episode_0369

“Is something going on?”

“Are you… a reindeer hunter?!”

When I showed up, the hosots looked quite surprised.

Thanks to this, the mercenaries’ eyes also turned to me.

Eventually, someone who appeared to be older took a step forward.

“Please help us! We want to get something from your top!”

“I can read lies.”

“···What?”

“Are you helping the barbarians of the snowy plains or joining them?”

“Wrong! We live like this because of those damn snowy barbarians! I hope you don’t look at us the same way as those guys.”

The words were a mixture of truth and lies, and at the same time, I felt sadness.

It is true that he is a barbarian, but it means that he does not like his bloodline.

‘Are they people released from the village?’

“Do you intend to use the purchased items directly or indirectly for the barbarians of the snowy plains?”

“Nothing.”

─False.

You hate them, but you buy things for them.

There seems to be a complex causal relationship.

Two or three of the dogs were looking at me with nervous eyes, but the other one was looking at me indifferently.

“Please wait a moment.”

Jemmy Drucker was watching us from afar.

I headed straight to him.

“Can you sell what they want?”

“···Why?”

It’s an expression of reluctance.

It also became difficult for me to open my mouth.

If the story goes around that the Golden Lord made a deal with the barbarians, his reputation will definitely be damaged.

But maybe this could be an opportunity for Jemmy Drucker too.

“It is not a grand reason, so you can decline.”

“Okay.···Let’s at least listen to the story.”

This is an issue that could cause controversy just by talking about it.

Nevertheless, Jemmy Drucker believes in me.

‘I thought you would be rude and refuse.’

“Thank you.”

After Jemmy Drucker realized that I was Dantalian’s agent, he put practical judgment aside. As if I were an absolute good that moves according to the servant’s will.

I just move with free will.

“Is there anything I would like to ask you?”

Although the words were said with heavy confidence in me, his eyes were determined.

“No.”

Jemmy Drucker nodded.

“When you’re ready, come to my carriage.”

Steri, who was watching the situation, rushed towards me.

“···Why on earth do you want to do business with the barbarians of the snowy field?”

“Couldn’t they be barbarians?”

“How does the Lord know whether they are barbarians or not?!”

Steri gets angry at me.

right. This was normal.

The barbarians of the snowy plains were the spark that sparked the great war.

You have committed a sin that can never be forgiven.

However, they were displeased with the fact that they were barbarians.

“People and the world are bound to change.”

“···When I return, I must know the identity of the ball.”

If you want to know, I can tell you.

Of course, you won’t believe it like you usually do.

“I’ll be back.”

These are people born after the Great War.

They probably don’t know why they should be discriminated against.

All you have to do is persuade that fact and dig up information.

Haengsu, who came out to meet me, was staring at me with a frown on his face.

“The master is calling.”

“Yes.”

I walked with my mouth shut, following Haengsu, who turned around and started walking.

The views of the mercenaries and members of the upper tier are not kind.

Perhaps this kind of attention is also being received by Jemmy Dricker, and this news will definitely reach the ears of other acting heads and the opposing party.

If things go wrong, Jemmy Drucker’s life will fall apart due to my poor good intentions.

“Waiting inside.”

Several Hosotts were looking around like countrymen, looking at the carriage, and the mercenaries were feeling both humiliation and anger at the Hosotts.

Of course, as I appeared, all eyes were on me.

Jemmy Drucker was talking to the elder Hosott inside the carriage, and when he opened the carriage door and entered, Jemmy Drucker lifted his butt to the side and gave up his seat.

“Thank you. See you in a few hours.”

“···The reindeer was thankful.”

With something like that.

“I think you know why I came here.”

I’m not sure if the soundproofing is thorough.

What I’m going to say from now on is nonsense and blasphemy.

“I can read lies.”

A question appears in Hosott’s eyes as he sits on the other seat.

“I also know that you are a snowy barbarian.”

“······.”

Jemmy Drucker gave me a confused look, asking me to explain.

“Also, I know that you didn’t attack the cradle a century ago because you wanted it.”

“What are you saying all of a sudden?”

“You followed your servant’s orders and started a war, and you must have received something in return. It’s such a strange thing that can’t be explained in words. I think it probably has the appearance of a plant.”

totem. This is the conclusion I came to.

Plants, the basic elements of life, cannot grow in this frozen north.

However, if you have the power of a servant, it will be different, and there is definitely a servant’s totem hidden somewhere in the north.

“Is that wrong?”

“···This is my first time hearing this.”

─False.

The corner of the mouth rises in embarrassment.

“Didn’t I tell you? I can distinguish between lies and truth.”

There must be something.

The driving force that allows them to live in the snowy fields.

The northern part of the country in winter, where even the reindeer have abandoned it, would be no different from a desert.

Aside from the fact that there is nothing to eat, it is difficult to discover ‘organisms’.

Therefore, we have to rely on imports for planting material.

But where on earth do barbarians with underdeveloped civilization get food and store it?

“What do you eat in winter?”

“···Barbarians catch and eat seals, whales, and fish in winter.”

When I looked at the map hanging on the wall, I was able to immediately pinpoint the location.

The area where the snowy barbarians live is in the easternmost part of the north.

‘It’s the exact opposite of the Niflheim Republic.’

“There is only one thing I am curious about.”

For what purpose did you start the great war? What grandiose cause did you have that allowed you to annihilate all the children?

“I want to know why Hain led the Great War.”

Before, I thought that the servant was trying to reduce the population of demi-humans.

However, the temporary disappearance of the population can be solved immediately with the so-called ‘baby boom’.

‘What on earth was the great war for?’

“What did the servant say to you? They are not a group of people who authoritatively make people do things, saying it is the Creator’s command.”

“···Ask again.”

Hosott looks at me with trembling eyes.

“Who are you?”

“Do you need to know that?”

“Isn’t it natural to be concerned about the identity of a person who has insight into other people’s household circumstances?”

······yes.

I was planning on revealing it anyway.

“Is this carriage well soundproofed?”

Jemmy Drucker nods.

“I am Dantalian’s representative.”

“······!”

As Dantalian unleashed his power to crush his opponent, Hosott’s eyes widened.

“Ha, but he died…!”

“But I am standing in front of you like this. Do I look fake?”

“······Maal.”

Jemmy Drucker makes a rather strange sign of the cross.

Hosott’s reaction was no different.

“Well, does that mean… there really is a heaven…?”

‘That’s the first question I get asked.’

When I think about it, I think I would have asked that question too.

Heaven is a mess. If you die, it’s over.

“I can’t tell you that.”

Because there is no benefit in finding out.

Hosott looked at me intently, and then he burst into laughter.

There was disbelief in his eyes.

“I don’t know either. The priest knows the exact truth.”

···pontiff.

It’s a nostalgic title.

To Hosot, a priest means a village elder.

“You are providing them with daily necessities, etc.”

“That’s right.”

“And what do you get in return?”

“Seolcho.”

Snow grass?

Hosott reads my eyes and opens his mouth first.

“It’s a strange medicine that prevents frostbite. Even if you throw yourself into the North Sea, you can survive for several hours. Even the classmate issue has been resolved.”

It’s not that I don’t feel the cold, it’s that I’m immune to it?

“Are you raising livestock with that?”

“···That’s right.”

I glanced at Jemmy Drucker and saw that he was contemplating.

If you go down to the Romania Empire right now, it’s winter.

Although the central region is incomparably warmer than the north, it snows in the winter and the world freezes.

How common are chilblains and frostbite patients?

It may be difficult to sell unfamiliar items, but it is the merchant’s job to convince people of this and deceive them.

Depending on how it is handled, snowdrops can be either a luxury item or a daily necessity.

“Don’t you think it smells like money?”

“······I don’t think there is anyone who can bring me luck like Dantalian’s agent, then or now.”

For the first time in a while, Jemmy Drucker smiled like a merchant.

“Snowy field…”

“Baek Seol.”

As Jemmy Drucker continues his conversation, Hosott responds.

“What does Baek Seol need most?”

“It’s food.”

···Wait a minute. Something doesn’t make sense.

How can there be a shortage of food?

“···Are you saying there isn’t enough food?”

Totem is endless vitality.

It didn’t make sense for there to be a lack of food where totems grew.

This meant that they had no ‘grain’ to grow.

How tightly has the door been closed that you can’t even get feed for your livestock?

“That’s right. Because the number of people has increased. So many barbarians were driven out from their ancestral lands. But even Hosot cannot survive the winter without snow-white grass. We have no choice but to exchange food and snow plants.”

In that case, it would be okay to face east like this.

Because the carriage is loaded with meat that was filled with seafood sold in Frezzaville.

“Prior to the transaction, we must obtain assurance that Baek Seol will not attack Primal’s mercenaries and Golden Lord’s members. Also, because delivery is reserved, not all food can be sold.”

“How much can you sell?”

“It is 20% if you take enough.”

Jemmy Drucker’s concerns were natural.

Not even the other members of the upper level and Primal’s mercenaries trust me.

To others, it is the same as sticking your head into the snout of a tiger.

There will definitely be a backlash.

Because it goes without saying that life is more important than money.

“If that’s the case, there’s no problem. If that person is actually an agent of the famous Dantalian.”

Hosott looks at me intently.

“Why?”

“Dantalian’s agent is the spouse of Snow White, the white wolf who shook the world. And isn’t Yunaira… a friend of Hosott?”

···White wolves are a different species from the barbarians of the snowy plains.

If Yunaira finds out what Baek Seol did in the first place, it is obvious that she will turn her back and try to erase the North.

To put it bluntly, the entire species called Baekseol may become a human being. What on earth do these people who are about to believe and be beaten to death look at me with pride because of their national consciousness?

‘If I go, I’ll have to give him proper mental education.’

“If what you say is false, I can’t help it.”

“It’s not a lie. How could I have read your lies?”

Hosott still looks at me with a suspicious look on his face.

“I’ve heard of it. It is said that there are people who can tell lies and truth by the subtle movements that appear on a person’s face.”

“That may be true. But before you read the lies, how do you think I speak white tongue?”

A simple and clear final blow was struck.

Hosott made a blank expression, and then burst into laughter.

“Quuk! That’s right!”

“Do you believe it now?”

“Enough. No, it’s full and overflowing.”

Finally, the disbelief in Hosott’s eyes was erased.

“What is your name?”

“Vinitra.”

Vinitra.

The name is really difficult to pronounce.

We chatted with Vinitra about the little things necessary for trade, and when that was over and the moon was setting, we opened the carriage door and went out.

The four hossots who had been waiting anxiously approached Vinitra, and the monk approached Jemi Drikker.

“Change destination.”

The faces of the monks, members of the upper class, and mercenaries turned cold.

“What do you mean?”

“To the east.”