40 – LH Nun Punishment Act 14

“..Ha.. I want to leave soon.”

“Yeah.. Me too.”

Linda and Jake lean on each other and talk in prison

Although they still felt sorry for their lost wealth, there was still happiness in their hearts.

“When we go out… what are we going to do first?”

Linda asks cautiously. Jake spoke of this in a sweet whisper.

“First, we should go to Aosta. There, let’s take care of the lord for a while and think about the future. Above all else, we have to have a wedding.”

“It would be great. A wedding with you… I’m sure you’ll be happy, right?”

“Yeah.. I’m sure it will be..”

“Whoops..”

For a while, the two discuss a future where they can feel joy while putting aside thoughts of their failed past.

at that time..

“Kikiiik!”

“yes?”

“no way..”

The sound of a door being opened.

As a result, the two began to have hope that they could finally get out of here.

Then a group of adventurers in front of them.

At the forefront stood a female adventurer dressed in black.

“Are you finally here? Come on, let’s get out quickly. It doesn’t have to drag on for a long time…”

Jake speaks in a welcoming voice.

But.. Looking at him like this, the woman said in a cold voice.

“Take him.”

“Yes.”

“!”

The adventurers who resolutely capture Jake and Linda the next moment and lead them somewhere

The wild behavior, which was completely different from what they had thought, instinctively began to feel that something was wrong.

“What… what is it? Why are you doing this? You said you would set us free!”

“We have a contract with your masters! To treat people who are like guests this way…”

“There is no contract.”

Ophelia cuts off Linga and speaks firmly.

At this, the faces of the two people hardened coldly and spoke in an urgent voice.

“That… what does that mean? You don’t have a contract?”

“Could it be that your master gave up the gold mine? That… There’s no way…”

“visor!”

The next moment, Ophelia aims a black sword at the two noisy people’s necks.

At this, they were speechless for a moment, and Ophelia spoke in a hard voice while watching them become so quiet.

“You will know the details when you go. If you make a fuss any more than this, a summary judgment is permitted, so please be quiet.”

“… .”

Ophelia emits a bloody presence

The two of them felt chills run down their spines and could not say anything more.

*

“I’m home. I have completed as you commanded.”

Ophelia speaks in a polite voice. Looking at her, Bahamut asked in a voice filled with kindness.

“great job. Did anything happen along the way?”

“Yes, since it was late, there were no eyes to see, so I don’t think there will be a big problem.”

“Yeah.. that’s how it should be. With this, just as the archbishop had hoped, those two disappeared from this world without a rumor…”

“Yes, I have instructed you to deal with it that way.”

Watching the two share a story that only they know, Isolda asked cautiously.

“Disposal… are you going to kill me that way?”

“Hmm.. well. Is it better for Isolda to do that?”

“… It’s a bit bad to joke around with things like this.”

Uncharacteristic of her, Lee Sol looks a bit pouty.

In response, Bahamut got the feeling that it was a little funny and said with a serious expression as she asked.

“I will not kill you. But it only bothers me to the point where dying would be better.”

“… Could it be… like I was?”

Suddenly, Lee Sol recalls the memories of the past, which she regrets a little in the sense that she just wasted time.

Looking at her like that, a smile began to form on Bahamut’s lips quietly.

“It’s bad taste.. you… you seem like a worse person than me in this respect.”

“Whoops…well? What would it be like?”

*

I didn’t know how much time had passed.

But the moment I came to my senses.

Linda knew that she was in a dark basement.

“Ugh.. what.. what happened?.. what the hell is this place..”

Linda slowly rises from her seat, feeling a throbbing sensation in her head as if she had just woken up from a drug.

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Not a single ray of light came in the surroundings, and only the faintly burning lanterns beyond the iron bars were the only light to illuminate the view.

“Is this a dungeon? Jake is… where is Jake…”

Linda is desperately looking for the person she loves.

However, the only person in the narrow prison is himself. Jake was nowhere to be seen.

at that time..

‘!.. this sound…’

Footsteps began to be heard the next moment.

At this, Linda’s gaze automatically turned over the barricade.

At the same time, she prayed earnestly in her heart.

I hope the owner of these footsteps is Jake

A long way for her beloved man to pick him up.

However… her fading expectations soon turned into deep despair.

“Everything… you…”

“I’m glad I arrived on time.”

Linda could tell at a glance who the man standing in front of her was.

Bahamut Fernandez.

The owner of the Veden Merchant Merchant and the person who first proposed the gold mine to her.

And, the person who brought him here under the command of the Archbishop.

Seeing him like that, Linda’s head began to spin quickly.

‘Why did this man come to see me? To threaten to hand over the rights to the gold mine? You’ll never do that until you free me and Jake.”

As she made up her mind, Linda opened her mouth in a cold voice.

“What the hell is this? Do you think that we will hand over the gold mines for nothing in return? no-nonsense sound. I’d rather die if I die.

“Sigh… ”

However, Bahamut sighed deeply for some reason at Linda’s words.

Linda began to question the reaction that was completely different from what she had expected.

Toward her, Bahamut spoke in a slightly annoyed voice.

“Yeah.. that’s so.. good.. goldmine.. that’s a really good story. If such a thing actually existed, the country would have tried to secure it no matter what. Even if it meant letting bastards like you go, I would have done it.”

“… .”

At Bahamut’s words, Linda sensed that something was going on strangely.

In response, she asked Bahamut in a trembling voice.

“What..what..you..what are you talking about..”

“What are you talking about? Simply put, I am telling you that there is no way out of here for you.”

With those words, Bahamut took something out of his pocket and showed it to Linda.

Seeing it glisten with a yellow light, Linda thought for a moment that it must be gold.

“That…that’s not possible.”

“It’s something you dug up in the mine you developed. It really shines. It looks like real gold.”

“… what?”

At Bahamut’s words, Linda is suddenly engulfed in doubt.

Looking at her like that, Bahamut said in a voice that felt cold.

“In the old saying.. no. It’s been said that this buzzword has been around since alchemists started digging, right? All that glitters is not gold. Look closely. what does this look like If you lived through the mining industry, you would know what this is.”

At Bahamut’s words, Linda carefully examines them with a sense of desperation.

And… as the interpretation of what it was printed out in her head, Linda’s face gradually hardened.

“… That…lie

“Sorry, but it’s true. As you probably already noticed, this isn’t gold. pyrite. It’s a good thing to mistake for someone who doesn’t know because it’s gold.”

“Kuh… .”

A metal that is a mixture of iron and sulfur, often called fool’s gold.

Although the color itself is similar to gold, the difference was large in terms of properties, and above all, because it was quite common, it was actually traded at a slightly more expensive level than iron ore.

Of course, the price is so cheap that you can’t even compare it to gold.

As she recognized that her last hope was a piece of iron disguised as gold, a dark shadow of despair began to fall on Linda’s face.

*Hwang Cheol-seok (Photo source: Namu Wiki)