Resurrected Immortal 339

Chapter 339 – 339. Life Is a Line (2)

The room that used to be Eleanor’s bedroom in the duke’s mansion was converted into a private office when Eleanor married Eunhyeon and moved her place of residence.
It’s been about 3 months since the new maintenance.
Eleanor struggles with countless stacks of paperwork in her private office.
She was in charge of managing the newly renovated temple in the dukedom and the secret business under Eunhyun’s leadership while he was away.

“Completion is expected in about two months.”

“Okay.”

While receiving periodic progress reports on the temple’s renovation, Eleanor asked her priest.

“Has a new bishop been chosen to take care of our temple?”

“Not yet.”

“Whoa… Is that so.”

Eleanor let out a small sigh.
Thanks to the growth of the adventurer’s guild in the duchy, the demand for many skilled priests and paladins has increased now.
Along with the request for the dispatch of priests and paladins to the sacred country of Erenia, the state religion of the Church of Vesta, there was also a request for the dispatch of a bishop to manage the temple.
The reply to this was still vague.
The distance between the two countries is not easy, and even within the Holy Nation, it is a matter that will take time through many discussions due to the selection of bishops and manpower to be dispatched.
However, it was a very difficult problem for the temple people of the Eleanor duchy.
Even though the temple of the dukedom was actually completed, if there were no priests, paladins, or followers to serve the temple, that would be a problem.

“I’d rather have Eleanor the bishop of the temple in the duchy…”

“That is not something I can decide.”

“Yeah, it is.”

The appointment of a bishop is a matter decided by the Pope, archbishops, and a number of cardinals in the Holy Land.
Although Agies strongly supports Eleanor as his successor, Agnes was rather opposed to Eleanor’s appointment as bishop.
Giving her a place within a temple is like a shackle that prevents Eleanor from displaying all her abilities.

“Besides, I have no intention of sitting on the bishop’s seat either.”

Eleanor also had the same thoughts as Agnes.
The position he should be in should be by Eun-hyeon’s side, not the manager of a temple.

“Sorry. It was a mistake.”

“Yes.”

“Then I’ll just leave.”

After the regular report on the progress of the temple reconstruction, the priest bowed his head and left Eleanor’s office.

“Whoa…”

He sighed and took off his glasses and put them on the desk.
He lowered his head upward, closed his eyes, and moved his stiff neck around to loosen up his body.
At the same time, he had time to think and organize the agendas he had dealt with and the agendas to be dealt with in his head.

“Generally, the arrangement of the slaves is all over…”

The liberation of the illegal slaves that Erin and Emilia had brought through the gate and that Eun-hyeon had purchased were all completed.
Underage children were sent to an orphanage under Erin’s guidance.
The other adult men and women concluded a contract in the form of paying wages in exchange for labor in the large-scale farmland of the dukedom in consultation with Alex, providing a temporary means for those who were freed from slavery to live.
It was not free liberation.
Although they say that they freed themselves from the status of slaves, their status as ‘serfs’ was subordinated to the duke’s family, the owners of the farmland.
Although they belonged to the lower class of commoners, people shed tears of emotion at the form of proper wages being paid while being recognized as legitimate private property rights.

– I will definitely, I will definitely repay this grace… Thank you lady.

-The ransom you bought us for working hard, I will definitely pay you back.

Eleanor smiled and nodded her head at the heart of the middle-aged man who held her own hand and thanked her with tears.
All she had done was to bridge the gap between her brother Alex and the slaves sent by her Eun-hyeon and care about improving their treatment.
Still, through her tears, she remembered how she had thanked him, and Eleanor smiled as she recalled in her heart the proud and warm joy she felt then.

Ugh

“Huh?”

While warming up and soaking up sentimentality for a while, the communication crystal ball placed in the drawer of the desk vibrated and sent a signal.
He took out a crystal ball from the drawer and activated it.
Seeing the figure of a man emerging from her crystal ball, Eleanor made a sharp expression.
She was the face of Jess, a former swindler who owes a huge debt to Eun-hyeon and is currently running both an adventurer and a trading company.

[Oh! Mm, Mister! Have you been healthy?]

“Yes. What happened?”

Eleanor gave a simple nod of her head and was greeted by Jess.
This is only the third communication between the two, who normally do not communicate often except when something is going on.
Eleanor wondered why he had contacted her directly, and she immediately got down to business.
Through herself, she could only think of when she was going to ask Eunhyeon for something.
She stared at Jiss in her crystal ball, thinking that if she was going to ask an absurd favor, she would do it on her own.
She is a person with a history of trying to scam Eun-hyeon in the first place.
Although Eun-hyeon said that he was strangled by holding his breath thoroughly to prevent him from cheating again.
However, from Eleanor’s point of view, there was no way she would have a good impression on Jess.

[Did I do something wrong? Are you living a really nice life these days? I also donate to the adventurer’s guild or nursery school.]

Perhaps because Eleanor’s gaze was sharp, Jess asked with a nervous expression.
Like a mouse placed in front of a cat, his expression, full of fear, was very pitiful.

“No. It’s not like that, tell me.”

[…]

As if there was nothing to complain about, Jis couldn’t speak easily due to his sharp, wary gaze.

[Are there only strong women like this around that nobleman…? ?]

“I beg your pardon?”

[Oh, nothing! I didn’t say anything!]

At Eleanor’s question, raising her eyebrows, Jess reacted exaggeratedly, startled.
Her memory of seeing Erin knocking down the members of the Krasir Guard Knights one-on-one during Mo Graf’s support for change in the past came to her mind, and Jiss slapped and cursed at her unconscious mutter.

“… If you have something to say, do it quickly.”

[Oh, I see… Whoa…]

From the point of view of Jess, who did not know Eleanor in bed, Eleanor was more frightening than Erin.
After taking a small deep breath, Jis opened his mouth with a serious expression.

[In fact, there is one thing I would like to inform you about.]

“… Report?”

[Yes. That… There is a business partner I met while cheating and swindling rookie adventurers…]

“… Keep talking.”

Eleanor relaxed her frown at Jess’ whistleblower story and listened intently.

◆ ◆ ◆

Afternoon when the weather was clear and sunny.
The square of the Armitas Territory was very lively.
The district designated as a shopping street is lined with various places such as restaurants, smithy that sells weapons and armor, and alchemy workshop that sells potions and medicines.

“It’s very lively…”

Erin made a strange expression as she walked down the bustling street.
Before she left for her trip, the streets that were familiar until about 3 months ago were suddenly filled with various buildings.
Apart from the fact that there are so many people walking on the streets, they are very diverse, regardless of their social status, such as adventurers, merchants, nobles, and commoners.
It is also questionable that countless buildings were built in a short period of three months, and that such a large population can be concentrated.

“It’s thanks to the great support from the duchy.”

Currently, the adventurer’s guild of the dukedom is the most preferred place for newbies in the kingdom of Pernias as a starting point.
It is known as the best place for newbies to build a lot of careers, from basic equipment and potion support to various benefits such as fee waivers.
That’s how adventurers started to focus on one place, and as various businesses related to adventurers entered, the commercial district of Armitas is currently very active.

“Even though… If you look at it like this, you won’t fall for Pernin at all now, do you?”

As Erin continued to maintain her quizzical expression, she asked Alvin, who was walking with them.

“Well, it’s because I never had a chance to see Pernin’s sight properly.”

Ever since her death, she had never wandered around Pernine in broad daylight, and for Elvin, there was no memory of any other street that could be compared with the current Armitas.

“It is, but…”

So as Erin was perplexed by the suddenly lively streets of her mall, she pulled Elvin’s hand and the younger girl pointed to her stalls.

“Brother! That! I want to try that!”

“Okay. Don’t run.”

Seeing her own brother take her steps, Erin cast her exasperated gaze at her silent nod and as her girl led her.

“…”

No words came out at the sight of Elvin carefully taking care of a half-elf girl with long, thin ears of a special shape, but now hiding her true identity with her magic.
It was still a shocking sight for Erin to see her playing with Elvin, giving her Eris a ride on her wooden horse.

“Thank you.”

“Hehe, brother! The younger siblings are very pretty! Come again! I will give you a lot of service!”

“Yeah, I will.”

Alvin took an envelope full of freshly baked whole loaves, paid for her, and she nodded awkwardly at the smiling stall owner’s greeting.
She bent her knees on the spot, squatted down, and took out one of her steaming whole loaves.

“It’s hot, so you have to eat carefully.”

“Yes! Ah~.”

Eris, who was smiling brightly and opening her mouth, put a piece of bread into her mouth, and Eris blew her mouth with a surprised expression.

“Huh, heuhuhuhyo! (It’s hot!)”

“So, eat carefully.”

Seeing the little girl flustered and jumping around in place, the people around her laughed as if she was cute.
In the midst of that, the only person who can’t laugh is Erin.

“Huh, if someone you don’t know sees it, would you think her sister is Eris?”

“Why are you quarreling all of a sudden?”

Alvin, who had been calm, frowned at the words and actions of her sister, who suddenly grumbled with a disapproving look.

“Be as good to me as you are to Eris. It’s really ridiculous.”

“Are you saying that I should treat you the same as Eris? Say something that makes sense.”

“Oh, why doesn’t it make sense!”

At Erin’s whimper, Alvin let out a small sigh, and she took out her full bread from the bag and held it out to Erin’s mouth.
Erin asked, frowning slightly at her brother’s behavior.

“… What are you doing?”

“Do ‘Ah~.'”

“What?”

“Isn’t this what you wanted to be treated like Eris?”

The moment she heard those words, goosebumps ran through Erin’s entire body.
When Erwin kindly puts her pastry into her own mouth, and she imagines herself accepting it with a big smile like Eris, she can’t help but cringe.
If Erin’s current appearance had been transformed into a nine-tailed fox, her nine tails and beast-like ears would make her fur stand up with goosebumps.

“Ha, don’t! Never do it! If you do, I will hit you!”

Erin said that she was ugly to herself all the time, but it wasn’t just because she was disappointed that Eris was taking care of her carefully.
She felt that her feelings more than regret were irritation.
Just by watching her older brother, whom she had seen for a long time, kindly take care of Eris by her side.
Because her chest itched and her limbs shriveled up, her irritability rose to the point where she couldn’t stand it.

“… Whatever?”

“Don’t do it! Don’t ever do something nice to me! She almost lost her limbs!”