The Blind Saint Who Can See - Chapter 56
Only Noblemtl
#56. The Labyrinth of Culture (1)
The departure was early in the morning.
I wondered if Amy would come back, but surprisingly she didn’t.
Instead, Mars came.
“I heard you are leaving.”
“yes.”
“I would like to help, but there are already people better than me by my side.”
He bowed his head silently.
“Please take care on your trip.”
“May the Lord’s blessings always be with you, Mars.”
The thank-you speech was not long.
To begin with, Mars wasn’t the type to talk much.
“Shall we leave now?”
“Haaah. This is so annoying. I guess I’ll have to sleep in the carriage for a bit… … .”
Liliana and Izumi opened their mouths one by one. Cedric shook his head and got into the carriage first.
“Youth, come up carefully.”
“thank you.”
It was to escort me.
By the way, thanks to the support of the groom from the temple, we were able to travel to the Kharif Mountains with ease.
“I’ll sleep well… … .”
In the morning, a weak Izumi leaned forward and groaned like a sick chicken.
“What a pathetic guy.”
Liliana clicked her tongue.
Even though Liliana was blinking her eyes sleepily, I decided to pretend not to notice.
I am what.
“Youth, what are you doing?”
“To pray the dawn prayer.”
“…in the carriage?”
“The form of prayer is not important. What matters is the sincerity of the heart.”
He clasped his hands together somewhat quietly.
[The ‘Body Fixation’ skill is used.]
Well then, let’s get some sleep now.
Since you have the skill of ‘maintaining dignity’, you won’t snore, so it’s safe… … I… … .
snoring.
***
In a quiet carriage.
When even Liliana, who had been holding on because of her pride, passed out mumbling “I’m not sleeping,” Cedric, who was left alone, looked at Justinas and inwardly admired him.
‘It doesn’t move at all.’
She sat upright, saying she would pray, and didn’t move an inch after that. She just clasped her hands together in a devout posture and fell into meditation.
Yeah, it really ‘stayed still’.
A stranger might ask if he was just sleeping with his eyes closed, but Cedric knows.
It’s never easy to stay upright for long periods of time in a rattling carriage, unless someone has forcibly restrained you.
‘As expected, Youth is amazing.’
Cedric, who guessed the correct answer by accident, could not have imagined that Justinas was fast asleep, and simply came to a fanatic-like conclusion.
***
About two hours had passed.
‘Hmm.’
Hwaaam.
‘I slept well!’
My eyes suddenly opened.
Then, when the ‘Body Fixation’ skill is released, the body starts moving again.
The other kids are sleeping well-
“Hey, Yus. Are you done praying?”
“yes.”
-There wasn’t any.
… I was the only one sleeping.
“The saint is such an example to others, but that warrior can’t even get a wink of sleep and just keeps dozing off. How pathetic.”
“Oh, if you’re sleepy, you can sleep!”
“Isn’t it the warrior who overcomes that?”
“Huh. It’s obvious that Liliana was dozing off. Wipe off the saliva on her lips and then you’re done.”
“…omg!”
Liliana was startled when she heard Izumi’s nagging and wiped her mouth.
“There’s nothing…!”
“You’re lying, you idiot Liliana.”
“…Do you want to die?”
“Hmmmm~”
Izumi, who had been avoiding the conversation, ended up getting hit by Liliana.
At this point, Cedric would probably join the argument by saying something.
I turned my gaze slightly out of curiosity and saw Cedric with his arms crossed and his eyes closed.
… Huh?
“Both of you, just a moment.”
“Why is that?”
“Youth?”
“Isn’t Cedric asleep?”
When I asked, pretending to be curious, the two people each let out exclamations of admiration.
“Hoo.”
“Hey. You figured it out.”
It seems like they both just want to tease each other a lot later, but it’s just my imagination-
“It’s the first time I’ve seen a commoner sleep.”
“You’re not cute at all, even when you sleep. It would be funny if you talked in your sleep.”
-Of course not.
In the first place, they weren’t even teasing each other. They were just openly gossiping.
“Oh, you must be tired too, so is it okay if you don’t sleep?”
“I’m fine.”
“She might already be awake. She’s probably still got her eyes closed anyway.”
Liliana, who was standing next to me, muttered with a rather mischievous smile.
Are you kidding…?
The distance between me and Liliana was quite difficult to measure, so I just stared at her quietly.
“Uh. Oh, no. I just, that’s… … sorry.”
“?”
Why are you apologizing?
In romance novels, I hated it more than anyone else when the main character was like, “Hawaii and I don’t care if you openly show your affection for me,” but I really don’t get this.
Saintess Special. It was easier to plot and plot than to conquer the main character.
In that sense, let’s think about the conspiracy that will come soon.
For example, the elf archer that will appear soon.
If you suddenly ask who the elf archer is, I will answer that he is the ‘last warrior party member’ in the original work.
What is there to hide?
The original party originally consisted of four people.
Hero, Izumi.
Princess, Liliana.
Assassin, Cedric.
Sagittarius, Daphne.
Since all three of them are familiar faces, I’ll just introduce the last one… …Daphne is the so-called ‘commercial sex worker’.
And I hated this character.
She doesn’t really do anything, but she has big breasts and exposes a lot! She’s the same female character.
Her appearance had ‘adult circumstances’, which according to the original author’s SNS are as follows.
What
At a time when sales were falling,
As I was in a forced year-end crisis, the editor suddenly made this suggestion to me.
“How about adding a sexy older sister character?”
That’s how Daphne was born.
At first I didn’t really like it, but now I’ve come to cherish it
… … That’s right.
The author said in the latter half that he ‘came to cherish it’, but I don’t believe it.
That’s understandable, unlike the other three characters who were full of affection, Daphne seemed too hastily created.
Suddenly, she clings to Izumi. Even if the fact that she’s almost naked is acceptable, the excessive service scenes that don’t fit the story flow (like being caught bathing, the main character falling on her chest, or her chest shaking every time she uses a technique) are the worst.
It’s not that I don’t like the service scene.
The important thing is to ruin the flow of the story.
I don’t want to hear sound effects like “boeing” in the middle of a tense battle! It’s going to be relegated from an insider favorite to a late-night anime that doesn’t sell well!
The problem was that the writer suddenly added a hastily made sex scene manager to the tightly planned scenario.
On that topic, the main character party’s performance wasn’t bad, so I couldn’t help but think deeply about whether or not to bring this character.
But the conclusion has been reached.
‘Throw it away.’
Yeah, I want to quit.
I don’t need an archer!
‘Is Liliana going to be more popular?’
In the original, it was useful because there was no long-range main gun, but with the creation of the walking disaster version of Liliana, there was no need for an archer.
If we have to be specific, then yes.
Liliana and Daphne could be said to be each other’s spares. They also have similar slightly (or rather very) annoying personalities.
‘Even if there are a lot of people, it will only result in food loss.’
If you decide to abandon the original character so coolly, the next question is ‘how to abandon it.’
There are two ways to do this.
1. Skip the related episodes.
2. You can come across related episodes, but do not treat them as colleagues.
Skipping episodes is incredibly simple.
You can go a different way from the original.
Daphne’s first appearance was just before the central desert of the Eastern Continent, so she can be easily abandoned if you change your path just a little.
And the second way is… … .
‘Actually, it’s not that bad.’
Visit the elf village.
In the original, Izumi solves a minor incident there and obtains the elves’ panacea elixir.
You might say that it’s meaningless right now that I’m here, but it’s not.
‘Full healing’ is *not possible with self-healing.
*Jahil: A slang term meaning self-healing.
That is, the elf’s elixir is for me.
‘I wish I had one.’
It’s much better than wasting extra life. The difficulty of obtaining elixirs isn’t that high either.
“I, Izumi.”
“yes?”
“Did you mark our route on a map?”
“Ah, just a moment.”
He rummaged through his pockets and took out a large map.
… how did that get in my pocket? That’s strange.
“Here it is. Um, I wonder how I should explain it.”
“Just give it to me.”
“… Oing?”
I handed the map over to Izumi and fumbled with it. Then, a rough pattern caught my eye.
‘That’s typical of Zephyrus.’
It seemed that there were separate markings on the map for the visually impaired.
Actually, I would rather just be brazen and say something like, “I can read the feel of ink!” but I do appreciate it when I find such consideration.
“I think we should change course.”
“How?”
“Can you lend me a pen?”
This time, Izumi took out a quill and ink from her 4th-dimensional pocket.
… Dorazumi?
I erased the words that suddenly came to mind and drew a line with a pen.
“I think it would be better to go this way.”
“Yes, then I will pass it on to the groom… … .”
Izumi nodded without saying anything, then checked the route drawn on the map and asked again.
“Well, I’m just asking just in case.”
“yes.”
“…Are you thinking of digging through the mountain?”
It was a natural question.
Well, the path I drew was heading straight towards the center of the mountain range.