Living as an Unemployed in Another World

47 – 2. The Road of the Dagger – Later Story

On the way back inside the carriage.

The heretic inquisitor yawned with a dark face sitting around her eyes. He turned his wrists around and then turned his sulky shoulders half a turn. He said he received a miracle of healing, but he still had some foreign body sensations, perhaps from an illusion.

“Hey, are you okay? How do you feel?”

“… ….”

As expected, the knight just nodded quietly. Just like when he first came to the estate, he sat still like a stone statue with his hands together on his lap. Since we went through some big incidents together, it is natural for us to open up a little, but in the end, that helmet never came off.

Since the resident priest of the lord’s order of knights healed the wounds of the two, he must have seen his bare face. Now, I wouldn’t discriminate against him to the extent that his face was a little ugly. He looked out of his window with a feeling of disappointment.

The wide field of wheat glows gold in the sunlight. Outside, it just looks peaceful, so you can’t imagine where anything like that has happened. As he parted, he remembered what Jin had said.

────The reason why the fragments of Zulkar could dwell in Alicia is probably because they were involved in her birth in the first place. It is probably for the same reason that her mother died giving birth to her. It is easier to curse the pregnant mother than to curse the unborn child. You will be able to find out if you investigate people who have worked here for a long time, such as the head maid or the head butler.

As expected, when he made the remaining servants in the mansion confess, several figures who had remained calm in the midst of all the chaos rose to the surface. Upon investigation, all of them were senior servants who steadfastly held their ground even while they were being sold as sacrifices. They were in a position where they could be involved in the countess’ birth.

The story must have started there. The lord, who was looking for a way to lift the curse on his daughter’s body, took his life as an excuse to become a follower of Zulkar, and so far he has made countless sacrifices. Even though he is an undeniable evil, he is elusive even if he is treated the same as the nobles of the royal capital, as the only reason for this is the well-being of his family. Unlike those children who wished for an infinite life or prosperity, he must have thoroughly tried to take his daughter’s life while drawing a line from the depths of Zulkarism. Yes, he must have thought so until the very end.

“Is everyone just playing with him…?” … Aigoo, Duya.”

Thinking of those left behind in the mansion, the Heretic Questioner naturally felt a headache coming over him. He presses his forehead with his fingers and looks out his window again.

────That’s right, father has gone far away, to the nether world.

After the Heretic Questioner wakes up, he remembers what Alicia said for the first time. I recall the expression of the girl who said that, as well as the sadness in her eyes. The girl the lord tried to keep alive even at the cost of his youth and countless lives. When I first met her, I vaguely thought that she was a girl who was aloof from her worldly affairs, whether it was because she faced her as her evil god, or because she already knew the circumstances surrounding her. After that, I saw countless tears shed…… Well, I just thought it was harsh.

“Whoa… ….”

The curse that had plagued him all his life was instantly driven away by another curse. How many people have been sacrificed so far because he couldn’t do that simple thing. In addition, he lost his only blood relative, his father, overnight. Now she has no one to turn to, and as the count’s only blood relative, she has to manage this vast estate alone for the time being. She is the legitimate successor to the count who reigned as king for twenty years, and as long as the royal capital does not appoint a proxy, she will continue to do so, possibly for the rest of her life.

────Whoops.

However, the last time I saw her, she caressed the necklace around her neck and smiled with a strange expression. Who can I think of and laugh at?

The necklace, as the opposite of the short-lived curse, was said to be a curse of ‘terrifyingly long life’. As long as she doesn’t know when her Zulkar will come after her again, Alicia will have to live with her necklace in her future. And then, as she said, she’ll live a really long time.

She’s not sure if that means she’ll only live a little over a hundred years, or if she’ll really live hundreds of years. Since he didn’t even know that such a curse could be applied in the first place, only the young man named Jin would know the truth. The Heretic Questioner narrowed his brows again.

────What is my true identity? Where is the necklace from? Well…… Just, let’s go You won’t believe me even if I tell you.

Yes, true to his word, the Heretic Inquisitor could not conduct any interrogation on him. His attitude was somewhat smirk, but he was still the number one contributor to solving this issue no matter what anyone said.

The fact that Alicia wasn’t swallowed by Zul’kar and sucked all the life out of the mansion, and the fact that they survived the chaos, saved the thief in the first place and, based on her testimony, put the dead lord on trial through due process. It is all thanks to him that I was able to refer and get things settled. In terms of performance, they are incomparable to themselves.

It goes without saying that the heretic inquisitor could not inquire into his circumstances or identity, and he boldly made this request in front of the thief with his arms crossed.

────As for the thieves in the royal capital, why don’t you ask here quietly?

────What?

────You weren’t really hostile in the first place, were you? Besides, even if the bounty is strictly speaking, it belongs to the person who acted before her, isn’t it harsh to demand the same punishment for her copycat? Even in court, if you cooperate with the investigation, the sentence will be reduced, right? Furthermore…… None of us would be here if she hadn’t grabbed Alicia’s back and put her necklace on her behalf.

Damn it, he clicked his tongue and glared at him, but the young man just smiled and looked away. He dared to propose a judicial transaction to the heretic inquisitor of the church first, which could only be regarded as reprehensible, but the fact that he made it impossible to refute one by one was the extraordinary thing about this young man.

In the end, it was decided that by exchanging the information she obtained while tracking down Zulkar’s followers, the thief who had stirred up the capital would be sacrificed for being caught up in the commotion in the mansion. Now she’s officially no longer herself as a bounty. At least in the royal capital, such an ending would spread widely.

Really, in the end, the only results he brings are the ‘reliable information’ about Zulkar’s followers hiding throughout the capital and the incident record that he ‘recovered’ what happened at the Count’s residence. At first glance, it can be assumed that only the two of them faced the pieces of the evil god and no one died and survived, so their standing in the church would go up, but that was only when the chain of events officially ended. They have that ‘reliable information’ in their hands, and to live up to their reputation for solving a problem like this alone, it’s clear that the cathedral will again commit them to Zul’kar-related work. In the end, it’s just another job that has increased.

Perhaps there will be no time to rest until the traces of heresy are completely removed from the capital. For some reason, the Heretic Questioner had a premonition that he would fight as a team with that blunt knight. He spoke in a subtle way to the knight looking out the window, which was rare.

“Hey.”

“… ….”

“Hey, are you sleeping?”

I can’t see his face because of the helmet. While the Heretic Inquisitor complained and stretched her legs out and leaned back on the seat, ‘she’ was looking out the window and quietly recalling the scenery of the inn.

‘It was the first time. A person like that.’

I will never be able to meet someone who approaches me without hesitation, who can’t even have a proper conversation in front of others. Contrary to how she paints the place, the carriage gradually leaves the wheat field and reaches the road.

There was a greater regret than I thought in the beautifully sculpted face, full of all sorts of burns and scars under the helmet.

With that feeling, everything is back to normal.

Gerald’s party, who went on a trip at the request of the Count, returned to the inn with a vain face after hearing the news that the Count had died. Mira, who has never received a bounty since, also embraced all of her past and stayed here in .

She’s lived her whole life thinking only of fighting the heretics, but that hatred doesn’t go anywhere, but she has something to protect, so she needs to think about her future for a bit. When I asked about what to protect, I felt genuinely sorry for Mira, who avoided her answer with a slightly sullen expression. No, if we’ve overcome adversity together like this, aren’t we already one family? It’s a bit disappointing that the secret still remains. Well, I’m not sure if one day I’ll be telling her or her other people about her witch.

Anyway, with that feeling, I was able to help with the inn work little by little as before, living in my own small room, and in the spare time I carved——after making a dagger for Mira, inspiration again welled up——the people gathered in the hall He spent his time chatting with the adventurers.

“Hey! Oh, there you are with pink hair!”

By the way, if there’s something a little different about that daily life…….

“I’ve said it many times, but I’m three years older than you? Why don’t you be a little careful with your tone?”

“Joe, be careful or something! Why is he holding her arm like a pillow! That’s my…… !”

“Huh? What? I can’t hear you well because the surroundings are noisy.”

Mummy guy, lately, in front of Celine’s eyes, she deliberately crosses her arms or presses her face close to me, showing off her close distance to others. Thanks to that, a lot of booing and screaming are pouring from the surroundings watching the fight. After returning to the inn, Gerald, who said he fell in love with Mira at first sight, was glaring at me while shedding bloody tears. It’s honestly not a bad feeling. I feel like my self-esteem goes up naturally as a beautiful woman like Mira, no, Camilla, shows off her friendship to her heart’s content.

“Umm. Jin, shall we take a leisurely shower tonight, just the two of us? Leave that girl alone, how about just the two of us?”

“This, this…… !”

I thought quietly as I looked at Mira, who pressed her firm breasts close to me. Come to think of it, this guy, she must be thinking of working soon, right? All of the artifacts stolen so far are said to be in the hideout of the royal capital, and the money I have is all that is left of that one shilling, so I have been playing around with my name at the inn for several days already. Thanks to this, my working hours have doubled since I rented two rooms these days. It’s welcome to have unemployed comrades who understand my life, but apart from that, it’s difficult to build a relationship like this.

When I openly confessed my concerns, Mira smiled coquettishly at me, glanced at Celine, and deliberately spoke in a loud voice.

“Then you can use only one room. Don’t worry.

“This, this…… !”

This stray cat————! Celine’s screams echoed throughout the inn, and the hall was filled with the laughter of adventurers.