episode_0052

After calming Cerise down, I bought a sack from the grocery store. They put the old man’s body in a sack and brought it to a corner of the house. I plan to bury it secretly later at night.

“Yuseong…”

Seris approached with anxious eyes.

“Do I have to bury it secretly? Since you said there was nothing wrong with me, I just told the guard…”

“Seris.”

I grabbed Cerise’s shoulder. Her eyes trembled slightly as she looked at me.

“I understand you’re anxious. But let’s think rationally. I know you didn’t do it, but the guards aren’t. Those people will want you to provide evidence that we didn’t do anything.”

There is no trace of injury on the old man. But the problem is that the old man is a fortune teller from Agnes’ sisters, and he has a lot of things that seem valuable. We were adventurers who had just arrived in the city. There were many reasons to be suspicious.

‘Also, revenge may come from Agnes’ sisters.’

Because in this world, the thing that rich guys consider second most important to money is honor. It was the way of the world to seek revenge when someone undermined one’s honor.

I informed Seris of these facts in appropriate amounts. There’s no benefit from scaring too much.

“Well, we’re okay, right..?”

“It’s okay. I’ll take care of it. Do you trust me?”

“Yes… I believe it..!”

Cerise nodded her head loudly. I laughed and opened the bag the old man brought. There were a lot of things inside that seemed odd.

Among them, a huge crystal ball was taken out. It is a bead that is like a trademark of fortune tellers. A notification window appeared.

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Grade: Advanced

Appraisal: 500 Karma

This is a crystal ball created by the great wizard Daria 500 years ago to predict her fate.

Daria gave this crystal ball to the prophet Atlant and asked him to predict her fate.

It is said that Atlant was delighted to see the perfection of the crystal ball and predicted her fate.

This crystal ball greatly increases the magical power of the fortune teller who possesses it.

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‘relics?’

It’s also high-end.

I looked at the sack the old man was in.

‘How does an old man like that have such a relic?’

I also looked through other miscellaneous items in the bag.

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Grade: Advanced

Appraisal: 400 Karma

This is a card created by the great wizard Daria 500 years ago to predict her love luck.

Because Daria worked hard to create it, it has strong magical powers.

With this tarot card, you can see things other than your love luck. However, it does not have the same magical power as when looking at love luck.

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“…”

I picked up the small purple bead that had fallen on the bed.

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Grade: Advanced

Appraisal: 700 Karma

This is a bead made by the great wizard Daria 500 years ago to secretly communicate with Sieghart.

Because it was not made for some reason, the range is short.

Two people holding the bead can exchange telepathy within a 20m radius.

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Cold sweat ran down the back of my neck. I glanced inside the bag again. There was a lot of miscellaneous things. Those aren’t all relics, but there are probably a few relics mixed in as well.

I looked again at the bag containing the old man.

That human giant.

‘What do we do…’

Until now, I thought I could just bury it in the ground. However, as can be seen from the relics the old man possesses, the old man is not an ordinary person. He probably had a pretty high position among Agnes’ sisters.

That person died.

As time goes by, Agnes’ sisters will definitely try to find this old man. That’s their specialty.

I frowned and came to one conclusion.

‘…the mole will be fine. Because there is a status window.’

In the first place, that old man died while trying to predict Seris’ future. It must have been the intervention of the status window. I wonder if there was a need to kill him, but that’s not for me to judge.

The important thing is that the status window was the one who did this, and if so, the status window would have taken care of it in its own way.

At least you won’t be tracked down with dots. The status window’s ability to handle tasks can be understood by thinking about the time of Werther.

‘The old man’s whereabouts will never be revealed.’

The old man said he definitely came secretly. He even went so far as to hide his identity. Agnes’ sisters will not know that the old man has come to us.

So what I have to do from now on is simple.

‘Let’s throw it down the drain.’

I think that would be the neatest.

That night, I dumped the old man’s body deep in the sewer.

* * *

Late at night, Seris looked at the entrance where Yoosung left and moved carefully. Kara was sleeping on the bed. Anyway, once Kara sleeps, she doesn’t wake up often. Seris fell to the floor.

“ugh..”

I reached over and took out the book I had hidden under the bed. I carefully came out of the room again.

‘There will be some time until Yoosung comes…?’

I went in front of the candle and opened the book. There were letters written in the book that she didn’t know. Cerise put her finger on the letters and said.

“Read me.”

Then the pronunciation of those letters flowed into her head.

‘do!’

It was just as my grandmother said. With this, you will be able to read on your own! She smiled brightly and then became a little gloomy.

‘grandma…’

He was a good person, but he left like that…

My mood kept sinking. Cerise shook her head.

Cerise turned her thoughts to happy thoughts, praying that her grandmother had gone to a good place. Naturally, I remembered being held in Yooseong’s arms today.

“…”

Cerise’s face turned red. Is it because it’s been so long since I’ve been hugged that I’ve lost my tolerance? I was lost in that thought for a while and then came to my senses. Seris placed her hand on the next letter and listened to the pronunciation.

She worked hard to read the letter by herself and to receive praise from Yoosung.

* * *

A month has passed since the old man died. In the meantime, we lived as usual, making requests and receiving money.

The things I was worried about didn’t happen. The status window related to dots seemed to have been handled neatly.

‘Should I bring the relics back soon?’

The old man’s relics were buried deep in the ground in case something unexpected happened. I think I can bring it soon.

‘Let’s use what looks good and sell what doesn’t.’

It seems like I can learn one more skill after a long time. Or save it up and buy something more expensive. I entered the guild with a comfortable mind.

“Ah, Yoosung, are you here?”

The receptionist, Orr, welcomed me cheerfully.

“Seris and Kara didn’t come?”

“Kara sprained her ankle. I’m resting at home.”

“Ah, I see. However, if the two of you do not come, the reward will be…”

“I know. I’ll just take mine. Anyway, I came here to look for a good request.”

“Again? You finished the request yesterday. I think it’s too much… Don’t you remember what I said before?”

Orr put his hand on his waist and glared at me. I smiled awkwardly and scratched my head.

“I remember. They say you should rest when you rest. Today I’m just going to look for a request.”

“If you see something good, do it right away?”

“Haha.”

Orr glanced at me and sighed.

“I’m so worried that I can’t live.”

“There is no need to worry…”

“Okay, follow me.”

She came out of the reception area and walked to her private office. I was a little surprised, but immediately followed her.

“Why did you call me?”

“I heard you will be accepting requests. A good request came in not long ago. Originally, I wouldn’t have gone back to Yoosung, who still lacks experience, but… we’re in a relationship, right?”

Orr winked and entered the office. I laughed and followed her inside. As I sat down on the chair, Orr brewed two coffees and handed me one.

“Thank you. But didn’t you say a while ago that you would quit coffee?”

“You must be able to quit. Ah…”

Orr let out a weary sigh. This is what happens to an office worker who is stressed out by work. I smiled and drank my coffee. write.

“So what is that request?”

“Before that.”

Orr sat down on the chair across from me. I placed my chin on my clasped hands. He looked at me and asked.

“What do you think about slums, Mr. Yoosung?”

“Slums?”

My eyebrows narrowed at the somewhat unexpected question.

‘It’s a slum…’

The slum is a place I have been indebted to for two years since I first came to this world. Let me tell you about my impressions of that place.

“It sucks.”

The ghetto is a very shitty place.

The streets are dirty and smelly.

The buildings look like they are about to collapse, but there are gangsters inside them doing drugs. Or sell it.

All the poor people behave in a dirty way, and they recognize those who are weaker than them like ghosts. It is the natural order of the neighborhood that the strong bully the weak and the weak bully the weaker.

‘I was bullied a lot at first too.’

Although I got ripped off once and then my eyes turned around, and then that kind of thing stopped happening.

“I see.”

Orr smiled, as if he liked my answer. I was curious about what kind of request this was and why they were asking this.

“Actually, the request I received this time is, shall I say… cruel.”

“Cruel? Didn’t you say it was a good request?”

“Ah, it’s true that it’s a good client. The commission money is generous and the place I requested it from is trustworthy.”

“A place you can trust? Was the client an organization rather than one person?”

Orr nodded, taking a sip of his coffee.

“Where did you send the request?”

“Agnes’ sisters.”

“…Yes?”

It froze for a moment. I thought I had finally eased my worries, but then that name came up here.

Orr must have thought I was repeating the question, so he kindly said it again.

“Agnes’ sisters. You may have heard of Yoosung too. Because it’s such a famous place.”

“…Yes. What kind of request did you entrust to the Adventurer’s Guild there?”

She took another sip of her coffee and sighed.

“As Mr. Yoosung said, the slums are such a crappy place. Murders, robberies, kidnappings, drugs, etc., such crimes are secretly rampant.”

When I asked him to tell me what the request was, Orr suddenly started talking about something else. However, it seemed like she was telling the story in her own way, so I listened quietly.

“A cancerous entity in the city! Do you know why the higher-ups don’t clean it up and leave it alone?”

“I heard it at first glance… but isn’t it because of the dark club?”

“That’s right! Because of those damn criminals! Whenever the lord tries to clean up this cancerous slum, he always shows up and interferes!”

‘If only it weren’t for that damn sword master.’ Or muttered.

There was a rumor that the boss of the Dark Society was one of only seven sword masters on the continent. Looking at what she’s saying now, it seems like it’s the truth and not a rumor.

“So, I hadn’t thought about clearing out the slums if everyone did it… What is this? This time Agnes’ sisters drew their swords.”

“You pulled out a knife? Those words…”

“Destruction of the slums!”

“…Yes?”

“This is what Agnes’ sisters requested from the guild.”

I was dumbfounded by her words.

‘Murder?’

I will kill all the people in the slums. What is it?

“Is that possible? No matter what, killing all the people there…”

“Ah, we don’t just kill anyone either. You’ve taken out all the information over the past two weeks, right? A list of thugs that exist in Kalita. If you follow this carefully, there will be no harm to civilians.”

Orr smiled evilly. I asked her one more thing.

“Why on earth did Agnes’ sisters suddenly make this request?”

“Hmm… Well, it looks like the body of a very high-ranking person was found in the sewer.”

“…How high was he?”

Orr tapped his chin and answered.

“Uh… I think I heard that he was a former priest.”

“…”