47 – Vacation – 1

As soon as I returned to the palace, I headed straight to the Queen’s office. As if she had been waiting for me, I was able to have an audience with the queen without much preparation.

“You worked hard.”

“Yes.”

It was a lot of work. Of course, there’s some cleanup left to do, but that’s something Veronica and Lucille will take care of.

The queen, who was looking through a pile of documents in her office, lowered them and spat out a word.

“Even if the problem of the plague that occurred in the elves’ forest is over, the conflict between each race will not end.”

“I guess.”

As much as the strength of the Elves has weakened, other races will rise up. There will be problems along the way, but that part is up to you.

The queen bringing up such a topic is what she wants me to mediate, but it has nothing to do with achievements, so I’m not interested.

“…Is that the unit price?”

“What do you want?”

“Hmm… With this incident, when there is a problem that cannot be solved by each race, there is talk of creating a political community to solve the problem through cooperation.”

“Is that so?”

“The sage as the chairperson. There are many talks about appointing you.”

It can be said that the one with the highest affinity between each race is me.

As we progressed through the main story and tried to solve the problems that occurred between each race in order to achieve the achievement as quickly as possible, the friendship level increased like this.

“Sage. If you don’t… maybe this story will be passed on to the hero.”

“Is that so?”

“What do you think?”

“You tell Claire to do it.”

“Will you have considerable power?”

No matter how much it is the chairman of the community to solve the problem, that much power will be given to solve the problem.

And that power might be at the level of the head of a country.

But there will be a strong obligation as well. In the worst case, you may be tied to somewhere and unable to move, and perhaps your personal life may be lost in order to coordinate between each race.

So it’s a specification.

In order to achieve achievements, there should be no restrictions on actions.

“I still don’t.”

“I didn’t know there were people who hated power.”

“If you search the world, can’t there be one or two like that? I’m just one of them.”

The queen stared at me blankly. I felt like the charisma of a country’s ruler was trying to suppress me, but it didn’t mean much to me.

“…is it.”

“Yes. It is.”

“If you refuse, I think the warriors will also refuse. Then, the fight between each race may intensify to occupy the chairperson’s seat.”

“Really? You’ll have to work hard.”

“It’s someone else’s business.”

“Because it’s someone else’s business.”

The Queen was silent, and I laughed. What broke the silence that lasted for a while was the sound from outside the door.

“Your Majesty. General Leoden has arrived.”

“Stop by.”

General Leoden, who entered as the door opened, seemed slightly surprised to see the queen and me. But that’s for a while. He bowed politely to the Queen and presented the report.

Probably a report on the battlefield. They must be talking about the power leak caused by missing the warrior party.

“Sage. When do you think the hero will return?”

“I’ll return right after the cleanup is over. Isn’t it hard to just let those people go?”

“I see. It will take at least a few more days.”

“It will be. If the princess does well…well, it will be over sooner. Veronica will be supporting me as my substitute, so you don’t have to worry.”

“Cardinal Veronica… I see. Oh. And I have a favor to ask of you.”

“If you’re asking to make up for the puncture caused by the absence of the warriors’ party, it’s a no-go.”

General Leoden was silent and the Queen laughed.

I have to go to the adventurer’s guild and clear the quest, but it’s a battlefield.

A useless thing is a specification.

I had nothing more to say, so I looked at the Queen and General Leoden, and the Queen clapped her hands and shook her head.

“It must be hard to hold on. You’ve worked hard, so please rest comfortably.”

“Yes. Then suffer.”

you’re going to have a really hard time

***

When the sage left, the queen looked at the report. The sage solved the problem in the forest of elves surprisingly well.

Because of this incident, the elves owed a debt to other races, and among them, they owed a great debt to the human race.

Anyway, the sage came out as a human species.

“The position of the sage is getting bigger and bigger.”

“He was a big man from the beginning. Ever since the warrior party went to fight the demon king.”

“The problem is the reciprocation. If you were a servant of mine, I’d just give you the power or reward you deserve…”

The wise man simply became Lucille’s teacher according to the contract. And in return, I only receive a reasonable level of tuition.

That’s it. What the sage wants.

He does not wield authority by holding out the position of the princess’ teacher.

Even if you’re not someone who doesn’t know the sweetness of power.

See what he’s doing right now.

Even though he had the authority of being the princess’ teacher, the things he occasionally went to the adventurer’s guild were the same as before.

They do what others do not, and do not hesitate to help the powerless and poor.

Didn’t he even catch the demons of the Rowento Mountains, which had caused great damage because others hadn’t been able to touch them before?

And that’s not all. Even while wandering around the continent to find materials for a cure for plague, he did not stop catching powerful monsters as well as subjugating bandits and thieves.

As if it were their duty and duty.

“I want to keep him.”

“Is that possible?”

Leoden was pessimistic. Even he, who had known the sage for a long time in his own way, could not accurately grasp the sage’s desire.

do you like money

He is unwilling to take on more money than is necessary.

Do you like beauties?

If that’s the case, there’s no way he’d treat the hero and other party members like that.

The warrior and the warrior party members feel a sense of guilt and a huge sense of debt to the wise man.

As such, if the wise man so desired, he could make the beautiful women his slaves to suit his tastes.

But he kept a complete distance from them.

No, not only them, but the sage also falls away from the beauties with whom he was involved.

He is friendly with those in power, but does not approach them beyond that.

I couldn’t figure it out because I was only interested in helping and saving people.

Like, like a saint in mythology.

“Have you ever asked him?”

“Yes. He just said that as long as you don’t get in his way.”

“Interrupt…”

The queen crossed her arms and tried hard to hide her bitterness.

What does the sage really want?

One day, he suddenly appeared and had such a big impact.

What do you ultimately want?

“The Ministry of Intelligence must conduct an investigation into the Sage. It won’t be easy, but…”

The queen’s concerns were only increasing.

***

“Oh oh oh !! Murder! Murder! Murder! Darkness fell down.

my ears will explode

Listening to Lark’s scream-like performances and songs, I shouted while inserting the moonlight.

“One hit!!”

“The one shot you’re talking about here is the Priest’s skill, Light Strike, which can give a strong blow to an enemy of a malicious scent, and at the same time…”

Songs like Scream from the left.

On the right, a deafening explanation by Sister Chongchung.

There…

XX!

In the front, even a human bald warrior who uses provocations with terrible profanity.

I was certain of this.

That this party is the worst party ever.

-Kkeeweee

The party of four, consisting of three trolls and one normal person, was facing a giant monster named Ogre.

I heard a rumor that a monster appears near a small village and attacks people.

Adventurers didn’t touch it because the reward was small, and in the end, it was adventurers who had nothing to do.

In other words, it was occupied by trolls who had a hard time forming a party.

I received it because I didn’t have any quests to do right now.

“Reverse Gravity!!”

The human bald warrior’s provocation was properly caught, and the ogre with its eyes turned upside down charged.

I activated the magic I had prepared while the bald warriors, who had the same size and strength as the gigantic ogres, were punching each other.

“Uh?! Seebural?! What?! What?!

Good thing you didn’t bring Lucille. Even later, let’s not have a party with the former love with a rag in his mouth.

The skills are good, but the mouth is really… Ugh.

You can’t just kill them like this.

“catch!”

I turned the moonlight into a whip and pulled the warrior in, reaching for the floating ogre as he moved out of the realm.

At the same time, the magic is dispelled and the ogre floating in the sky crashes.

– Kwaji Jijik!

Falling has no wings. Who said that?

The ogre, which struggled in the air, fell head first, shattering its body here and there. No matter how strong a monster is, it won’t be able to recover from that level of injury.

“Wow…”

The bald human warrior looked at the fragments of the ogre and began to vomit.

No, it’s very delicate because it’s made to eat the flesh of that ogre.

“Is this the last one?”

“Uh. From what I’ve confirmed, yes. Um… Mr. Warrior there.”

“Ugh… Hey. Sage. Please refrain from such magic. I’m a man as delicate as glass.”

“Oh is that so?”

“And I’m sorry for swearing. If this only uses provocation, I’ll swear without even realizing it…”

Things like that happen, too. I understand.

Anyway, now that I’ve seen all the things to see, the only thing left to do is return.

I looked at the map as Lark cut off the half-shattered ogre’s head.

This is all the traces of the ogre group found through interrogation and investigation. so you can go back

“Let’s stop by the village and go.”

I led the trolls and headed to the village where the request was made. It was a small village at the level of a slash-and-burn village.

The old village head there breathed a sigh of relief when he saw us return.

“Aigo… Adventurers… Thank you for your hard work.”

“I want to wash up, so prepare some bath water.”

As the bald warrior, who was as delicate and trembling as glass, spoke as he said, Lark picked up the lute and moved. He goes to a small vacant lot saying that he will perform in a town like this. When the nun also went to another place to evangelize, the village chief broke into a cold sweat.

“Uh… your co-workers are so free-spirited.”

“Um. What’s wrong?”

“The… the promised fee… here it is. But is this really… okay?”

The village chief looked at me. He held out ten copper coins and only one silver coin in his pocket.

It was an absurdly small reward for catching a powerful monster called an ogre, but it didn’t matter.

The important thing is that you cleared the quest.

And those writers just came out because they were bored.

“It’s okay. The reward we promised at the beginning is right.”

“Yeah, but. Ah. Hey, we’re going to hold a festival for the town’s guests this evening… if you don’t mind…”

“Ah. A festival?”

Shall I cook too? I think I can raise the count quite a bit if I feed the villagers.

It was then.

The sound of horses’ hooves could be heard in the distance, and the village chief became very nervous. They must have thought they were thieves.

But why would a thief come so openly? I shook my head and looked at the place they were running towards, raising a cloud of dust.

what is there.

“Master!!”

“Sage!!”

Lucille and Veronica.

They were also unexpected characters.

why are they here?

“Huh? Why are you…?”

“I’m asking! Why are you here?”

“Master! I returned from work in the elves’ forest, but you’re not in the palace…”

Are you done already? It ended sooner than expected. I admired Lucille, and she laughed and snapped her fingers.

“Well, come to think of it, Master. You must keep your promise with me…?”

oh right.

I nodded and Veronica grabbed my arm lightly.

“What’s your promise with me?”

“……”

“……”

The two looked at each other and turned their heads to stare at me. and.

“…I don’t know where you’re going, but let’s go together.”

“…I’d rather have that.”