episode_0466

“You’re going to meet Erginus!?”

As soon as I finished speaking, Joey, who was sitting next to me, let out a voice that was close to a scream.

I felt suspicious of her as she seemed to have abandoned her aristocratic nature and become a high school girl who likes idols.

According to your grandfather’s story, isn’t the wizard named Erginus not a person you can like?

No matter what his skills are as a wizard, he’s a psychopath who can’t function as a human being.

Given Joy’s personality, I don’t think she would envy someone who is only good at using magic but has many problems in other areas.

“Is that so good? Idiot?”

“Of course! Erginus is not only a legendary archmage, but also a model for many nobles!”

…huh? What do you mean? It’s Joy Joy.

That story is quite different from what I heard from my grandfather, isn’t it?

As I blinked, wondering if he was serious, Arthur added another word from next to me.

“I’m also looking forward to meeting that person. Since he is famous for being very cultured, you can expect his opinions.”

“I know that he has had a great influence on the church’s sacred magic. I need to ask you something I’ve always been curious about.”

When I saw Fabi helping out and giving a favorable review of Erginus, I blinked and then asked my grandfather a question.

‘…It seems very different from the story I heard?’

As I listened to my grandfather mutter in confusion, like the scholars of the past who heard the story that the Earth revolves, I thought that it would be difficult to hear the true story from him.

So, instead of my grandfather, I asked my friends a question.

What kind of person is Erginus, the human you know?

“After the war between the evil gods and the good gods in the past ended with the good gods winning. The heroes who guarded the front lines disappeared soon after the era of reconstruction began.”

The noble white knight. Garad hid in the wilderness, saying that his presence would cause chaos in the kingdom.

The godly mythical paladin Ruel suddenly disappeared after the church restored order.

The warrior Julan, who was at the forefront every time he faced off against an evil spirit, left a letter saying he would take a break now that he had finished all his work, and left somewhere.

After all of his colleagues left, the only person left in the kingdom was Archmage Erginus.

Even after all the heroes disappeared, he remained in the kingdom and made a great contribution to the restoration of the chaotic continent by organizing the modern magic system and giving advice to various countries.

How great was his contribution. The first half of a country’s history was filled with the name Erginus.

“It is safe to say that Erginus’ influence during the era of reconstruction was literally everywhere in the world. Magic. administration. Scholarship. history. If anything, it would have been said that the era of reconstruction would not have ended without him.”

Under these circumstances, it was natural that the reputation of the name Erginus was greatly enhanced.

The only one who left the vacuum created by the disappearance of other heroes was Erginus.

“How can you not be excited about meeting such a noble person! This is completely natural!”

When Joy’s passionate explanation was over. The grandfather, listening to all the explanations, made a sound that sounded like he was grinding his teeth.

My grandfather gritted his teeth, saying that he had done such a shitty thing, but remembering the story of the hero, I thought that Erginus had not acted arbitrarily.

If Erginus had really compiled the history book as he wanted, the stories about his grandfather and his colleagues, who were said to have had a deep ill relationship, would not have been left with only favorable reviews.

*

“Lady Aln! Could you please come outside for a moment?!”

As I was getting tired of listening to praise for a man named Erginus inside the carriage, the mercenary leader called me from outside.

As I went outside the door, I saw the world dyed in scarlet.

Since we set off in the morning, we spent quite a bit of time in the carriage.

It’s a bit scary to think that I would have walked these streets on my own without calling in a group of mercenaries. I could have done it, but I would have become more and more annoyed as time passed.

“We have arrived at the area that Lady Ae told us about in writing. Where should I go from here?”

“Wait a moment. Captain Ttakari.”

I relaxed my stiff body by stretching and took in the surrounding scenery.

The sun is rising over there. If you see a huge stone over there that will serve as an indicator.

hmm.

“Aren’t you just wasting your time here? Does it mean that Takkari also has talent?”

The mercenary leader’s skills are good.

You can take us to the exact location just by talking to us across the street.

Thanks to you, I can go back and forth comfortably.

“I’m waiting here. People like you who are physically immature and make a fuss about helping will only get in the way.”

“I understand. Youngae. We will build a campsite here.”

While the mercenaries were unpacking and making a place to spend the night, I walked through the desert at night with my friends.

After hearing my story, the mercenary leader asked if he should assign people to act as escorts, but I refused.

Because it was too much of a hassle to convince someone I was meeting for the first time of the eccentricities I was going to do from now on.

Those mercenaries didn’t seem strong enough to protect us.

“I understand. Instead, if something happens that requires our help, fire upwards. I will run as soon as I check the signal.”

Instead of being stubborn, the mercenary leader said he would always be on standby and stepped back. It was obvious that he was used to dealing with nobles.

“Even though the season is nice, it’s quite chilly.”

“It’s so hot that it’s freezing during the day. It’s an area so cold that it freezes to death at night. It’s more than I knew. I don’t think people are afraid of the desert for no reason.”

“Is that in order? Wasn’t it more fun when you were training at the Arn Knights? That wasn’t really a joke.”

“…Compared to that, is there a worse environment?”

“Aln Knights are a bit… outside of the category.”

Walking through the desert at night was not something people of noble blood would do, but my friends didn’t really complain.

Perhaps because what I had previously experienced in the Knights of Arn was so harsh, this felt like a walk.

Right now, when I heard my friends say it was chilly, I couldn’t help but wonder if it was cold weather, so it wouldn’t be much different if they were friends.

After running through the dry desert for about 30 minutes, we arrived at a place in the middle of the desert where there was nothing.

My friends tilted their heads at the desert landscape, where it was doubtful whether even cacti could grow.

“Lucy Alln. Is this really the right place?”

“Of course. I’m not an idiot or an idiot, so there’s no way I could mistake something like this, right?”

“But I don’t think there’s anything here.”

“If you don’t know something, don’t reveal it and just watch. Poor prince. what. If you want to hear bad things from me, I won’t stop you.”

“Just shut up.”

After Arthur pursed his lips in shock, I opened my inventory, took out the items I had prepared, and laid them out on the floor.

“…Lady. Isn’t this a bomb?”

“Wow. Even idiots have eyes. that’s right. It’s a bomb.”

“Why did the bomb suddenly appear?”

“Mmm. I guess I had too high expectations from the dim-witted Joey. I had eyes but no thoughts. but. If I had brains, I wouldn’t be doing stupid things like that every day…”

“Okay, can you explain?”

“Think about it. Why would you take out a bomb? I took it out to explode it.”

While teasing Joey, I lined up the bombs one by one, counted them again, and then walked away from the bombs.

“A poor saint. Create a shield.”

“Could you please wait a moment? To block that level of firepower, you need to be prepared.”

Although I asked him to wait a little, it took less than ten seconds for Fabi to create a shield.

I felt this the last time I went to deal with an alchemist, but he is really good at using holy magic.

No matter how you look at it, it seems like the current Faby is growing faster than the one that appeared in the game.

I’ll have to seriously ask how far I can go later.

“It is done. Lady.”

“ character. You bastards. Don’t pee in shock. I’m going to blow it up right now.”

The moment you press the detonation button, the vibrations that occur inside the shield shake the ground.

After the tinnitus that had been there for a moment disappeared due to the loud sound, I erased Fabi’s remaining shield and headed toward the place where the explosion occurred.

There was an underground scene with an open ceiling, just like in the game.

“Follow me right away. You bastards. If you’re late, I’ll leave you behind.”

I told my friends to follow me and jumped down to the basement.

A skeleton wearing a long robe was waiting in the basement. The skeleton, who had fallen to the floor as if caught in the aftermath of an explosion just now, looked blankly at the ceiling and then naturally turned his gaze towards me.

Seeing the skeleton’s natural embarrassment even though it had no pupils, I raised the corners of my eyes and put a smile on my face.

“Kyaaa. I often heard that the Archmage was crazy, but I never thought he was a pervert who even stared at girls’ underwear. beast. Lolicon. trash. Sex offender. It rots quickly and disappears into the underworld.”

“Why are you suddenly barging in and talking nonsense! What a kid!”

While the skeleton was screaming, friends came down one by one from the hole in the ceiling.

Even though it was quite high, I landed easily.

“Aaaah!”

…After confirming that my friends had landed safely except for one person, I smiled at the skeleton staring blankly at us.

I know. I should have built a stronger building. You stupid skull.

If this was the limit of his ability, he should have restored it quickly before he had time to steal the girl’s underwear.

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