The Blind Saint Who Can See - Chapter 60
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#60. The Land of the Black-Haired (2)
“Listen carefully. Your footsteps are too loud.”
A woman who identified herself as Daphne gave Izumi advice.
“When you catch an animal, you have to walk like this. So that it doesn’t run away.”
“like this?”
“No, you idiot!”
Izumi, who had already been scolded dozens of times, became sullen.
“What should I do when it’s so hard to walk without making any noise?”
“Why can’t you do this? Are you some kind of noble young master?”
“Oh, that’s right. My father is a baron of the branch country.”
“Crazy. He was a real master.”
Daphne, with her arms crossed, looked closely at Izumi, who was crying.
“Hmm… …Your skin is shiny and you’re plump, so you definitely look like a rich young master.”
“That doesn’t sound like a compliment.”
“Because it’s not a compliment.”
Izumi sighed.
I confidently decided to learn how to hunt, but I was frustrated when the sun went down and there was no catch.
“Anyway, thanks for today, Daphne. I’m going to go back now.”
“What? Where?”
“I have to meet my colleague.”
He said, pointing to the sky.
“We were supposed to meet at the original location after the sun went down. I haven’t found a place to sleep yet, and I’m in trouble. Liliana won’t leave me alone.”
“… Have you been mortgaged by any chance?”
“That’s not it.”
Izumi scratched the ball.
Daphne narrowed her eyes as she stared at Izumi.
‘How can there be a kid like this?’
In fact, she doesn’t show herself to humans as much as other elves.
Daphne’s appearance in front of Izumi was quite impulsive. She was so frustrated with the hunting situation.
To put it simply, it was a training bug.
‘Still… … she really is cute. But more than that, it’s frustrating to have to turn the elf costume inside out… … .’
How can you possibly tolerate your ideal man banging around for two hours and being wasted?
This was a scene that even the elven ancestors would intervene and say, “Ah, I can’t stand training.”
“Then, Daphne, goodbye! Live well.”
“Hey, hey! Wait a minute.”
“huh?”
So Daphne acted impulsively once again.
“You have to sleep out tonight?”
“Huh? Really?”
“But I haven’t decided on a place to stay yet.”
“Yeah.”
“Then come to my house.”
“…huh?”
“I’ll let you stay for one night.”
Izumi, who did not understand Daphne’s words at first, looked at her, then opened her eyes wide and shouted.
“Then thank you! I’ll sleep well!”
***
“So now.”
Liliana filled her bottle with drinking water and gathered some berries from the tree, then placed her hand on her forehead.
“You want to spend the night at a stranger’s house?”
“I’m not a stranger, I’m an elf.”
“It’s more problematic!”
Liliana jumped.
“If it’s a trap, why are you crawling into any random place?”
“Hey, human. I tried to hold back, but your words are harsh.”
Daphne, who was watching from the side, scolded with a displeased expression.
“If you don’t like it, you can sleep outside. In the first place, this is the only one I wanted to let sleep.”
“That won’t do! If Liliana sleeps outside, I have to sleep outside too.”
“Because I said that.”
She added, pointing at Izumi.
“… … .”
Liliana still looked at Izumi with eyes filled with discontent.
I don’t know about that guy whose eyes were so clear that it almost seemed mad, but Liliana basically didn’t trust others.
Not even a human, but an elf.
The Ain race basically doesn’t like humans very much. You can guess this just by looking at the fact that they live in colonies in these remote mountains where humans seem absolutely unable to live.
But, you’re suddenly letting a human into your home? A cautious Ain?
It was something that was hard to believe.
I’ve never heard of an elf harming a human… … but isn’t that something I don’t know?
Perhaps the rumor never spread because there was no one left to testify among the people who had done the harm.
Liliana thought cynically.
Daphne also turned her head away, as if she had read that attitude.
“Do as you wish! But I don’t recommend sleeping outside. There are quite a few monsters around here. Especially after the sun goes down-”
Uuuuuuu.
Before the words could be finished, a strange cry was heard.
The Demons are not a race that is affected by the sun. However, the demons were different.
Most wild monsters, whose habits resemble those of wild animals, are nocturnal. Most of them hide in the darkness of the night and attack at any moment.
… gulp.
Liliana swallowed and lowered her head to the ground.
Her magic is powerful, but she needs Justinas to use it effectively. If she uses it alone, she will almost certainly faint after reloading due to the intense pain.
Even now that I am away from Justinas, my whole body feels achy and my condition has deteriorated rapidly.
It was impossible to fight a monster that couldn’t even be seen properly in this condition.
“… … Please take care of me for just one day.”
“Yahoo! Good idea, Liliana.”
Eventually, Liliana gave in.
***
“Tsk tsk, how did you get so sick?”
“Get treatment quickly.”
“Ttaeing! You really are a hasty person. You really are a pitiful person, you really are a pitiful person.”
Cedric paused for a moment.
Oh, my dear wife.
Of course, a married couple… … They lied and came in saying they were a married couple, and since according to the law, they are not allowed to enter in the first place unless they are the spouse of a person with black hair, it is natural to mistake them for married couples.
But. Still.
“Okay! If you take this medicine and just rest in bed for a couple of days, you’ll get better. It’ll be hard to live with white hair in Nigel, so your husband will take good care of you, okay?”
“……i get it.”
“The medicine costs 5,000 pesos.”
Cedric threw some bills to the pharmacist and carefully carried Justinas out.
It wasn’t hard to find a nearby inn, as there were many inn signs.
The problem arose elsewhere.
“Two rooms.”
“two?”
Cedric, who was naturally trying to get two rooms, was met with the innkeeper’s suspicious gaze.
“The couple is in separate rooms. Did they have a fight or something? Or… … .”
It’s not just the innkeeper.
All the men drinking in the first floor lobby focused their attention on the two people.
The look in his eyes that said, ‘What if?’ was both suspicious and creepy.
Wasn’t this country a place where anyone who didn’t have black hair was looked down upon? But what was the look in their eyes?
It seemed like he was looking for easy prey.
“I made a slip of the tongue. Please give me just one.”
“Oh, good idea. That’s better.”
The innkeeper nodded to Cedric and handed him a key.
And he gestures.
“Listen for a minute.”
At the woman’s gesture, Cedric suppressed his reluctance and bowed.
“You’re not from Nigel, are you? You must be a visitor from another country.”
“… That’s right.”
“That’s right. You don’t seem to know much about Nigel’s law, so listen up.”
Her next words were shocking.
“In Nigel, ‘Ruto’, who is neither black-haired nor the spouse of a black-haired person, is considered an illegal alien and is not protected. Even if he is… … subjected to such acts or killed in the process, the police do not investigate, and of course the perpetrator is legally innocent.”
“what?”
It was a law so absurd that it left me speechless. Even in the southern part of the Eastern Continent, where people with black hair were shunned, there was no ridiculous law that said that killing someone with black hair was innocent.
“If you have a black-haired spouse by your side, you won’t be touched. Even citizens who have officially immigrated to the country and are registered citizens are protected to some extent. But-”
She spoke softly.
“If you leave Ruto alone, he will definitely be exposed to crime. Even if he is a registered citizen, if he doesn’t have a black-haired guardian, he won’t be able to properly defend himself no matter what happens.”
“… What? Isn’t that treating me like livestock?”
“You saw it correctly. In this country, Ruto is not a human. The word Ruto itself means ‘livestock.’”
The innkeeper seemed calm as if reciting an obvious fact.
No, actually, that’s a ‘true fact’ to her. It’s probably written like that in Nigel’s law book.
The soldier who had blocked the rest of the group from entering at the border looked like a fairy. If a foreigner came in without knowing, his organs would be taken away.
“Anyway, here you go. Here’s the key – you can pay extra for dinner and breakfast, and you can eat as much as you want. So have a good time.”
Cedric took the sleeping Youth up to the room. He felt very upset, and the sun was setting.