The World After Leaving the Hero Party

19 – third condition – 2

Expected and unexpected participants participated, but the strategy itself did not change.

The important thing is that Veronica participated in the war.

“So. Sage. What should we do now?”

General Leoden was well aware that I was important in the end to clear the Pale Moon event.

That’s why I think I’m going to leave this job to me without any special touch.

I’m fine.

If it interferes with your achievements, you have to rule it out.

Anyway, the rewards of having worked hard to build human relationships are coming out here.

I looked around at those staring at me. Now that step 3 has been met, step 4 must be met.

The fourth step to proceed with the Pale Moon event is the battle with Baekwolgyo followers.

After defeating the white beasts, they learned that their consciousness was being disturbed, so they will move in earnest.

You have to fight them and prepare the way to the temple.

“The Baekwolgyo will come out.”

Veronica coldly let out before I could say. Hearing this, General Leoden tightly gripped the sword at his waist.

“Then the Kingdom Army must stop them.”

From General Leoden’s point of view, they are traitors who attacked his master and deserve to be killed, so he would want to catch them with his own hands.

That’s why it’s so burdensome to glance at me.

Of course, that’s not important to me.

“No. Do something with the Kingdom Army… I’d like to leave the fight against them to the church. Veronica, are you okay?”

“Fighting cults is always welcome.”

really dignified I clapped for her as she tightened her grip on her large mace, and Veronica smiled faintly.

“Then what next?”

“next…”

After catching the Baekwol cultists and determining the location of the temple, you must start the last step, attacking the temple of the moon.

Since the Temple of the Moon is treated as a kind of dungeon in the game, only a limited number of people can enter it, so you need to decide how many people will enter it.

Well, think about that later. Because the battle with the Baekwol Church is important right now.

“The Temple of the Moon is a rather dangerous dungeon.”

“I’ve always thought of that. Mr. Hyeonja. How do you know that well?”

I laughed when the Lizardman musician, who brushed his hair with a comb, asked.

“Why would I be wise?”

“Ah. If you say that, then I have nothing else to say.”

“I’m just going to do that. Originally, not everything in the world is convincing.”

As a sage, I supported the warrior party, and I became known in my own way, and I also raised my reputation by doing quests and events in my spare time.

Thanks to that, my words also carried quite a bit of weight, so there was no one among him and others who continued to question him.

“As expected, the wise man! I think the wise man is really great! Ah! Then, the wise man! There is a small problem in our village, do you know what it is?”

“I don’t know. Anyway, you adventurers are here too, so join the church. Ah. Lark and Wilkes. You guys move with me.”

These guys are special guys among the adventurers who came this time.

They are very special trolls, so it’s better for me to organize a party.

Of course, there will be stress in the process, but that’s it.

“Isn’t the kingdom’s army not required to fight when it comes to catching the Baekwol Church?”

“First of all, they’re a cult, so they use evil techniques.”

Priests and paladins are the best to stop that.

And in the case of dungeons where adventurers go, there are many cases where they have to deal with evil sorcery, so if they are good enough, they will fight well on their own.

“I see. I see.”

By the time I finished preparing for the battle with Baekwol Church.

“Hey, wait!”

“uh?”

Claire, who listened silently to my explanation, suddenly raised her hand.

“Hyunwoo. I… Is there anything we can do for you? No… It’s not that Cardinal Veronica and that adventurer are weak…”

Still, in terms of overall fighting power, Claire said weakly, “They had a great influence on defeating the demon lord.”

I thought after looking at her and Leventia standing next to her and earnestly staring at me.

it’s what they do

ugh…

No matter how much I think about it, there is nothing.

We divided the work among each of them and started working overtime as usual. Today’s overtime is cooking.

While I was in charge of cooking and serving meals for a large number of people, I saw Claire in front of me before I knew it.

She didn’t cut in line and came in line, staring blankly at me.

“Do you have something to say?”

“…really can’t we do anything for you? We know they’re dangerous, but…”

“All you have to do is just catch monsters with the kingdom army right here?”

The Pale Moon event is on the difficult side, and the boss of the Temple of the Moon, the last of the event, is quite strong.

If you’re a normal player, of course you include a lot of warriors in your party to attack.

It is rotten water that is not clear even if it is clear.

In addition, unlike the early days when I was not used to this world, it is a worn out body.

There is no need to increase the damage of the Kingdom Army by removing the warrior party kids.

Even if the Pale Moon event goes on, the monsters still remain.

“That, is it…? I see…”

Claire walked away sullenly with her shoulders completely droopy. Seeing that, I served the next order, stir-fried sausages and vegetables, to the driver’s table, and looked at the next person.

“Eh?”

It was Veronica.

The church-side people who were added this time will eat somewhere else?

As I looked up, she smiled lightly.

“It reminds me of the old days when I was served by the wise man like this.”

This has happened before. Originally, when the Pale Moon event was held, Baek defended the village, and in the morning, I prepared a meal and served it to him.

At that time, Veronica also brought the tray herself and received food from me.

Anyway, it’s been a while, but I would have thought that a nobleman like Cardinal would remember it.

“You can’t forget it, can you?”

“okay?”

“I fought so hard, I was so desperate, and that’s why it was the first battle in my life where I was able to find the light. I’ll probably never forget it until I go to the light.”

I smiled roughly at her grinning smile and put sausage and stir-fried vegetables on her plate.

And, while staring at it, Veronica smiled again.

By the way, was she a woman who smiled so well? There were very few laugh scenes in the game.

“You seem to remember.”

Her plate was loaded with green peppers and other vegetables.

It was a dish that would be called bullying if others saw it, but Veronica’s expression was full of satisfaction.

“I remember that you like vegetables more than meat. You’re a wise man after all. Your memory is good.”

“hahaha. That’s right.”

She nodded lightly and said nothing more. It seemed like he had a lot to say, but there were a lot of people waiting behind him.

After bowing her head slightly and leaving, Lark was next.

“Hey! Sage! You didn’t get the cardinal’s sausage? Shouldn’t I get that much? We’re between us!”

“Ah! That’s mine! Sage-sama! Will you give me more?! Yes?! Me and Sage-nim! You know I like sausages more than vegetables! Yes?! More sausages! I won’t eat vegetables, so I’ll get some sausages instead.” Just a few more!”

Oh my gosh!

Are you trying to eat only sausages in Sausage Vegetable Stir-fry?!

No, more than that, what’s the deal between you and me…

After dinner, I took part in leather work in my spare time.

You have to do this whenever you have free time to count achievements.

As always, the soldiers shouted that there was no need to do it, but when they reluctantly intervened, they eventually gave up.

“It’s not easy to skin a monster. Is the wise man all right?”

“How are you?”

He peeled off the skin of the one-eyed cow monster with a sharp knife sharpened with a whetstone. Not as skilled leather craftsmen, but most of the workers here are soldiers.

As such, my level of proficiency is higher.

By the time I was about to take the second monster, which I had peeled off the monster’s skin faster than they did.

“Were you here?”

It was Veronica. I thought she would be praying with the paladins by now, but when she approached, I grabbed the sword and inserted it into the neck of the five-horned deer monster.

– Push shot!

The remaining black blood dripped down and stained the leather apron. Veronica, who was watching it, lifted the Divine Mark hanging from her neck.

“Light. Purify the darkness.”

Along with the subtle holy power, the evil energy remaining in the monster’s blood was purified, and the stress caused by the blood began to subside.

As the workers’ expressions improved, Veronica said with a bitter expression.

“The battlefield conditions are quite poor. I know that the church sends priests and paladins in its own way.”

“It wasn’t enough to cover this far.”

“Really? Then wouldn’t it be okay for you to do it? You should be able to use divine power too.”

“That’s right. That’s why I’m doing it whenever I have free time.”

“As expected, you are still the same. Just like you did in Baekeun Village.”

A smile caught on Veronica’s lips, and several workers stared blankly at her. Of course, that didn’t last long. As soon as I glanced at them, they hurriedly continued their work.

“So? Anything to say?”

“Speak…”

Veronica, who was fiddling with the Divine Mark, shrugged.

“It looks like you’re still on bad terms with the warriors’ party.”

“Yeah. So? Are there any complaints?”

“Are they bothering me or something?”

“None.”

There were times when he bothered me, and while I was staying here to catch the white beasts, I approached and tried to talk to them.

Excluding Claire, he didn’t want to talk to Leventia or Evangeline, so he completely ignored them.

Veronica seems to be worried as much as she knows about my relationship with the warrior party, but honestly, it’s useless.

“Where do I look like someone to be bullied?”

“I think you’re too weak as a person. If you entered the Heretic Questioner, you would be thoroughly trained.”

“That’s all right.”

I turned my gaze back to the corpses of demons. After receiving the third monster and starting to skin it, Veronica let out a low sigh.

“The proposal I made before is still valid. Do you have any plans to become a Heretic Questioner?”

“no.”

“Ah. I see.”

It was a slightly disappointed tone, but rather than her, I focused on skinning the monster with the head of a crocodile and the body of a lion. When I looked up in the midst of the stinging gaze, Veronica licked her lips and spat out.

“…Do you plan on joining the warrior party again?”

with them?

“None of those either.”

“…That’s good.”

“Why are you lucky? What’s with the church and the warrior party? The two of you fight? Do you play power games?”

There are no events, quests, or achievements like that?

Veronica smiled at my question.

“It’s not like that. Just.”

Taking a slow step back, she stared straight at me.

I tilted my head at his serious attitude, as if he was about to say something important.

“It’s just… ah. I don’t think it’s worth talking about here. If you don’t mind, let’s have a cup of tea in my barracks?”

“Hmm? What’s that? I’ll just wrap this up and go. Please wait.”

Because I have nothing more to work on after the monsters I’m working on. I worked on it while Veronica waited, and took off the apron only after I had completely cleaned the skin of one monster.

“To make the cardinal wait like this. How… that’s amazing.”

“If you twist it, you should have just left.”

“Is that still the same? Now. Then go…”

It was when Veronica, who was squatting in the workshop that smelled of leather and blood, woke up.

-Kwaaang!!

Screams echoed from the end of the garrison along with an explosion.

Hearing that, I took off my apron, and Veronica grabbed hold of the mace.

Pale Moon event.

fourth step.

The invasion of Baekwol Bridge has begun.

“I’ll have to drink tea later… Huh.”

surprise mom

Taking off my apron and running out, I was startled to see Veronica standing next to me.

Veronica’s pretty face was mercilessly distorted.