Chapter 504 – Disrupting Species (8)
I blinked my eyes at the catchy name.
“Uh… Isn’t it a ghost town with ghost monsters?”
“Oh, of course not. Its origins are somewhat obscure, but the interior is an ordinary, abandoned old town. What would you like?”
“Grunt.”
All of us are lying down in the carriage, so there is no place to sleep. A night in the desert is too cold and dangerous.
‘It’s not even worth worrying about.’
For crossing this great desert, nothing has happened the past few days. I said with a wry smile.
“I can’t help it. Let’s go there.”
“Thank you for your understanding.”
As if drawn by my bitter smile, Beim went straight to the admiral’s work.
I scanned his figure as he turned around with Odin’s eyes, then smiled at my suspicious illness.
‘… It’s not a trap.’
Insensitivity to safety is also a problem, but the disease of suspicion is also serious at this point.
Well, isn’t this incident also part of the trip? I patted the discouraged Lari Lura and explained to her group what was going on.
“Oh, is it true? It’s a relief that the wagon wheel didn’t break.”
“Because it’s wooden, so if it was broken, we wouldn’t have been able to repair it.”
The wives who understood the situation with a positive mind went into the carriage and waited.
“Repair complete! Let’s go!”
Exactly two and a half hours later, we turned the reins of the wagon to the ghost town.
Maybe it was thanks to Beim, who was trying to make up for his mistake, focused while glaring at his eyes. While moving to the ruined city, it was never again that I was caught in the question of whether it was an egg or a trap.
“This is it.”
Arriving at the abandoned city and disembarking, I looked around and pursed my lips at a slightly eerie feeling.
A combination of a local guide guiding you through the desert at night and a collapsed city spread out behind him.
Am I the only one who thinks it’s like a prologue to a horror genre, like suddenly having a problem with a car?
“Hey, hee hee…”
Fortunately, I was not the only one, and Tirthy clung to me behind me, shaking her legs. The clenched wand is pitiful.
It was something she would never do. Are the people of this world afraid of ghosts too?
Well, even here, the existence of the afterlife has not been proven.
“Tirshi. You can sleep in the wagon alone. If you explode magic with an amount of mana that you can’t control for no reason… “
“Together!!! Let’s sleep together! Let me sleep with you!”
I didn’t mean to make fun of you. I answered yes and took the lead to lead the party.
“Ah, everyone. This city was destroyed decades ago and left unattended, so if you see a water source, do not touch it.”
Beim, who followed and gave directions, spoke as if telling the party.
“All the wells that are pumped from the oasis have been stagnant for a long time and are polluted, so they are practically poisonous.”
“… Yes. It seems so.”
The water pipe seems to have burst, and there are purple and black puddles in the distance. I don’t know if it’s really safe.
Beim, who was pulling the wagon by the reins, said as if he had no face.
“Still, it will be better than the middle of the desert where monsters can gather. With regular caravans coming and going, you can also rent a tidy shelter. There may be some passengers, but… “
“… Be a passenger I’m sure there are a few of them.”
“Yeah?”
I raised my arm and stopped Beim and the others.
Frank, who has a sensitive ear, seemed to have been waiting for my response, and came forward right away. It was heart-wrenching like a married couple.
Since the desert sky was so clear, the old ruined city that rose beneath it was ironically darker. It was as if the scene looking down on the night sky from an airplane had been turned upside down.
Fran and I put our hands on our weapons and looked at one place.
There is a sign of a person between the building and the dried tree.
“Who are you? If you stay hidden, you will only live in false suspicion.”
I spoke without lowering my guard.
It’s not like a monster. It is an eye that observes with cool intelligence. In the darkness where the light of the stars did not reach, someone had spotted us first and was watching us carefully.
The reason why I didn’t enter the battle posture at all was because the other person didn’t hold their breath either.
Considering that he was aiming for a surprise attack, his stealth skills were too sloppy compared to the pressure he felt.
In other words, it was as if they had first suggested that we should face each other while being wary of each other.
“Ah… Sorry. They came rushing in late at night, so I stopped being on my guard.”
It was two men and women who showed up while apologizing in a friendly manner.
Both are adults. Seeing how close they were, it didn’t seem like they were friends, but unlike their veteran travelers, they didn’t have any luggage. It seemed that he had arrived before us and was unpacking.
“You know, there are many criminals in this country, right? It must have gotten into the habit of not letting go for several months. I’m really sorry~.”
The female side took off her hood while talking to the representative.
Was it to prevent the cold of the desert night? Pulling her hood down, she brushed her hair down and smiled brightly at the sun.
“Still, I was relieved that they weren’t dangerous people! Hi anyways! I am Hergé Lilibet! My job is adventurous, and this is my husband! And this is my adventurer plate!”
-Wack! She pours out her words and throws her ID first.
Having already kept Odin’s eyes open, I quickly scanned the flying plates.
The material is platinum. Is it Platinum Class?
This is a grade that cannot be obtained unless you are an adventurer who has proven your skills and character evenly by taking tests.
I confirmed that there was no magical danger and snatched it. Of course, the only person who can see this is Fran.
─Break it!
I lit it with a
With the eyes of a thief and a dwarf, she looked over a platinum necklace that looked like a dog tag, and quickly came to a conclusion.
“… I’ve never seen a platinum adventurer’s plate, but if it’s fake, it must be a forgery handcrafted by a master craftsman with great skill.”
“Ahahaha! When you reach platinum, the number of impersonators increases, and the crafting skills required to make a plate become very high. But to know that, it’s not easy. Are you an adventurer too?”
Look at the good friendliness. If you leave it alone with Lalilura, you’ll be able to eat steamed chicken in an hour.
Frank, who is a relatively clumsy type of person, replied after being overbearing.
“Ah yes. The grade is only silver, though.”
“No way. Where does it matter? If you meet in a foreign country, one bond! They are all fellow adventurers!”
Ergé smiled cheerfully as if she had already let her guard down.
However, I, who had been looking at her and the man next to her with Odin’s eyes without saying a word from a while ago, saw through their ‘real faces’ by that time and shut my mouth.
──Transformation magic was applied to their faces.
The woman who called herself Ergé had the appearance of an ordinary adventurer with brown hair, but her true face was a beauty with fair skin and long hair.
There is nothing unusual about the male side in terms of appearance.
Except for his handsome face after the transformation and the fact that he is a hard master who rivals me even at a glance.
‘Mother. Is it Mithril class again?’
Damn, is it because I’ve been hitting so many times since I was a dick? Now it’s a mithril and I’m not surprised.
I must have gone through all sorts of hardships and cut off my arm before filming, but it looks so shabby.
However, the sudden appearance of the master was not awkward.
A beautiful woman with voluminous blonde hair, as if she had hand-curled her hair every day.
The face of that aristocratic young lady who called herself Ergé resembled the musician-like man she met at the Wizards Guild the other day——Prince George of Britannia.
The married woman of Myoryeong, who hid her identity, coughed comically.
“Ahem. Once you’ve checked my plate, can you give it back? In the meantime, it would be nice if I could hear your name.”
“… It’s Nord. This is my wife.”
“This is Francesca Eitrinen.”
“Yes? Nord?”
Herze covered her mouth in surprise at our answer.
“Wait, Nord? If so, are you that Norse?!”
“I don’t know what kind of Nord it was, but I don’t think there is a Nord more famous than me at the time.”
I closed my eyes tightly as I replied soullessly.
Ergé. Is it Erze?
‘… I’d rather be a warlock with holes in my skin or a ghost monster disguised as a human.’
I remember hearing it.
The name Erze is often used as a female name, but in Britannia it is also used as a nickname for ‘Elisabeth’.
‘And obviously, the name of the first princess of Britannia is——’
──I think it was Florina Tris Britannia, “Elisabeth.”
Could this be all a coincidence? I don’t think it’s me?
“Ahaha! What a coincidence! Meet all celebrities like you in this remote desert!”
The Princess of Britannia said cheerfully, as if confident that her transformation would never go unnoticed.
“But in the dark like this, I can’t use it if I go around carelessly. It won’t be a very good place to sleep because the city is the same, but if it’s okay, why don’t you guys stay overnight?”
“… Yes. It was a car that I was wondering if it would be like that.”
The first princess I met in another world is a married woman.
As expected, my life in another world is missing somewhere. Really.
