“Well, that’s…bad!” “It’s too much to call people bad.” He wasn’t particularly hurt, but he was glaring at me, but I don’t think he hated
“Well, that’s…bad!”
“It’s too much to call people bad.”
He wasn’t particularly hurt, but he was glaring at me, but I don’t think he hated me.
“Oh! I’m going now!”
“Yes, be careful.”
“…You want me to go right away?”
“Isn’t it time?”
Helper tilted his head as if he thought I’d grab him or something, and was puzzled by the way I even shook his hand without hesitation.
“You’re so cool today. You should do that all the time.”
When we met before, I didn’t hear the explanation until the end and couldn’t adjust to this world, but today I even got several items.
I smiled at him, who just wrinkled his nose in disappointment, and rushed out to try the items I ripped from him.
“I’ll go to the main branch next time, so wait for me.”
“No, that’s enough. Who’s waiting…?”
I passed him as he mumbled words with a red face, and left the shop. I’ll wait a little. The stubborn voice seemed to be heard very quietly.
* * *
‘Let’s go back to Adrian and Lucas.’
Lucas was a more capable babysitter than I thought, but the two of them didn’t work well together for long periods of time. I rushed as I was worried that Lucas would give up taking care of Rian, or that Rian, who couldn’t stand Lucas’ bullying, would run away.
I picked up a random pamphlet about the saint from the information desk and left the Great Hall, but the system window sent me a notification.
<SYSTEM> The target character ‘Valérez Toledo’ is close.
Would you like to check out related quests?
YES
NO
It’s the quest of Valérez?
I stopped in the middle of the road and squinted at the system message. I was worried that my route might’ve been completely blocked, so of course I had to take the quest.
When I clicked accept without hesitation, a new quest took over my field of vision.
<QUEST> The innocent man, Valérez Toledo, wanders around you like a confused adolescent boy.
Save him who is suffering because he couldn’t choose whether to forgive or to desire! To truly influence Valérez, you must guide him to a remote and secluded island.
Reward for success: Valérez Toledo’s likeability 30, charm 20, holy power 50
Penalty for failure: Valérez Toledo’s likeability -20
‘You’re telling me to go out and seduce and innocent man to a place where there are no people…’
I stared at the dry but rather insidious message for a moment and looked around. Rodenheim was a port city, so I smelled the salty sea even from the Great Hall, and a large group of seagulls flew overhead.
Beyond the seagulls shining brilliantly in the sun, the overflowing sea catches my eyes. Standing against the backdrop of the deep blue sea, the man matched the sparkling waves as if like a landscape painting.
“Ares?”
At my call, a man wearing a scarlet Hawaiian shirt slowly turned. Because he didn’t fasten any buttons, I was the first to see his dark abs that seemed like I could scrub my laundry at it.
“…lady.”
“What are you doing here?”
When I rushed to Valérez and asked with rabbit’s eyes open, he looked around me and at the same time, his lips moved slowly.
“Alone in Rodenheim, too. The aristocratic lady is fearless.”
There was no fear, but instead I had a sword that could cut down any knight except for Curtis.
“I told you it was dangerous. Security is good in the Great Hall, but there are a lot of bad apples even if you go just a little further away.”
But I didn’t like Valérez frowning in concern about me, so I burst out laughing.
“I can’t help it. You know I was kicked out of my house.”
As if caught off guard, Valérez flinched. For a moment, he just smiled as if he didn’t know what to say.
“Well, where should I go?”
Valérez, who tilted his head lazily, pointed his chin at the port and continued to speak.
“I just happened to have to go to the port.”
No matter how fitting the situation was, it didn’t seem that Valérez was standing against the port for no reason. I smiled brightly at his words.
“Right! Let’s go together!”
Edith Abina was a fake saint, but the holy power that Helper pocketed and returned was real.
‘Whoa. And the holy power can control the weather a little bit…’
Scurrying along behind Valérez, I checked the large map of the island hanging in the harbor, and laughed insidiously.
“What island should we go to, my lady?”
“The Virgin Island.”
Valérez tilted his head and looked at me who was smiling and rubbing my palms like flies.
“That’s a small island with only one inn… do you have some business to do there?
You’re my business.
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