112 – Party – 1

Is it because we had a passionate discussion at the party on the eve?

When I took a walk in the castle the next morning, I could see the sub-species and the nobles talking quite seriously.

Among them, there were stories about political agendas, and there were also stories related to commerce, but it was easy to see simple exchanges of friendship.

After all, if you have one goal, the team members will become friends.

…Isn’t that what they’re really made for?

“Ah. Sage? Hello.”

The place where my steps stopped was the large party hall inside Baekam Palace where the party was held.

From quite a few statues to gifts from those who couldn’t attend.

Looking around the party hall where various items were already prepared, I heard moonlight.

“What’s wrong? Is there something wrong?”

“I have something to check.”

For example, is there such a thing as a cursed item that is the starting item of a quest?

– Woo woo woo…!!

A low vibrating sound spread from the moonlight transformed into a staff. The moment the purple aura spread along with the faint vibrating sound around the party hall where I was standing, I felt it coming from the seat where the presents were piled up.

“Why is that?”

“Take this out.”

“Huh? This… is a gift from Baron Toscadon…”

The Barons of Toscadon are a family of knights who have been loyal to the royal family for a long time.

I shook my head when the Lily Knights said that since it was a gift from such a family, you can rest assured.

And he opened the package right away without even a second to dry.

What was inside was a fairly delicately crafted spinning wheel.

“This… looks pretty precious.”

“It doesn’t look very precious, but it’s precious.”

Probably to the point that other shamans would want to take it and study it somehow.

“Really? To the extent that the sage would say it’s precious, Baron Toscadon…”

“This is the embodiment of the curse itself. Should I say it’s a curse that’s been used so long that it’s fixed in shape? It’s probably sent by a witch who secretly borrowed the name of Baron Toscadon…”

At the word curse, the knight’s complexion turned pale.

“First of all, bring Baron Toscadon to the annex. He’s not the criminal, so don’t do something like forced confinement. After explaining the situation, bring him politely.”

“Ah… yes! Everything else, are there any problems?”

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Just asking if there are any additional problems.

After he signaled, other knights approached and they quickly headed somewhere.

“Anything other than this is fine. And there’s an easy route to break into on the ceiling over there. Make sure to block it there.”

The thief’s skill I wrote earlier. He told me the danger of being caught in a ‘danger sense’. Then the knight sent another knight there and bowed his head.

“OK. Thank you.”

I took the spinning wheel and returned to the annex. Baltin, who was lounging around in the annex with Lukendy, was puzzled when he saw the spinning wheel in my hand.

“What is that?”

“curse.”

To be more specific, it is the starting item for ‘Sleeping Princess’.

The content of the quest is simple.

When a birthday party is held for a character who becomes a princess of any race, one gift is converted into a spinning wheel and sent.

And the princess who touched the spinning wheel fell asleep, and the main point of the game is to save the princess from the curse after finding the witch and defeating it.

If you don’t know the strategy, you have to complete several linked quests to clear it, but those who know the strategy just go to the witch and give it to you, then finish the quest.

Of course, if you proceed with the quest as it is, the story about why the witch did it, related legends, and sewing skill proficiency increase.

You can get a few other rewards, but I’m not interested in that, so let’s just get the ending quickly.

“I’ll be back for a while. Tell me not to touch this.”

“Huh? Okay.”

If it’s Valtin, you can trust it. When I let go of the wheel, Baltin sat down in front of the wheel and straightened his mane.

He’s also a great Guardian.

“By the way, is it okay if I go alone?”

Lukendy said anxiously, but no problem.

There are a lot of chain quests and it’s dirty, but the witch itself is easy to catch.

The place where they arrived using teleportation was a small mountain village called Kilraiden, which belongs to the city-state ‘Opal’ in the western part of the kingdom.

A village that makes spider silk by catching silky spiders that can only be found on Mt.

“Eh? You’re a stranger? Are you here to learn tailoring? Or to buy spider silk? If you’re here to buy something, wait here… Do you need an introduction to learn tailoring?”

Behind the old man who was smoking a cigarette, several old people came out with sticks.

If you do not clear the chain quest, these.

He had to either fight the Killeiden Village Youth Association, or persuade them.

Of course, you can fight, but what’s wrong with these people?

I opened the bag for easy persuasion.

“…A drug dealer?”

“A drug dealer. A wise man.”

“Sage?”

It’s so rural that you don’t seem to know my name. Anyway, that’s not what’s important.

I took out a bottle of medicine from my bag and handed it to the old man.

“What is this?”

“Ha. This is really good for a man. There’s no way to describe it.”

“…That’s right?”

The temptation that any man would fall for was still working well.

After swallowing a gulp, the old man who was the president of the youth club reached out and took the medicine I showed him.

“Can I try it?”

“of course.”

While other elderly people showed their curiosity and desire, the youth president drank the medicine at once.

“Oh, oh oh oh !!

I won’t tell you what stood out.

Seeing the youth leader’s exclamation of joy and his standing, the elders of the other youth groups started praising me with their eyes wide open.

“Ohhh!! Sage! Is he a god!”

“Sage Punch! Sage Punch!”

Why do you throw punches?

In any case, by giving a few bottles of medicine to the rejoicing people, they were able to gain enough favor to enter Kilrayden Village.

“Can I go in now?”

“Ugh. Amman. Amman. Such a kind young man will surely be blessed.”

“Please come again next time! Heh heh heh!”

“What a fine young man!”

After all, the best persuasion is in kind.

After entering the village, being greeted by the elders of the youth association, I stopped at an old well on the corner of the village.

The well was locked because it was no longer in use.

If there is no thief in the party, you have to clear the chain quest and join an excellent thief to the party for a while to open this place.

– Clap.

First of all, I was able to use an excellent thief-level lockpick, so there was no big problem.

-Kikkiik…!

A rusty iron cover opens and an unpleasant sound is heard.

At the same time, a thick smell of plaster that shouldn’t come from inside the dry well alerted me to the danger, and I ignored it and went right in.

Inside the well, there was a small secret passage that was not easily visible from the outside.

– Saaak… Saaak…

A creepy sound is heard through it. How long had it been since I walked into the passage inside the dry well, hearing that sound like sharpening a knife?

At the same time as the smell of plaster that pierced the nose intensified, a secret underground workshop connected to the well appeared.

“…Who are you?”

A workshop with numerous magic tools and elixirs.

There was an old woman with a hideous face wearing a black cone hat.

“…That, is that?! Moonlight? Standing, no way…”

The witch, the boss of the Sleeping Beauty quest, freaked out when she saw the sword, and while I hesitated, she tried to persuade me to buy time and use magic.

I had no intention of listening to what she said, so I answered her question earlier while swinging my sword.

“Reaper.”

Stealing the life and beauty of a young woman and decapitating an insect that dreams of prolonging life.

-Suddenly!!

After killing the witch, he investigated the workshop and found evidence of her witchcraft forging the seal of Baron Toscadon.

In addition, a magic formula that changes an item into a curse.

And he also obtained data on the forbidden magic that increases his lifespan by taking away the lifespan of a young and beautiful woman.

When he returned to the palace after taking all of them and burning the workshop full of evil objects.

“It’s unfair!! It’s not me!! I don’t even know what that is!”

I saw a stout old man standing in front of a spinning wheel in the garden of the annex, shouting harshly.

That old man… I’m sure he was an old man who passionately talked about the knight’s teachings on how to wield a mace when he was making his mace yesterday.

It is a bit strange to see a sturdy old man who seems pure and boneless crying and complaining of resentment.

“But Baron Toscadon. I believe in you too, but that came from a gift delivered in your name. So please wait here. When the wise man comes…”

“If I really did, I would show my loyalty by taking my life! Trust me!”

“I believe. Even the wise man borrowed the name of the baron…”

“What? Didn’t you explain the situation? What’s the mood like?”

Ishina Craig, the leader of the Lily Knights who was in trouble next to him, smiled broadly at me.

“Sage! Come on, fifty… What is that?”

“Evidence and criminal head.”

I took out all the witch’s supply and demand and evidence materials that I had brought with me and showed them. Captain Ishina, who was standing there dumbfounded, asked me in fright.

“No, how did this happen?”

“It’s a curse that steals the life force and beauty of young women. If you want to hear more about it, bring Rastafar and ask him. He’s a great sorcerer, so he knows why.”

“Uh… Anyway, I suddenly felt bad at that wheel, so another member decided to bring it.”

After a while, Rastafar approached, struggling with the knights. He looked at the materials and reagents I had laid out, and finally, even the spinning wheel, which gave off an ominous feeling unlike the first, and then asked, dumbfounded.

“What kind of madman practiced forbidden magic?”

“It’s not a bastard, it’s a bitch.”

I raised the supply and demand of witches. Rastapa, who was examining it closely, wiggled his big mouth and wiggled his antennae as if he was tired of it.

“Uh. You stole a lot of life force. It’s terrible. It’s terrible. There’s a lot of karma accumulated in your eyes.”

Maybe it’s because he’s a great sorcerer, so he can figure out everything with just one look.

Rastapa calmly explained to Ishina, who was curious.

It was a perfect explanation that could only be understood by clearing the quest as it was.

“I see. Huh. Why…”

“It’s proof that Lucille’s name has spread across the continent.”

This quest occurs to the most famous princess at the beginning of the quest.

In other words, it was proof that Lucille had grown that much.

From a teaching standpoint, I was quite proud. It’s like being recognized by the world.

“But what about Veronica?”

“I’m here.”

Veronica, who came out with Lukendy from the annex, frowned as she tapped the wheel with the Divine Mark.

“I’ve prepared some purification.”

“That’s good. I was going to ask you anyway.”

We caught the culprit and we have the evidence.

I saved someone who could have been framed, so there’s no need to leave it alone.

Veronica immediately cleansed the wheel, and after a while the wheel began to change.

As the curse disappeared, a soft light was emitted from the spinning wheel.

“That’s precious. If you make yarn with that spinning wheel, the best quality yarn will come out unconditionally.”

It’s something that artisans can turn their eyes to.

I picked up the spinning wheel and gave it to Baron Toscadon.

“great job.”

“Tongue, sage…”

“Don’t cry! I don’t like to see old people cry! I hate seeing big, tough-looking old people cry!!”

“Hey. But… this grace!! I will never forget it! Sage. Please remember that you have a spear that will never betray you!!”

“No. You can forget about it.”

“Sniff…”

That’s a rare spinning wheel, but I don’t have much of a need for sewing because I don’t have enough time to make threads.

So, after handing it over to the baron who almost became a high treason, I patted him on the shoulder and comforted him.

“And that doesn’t matter now. Your gift. It’s been replaced by the Cursed Spinning Wheel! So sell it or do something else and get it back. You know it’s a party later tonight, right?”

Baron Toscadon, who was crying with emotion, was taken aback.

He seems to have forgotten, but instead of his gift, it is a spinning wheel.

In other words, the present he had prepared for the princess no longer existed.

As he pondered what to do, Veronica approached and asked.

“But how did you replace it? Where did Baron Toscadon’s gift go?”

“I can explain that. Now, listen. Witchcraft is a kind of cycle and concept. Using it to cast a curse…”

The lecture that I couldn’t even listen to the money of the great sorcerer began.

After chatting for a while and spreading the knowledge of witchcraft, Rastafar looked around and asked confidently.

“Any questions?”

Of course, no one asked.

Because few people understood the contents of the lecture.

There’s no shaman here, so what would you do with such a high-level lecture…

“To put it simply, it’s possible because it’s a curse that’s been used for quite some time.”

“…Ah. That’s right? Then again, something like this…”

“It won’t happen. No, it won’t happen. To materialize a curse, it’s possible to succeed by using the same curse for at least several hundred years.”

In other words, the witch sucked in more than one or two lives.

“Anyway, I’m glad it’s resolved…”

“That’s right. There’s no need to look back on things that have already been done. People should look at the future rather than the past. Come on. Slowly…”

The sun is going down.

It’s time for the party to begin.

“Let’s go prepare for the future.”

Highlight of the day.

It’s time for the princess’s birthday party to begin.

***

Lucille, who had been waiting with her eyes closed after hearing the news, hurriedly approached Lukel when he entered.

“How is it?”

“As expected, the sage solved everything.”

I heard that the gift that came to him has a powerful curse.

And, I heard that the sage moved himself to solve the problem.

I couldn’t help but worry.

How many people made an effort for their own birthday party.

And, how much did the sage expect the party to succeed?

I don’t even know how time passed because I was worried that all of that might be in vain.

But even this was solved by Master.

“Great. Really.”

“…Yes.”

he always was

The sage has always been a hero to her since she pulled him out of this little room.

That’s why Lucille laughed bashfully.

“He’s such a wonderful person. So…”

Lucille swallowed her saliva and made up her mind.

He is the only disciple of the great sage.

that pride.

The pride of being a disciple of a wise man who is thought to be even greater than being the hero he once dreamed of.

It was making her even stronger while still wrapped in her shell.

“I must be great too.”

Because I am the only disciple of the wise man.

so.

‘Master…’

My growth that you wanted.

‘I’ll definitely make it happen.’

So, my great teacher. We will make you satisfied and happy.

Lucille made a promise to herself and then opened the door to the party.