Chapter 164 – Liquidation (13)
19. Liquidation (13)
“Will that work?”
“Yes. Really… Rather, it is more than sufficient.”
The tears dried and the laughter continued. I wanted to ask Raella if Kaya’s mind was okay now, but looking at Kaya’s expression now, I didn’t feel the need to check.
‘Still, I don’t know when I’ll stop by here again, so I’d better ask properly later.’
Kaya stroked his parent’s tombstone. Her dust was also deposited on her tombstone, leaving traces of her caress. Her kaya’s white fingers were full of gray dust, but she oddly matched her hair color and eyes. Her memories seemed to greet her as if in her faded diary or in her family’s album.
Why did you come now No, she said that she was glad and glad that she came. Let us not worry and live doing what we want to do.
Kaya wiped off all the dust from her tombstone, and the blurry name of the owner of her tombstone became clear. While she was wiping her tombstone and immersed in her memories, we cleaned her gravestone and cleared weeds around it. The little graveyard is surprisingly tidied up compared to just an hour ago.
“Sorry.”
“What is there to be sorry about? All you have to do is say thank you.”
“… Thank you.”
I saw Kaya startled as she brushed the dust off her hands. I quickly handed over a piece of cloth that was left over. She bowed her head in thanks for her consideration, but she didn’t take it.
“Why?”
“Either way, I don’t think my parents would want me to take the dust as a souvenir. And… Dust is, after all, a lonely trace of the past. I don’t want to remember my parents with these lonely traces just because there are no other traces. Anyway, the memory of now will remain in my head forever.”
Then Kaya rubbed her hands together. The dust covering the tombstone was blown away by the wind that just happened to be blowing.
“Even though it will be dusty again soon, that doesn’t change the fact that I’m here. I will remember, you will remember, and your parents will remember. So, that is enough.”
“… If that’s what you mean.”
Shaking off her dust, Kaya looked relieved. It felt like she had cleared an old burden from her heart that she didn’t even know existed. Was this the Goddess’ intention?
“Since I took over a month of your precious time, I need to get back to Salem as soon as possible.”
“No one thinks so.”
“That’s right, sister Kaya. It was nice to be able to breathe after a long time.”
“I agree. Thanks to that, I was able to organize all the stories I experienced in the dungeon and the inspiration for when the goddess descended.”
“I appreciate everyone saying that, but that doesn’t change the fact that there’s nothing good about staying in this town for a long time.”
“Then let me ask you one last time. Can this really be it? You know Maybe I won’t be able to come back a second time. This could be your last chance.”
“I know. What are you talking about? But that doesn’t really matter.”
Kaya moved her steps slowly. She was on her way down to the village. From her rear view, she showed the intention of moving as quickly as possible. She hurriedly followed her.
“If I hadn’t met you, my heart might have been shaken a lot. But not now. Compared to the most important goal in the world, which is to safely go through the dungeon with everyone, this small town is nothing more than the dust on my hands.”
“Kaya.”
“Sure, yes. I didn’t really want to come back to my hometown, and I’m still uncomfortable with it. There was a time when I wanted to gather all the people who bullied me, if they were still alive, and ask why I did that. But it’s really nothing more than a waste of time. It’s a waste of time for them to use to unravel my weathered feelings. It would be a hundred times more beneficial and enjoyable to have a talk or train with you at that time.”
“…”
“At least the residues that remained were washed away the moment I saw my parents’ tombstones. I know what you’re worried about. So let me say it again. I’m really fine Rather, it is more painful to eat up your time in such a useless town.”
Kaya went down without hesitation.
[Negative feature ‘fear of the dark’ has been removed.]
[Positive feature ‘cool-headedness’ has been deleted.]
[Positive feature ‘New mindset’ has been added.]
It was a much lighter movement of a person who had shaken off the burden of an old heart.
**
“Anyway, can you let me in without my permission?”
“Chief, I am the vigilante! Of course you have that much authority, but how can you say that?”
“The time is already heinous, but it wasn’t enough to let in outsiders, so they let in those mixed races as well? I know what your intentions are!”
“Chief! No matter how much the elves are our enemies, she is still the daughter of the two of them. How do you stop her from coming to find her parents’ belongings after 40 years?”
“That is strange! 40 years! That’s 40 years! I wouldn’t have done this any other time! But, all of a sudden, it’s suspicious that we’ve come at a time when there are signs of war!”
“Chief, no matter how close our village is to the elves’ territory, it’s not a nutritious place, so didn’t you say there’s no way it’ll be invaded right away! Besides, the war hasn’t even started yet!”
“What would I do if I ran amok to avenge my mother and father? Huh? Tell me Aren’t you one of the children who bullied the mixed race?”
“…”
“Immediately block the entrance and tie it up. I will have to go and ask myself.”
“Chief! Not alone. It will be four. That’s not normal, even though vigilantes surrounded them, there were four of them who didn’t seem to be intimidated at all!”
“Ah, such a coward! Even so, are you a vigilante! Really, if the half-hearted didn’t have vain intentions, it would be safe, and if there were false intentions, I wouldn’t have to do something right there! What are you doing! Not moving at all!”
The vigilante captain sighed and ordered his men waiting outside the village chief’s house.
“You block the entrance, you wait on the road to the Epenzel Monument, and when outsiders come down, lead them this way as much as possible without offending them. You guys call the off-duty guys.”
“Uh… There are only four of us, so do we have to go this far?”
“Do as you say. Don’t vomit.”
“Yep!”
He was anxious
It was unlikely that the half-elves would go on a rampage now. Come to think of it, if the half-elf was bullied by him and his gang when he was young, he would have been bullied, but he never fought back. She was an incredibly patient woman.
In fact, even when she reunited with him, didn’t she only frown at her for a very short time, let alone revenge her?
But she was different then and now. It wasn’t just 40 years ago.
The firm, resolute, and cool-headed atmosphere that I felt when I met her directly. In the eyes of the vigilante who was aiming at ‘her husband’ who was standing next to her, he felt a sense of horror.
They say they enjoy some power in this small town, but at best they were just rural men who said they would do some hunting and exert themselves. In my heart, I wanted to get the strangers out as soon as possible, but in this village, the village chief’s words were the law.
The head of the sheep, who instinctively recognized the wolf, increased the number of sheep as much as possible.
**
“What is this?”
“As expected, I should have gone down faster.”
After coming down from the graveyard, vigilantes stood in our way. They asked the village chief to move with them for a while because there was something they wanted to say. Once we obediently followed to grasp the situation, we saw an estimated 50 men lined up around the grumpy-looking old man.
The man standing next to the old man beckoned, and the men around us surrounded us.
“Here is the village chief.”
“Can I ask what your intention is now?”
“Didn’t you even briefly introduce yourself during the conversation? Tsk tsk.”
What is this sickness?
“Is the person you want to talk to surrounded by dozens of armed men?”
“That is entirely because of the mixed blood over there. Our villagers are in a state of anxiety. Will war break out again? Also, do I have to lose my husband, my son?”
“It has absolutely nothing to do with it. My wife just came to her hometown to pick up her parents’ keepsakes.”
“So, did you find the keepsake?”
There were no keepsakes. Kaya said her parents lived frugally, and even before they died, she didn’t pass anything down, she said. Even if there was, there was a high probability that it would have been taken away by the villagers at the time, but anyway. There was no reason to get involved in telling the village chief who was an asshole who was blocking our way.
“What if I found it, and what if I didn’t find it? It has nothing to do with you.”
“That one? Huh, this is true. Haha.”
“I ask you again. The intention to encircle us right now, you should be precise.”
The village chief frowned at my firm answer. The more wrinkled it was, the more grumpy it looked.
“Didn’t you tell me? The villagers are anxious.”
“I was going to leave anyway, so why are you blocking me if you say you’re anxious?”
“You don’t know what to do. Do you steal information or take revenge yourself? If you really want to leave, leave that half-blood and leave the rest.”
“Under. I’m old This is not crazy.”
“What, what?”
Dump-
I lowered the bag I was carrying. He loosened her laces and handed out weapons to her comrades.
“Boo, there was nothing there when I checked!”
“You’re blaming the look in your eyes for not recognizing even the magic backpack.”
Although he was not wearing armor, it didn’t matter. Most of them were trembling the moment we got our weapons in our hands. It was evident that they had never properly wielded their weapons.
“Kaya is Raella’s battle nun and Justitia’s crusader. Can you say that being hostile to these two is the same as being hostile to both churches?”
“Ah, no matter how you do it, are you trying to intimidate us who are only 4 or 50 years old!”
“What are you talking about? If you have common sense, don’t fart with your mouth and spit it out, you senile bastard. You were the one who did the intimidation first.”
“Me, me, me… !”
“The road.”
Just as exquisitely, the sunlight reflected the blade of my axe. I don’t know if it’s because of my eyesight or because I was afraid of my words, but dozens of vigilantes hesitated.
“Come on, vigilante! What are you all doing! Do not subdue that rude bastard!”
“Otherwise, I think the 123rd blood will be smeared on this ax blade. If there is someone who wants to be number 123, stay that way.”
One step ahead. Then, even as they pointed their weapons at us, they backed away. The village chief, who was about to have a conversation, backed away at the same time, but his face turned red and he screamed loudly.
It was absurd to insist on holding on to the fact that it was just going well and spreading nonsense. Especially at the end of each sentence, referring to Kaya as that half-blood, that half-blood, was even more fucked up. How can we understand the thoughts of a senile old man caught up in his own delusions? Or did he think it was a good opportunity to raise his own insignificant authority? I didn’t care and didn’t want to know.
Kaya was right when she said she didn’t want to stay in this village any longer.
I threw the ax with all my might.
Shit- shit-
Wow—!!!
A thick pillar in the distance collapsed, to the horror of the vigilantes. I said, taking out my spare hatchet.
“Gil, trago.”
If you really don’t want to be number 123.
The road is open.
