The Sub-Protagonist Is Retiring

80 – 077.Your village is doomed!-2

The floor I thought was dirt was a hatch made of mithril.

A secret passage leading to an underground space.

I was certain that there would be a dwarven village if I went down the ladder.

“I’m going to pick up Renee, so why don’t you go to the village first with Rewen?”

“No. I’ll be waiting for you here, so go slowly.”

“Okay.”

As I felt in the Dungeon of Jealousy, the individual actions were not very good.

It would have been much easier if Rin and Rene were present when Yukiko chased them or when they fought Leviathan.

At that time and even now, I regretted or regretted it more than dozens of times.

I couldn’t say it didn’t happen again this time, so I decided to wait calmly.

‘It’s not urgent, so there’s no need to suffer.’

[This body is urgent! I have to ask my father to fix the magic sword as soon as possible… !]

I heard Prach’s foolishness incessantly, but I let it go through one ear.

As a human, there was no way I could have an audience with the King of Dwarves right now.

Even if you possess a demonic sword, you will be thoroughly guarded.

“Huh!”

“You must be quite tired to even yawn, which is not normally the case.”

“I am sleep deprived because of a series of tiring events from yesterday.”

“If you have enough stamina, can you get Renee and my sister pregnant?”

“Please turn on your blinker and enter… ….”

“I don’t know what the blinker you are talking about is?”

A boy on the outside, an old regressor on the inside.

Rin and Renee are gone now.

I knew Leuwen’s secret, so I had a comfortable conversation with him.

“So, do you know anything about dwarves?”

“Yes. I didn’t even know that the snow woman existed, but I saw her as often as the dwarves. In fact, there were times when I even had a huge drinking battle with them.”

“Looks like the dwarves in this world are also drunkards.”

“They are a species that cannot live without alcohol. To the point where I doubted that there might be alcohol in it instead of blood.”

I think it was a good idea to bring a few bottles of liquor from home.

I don’t know if it’ll suit a dwarf’s taste, but if you give them a drink, you’ll be able to make friends with a few people.

Thinking that way, I suddenly remembered the blacksmiths I met in Lookbranton.

He was easy-going and kind, but I don’t know what the dwarves would be like.

“Tell me everything you know about dwarves.”

“Can you tell me about your tastes and traditional events?”

“Would you mind skipping over such trivial things and tell me only the key information?”

“This is key information… …. Ah! When I think about it, there is only one thing that comes to mind.”

“What is it?”

“The disappearance of the Dwarf King!”

The scabbard rattled and trembled at Lewen’s words.

I already guessed what Prach wanted to say.

What kind of thunderstorm is that about the disappearance of the Dwarf King who will fix his magic sword?

You must be indignant about saying that.

“Please be specific.”

“I don’t know the inside story. It’s a story I heard through a dwarf. But if I vaguely remember it, it was said that the Dwarf King who had left for the underground mine to lead the mining operation suddenly disappeared. And that with more than a few hundred miners.”

“It would be very suspicious if the miners disappeared and not alone.”

“Yes. So the dwarves concluded that someone had intentionally kidnapped the king and investigated this and that…….”

“I couldn’t find it after all, so I guess you could say it was a missing person case.”

Lewen refrained from talking about her and just laughed.

You should see silence as an affirmation.

“You don’t know until the time, right?”

“Unfortunately. However, based on my guess after hearing the story, it is estimated that it happened before I was cured.”

“Is it something that happens before being cured… ….”

It meant that the Dwarf King would disappear within a year from the start of the original story.

“Anyway, with the king gone, the dwarves lost their balance and scattered. That’s why you can often see dwarves all over the world.”

“If there is no king, shouldn’t he just have to choose a new one?”

“I heard that it was a position that no one could replace, and that he would rather split than elect a new king?”

[The father of this body was the first king, and he possessed metallurgy that no one could imitate. He was even promoted, saying that the god of blacksmiths had descended. If he were to become the next king, he would be so compared to his father that he would rather have left the seat vacant or scattered.]

After listening to the stories of Leuwen and Frach, I was fully convinced.

If Prach had defended the throne even before he was created, it meant that his achievements were truly great.

There was no position more burdensome than inheriting the will of such a great king.

If someone had put a crown on my head, I would have thrown it away and ran away.

“It’s quite a troubling story. If we inform the dwarves, they will ignore us, and if we leave silently, we care about why the king of the dwarves has disappeared.”

“Isn’t it? Regression isn’t such a good ability, is it? It’s worth it when there’s someone who believes in my words and follows them. I wonder if I had the ability to solve everything by myself…….”

Pulling his legs together, Lewen buried his face in his lap.

The death of his sister could not be prevented even though he regressed dozens of times.

Even though he had the ability to return, he couldn’t help the innate disease.

Because Lewen said that he was starting over with only ‘memories’, not returning with the abilities of his previous life.

“Unbeknownst to me, it became a depressing story. After all, the disappearance of the Dwarf King was predestined. If you intend to stop it, I think you should move now.”

“Yes.”

She said she would wait for Rene to come, but it didn’t seem too bad that she went to town first to find out about her situation.

It seems that the dwarf Rin trampled on must have regained consciousness.

I’ll have to talk to him first.

It was a time when I made up my mind and stood up from my seat.

“Oh goyan noom… !”

An evil voice came from the hatch, and the dwarf I had seen before jumped out.

But this time, not alone, but a large number of dwarves rushed out.

Moreover, they were all armed.

The armor and weapons worn by the dwarves are all of a fine color, in case they are not from the tribe of the field.

It was of a level of quality that could make a lot of money even if you only brought one and sold it.

“This is the land of the dwarves and the territory of Lord Gwangryong! This is not a place you humans are allowed to set foot in!”

“Teachers, calm down first!”

“Do you think you can calm down in the current situation? They entered our land, caused a riot, and even wounded our compatriots. If you don’t want to see me sick, get out of here!”

“Sorry! We sincerely apologize for that. We had no idea that teachers lived underground. And the fact that I stepped on my head was also an accident.”

Surprisingly true.

If I had known he was underground, I wouldn’t have sparred with Rin, and I wouldn’t have stepped on the dwarf’s head.

All of this happened out of ignorance, so I hoped you would be kind.

But the dwarves frowned as if they had no intention of doing so.

“It is useless to apologize!”

“There is no leniency, so leave immediately!”

“This is the last warning!”

“I’m sorry, but I don’t know why the teachers are so angry. Would you mind telling me for my lack?”

The dwarves didn’t even show any intention of easing their anger even when they apologized, and instead got angry.

Bewildered by their extreme anger, I had to sweat and scratch my cheeks.

I’ve never heard of them having anger management problems.

“Due to the disturbances you guys have caused, my final masterpiece has been ruined!”

“I have mithril armor… !”

“I threw the hard-earned minerals into the furnace!”

Dwarves’ songs were heard from here and there.

It seems that the cloud of feet Rin and I stepped on caused a strong vibration in the underground village.

[Dwarves are crazy about alcohol and smelting. However, since the work was interrupted, the anger must rise to the top.]

‘Even if I didn’t know, it wasn’t something that would be forgiven… ….’

[It’s like that. Therefore, in order to escape this situation, I must release the number of trump cards you brought.]

Is it time to open the liquor?

I took out a bottle of liquor from the dimensional cabinet.

A liquid swaying coolly in a transparent bottle.

The appearance of bubbles rising little by little from the shaking drew the attention of the Dwarves.

‘Performance sure.’

It is to slowly temper their anger with Western liquor.

When you’re angry, ask for forgiveness and become a drinking buddy at the same time.

And then, if you get a chance to have an audience with the King of Dwarves…….

“It’s Bernie!”

Rene’s voice came from far away.

Her voice was rising rapidly.

If it was because Renee raised her voice, it wasn’t.

There is only one reason. The relationship between me and her is growing exponentially.

And that means…….

“I heard that you found the dwarf village, so I just came back!”

Kwaang-!

René, who was descending straight from the high sky, landed violently on the floor.

In the aftermath, the ground shook and the floor we stood on began to crack.

Renee’s violent landing was so shocking that even her mithril couldn’t withstand it.

“…… Ha ha, fuck.”

I wanted to make friends with the dwarves, but in an instant all my efforts came to nothing.

I crashed into the sunken land and entered the dwarven village I had been looking for so long.

I can’t even call it a village anymore.