enough to be deaf yet?♡”

“What are you going to do?”

I did not answer Karia’s question. It wasn’t because it was something I couldn’t talk about, it was just that I couldn’t answer because I didn’t know what I would do if I met Rasha.

Sometimes I want to get angry and say it’s a useless meddling. If you don’t notice, I just want to tell you to shut up and get on with your life. I also want to make Rasha as annoyed as I am. What exactly do you want to do is difficult to answer.

But one thing is clear. I need to meet Rasha.

“Moving towards the archipelago.”

The answer to the question came from an unexpected place. Curse Newman continued speaking steadfastly, even though he was sweating coldly under the sharp gazes of Caria and Benedick.

“There is a woman who has recently made a name for herself in the archipelago. He probably went to fight with that person.”

“Hey. Kurz.”

“Count Newman. You.”

“…As I said before, I have received great grace from Lady Aln. So, if that person wants something, it is the duty to make it happen.”

Is there another reason? I don’t know if he was trying to keep his word, but Curse Newman did not back down even in the face of two uncomfortable people, showing the confidence of a family head.

Are you saying you went to hunt the strong? Then the story will be easy. If you take a seat next to that strong man, you will naturally be able to meet Rasha.

Archipelago. It worked out just fine. I already had to go there to listen to Senar’s request.

I guess I’ll have to take some friends with me too. There are a lot of interesting ones among the medium-sized dungeons over there. If you conquer them one by one, your ability to conquer dungeons will increase significantly.

Umm. In this case, as long as I make Rasha as annoyed as I am, everything will work out fine.

As I was thinking with my arms crossed, an idea suddenly occurred to me. What should I do to make someone who makes hunting the strong someone his life’s pleasure become angry? Just make it so they can’t hunt the strong.

The moment my thoughts reached that point, I immediately asked Kurz a question.

‘Count Newman…’

“Head of the family. Can you tell me about that shabby guy who has a reputation in this remote archipelago?”

“Of course.”

After listening to Kurz’s explanation, I raised my eyebrows at the thought that I could make my idea a reality.

good. Should we try hunting down the strong person that Rasha is targeting here first?

How annoyed would Rasha get when the person she was aiming for was taken away?

Hehehe. It’s fun just imagining it.