Chapter 343 – 343. Newbie Adventurer (3)
‘I heard that many aristocratic families collapsed, and they also perished along with them.’
Erin was also familiar with the outcome of the massive incident, in which Eunhyeon moved behind the scenes to create a situation and Aether conducted the investigation and wiped out all the nobles who had committed corruption within the kingdom of Pernias.
As the corruption in the family is revealed, the children belonging to the fallen aristocratic family also fall together.
Losing their position, property, and personal connections, and degraded to the status of commoners, they scattered in various directions.
Someone who managed to have talent in commerce or management started a business, tried to seek asylum in a foreign country, or even a pitiful situation in which they ended up on the street without showing any talent.
‘I can’t believe they became adventurers.’
Among them, the path chosen by the young aristocrats and their children is ‘adventurer’.
Due to the nature of the Kingdom of Pernias, the nobles who naturally possess a large amount of magical power are one of the great merits for newbies who have just become new adventurers.
In addition, he may have looked down on the job of an adventurer as the easiest way to rise in status at once, or to play and eat comfortably, aiming for a chance to make a fortune.
‘How on earth did he get involved with Cheol-ho?’
When I heard the story, it seemed that I was caught in the trap of selling a cheap weapon with a defect at a high price at a high price.
It is also true that it is not easy for newbies who are inexperienced in all aspects, such as experience, discernment, and judgment ability to respond appropriately to the situation, to escape from the tricks that are determined and walked.
‘It’s annoying.’
In fact, Erin had a sour expression on her face.
I had no intention of leaving the group of people openly committing robbery inside the duchy, but I had no desire to solve the case for them.
No, it’s my true intention that I don’t want to get involved with these past bad relationships from the time I was in Aether.
Erin was able to claim that she was living a happy and successful life in her own way, as she quit Aether and reunited her with her brother.
But she calmly stared at her classmates from the past, who were experiencing the downfall of her life, the exact opposite of herself.
There was no feeling of exhilaration or joy at all.
She’s just pathetic and annoying that she doesn’t want to be involved anymore.
Without saying a word, only glances passed between Erin and them as they stared at each other.
As Erin stared at them without saying anything about their treatment, they hardened their faces and gulped in nervousness, unable to utter a word.
“Do you know someone?”
Elvin, who was holding Eris’s hand belatedly, asked Erin from a distance.
“…”
Erin couldn’t easily answer Elvin’s question.
If she explains that they were the leading figures in Aither’s school life where they were looked down upon, ridiculed and ostracized, they were made.
Alvin’s reaction was obvious.
Even Erin knows how much Elvin cares for her, even though she always seems to be indifferent to herself by arguing with her.
If she hadn’t cared for her in the first place, her brother would not have made the extreme choice of killing her father himself two years ago and making a backdoor deal with her duke’s family.
After finishing the thought in her head, Erin calmly shook her head.
“No, they are strangers.”
“… !”
Although the adventurer newbies flinched at being openly treated as people who did not know them.
Beyond that, there was no reaction whatsoever.
Erin wondered if they recognized her Elvin’s true identity, though she was concerned.
Fortunately, they didn’t seem to recognize Alvin’s identity.
Unconsciously, she seems to have uttered something that hinted at her family connections, and they didn’t seem to be in a hurry to hear it.
“Ugh… Ugh…”
Soon, Erin turned her gaze to Cheolho, who was moaning on the floor.
“… Let’s go.”
He left the former aristocrats sitting on the ground and the current adventurer newbies and moved on.
“Hey, hey!”
Erin, who was about to turn her back and walk toward the entrance of the alley where Elvin and Eris are, was stopped by a male newbie.
Perhaps she didn’t know that she was going to talk to her, Erin also made a sullen expression, slightly frowning at her.
She then looked back and stared at the male newbie who hurriedly rose from the floor.
“Why?”
“… I want you to help me.”
“What?”
“These guys sold us defective, cheap weapons at high prices and overcharged us. And they tried to shut our mouths with the coercive means of violence. I am formally protesting the actions of these people to the Adventurer’s Guild and the Duke’s family…”
“I didn’t ask because I didn’t understand what you were saying.”
Erin didn’t let go of her sullen expression as she cut off the male newbie.
“Why do I have to do your favor?”
Erin felt that it was absurd to see them proudly ask her for help.
Did she really think that if she asked for her help, she would accept the request herself?
Why does she have such thoughts?
“That…”
Erin’s callous response left the male newbie speechless with her.
I couldn’t find the look of the past when I was looked down on, ignored, and even stabbed.
If the current Erin is an absurd person, she is not a good person who helps anyone.
She is someone who can put her own personal feelings first.
Erin’s gaze as she stares at herself with her cold eyes is sharp enough to leave her male newbie speechless.
Erin didn’t even think to listen to the male newbie’s excuse before she turned her back and walked out of her alley.
“Who are you?”
“…”
She held Eris’s hand, and Erin did not answer the question of Elvin who followed.
Alvin didn’t miss the subtle air current that flowed as they stared at each other with her stiff face.
While guessing her general circumstances, the reason she dared to ask Erin her question was to ask why she pretended not to know and left her post, neglecting even the members of her team that she had defeated. .
“I know how my brother will turn out.”
Even though she sees it, she can’t let Alvin sit still for those who did bad things to him.
When Erin didn’t answer, Alvin stopped her.
“…”
“Alvin Oh… Bar?”
Elvin, who was holding her hand, suddenly stopped her steps, and Eris, who was looking up at Alvin’s face in a puzzled way, put on a puzzled expression.
It was because Alvin’s face began to harden when he roughly realized who they were.
It was the moment I let go of Eris’ hand, turned her back, and tried to walk back to the alley where the newbie adventurers were.
“Don’t do it.”
It was none other than Erin’s voice that stopped Alvin’s steps.
Elvin, frowning at her, questioned Erin’s calm expression.
“Leave them alone?”
“Huh.”
“I can’t do that.”
Their clothes were shabby equipment like newbie adventurers, but their attitude and tone were unmistakably those of nobles.
Like Erin, attending and graduating from Aither, there was no way Alvin wouldn’t recognize the tone and attitude she’d grown tired of hearing over the years.
It is said that they lost their family status, property, and personal connections and became commoners, making a living as newbie adventurers, but that is the price they paid for the corruption and mistakes they have committed so far.
It was Alvin’s thought that her retribution had not yet been paid for her cruel treatment of her own sister, Erin.
“Brother, I am fine.”
“What is okay?”
“We are very happy right now.”
Erin smiled.
Her brother, who had once left her, was brought back to life, and the salvation she thought would never come came to her.
Now, she enjoys the fact that there are many good people around her and is living a fulfilling and happy life every day.
“There is no need for us to do anything more.”
The thought of wanting to do anything more did not come to those who were already experiencing the bottom of their lives.
No, my true intention is that I don’t want to be involved anymore.
Upon hearing her sister’s words, Alvin dissipated her accumulated anger and loosened her frown.
“… I get it.”
“Huh.”
“Brother. Are you okay now?”
“Okay. Thank you for your concern.”
She again looked down at Eris as she cautiously moved closer to her and held her own hand, and Alvin nodded her head with an apologetic look on her face.
“Brother, take Eris.”
“You?”
“… Because I can’t leave them alone.”
It wasn’t about the adventurer newbies who were now fallen sons of former nobles.
It refers to an adventurer’s guild called Cheolhodan, who is doing bad things against newbie adventurers in the Armitas Territory.
Somehow, it turned out to be a form I really didn’t like, helping the bad ties of the past that I didn’t want to get involved with.
Even now, the situation that many newbies would be scammed could not be ignored.
It’s just that many of the newbies have a bad relationship with Erin, but not all newbies who might be getting scammed have a bad relationship with Erin.
“Be nice and go.”
“Joy. Director Nam. You’re not going to help.”
Erin grunted at her and chastised her at her own brother.
“I’ll bring Eris back to Derkin and come back.”
“Huh?”
At Erwin’s unexpected answer, Erin opened her eyes wide and asked back.
“… Didn’t you mean to help?”
What kind of change of heart did she have in Elvin, who had not been away from Eris’ side until recently, and who had not shown any active activities, saying that her magical power was a waste?
“Sometimes trust this oppa.”
“You have to believe, believe…”
Erin narrowed her eyes and glanced at Alvin.
Despite Erin’s stinging eyes, Alvin didn’t care at all and continued her words.
“If it’s dealing with those who are causing trouble in this territory, the story will be different. The supply of magical power can also be supplied through Eleanor-sama.”
If you receive a high-quality magic stone from Eleanor and the duke’s family, you can replenish the magical power consumed through the use of imaging.
Although there is a difference in efficiency and financial issues between receiving supply from Eun-hyeon, who signed a direct subordination contract, and supplementing magic power through directly smelting magic stones.
It wasn’t a duke’s family that couldn’t even show this level of consideration for Erwin.
“Brother. Are you going to punish bad people?”
“Okay. Eris. I have to go to a dangerous place with Erinn, so let’s go home first.”
“Yes.”
Eris smiled and nodded her head right away.
Soon, part of Erwin’s shadow fell and was absorbed into the shadow beneath Erin’s feet.
“I planted my shadow inside your shadow. With this, if you’re within a certain distance, you can determine your location.”
The scope of the pursuit is wide enough to cover the entire territory.
Erin, having been explained her ability with Elvin’s angiography, put on a sullen expression as if she didn’t like something about her.
“What is your expression? That is?”
When he was trying to express how thick he was, Alvin asked.
“Just… Being able to pinpoint my location from afar… Upset. Oppa is like a stalker now.”
“…”
“Did I just think of Gerard-sama?”
“What kind of impression is that person in your head?”
“A great hero, but a strange one.”
Even though it was a very good first impression with the appearance of a gentleman armed with formality and manners.
Gerard, who had been proposing to herself for the first time and had fallen for a rude impression, was a very ambiguous evaluation in Erin’s head.
‘Furthermore…’
-Anyway, the lady… Are you a virgin?
“…”
Erin remembered what Gerard had said to her in her past, and inadvertently blushed at her.
It was because she had heard an explanation of the meaning from Illyana.
But even though she’s heard the worst disrespectful question for a woman.
Erin was in her own mind not being able to see Gerard so badly.
He was a very rude and frivolous person, but somehow I couldn’t hate him.
Alvin let out a small sigh and asked again.
“So? What are you going to do?”
Erin answered her question obediently, ignoring her criticism.
“I’ll reach out to Eleanor-sama.”
As if they were carrying the prestige of the guild called Cheolhodan, to which they belonged.
Erin also planned to actively utilize the background that existed behind her.
Erin activated the telephonic magic imprinted on her earring.
The diamond jewelry on her earrings vibrated slightly, indicating that communication with the recipient was connected.
[Erin? What’s the matter?]
“Miss Eleanor. There is something I want to talk to you about urgently.”
[Consulting?]
“Yes. It’s a guild called Cheolhodan. I caught the top of this guild overpricing newbies with defective weapons and selling them at a high price to scam them?”
[…]
After hearing Erin’s explanation, Eleanor kept her silence and spared her words.
Erin quietly waited for Eleanor’s reaction, as she seemed to be organizing her thoughts in her head, as if there was something she could guess from her explanation.
