Paladin of the Dead God - Chapter 44



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Episode 44. smell of money (4)

Rumbling. Yukhar didn’t pay attention even as he watched the glasses being thrown all over the table. Instead, he answered Isaac’s question immediately.

“You will die.”

It was an ambiguous statement. Does that mean Isaac is going to die, or is he going to die himself?

Yukhar continued, perhaps feeling that his remarks were too provocative.

“Do you know how many powerful people, merchants, and knights are currently involved in Lorecus? At least the farmers are involved. “What would happen if you declared to them, whose minds are burning with happiness, ‘The treasure you bought is actually trash?’”

Yukhar said, keeping Isaac in a calm position.

“Do you think they will listen to you? My entire fortune is at stake? They might ignore what you say, or they might do something more serious. “At least to prevent prices from falling.”

Isaac realized why Yukhar was unfazed. He didn’t think it would be a big problem even if the shepherd’s wooden statue was discovered.

This was because too many people were already involved in the Lorecus incident.

Even without the shepherd’s neck being driven by impulse, the entire Soeur was rolling with the inertia of desire. Even if they knew that there was nothing but destruction in the end, no one could stop it.

“The situation has come to this, Holy Grail Knight. “May I also say something?”

“Tell me something.”

“I don’t know if you know, but there are no paladins at the top of the Golden Idol.”

It was a random statement. Why is there suddenly talk of the Golden Idol and Paladins here and now? Yukhar continued without waiting for Isaac to respond.

“They even say there are no priests and no angels. “The only people on top of the golden idol are church members.”

The reason why the Golden Idol Sangang is the most unguarded among the nine faiths and can infiltrate areas of other faiths. That’s because there are no priests, paladins, or angels at the top of the golden idol.

Even the existence of a god called the Golden Idol was sometimes questioned.

However, merchants testified that they felt God’s grace on their wanderings, that they escaped bankruptcy with his help, and that they made great profits through unexpected good fortune. Thanks to the merchants’ faith, the Golden Idol Merchant Association maintained its relationship among the merchants.

“Why is that so?”

“If there is a priest and a paladin, each will have their own position, and if their positions are different, there will be conflict. “If there is conflict, it will become difficult for merchants to infiltrate trade between different faiths.”

This means that the most important tenet, the pursuit of profit, cannot be achieved. Isaac, who had already seen the ending at the top of the Golden Idol, was well aware of that fact.

“There may be no paladins and priests. There may not even be angels. By the way. “Does the God of the Golden Idol really exist?”

“Is this suddenly a theological debate?”

“Other faiths communicate with God through priests. However, there is no priest at the top of the golden idol. That means there is no way to communicate with God. “I don’t even know if it really exists.”

“I see what you mean. Are you a member of the Golden Idol Church?”

“yes.”

Isaac seemed to have a rough idea of ​​the composition. There were two branch managers in Soeur. One is Catelyn, who pursues fair trade in the sun, and the other is Yukhar, who makes money by any means necessary in the shadows.

It wasn’t surprising that Catelyn didn’t know what Yuk’har, working in the shadows, was doing. The fields are completely different, and from the beginning, Yukhar’s opinions were quite different even within the top of the Golden Idol… … Because it seemed like I was crossing a line.

“Are you saying it’s annoying when a paladin of another faith comes and tells you to do this or that?”

“You’re not wrong.”

Yukhar said, glaring at Isaac.

“If there had been a Paladin at the top of the Golden Idol, you wouldn’t have come and acted like this. “The priest could burn a hole in your pocket with a curse.”

“It’s a strong curse.”

Isaac snorted.

“Then shall I also say something?”

“Try it.”

“Get the shepherd’s wooden table ready by tomorrow. If you pass over it quietly, the Lorecus bubble will also quietly disappear. “But when I come again, it won’t end in a conversation just because you’re obedient.”

“… … .”

Yukhar just glared at Isaac and did not respond. But there was nothing he could do. No matter how much he was a member of the Golden Idol Church, killing a Holy Knight of the Code of Light within the Baekje Empire was an act of social suicide.

If something like that happens, the top of the Golden Idol might kill Yukhar just to cut off his tail.

Isaac lifted the bottle of alcohol that Yukhar had put out.

“It seems like a good drink, even though it’s mixed with something strange. “I’m taking this.”

***

“Master Isaac!”

When Isaac left Yukhar’s mansion and was returning to his dorm, he heard someone calling. Catelyn was leaning out of the carriage and calling for Isaac.

She almost jumped out of the carriage and approached Isaac.

“What just happened? Why in Viscount Leben’s mansion… … .”

“Did you know that he was the leader of a crime syndicate?”

Catelyn frowned, but didn’t say she didn’t know.

“I heard that Viscount Leven is involved in crime. But I can’t keep my distance because of that. “If you don’t get along with the biggest black hand in Soeur, it’s easy to ruin your business.”

Isaac did not blame Catelyn because he understood her position. Catelyn is a merchant, not a judge or a hero. A businessman can do well as long as he sells the goods well without hurting his employees.

“Did you know that he was making a lot of money through fraud through Lorecus?”

“We often hung out for business. However, as far as I know, not many people were buying Lorecus. “It was at a similar level to other tops, and 1/10th of the level compared to ours.”

Isaac looked at Catelyn in pity.

Catelyn must have also drank Lorecus, and her greed was driven by the shepherd’s moksang. Considering that the top of her golden idol played a big role in this Lower Curse surge, she was also taken advantage of.

‘But if I hadn’t been manipulated by the shepherd, wouldn’t I have joined the trend?’

That can’t be possible. In the end, she would have joined hands with Yukhar whether she liked it or not.

Isaac finally spoke.

“It was all controlled by Yukhar.”

Isaac explained to Catelyn what he had discovered. It is said that the skyrocketing price of Lorecus was artificially caused by Yukhar’s shepherd’s neck. For this purpose, he fed Lorecus liquor to the magnates and powerful people of Soeur and encouraged their greed.

There is virtually no basis for this current surge in Lorecus.

The more Catelyn listened to the story, the more her expression soured. In particular, he touched his cheek several times after hearing that there was no basis for the Lower Curse surge.

“I expected that Lorecus’ hidden efficacy had been revealed or that it was due to preparations for war, but… … .”

“Not everything in the world happens because there is a basis.”

Catelyn let out a long sigh.

“then… … There would be no point in trying to track where Lorecus goes. “It would all have been scattered and flowed to those who expected prices to rise.”

“Well, I guess so?”

Catelyn seemed to think for a moment and then asked Isaac.

“With this, the request is over.”

“What do you plan to do with Yukhar?”

“We will resolve this within the top. He may have hired Barbari to do it, but since he harmed someone at the same level, we should take matters into our own hands. The principle is to work while respecting each person’s territory, but I never thought they would do something like this… … .”

Isaac decided to introduce Jacquelet to Catelyn. Since I am a Barbary without faith or faith, I will confess obediently. Perhaps Yukhar will die at the hands of Jacquelet.

“Are you planning to proceed with the contract in principle? “If you want, we can pay you in cash right now.”

Maybe this is the main point.

After listening to Isaac, Catelyn was already expecting the price of Lorecus to fall. As Yukhar said, Soeur is already rolling due to the inertia of greed, so there may not be a dramatic decline, but a decline is still a decline.

He thought that maybe it would be cheaper to resolve the contract with Isaac now.

“how much?”

But Isaac decided to just listen to the story. And the amount that Catelyn proposed was more than anyone could have imagined. It was a large amount of money, enough to buy Yukhar’s mansion.

“Like that?”

“This is a cheap price since you prevented what could have been a huge loss to the upper level.”

Rather, Catelyn looked relieved.

As she said, since she was the first to know that the price of Lorecus was falling, the top of the Golden Idol would be able to minimize losses.

No, if it goes well, it could actually come out with a profit.

But Isaac thought for a moment and shook his head.

“There is a contract guaranteed by the Golden Idol, so even if we reach an agreement, it would be better not to break it. We’ll see you in a month. It’s not my faith, but God is God… … .”

Isaac paused for a moment while saying that.

“They say there are no paladins at the top of the Golden Idol.”

“yes? That’s it… … .”

“… … “Is that really true?”

In other faiths, if you break a god’s oath, you will be cursed or, in the worst case, visited by a paladin or angel.

But there is no such thing in the golden idol.

Yukhar spoke as if he resented the fact that there were no priests, paladins, or angels despite being a member of the Golden Idol. What does a person with such a deficiency want most?

Like other denominations, they will want the miracles of priests and the power of paladins.

What Yukhar wants is neither money nor power.

Isaac had a feeling that the Holy Knight at the top of the Golden Idol would come to him.

***

In the late morning, a deep fog settled in Soeur.

Isaac was staying in a luxurious accommodation provided by Catelyn. This lodging, operated directly by the Golden Idol, had excellent facilities and a hospitality system even by modern standards.

At the same time, that meant a lot of employees working for the accommodation. In this era without machines, in order to operate facilities as convenient as modern times, there is no choice but to do it all with manpower.

Thanks to this, even if strangers naturally sneaked in, no one would notice.

Because she was a woman dressed as an ordinary maid.

The maid walked casually through the crowd, carrying a laundry basket, but did not raise any suspicion. There was no stopping her as she checked her list at the counter, stole her master key, and headed to her destination.

Soon the maid arrived in a room. She opened the room with the master key and entered the room, but there was no one there.

The maid looked around as if checking the layout of the room and then approached where the bed was. The maid, who had been standing on her bed and gazing upwards at her for a moment, suddenly quickly thrust her hand toward her ceiling. At the same time, a red spear sprouted out of thin air, piercing her ceiling in one fell swoop.

Quack boom. A loud roar pierced through the roof.

But the maid’s face twitched. I didn’t feel the feeling of her touch penetrating flesh and bone that I had expected.

In the pouring dust of the rainforest, the maid soared, transforming her body into a red mist. Her red mist seeped through the hole in the ceiling pierced by her spear. The maid quickly returned her body to its original state and looked around her, but there was no one she expected.

“Walaika human hunter? Is it you again?”

The maid quickly turned her head. Her target, her Isaac, was looking at her, fully armed, from her armor to her sword.

“It was that maid, after all. “For some reason, his eyes are bloodier than most knights.”