Chapter 65 – 5. Helen (4)
“What do you mean?”
Loa, who was with her on the second floor of the wagon, shouted at Cashwyn with the door to her driver’s seat open.
To think that the Teberinturts might be related to the request this time.
“Well, didn’t you say that if it’s related to that tribe, it’s better not to get close to women?”
“It’s not certain yet. And it’s reconnaissance, not subjugation.”
If it was just to get rid of the body, Nuri’s ability to fight goblins was enough. That’s why I tried to carry out this request even though I knew it might be a bit dangerous.
“Also, even if it’s an adoption to give a noble title as a gift, isn’t it difficult to ignore him as YuRia’s adoptive father?”
“…”
YuRia just shrugged her shoulders slightly.
“Actually, I’m older, but”
“…”
Cashewyn cleared her throat for a moment and concentrated on driving her wagon.
“Yuria, you don’t seem to be worried at all, do you?”
“There have been a few things that deviated from the predictions I saw in the past, but there won’t be any things that deviate too far from what I’ve seen yet. Above all, it’s easier to deal with if the opponent is a humanoid.”
Being human is more comfortable.
At those words from YuRia, Cashwyn knew a little bit about what kind of life YuRia had been living.
Is a soldier war hero.
From the outside, it looks like it can’t catch a single fish, but that hand must have been stained with hundreds, no thousands, or even tens of thousands of blood.
Thinking like that made that little girl look a bit frightening.
When I think of Yuria dealing with wolves and goblins, I can get a glimpse of her true face.
Thinking about it, it felt like a miracle that Yuria had been through such futility.
It must have happened due to the overlapping of circumstances that were mutually incompatible…
A few days later
When she arrived at the county, Yuria had a strange feeling about her.
She lives in the count’s mansion. She didn’t know when she came out of the county, but when she tried to enter the county, her body flinched.
Like something very scary.
Seeing her like that, she cautiously asked Roa if she was okay, but Yuria could only nod her head as if she was okay while forcing her to hide her displeasure.
If she dares to voice her voice, she won’t be able to hide her feelings in it.
* * *
Arriving at the Count’s territory, we came to the Count’s mansion, guided by the Count’s vassal who had come out to meet us.
I was facing the Count in a slightly awkward atmosphere while receiving a simple (by Count’s standard) refreshment in the drawing room, so the Count started talking first.
“How have you been?”
“There was nothing special about it.”
Yuria, who sipped her tea and moistened her mouth, felt a little difficult about the count she hadn’t seen in a long time.
Her father is younger than her.
I felt like it was more comfortable to deal with when there was no relationship.
“There’s nothing particularly difficult about it. The reason I wanted to adopt you in the first place was to give you the status of a nobleman in order to repay the favor, and since I can’t give you a title that way, making you my adopted daughter was the surest and easiest way. “
“…”
“Actually, I was thinking of proposing to you.”
“!?”
Yuria flinched at the Count’s words?! She looked up at the Count with her frightened rabbit-like eyes, her body curled up.
“To be honest, I want to repay the favor, but I can’t say that I didn’t have a dark mind. If you didn’t have a partner, I would have managed to get married somehow.”
“…”
“But there is nothing to be so wary of. Anyway, it’s basically to repay you for the favor, so I don’t have any desire to take the mate I already have.”
Yuria, who was very nervous and wary of the Count at the Count’s words, softened a little, but the Count made a slightly disappointed expression at the sight of her still being wary.
“You look really good with your current partner.”
“Yes. More than anything in this world. More than myself.”
“I’m envious. My first wife was like that too. That’s why the two daughters she left for me were more precious than anything else…”
With a very sad expression, the count made an expression as if he was trying to hold back tears.
“Count. Has the identity of the poison Yuria suffered been revealed?”
“You mean that drug? It’s an unknown drug.
When YuRia seemed to be about to say something dangerous, Cashwyn hurriedly changed her subject.
The Count also hurriedly moved on to the topic that Cashwyn had turned, recognizing that there was a topic that would remind her of Yuria’s memory.
“The alchemist, the priest, and the Mage Tower all said they couldn’t know about the drug.”
The Count showed me a clear, red drug in a clear, very small vial.
“It’s the poison I left just in case.”
“Did you have a lot of that poison left?”
“Yes. There were quite a few left. Now they are distributed here and there for research, and only this remains.”
YuRia was worried for some reason at those words.
In other words, isn’t that the same as saying that the poison that disabled him spread all over the place?
Of course, since I can’t use my abilities, it’s already too late. After overcoming this poison that made it impossible to use the ability and regaining the ability, I won’t be beaten by the same number again…
“You look worried”
“…”
“One of the experiments with that poison revealed one fact.”
Yuria tilted her head and looked at her count.
“For some reason, when touched by divine power, it turns transparent and turns into normal water. So I prepared it just in case.”
The Count placed a small crystal bottle on the table with his chin.
“It’s holy water. It’s something that was consecrated by a cardinal-class cleric who got it pretty hard.”
Since she couldn’t use her abilities, she couldn’t feel anything, but despite this, she felt as if she could feel an unknown aura.
Then she paused for a moment and she looked at the Count.
“Drink. That’s what you asked for.”
“But, these things…”
“I won’t be able to hold a banquet for a while, but I don’t have to worry as it’s not such an expensive expense.”
Yuria gulped at him, grabbed her bottle, opened the stopper, and drank the holy water at once.
And at that moment thump! She did, and as if she used her powers, the indescribable pain came again.
“!!“
The figure of Yuria, who collapsed on the back of her chair with a thump, looked very serious.
Her pupils were constricted to the fullest, and she lost her place to go and was trembling wildly, and her whole body was stiff and trembling, not being able to breathe properly.
“Yu, Yuria!!”
“Count!? Eh, what the hell happened to this?!”
“Mo, I don’t know! What the hell is this!?”
Tears began to flow from YuRia’s eyes, who couldn’t even close her eyes and her body stiffened and trembled.
It was as if her figure was so painful to move. She seemed unable to even scream, which made Loa’s heart ache so much.
“Uh, how… How can you not?”
“I-I didn’t expect this result. I-If I had known it would be like this, I wouldn’t have recommended holy water…”
The bewildered Count hurriedly ordered the butler to call the priest and looked at YuRia.
“I-I’m not going to die like this!?”
“Don’t say something sinister!!”
Nuri, who was restless at Yuria’s appearance, was suddenly using the same method she had used on Yuria before…
I came to the idea that it would be okay to use a method that recalls Yuria’s prime.
Nuri, who hurriedly looked around, caught her eye on Cashwyn’s staff, which would be the most excellent medium for the goblin’s bat, and immediately grabbed the staff and tried to use her ability.
“Not, Ok… “
“!?”
Is it still trembling yet conscious? Yuria had a very hard time dissuading Nuri.
“Eh, Eun-gong?”
Yuria was still in so much pain that she couldn’t even breathe, and she only trembled and shed her tears, but even in that situation, Yuria stopped her Nuri from using her powers.
The reason was unknown, but Nouri thought there must be a reason and stopped trying to use her powers.
In the long wait where each second felt like a year, everyone became very impatient.
How much time has passed like that
The Count and Cashwyn were forced to go outside at the sight of YuRia soaked in cold sweat, and only Roa, who could be said to be Yuria’s husband, remained by her side, holding Yuria’s hand and somehow giving YuRia a hug. Giving strength, the maids continued to wipe Yuria’s body while taking off her clothes.
Always bringing in new water. The maids hurriedly cut the curtains, cut, sewed, and made clothes to fit Yuria’s body when they heard that the priest had finally arrived. Put on top
Fortunately, the clothes made of curtains were made of relatively thick fabric, so even though she was drenched in sweat, Yuria’s flesh was not visible, and the maid opened the door.
“Where is the urgent patient?”
“This way”
When the door opened, the priest was hurriedly brought into the room under the guidance of the maids, and the Earl and Cashwyn entered the room as well, following the priest.
“Hmm…”
“Poem, priest? Yu, what kind of Yuria is it?”
The priest poured her divine power straight into Yuria’s body without answering Roa’s words, and at that moment Wow!!And finally, her scream came out of Yuria’s mouth.
“Off, HUhUgh… UhUhUghUgh!UhUgh!!”
Seeing YuRia swinging her hands around so wildly and grabbing whatever she could get her hands on, the priest began pouring more divine power into YuRia’s body while cold sweat formed on her brow.
How much divine power did he pour out? YuRia, who had been in pain, gradually regained her reason in those eyes, and although she still looked like she was in so much agony, she seemed to be enduring her pain by clenching her teeth somehow.
“Yuria… Yuria!! I-I’m here!”
“Uh, HuhUgh… To… Ah… “
As if in so much pain, she wept and crushed her chin and her Roa’s hand in YuRia’s grip, and Roa’s hand hurt, but she just held it in.
Compared to the pain YuRia would feel, this wouldn’t be a big deal.
And soon, the priest who had been pouring out her divine power sat down and breathed heavily, wiping the sweat from his forehead.
“What the hell did you do? Even though it’s not a demon, it’s an energy that has the opposite nature of the divine power… I didn’t even know that it had the opposite nature of the divine power until it touched it.”
“I don’t know about that. What the hell happened to my stepdaughter?”
The priest muttered at that and looked down at Yuria again.
“I don’t know for sure, but it seems that I feel extreme pain when my body moves even a little bit. Even the flow of blood flowing through my body is enough to cause a normal person to faint…”
“How to fix it?”
“I need to take her to the temple right now and pour a large amount of holy power. To be honest, if an ordinary person suffered this much pain, it would be normal for him to have died already.”
Cashwin waggled a finger at him and called for Nuri.
“To?”
“You and I carry out the request. Allen and Loa follow the Count to the temple.”
Norie tried to protest, but when Cashwyn quietly raised her hand with a serious expression to signal a pause, Norie paused.
“Count. Actually, we came for a request.”
“If it’s a request, could it be that orc problem?”
“First of all, Count, I want you to take Yuria, Allen, and Roa to the temple. Yuria’s work is the same, but this time is unusual.”
The Count grinned at him and nodded his head.
“Loa-kun. Hug YuRia and follow me. I’ll leave right now for the temple.”
At the words of the Count, Roa just thought that Yuria should be treated quickly, and hurriedly picked up Yuria, and the Count and the priest hurriedly went down to the prepared carriage.
After that, Allen followed and Nuri, who was left in the room for a while, gave a strong shot at Cashwyn, who was left in the room together.
“What the hell, why are you leaving Eun-gong behind on this mission?”
“Even so, I was going to go out with you anyway.”
“What did you say?”
“Didn’t you do that at the hot spring before? You’re also a man.”
Nuri kept her mouth shut.
“Roa is still a beginner, so you should stay by Yuria’s side to stabilize her.
“But…”
“And you need the count’s guarantee to enter the temple anyway. Even without the count’s guarantee, you can still enter, but it will take a long time. In that case, it’s better for us to solve the count’s troubles while leaving Yuria to the count. He feels grace toward Yuria, but he is also the owner of a land. If I had to choose between this land and Yuria, I would choose the land.”
At those words, Nuri quietly shut her mouth.
“If we want YuRia to be treated comfortably, we have to leave.”
It hurts…
It hurts! It hurts!! It hurts!!!
Even just breathing in, my throat and lungs were in excruciating pain, as if I was inhaling sand instead of air.
Even the slightest movement of her body caused tremendous pain, as if sharp metal powder had been sprinkled on every joint and muscle fiber.
Surprisingly, this level of pain was the result of the priest coming and showering me with divine power, reducing the pain.
At first, it was To the extent that I couldn’t even express where and how it hurt.It hurts!!There was no other emotion than that.
Thoughts too. The ability to think and everything else was gone, and in a situation where only the feeling of pain and suffering was left, the pain was reduced to the point where I could think at least this much.
Next to me, Loa was restlessly holding my hand with a worried expression on her face, and even though she had already used up all of her holy power and ran out of energy, the priest spread some of her holy power to me intermittently.
“HuhUgh… !HeheUgh!!”
“Yuria…”
Rumble -!!
“Knock off?!“
When the wagon roared with a rattling sound, I only knew that my heart stopped for a moment.
Grinding my teeth and gripping Roa’s hand as hard as I could, I trembled for a long time at the intense pain that I couldn’t even describe.
Even the shaking of the body hurt so much that I couldn’t calm down, but instinctively I already felt it.
You need to take the strength out of your body. The more you strain your body, the more it hurts.
I forced myself to take a deep breath and tried desperately. To somehow calm down and take the strength out of the body.
Would he have been able to endure without Loa holding his hand by his side?
No. Even with Loa, this pain was so hard right now.
But,
Still, because Roa was by her side, Yuria could not come out until she asked to kill her.
Even for the sake of her loa holding her own hand, Yuria somehow desperately held on to her will to live.
Like that, every time the carriage rattled, Yuria was getting more and more tired as she went back and forth between her life and death.
Her own stamina was already almost exhausted before her fuse came.
Now, this pain was an existence that killed himself but also saved him.
Even though it seems like she will lose consciousness and die right away, it hurts so much that I wake up.
Third Forest.
The sea kingdom of Shelton and the heterogeneous alliance of Gash. And it is the name of a huge forest where these three kingdoms, the Ents where the damn barbarians live, are in contact at the same time.
It is also a hotbed of monsters teeming with all kinds of monsters, and the forest itself is a border and land without an owner.
I wonder if even the elves gave up living in this forest.
“I’ve heard it a lot, but this place is more magical than I thought.”
“Yes. To be honest, if you calculate the total width of the Third Forest, which spans three countries separately, it’s about the same as the entire area of a fairly decent kingdom.”
And only Sister Nell knows what lies at the heart of the Third Forest.
I had asked Sister Nell what it was after seeing it, but Sister Nell hadn’t taught it to herself either.
But not a dragon.
When asked if there were dragons, he clearly answered no.
It hadn’t been long since he had been to the forest, but he had already encountered orcs several times.
Shaggy brown hairs on green skin. A head reminiscent of a wild boar. Thick neck. Bulky belly with a wide body. Thick limbs.
Many people thought that Orcs were dull because of their appearance, but Orcs had thick limbs, not short ones.
In addition, thanks to that bulging stomach, it was difficult to turn a serious wound into a fatal one.
Like a wild boar, the orc’s charge speed was very fast.
That’s why, if you make a mistake, there were many cases where you were killed by the rush of the orcs before the battle with the orcs.
Many people thought that he was no big deal when he was called an orc, but that was not the case.
Even veteran adventurers were wary of orcs. Surprisingly, orcs were the most common cause of death among adventurers.
Even a normal wild boar is classified as a beast of prey, but what about an orc that is more dangerous than that?
Of course, it is true that an Orc is not that dangerous a monster to most adventurers or mercenaries, as long as it somehow stops its characteristic charge.
The only weapons they have are thick wooden clubs they found somewhere or crude stone axes made with clumsy workmanship.
However, it was not as easy as being an Orc after his feet stopped. That bulging belly fat that made the orcs misunderstand that they were weak monsters was a major feature that made it difficult for them to inflict fatal wounds on orcs.
“That’s strange”
“Yeah, this is weird”
Quite a few of the thoughts people had about orcs were misunderstood, but there was a part that was almost right about one thing.
Just like a pig.
The only difference is that people misunderstand the beast called pig.
Pigs are smarter and more hygienic than you think.
“Something doesn’t match the behavior patterns of orcs at all.”
“…”
Orcs’ behavior patterns are similar to those of wild boars.
The only difference is that they are slightly more sociable than boars and live in groups.
“Isn’t this more like the behavior pattern of an ant than a wild boar?”
No matter how you look at it, it was clear that something was forcing the orc to act.
