The Soldier Shouted Save - Chapter 38



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The soldier shouted save (38)

The monster reached the lord’s mansion.

I moved my legs towards the afterimage of the bastard.

“Follow me, there’s a monster.”

“Oh, a monster? Where are you?”

“Five seconds ago, beyond the roof of the mansion. Use magic to find the exact location.”

Hyelin, who had been chasing after me, stops and waves her hands busily as if she were servicing the ‘quick slot’.

“Inquiro!”

Search magic that was often used in the palace.

As Hye-rin shouts out the starting word, skipping the calculation process, several parts of the mansion start to sparkle unnaturally, like light reflected in a mirror.

“I found it! Over there!”

Two. Or was it three?

At Hye-rin’s words, he started moving his walking legs faster and faster, and he quickly went down the hill.

… the backyard of the mansion. It was definitely around here.

“Oh, Mr. Allen?”

As he walks around the yard with his sword sheathed, ready to be drawn at any moment, the maid flinches in surprise.

“I saw a monster invading this way. Send the soldiers immediately…”

A suspicious presence is felt nearby.

I swallowed my words to gather the soldiers and immediately kicked the floor.

‘… The youngest of the Walker family?’

What caught my eye was Goyle Walker, crouching and shivering.

“Did you pass this way? Where did you go?”

“I, I don’t know… I don’t know anything…”

Looking at the terrified Goyle Walker, it seemed clear that he had passed this way.

‘Above?’

As I was predicting the path of the agreement by observing the footprints, the sound of rough footsteps was heard belatedly.

-Knock, knock, knock, knock.

“Where is the demon?”

The lowest-ranking mercenaries of the punitive force accepted by Marie Walker as private soldiers.

He said as he put his sword back on his belt, looking at them escorting Goyle Walker with bewildered faces.

“You two, let’s take a look around here, Goyil-nim, and the rest of us, let’s take a look around inside the mansion instead of outside.”

“Yes, yes!”

Do you remember me when I was the commander of the punitive force?

The soldiers follow orders with faces full of military discipline.

“Where is the nearest entrance to here?”

“This way, this way.”

The Walker family’s mansion is as large as a maze.

As I was about to step into the mansion, following the guiding maid, a loud shout was suddenly heard.

“Now! What are you guys doing!”

Skin with raised freckles and prominent cheekbones.

The maid hurriedly lowered her head at the shouting of the hunched old man.

“I’m sorry, my lord. The knight said he saw a monster entering the mansion…”

“A monster in a mansion in the middle of the territory? Ha, since I let go, the territory has become a complete mess!”

What was in front of me was not just an old man.

Gale Odd, the lord of Walker, who toyed around the continent of Gerard with the leaves of the World Tree.

“You stupid bitch! You’re opening the gates of your mansion to a knight with no title like that?!”

“My lord, I have committed a mortal sin.”

“This guy! That guy! You’re ignoring this Gale Odd? Come on… I won’t be able to ignore you again!”

Palms raised high to the sky.

I didn’t stop Gale-Od’s hand from reaching for the maid’s face.

-Knock. Knock.

The sound of stately footsteps.

“I gave my permission, Father.”

When Mary Walker, the real power behind the Walker family, appears, Galeord lowers his raised hand with a blush on his face.

“… Not only did you kill my brother, you’re trying to ruin Walker too!”

“It wasn’t me who tried to ruin Walker, but wasn’t it your father who knew what your brother was trying to do but pretended not to know?”

Marie Walker says with a smile.

“Please go back to your room. I will only allow you to go out for today.”

When the second daughter raises her right hand and gestures, the private soldiers who do not know about Gale Odd’s prime grab his arms without hesitation.

“Please take me to the room.”

Gale Odd is dragged into the mansion.

“Let go, let go! You idiots!”

The old man tried to shake off the soldiers with his face turned pale, but he could not shake off the young man.

Gail Odd speaks, looking back and forth between my face and Marie Walker’s.

“You’re just as dirty as your mother! A warrior would just be helpless….”

“Since you miss your mother so much, I will treat you the same way my mother treated me. I will refrain from eating until the sun sets tomorrow. Please only give your father two cups of water a day.”

“Yes, yes… Marie.”

The frightened servant lowered his head as he looked at Galeord’s face, which had turned pale, and the soldiers dragged Galeord into the mansion.

“… … .”

The backyard suddenly became quiet as Gale Odd disappeared.

“Oh, right, didn’t you say that a monster came into the mansion?”

“I said it was possible, but I guess not. If they broke into the mansion, it wouldn’t be this quiet.”

“…Please return to your seats.”

As the servants retreat at her gesture, Marie Walker stretches with a more relaxed expression.

“Do you think my actions are excessive?”

A question asked with a smiling face.

“If a hedgehog raises its thorns at its family, there must be a reason.”

When I answer like that, Marie Walker smiles brightly.

“I have a justification, but I won’t kill my father. If I die now, there will be more happy days than hard days, right?”

Marie Walker touches her scars, which are hidden by her long hair.

“I will keep you alive for a long time, until you have more unhappy days than happy days like me.”

Marie Walker, who pours out her heart to me while I am still and smiles brightly.

“Mister… Oing?”

Marie Walker stroked Hye-rin’s head as she approached, waving her hand, and made a suggestion while looking at the mansion.

“Stay at our mansion for the time being. There’s something I want Allen to investigate.”

He brings Hye-rin towards me and says, following Marie Walker’s words.

“I’m sorry, but I don’t have time for the moment. Let’s go.”

“Oh, yes… .”

It was an opportunity to create a huge debt for Walker, who was like a sprout growing from a rotten tree, but I had other things to take care of first.

“Black magic. I want Allen to research black magic.”

Just what I needed to have a normal meeting with Croa.

As soon as the word “black magic” leaves Marie Walker’s mouth, she stops walking away from the mansion and turns around.

“Wouldn’t investigating black magic be against the imperial edict?”

“That’s why I’m asking you, Allen. … I can’t pretend not to know why my brother died in such a strange way.”

A body with skin that has turned blue and is dried up without any moisture.

He asks additional questions, recalling the death of his eldest son, Kyle Walker.

“I’m sorry, but I don’t know how to contact a warlock.”

“There are books related to black magic in the mansion. If you could investigate them with Kyung Hye-rin….”

“Can’t you do it yourself?”

“With my knowledge, there isn’t much I can learn from reading books, and I don’t have the time because of my busy schedule.”

Marie Walker glances at her fidgeting maid from afar and says:

“It’s like I’ve already used up three days’ worth of rest time.”

Just being interested in black magic is a violation of Freya’s doctrine and imperial command.

I had a collection of books prepared at the risk of such a risk, so there was no reason to refuse.

“I accept. Let’s find out why Kyle Walker died so strangely.”

I headed to the Walker family mansion with Hye-rin.

* * *

After accepting Marie Walker’s offer.

My lifestyle has become monotonous.

“Allen! I’ve planted everything here!”

“Okay. I’ll report to Youngae.”

A new specialty of the Walker area during the day.

I escorted and supervised the planting of Raoul Poole’s seedlings.

“… Cargo. Is that the correct way to read it?”

“No, the starting word for dark magic is Caligo.”

At night, I studied black magic with Hye-rin in the Walker family’s secret study.

“But how come there are so many books on black magic?”

Five days later, the church construction was about to begin.

I answered Hye-rin’s question without taking my eyes off the black magic book.

“Until recently, it was a city of mercenaries. Since there was a lot of floating population, it must have been easy to obtain things from all over the continent.”

“… Even if all the books were gathered in the walker, the books wouldn’t have come to me on their own. Isn’t it because I was determined to get them that there are so many banned books?”

Hye-rin’s words were valid.

A forbidden book that is clearly marked by the hands of a black magician who studied magic circles for rituals and curses, underlining key spells.

It was clear that someone in the Walker family wanted black magic and had collected books to use it.

‘It’s almost certain that the eldest son is involved in black magic.’

I don’t know what spell made the eldest son do that, but it was only a matter of time.

The starting point of black magic is ultimately here.

If you read all the books here, you will see the answer.

“Ka, Kalgo… Karte? Is that the correct pronunciation?”

“It’s ‘Cargo Castigo.’ But do I need to learn how to order it?”

He mutters those words as if talking to himself.

“Of course. Because I’m a warlock.”

“…yes?”

A black magician whose mere existence signifies treason.

Hye-rin puts down the book she was holding and stares at me.

“Are you kidding?”

“It’s true.”

“… No, sir, your younger sister is a saint. But what if you are a warlock?”

He told Hye-rin that he was a warlock as a joke, but as expected, the warrior from another world had no aversion to warlocks.

It just looks like he’s worried about my relationship with Croa.

“That’s why you study so hard.”

Hye-rin takes a deep breath and snatches the book I was reading.

“Okay, look. Here, you have to start by controlling your dark attribute magic perfectly. Memorize all the spells from here to here, and then let me examine them. Got it?”

“… What about the investigation the second daughter requested?”

“I’m doing it. Hurry up and practice.”

Write down the pronunciation above Hye-rin’s words.

Caligo, meaning darkness, and Castigo, meaning control.

And… After that, I don’t remember anything Hye-rin said.

“Hye-rin.”

“Why? Have you already memorized it all?”

“By the way, do you know about the gray text?”

“… Gray letters? What was it written on?”

Before the unidentified werewolf appeared at Walker Mansion, gray letters clearly appeared before my eyes.

“It said ‘this way,’ and it sounded like a woman’s voice.”

At my words, Hye-rin closes the book with a “hmm” sound.

“Did you feel like your voice was clean?”

“What does neat mean?”

“Announcer… no, that, the feeling of speaking with a refreshing and clear pronunciation?”

At those words, I fold my arms and recall the memories.

“It’s hard to judge because it’s only two letters, but it felt like an intelligent feeling with accurate pronunciation.”

Hye-rin nodded her head vigorously as if she knew what I was saying.

“That’s an emoticon expressing emotion.”

“…Expression of emotion?”

“That… It’s in the party system, and you communicate with each other by waving your hands like this or showing a picture with a bright expression.”

“…Why do I have to carry around an uncomfortable painting? Besides, I saw the writing, not the painting.”

“If you select ‘Display as text’ in the settings, it will be displayed as text. You can set the color as you like. So, what the old man saw was an emoticon that said ‘this way’ displayed as text.”

It looks like he’s excited to show off his knowledge after a long time.

I was quietly thinking about Hye-rin’s words, then frowned and asked back.

“…Why did emoticons suddenly appear?”

“Well, the second daughter left the party, so that’s not possible, and I don’t know how to use emoticons and have never used one, so the culprit is… you, sir?”

I didn’t fully understand what an emotional emoticon was, but seeing Hye-rin’s reaction made me think there was no need to worry.

“Can only the party leader use it? Should I look into it?”

At those words, he stretched his index finger into the air, handed over the party venue, and headed down the hallway.

“Practice your spell outside and come back. Stay inside.”

“Yes, don’t get caught.”

“If they find out you’re a warlock, they’ll try to kill you too, so always think about teleportation.”

“You worry too much. Am I a kid? Next year, I’ll be old enough to drink.”

“At your age, you can still drink alcohol.”

“… … What are you talking about? Anyway, I can’t communicate with the people here. Okay, so let’s get out quickly. Whoa, whoa.”

He leaves the secret study room at Hye-rin’s gestures that seem to shoo away bugs.

A quiet hallway with no attendants.

Because it was a job investigating black magic, the entry of employees from the secret study to the exit was restricted.

-This way.

Gray letters appeared again, along with a woman’s voice.

‘Is Hyelin experimenting with emoticons or something?’

The second perk is to turn on the mic and speak towards the party ring.

The gray text changed and appeared.

―… This way, quickly.

A voice that seemed to contain a sense of urgency.

“Where are you talking about?”

As I muttered and asked, something blurry passed before my eyes.

-This way, quickly.

The identity of the letters that seem to know what they are.

When you activate the ‘World of the Spirits’ where you can see spirits, you will see an index finger pointing somewhere precisely.

“Do you only have fingers?”

―… It’s late. This way.

A finger pointing outside, ignoring what I say.

After opening the window and leaving the mansion along that direction, a familiar back figure appears in my sight.

“… … .”

A picture of Marie Walker running somewhere.

“for a moment!”

As I was trying to stop the ominous-looking Marie Walker, I heard a huge noise coming from all over the place.

-Thump, thump, thump, thump… .

The sound of footsteps created by the crowd of people.

“…What is this.”

The sight of hundreds of people walking somewhere with their eyes unfocused.

It was as if everyone was possessed by a demon.