Living as an Unemployed in Another World

82 – 3. Two Adventurers (End)

35.

I went into Richie’s room while Mira slammed Chloe’s head with a chop for her two useless words. It is said that the tongue was cut, and the smell of blood filled the space where the adventurers were confined just a moment ago. I looked inside. It is not known what purpose the room was originally because it was remodeled so freely, but judging from the fact that it occupied a larger space than other places, it must have been a restaurant or a sleeping quarters for a high-ranking person.

Well, the interior is a mess compared to my room, and the undead-like horrible objects were terrible, so I didn’t really want to describe it…… At least the books on the table that Richie used were somewhat intriguing. I can’t help but wonder what the heck he was up to, why he was locked up in a place like this for 300 years. I pushed aside the unknown reagent or medicine bottle and looked through the books he had been reading until just before.

“…… Under.”

I laughed out loud. Lich, I mean, what the pathetic mage was studying to the end was a curse. It wasn’t even against humans, it was a magical creature that cast spells with natural talent——specifically, yes, a dragon or something. It was a ‘exclusive’ curse against them. I looked through the materials and journals he left behind…… After grasping the systematic method and level, I was able to know that he was originally a scholar type of person, not a fighter.

Well, even after becoming a lich, it was broken by only one adventurer party. I thought that if he had been an adventurer in his lifetime, or if he had been a wizard who had at least once been on the front lines, that rich experience would have surely killed us.

“Jin, what are you doing?”

It’s Mira. I just turned my head and focused on reading the things I left behind. She looked at me and sighed lightly. I asked.

“Al and Chloe?”

“Al? Alas, Alphonse. Sent it up I said I would wait on the 1st basement floor so that I could come down anytime just in case.”

You are full of loyalty. It’s a serious injury no worse than the last time, and even if you use a potion, your condition won’t come back right away. If it were me, I would have wanted to get out of this pitiful labyrinth as soon as possible. While thinking about that, I smiled involuntarily, but Mira, who saw that expression, poked her head, as if she had misunderstood that I was looking at something interesting.

“What is it? Can I watch it too?”

“That’s it… ….”

When I turned my head, our noses met. Took, very lightly. Her sweaty light pink hair clung to her battle-weary forehead, and drops from there ran down the sloping bridge of her nose and wet my nose. The distance where our noses touch is actually too close, and our vision is blurry enough to barely distinguish the color tone of each other’s eyes…… That’s why, at this distance, I felt a desire to get closer to the invisible lips.

Damn it, I almost kissed you first. I can’t do this. When I removed my nose and shook my head, Mira looked a little disappointed. But even so, the fact that she didn’t cling to me for no reason was her consideration. She deliberately recited a passage from the journal in a voice so high that the research building rang, as if to appease her feelings of sadness.

“『I wasn’t interested in the melting of expensive jewels and gold, but the crown, the only legacy left by the emperor, became a reliquary, so there was no better material than that. He couldn’t have imagined that the crown, which was destined to be used in the battle of the bloodlines, would become the turning point for my grand plan.”

Listening to Richie’s journal in her voice felt more vivid than when I read it alone. Through the elegant letters written with a magic quill, we can know that he who fought us in the form of a lich was actually one of the court wizards of the empire, and was one of the few people who predicted the fall of the empire by dragons. There was. There were several journals that seemed to have been preserved since his human days, and everything was written from his point of view, so it couldn’t be completely trusted, but at least it was definitely historically important and valuable. At least in that it is an item that records the process of becoming a lich, these are things that should never be passed over only to the Mage Tower.

“I never intended to warn them…… If they had listened to my words even a little, the other wise wizards might have been able to escape destruction from that black dragon, Ruvianus』…… Rani, you’re a bad guy to the end.”

When Mira removed her hand from the arrogant Lich’s diary, I closed it in agreement. As long as the owner is gone, there will be no more undead in this labyrinth. Even if you leave it alone, Alicia’s knights will come and take all the materials. She seems to like reading, so she’ll draw conclusions that are closer to the truth than I am. I wonder if that will be for this territory, for this country in the future…… Just trust it

By the way, are there any direct references to the name of the black dragon in the lore passed down in this country? Rubianus? At least that’s the first name I’ve heard of. I asked Meera as well and he only shrugged her shoulders.

I roughly returned the materials that would be valuable fodder to their original positions, and was about to leave the room with Mira…… Suddenly, he remembered something about the curse he had been studying, and stopped walking. At the end of his diary, he himself described his curse as “On the verge of completion”. Is such a thing possible? I turned to her table and suddenly thought of her, the greatest mage I’ve ever known.

——A curse is a power that originates from desire. Jin. There are no exceptions for all life.

…… If it were you, would you have been able to complete this curse? No, it’s not that kind of problem, even if I finished it, I might not have been interested. Something like ruling the world by kneeling the dragon at your feet. Because there’s no way I like such a cumbersome method.

“Jin?”

“Nothing.”

I hurriedly followed her after her reflexive reply. The presence of the slot near her heart feels exceptionally large. They say I’ve grown, but it just feels like my heartbeat has gotten a little faster. I tried to ignore the ominous feeling and left the room.

A curse directed at the dragon’s true name. These are all things that don’t matter to me, but maybe someday they’ll come in handy.

At last, as we climbed the stairs, we were greeted by friendly faces. What did you think when you saw those smiles?

…… Not an adventurer X feet.

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After a fledgling party of two humans, a half elf, and a half orc, attacked the labyrinth ruled by the lich——a lot had happened to the adventurer’s guild in the port city of East Side.

First of all, the party who went to the labyrinth to intercept a simple exploration request died and came back alive. He called a priest to hear their statement and healed the tongue that had been cut off. Starting with the processing of expenses for that amount.

In the first place, it is natural that the feet of the staff were set on fire to evade responsibility for the guild’s risk assessment was wrong for a major incident in which a lich was residing in the labyrinth on the border of the territory.

Lord’s lieutenant──The Knights of ‘Count’ Alicia von Ruber, who recently became the lord of this territory in recognition of her meritorious service, uncovered the whereabouts of the lich and his whereabouts in detail, revealing the tenacity and fear of the spell users. Of course, since I engrave it on the adventurers, I suffered for a while because I couldn’t receive the request for monsters that use spells, let alone undead.

Lastly——for some of the people who had gained a reputation even in the outskirts after just two commissions, I had to re-adjust and report on the close cooperation with the Count, so the hardships were indescribable. It was almost impossible.

And today, the ratings were finally over. And, as an adventurer of “Blue” Or higher, the day when the entire party comes to receive the promised reward while wearing a newly assigned “Tiny name” And changing their dog tags.

On that auspicious day, leaning over the guild’s reception desk was a young lady wearing a gorgeous but simple dress and a silk hat. She had an informal chat with an employee of her age named Emily, and when she sensed a presence from the entrance of the guild, she lifted her head gladly.

Finally, four people open the swing door one by one and reveal themselves. At the adventurers who all have outstanding appearances, the adventurers clad on the stand table begin to tease each other.

“Is it those guys? Those who wore ‘blue’ for only two expeditions.”

“To think that one party would attack the labyrinth where the lich lives… ….”

“This adds one more ‘blue’ party to the Eastside.”

“Half-orcs are always green veterans.”

The voices whispering to each other. Ignoring them lightly, a beautiful woman walks in a straight line toward her window with a confident gait.

“Is that woman in the front a thief? It’s a nice knife.”

“I am more interested in the other side than the knife.”

“Arthur, if you get close, you will be cut. Haven’t you heard?”

A beauty who flaunts her pink hair and shows off her slender figure in a tight-fitting outfit. Her adventurers said to her:

“『’Thorn Flower’ Mummy』 Is a new nickname.”

It was probably derived from her dazzling appearance and her sensitive personality that drew her dagger without hesitation. Although she did not include a weapon that was somewhat unusual for an adventurer, many people thought that she suited her very well.

Soon after, what appeared behind her was a half-orc warrior with the size of two humans. The lower body covered in leather, the upper body exposed with high density of muscles, and even a brutally sized axe. Indeed, it is worthy of trust that it deserves the highest rating among them.

“『Ax of Bravery』 Alphonse. Is that an adventurer with a green plate?”

“As a fellow warrior, I am in awe. Certainly better than 『Bloody Orc』.”

It’s rare to change a given name once, but this time there was some external pressure. It is unknown who made the request. Maybe he’s the leader of that party.

Soon, another beauty appeared. Unlike the ‘thorny flower’ mummy, she is a half-elf with her somewhat younger appearance, taller than her, gorgeous light green hair color, and rather long ears.

Like “Safe Sword”. She said this time she had to restore her rating again. If so, the cost of her request will run inexhaustible.”

“I don’t know why it came down to yellow in the first place, but at least I can’t treat it as the ‘same’ sh*t color anymore.”

I laughed as I listened to the gossips of the adventurers. That guy named Brody seems to have strangely memorized his tinnitus since we rescued him, or he seems to be spreading rumors all over the place as if promoting something. It’s not bad, but I would like you to restrain yourself a little.

Yes, a lot happened. The most notable among them is the advancement of the adventurer class. Including Chloe, who was originally yellow, Mira and I also became blue at an unprecedented speed due to the exploits of subjugating the lich…… Unfortunately, Alphonse failed in the evaluation for red, perhaps because he shared meritorious merits or because he did not accept each report, but he was informed that he would be promoted unconditionally in the next evaluation.

Ah, by the way, Chloe, not me, tackled the slightly dishonorable title of ‘Bloody Orc’, which was a nickname that had been used before. I just showed off my friendship with Alicia ‘somewhat’ to Frederick.

“Ah, Mr. Jin!”

As I opened the swing door for the last time and entered, a brightly dressed Alicia waved her hand from afar. sh*t, why do I have to come in last in this mood? Maybe it’s because I lost at Rock Paper Scissors. I walked away, accepting the excessive stares at me, no, my face.

“And, that man is——”

A lot of things happened, but there was only one lesson I learned from this incident. That’s right…….

“『The Scion of Darkness』, Jin!”

I stopped and lowered my head. Why am I the only one with this nickname? What else is pitch black? Because his hair is black? That’s why it’s not really funny. There are about two of them. I strode away, ignoring the admiring gazes of adventurers.

“Welcome, Mr. Jin!”

I stood before two women. Emily’s dazzling smile was really bright today. Even now, behind my back, it was full of people sneaking around to see my face.

I mean, adventurers.

Look at it twice.

────Two adventurers.