episode_0495

“… Are you okay?”

“Ah, Sister Lily!”

As soon as I entered the bedroom after hearing from the priest at the church that Mirif had recovered, my eyes met with Mirif lying on the bed.

As soon as she saw me come in, she slowly sat up and raised her upper body, so I was worried for no reason, so I carefully grabbed Miriff’s shoulders and laid her back down on the bed.

“Lie down. He said he was recovering.”

“I’m almost done recovering, so it’s okay. Thanks to Sister Lily who took me to church on time.”

“… Yeah, that’s fortunate.”

Just knowing that Mirif was safe made me feel like the pent-up tension in my heart was lifted.

In fact, I also know that when we faced the Goblin King in that narrow cave, and the number of people reduced from three to two, there was virtually no chance of me and her surviving.

So, even if she had sacrificed herself and returned alive, no one would have blamed Miriff… But still, she returned in the end.

And it’s true that she and I were both able to survive thanks to that one moment of emptiness that Mirif created.

It was probably not my intention to use Mana Blast, but it was a situation where both of us could have been put in danger if I made a mistake, so I felt a lot of gratitude for her foolish yet responsible action.

“Thank you for saving me from the goblin cave, Sister Lily.”

“… Save me. You got hurt like that because of me.”

“Before that. Sister Lily tried to sacrifice herself for me. I know that she couldn’t hold out until I returned from the guild.”

“… If it had been the opposite situation, I would have run away without hesitation.”

“Yes. That wasn’t so bad. Anyway, if it weren’t for Sister Lily, I would have been in danger from the very beginning of the goblin den.”

“… … .”

“And I wasn’t hurt because of Sister Lily. Because Sister Lily’s magic activated right after I was hit by the Goblin King and sent flying, I wasn’t caught up in that huge magic storm.”

It’s stinging.

Every single word we spoke felt like it was poking at the wounds of my conscience.

Maybe it’s because I’ve lived a selfish life for a long time in order to survive, but I have no tolerance for people who spread kindness like this without asking for anything in return.

“I didn’t tell anyone that Sister Lily could use magic. I thought there must be a reason why she kept it a secret until now… .”

“… Thank you.”

“It was embarrassing, but I was glad that Sister Lily was able to use her magic. If Sister Lily hadn’t been there, my brother and I… no, that person would have never come out of the cave.”

… Yeah, that’s right.

From the beginning, this event was one that could never be cleared without ‘me’ being present.

If you look at it from the perspective that the original is a game, it would be nothing more than an event involving the meaningless deaths of NPCs that have nothing to do with me.

‘If I hadn’t come to the Iron Horde at this time, Mirif would have been killed by the Goblin King.’

Or maybe she was captured by goblins before that and became the next mother. Either way, it was an extremely unpleasant development.

Even if I had added another person who wasn’t me to the promotion list between that idiot and Mirif, I didn’t think we’d be able to do anything against the Goblin King.

And since the Adventurer’s Guild doesn’t think much of the deaths of lower-ranking adventurers, they probably hushed up the Goblin King’s existence. They’ll probably dispatch a party of moderately strong C-rank or higher adventurers to deal with it later.

-Sudden.

… I’m really pissed.

In the end, the fact that the Adventurer’s Guild sent Mirif to an area where the danger had not been properly verified under the pretext of a promotion test remains unchanged.

The quiet assassin Lilly of Iron Horde ends the service, these chews.

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-Bang!

“Guild leader, come out, you fucking bastard!!!”

After confirming Mirif’s recovery at church and talking a few more words.

Furious at the Adventurer’s Guild for pushing me and Mirif into a corner, I stopped by the Goblin Cave once more, and only kicked open the Adventurer’s Guild door late in the evening.

“Huh?”

“What is it, isn’t it Lily?”

“… How could he make that kind of expression?”

As soon as I entered the guild with an angry expression on my face, most of the people’s eyes were focused on me.

Normally, I don’t like to stand out, so I wouldn’t have wanted to cause a fuss like this, but at least for now, I have to assert myself.

… Anyway, I have completely lost all intention of continuing the adventurer life here.

“Lee, Lily? What is the matter with you? ”

“이 개새끼들아!! E급 승급 시험으로 고블린 킹을 잡으라고 하는 새끼들이 대체 어딨어!! 진짜 뒤질 뻔했잖아, 씨발!!”

“Huh? Oh, the Goblin King…? That can’t be… .”

Are you really flustered? Or are you just pretending to be flustered because I seem really angry?

Apart from the fidgeting guild receptionist in front of me, I noticed other adventurers looking in my direction with what seemed to be an incredulous reaction.

“Goblin King?”

“Just a bluff. Why is the Goblin King here?”

“Heh heh. Did I just misread the Goblin Lord?”

Yeah, that’s probably the normal reaction in general.

It’s okay. Of course, I expected this kind of talk to come up, so I prepared something for myself.

-thud!

“… … Uh.”

“What, what is that… .”

“What the fuck. It’s the Goblin King’s ‘one ear’ you bastards.”

“… … .”

Although most of my upper body was blown away, when I returned to the scene, fortunately, there was one part left that was easiest to prove the subjugation.

As the head exploded, I noticed that there was a relatively light piece of flesh left among the debris and brought it with me. If I hadn’t had that, I would have had to cut off something like a big toe and bring it with me.

The mouths of the other adventurers who witnessed the appendage, which was nearly 30 centimeters long, were quickly shut.

“What? Goblin Lord? What kind of bastard was that?”

“… … .”

“What kind of kid is that? Let’s fight and see if he’s bluffing or not.”

However, the adventurers who knew how to distinguish between right and wrong carefully avoided eye contact as soon as I spoke nervously.

It was a natural reaction, since I wasn’t an ordinary F-class adventurer after all, having killed the Goblin King. And my current class is an assassin.

“Did you really defeat the Goblin King…? Uh, how… .”

“How did you do it and what did you do? That’s not important!! Guild Master, come out!! Come out, you punk who told me to catch the Goblin King for the E-rank promotion test, come out, damn it!!!”

“Heeek, oh, I see!”

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“… Sorry, Adventurer. We have confirmed that we did not properly understand the difficulty of this promotion test during the process of checking it. We would like to express our deepest apologies and provide you with sufficient subjugation compensation… .”

“That’s something that should be given. Is that all?”

“… Of course, we will definitely compensate you for not being able to thoroughly check the difficulty of the promotion test.”

“… How specifically?”

“Now that we have confirmed that you have the skills to defeat the Goblin King, let’s proceed with the process of Lily and Mirif’s promotion to E-rank, regardless of the deaths in the party… .”

“This is fucking bullshit, fuck!!”

What? E-class? Even if you look at people as real idiots, they’re still worthless.

I almost single-handedly defeated the Goblin King, but I was only given an E-rank promotion. This was ridiculous, and more than anything, I didn’t like the way they were giving me a promotion as a token of their goodwill without any proper financial compensation.

They say that the idiot died because he deserved to die, but both Mirif and I deserve to be compensated for the compensation we received for almost dying.

“ Did you see two fucking e -class adventurers?

“Please calm down, Adventurer. I, I just said that it was one of the compensation plans… .”

“Fuck, that’s not even E-class, you punk! If you subdue the Goblin King, you can practically say it’s a C-class promotion test, but what? E-class? Even if you really do shit like that… !!”

“Oh, I see! Then, I will proceed with the process of promoting Miss Lily to D-class, including her contribution to subduing the Goblin King.”

“No, shit. He’s the Goblin King and he’s even promoted to D-rank… .”

“Sorry, but there’s nothing we can do about this. In the Adventurer’s Guild, you can only advance to the next level after you’ve accumulated enough achievements, so even if you reflect all of your achievements in defeating the Goblin King, you can only go up to D-rank… .”

“… … .”

Yeah, even if it’s only a D-rank, it’s still two levels at once.

Since I was going to go to another town anyway if I got a D-class adventurer’s pack, this was enough. No matter how angry I got, I couldn’t tell them to do something that shouldn’t be done.

In the first place, what I wanted was more important than a raise in rank, so it wouldn’t be too late to start a fight after hearing that part.

… But it’s really frustrating to see how they can promote you to D-class from the start. Someone almost lost because of these guys and barely made it back alive.