How to Live as a Knight After the Ending - Chapter 74
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Episode 74. Ghost Hunt (2)
“Hey, a ghost.”
Lorraine’s voice trembled.
The request Sebastian made was so absurd that it caught her off guard, even though she was not easily surprised by anything.
“I think I know why you didn’t mention the request here.”
Ronan chuckled as if he was in trouble.
“Even if I tell the truth, no one will believe me. If they just tell me not to joke around, that would be better.”
Sebastian’s expression darkened.
I didn’t say anything because I was afraid this kind of reaction would come out.
Ronan muttered to himself as he looked at Sebastian like that.
‘You say you were well-educated, but you still seem to be immature.’
Usually, in these cases, the clients are the ones in the upper hand, so it doesn’t matter if they are a little more shameless.
But Sebastian blew it lightly even though this person only poked him once.
Because I didn’t know much about this industry.
‘Even though information about Mr. Ossian is probably not well known yet, seeing that he came to find us in person means that he has some kind of information network.’
You have a keen ear for that kind of thing, but you don’t know how to actually place a request in the brokerage industry.
It was an immaturity that left some details lacking.
But what could I do? It was a pity that I couldn’t accept their request in good faith.
Their immaturity can often directly lead to our benefit.
The most important thing of all was Ossian’s will.
No matter how good the reward was, it was meaningless if Ossian didn’t like it.
‘Considering Mr. Ossian’s actions so far, it doesn’t seem like he would accept it.’
First of all, I had just recently finished a major incident.
Ronan knew better than anyone else.
How much trouble Ossian has had this time.
‘Since he was paid well, I don’t think we can say anything if Mr. Ossian takes a long break of several weeks.’
The moment Ronan comes to such a tentative conclusion.
Ossian asked Sebastian.
“Why did you come to the troubleshooter to catch a ghost? In that case, wouldn’t it be much more efficient to call a priest?”
Ossian’s reaction wasn’t as bad as I thought.
Ronan waited for Sebastian’s answer, though he found it unexpected.
Because Ossian’s question was reasonable.
Calling a troubleshooter to catch a ghost? That was absurd to begin with.
In the case of ghost-like monsters, priests were the most efficient at dealing with them.
Just because he was a priest, it wasn’t like he didn’t take on commissions and receive money.
“That’s… that’s the first method we tried.”
“But it didn’t work? Was the priest’s skill lacking?”
“I invited a priest who was famous and well-known. In fact, his divine power was so great that even experts would have thought it was amazing. But I failed.”
“The priest failed to exorcise the ghost.”
Sebastian also said:
To stop the ghost from taking my life.
“Then, there’s a chance it’s not a ghost.”
“… … .”
Sebastian nodded with a heavy expression.
The worst case scenario is that someone is deliberately trying to assassinate the owner, Dyke.
And the person who led the assassination could be his son who wants to monopolize his legacy.
“But as long as there is no clear evidence, it is just speculation.”
“And yet you came to me?”
“I heard about Mr. Ossian. To be exact, it was our master who told me.”
Your Highness?
This was also unexpected, since this kind of role was usually taken on directly by someone like Sebastian.
“What was it about?”
“You said that you use a holy power different from that of a priest.”
What is called holy power is probably referring to the light of the stars.
Ossian slightly curled and unfolded his fingers.
I’ve used the Holy Light Sword several times while carrying out commissions so far, so it wouldn’t be strange if someone else knew about it.
Rather, it became a technology that symbolized the blazing white and black Ossian.
It would not be unreasonable to think of it as a sacred power.
Because there was something about the Seonggwanggeom that made those who saw it resonate somewhere in their hearts.
All that aside,
‘You’ve never seen it in person, but you’re trying to call me based on rumors you’ve heard?’
Sebastian’s master, Delon Goldilocken, was one of two types of people.
One is a man with thin ears who blindly believes only the rumors he hears.
The other, on the other hand, is the owner of an excellent intuition that can read something from rumors.
Usually it’s the former, but for some reason Ossian had a feeling he might be the latter.
I don’t know why. Maybe this was also the knight’s sense.
‘Besides, when you mentioned ghosts, I got a strange feeling.’
Should we call it the pull of fate?
Ossian felt something similar in Sebastian’s words.
‘There’s definitely something there.’
Ossian recalled a time when he had felt something similar.
It wasn’t that long ago so I could recall it right away.
‘When I pulled out the Holy Light Sword? No. A little later than that. Yes, when I first unfurled the Seongun Silk.’
The first time I used Nebula Silk was when I fought Martinez in a quest to save Ena.
At that moment, Ossian felt the fire inside him crackle and burst out.
It was as if a firecracker had been lit and turned into a complete technology.
The next time I felt a similar sensation was, of course, when I put on the Seonggwang Armor.
Even then, Ossian felt something like a flame burning.
‘Is it because of the power of starlight?’
The power of the stars sometimes appeared in physical form, such as the Holy Light Sword, but sometimes it existed in abstract forms, such as the belief or courage in one’s heart.
And while these starlights were usually docile, once they were ignited and expanded, you, Ossian, were able to unleash new techniques as if a seal had been broken.
So what are the conditions for starlight to ignite?
Of course, Ossian’s psychological factors were at play, but it wasn’t necessarily just Ossian’s.
‘Starlight exists for someone else, not just me.’
To be exact, it contained seeds that could ignite starlight.
When those people met Ossian and had a chemical reaction, the spark within them was ignited, and the power of that spark was transferred to Ossian, making him even stronger.
‘So if I grab anyone and walk around with them, will starlight appear?’
That wasn’t it.
Starlight wasn’t common enough to happen to everyone.
‘Starlight is newly strengthened when meeting certain qualified people, just like you gain skill points every time you level up in a game.’
Perhaps this was the reason why not all skills were fully unlocked as a knight.
‘Is this some kind of skill point collecting method in the field? This is the only way to regain my strength as a knight.’
The physical stats are the same, but other than that, the only skill that can be called a skill is Holy Light.
Even he has not yet realized the perfection of the Holy Light.
If the power is scattered everywhere.
And if some people had that kind of power and resonated with that kind of spark within them.
‘Perhaps, on the contrary, there may be fragments somewhere else that no one has found.’
That may be why my intuition reacted so sensitively to the ghost Sebastian had spoken of.
Whether it was the ghost party, or the fallen Dyke Goldilocks, or Sebastian’s master, Delon.
It was clear that this incident had something to do with the ‘power’ he was supposed to possess originally.
“Interesting.”
Is it because I have already awakened three powers of the Holy Light?
I felt my senses became sharper than before.
It’s as if there’s some invisible thing guiding me to where the next milestone is.
To use a metaphor, it was like a guide following you around to mark a quest on the map when you accept it in a game.
Ossian took great interest in this.
“I will accept that request.”
“Really?!”
Sebastian asked with a smile.
Originally, it would be something a beginner would do to show such joy at receiving a request here, but Sebastian didn’t even realize it.
“Mr. Ossian, are you okay?”
Ronan asked with a still grinning face.
It was as if Ossian had known from the beginning that he would make this decision.
“I was curious about what that ghost was, and I also needed a chance to digest the new insight I had gained.”
Now that I had the Holy Light Armor, I had to practice how to handle it.
It’s a game where you can click a button and the skill will be cast automatically, but now that it’s become reality, it’s different.
Implementing the technology and maintaining it, from the beginning to the end, required meticulous attention to detail.
It would have been better if the nebula silk had only a cloak.
Seonggwanggapju is an all-weather, one-on-one combat form that covers oneself in starlight from head to toe.
Naturally, the consumption of strength and mental power was unbelievably great.
Governor Alberto Lorenzo thought that Ossian had released his powers to hide himself, but the truth was different.
I was just tired and it just happened on its own.
‘If there’s a battle, you can increase your proficiency in the Seonggwang Armor through actual combat, so it wouldn’t hurt to go.’
Moreover, one of the important points of this commission was that the compensation was not clearly stated.
It seems that after gathering the capable problem solvers, Delon personally evaluated them and then individually calculated their salaries.
You may get less than you expected, but conversely, you may get more than you expected.
I’ve already made a lot of money, so I don’t have any greed for money right now.
They must have known that, but they asked for a favor. They said they could give me something more valuable than money.
“So when can we start moving? Guide me, Orc.”
“I, my name is Sebastian.”
“I already know the name. Orc.”
“… … .”
Sebastian slumped his shoulders, sweat dripping down his face.
*
The white woman sat alone at the window, watching the scenery outside the city.
Her dry eyes revealed the cityscape of Ward 33.
Some may feel the energy there, others may feel the hustle and bustle, but the white lady was different.
In her eyes, this brass city seemed almost colorless.
Only one.
The only shining being in this world was that man.
“iced coffee.”
Just thinking about it makes my lips pucker and a gasp of joy escape.
Even just from a distance, I could tell right away that it was Ossian.
She wanted to talk to him right away, but she had to hold back.
dripping.
At that moment, someone knocked politely on the door of the room where she was staying.
Although she didn’t say anything in response, the other person seemed to have sufficiently conveyed his intentions as he opened the door and came in.
“Didn’t I ever tell you to come in?”
“You also barged into my office once, so let’s consider this the same thing.”
The one who said that was Alberto, the 33rd district governor.
“Besides, this is the district office. As the district mayor, I don’t think there is anywhere I can’t go.”
“Where I am is different. It’s special.”
“Well, I guess so.”
“So why did you come here?”
Alberto asked the woman in white, who was still staring out the window.
“I heard from Executor Alencia Hair. At the time of the assassination of Princess Orlea, you discovered them at the scene, but instead of making contact with them right away, you watched from afar.”
“Yes, I did. Thanks to that, things went better than I expected.”
“Why did you do that?”
Alberto asked, unable to understand.
Could it be that the White Lady knew that Ossian would act like that when she drew all of this?
Even though she is an extraordinary being, she is not to that extent.
If so, there must be some reason.
“I’m not ready yet.”
“What kind of preparations do you mean?”
“There is something like that.”
The white woman seemed unwilling to say anything more about the matter.
Alberto had to suppress a sigh.
Still, from the conversation just now, I am certain that Ossian has outstanding potential that the White Lady is paying attention to.
‘I will definitely recruit him!’
Alberto had a burning desire in his heart to pursue great talent.