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Translated By Arcane Translations
Translator: Vine
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The second floor of the inn was quite quiet compared to the first floor.
Maybe the soundproofing facilities were good, I was able to sleep soundly from the early evening until the late morning after washing my body.
I tossed and turned and got up in the middle, but I didn’t have trouble sleeping.
Stretching, Seryu, who lifted his body from the bed, lightly stretched his body.
Moving his body this way and that, the bones crack and crack. It’s quite refreshing.
Before leaving the room, I looked around once to see if there were any items I was leaving behind.
Come to think of it, there was only one grimoire that I brought when I came in, so I didn’t have anything else to take care of.
There were fewer people on the first floor than yesterday.
Moreover, most of those sitting at the tables were quietly eating and dozing off.
People yawning frequently could also be seen. I ordered food that could be eaten easily compared to yesterday.
The food I ordered was a rice ball that could be put in one bite, and it came out quickly, perhaps because it was simple food.
Of course, I ate it quickly too. I paid the fee yesterday, so I just need to leave my body.
I came out to the front of the inn, leaving behind the clerk who was saying, ‘Come again next time’ with a tired voice, and I had to stop walking.
“Hello! Good morning, though it’s late!”
A person wearing a large bag on their back and with their hood deeply pulled down approached.
It was the woman I saw yesterday. I wondered what to do as I saw her approaching with a happy smile.
Of course, I couldn’t come up with an answer until she got close.
“You seem to have gotten up late?”
“…What’s your plan?”
“What do you mean plan? You said it yesterday.”
“What?”
I frowned and thought what did I say yesterday.
I didn’t say anything in particular. I looked at her with a questioning gaze.
Her red eyes, which were exactly the same as her own in the hood, met. She was smiling.
“You told me to find out for myself. Ah! And you said you’d praise me if I found the answer.”
I couldn’t find a suitable answer to say for a moment.
In the end, after muttering a few times, I sighed and scratched my head.
‘I spoke wrongly.’
“Are you going to follow me until you find the answer?”
“Of course! You’re saying the obvious. To find the answer, shouldn’t I observe the subject from the side?”
I had no reason to refuse since a beauty offered to follow me, but it was annoying.
And I didn’t know what would happen because of her.
I looked for the system messages and quest window, wondering if this was an event or a quest, but I couldn’t find any such thing.
“Where are you going? Ah – but you don’t have any luggage?”
“Luggage? I’m a magician. There’s no need to carry luggage.”
When I showed the inventory simply, she exclaimed, thinking that it was subspace.
And when we headed for the west gate to catch the orcs that had come down from the western forest, she stopped walking with a puzzled voice.
“You’re going to catch the orcs that came down from the western forest? Then you shouldn’t go this way.”
“?”
“No, it’s not that you can’t go this way, but the western forest is a name based on Nibelungen, which is called the land of gold.”
Kvasir put down the bag on her back for a moment, and unfolded a map on the floor.
I wondered if people passing by would glance, but in this castle with many adventurers, it was a common sight, and no one cared.
When I looked at the map she unfolded, I wanted to buy one too with its higher-than-expected completeness.
But with the mini-map function, the map was useless except for ‘pretending’ to be an adventurer.
Anyway, I looked at the map she pointed at.
“This is the current castle we are in. And, this is the western forest. It’s on the west side of Nibelungen, right?”
“That’s right.”
“To catch the orcs that came down from the western forest…where is the castle at the bottom of the western forest? Ah, there it is.”
The name of the castle she was pointing at was ‘Kajark’ castle.
Come to think of it, I think I heard a story at the tavern yesterday that Kajark Castle was hiring mercenaries and adventurers.
“Hmm, looking at it- it seems you’re a bad direction finder. Shall I guide you?”
I nodded instead of answering. She went ahead with a beaming smile, recovering the map.
“By the way, why are you going to Kajark Castle?”
“You know, why are you asking?”
“Maybe there’s something else?”
“No, you’re right. I’m going to catch orcs. I have nothing else to do.”
Hmm, Kvasir glanced at Seryu, who was following half a step behind her, and made an eye smile.
We left the castle again through the north gate that I came in with money yesterday.
As soon as there were no people around after leaving the castle, Kvasir finally took off the stuffy hood and smiled brightly.
She seemed to have been very stuffy. The road to the castle, which is said to be in the northwest, seemed to be used frequently by many people, so the road was fairly clean.
However, the road to Kajark Castle was really endless. Due to this or because of it, it is difficult to evaluate in a subtle way, but I ended up rough camping on the street for several days.
If Kvasir wasn’t there, I might have arrived in two days.
But thanks to her, the way wasn’t boring.
If I had walked alone for hours on this peaceful street without any monsters, it was terrible just to think how I would have endured it.
When the day got dark, we found a suitable place, lit a fire, ate and slept, and when the day dawned in the early morning, we immediately cleaned up and departed.
While walking along the road, Kvasir really opened her mouth without resting.
If I talked to her, I could learn a surprisingly lot of information.
There were also trivial stories, but there were certainly stories that would be helpful in the future.
“You’re smart?”
I said it with sincerity, without a shred of lie.
Then she shrugged and made a beautiful smile.
“Thank you. It’s a matter of course, but praise is strangely hard to get used to.”
I saw her laughing hehe, and Seryu suddenly had something he wanted to say.
“By the way, I have something I’m curious about. Can you answer?”
“What is it? Just say it. I’ll teach you everything. I teach well, unlike someone over there.”
“That’s what I want to ask.”
“Yes?”
“Do you just teach everything if someone asks you something you don’t know?”
“Yes.”
She tilted her head, opening her eyes wide, as if something was wrong.
Seryu didn’t speak for a moment and fell into thought.
She is smart. If you ask her what you’re curious about, the answers come out without hesitation.
It is certain that there are very few knowledge that she doesn’t know. There was nothing wrong with the transmission of myths. But then, it was certain that her death was also scheduled.
She is smart and wise, but in the end, she will die because of her outstanding knowledge by those who ‘envy knowledge’.
What would she react if I told her this fact?
Would she laugh it off, saying don’t joke around? Or would she be surprised and accept it?
Since I can’t talk about death that hasn’t happened yet, I decided to just give a piece of advice.
“Having a lot of knowledge is a good thing. It will be a teacher like rain in a drought to those who seek to learn. You can enrich your life with knowledge and wisdom.”
“…?”
“But don’t be too proud of your knowledge. Someday someone who envies it will hurt you. To prevent that. Yes. You must have enough power that no one can easily touch you. Or, it would be good to get overwhelming fame so that you can’t envy you.”
“Why are you saying such a nasty thing? Well, since it’s advice, I’ll take it to heart.”
Seryu was a little worried that he was being rude with that, and he saw her pouting her lips.
But fortunately, she stuck close to him with a brighter face than a moment ago and talked.
“By the way, you don’t know who I am, right?”
“Of course not. You’re a suspicious woman who just said your name and followed me. Now that I think about it, I don’t know why you’re following me?”
If I was a bad person, I could have a lust for her beauty and do something.
It’s dangerous to follow someone you don’t know in any world.
I looked at her with a really curious expression.
“There’s no such thing as a bad person among those who receive the blessings of the gods. And as you can see, I’m confident in protecting myself?”
“…I don’t know whether to say you’re brave or reckless.”
“O- you’re really rude. Anyway, let’s go back to the question from before. You don’t know who I am, right? Right!”
“….I don’t know.”
I didn’t deny it. I don’t know.
We’ve been together for more than three days, but all the information about her was nothing but her name and the characteristic that she is a beautiful woman.
Ah, there’s one more thing. That she is loved by the gods?
A sense of disappointment flashed across her face.
“Somehow we need to know more about each other. Don’t you think so? We’re traveling together, but we don’t know anything other than our names. This is something that shouldn’t be, right? That’s right, I’m not wrong.”
“It’s not very inconvenient.”
“No! This is something that has an important effect on trust with each other. Now, so, don’t you have anything you’re curious about? For example, the three sizes.”
It seems like a joke, but she seems to teach it if I ask.
I stroked my chin, a habit.
Well, it seems like we have a long time to go until we get to the castle.
Killing time like this might not be bad.
“Okay. What’s your name?”
“Are we starting from the beginning? Not bad. My name is Kvasir.”
“How old are you?”
“A blooming twenty-four!”
“Your charm?”
“Liveliness? Freshness? Cuteness?”
I burst out laughing as I saw her poking her cheeks with her index finger and saying ppyuing-.
Hahaha- I laughed, and she laughed with me, hehehe.
“I asked this time for no reason. Okay. So, what body part do you like the most?”
The part you like the most? Seryu, who was thinking for a moment at her words, turned his gaze down.
Kvasir’s gaze also moves according to Seryu’s gaze.
The part of the pants is bulging.
It’s a little embarrassing to say.
“Someday, I’ll show it to you if I get a chance.”
“Ha, haha. I-I’m fine. I’ll politely decline. So, then. What body part do I like the most!”
Saying that, she lifted the robe she was wearing from the bottom.
Smooth legs were revealed.
“Legs! Long! Smooth! The thighs are tempting! Commonly known as honey thighs. Hehe, ah! And it’s also incredibly white!”
I glanced at her legs and looked up.
I can’t see it exactly because she’s wearing a robe, but it doesn’t look like it has much volume.
God gave her an attractive body and excellent knowledge, but didn’t give her breasts.
“There’s one more thing.”
“Oh, what is it?”
“Your breasts are small.”
“Eeeek! What are you talking about! Even with this, I’m above average. Do you know how many women are smaller than me?”
“I don’t know how many women are big either. And the women I’ve seen, all of them-“
I remembered the cases of Hera and Demeter, and Thetis.
Really, they were amazing among the women she held.
I don’t know how to write the different expressions. No matter how deeply I think about it, there is no more suitable expression.
“It was amazing. I really don’t have a word other than ‘amazing’ to describe it.”
Kvasir looked at him with a face that said, don’t lie, but he was sincere.
How come he could only say ‘amazing’ after thinking for a while, because of what volume?
She felt strangely deflated, and she grabbed her breasts with both hands.
Still, it’s not as small as a washboard. It can be held in my hand.
She strangely felt her energy going down all of a sudden.
“Huu..”
“Let’s move on. The features?”
“…I use rune magic very well.”
“And?”
“Hmm, my reputation is very, very high. You said that to me a while ago, right? Get an overwhelming reputation. But I’m already known as a sage among people. Even if you say my name, most people know me. I think it’s a little too much. How can you not know me? Even people who rot in the mountains for a long time know. You don’t know many things, as if you’re not from this world.”
She narrowed her eyes suspiciously.
Sharp. Seryu smiled at her guess.
It was a logic like, If you don’t know who someone is, you are a spy! in our country.
“There are people like that in the world, and there are people like this. It’s very troublesome if you think that everyone will know you.”
“No, even so, not like that. And it’s not true that you’ve been living in the mountains for a long time.”
“Why?”
“If you came from the mountains, you would have to use the ground as your bed and the sky as your blanket. But you’re lighting a fire and carefully arranging a sleeping bag…”
“What are you talking about. Anyway, I understand. I’ll be sure to remember.”
“That my legs are beautiful?”
“No, that your breasts are small.”
“Eeeeeek!”
She turned red and said with her face.
“Then let me ask! What’s your name?”
“Seryu.”
“How old are you?”
“…How old am I?”
I have to exclude the time I spent in the game.
“…24.”
“It sounds like a lie, but oh well. Then, what body part are you most confident about?”
What am I most confident about? Seryu, who was thinking for a moment at her words, looked down.
Kvasir’s gaze moves with Seryu’s gaze.
That part of the pants is bulging.
It’s a little embarrassing to say.
“I’ll show you someday if I get a chance.”
“Ha, haha. O-okay. I’ll politely decline. So, then. What’s your other characteristic?”
“I have a desire to collect. That’s why I love treasures very much. I’m wandering around to collect such treasures.”
“Then, do you have any treasures you’ve collected so far?”
“I have a lot. Shall I show you one?”
Kvasir nodded.
Seryu, who was thinking for a moment, took out a golden staff from his inventory and showed it.
She was surprised at the divinity felt from the object she received.
“This is not something a human made.”
“That’s right. It’s a staff called ‘Caduceus’, and several gods used it. The two snakes wrapped around the staff symbolize eternal life, and the two wings attached to the end also temporarily grant the user the power to fly freely in the sky. Also, it has the power to amplify magical abilities, although it’s an additional function.”
“That’s amazing. Who was using it?”
“At first, the god of music, and later, the god of thieves and messengers, Herr…no, I can’t teach this yet.”
Her reaction to curiously examining the staff and exclaiming appropriately made me excited, but I decided that it was difficult to explain further.
I closed my mouth and she didn’t ask any more questions and handed over the staff.
“Then, the next question, which god gave you the blessing? The god of music you just mentioned? Or the god of thieves and messengers?”
Her face was full of anticipation.
Seryu realized he had made a mistake.
It’s just a few words, but I gave a clue that can be said to be decisive.
“…..Well, I’ve said it before, but find out yourself. And you’re getting close to the right answer.”
“Hmm~”
“Shall I tell you a little easier way?”
I leaned my head in front of her face as I moved my steps.
She nodded with a flinching reaction.
“Try to seduce me.”
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