Chapter: 466
“You’re going to meet Lord Erginius!?”
SCREAM!
As soon as I finished speaking, Joy, who was sitting next to me, let out a voice that was almost a scream.
I couldn’t help but feel puzzled at her appearance, resembling more of a high school girl obsessed with idols than a noble young lady.
According to my grandpa’s story, wasn’t that wizard Erginius someone not worth liking?
No matter how skilled he was as a wizard, he was a complete mental case!
Knowing Joy’s personality, I couldn’t see her admiring someone who was only good at magic but had major issues in other areas.
“Do you really like him that much, you idiot?”
“Of course! Lord Erginius is a legendary great wizard and is known as a model for many nobles!”
…Huh? What the heck does that mean, Joy?
That sounds a lot different from what I heard from my grandpa.
I was blinking in confusion when Arthur added another comment from the side.
“I, too, am looking forward to meeting him. He is reputed to be a person full of refinement, so I can expect profound insights.”
“I’ve heard he’s had a great influence on the church’s divine magic. I should ask him the questions I’ve always been curious about.”
Watching Phoebe chime in with praises for Erginius, I blinked in surprise and then directed my question to Grandpa.
‘…Is it just me, or does that sound completely different from what I heard?’
<...Don’t ask me. I’m just as perplexed. No, how on earth could there be such good evaluations of that lunatic? It can’t be!>
Listening to Grandpa mutter in confusion like scholars in the past who heard the Earth was round, I thought it would be difficult to get a proper story from him.
So I turned my question to my friends instead.
What kind of person is Erginius, the human you know?
“After the war between the Evil God and the Good God ended in victory for the Good God, the heroes who guarded the frontlines mysteriously disappeared shortly after the era of reconstruction began.”
The noble white knight, Garad, vanished after claiming his existence would become a source of chaos for the kingdom.
The pious holy knight Ruel suddenly disappeared after the church restored order.
The hero Julian, who was always at the forefront in battles against the Evil God, left a letter saying he had completed his duties and departed somewhere.
After all comrades had left, the only one remaining in the kingdom was the great wizard Erginius.
Even after all the heroes disappeared, he stayed behind, refining the modern magic system and giving advice to various countries, becoming instrumental in restoring order to a continent that had been thrown into chaos.
His contributions were so significant that the early chapters of a nation’s history book were filled with the name Erginius.
“During the reconstruction era, Lord Erginius’s influence was truly felt everywhere. Magic, administration, academia, history. It’s said that without him, the age of reconstruction might never have ended.”
Given such circumstances, it was only natural for Erginius’s name to rise in prestige.
The vacuum left by the disappearance of other heroes was filled solely by the name Erginius.
“How could you not be excited to meet such a noble person? That’s only natural!”
When Joy’s passionate explanation came to an end, Grandpa, who had been listening closely, made a gritting sound.
[That guy! Did he distort his own narrative just because he was left alone!]
Grandpa was grinding his teeth, complaining about the nonsense that had been said, but as someone who remembered the tales of heroes, I thought Erginius probably hadn’t acted entirely arbitrarily.
If Erginius truly rewrote history just for his own gain, then there wouldn’t just be praises left for Grandpa and his comrades who had a deep bond.
*
“Lady Allen! Could you please step outside for a moment?!”
While I was bored to death listening to praises about Erginius, the leader of the mercenaries called me from outside.
Stepping outside, I was greeted by a breathtaking view painted in crimson as the sun dipped down.
Since we had set off in the morning, we had spent a considerable amount of time in the carriage.
Thinking about how creepy it would have been if I had walked through this street on my own, I realized it was a good thing I didn’t. I would have been too irritated as time passed.
“Lady, we have arrived at the location you mentioned in writing. Where shall we go from here?”
“Hang on a second. You servant leader.”
STRETCH!
Loosening my stiff body with a stretch, I took in the scenery around me.
The sun was setting over there, and there was a massive rock that could serve as a landmark over there.
Hmm.
“Looks like we weren’t just wasting time here? Is the servant actually capable of this?”
The mercenary leader was quite skilled, wasn’t he?
To think he could pinpoint our exact location just from a few words spoken across.
Thanks to that, we could move about comfortably.
“Stay here. You stamina-challenged louts will only get in the way if you try to help.”
“Understood, my lady. We will set up a camp here.”
While the mercenaries started setting up a place to spend the night, I led my friends to walk through the night desert.
The mercenary leader asked if he should assign guards after hearing my story, but I declined.
It was too bothersome to convince a stranger about the eccentric conduct I was about to unfold.
Plus, those mercenaries didn’t seem strong enough to protect us anyway.
“Understood. However, if you find the need for our assistance, please shoot a flame signal upwards. We will rush to you as soon as we confirm the signal.”
Rather than insisting on being obstinate, the mercenary leader promised to be on standby and stepped back. You could really feel his experience dealing with nobles.
“It’s chilly even though the season is nice.”
“During the day, it’s unbearably hot, and at night, it’s freezing. It’s more extreme than I had imagined. People really avoid the desert for a reason.”
“Is that so? Wasn’t the training in the Allen Knights much more fun? That place was no joke.”
“…Is there really a worse environment than that?”
“The Allen Knights are a bit… outside the norm.”
Walking through the night desert wasn’t something noble bloodlines were meant to do, but my friends didn’t seem to complain.
Maybe the harsh memories from the Allen Knights made this seem like a simple stroll to them.
Even I, at this moment, found myself wondering if this was really cold weather at all, so my friends probably felt the same.
After about 30 minutes of charging through the barren desert, we finally arrived at a spot in the middle of nowhere.
My friends tilted their heads at the desolate landscape, where even cacti seemed dubious about growing.
“Lucy Allen, is this really the right place?”
“Of course! I’m not a fool or a dumb fighter to mistake something like this!”
“Still, it doesn’t seem like there’s anything here.”
“If you don’t know, just stay quiet and watch. Pitiful Prince. But if you want to hear bad comments about me, I won’t stop you.”
“Just shut it.”
GASP!
After Arthur shut his mouth in shock, I opened my inventory and laid out the items I had prepared on the ground.
“…Lady, isn’t that a bomb?”
“Wow, even a fool can see? Yup, it’s a bomb.”
“Why the sudden bomb?”
“Well, I guess I expected too much from dumb Joy. She has eyes, but no thoughts. If she had a brain, she wouldn’t be doing dumb stuff every day…”
“Can you just explain it already?”
“Think a bit! Why did I pull out the bomb? Of course to blow it up.”
While teasing Joy, I lined up the bombs in a neat row and counted them before stepping back from them.
“Sloppy Saintess, create a barrier.”
“Could you please wait a moment? We need some preparation to withstand that level of firepower.”
Though she asked me to wait, it took Phoebe less than ten seconds to create the barrier.
From my experience confronting the alchemist before, I could tell she truly handled divine magic well.
No matter how I looked at it, Phoebe now seemed to be growing faster than the Phoebe from the game.
I should seriously ask her how far she can go one day.
“Alright, my lady.”
“Okay, sloppy ones. Don’t wet your pants out of surprise. We’re going to blow this up right now.”
The moment I pressed the detonator, a vibration occurred inside the barrier, shaking the ground.
After the deafening sound momentarily cleared the ringing in my ears, I wiped away Phoebe’s barrier and headed towards the explosion site.
Just like in the game, there was an underground scene with a ceiling completely blown open.
“Follow me right away, sloppy ones. If you’re late, I’ll leave you behind.”
I told my friends to follow and then jumped down into the underground.
Inside, a skeleton wearing a long robe was waiting for us. Seemingly caught up in the aftereffects of the explosion, the skeleton lay on the ground staring blankly at the ceiling before naturally turning its gaze to me.
Although it didn’t have eyes, I could still feel the skeleton’s confusion.
I raised an eyebrow and grinned.
“Ahhh! I’ve heard the great wizard is crazy, but who knew he’d also be a pervert staring at girls’ underwear? Beast! Lolicon! Trash! Sex offender! Hurry up and rot away and get out of here!”
“What the hell are you doing barging in and spouting nonsense, you brat!”
The skeleton yelled frantically, while my friends began descending one by one from the hole in the ceiling.
Despite the considerable height, they landed gracefully.
YIKES!
…Except for one person, I confirmed my friends landed perfectly and smiled at the bewildered skeleton.
Seriously, why didn’t you build sturdier buildings, you dumb skeleton?
If this is your limit, you should’ve restored instead of rudely staring at girls’ underwear.
Am I wrong?
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