Chapter 220 – Principality of Morph
After the performance, we ate lunch and took a walk around the city to digest our food. Like Morph, I see only furry beasts everywhere.
“Dongma-nim! Now that I think about it, this wasn’t the time to just walk around. As a nun of Kwangmyeongseong Church, this isn’t the time to just watch the prisoners!”
“If you’re not going to watch it, what are you going to do? Are you going to go and pet it? Cat beastmen are cute.”
“It’s not petting, it’s propagation! The time has come to spread Baldur’s greatness to the beastmen.”
Are you going to do missionary work now?
… Suddenly?
Come to think of it, one of Kate’s reasons for visiting Morph was to do missionary work. She never thought that after playing for a while, she would suddenly decide to become a nun. She is an unpredictable nun who can’t even guess what she’s going to do next. Maybe Kate is acting on her instincts rather than on her beasts.
“Go now.”
“Bye.”
“Please go with Mongma.”
She tried to keep quiet, but Kate grabbed my hand and walked out in front of her. Thanks to her, she is a dreamer out of nowhere, but she became involved in missionary work. Wouldn’t I be the only one spreading the faith among the dreamers treated as demons? It’s ironic.
“I’m here to tell you good things-! All the cat-humans who run away from each other! You all look so kind.”
It is a greeting that smells like pseudo-religion from the beginning. The target Kate spoke to were the tabby cat beasts. The moment we approached, the cat beastmen showed their wariness.
“What? A nun and a dreamer…? What a combination.”
“If it’s a pseudo, I’ll kill it!”
It’s such an odd combination that it must look odd. It’s rare for a nun and a dreamer to go together.
In the eyes of those gangsters, we looked like a gang of blonde couples.
“I’m not from a cult, I’m from Gwangmyeongseong Church! The dreamer here is also a member of the church. It is the only church on the continent that has succeeded in making a dreamer a follower. Our church is taking care of all different races with love. .”
Oh, did you bring me there to use it for publicity? I took the cross inside my robe and showed it to the prisoners. Recite a prayer as lip service.
“Eh… Father Baldur. Thank you very much for calling me on this blessed day and making me a child to worship.”
When the prayer was recited, the cat beastmen made a fuss.
It was a rare sight to see like a dreamer serving a god.
“You succeeded in converting the dreamer?!
“Holy Incubus…! It’s refreshing!”
“I’m holding a cross, but it’s not burning!”
It has certainly succeeded in attracting attention. As the saying goes, paddle when the water comes in, so Kate quickly jumped out in front of her and fell over her.
“Baldur leads all continents to heaven! This is your chance to buy a ticket to heaven when you die!”
“Um… I’m not really interested in going to heaven. I just want to eat well and live well.”
“Aren’t you interested in heaven? The faith of blessings prepared for those of you! Believing in Baldur will help your health. He bestows grace on his followers and drives away sickness.”
It is true that it is actually good for health. Members of Kwangmyeongseong Church are said to live several years longer than the average life expectancy of continental people. It is said that the god Baldur, who has an immortal body, shares his life force like grains of grain with his followers.
“Oh… That’s tempting. I’ll think about becoming a believer.”
“New members are always welcome! There’s a church branch here at Slug too. Father Lohengrin is probably in charge.”
In an instant, Kate succeeded in getting the cat beasts to stomp religious activities.
The cat beastmen listened to us and went straight to the church in Slug.
“Dreammaster! How was I? Didn’t your voice tremble?”
“Good job. Bringing me was an excellent choice.”
“Hehe. Please continue to work as our church’s public relations ambassador, Mr. Dream.”
Seeing how we fight each other, Kate and I are indisputably a couple scammers.
If it hadn’t been for spreading the religion, he might have been wanted.
I went back to Kate and her waiting party.
“Kay, is evangelism over?”
“Yes, sister!”
Rebecca hugged Kate from behind her. Laughter naturally flows from the appearance of the girls who are skinship without fault.
Bella’s sister also sneaked up to her and nudged Kate’s cheek.
“Kate’s sister’s cheeks are softer than those of the beasts. They look just like baby skin. It makes me want to bite her cheeks. Whoa…”
“I’ll bite you for money.”
“Yu, was it paid?”
Pay me to bite Kate’s cheek? It’s a tempting story, so a hand goes into her pocket.
I’ve been wanting to bite that plump nun’s cheek for a long time.
“I’m kidding! You shouldn’t have teeth marks on her cheeks. Take your hands out of her pockets, you dreamer.”
“Cabi.”
A sigh came out of my heart. Did you say no from the start?
Before going back to the accommodation, we decided to pack some souvenirs in the city. I’ve been on a foreign trip, but I can’t go back empty-handed. In Slug’s main street, we visited a shop selling tourist souvenirs.
“Welcome, human guests! There’s also a dreamer youth mixed in. The brown-haired wife over there looks familiar…?”
“I lived at Slug before. I must have met you then.”
“Ah…! It’s the receptionist who used to work at the adventurer’s office. You’ve got a bigger body than before.”
The old grandpa store owner introduced us to the store’s souvenirs.
“This purple flower bracelet costs 50 coppers.”
“Yes? It’s a flower bracelet, but why is it so expensive? With that money, I can eat ten bowls of hot soup.”
“Heh heh… Incubus young man! I don’t know what rice soup is, but stop talking about rice soup and listen to me. The purple flower bracelet contains the spirit of Great Forest. Small blessings will come to the person who becomes the owner.”
It contains the spirit of Daesilim = It was made by picking flowers that bloomed in Daesilim. It seems to mean roughly that. The price is a bit steep, perhaps because of the tourist specials. How much are you hitting on the original price?
“How much is that statue of a squirrel with horns over there?”
“It has eyes to see! That’s a statue of Ratatosque, the Goddess of the Morph Kingdom! It’s something I carved myself after visiting the World Tree.”
Ratatosque is a spirit creature that protects the World Tree. A giant squirrel that climbs up and down the World Tree every day to eat pests. It was something worth buying at this corner store-like souvenir shop.
“The price is 50 silver.”
“Why?”
“There’s a reason they’re all expensive! It’s a sculpture made from a rare ore found only in Morph. It’s called Azurite Ore, and even if you calculate the material cost, it’ll cost 40 silver.”
50 silver to buy a souvenir?
In fact, the price was not too burdensome for me to earn gold coins through quests. But no matter how much I think about it, this old man smells like a cheater. All stones that are treated as rare ores on the continent contain mana.
I can’t feel mana from that blue statue. It means that another ore with a similar appearance was used as a material. Who is this crook trying to fool?
I deliberately left my robe and magic wand at the dorm because it was my day off.
I never thought I’d meet a merchant who cheated against a wizard.
It was when he was contemplating how to properly educate the old store owner.
“What’s your name?”
“It’s Rickel. Do you have something to say? Dark-haired lady.”
“Mr. Rickel. That’s not an azurite ore, but a sculpture made by carving a similar product, ‘ultramarine’. The material cost should be around 40 copper, not 40 silver.”
Bella, who had been quietly watching, intervened between us. Even the names of the ingredients were correctly matched, as if it were a clapback shaman. The old store owner was startled as if he had hit the mark.
“I-I used ultramarine? Do you have proof?! Stop the bullshit!”
“I can tell just by looking at it. I’ve seen some people who have been humiliated for bringing counterfeit accessories to social parties.”
Like Bella, who had experience in social circles, she knew a lot about ornaments. Unlike the noble ladies, she had excellent observation skills.
“I can name ten characteristics unique to ultramarine.”
“Hey.”
As Bella scrutinized each and every item, the old store owner became a mute from honey.
Bella asked the store owner, who was completely overpowered, with a smile on her face.
“Mr. Richell, who do you think procures the materials to make the shop’s items?”
“Yes, yes, they are adventurers…”
“Adventurers are cheating with the materials they have shed blood and sweat. It will be difficult to do business in the future.”
When Bella took out her employee ID from her arms and held it out, the old store owner’s face turned white.
“B-Bellatrix? Vice guild master? Oh my God…!”
To the merchants of the continent, the adventurer’s guild was like an all-rounder. Adventurers solve anything on behalf of merchants who can’t go outside the walls. If the relationship with the guild is cut off, there are not one or two shop owners who will immediately become old people in the back room.
“Mi-I’m sorry-!! I didn’t know the precious person! You can take anything from the store for free! Please forgive me for breaking the contract with the guild…!”
The old shopkeeper jumped out of the checkout counter and bowed his head at us. He was thrilled with the quicker change of stance than Udyr.
All of a sudden, she cheated and got caught by Bella. This old man has the worst luck. That’s why you should have done the right thing normally.
It seems that the atmosphere will be roughly like this when the Secret Master appears.
“K! The swindler old man says you can take anything for free.”
“Waaaaa!”
Rebecca and Kate packed all the souvenirs off the shelf. Coincidentally, there was a sack inside the store, so there was not enough space to put it.
These souvenirs are ours now.
We can do whatever we want.
Flower bracelets, sculptures, Morphian traditional food, and beast-man dolls. I put it all in a sack. The store was empty in an instant, as if it had been robbed by a robber.
“Hey, are you going to watch it now?”
“I’ll go back to the office and think about it.”
“Oh, please! I promise I won’t cheat again! Never again!”
Until we left the store, the old shopkeeper knelt down and prayed.
Communist Party or not! It’s like Grandpa Simyoung answering the question.
On the way back to the office, I asked Bella.
“Will you watch it? It’s just that old man.”
“No. I’m going to report it to the guards first. If we leave a cheater like that alone, our guild will get worse.”
“Ha ha, you are relentless.”
It’s also Bella’s sister.
Really relentless!
Soon after receiving a report, the security guards who were dispatched robbed the souvenir shop.
I was able to find the old store owner who was being dragged crying in the east, west, south, and north.
“Huh ahhhhh!
“What kind of back money is that? And Mr. Rickel, it looks like you’ve messed with the other person a lot. We can’t help it either. How the hell did you cheat on a Northern nobleman…”
The taste of power is sweet.
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This is the newly drawn Kate Ruff illustration!!!!!
Cat ears cosplay.
I’ll show you the finished version as soon as it comes out!!
Is he so cute πππππππππππ
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