27 – LH Nun Punishment Act 1

The time when the warm sunlight starts to feel hot.

When the vegetation grows thick and the sound of cicadas can be heard.

Summer.

It’s a season that reminds me of things like air conditioners, ice cream, and the sea.

But..

‘How come there’s nothing here… There’s not even a fan.’

Even with the windows open, Bahamut was feeling a bit of regret as he sorted through the papers in the heat.

That said, the summer climate in Schwyz was fortunately quite good compared to Korea.

Unlike Korea, where high temperatures and humidity are commonplace, Schwyz has many cold mountain areas.

It’s not in this city right now, but if you go down for about a day to the south from here, you can see the ice caps piled up on the mountain.

In addition, the temperature was not very humid, so even a slight breeze was enough to breathe.

Of course, even so, as summer is summer, the heat was unavoidable,

It was inevitable that I felt like going to the south, even if it was a summer resort.

‘Hmm.. By the way… it’s from the south.. Come to think of it, I think it would be good to start working there as well, right?’

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Now that his workload has decreased slightly since hiring Isolda, Bahamut has once again turned his attention to his personal investments.

‘There are a lot of mountains in the south… At the same time, there are many useful mines…’

Unfortunately, there were few mines in this vicinity that produced valuable minerals such as silver or gold.

Yes, but from the perspective of Bahamut, who knows the spoiler, he was reading gold mines that were not so-called gold mines that could make as much money as he did.

‘I obtained Ophelia’s armed force and Bertina’s capital. Is this next resource? Certainly, if you hold on to the resource strings, you will be able to secure greater stability in that situation.’

Politics and wars are ultimately driven by money and resources.

In particular, in the case of resources, it can exert a stronger power than money in an urgent situation.

In that respect, Bahamut had one target worth considering in connection with the ‘event’ that would occur in a little while.

‘And… that bitch was involved as a bonus, right? Great. As usual, the basement was empty when Lee Solda left.’

While thinking that, a deep smile began to form on Bahamut’s lips.

*

“after… ”

Isolda got off the carriage, slightly frowning in the hot sunlight, and started walking slowly along the garden.

She holds a parasol in one hand,

However… the shadow it created was not mainly covering Lee Solda.

“I… Ms. Lee Solda.”

“Why?”

YuRia carefully asked while standing next to Isolda.

Without even looking at her, Lee Solda answered in a nonchalant voice.

“No… that’s… I’m fine…”

“I don’t know what you mean. Don’t worry about useless things and follow me quietly.”

It is Lee Sol who walks forward as she speaks in a voice full of rigor.

However, while feeling grateful to see her like that, YuRia started to walk cautiously along the shadow of the parasol that leaned towards her.

“Have you checked again what I said?”

“Yes, this is a report from the Bern and Lucerne branches… Oh, and this one is from Lugano.”

Yuria checks the documents in her hand once again.

In her words, there was the name of a region that Isolda was particularly concerned about.

“Luganora… yes, good job It seems to have gotten a little more useful now.”

“Ah.. yes, thank you.”

Yuria smiled brightly with joy at Lee Solda’s words.

Seeing that, Lee Solda also had the urge to smile, but…

Unfortunately, right now wasn’t the time to show emotion.

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No matter what, it was a situation with public affairs right in front of my eyes.

In addition, this is the mansion of Bahamut, the heart of the Beden Merchant.

As it was clear that the number of eyes would gradually increase, it was necessary to maintain the same loftiness as usual.

‘Even though I’ve learned to look like a human being. We must strictly distinguish between public and private affairs.’

With such thoughts in mind, Isolda and Yuria arrived near the building.

at that time. Right in front of them, a man had just begun to come out of the building.

‘Who is it?..’

From Isolda’s point of view, it was the first woman she had ever seen.

A woman with short black hair and green eyes

Her face was pretty, though. At the same time, she felt a sharp presence like a sword.

In addition, he was actually wearing a sword on one side, and the outfit was also simple and rugged in black.

‘Looking at the way he looks or feels, he doesn’t seem like a merchant… but he’s like an adventurer?’

While thinking about that, Isolda looked at her without saying anything.

If you are an adventurer whose opponent is hired, you should bow to yourself first.

I was being a little considerate in the sense of accepting greetings like that, but…

For some reason, this adventurer just stood there in the same silence while watching her.

‘..What is this woman… why is she holding her head stiffly?’

‘…’

It was then that the awkward silence between each other was very slightly prolonged.

“Ah.. hello.”

The next moment, a greeting came from the other side.

Unable to tolerate the atmosphere, Yuria stepped forward and bowed her head. As if responding to this, the dark-haired woman finally opened her mouth and nodded lightly.

“hello. First of all, I would like you to reveal your identity.”

“… ”

The look of a woman greeting YuRia while looking at herself.

Feeling a bit offended by this, Isolda spoke to her in the calmest voice possible.

“My name is Isolda Evergarden. Did you come to see Bahamut-sama as the body in charge of the administration of the Beden Merchant Merchant?”

“..okay. Excuse me. I’m sorry I didn’t recognize that it was your precious body.”

While apologizing like that, a woman who speaks with the feeling that something is contained in her bones.

As a result, Isolda passed the woman as it was, feeling an unknown discomfort.

‘I don’t like something… that woman… she doesn’t look like a simple adventurer…’

However, since it was such a situation to argue about something here, Lee Solda decided to skip this for now and went inside with YuRia.

*

A red-haired woman disappearing from view leaving behind a chilly atmosphere

Without taking his eyes off the place where the woman disappeared, she…

Ophelia Crimson, involuntarily, frowned slightly.

‘That woman.. must have been then..’

An executive at the upper level… that woman wearing the same uniform worn by the heads of a department.

Ophelia knew the woman’s face.

‘I saw him in the basement… It must be him. I was a slave to Bahamut-sama… ‘

Even though time had passed, there was no way I could be mistaken.

It was natural.

Because she was the one who had a relationship with the master before he did, and the one who provided the opportunity for Ophelia to convey her feelings to the owner.

However, apart from that fact, Ophelia couldn’t see her very well.

As a kind of competitive relationship with the same man, it was natural in a way, and above all, it was even more so considering her appearance now.

‘I knew it as a simple slave…but now I’m working as an executive at the top?

Ophelia herself started out as an adventurer, but now that she signed an exclusive contract, she too could be said to be a member of the upper ranks.

Moreover, considering that her role was a direct escort to protect her owner right next to her, she was also in a position that was treated as an executive within the upper ranks, even if her level was a little lower.

There was no need to remain generally timid as in the past.

‘But I didn’t know that I would care about someone else like this… Could this be… the feeling of jealousy…?’

It was then that Ophelia was thinking about it.

“Ophelia.”

“Yes?”

A voice coming from behind.

In response, she slowly looked back.

*

“Hmm… you worked hard. It’s nice to have clean work as well.”

Bahamut put down the papers with a satisfied expression on his face.

Looking at him like this, Isolda said in a slightly chilly voice.

“Really… no matter how much it is, what are you going to do if administrative management is done so roughly? Fortunately, the amount of leakage is small, but problems arise from such gaps.”

“Umm… that’s right, since there weren’t any decent talents there in the meantime… that doesn’t mean I can’t hold on to it all day.”

“I mean, pay attention. If we had good discipline, we could have prevented it.”

“Yes, yes, I understand very well.”

Lee Sol is nagging in front of her without hesitation.

Even though her mind and body were completely surrendered, seeing her doing everything she had to say confidently in the midst of it, I began to think that Bahamut was a little fun.

‘It’s a little bit harmful… but still, is a bad girl a bad girl? This poisonous feeling is still there.’

However, I know that it is not to attack the other person, but to worry about it in its own way. Bahamut just nodded his head calmly and listened to her words in one ear and let it out in the other, like his parents nagging him.

In the meantime, Bahamut’s gaze turned to a girl who had been looking at Isolda with eyes that somehow felt like something was shining.

‘Your name must be… YuRia? He’s a character who doesn’t even appear in the original story…’

The child Lee Sol-da has been taking with her since not long after taking on administrative work.

Bahamut was not particularly interested, but Isolda seemed to care for the child, and Bahamut could tell that she liked him too.

‘Looking at things like this, people have changed.. That evil woman with no blood or tears..’

It was the time when Bahamut was listening to Isolda’s nagging, which also served as a work report, as he thought about that.

-“Smart Tok”-

“ah! come in.”

Delighted that the person he had been waiting for had finally arrived, Bahamut responded right away, and right after that, the door slowly opened, revealing a familiar face to everyone in the room.

“Excuse me, Master.”

“… you are..”

Isolda slightly frowned at the appearance of the person who had just felt a little uncomfortable.

To her, the black-haired woman politely bowed her head.

“Let me introduce you. This is Ophelia Crimson, my direct escort.”

“It’s nice to meet you again, Mr. Leesolda Evergarden.”

Following the introduction of Bahamut, she greets in a quiet voice… Ophelia Crimson…

Isolda responded with a small nod of her head without saying anything.