The Knight Wants To Be in a Relationship

16. The Alchemist

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Sword Saint.

One of the highest titles granted by the country.

A place that all swordsmen and knights dream of.

As befits a title desired by countless people, the benefits were considerable.

“Tax exemption, 100,000 elso paid annually for maintaining dignity, free use of all national public facilities, semi-count treatment, etc…… These are all benefits given just by wearing the title of Sword Saint.”

“Ummm…… Is there anything different from now?”

“Actually, this is just a cosmetic benefit. It’s just something that anyone strong enough to wear the title of Sword Saint can get their hands on at any time…… In other words, what the country wants to say is this.”

Francesca exhaled smoke from her cigarette.

“Anything you wish for will be granted, so don’t make an accident.”

If you have power, you will want to use it. This is human nature, and there is no way to stop it.

However, human beings are not creatures that give up because there is no way, but creatures that somehow find a way. And people have found some ways to suppress the strong.

Give him everything he wants so he doesn’t have to use his powers unnecessarily, or suppress it with force.

“Since you are a weirdo with strong hair who wanted to have a girlfriend in the first place, such a pretentious title would be helpful… ….”

“Wow! I told you not to talk about that!”

“…… No one is listening Rather, I think your shouting will draw more attention.”

“Anyway! Don’t bring that up outside! I didn’t tell anyone but you!”

Hearing Evan’s words, Francesca looked down at him with a smile.

“Really? Rumor has it that a guy like that goes all out on everyone.”

“What else…… I still haven’t had a girlfriend.”

“Huh? No way…… The guild staff gave you a party, too, and this time with the pretty adventurers—no, you, no way.”

The guild leader, guessing something, looked at Evan with a curious mind and opened her mouth.

“Didn’t you eat what they gave you?”

“…… No, that’s it.”

“Or you didn’t understand the atmosphere and recklessly hit the confession.”

“…… Who is watching me?”

“Was it both? I will be really excited.”

Francesca, who had her head wrapped around Evan’s pathetic figure, let out a deep sigh for a moment, then took out a new cigarette.

Francesca, who was smoking a chain-smoker in her place, opened her mouth as if she had relieved the stuffiness inside her.

“Shall I introduce you to a virgin prostitute? If that’s the case, even a kid like you…….”

“No, it’s okay… ….”

Evan couldn’t look up.

His heart throbbed with shock that if words could kill people, he would have died a hundred times.

***

On the day I received the title of Sword Saint, I was given the title of Special Adventurer by the head of the guild headquarters.

“I never thought I would create a class like this. Congratulations. Evan Carlster.”

“Oh, yes.”

“We look forward to the performance of a high-class adventurer.”

After hearing the words of the head of the headquarters, the shiny-haired, pot-bellied general, I received the brightly colored adventurer’s card and left the guild room.

The guild leader seemed to want to publicize this by holding a party, but he didn’t really want to do it because he had already enjoyed the party so much that he was tired of it.

Perhaps it was because he showed off such an annoying tidbit on his face, the general manager took notice and finished the promotion ceremony very modestly.

‘You’re quick-witted, this guy… ….’

Inwardly, I praised the general manager for completing the work so quickly that I wondered if he had become the guild general manager.

The eyes of people glistening with greed. Because I could quickly figure out what they wanted.

“—Evan.”

“Huh? Ah- Mr. Psyche.”

“Super adventurer promotion. Congratulations. You’ll be back together…… Oh, that one.”

Appearing from behind, Psyche smiled bitterly as if he could guess at the people gathered at the guild gate.

She became a top-notch adventurer in the shortest period of time, and she would get a lot of attention, but she wasn’t as good as me.

Dragon Slayer. It was impossible to get as much attention as the owner of the dragon’s corpse that appeared after several years.

“If you feel uncomfortable, I will take care of it.”

“Yes? No, how to deal with those people…….”

“There are ways.”

Psyche seemed to want her to believe in herself. She went down to the first floor.

And after a while, the voice of a heroine resounded from the first floor.

Only then did I understand how Psyche could handle the crowd.

“hahahahaha-! You f*cking bastards! Just come in saying where is this place!”

“Ah, no, we want to entrust the request…… !”

“Noisy!”

Human Barbarian.

The female warrior, Anella, who was questioned whether thoughts exist, was mobilized.

Persuasion and negotiation are only possible between civilized people who communicate with each other. Anella, close to a savage, ignorantly drove people away.

There were people who looked at her ignorantly, but no one stopped her. Because, deep down, other people also thought the merchants were a nuisance.

‘I have to sneak out now—.’

“You are Evan…… That’s it.”

And just then, someone appeared behind my back. Unable to sense any presence, I looked back in amazement.

A suspicious person wearing a robe was standing there. Even though he was right in front of his eyes, he still couldn’t feel his presence. I can’t tell if this is a person or a corpse.

‘Is it a magic tool?’

I realized that the robe he was wearing was a magic tool.

I also knew that people wearing such things would not be ordinary people.

“…… You are?”

“I am, ka, canellie.”

Introducing himself, Canelli La cautiously held out her hand. As if he wasn’t cutting it, his nails caught his eyes.

It took a while for Kanely to frown slightly at that figure, and started bursting out laughing incomprehensible.

“To you, to you. Right? Dragon heart…….”

“I don’t have one.”

“That’s a lie. I already know that you caught the dragon…… If so, is there? Dragon Heart.”

“No, I am not lying.”

I replied scratching my cheek.

“I left the body in the county.”

“…… What?”

He gasped in disbelief, his mouth gaping open.

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‘What are you leaving behind? Where?’

Hearing Evan’s words, Canelli forgot his words in embarrassment. Dragon heart. The most valuable item you can get from a dragon. It’s not like you don’t know its value. You left that precious thing in the county?

How precious a dragon corpse is, what if someone steals it, no- then I wouldn’t have to come here in the first place…….

“That, why did you leave that… !”

“No, because it is so big that it is inconvenient to move it. I heard that the count will send it on his own later.”

“What if someone steals it….”

“Yes? Still, the Count is keeping it. Someone is going to steal it.”

Hearing Evan’s words, Canelli realized that this little boy had no idea of the value of a dragon, that he was nothing more than a mere official, to say the least.

“Hu, steal it! I’m not afraid of the Count! …… The really scary thing is the king behind it.”

“There is also an army… ….”

“I heard you are stealing… !? Everything, even if it feels like me right now, if you heard this, you would steal it—”

The dragon’s heart is well worth stealing. Continuing his remarks, Canelli learned a big realization from his own words. Yes. He would have stolen even if it were himself.

What if they are confident in their skills? He must already be aiming for the dragon’s heart in the county.

What, didn’t he find out that Evan was here right now?

I wouldn’t know if the owner of the corpse was nearby, wasn’t Evan right now in the royal capital?

‘In other words, there is no one guarding the dragon’s corpse right now…… ?’

It may be an army, but to a superman like himself, an ordinary soldier is nothing more than a scarecrow. Realizing this fact, Canelli was stunned and at a loss for what to do.

“Big, big deal! I’m in trouble… !”

“Yes? What else suddenly…….”

“Yes, your corpse! The dragon’s corpse will be stolen… !”

“Ummm…… Then, would you like to go with me?”

“Uh, uh uh?”

Hearing Evan’s words, Canelli stepped back in shock. What did he say now? Do you want to go together? Where? Alone?

‘Gee, now. Asking for a date… Is it?’

Grand Alchemist Canelli. Female. She

She has never dated a man in her life.

She has, of course, never been on a date.

Something that a man suggested doing something first. This is the first time.

‘I, I-I took her maiden…… !?’

The first time was stolen by Evan.

***

I headed to the county with a suspicious person named Canelli, whom I knew nothing about except for his name, and I began to investigate him in the carriage.

“By the way- why did you find the dragon heart?”

“Eh, huh? Yeah…… There is no better alchemy ingredient than that.”

“Alchemy? Are you an alchemist?”

“Uh, huh? Hey, didn’t you tell me? I, I am a state certified alchemist…….”

National accreditation. That fact alone lowered my suspicions about him. It was because I thought that the country would not have given the official qualifications to the crazy or the strange.

What, isn’t it a nationally recognized title given to a kind and talented person like me?

As I talked with him, I realized that he didn’t have to ask me for the dragon’s heart.

“If you need it, you can hold it yourself, right?”

“Me, I can’t fight. And- I don’t like dragons…….”

“Compatibility?”

“The dragon’s scales are invincible shields that cannot work with ballistas, siege catapults, or even magic… That’s why it’s hard to catch even with the military…….”

“Do you have anyone to ask?”

“I don’t know anyone… ….”

“Ah.”

After hearing his words, I kept my mouth shut. It was because he had no idea how many friends he had, given that he couldn’t even ask because he didn’t know anyone.

A person like this certainly doesn’t have a lover. That is, he was of the same kind as me.

Between my friends who don’t have a girlfriend, I comforted Kanelli.

“It’s okay. I don’t even have a girlfriend.”

“Uh huh huh? I have a girlfriend…….”

“…… I beg your pardon?”

Cancel.

You are my enemy from now on.

I glared at Canelli with hostile eyes.

He tilted her head as if he had no idea why.

‘A person like this also has a girlfriend…… !’

In the midst of contemplating how to vent this resentment, the carriage stopped.

─Cow, guest. There- that…….

“Why?”

─I think you should come out for a while.

Listening to the coachman’s words, I left Canelli and got out of the carriage alone. Then he found the dead coachman.

The coachman’s mouth, which had been dripping blood from a hole called a hole, suddenly starts to move.

“Son, sir. Looks like you’ll have to come and see me. Sir, I think you should come and see.”

“…… What else is this?”

“Hands, hands, hands, guests. Guests, guests, guests-!”

The corpse coachman rushed at me.

I immediately swung the sword and made the coachman into a horseman/father.

Even though the upper body and lower body were separated and rolling on the floor, the coachman did not stop and crackled his mouth.

“Son, sir. Get down, get down, come out, you have to see.”

“What is it really… ….”

“It’s necromancer… ….”

Wanting to know what was going on, Canelli, who had followed her, opened her mouth as she glanced at the county in the distance.

“My, I told you! Who, who will come to steal the dragon’s corpse!”

Looking at Canelli, who was excited about the fact that he was right, I answered coldly.

“Anything you like? This?”

“Ah…… Mi-sorry.”

“I can’t speak!”

“…… Uh? Ah, that, that’s the problem.”

Cannelly looked at me with a bewildered expression.