The Soldier Shouted Save - Chapter 70
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The soldier shouted save (70)
The scene where Pope Freya personally came forward and took Croa away was spectacular.
Croa walking alongside the Pope, escorted by golden knights.
“… The Pope himself came to see me. I guess Walker is different after all?”
“No, but Priest Croa was a saint?”
“… Really? So you got healthy as soon as you got on Walker?”
I mingled with the crowd and looked at Croa’s back.
“Hey, long live the goddess Freya!”
“Long live Saint Croix!”
Just like the relationship between me and Lian, where we can no longer use informal language,
The relationship between Croa and I went beyond that of siblings, and a wall of status was created.
“It seems like Croa is looking for you, sir. Shouldn’t we show you your face?”
Croa is looking around next to the Pope, looking for someone.
At Hye-rin’s words, who had come up next to me, I turned my back on Croa.
“It’s more important not to show your face. You might run into the Pope.”
I felt it while going back and forth between Sunlight and the Vagabond Village.
The fact that the other person doesn’t know my face can be a weapon.
“Anyway, I told you it was really blocked up….”
Hyelin lets out a small sigh and holds out her palm.
As she puts her arms on it, Hye-rin mutters while drawing up her mana.
“Migratio.”
The scenery changed into Walker’s mansion in an instant.
Hyelin, who moved with me via teleportation, takes the lead and speaks.
“Follow me. The letter you’ve been waiting for has arrived.”
Go into the secret space with Hye-rin where the black magic book was and read the letter.
“… …Are you a professor who teaches about the Demon Race?”
The identity prepared by the princess is a former knight named Matteo Gremory.
He was a knight of commoner origin who defeated the demon tribe and earned a noble name while the Demon King was alive.
“But this guy named ‘Matteo’, he’s 50 years old and he’s got a stomach…?”
“A knight who has achieved a high level is bound to look difficult.”
“… No, if you look at the picture here, you don’t look young at all?”
“Well, it’s just a rumor that you can become the first person to achieve a high level. But I can use that rumor to become the first example.”
“…What do you mean?”
“I plan to boast that I have achieved a high level and have a changed face.”
A detailed painting that looks like the real thing. Was it a photograph?
“… … Do you think I’m a real uncle because I always call you uncle? I don’t know, so figure it out yourself. Does it make sense that that balding uncle would suddenly have this face overnight?”
I look at the back of the letter, leaving Hye-rin shaking her head as she compares my face to Mateo’s, who has many wrinkles on his face.
‘It seems like there weren’t many people who knew about Mateo to begin with.’
Looking at the back of the letter, it also contained detailed information about Matteo Gremory’s habits and speech.
Although he was not qualified to become an academy professor, he was able to enter the academy through the recommendation of several senior professors.
‘… … The princess was in a hurry too. Threatening a professor to get a fake identity.’
It was written that he had brought Mateo to his residence from a place where he enjoyed drinking and women and asked for his cooperation, but to anyone who looked at it, it was obvious that he had used intimidation to confine Mateo somewhere and obtain the status of an academy professor.
‘Still, the princess did a good job of selecting the right person for the stomach.’
He was a character who always maintained a humble attitude and did not like to be social, so his presence was also vague.
As long as you don’t get criticized for your looks, there’s nothing to be wary of.
“… … Park Min-hee? What is this?”
As I looked at the next letter, the warrior’s name appeared out of nowhere.
An 18-year-old warrior named Park Min-hee who entered the academy as a student.
When the princess told him of the fate of a warrior who must fight against monsters and that she would find a place where he could live quietly, it was written that he had given up on entering the academy.
“Oh, that’s mine. I asked the princess to find someone who could disguise themselves.”
“… … Weren’t you afraid of the palace?”
It was Hye-rin who was wandering around Tallinn, having escaped from the Matapju who was trying to sell her to the palace.
Although the priority was low, his name was also on the ‘Imperial Palace Guild’s’ kill list.
But Hye-rin smiled and shrugged her shoulders as if she had no worries.
“Why worry so much? If I die, it will all seem as if nothing ever happened.”
“……what?”
“You have a save, right? If there’s an emergency, or… …if I die, you’ll revert me to a save and save me, right?”
Hyelin says with a playful smile.
“Besides, it seems like you don’t realize it. It would be hard for someone as skilled as you to die. If you use the red sword, you could probably count on one hand.”
If there was a red sword as Hye-rin said, I didn’t think I would lose even if I aimed my sword at the black star.
‘… … I was just a soldier.’
It was true that he had gained great strength for no apparent reason and became one of the strongest people on the Gerard Continent in a short period of time.
However, I had no idea that things would go smoothly.
“My privilege isn’t omnipotent. It could take you back to the situation you were in immediately after you died.”
What if I hadn’t gained enlightenment about mana in the Red Tide’s Palace?
If you hadn’t achieved the feat of catching the Metal Worm, you could have been trapped in the Demon Palace for the rest of your life, repeating death forever.
“If you die like that, then there’s nothing I can do. But I don’t plan on just sitting back and doing nothing. After all, neither Croado nor Uncle are strangers anymore.”
Hyelin smiles as she thinks of something.
“Oh, right. You said I could take the perk if I died, right? If you take my quick slot… … .”
He cuts off Hye-rin and speaks firmly.
“Prioritize survival over Croa. That way, when you get your life back, you’ll have a good outcome.”
“… … If someone with actual experience in saving lives says so, then you should follow them. Don’t worry. I don’t intend to go save Croa for no reason and become a burden.”
Although he showed excessive concern, preparations for the escort became more thorough as Hye-rin came to the academy.
With Lian next to Croa, me on the professor’s side, Hye-rin on the student’s side, and even the head priestess who is a saint like Croa, we can now deal with most situations.
‘Let’s start by concentrating on perfectly disguising ourselves as Mateo Gremory.’
Of all the people who will go to the Academy, I have the greatest responsibility as the one who has the save.
I didn’t waste a single day until the day of admission.
‘Is this what it feels like to hold a magic sword?’
Practice swordsmanship with the red sword while wearing the ring of trust.
I thoroughly memorized the information about the academy that the princess and the headmaster had sent me.
And then, the day of the final battle.
“Oh, hello… The manager sent you… … .”
Oh Seo-young, an assistant from Meskerid, comes out with the ‘customizing’ special and changes Hye-rin’s hair, then hands me a large teapot.
“I put some dried grass in it… . The chief said that if you drink it, it will help you imitate Mateo’s voice… .”
“How does that help?”
“Well, if you steep the dried grass in hot water and drink it, your voice will crack. Well, the chief told me to tell you that your voice is similar to Matteo Gremory’s… … .”
Seoyoung Oh gives detailed instructions on how to use the selected blades of grass.
It is said that if you steep it in hot water for more than 5 minutes and drink a full glass, your voice will be clear for a day.
“Please note.”
Oh Seo-young, who saw someone from the same hometown as her, seemed to want to talk to Hye-rin, but there was no time for small talk.
With the last of the Gorun blades of grass that could imitate Mateo’s voice, all preparations for infiltration were complete.
“Then, see you at the academy.”
Separated from Hye-rin, they each boarded the carriage prepared by the princess.
“Save.”
I said save, hoping to return at a point where I could turn everything back, and after a few days of being on a rocking carriage, the location of the decisive battle came into view.
‘Is this the academy?’
A place where children of high-ranking nobles and warriors from another world are educated for the future of the Gerard Continent.
I got off the carriage, putting all the equipment I normally carried in my luggage.
“… …Mateo?”
An old man stopped walking in front of me.
“… … Hmm, who are you? I didn’t hear that Mateo had a son?”
Did you come here after seeing the Gremory family crest engraved on the carriage?
Observe the man’s behavior and speech.
‘Are you Mateo’s acquaintance?’
I had memorized all the information in dozens of pages, but it was a disaster not knowing the other person’s name.
I knew the names of my acquaintances, but I didn’t know their faces because I didn’t have any photos.
“Why aren’t you answering? Didn’t you get off the Gremory family’s carriage?”
At the man’s questioning with narrowed eyes, she smiles and laughs.
“Hahaha! As expected, you can’t tell, can you?”
“… … What? Do you know me?”
“Hey! I’m Matteo Gremory!”
The effect of the Gorun grass was clear.
A hoarse voice, as if one had a cold.
The old man’s eyes widened in surprise at the similarity between the voice and Mateo’s.
“… …Ma, Mateo, you? W-what happened? Didn’t you become a completely different person?”
He responds with a smile to that.
“Haha! By taking care of the remnants of the Demon Tribe together with Geomseong, we have achieved great things!”
I had already memorized all of Mateo’s actions.
What he did a month ago was to sweep away the area around the Demon King Leo Vermouth and the Demon King.
“I didn’t think it was real, but it really was!”
“…What are you talking about?”
“Can’t you tell just by looking at me? When you break through the limits of your body, you become younger! What do you think? Doesn’t it feel like you’ve become a different person?”
He laughs heartily, but then turns his gaze slightly to examine the old man’s face.
“… … This can’t be happening. Your old age was my only comfort.”
There is only one person with whom Mateo can have such an intimate conversation.
“I heard there were a few cases, but I thought they were more like rumors… … .”
“Hahaha! If you’re jealous, why don’t you throw away magic and learn swordsmanship?”
The man in front of her was clearly ‘Jaden Poamuller’, a senior professor of ‘Demonology’.
“… Ha, Mateo, I tell you this over and over again, swordsmanship is an old-fashioned fighting style that was used before the development of magic!”
Jaden clears his throat and looks at me.
“… … Ahem, but what do you think about the rumor that you were granted youth through magical achievements? … … Does that seem possible?”
“If you are a lowly swordsman, why can’t you become an excellent magician like you?”
“Hey, tsk. Don’t be so cocky just because you’re young. Okay. I’ll go to the academy first.”
As Jaden turns his back and enters the academy, a sigh of relief escapes.
‘If I can fool Jaden, who is closest to Mateo, then everyone else will be fine.’
Some students kept watching me and Jaden talking.
However, it seems that there was no special reason for keeping an eye on it.
‘I guess I unconsciously watched the professors talking to each other.’
You shouldn’t be as cautious as usual.
Even if we weren’t scheming, the academy was a place where people talked for no reason and exchanged glances for no reason.
‘There are a total of 4 saint candidates who entered the academy’
It didn’t matter if the other candidates for sainthood died.
‘I have to find a way to expel him.’
Protect Croa from assassination in the palace.
That’s why I came to the academy.