141 – It was winter – 2

It was a place where a thick mist of snow fell.

The fluffy snow, which had already turned the surroundings white, heavily decorated the numerous trees.

A horse’s hooves break through the snow that has piled up on the paved stone road.

A beautiful woman with snow-like hair who was riding in the carriage in the white snow that popped every time smiled brightly.

“Ahahaha! Hyunwoo! Look at this!”

“Well?”

Sitting on the coachman’s seat and shaking the reins, I glanced away at her cry.

In her hand was a small snowman that seemed to be made from snow piled on a wagon.

It was funny to see him giggling while holding it up, so I laughed too.

“Are you almost there?”

“yes.”

“Huh. We’re here. We’ve been very busy.”

After defeating Kronos, he had been distracted.

Veronica is also Veronica, but I also had no time to rest.

He continued his adventurer life and eventually finished preparing for the S-class promotion test, and as soon as the period came, he challenged and achieved an S-class adventurer.

In the meantime, I was doing business and collecting money to buy items for skill training. All related skills were raised, and things like dealing with ghost mansions, purifying cursed wells crying in low mountains, etc.

There are also quite a few story achievements.

As a result, we have been able to come this far.

“I didn’t expect to receive winter vacation. Huh. Thank you, Hyunwoo.”

“It was nothing.”

that’s a really good word Among the achievements I had to earn, there were quite a few things Veronica had to take care of.

Among the story achievements, there are achievements that make ghosts become Buddhas, and there are also achievements that require you to fight demon followers.

Thanks to the establishment of a base in the church, I was able to easily obtain such information from Veronica, and thanks to that, I was also able to comfortably work on my achievements.

“No. No. I was able to finish it quickly because I was with you. Wow. The demon followers last time were really…”

Veronica grumbled, tired. I couldn’t help but laugh bitterly at her reaction.

That would also be the case because the story achievement is famous for being long even if you skip it as much as possible.

Since it was an achievement to exterminate the cults of demon followers spread across the continent, he had to be busy here and there.

What if there was no real teleportation?

“Thanks to borrowing the cardinal’s name, it was easy for me too.”

“Ahahaha~! Thank you for saying that. Are we going to keep smashing followers’ heads like this?”

It’s a very neat laugh, but the content is a bit bloody.

I just responded with a smile, and Veronica was silent for a moment, then looked around.

“So? Where is this place?”

“If you ask me where I am, it’s only natural for me to answer you!!”

“…Ah. This voice?!”

Something not beautiful popped up in a beautiful landscape.

A werewolf shaman boy with impressive gray hair.

It was Wilkes.

Upon seeing him, Veronica clutched her forehead as if in pain, and Wilkes smirked and spread his arms.

“Welcome! To the land of the beasts!!”

“By the way, don’t the beast tribe have a country?”

“…Welcome! To the land of the Beasts!! It’s Trevor Village soon!!”

Wilkes immediately changed his words, smiled and jumped up and sat in the driver’s seat of the carriage.

“Are you going all the way to Trevor’s town? To come here at this time…”

“Uh. I want to participate in the winter festival there.”

A winter festival I went to with Evangeline before.

I was going with Veronica who was on vacation because I had to achieve the achievement of conquering twice as well.

What’s better than the summer festival is that there are fewer shops than the festival in the capital, so it’s not that difficult to beat it.

“hahaha. Cardinal. Don’t look at me like that. I didn’t intervene like this to ruin the two of you’s private trip… Ah! I remembered it because I was on a private trip, but a long time ago I received a request from Trevor Village to… “

“…..”

Veronica seems to be more troublesome. I passed the reins to Wilkes with a smile at her, who had closed her eyes to his chatter.

“Are you going to Trevor’s town too?”

“hahaha. Yes. Our village is near Trevor Village. My family supplies the goods for the Trevor Village Festival, and the beef stew my mother made is very popular during the Winter Festival. ‘s creamy beef stew? It’s really delicious. Especially at Olga’s inn…”

“Drive the wagon.”

I gave him the reins and went into the wagon.

Left alone, Wilkes chatted eagerly in the driver’s seat, not caring whether we heard it or not, and Veronica laughed.

“The quiet trip is bad.”

“Anyway, the town of Trevor isn’t far away.”

“Trevor’s town?”

“It’s a pretty big village in the realm of the Beasts. There are good hot springs in the west, and there’s an ice wine factory in the north that you can drink only in winter.”

“Ah. Ice wine. I tried it too. It’s very sweet.”

“Yeah. Probably the ones delivered to the church were also made here.”

“Wow…”

“Wouldn’t it be better to take a rest after taking a vacation? Of course you can go to Raidin… but you said you want to spend a vacation with me.”

“yes!!”

“That’s why I chose this place. Like he said, there’s a festival here. Ah. If you don’t like it…”

“Is there a way~. Huh? By the way, Hyeonu. Did you choose me as your winter festival partner?”

Blinking, Veronica playfully brought her face closer.

A nice scent tickles your nose.

“hahaha. You don’t need a partner at Trevor’s Winter Festival… Ouch!”

“…At times like that, you’re saying that even as a joke. Uh-huh. Really.”

Turning her head shyly, Veronica looked out the window and admired again.

far.

A completely frozen lake is seen.

“Hey? Hey? Wow. It’s really much more beautiful than I thought.”

Veronica was admirable.

Trevor’s winter festival was also a good place to take game screenshots.

Is it because they are slowly leaving Gwando and entering the village? The wagon starts shaking a little.

“Ohh? Aren’t they humans?”

A canine hunter with a bow and arrow came up to us and talked to us. He looked around the wagon and smirked.

“This must be a person with a lot of money!! People with a lot of money are always welcome! hahahaha!!”

“You’re very worldly.”

“Shouldn’t we have a party during the original festival! Uh heh heh! Then have a good time… Ah. If you don’t have a place to stay, go here!”

He took a small piece of wood from his bosom and held it out.

“Let’s see… Baloin’s Hut. Stable provided. Information provided. Accommodation available…”

Veronica tilted her head after receiving the piece of wood.

After a while, the dog, Su-in, smirking at us, left.

“Ohh? Aren’t they humans?”

“If you don’t have a place to sleep, sleep at my house!”

“The inn is the Trevor Hallu Inn!”

“Look for Calciron in front of the inn!! Free breakfast!”

The prisoners, who had been approaching by feigning coincidence, openly start soliciting guests.

Seeing that, Veronica broke into a cold sweat, and I said with a smile.

“Don’t worry, we’ve already decided where to stay.”

“Where is it?”

I pointed out the window. where my finger is pointing

The largest building closest to the lakeside.

An inn run by the End family, a noble family that is the pride of Trevor Village and has a high reputation among the Joiners.

It was ‘Phoenix’.

Upon arriving in Phoenix, Wilkes left to visit his family. It appears like the real wind and disappears like the wind.

“welcome!!”

A member of the Korean family with beautiful wings comes out and greets us.

Packing the luggage and horses in the carriage, he smiled.

“It’s not easy for humans to make reservations in Phoenix… You’re amazing.”

“Huh? Yes?”

“Anyway. There are many Beasts who want to stay here. Anyway, this is the best inn in town.”

“That’s right! hahaha! You have eyes for customers to see!! Facilities, history, service! Even cooking, excellent chefs who can satisfy all races are always on standby! Also, open-air Seven hot springs!! A really wise choice!”

“Wow. Did you put a lot of thought into it~?”

Tuk-tuk.

Hitting my side, Veronica starts laughing.

Of course, there are other reasons for staying here besides what the clerk says, but you don’t have to tell me about that.

“Ahh~ I’m tired~.”

“Let’s go to the hot springs! Hot springs!”

“Bring the alcohol first!!”

“I want to do that later and have a meal first.”

At that time, there were people who opened the door of the inn and came in.

Me and Veronica tilted their heads at the familiar voice.

“..what?”

There were unexpected people.

Marax, the mayor of Dwarven City, is looking for alcohol.

And what criticizes him is Prince Cecil, who covers her blue hair with a white fur hat and wears an expensive-looking fur coat.

Karin in the chic black butler uniform she always wears.

Finally, to Leo, the chieftain of the beast tribe.

There were completely unexpected characters.

“Why are you guys here?”

“Is that… is that what we want to ask?”

“Did I ask you first?”

“I checked some of the bones of the Beasts, and I came to see them again because there was a festival here.”

Marax openly said that he had come to play, and Karin nodded.

“We also came to trade with the Dwarven City and the Beasts, but since Your Highness always did research… we came to rest.”

“Hmm… I’m sorry about this unintentionally. I feel like I’m interfering with our trip.”

Leo, the king of the beastmen, smiled bitterly from behind and bowed his head to Veronica as if he was sorry.

“Ha ha. Well, it can’t be helped.”

“Yes. It can’t be helped. Then let’s all play well and disband.”

“Huh? It’s meant to be that we met here, but don’t we go out together?!”

I laughed when Marax called out.

“There’s a lot of work for that. See you next time.”

I asked the waiting staff for guidance.

So let’s go up to the top floor by using the elevator made by the members of the group.

“Wow…”

I was able to rent a suite that no one else could use.

As soon as she saw the room, which cost well over 1,000 gold for a night’s stay, Veronica exclaimed in admiration.

“Would you like to have your meal brought to your room or in the dining room?”

“Go to the restaurant.”

“Okay. If you need anything, you can always ring that bell…”

“Will you bring me two bottles of the finest ice wine from Trevor Village, and some Cleman cheese? Other side dishes…”

When I handed out my jewelry, the clerk looked at me in silence after thinking about the cost of what I had asked for.

But that’s only for a moment.

He smiled politely and bowed his head before leaving.

While Veronica is looking around the room, she hears a knock and an employee enters.

On the tray he dragged, everything I ordered earlier was put on it.

And before Veronica, who was preoccupied with looking around the room, approached, I took out the note from under the wine glass and checked the contents.

– Do you want to discuss life and death?

One of the remaining blank spaces in the achievement window.

Preparations for ‘The First Death’ have begun.