Chapter 69 – 5. Helen (8)
Looking at the group of giant wagons called Ruth Mercenary, Loa realized again that the wagon the Count had given them was really of a high quality.
Carriages squeaking and creaking. Four of those big and powerful pack horses clung to each other and pulled them, but they seemed to be having a hard time.
The closer we got, the more difficult the situation became.
The carriage was so huge that it was blocking the road.
“If it’s about the size of a person, it might be possible to pass through, but no matter how small our wagon is, this is impossible.”
She frowned and glared at the upper carriage.
“This is not ethical. Originally, the tacit rule was to make wagons big enough to get out of the way when facing each other on the highway, but they violated that rule in order to increase the amount of transportation.”
It was unreasonable to go forward to meet the head of the guild.
“I think I need to think again. Even though it is not a matter stipulated by law, it seems that he is not a trustworthy opponent when he sees that he violates the tacitly promised rules.”
“But I’ve already approached you like this, are you okay?”
“Certainly… I’m sorry, I think I put you two in danger with my poor judgment.”
Rarely seen, the maid glared in front of her with a very stiff expression on her face, breaking out in a cold sweat.
“How dangerous is it?”
“I don’t know. Even if this is in a foreign country, it may not go as far as the worst situation as it is the upper tier belonging to the count’s territory, but rather, it may be silenced.”
“If you are silent…”
She squeezed the reins in her hand tightly and tightly.
“You may die or be sold into slavery”
“…”
Seeing her look very nervous, Roa asked cautiously.
“It’s not confirmed yet, is it?”
The maid answered with a gulp and swallowing her saliva.
“Yes, it may be a mistake. But it’s hard to think that people who don’t even follow these basic rules are normal people…”
“What do you think should be done?”
“I just think that you wouldn’t have found it, and I think it’s best to follow slowly without widening or narrowing the distance like this.
But unfortunately, that wish seemed to have gone overboard.
Armed men were coming behind, along either side of the wagon.
Loa, who was very nervous, saw several familiar faces among those who headed back.
“Uh?”
“Roa? What’s going on?”
“No, maybe things will work out easier than I thought.”
Loa stepped out in front of her driver’s seat, smiling broadly and waving her hand.
“Misters! It’s been a while.”
“Huh?”
Several of those who came after her saw Loa’s face and reacted to her.
They were none other than the mercenaries of the Black Wolf Mercenary Corps that Yuria had saved before.
“Isn’t it Loa? She told me to meet her in the Dwarf Village, what happened? Karna was very upset.”
“Huh? What is it? Do you know someone?”
“Then she’s the kid. She’s the kid who saved us from those motherfuckers.”
At that, the surroundings started to stir up a little.
“You can trust Ash. He’s not a suspicious guy.
The mercenaries, who were agitated by him for a while, soon began to return to the front.
“How is Karna-nee?”
“Eh tsk. I’m an uncle and Karna is an older sister?”
“Ahaha…”
Maybe it was because I once indirectly even became a woman, so there was definitely a different reaction to that part than before.
Maybe she would have called her an aunt in the past.
“Wait a little. Karna is also here, so there must be good news. More than that, Yuria? Are you feeling better now?”
At that, Loa smiled bitterly and pointed to the inside of her wagon.
Seeing Yuria lying helplessly with a black cloth wrapped around her eyes, he wondered… I looked at Roa.
“Hey, can you?”
“…I’m not feeling very well. I was on my way to Gash because they said that Yuria couldn’t be cured in a human country.”
“What the hell just happened…”
Roa could only answer with a bitter smile.
“Oh my God… Were you acquainted with the Black Wolf Mercenary Corps?”
The maid looked at her with a surprised expression.
“Is that so great?”
“It’s great. The Black Wolf mercenary corps is an AA+ mercenary corps. Counting from the top is faster, so it is a mercenary corps with a large number of talented people and a mercenary group with a very high reliability. Their position in the mercenary world is very high.”
Hee hee, Loa looked at them again.
“I didn’t know they could be so great.”
“Thank God. Thanks to Roan-sama, it seems to be all right.”
“Are they like that?”
The maid answered with a smile.
“It’s not a big deal. Anyone wants to sign a contract with them. If you’re a normal mercenary, your employer would be A, but they are different. They are the position of A. Even if you’re in the Ruth Mercenary, you can’t do anything to the Black Wolf Mercenary Corps. Ruth Mercenary No matter what you say, I will believe the words of the Black Wolf Mercenary Corps more.”
Whoops, she let out a sigh of relief.
“It’s truly heavenly luck. That Loa-sama has mercy on them. That they’re escorting the Rus Merchant Merchant. In particular, the Black Wolf Mercenary Corps is famous for having a strong relationship with them.”
* * *
“Loa!”
Seeing Karna running from afar, Loa is Karna-san! And she waved her hand happily.
“I heard the story. Yuria is very sick?”
Karna held Loa’s hand with a happy but very worried expression.
“It’s a little, no, it’s very serious. It’s not life-threatening, but it could have been dangerous.”
Karna, who looked into the wagon at the sight of such a loa, made a serious expression.
“Can’t you see your eyes?”
“It’s not just the eyes. I can’t hear and my senses are not intact.”
“Oh my god…”
Actually, YuRia didn’t show any reaction even though they were having a conversation so close.
“That’s why you were going to Gacheu…”
It was unknown exactly what race Yuria was, but since she was a distinctly different race from humans, there must have been no place more certain than Gash, where all different races gathered to find a sure cure.
“So, who is this person here?”
“Hello. I am Delis, Countess Baran’s, no, now Lady Yuria’s exclusive handmaid.”
Huh?
Roa was startled. She had always said that she was a maid, but come to think of it, she had never known her name.
She hadn’t even forgotten that she didn’t know.
It was the first time she realized herself that she could have been this insensitive.
“A lady-in-waiting? So, are you a noble?”
“It’s the daughter of an insignificant baron, but it is. It’s nothing compared to the reputation of the black wolf.”
Karna just made a faintly embarrassed expression.
The reputation of the black wolf was obviously great, but he was only an office worker among them.
Of course, that doesn’t mean that other members discriminate against him or look down on him.
It was because they were well aware of the importance of supplies and various office administration-related matters, and that treatment of the wounded was just as important as the battle.
“So… Exactly how is Yuria?”
“The lady’s condition is worse than it looks. Her body composition almost collapsed, and loss of sight and hearing and dulled senses are only after-effects. Even now, if not severe, she is suffering from quite severe pain throughout her body.”
“…”
It didn’t look like that at all, but it still hurts?
“Above all, it is impossible to move properly due to the effects of body collapse.”
“…But wait a minute. Are you a young lady?”
“The Count has adopted Lady Yuria as his adopted daughter. Of course, he acknowledged her marital relationship with Loa-sama, so it will not be used as an arranged marriage for her.”
At that, Karna looked at Delis in disbelief.
A noble then unilaterally joined the family without expecting anything in return?
“You may think so…”
“To?”
“Because it was all revealed in his expression. He must have thought that a nobleman couldn’t do that.”
Karna was hot. Because she was what she was.
“I can’t tell you the details, but Lady Yuria sacrificed so much for the Count. Everything about her is a recompense. No, that light still remains, and she will continue to pay it back in the future.”
“…”
Karna was afraid to ask what happened to Yuria at Delis’s words.
“You’d better not know. It was such a terrible thing that even the young lady lost her memory.”
Karna just gulped and swallowed her saliva, looking at Yuria again.
How many times in a row does that child go through something that is difficult to experience once in her life?
Can you still stay sane?
No, no…
I guess I lost her memory because I couldn’t stand it…
Karna felt very sorry for that little child.
* * *
“Hello. I’m Emilton, the general manager of this trip.”
“Nice to meet you, Ms. Emilton. I am Delis, the handmaid of Count Baran. She is on the move after receiving an important secret command from the Count.”
The famous black wolf was on our side, so the danger was greatly reduced, but I couldn’t be very relieved.
Therefore, she partly emphasized that she belonged to the county of Baran and that she was acting under the command of the count.
To make sure that if we disappear, first of all you will be regarded as suspicious.
If it was another mercenary, you might be able to keep your mouth shut.
But it’s a black wolf It was one of the few mercenaries known for being upright and having the right beliefs.
It is a mercenary group that cannot be silenced with money.
Above all, if it was true that Lord Roa and Lady Yuria had given them grace due to their personalities of having a eunwon relationship, it was clear that the black wolf would protect them without fail.
“But this is troublesome. The Black Wolves are the mercenaries I hired.
“…”
Delis’ brow twitched.
“I have no intention of taking a free ride. We are in a hurry, so if you get out of the carriage even now, I want to go ahead.”
“You know that’s impossible.”
It is truly sophistry.
They were the ones blocking the way, yet they were rather angry…
Clearly, this was dangerous.
If it hadn’t been for the black wolf, it was clear that whatever had happened would have already happened.
“Originally, the unspoken rule must have been that wagons do not cross half of the highway. Are you going to violate that and forcibly block the road and impose a toll?”
“That is that and this is this. And when did you say it was a toll tax?
“…What do you want?”
Emilton rubbed his fingers and smiled.
“We are merchants. We do not do anything that does not make money.”
“It’s foolish. This is what the Count ordered you to do urgently. If you guys had helped with this task, the Count would have given you a great reward. Even so, can you say that you live in the territory you wished for? Count You will never be quiet. You want to lose the big while coveting the small.”
Originally, it would not have been so provocative.
But now the story is different.
Anyway, the strength of Ruth’s upper ranks now comes from the Black Wolf Mercenary Corps. The black wolf mercenaries were on their side.
Because of this incident, the light between the black wolf and the lady may disappear, but for this once, the black wolf will absolutely take their side.
“Above all, this side also has enough force. Who is blocking this task, which should be carried out as quickly as possible, and I don’t know who is coming here. Nevertheless, I was as polite as possible, but I can’t believe you are coming here.”
“Do you think you’ll stay this way if it comes out like that?”
“I won’t be able to. Because you erased the light from the black wolf.”
Emilton flinched and looked at Dellis.
“You’d better think carefully. It’s a waste for us to waste the grace we’ve accumulated on the black wolves just because of this. This time, we’ll pretend we didn’t have each other. You’ve interfered with the count’s work. You’ve blasphemed the count’s family. We I will just quietly follow you two until there is a place where I can overtake you, and after that, we will part ways and we will never meet. If not, it’s a pity, but I’ll have to ask the black wolf to solve the problem.”
“…”
Emilton gritted his teeth, but in the end he lowered his head as if resigned.
“Okay. But please don’t ask for any support. The Black Wolf Mercenary Corps will only protect our upper ranks, and you will not receive a single ember, a tent, or even a grain of food.”
“I hope. I can’t believe what you gave me.”
“Chit!”
Seeing Emilton quickly turn around and leave, Dellis lamented inwardly.
How the hell is Ruth going on, so that such a person is in the middle of the day?
I didn’t intend to take responsibility for this incident, but even so, I intended to report it to the Count.
It seemed necessary to let them know that they needed to reconsider the Ruth Merchant.
After her conversation with him, she was visited by a woman called Karna.
“If you think something unpleasant will happen, tell us. We’ll keep it separate from Eun-won.”
“Are you okay? What the hell did the lady do…”
Karna smiled very bitterly.
“She suffered the worst thing a woman could do…”
“…”
At those words, Delis’ expression became even more bitter.
Didn’t that happen once…
“Apart from saving us, if you think of the hurt that child would have suffered because of us, I’ll just help to some extent.”
“Thank you…”
Although he felt sorry for the young lady, Delis’ thoughts about Loa also changed a little.
It’s normal for a girl of one’s kind to change her mind when she goes through something like that, but seeing that her heart hasn’t changed at all even though she’s been through that not once, not once, it made me wonder if she was the man she chose.
‘Please, your feelings for the young lady. I hope it won’t change for the rest of my life’
2 days later.
Visor! Chaejaeng!!
“Wrong! More explosive!”
“Profit!!”
Loa, who had only just begun to learn how to handle auras, were often trained in handling auras by the Black Wolf’s top mercenaries whenever they had spare time.
“Mercenaries and knights deal with auras differently, so it’s difficult to teach many things, but the basics are similar. That’s why I can’t teach you much. I can only teach you how to deal with auras more effectively.”
“I’m not like a knight.”
“But you’re a nobleman. A nobleman naturally has no choice but to become a knight. One day, you will definitely learn how to become a knight. It’s hard to change how to use an aura once you’ve acquired a habit. So I’ll only teach you ambiguous tricks that can’t even be called basic. No tech”
The trick the mercenary taught him was how to strengthen his muscles with auras.
Can the reaction rate be increased?
Whether it can increase the endurance of the body, etc.
However, it was literally just a very basic trick, not a proper technique.
However, Roa, who even he did not know, was an existence that could not even use a proper aura and could not even be half a penny.
I just awakened my aura through Yuria’s ability. With Yuria’s senses gone, he’s even forgotten how to use that aura.
Loa learned how to deal with Auras and how to deal with Auras to change what kind of changes occur in the body.
Of course… Ruth’s upper ranks protested against this, but it was resolutely cut off as it was a personal thing to do during the break time for each member of the Black Wolf Mercenary Corps.
“If you keep doing that, you will definitely regret it.”
“Are you threatening the black wolf?”
“No way. How dare one of the Merchants threaten the Black Wolf?”
“…”
He looked at the staff at Ruth’s Mercenary with fearful eyes.
As if you know that if you do nonsense, it won’t be fun.
“Something must be dangerous.”
“Is it dangerous?”
“You, not us”
Roa tilted her head at those words.
“Because it looks like you guys are.”
He sighed and put his sword into his scabbard and quietly opened his mouth.
“Training is suspended for a while. Never leave another benefactor alone.”
“Yuria…”
“Because if the top guys are messing around without proof that they did it, we can’t intervene either.”
The caravan made us lose the protection of the black wolves on the condition that we follow them.
Of course. If the upper ranks openly attack us, the black wolf will come out to solve Eunwon.
And that would be the end of Eunwon.
He took something out of his arms and held it out to Loa.
“What is this?”
“It’s paralysis powder. If strange guys attack you, capture them. If it’s the Merchant who attacked you, you should capture them with this and investigate to find out the truth.”
“…”
“It doesn’t matter if you look at it strangely. Originally, this is how our mercenaries fight.
At that, Loa looked at the numbing powder in her hand and nodded.
Come to think of it, paralysis powder was more humane.
Isn’t it poisonous powder that takes away lives?
“Ah. Poison powder and sleeping powder are also available.”
“…”
Do you think you should just think lightly?
