chapter 20
20 – Road to the South
On the day Ed decided to go down south with Glowyn, when Ed came back from dinner outside, he could see Glodia and Glowyn quarreling at the counter on a purple moonlit night. Glodia, with relatively short purple hair, was pushing Glowin, but Glowin was listening with one ear.
“Your sister and Mr. Ed aren’t even lovers, so why go on vacation to the South!”
“You’ve been preparing breakfast for close to a month, haven’t you?”
Of course, that morning was buffet style, with only bread and jam you could take away and eat.
“It’s strange to think of it that way.”
“What, should I take a little break too?”
Glowin said to Glodia with a generous smile. Glodia realized that Glowyn rarely strayed from the inn on the outskirts of the Rica Coast. There were times when he left the Rika Coast while he was evaluating the performance of the students, but Glowwin was different.
“I know very well that my sister inherited the inn and continued to work…”
“Are you going to follow me? Setin is a midterm exam right now, and you’re busy, right? You won’t be able to come out because you’re in the middle of the semester.”
“No! It’s not that I want to follow you, my sister…”
Then Glodia made eye contact with Ed at the entrance and shut her mouth. Glowwin, who saw that, turned his head and slightly bowed his head to Ed.
“Are you ready to leave tomorrow, Mr. Ed?”
“Yes. How about Mr. Glowyn?”
A necromancer in the north would put all the necessary items in the subspace, but he thought it would be better to hide them until he met Maria, so Ed prepared a travel bag. I finished preparations by putting the few belongings I had on the Rica Coast in the bag.
“I’m done too. You borrowed some of your brother’s?”
Ed wondered if Glowyn and Glodia were arguing. It wouldn’t feel so good if someone else used your stuff.
“Then I’ll see you tomorrow morning.”
Ed went upstairs to his room, opened the door, and entered.
The two remaining women at the counter were silent until the door slammed shut. And it was Glowin who spoke first.
“Look. Ed doesn’t say much, either? He’s the kind of person who would just say no if he didn’t like it.”
After living with her for a month, she knew Ed was that kind of person, so Glodia agreed slightly.
“By the way… Huh… What does it mean that the vacation period is undecided?”
“I’m going to look around the south with Mr. Ed and come up. Isn’t it amazing to be a necromancer who got out of the north?”
“Ed is just a human being. He’s the kind of person who gets angry when his skeletons are defeated for the sake of the students.”
At Glodia’s words, Glowyn’s eyes twinkled slightly, perhaps because she knew the new information.
“So…? I’ll just ask on the way down tomorrow.”
“Ah. Really. Come back soon, sister.”
“Okay, Mr. Ed, I’ll be back on schedule.”
“under.”
I don’t know why Glowin and Ed were going to leave for the South together, but I don’t know why she was boiling inside, but Glodia gave a short answer and went into the room. Gloween, who was left alone at the counter, sat down on a chair and thought about the connection between the information Glodia had just shared and what she had received from Carla yesterday.
‘The reason Mr. Ed wanted to leave the center was simply because he was angry? Going all the way to the South to vent your anger sounds like you’re going to fight monsters… .’
Perhaps seeing Ed’s real ability, Glodia thought, would make the trip to the South more fun.
‘First of all, it would be okay to say that you can remove the limitations on your power in front of me so that you can demonstrate your true skills.’
I was curious as to why commoners were given last names because they fought so hard against monsters in the north.
*
Ed returned to the train station after a month. Unlike when he ran away from the North, this time he had one person accompanying him.
“Hmm, this is my first time riding a train since I live in Lika Coast.”
Glowyn, dressed in thin clothes even in the chilly season, probably because she was going to the south, said next to Ed.
“This is the second time for me, but I’m not used to it either.”
“I guess we didn’t have much fun?”
At Glowwin’s words, Ed nodded slightly and thought. After living as a chore at a nursery school in the north, he discovered the qualities of a necromancer and entered Terut Academy to let his talent bloom. Although he was a commoner, he worked hard and worked hard to overcome his shortcomings and rose to the top of the academy, after which he spent all his time on the northern front.
‘The academy was really fun.’
Living in the same environment, learning, competing, and defeating nobles stronger than me, the endless battle with monsters that never knew when it would end was enough to make people exhausted. After having such a hard time, the qualifications for having a hard time in the North and the home to return to disappeared in an instant. Thinking that far, Ed shook his head slightly, letting go of his thoughts.
“It’s already in.”
“Yes. I’ve seen a lot of plazas too.”
The two entered the train station, leaving behind the priests doing missionary work in the plaza full of statues of gods. It wasn’t the holiday season, but there were still quite a few people coming and going, and the two of them came down to the boarding area with pre-booked tickets.
“Originally, Ed-san doesn’t need a bag like this, right?”
“Yes. I don’t usually carry luggage.”
To Glowwin’s question, Ed replied by tapping the necromancer license in his pocket with his hand. The 7th level necromancer license had the smallest subspace, but it was able to fit three skeletons, armaments, and a certain amount of luggage.
It was a level where the meaning of the capacity was almost lost when it reached the first or special level, but it was better for storing high-end summons such as Death Knight. Such advanced summons could be used immediately only if they were connected to the necromancer through mana, and the function that enabled such a connection was built into the 1st and 5th grade necromancer licenses.
“But when a man and a woman travel by train with their luggage like this, they would think of them as lovers, right?
Glowyn said to Ed with a slightly mischievous smile.
“It could be.
Ed’s answer made Glowyn look dumbfounded, but then she regained her composure and asked.
“Ed, have you ever been in a relationship?”
“Yes. Yes. We broke up now.”
Ed smiled bitterly at the thought of Demona, who broke up in the worst possible way, but Glowwin didn’t see it and continued asking questions.
“Did the lady approach Ed first?”
“Yes. I approached him most aggressively and met him thinking that it would be okay with this person.”
Glowin focused on the word “most active.” Edgar had a big flaw in the middle of the Necromancer, but his appearance itself was similar to that of a northern nobleman. So it can be said that many people approached and chose one of them… .
‘Do you really like people because you don’t think they’ll seduce you?’
“I guess people talked to me a lot when I came down to the center?”
“No. Apparently, he was a necromancer who went from the north to the center. I’m talking about Mr. Glowyn. Wouldn’t the men talk a lot if you went to the south for a vacation dressed like that?”
“Ah. Um… well. That would be nice. We’re going on vacation.”
Glowyn felt her face blush a little because she didn’t know how to tell Ed, who hadn’t said much since he saw her in the morning, that she was beautifully dressed.
“It’s coming.”
From afar, a magic locomotive and train came into the boarding area emitting smoke. As the train slowly stopped in front of the people, the train attendants opened the doors. People from the north of the Rica Coast began to get off and boarded after showing the train ticket to the crew.
Ed and Glowyn sat in the same room and comfortably organized their suitcases. People going to nearby areas used seats, but it was common for long-distance passengers going to the south at once to use a four-person cabin. Ed unfolded the ecology of the southern monsters he bought with money from the carrier, and Glowwin saw it and said.
“Ed, I know, so don’t feel uncomfortable and use all your Necromancer’s power when you go to the South.”
After hearing Glowin’s words, Ed smiled and answered.
“I was thinking about it, but wouldn’t it seem like I’m not a necromancer if I don’t just use summons? Actually, I’m a little confident in other things as well.”
Glodia remembered Ed’s nickname. ‘Commander Knight’. For some reason, this time I felt like I could see with my own eyes why that nickname was given.
*
Ed and Gloween talked about various things while staying in the same room for two days. Since they almost didn’t know each other at all, there were a lot of stories about how they lived together, starting with Glodia, who was the link between them.
In the case of Ed, he said that he was walking the best way he could as a commoner necromancer and left the north because he was hit by a stone thrown by a nobleman. did.
Of course, Ed hid the fact that he had gone all the way to the top level necromancer, but Glowyn already knew, and Ed had no idea that Glowyn hid that she belonged to the Information Guild Color.
After digging deeper, Ed was able to talk in depth about what necromancers learned at Terut Academy, the ecology of northern monsters, and Junior and Gigant level monsters, while Glowin talked about recent signs of conflict in the Holy Alliance and news of a terrorist attack somewhere. Although we knew each other well, we had things to hide from each other, so the conversation did not continue indefinitely.
And what broke the silence between the two was the engineer’s voice. The voice, amplified by the magic tool, echoed through all the cabins of the train.
“Currently, a large monster has appeared 500 meters ahead. We have contacted the guild, but there is a possibility that the train may be attacked, so if you are capable of fighting, please help to ensure the safety of the passengers.”
Ed closed his book and stood up.
“Ed, do you want to go?”
“Yes. I want to see what kind of monster it is.”
Ed left the room first, and Glowin, who had been staring at Ed with a blank expression, came to his senses and immediately followed Ed out of the room.
‘what? ‘Could that guy make a face like that?’
Glowin has been seeing Ed for over a month, but he definitely had the brightest face today.