NOVEL NEXT chapter 20
20 – Very Suspicious Boss Employee (5)
“Then who’s next to you?”
“Healer Celestine.”
“Oh, I see. Very reliable.”
Patrick gave a gentle smile.
Looking at the way he spoke, his expression, and his demeanor, he looked like an aristocrat, not a commoner.
“I’m sure you’ve already seen the request I sent you by mail, but I just need you to safely transport me to Schlesi.”
“Is Patrick the only one we need to escort? What is the means of transportation?”
“I am alone. I drove the wagon myself.”
“Do you have a lot of luggage?”
“That’s a lot. There’s a lot to bring, since we’re establishing a branch in a foreign city.”
A wagon full of luggage driven by the client himself.
Then you won’t be able to run fast, so it’s likely you’ll get attacked at least once along the way.
“Okay. Then I’ll explain my plan to carry out my quest.”
Me and Celestine escort the wagon back and forth and move as fast as we can.
En route I fight enemies during raids and Celestine protects her clients first.
If you have to choose between the wagon and the client, the wagon comes second.
In case of emergency, Celestine and Patrick ride together on a horse and escape, and I stay behind to wipe out the remnants.
“That’s a very neat plan. That’s it.”
“Then, when would you like to start?”
“It’s too late today, so we’d better stay here for a night and leave early tomorrow.”
“Okay.”
“I will pay for the lodging for you two. By the way.”
Patrick asked, alternating between me and Celestine.
“Of course, I’ll have to book a separate room for you, right?”
“Ah, yes. Please do that if you can.”
Patrick raised his hand and called for the waiter.
The waitress, still very dissatisfied, stood crookedly by the table.
“Three rooms, please.”
“I don’t have one.”
“Does this mean there are no three empty rooms, or no rooms at all?”
“I need to sleep with other people.”
“You mean there are only double rooms left? Does that mean there are no single rooms? Because there is a lady here.”
“Haa…”
As the waiter sighed in irritation, Patrick rose from his chair with a gentle smile.
Then, without hesitation, he grabbed the employee by the collar.
“Kek!”
The face of the employee caught by the collar immediately turned red.
Celestine caught my arm in surprise at Patrick’s sudden action.
“The way you treat guests is very poor. Is it so wrong to ask if there are any available rooms?”
The waiter hurriedly shook his head with fearful eyes.
“I’ll let you go, so answer my question straight. If you don’t know, I’ll check and answer.”
The waitress nodded and Patrick loosened his grip.
“Kek kek!”
Looking at the coughing employee, Patrick asked softly.
“Do you have three free rooms?”
“Huh, I’ll check it out…”
As the waiter hurriedly climbed the stairs to the second floor, Patrick calmly sat down in a chair.
Then he looked at us and smiled.
“Sorry. You’ve been rude.”
“No. It’s okay. We were also in a bad mood because of that employee.”
“It’s a remote village, so even if you treat customers like that, you can do business, so you keep doing that. But that’s not the right thing to do.”
Still Celestine was holding onto my arm.
It hurt a little, so I touched her with her finger, and I was surprised and withdrew her hand.
“Sorry, chief. I was so surprised.”
As the waitress who went up to this floor refused to come down, I decided to ask Patrick about one question.
“How did you come to entrust the request to our Lucas Guild?”
“I heard from an acquaintance of Shlesi that the guild caught and killed two demons? That’s why I entrusted the request.”
“Ah, yes. Is that so? Anyway, I will do my best not to disappoint you.”
“hahahaha. Yes. Thank you for taking care of me.”
Hmm, if you look at it that way, you’re a decent person in the world.
Soon after the waitress came down and told me there were three rooms, Patrick took a silver coin from his pocket.
“You’re kind.”
The waitress who received the silver coin spread his face wide and bowed his back deeply.
“Thank you, sir!”
The waitress who received the silver coin completely changed his attitude and took the lead in directing us to the room, holding all of our bags in both hands.
It was a cramped place that barely fit a single bed, but I was satisfied with the single room.
“Then I’ll see you all tomorrow morning.”
As Patrick entered the room first, Celestine asked me.
“What is that person?”
“What is it? Our client.”
“Is that so… But why did you grab the employee by the collar earlier?”
“It must have been because I was pissed off. Hurry up and sleep. I have to run all day again tomorrow.”
“Good night, chief.”
“Oh, that’s right. Wait a minute.”
I stopped Celestine as she was about to enter the room.
“Why is that?”
“Help me. Come in for a minute.”
“Yeah…? Well, what can I help you with…?”
Celestine suddenly giggled at her stutter.
“I won’t order you to do anything strange. Untie the straps of my armor. It’s hard to take it off by myself.”
“Ahh, yes, yes! I see.”
It was only then that Celestine seemed relieved.
What the hell is that looking at me for?
With Celestine’s help, I untied the knots tied to the sides and back of the leather armor.
I asked as I laid out the armor I had taken off on the floor.
“By the way, don’t you know how to purify the sacred?”
“I can.”
“That’s great. Then do it for me. I’ve already killed three demons, but I haven’t been to the temple yet.”
Demon hunters must be sanctified regularly.
When you fight a demon, that energy bounces off and accumulates, but this builds up and builds up, making it impossible to properly display your fighting power.
Because of this, rumors are spreading that demon hunters are becoming demons.
Why take Divine Purification? Aha, to delay becoming a demon. Something like this.
As she flung off her shirt, Celestine screamed and stepped back behind her.
“No!”
“What I don’t like. They always tell me to do it like this when I do it in the temple.”
“Is that so…? It’s actually the first time… Then sit down on the bed…”
As I sat cross-legged on the bed, staring at the wall, Celestine stood behind me and groaned.
“Why do you have so many scars…?”
“Because I’m a demon hunter.”
“How are you still alive…?”
“That’s because he’s also a demon hunter. Stop appreciating the scars and purify him quickly.”
“Oh, yes!”
The divine power that gently radiated from Celestine’s golden-colored hands spread around my back and wrapped around my entire body.
Comfortable and warm feeling.
It was a feeling I always felt whenever I received divine purification.
I am a non-religious person, but when I receive divine purification, it feels like a real goddess exists.
I’m sure it’s real. So priests can use divine power.
In the first place, there is a goddess in the game setting.
I have a question about this.
Am I the only one who is possessed?
And is the game still running normally after I possess it?
Then, who am I in this life?
Did only the body remain and only the mind entered, or did it completely disappear due to unknown physical laws?
Usually, when possessed, a quest comes up and they say that you have to wake up to return to reality.
I often think like this.
This world is not a game, it is a real world, and I am the real Leonard.
But with that logic, how can I explain the current memories and game knowledge in my head?
What is certain is that I have been possessed by the game and there is no way to return.
“It’s over.”
Celestine turned off her divine power and said.
“Thank you. Go to sleep. I have to run all day tomorrow.”
“Then good night.”
Even after Celestine closed the door and left, the strong smell of her perfume continued to linger in the room.
Smells good.
Last time, I was annoyed because I interfered with the blind eye, but now that I’m taking it, I feel different.
But since I came into the guild empty-handed, I couldn’t even apply perfume, so why does it smell like perfume?
I wonder if the body odor itself is like that.
I’ll check later.
* * * * *
The next morning.
I met my client Patrick and had a simple breakfast on the first floor.
The menu is, of course, eternal stew.
This inn doesn’t seem to offer any other food other than this.
When Celestine didn’t even put her stew in her mouth, Patrick laughed and took two loaves of bread from her bag.
The color is bright and the texture is soft, not ordinary whole wheat bread, but high quality made from properly processed wheat flour.
“Thank you.”
After receiving the bread from Patrick, Celestine and I couldn’t help but admire the taste of the bread.
“Very good, isn’t it?”
“Eat a lot. There are more.”
So we left the inn in good spirits, filling our stomachs with Patrick’s quality bread instead of trashy stew.
Patrick’s wagon was quite large and had a lot of luggage, but fortunately it was in a large size with as many as four horses.
I can’t run very fast, but I think I can speed up quite a bit.
Me in the lead, Patrick in the middle, and Celestine in the back.
“Then let’s go. Celestine will look after you.”
“Yes sir!”
We left the village and started running west to the principality.
* * * * *
About two hours later.
“Secretary! Secretary!”
Celestine urgently called me from behind.
“What’s coming after you!”
I turned my head and saw eight riders fiercely chasing after us, waving black cloaks.