The Soldier Shouted Save - Chapter 17
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The soldier shouted save (17)
A time of solemn Freya prayer.
I glance to the side, avoiding the gaze of the elder leading the prayer.
A girl who appears to be around the same age as Croa.
Even while everyone else was praying with their eyes closed, the girl with her eyes wide open was constantly wiggling her toes and hands as if she was uncomfortable with her kneeling position.
“We will have time to share in Freya’s blessings. Everyone, please stand.”
Everyone opens their eyes, which had been closed, and raises their bodies by placing their hands on the floor.
The girl turned her head back in the chaotic situation where the sound of clothes rustling could be heard everywhere.
“… … .”
Did you feel eyes staring at you from behind?
The girl’s round eyes turn to my face.
“This concludes today’s public worship service. Priests, please guide the congregation outside.”
At the elder’s words, the priest opens the door leading to the stairs.
People leaving the underground following the priest in front.
One of them runs past the people and up the stairs.
“Slowly, don’t run!”
I run past the priest with the angry voice and chase after the small woman.
-Knock knock knock!
The sound of rough steps on the stairs echoed through the basement, and as the girl opened the door leading to the first floor, the hood was removed.
Brown hair that flows like a wave.
“Whoa, whaaaa! Don’t come!”
I caught up with the girl in one breath and spoke while lowering her arm aimed at me.
“You too, did you come here to save it?”
At my words, the girl’s already large eyes grew even larger.
“… … Yes? Oh, ah…! Ma, right? You too, right?”
Examine the girl’s appearance.
He examines my face and puts on a bright expression for a moment, then distances himself from me with a wary face.
-Knock, knock, knock.
I can hear footsteps on the stairs below.
“Shall we go upstairs and talk?”
After saying that, he passes the girl and goes through the open door.
The girl follows me behind, glancing at my face from time to time.
-Thump, thump.
Keep your gaze straight ahead, but listen for the sound of footsteps following you.
I stopped in a corner next to the church building.
“Oh, Mom!”
I felt a pressing sensation near my waist and heard a surprised voice.
The girl who had been walking with her eyes on the ground and had been hitting me on the back was startled and quickly distanced herself.
“……that’s right?”
The girl, with her hands clasped in front of her chest, looks up with wide eyes and asks.
Calmly. He speaks naturally, his expression relaxed as if Croa were right in front of him.
“That’s right, I also came to see the statue of the goddess because of the save.”
Was this the answer you were looking for?
The girl let down her guard and her expression brightened.
“Oh, sir, when did you come? Are you Korean like me? Where do you live?”
The girl asks a storm of questions.
The first is the time when the warriors came from another world to the Gerard continent.
The second question is a bit tricky.
The only question I could answer was the third one, where I was staying.
“I’m staying at a place called the Moonlight Inn.”
“… … Really? You had money to pay the hotel bill… … .”
After saying those gloomy words, I looked at the girl’s behavior once more.
Dark brown hair and round eyes.
A hooded cloak that covers the body.
Inside, a peculiar-looking uniform could be seen, but it was slowly leaking out a terrible smell, as if it had not been washed.
“Oh, I’m sorry… … .”
Was he aware that he smelled?
The girl opens her cloak with a sad voice.
The strong stench has somewhat subsided.
“How did you make money, sir?”
“I started out by cleaning at the inn.”
“I guess he gave it to me because I looked strong… … . I kicked him out because I said I didn’t need it… … .”
The girl who was fidgeting with both hands and watching me speaks.
“… … Can you help me? The strategy book says to hold out while working part-time, but they don’t even mention it because I look weak, and I’m scared of sleeping outside… … Ugh, ugh, it’s too hard.”
I felt guilty about what the girl said.
During my time as a palace soldier.
Because he used to call the warriors who refused to belong to the royal family as fugitives and go around hunting them down.
“What is your name?”
“… … Hye-rin. This is Lee Hye-rin.”
I have learned about the names of warriors. ‘Lee’ is the surname and ‘Hye-rin’ is the first name.
He lightly pats the back of the girl who is speaking clearly even while shedding tears like chicken poop.
“I’ll help you. Let’s go together.”
“Uh, uh, uh, thank you… … .”
Hye-rin, who seemed to have lost all strength in her body, covered her face with both hands and swayed.
“Shall we sit over there?”
He was supporting Hye-rin, who nodded at the tree stump that had been made into a chair, when suddenly Hye-rin flinched and hurriedly put her hood up.
“Sir, is this what you asked for?”
The voice of Eris.
When I turned my gaze, I saw a man in his early 30s with his arms crossed smiling at Iris.
“Are there any older records?”
“Without the palace deed, it would be difficult to get more information.”
Was there one more warrior in the church?
As I was eavesdropping on the conversation between Iris and the man, someone grabbed my arm.
“Hey, get out quickly. That guy looks like a palace warrior.”
Hyelin, with her hood pulled down low, grabs his arm with an urgent look on her face.
“Uh, Allen… … .”
He turned away from Iris, whose eyes met his hand, and headed out of the church.
“… … What are you going to do, sir? Are you going to continue living here?”
Hyelin asks, shrugging as if she doesn’t like the noisy Tallinn.
“I need to think about it.”
As he says that, Hye-rin smiles and holds his arm tightly.
“Still, I’m really glad I met you, sir… .”
Hyelin started telling me her story as we walked down the street together.
When I opened my eyes, I found myself in an unfamiliar world.
While wandering around aimlessly, he caught the eye of an old man and became his disciple.
The moment when he realized that his grandfather, who had forced him to undergo harsh training every day, was trying to hand him over to the palace.
Hye-rin said with a gloomy face.
“I sometimes wonder what would have happened if I hadn’t believed the strategy written in the Room of Destiny. The palace might be a good place now, right?”
“… Well, I don’t think so.”
They were given a heavy mission and had to fight monsters every day.
As I spoke, recalling the warriors who had been in the palace, Hye-rin smiled bashfully.
“You won’t know until you see it. Judging from the dates, these are strategies written a long time ago.”
Unlike me, is it because he is a real warrior?
There is more to know from looking at the same thing.
… … Of course, in order to realize the situation I’m in, I need to become close with Lee Hye-rin.
“Now tell me, sir. When did you get here?”
Hye-rin asks, blinking her big eyes.
When asked the inevitable question, I lied.
“It hasn’t been that long. … … In my case, I’ve had to fight monsters ever since I came to this world.”
A fellow palace soldier.
He embellishes and embellishes the words of his close friend, who was a former mercenary.
“I became like family to the mercenaries I fought with in life and death.”
“It must have been hard… … .”
“Thanks to that, I was able to adapt well like people born here. A few of them still live with me now.”
“Ah… … Is there anyone else?”
Hye-rin looks uneasy at the mention of someone living with her.
“They’re the ones I’ve taken care of since they were little. They’re about the same age as you.”
Hye-rin, who was relieved by my words, said with a relaxed face, perhaps thinking of the rough mercenaries.
“Who was your favorite singer, sir?”
A red sword that cuts down stars.
I stopped myself from saying the name of the minstrel as I recalled his most famous song.
“…Who was your favorite singer?”
“I’m Park Jae-yoon. What about you, sir?”
Hye-rin changes her words when she realizes that the singer she is talking about is not a bard.
“… … I didn’t really have any.”
Hye-rin, who made a sound at my words, asked another question.
“Where did you live before coming to this world?”
“Well, I’ve been here for so long that I don’t remember very well.”
“… …What was your favorite food?”
“I liked all the meat.”
Was the answer too vague?
As Hye-rin, who kept her mouth shut at my words, slowed down her pace little by little, I quickly pointed forward with my hand.
“Here I am. I’m staying at the Moonlight Inn.”
Wouldn’t it be easier to introduce Croa and Lian, who are the same age?
With that thought in mind, he takes the lead, but Hye-rin, who was following behind, stops and speaks.
“… … I know it’s shameless, but can you help me with my luggage?”
“load?”
“I have something very important that I brought from where I used to live. Since I was homeless, I just hid it away and came here… … . You understand, since we come from the same place as me, Pilanpo, right?”
He nods his head, responding appropriately to Hye-rin’s words.
“I’ll go with you. Where are you going?”
“… … No. It’s okay. I can go and come back by myself in no time.”
Hyelin, who had been smiling awkwardly, nodded and ran away with a frozen face.
“……wait for a sec!”
I chased after Hye-rin, thinking that I had made a mistake.
Corner of the building.
He tried to stop Hye-rin, who had narrowed the distance to his eyes, by reaching out his hand.
“… … .”
But as soon as we passed the corner of the building, Hye-rin, who was less than 10 meters away, disappeared without a trace.
It was only for about two seconds that I lost sight of Hye-rin.
‘Where did you go?’
Look at the floor.
There was no trace of movement, and there was no place to hide nearby.
‘I made a mistake.’
Reflect on your actions.
In my eagerness to find out as much information as possible, I must have slipped up in my mouth.
‘What should I do next?’
Having given up on finding Hye-rin, who had disappeared without a trace, I was fiddling with the dagger I had placed inside my clothes, thinking about ‘what’s next’.
“Brother! Why aren’t you coming in?”
When I turned my gaze to the voice, I saw Leon coming out of the store and Croa shyly waving his hand.
He takes his hand off the dagger and walks towards the two.
“Have you seen a girl about your age? She’s wearing a black hooded cloak.”
Lian scratches her head and looks to the side.
“Croat, did you see that?”
“… No, I didn’t see it… … .”
Croa has a gloomy expression on his face, as if he feels sorry for not being able to help.
It’s not right to let a kid like this fight necromancers and monsters.
“Croat! Lian! Where did you two go when there are so many guests?”
When I turned my gaze to Blanc’s voice heard from inside the inn, I saw a group of mercenaries, numbering about 10, heading towards the inn.
“Let’s go inside.”
“yes yes!”
Let’s not rush things, I have infinite time.
I went into the inn with my brothers.
* * *
Two days have passed since I met Lee Hye-rin.
I told him to let me know if a girl around Croa’s age showed up at the inn, but Hye-rin never showed up.
‘I might have missed it because I was busy.’
The Moonlight Inn, where guests increased day by day, was full, not only in the guest rooms but also in the restaurant on the first floor.
“Really, I don’t have a hangover and I feel refreshed?”
“See! I told you to sleep at the Moonlight Inn!”
During the day, there were people waiting in line.
However, it was thought that it was unlikely that Blanc had sent Hye-rin back because she was full.
‘I guess I didn’t trust you.’
Although I approached her to get information about the warrior, it is also true that I felt compassion for Hye-rin.
But if I can’t gain Hye-rin’s trust, it would be the right decision to approach another warrior and find out what my situation is.
‘I don’t think I’ll be coming back here again.’
A late night with the moon rising.
While I was waiting for Hye-rin in front of the inn, I got up from my seat and headed towards where the other warriors were likely to be.
The Church of Freya.
A familiar face appears in the church yard as a priest.
“What do you think, Iris?”
“… … I think it’s unlikely, but I think we need to check. I’ll go and check before reporting to the elder.”
The priest nodded at Eris’ words, glanced at me, and headed into the building.
Iris, left alone, lowers her head with a hardened expression.
“What’s going on?”
As I approached and spoke, Eris slowly raised her head and looked at me.
“Is the place where your younger sister is the Moonlight Inn?”
As I nod at those words, Iris lets out a deep sigh as if what she was worried about has come true.
“Some priests have felt a divine power stronger than that of the elders at the Moonlight Inn.”
“… … Then, what happens?”
Iris said, handing me a piece of dried parchment.
“Do you remember what I said? Choose what’s best for your little sister.”
A girl born with outstanding divine powers.
Will you become a priest who risks his life on a mission to kill the necromancer?
Will you become a fugitive, living in hiding from the Freya cult?
The choice Iris spoke of was one of two.
“Go, your only choice is tonight.”
Before I could say anything, Iris bowed her head and disappeared into the church.
‘… … It’s a choice.’
Turn your body.
As I walk away from the church, I unfold the parchment that Iris had given me.
[A village in need of evangelism]
What Eris handed me was a map showing villages without churches, untouched by the influence of the Freyan religion.
‘I have to bring it from Croatia.’
I put the map in my bosom and stretch my legs toward the Moonlight Inn.
-Knock, knock, knock.
The sound of footsteps is unusually loud.
As we walk along a street that seems deserted today, we come across the Moonlight Inn.
“… … .”
It was strange.
The accommodations and restaurants are full, so why is it so quiet?
Standing in front of the dark moonlit inn, I reach out my hand.
-Squeak, squeak.
The door won’t open.
To be exact, the door that had been slightly open closed again with resistance.
‘Fuck.’
I have a bad feeling about this.
Take a step back and put strength into both arms.
-bang!
Apply force all at once and push the door open.
A door that opens slowly with strong resistance.
I grab the handle of my sword and head into the dark inn, but something blocks my steps.
-Bam.
The one who closed the open door again.
Blanc’s body, which had been leaning against the door, rolled across the floor.