Chapter 1211 – Ep.1209 Smith, a Black Company in Another World
Sunny weather with not a single cloud in sight.
The intense light of the sun, which clearly revealed its presence in the deep blue sky, mercilessly raised the temperature of everything it touched without any obstruction.
“Hehe, hehe…”
“Not a bitch in heat. “Please shut your mouth.”
And as Nuit pants like a thirsty animal due to the climate changing so rapidly that it makes no sense as it gets closer to the desert, Ingrim now craves Nuit as if it were a mission assigned to him.
“This, profit… !! Isn’t this strong child of four years stronger than this child!! Plus that robe! That! “If you can endure it, at least take it off for me!!”
“It’s noisy. These are all excuses. “You’re just mentally weak.”
“Ugh!!”
“We’re almost there, so please be quiet. Or would you like to walk on your own two feet?”
“…”
Nuit, who was glaring at Ingrim with his eyes open like a female cat, pouted like a duck and hung his head like a corpse when I warned him.
One month and five days after leaving the island.
Perhaps because Nuit has personally experienced that I always follow through on what I say, she has reached a stage where she quickly agrees when I warn her.
Actually, it’s not that important that Nuit listened to her carefully.
Even if you don’t want to, you have made a contract with me, so you have no choice but to follow my orders one way or another.
“It’s starting to show.”
With the help of the sign, I raised my head as I was comfortably leaning against Ardel’s soft, soft chest cushion with a comfortable body temperature even under the strong sunlight hitting my skin.
Beyond the desiccated, cracked and desolate land that seemed to refuse to allow even a single blade of grass to grow, a gigantic fortress wall began to appear, albeit vaguely and at an unusual height.
“It looks more like a city than a fortress.”
As Lee Hina, who was following behind with two pieces of luggage on either side, began to gradually become clearer, she gave the same review as I had when I first encountered the fortress.
‘It’s not unreasonable.’
To use an analogy, even Mallingta, which is close to a rural village, has expanded twice in size to become the size of small to medium-sized minus small, but the size of the fortress that is gradually getting closer is large enough to easily crush such a Mallingta.
‘How big must it have been?’
We easily jumped over the high walls of the fortress, hiding ourselves.
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“Nothing wrong.”
Ying Grimm, who was hanging on Li Hina’s side like a piece of luggage, answered with a serious face that did not match her appearance at all.
Since it was impossible to let down one’s guard, I briefly searched the area around the fortress to find any possible subordinates of Lafitera, but no object that could pose a direct threat was found.
However, all Ingrim and Nuit could find was the existence of a fallen god with divinity like me, and since the target was clear, they moved toward Ardel’s bedroom while still hiding.
“This place is still the same.”
In the past, the only thing that could be considered furniture, including the bed where she and her mother and daughter were mixed up, was a sofa and a stand for hanging armor.
Ardel’s bedroom was just as I remembered it from that day.
“Chi, bed… !!”
As soon as I put it down on the floor, Nuit suddenly jumped towards the bed, thinking something had happened.
“Where are you jumping into with that body full of waste?”
“Kyeom!!”
Ying Grim, who was right next to him, was struck between the ribs by a snatched hand, and he rolled on the floor.
Ignoring the conversation that the two had become accustomed to over the past month, I also got out of Ardel’s arms and moved to the sofa.
“There may have been a strange person mixed in through the top of the black line, so I think it would be best to be careful until it is properly confirmed. What do you think of Ardel?”
It may have been a different city, but the owner of this fortress was definitely Ardel, and I asked this question with the intention of deeply respecting Ardel’s thoughts in this place that he had cultivated and maintained with his own hands for decades.
“If it’s not absolutely necessary, you don’t need to ask for my opinion.”
However, Ardel was behind me with a smile that became more bewitching as the days passed, and she gently hugged my neck from behind and whispered softly.
“From the day I decided to let go of everything I had built and be with you, everything I have is yours.”
“Uhm…”
The breath on my ear tickled a little.
“Then we move to inform only people we can trust first.”
“Of course.”
Ardel gently played his finger piano once on my chest with his slender fingers before releasing his arms from around my neck and stepping back.
“I don’t have a separate employee, and I remember all the knights’ faces, so I’ll take a quick look around.”
Ardel leaves the bedroom, saying it won’t take long.
“It’s full of traces of spirits wandering around.”
Lihina, who had been looking around Ardel’s bedroom with no intention of looking around, came after Ardel and placed her chin on my shoulder as Ardel left.
“Do spirits also leave traces?”
“Is it closer to a remnant than a trace?”
It is said that places where spirits pass by have a subtle natural energy that matches their properties. And Ardel’s room is full of traces of winter.
To our eyes, it looks like an ordinary, very crude room, but to Rihina’s eyes, who can see and communicate with spirits, it is the walls and floor of a bedroom. In particular, she said, the door handle appears to be stained pure white.
‘It doesn’t seem like it just disappears with time.’
According to Ardel’s words, he would not have stopped by this place for almost two years, but if there were still traces of it, it seemed that the remnants left by the spirits would not simply disappear with the passage of time.
Lie down on Li Hina’s thighs, moving from her back to the front, and spend some relaxing time massaging the huge spirit pouch that covers her face.
Ardel, who went outside to investigate the situation, returned.
“Of course, there was no change in the number of knights and soldiers, but did you say May? Originally, he was in charge of dealing with us, but there was a change in personnel at the top.”
I had completely forgotten about it, but I remembered it after hearing Ardel’s words.
Originally, Nyaho had entrusted the transaction here to Mei, who was waiting at Mallingta. However, before I went to the Demon Continent, Mei, who had been separately informed by Nyaho, moved to Jedo Island and was trapped in a hidden space in her basement due to the betrayal of the branch leader there.
“It’s easier to lock everything up, but… There’s no need to go out, so we’ll just leave it alone for now.”
“If you think so.”
If there is a secret agent hiding there, they will definitely report it regularly.
If you are caught for a short activity, the work afterward becomes a hassle.
Of course, if the other person was a woman, she was confident enough to persuade him with a serious physical conversation, but she wondered if it was really necessary to put in that much effort.
Since I’m only going to take a short break, grab some food, and the equipment to stay in the desert before leaving anyway, there’s no reason to scrape and make a mess.
“Let’s eat a little something first, right?”
“I had already said something. “Let’s go to the restaurant.”
A place closer to a dinner room than a restaurant.
We followed Ardel to the dinner room on the second floor. And soon after, the door opened by itself, and a tray on wheels, completely untouched by human hands, came inside, as if replicating the scene I had seen before.
“Is it a spirit?”
Ingrim watched with interest as the dishes placed on the tray were moved one by one onto the huge table.
I won’t bother mentioning Nuit.
“Hmm, what is this? It’s so strong that it can’t be compared to anything I’ve eaten before. But perhaps because it has a strong scent, it suits my taste perfectly.”
Ingrim seemed to like the whiskey that Ardelle enjoyed drinking more than the meaty meat dish, so he grabbed the bottle of whiskey and took a gulp while eating the dish.
“Ardel?”
As she was finishing her meal, I asked her to drink her bottle of whiskey just like I did.
“Are Aria and Arua in the territory again?”
“No.”
Ardel put down the whiskey she was holding and continued her words.
“I was going to tell you later, but they said the kids are in the desert right now.”
“Suddenly?”
“I told them to achieve good results before setting out with Ardella, and it seems they were trying to subjugate various tribes spread across the desert on behalf of the monsters they had partnered with.”
Arua, the eldest child, and Aria, the youngest child.
The two twins are far inferior in every way to her eldest daughter, Ardella, let alone her mother, Ardella.
I remembered the battle I had with the Southern King, who gave me the ability called the fire whip, which made me who I am now.
“It’s because I don’t know the level of desert people. Is it okay?”
“If we fight on flat ground, we can’t lose even if we want to. Of course, not those children, but the knights I raised.”
“… But it’s not a flat land, it’s a desert?”
“It’s armor imprinted with magic, but crossing the desert wearing something that heavy is suicidal.”
Ardel took a sip of whiskey and spoke very calmly as if it were someone else’s business.
“They say tomorrow is the fifth day that we are scheduled to return, so let’s wait for now.”
