Chapter 120 – 8. Prometheus (17)
Joshua, who left his parents’ arms and went outside for the first time, felt uneasy.
The clatter of horses’ hooves, the creaking of trees, and the rattling sound of carriage wheels rolling down the bumpy road.
And the glances of people staring at Aunt Delis…
Those eyes were similar to those of his father looking at his mother, but they were so different.
No matter how smart it is, it was difficult to express how it was different from the accident of a young child who lacked experience, but I thought the eyes of the father looking at the mother were so beautiful, but their eyes were not.
Okay. It felt dirty and sloppy, like a rag before it was worn out and thrown away as kindling.
In response, Joshua clenched his fists and blocked Aunt Delis with his body, and those gazes began to disappear one by one.
Even so, I still couldn’t help but stare at her with a glance.
“…”
Whether aware of this situation or not, Aunt Delis simply leaned against the wall of her carriage and slept quietly.
At some point, the carriage arrived in the Kingdom of Griena.
Joshua quietly shook Aunt Delis’ body when he saw the people in the carriage preparing to get off, packing their belongings one by one.
“Aunt, Aunt. I think we’re almost there.”
“…Yes”
Delis, who had opened her eyes, saw people around her getting ready to get off, such as packing her luggage and adjusting her clothes, and she thought that she should prepare herself too.
“Bocchan, do you know what our luggage is like?”
“Yes”
“Then please.”
In response, Joshua skillfully took out Delis’s cargo from among the cargo piled up on one side of the wagon, walking as if it were flat even in the wobbly wagon.
People looked at Joshua with a slight flinch at the sight of him pulling out a bag larger than his own body from among the piles of cargo.
It’s amazing that a little kid who seems to have just gotten out of his babyhood speaks so well and his pronunciation is so clear, but he’s so strong…
Regardless of how people looked at it or not, Joshua packed his things by Dellis’s side and put his crutches out next to Dellis’s.
After a while. When the wagon arrived at its destination, people began to get out of the wagon one by one.
Street for the first time. Joshua, who looked around at the unfamiliar scenery, looked around with Delis always in a corner of Sia.
Unlike the village her mother runs, a strange feeling came from the appearance of the houses, which seemed to be sloppy, disjointed, and not even standardized.
More than anything…
‘Dirty… ‘
This place was so unsanitary.
Joshua looked at Dellis in the eyes of Dellis, who seemed to have noticed Joshua’s thoughts.
“Aunt?”
“I think I know what you’re thinking, but it’s actually normal.”
“…Yes?”
“It’s just that the young lady is amazing. Although she can’t match the level of luxury, there is only the royal road as well-equipped as our estate.”
They cut and brought large boulders, cut them straight and processed them on the spot, built buildings, laid roads, and maintained water and sewage systems.
How many manpower would it take to do something like that?
In fact, after Yuria’s plan and processing of the stones were completed, the detailed processing and supervision of the villagers under the direction of Tondef took the stones in an orderly manner, laid them out, and put them together to reorganize the village. It has become a living and tidy town.
Is it because of that? The small slash-and-burn village has not changed much for a while, but when you wake up, it has changed beyond comparison.
A water source spouted from the groundwater was used to make a large lake in front of the mansion, and this lake was used as a water supply source and was used not only for the mansion and the lady’s house, but also as a water supply source for the villagers, bringing convenience to life in many ways.
The fact that the roads are well-maintained and there is an abundant water source was enough to make it known as a good place to live, but above all, taxes were very cheap.
If it wasn’t related to the town’s public works, the lady used to live on the money she and the Duke of Loa made on her own.
On the other hand, ordinary villages cannot even dream of such luxury.
Manpower is also manpower, but there is no technology to go into it, and there is no money to buy materials.
He is busy working to live and eat for himself, so where is the time to focus on other things?
More than anything…
Thud! Kugoong!!
Wow!!
Aww!!
Avoid, avoid!!
The fence fell and the goblins, led by the orcs, began to attack and the village began to turn into an abyss.
In the meantime, a large troll, which seems to have driven these monsters, grabbed the person who had fallen and failed to escape properly while biting his lip, took it to his mouth, and bit it straight down. As if it was a waste, he gurgled and inhaled it into his mouth and ate it.
At least the victim went head first into the mouth, and the pain would have been brief.
“Kwoaaaaa!!”
Apparently, an old troll didn’t dare to attack the village by himself, so he used it as a meat shield to drive the lower monsters away.
Although weak compared to the younger ones, this skill made it more difficult to deal with such trolls.
Delis looked at Joshua quietly as he watched the trolls leisurely stumble or pick up fallen people in the slow-moving city.
“Bocchan. You can break the restrictions the young lady said now.”
“Huh? Really?”
“But please don’t let it be discovered that the young master did it.”
At Dellis’ words, Joshua tried to reach out her hand towards her troll, but she remembered Delhi’s words that what she was doing must not be seen, and responded, frowning her brow slightly and concentrating.
Thud! Cooong! The troll, which had been moving leisurely with its large size and searching for its next prey, suddenly stopped and then kkeok? What? He grabbed the back of his neck and began to stumble.
And Joshua, concentrating more than ever with his eyes closed, tightly clenched both of his hands as if imagining something.
Joshua’s words echoed quietly in his mouth.
“Ugh!”
“Keooooouk!!”
At the same time as Joshua’s muttering, the troll screamed out loud, thumped and fell backwards.
And from then on, it was a thousand miles.
Like a goblin killed by a weapon wielded by an orc, or dying from a tree stump falling from a roof. His feet get twisted and his head hits the ground or a sharp corner somewhere and dies, etc.
“Okay…”
However, Joshua, who was trying to thoroughly protect the fact that he would kill without showing off, frowned and groaned as if he had a very headache.
Delis was a little surprised to see Joshua’s ability.
Certainly Joshua thought that he would be able to solve this situation somehow.
That’s right, considering the ability of the lady in the past that he thought of, he was able to solve this enough.
And the lady said it clearly.
Hosea and Joshua now are stronger than they were back then.
To think that he could kill them all by pretending to be a coincidence without revealing himself this far…
The trolls pretended to die of old age, and the goblins and orcs alike pretended to have made mistakes, and either cheated on each other or died a ridiculously unfortunate death.
No matter how you look at it, it’s strange, but no matter how you look at it, it’s a strange phenomenon that can only be a coincidence.
After all the monsters were defeated, Joshua let out a sigh.
“Auntie, did you do well?”
“Yes, you did well, youngster.”
Seeing Joshua like that, Delis slightly modified the image of Joshua in his mind.
What’s really great about the boy is not his power, but his high level of intellect that can handle these numerous situations and variables at will.
The people who had abandoned all their belongings and evacuated in a hurry stopped one by one and looked around the village.
It is unbelievable, but for some reason, the villagers looked at the monsters in a daze, forgetting even the horrors of the past.
What is it?
What happened?
One or two can do that, but the danger of the village being almost annihilated is solved by such an unfunny happening…
Looking at the people who still haven’t properly accepted the reality, Delis let out a sigh.
“This, I don’t know if the adventurers’ branch will have people left.”
“Remain”
“Yes, thank you, Bocchan.”
Did you see the future? Or, I don’t know if he looked for the building through clairvoyance, but if Joshua said so, he would.
Trusting Joshua, Delis went to the adventurer’s branch, looking dazed and dazed, but seeing the adventurer’s branch bustling with people, he slowly walked past them on crutches and headed for the reception desk.
All the receptionists were also busy moving for a long time, but one receptionist hurriedly went to the window and took a seat while watching Delis heading to the request window.
“What are you doing?”
“This is a C-class request. I have business with my nephew in the Empire, so I want to rent a small wagon with three adventurers to escort us on the way.
The receptionist who saw Delis’s body groaned and nodded.
Delis, who had casts on both her arms and legs, seemed unreasonable to walk on her own.
Somehow, her hands seem to be moving, but she seems to be unable to move properly, although she is on her crutches.
“How the hell did you do that with a body like that…”
“Anyway, the body is almost moving now. Don’t mind it.”
“…I understand. However, all the adventurers are busy due to the sudden attack of monsters, so it seems difficult for the time being. Is that okay?”
Delis quietly nodded her head.
“Then, after I find a place to stay, I will send this child to tell you where she will be staying.”
What about the receptionist? And stuck her head out of her reception desk, looking down.
Seeing a little boy, probably about four or five years old now, standing next to her, holding on to Delis’ collar, the receptionist thought, oh my god, how cute he was.
“Would it be okay?”
“Even if it looks like this, he’s a kid who takes care of himself better than me.”
Indeed, without Joshua, Dellis would have delayed her departure by another week or so.
To that extent, Delis relied on Joshua for a lot.
More than anything… Even now, knowingly and unknowingly, he supports and helps Jim with his psychic powers.
They were really kind kids, probably resembling Lord Loa.
But I thought it was really fortunate.
It was a great relief in this world that people with abilities on par with the young lady or the young master were good.
“Then…”
Delis smiled at Joshua, who was following him carrying a load almost the size of his torso.
“Bocchan. Where is the most intact inn in the current situation?”
“Excuse me”
Should I say it again? Joshua immediately gave an answer.
“Then shall we go?”
“Huh!”
After a while. After negotiating for a while, Dellis got a room at the inn and asked Joshua again.
Ask the receptionist for the location and room number of this place.
After Joshua left, after hearing a smart knock on the door, Delis opened the door and saw Joshua standing in front of the door.
“Bocchan? Are you already gone?”
“Yeah! I went there by teleportation. Of course, to a place that people can’t reach.”
At those words, Delis really thought about how far the master’s ability could go.
It’s just that he plays a similar role as a guardian because he’s an adult, but the young master is already far out of the category he usually thinks of.
Delis, who had been sleeping for a long time, suddenly woke up at the touch of a hand on her chest and hurriedly opened her eyes, but no one was in the room.
Delis, who thought it was just her dream, suddenly saw Joshua sleeping in his arms.
And where Joshua’s hand is.
And after realizing where Joshua’s hand was, Delis finally found out what hand was touching her chest.
“Ugh… Mom…”
“…”
It was only then that Delis realized again that Joshua was still a four-year-old child missing her mother’s arms.
Delice, who was holding Joshua in her arms tightly, smiled at Joshua, whose expression improved a little.
“Have a nice dream, boy.”
“Um… Mom’s breasts got smaller…”
“…”
For a moment, Delis was a bit stunned.
* * * * *
“Ugh…”
Waking up from her sleep, Joshua thought that her mother’s breasts had gotten smaller for some reason, then suddenly remembered that her mother and her father had switched bodies.
Joshua, who came to his senses, realized that the breasts he was playing with were Aunt Delis, not his mother. I was startled and jumped back.
“Eh, aunt?”
“Did you wake up, Bocchan?”
“Oh no…”
Delis just gave him a slightly subtle smile.
“It’s okay. You’re still young.”
“… I’m sorry. Mom said you shouldn’t touch other women’s bodies…”
Delis looked at Joshua’s hair, stroking it gently.
“Of course, it’s true that you shouldn’t carelessly touch a woman’s body.
“But…”
“Of course, you’ll have to be careful in the future, but you’re still a child who just got out of a baby. Of course, that doesn’t mean that you can do wrong, but you don’t have to be scolded for doing something you didn’t know.”
“…”
Even so, Dellis smiled brightly and showed a determined side.
“But since Nuri-kun is the only one who’s allowed to touch my breasts, if you touched it without knowing it, you shouldn’t touch it because you want to touch it.”
“Right…”
She looked at Joshua, who seemed a little sad, and Delis stood up from her seat.
“If you still can’t sleep at night, I’ll forgive you for a little while, okay?”
“Ah!”
“But only when I really can’t sleep, okay?”
“Eww…”
It seemed a little regretful, but Joshua nodded her head as if he understood.
From that day on, Delis left Joshua in his room and wandered around the town alone in order to gather a little more information while waiting for the adventurers to respond to any unexpected adventurers who came to the inn.
Merchants or officials here. Information routes from the back world, etc…
I couldn’t get any information for a day, two days, and three days. When news of the adventurer didn’t come, Dellis began to get impatient.
Anyway, he decided to gather information from the empire, so he didn’t care if he didn’t have any particular income here.
And outside, Miss YuRia and the others must be working hard, so there should be no problem.
Her blood seemed to run dry when she thought about what was going on in Lady YuRia’s body that would contain Loa Ball, but she calmly watched her situation.
After returning to the dorm with heavy steps today, two men and a woman were sitting on the floor and eating snacks sold on the street in the room. Appearance came into view.
“Ah…”
At first glance, they wore high-quality swords worn around their waists and light but sturdy armor made of overlapping skins of high-ranking monsters, telling them that they were adventurers.
“Did you come here as a request?”
“Oh, you’re quite a beauty…(Slap!!) Ouch!”
While examining Delis’ face, he was hit on the back by the female adventurer next to her, and he rubbed her back, frowning at her.
“What kind of rudeness is that to the client!”
“Why?! It’s true that she’s a beauty… Take, cancel, cancel!”
Seeing the female adventurer with her hand raised again, the well-behaved adventurer hurriedly canceled her remarks and quietly shut her mouth.
“I’m sorry. That friend has good skills, but his mouth is arrogant…”
“Oh, no. It’s okay. I’m a girl too, so it would be nice if you complimented me on how pretty I am.”
The adventurer who was right with him was like ‘Look!’ He shrugged her shoulders with her arrogance.
“But I want you to restrain yourself because I have an owner.”
“…”
And at the sight of the well-mannered adventurer immediately shrinking, Delis let out a sigh inside her and closed her eyes for a moment.
Is this really believable?
“The request is an escort to the empire, and as much as he is in discomfort, there must be some help for him, right?”
“Actually, I was going to ask the young master about that, but it seems like it would be easier for me to have the same woman help.”
At those words, the female adventurer looked at her Joshua in dismay.
“Certainly, I was very surprised that he was very gentle and calm for his age… Can a child like that be able to take care of him?”
“You are still young, but he is a wizard.”
At that, everyone looked at Joshua in surprise.
A kid who doesn’t even look like he’s 5 years old, and has just taken off his baby shirt, is a wizard!?
“Uh, what is that… Did you learn magic from your mother’s womb!?”
At that, Delis showed a slightly puzzled expression.
Wrong words or right words?
Even if it wasn’t magic, Master Hosea and Master Joshua remembered even what happened in the belly of the young lady not long before they were born.
Even since she was born, she was able to speak almost immediately, but in fact, she had already been able to speak from the inside of her stomach, and it was only because her oral structure and vocal organs were still immature that she could not speak.
In that sense, the two young masters learned a little bit of magic from the belly of the young lady.
It wasn’t really a proper education or lecture, but it was at the level of a gwidongnyang.
“Young master”
“Yes, aunt. I am the one looking for the good shepherd. I want those who are unclean to be made clean“
As Joshua stretched out his hand, a bright light embraced not only Delis but also the three adventurers.
Then, in an instant, the feeling of something a little uncomfortable disappeared cleanly, leaving only a feeling of refreshment, and even the equipment became dry and smooth, and I was embarrassed.
“It’s really magic!”
“Eh, this is it? Singing magic? It is said that wizards are born with one or two special magics, but is this it?”
Joshua surprised people, ahem! And seemed to be proud of it.
“You’re still young, but I hope you don’t just look at me as young. But on the contrary, I also want you to remember that you’re still a child. He still misses my mother’s arms every night, burrows into my breasts, and if I don’t touch my breasts, I’ll fall asleep.” You can’t eat…”
“Uh, woahaaaaah!?
At this, Joshua was extremely embarrassed and started screaming wildly.
Everyone gasped and laughed at that sight.
Looking at Joshua, the adventurers understood what Dellis was trying to say.
Okay. He’s so smart and kind that he doesn’t look like a child and listens well, but nonetheless, that kid named Joshua was definitely a kid.
“I understand. It means that he is still a small child who cannot forget his mother’s arms.”
“Whoa, whoa! Whoa?!”
Hee-hee at the sound of giggling laughter… Looking at Joshua crying, everyone thought that they should stop teasing him, and quietly closed their mouths and laughed softly.
