NOVEL NEXT chapter 97
97 – If It’s for You (2)
In front of the guild, we said goodbye to the Montaigne guild.
“Thank you very much, Director.”
Renzo grabbed my hand and shook it so vigorously that my whole body shook.
“If it weren’t for the secretary, all of our guild members would have died.”
“Haha, what? We have to help each other in the same city guilds.”
“Please be sure to visit the guild later. I will treat you properly.”
When we parted ways with Montaigne and returned to the guild, Leana, who was doing something in her kitchen, came out to the living room, wiping her hands.
“Thank you everyone for your hard work.”
“Hmm, what smells nice?”
“I was preparing a quick late-night snack because I thought you would be here around this time.”
What Leana made was a porridge-like thing made by boiling various meats and various things in a spicy-looking red broth.
This is the food that the chef would serve to guild members returning from night missions in the past when the guild was crowded.
I tried making what I learned over her shoulder today.
As expected, Leana is the best.
When I tasted it, it was spicy and refreshing, making it the perfect food to eat after working in the cold wind.
“But where did Ornette go?”
“He said he wasn’t hungry so he went up first?”
Lucene answered Leana’s question instead.
“Really? There’s no way you’re not hungry?”
“Leave it alone. That’s the way it is at that age.”
Lucene giggled and nudged Celestine into her side.
“Ugh! It hurts… !”
Celestine shouted, being pushed to her side.
* * * * *
Meanwhile, Ornette was doing exercises on the pillow without even taking off her robe.
This is because I couldn’t stand it after receiving compliments from Leonard.
Ornette thought while doing gymnastics.
I would do anything for Leonard.
As long as it is within one’s abilities.
But if nothing else, I can’t be kind to Leonard.
In the first place, the breakup at dawn when Ornette was born was made up of all kinds of messy personalities from Orléans.
It is impossible for Ornette, who inherited everything, to treat Leonard kindly and affectionately.
However, Ornette’s core personality is Orléans’ very strong love for Leonard.
Although his underlying personality was Gaechavan, his core personality was the highest, so Ornet was ready to sacrifice himself for Leonard.
I’ll do everything for you, Leonard.
I have always been determined to do so since I realized then in the Tower of Orleans that you were the one I was looking for.
So please forgive me if I speak carelessly to you because I can’t control my personality.
That’s something I can’t do anything about.
That’s not my truth.
Paang-!!
As the pillows kept exploding, the pillow Leana had kept in the room as a spare exploded again.
* * * * *
After having a late-night snack, all the guild members went up.
In the guild leader’s room, I showed Leana the bag containing her requested rain.
“Why are there so many?”
“One way or another, our share has increased.”
When I explained the last request non-distribution negotiation process, Leana smiled and stroked her hair in satisfaction.
“As expected, you are the manager. Well done. But what exactly happened to Rocktail Lizard and Neuronalf?”
“Oh, that’s it.”
He also told me everything about it from beginning to end. All guild members should know anyway.
In the past, I had been relying on Neuron Alp for a while and received a lot of help from the guild leader at the time.
He left the guild to subdue the great evil and formed a relationship with Eleanor.
Eleonol got greedy and executed Mr. Neuronalf and took over the guild for himself.
They deliberately made people look bad, framed them as one-sided perpetrators, and even killed them.
At that point, Celestine put down her spoon and covered her mouth with her hand, as if she were upset.
The process of Eleonol dying was cool to me, but to others, it seemed quite cruel.
“That’s what happened. She was a bad girl.”
“She wanted to tease her more, but she couldn’t afford it.”
“No, you did well. There is no good in being associated with someone like that for a long time.”
As expected, Leana.She is always by my side.
* * * * *
The next day, the head of the succubus arrived.
It’s small, so it looks quite nice when hung on the wall above the fireplace, side by side with the heads of other demons.
But she was a little anxious, so she brought some long nails and called Lucene.
“Please give me a ride on a horse.”
While riding on Lucene’s shoulder, I drove about a dozen additional nails into the wooden part of the succubus head trophy.
“Why are you doing that?”
“I’m afraid it might get stolen.”
“Don’t you do this for other demon trophies?”
“That can’t be stolen.”
Luce, who was tilting her head to see what he was talking about, clicked her tongue as if she knew.
“It looks like being pretty is perfect for doing that.”
“What is that?”
Celestine, who was watching from the side, asked.
“Aang? Shall I tell you?”
Celestine’s face turned pale as Lucene, who had dropped me off, whispered something into her ear.
“What are you doing with your mouth?!”
“Why are you surprised? It’s nothing strange?”
“How can you put that dirty thing in your mouth?!”
“Who wants you to eat it? There could be a crazy person who takes that and puts it in his mouth and shakes it. Why are you doing that to yourself?”
Lucene twirled her fingers against her temple as she watched Celestine run away, covering her face.
* * * * *
“Urgent report! Urgent report!”
The imperial castle of Grandestest, the capital of the empire.
A rider holding a red flag passed through the drawbridge with fierce force and rushed towards the main gate.
The guards, who confirmed that it was a very urgent matter, hurriedly opened the door, and the rider quickly passed through the open door.
The place where the horseman pushes his horse is the headquarters of the Imperial Knights inside the imperial castle.
The rider jumped off his horse, kicked down the headquarters door, and headed straight to the knight commander’s office.
“Captain!”
As I opened the door and entered, Knight Commander Emeric, who had been looking out the window, slowly turned around.
“The Neuron Alf guild leader has died!”
Upon hearing the rider’s report, Knight Commander Emeric looked at the rider without saying anything.
The rider, who had been staring at him for a moment, soon came to his senses, took out a scroll from his arms, and held it out to Emeric.
“Good job.”
As Emeric accepted the scroll, the rider bowed his head and walked out.
Emeric stood leaning against the window frame and opened the scroll.
Emeric read the scroll carefully and quietly opened his mouth.
“Isidore.”
After a while, the corner of the leader’s office shook and a woman slowly walked out.
She was a very clever-looking young woman with short pink hair.
“Did you call me?”
“Eleanor is dead.”
“Really? How did he die? Maybe he was in a group fight with the energetic guild members?”
As Emeric glared at the wizard Isidore in silence, Isidor smiled.
“Don’t be so angry. It was a joke. But how did they die?”
“They said they encountered a rocktail lizard.”
“Is that so? But he was killed by Rocktail Lizard? That crazy bitch? “That can’t be possible?”
As Isidore laughed heartily, Emeric corrected him.
“To be exact, it is said that he met Leonard.”
The smile disappeared from Isidore’s face.
“Leonard… ?”
“Leonard’s guild also participated in the quest to exterminate kobolds in Terralian Plateau, where three guilds united.”
“Then he was murdered… ?”
Emeric said nothing more and held out the scroll in his hand.
The scroll seemed to crackle and scatter, but soon appeared in Isidore’s hand.
“You tried to steal the credit for subduing the Rocktail Lizard, but did he accidentally fall on the blade and die?”
Isidore looked through the scroll and snorted.
“You don’t really believe this, do you?”
Emeric said nothing and just looked out his window.It was a gloomy sky full of dark clouds, so it wouldn’t be surprising if it rained at any moment.
“What are you going to do? You’ve just been tracking and not doing anything.”
Isidore asked.
“Shouldn’t we do something? Just leave it alone?”
But Emeric still did not open his mouth.
“Emeric? What are you doing? Can’t you hear me? Are you going to leave Leonard like this?”
“I’m thinking about it.”
Isidore smiled knowingly at Emeric’s short answer.
“Are you doing that because you’re scared? Are you not confident too?”
“But then you tell me. What means do we have to control Leonard?”
At Emerick’s reply, Isidore closed his mouth.
She also had no way to force Leonard.
Isidore, who was thinking for a moment, said.
“They say there are guild members. How about taking them hostage? Leonard, he’s very special to his people.”
“It will be effective right away. But what about after that? If Leonard, who is so special to his people as you said, is truly angry, how will we stop it then?”
“Then what are you saying!?”
Isidore got angry.
“What should I do? Then just leave it alone! One way or another, if you’re scared of Leonard, leave him alone! If that’s the case, then why did you call me? Huh?! You didn’t call me to revenge Eleanor?!”
But Emeric didn’t answer that.
Instead, he was licking his dry lips and reminiscing about that time.
* * * * *
The great devil who went through the sky and descended with a thunderbolt of fire.
The party members, completely distraught by the Great Devil’s roar, sat down on the floor and urinated.
The knight commander, Emeric, was trembling all over and digging in the dirt with his bare hands like his dog, intending to hide in the ground.
At that time, there was someone walking past Emeric and towards the Great Devil.
Emeric, who had been digging the floor with his fingernails, turned his head.
Leonard, wearing black armor, threw a freshly emptied vial on the floor and pulled out Nightrend.
He tried to say that he would die if he went, but he couldn’t open his mouth.
This is because I was completely overwhelmed by the existence of the Great Devil, who was so tall that I could only see up to my knees.
However, Leonard stood in front of the Great Devil with light steps, as if he was very excited and excited.
Leonard took out another elixir and shuddered.
“I’ve always wondered what color the Great Devil’s blood is.”
As Leonard raised his head, Emeric followed him and looked up at the Archdemon.
Above the head of the Great Devil was the largest hunting dog brand I had ever seen.
When Leonard suddenly disappeared from sight, emitting black smoke, the Great Devil roared and fired lightning in all directions.
That’s all Emeric remembers.
Afterwards, when he came to his senses, the archdemon was lying with his entire body torn apart and begging Leonard, who was sitting on his chest, to save him.
Did you say that the stronger the demon, the stronger the demon hunter becomes?
Leonard, smiling and covered in devil’s blood, looked more like a devil than a devil.
“Emeric! What are you going to do!?”
Emeric woke up from his thoughts and spoke in a dry voice.
“I am sending Espion… “
“Just Espion? Maybe they’ll all be caught and killed by that crazy bastard named Patrick before they get to Leonard? And do you think the 4th princess will stay still? Huh?”
“It’s something you can think about when you go. Just go.”
Isidore mumbled something and disappeared from sight.
I wondered if I should report it to the emperor, but decided not to.
Since it was a very important time for him to soon become the commander of the imperial guard, he did not want to offend the emperor over such a trivial matter.
Emeric sighed and touched his forehead
After all, I got involved with Leonard at this time…