Living as an Unemployed in Another World

30 – 2. The Path of the Dagger (11)

11.

About 15 minutes before Jin falls into sweet imagination. The person who dragged him had his hair pulled back in a corner of the inn room.

If it hangs down, the gray hair that goes beyond the wing bones is likely to be caught by others even if you are wearing a helmet. He was well aware that gray hair, not silver hair, was often reserved for gray hair and old people. For her determined never to reveal herself in public as a knight of her cathedral, it was a day’s work to dry her hair to tuck into her helmet.

If you turn your head, the utensils and bowls you ate in the morning are on a tray on one side of the table. It must have been brought by that kind young man. Actually, when I knocked, I almost opened the door with my armor off, but fortunately, I was able to prevent such an unfortunate incident. Even though they were no strangers, he was particularly reluctant to show his ugly face to him.

Even if that’s not the reason, except for one person, she never intends to show her bare face to others. So even if you want to take that bowl outside, you’ll have to put on your armor again. In the eyes of others, her cramped full plate armor is no different from everyday clothes to her. Not wearing it while sleeping is simply to prevent the body from twisting under the weight.

She was tightening the joints of her armor with her familiar hands, when she suddenly felt a divine presence near the top of her head. Not a metaphor, but a very slight omnipotence that can be felt as a knight serving a god. And through that thin passage, the voice of the Heretic Questioner could be heard.

【Nada】

【Example】

【…… It’s a pity that you can’t tell the difference between the voices, but it’s easier to have a conversation this way.]

It is as he said. Communication through divinity, which only the elect can use, does not require physical vocalization. It was the moment when she felt the grace of God most clearly when she felt physically difficult to communicate with others. However, the only drawback was that it was impossible to recognize the other person’s gender or emotion because the brain recognized it in the form of a message without actually distinguishing the pitch or intonation.

【To be honest, I was surprised to hear your voice yesterday. It seems difficult to say properly, but there is no need to force it. If possible, let’s talk through .]

【Example】

【Can you speak a bit longer? You hate me…… No, i’m kidding Don’t answer seriously.]

She tried to deny him with a straight ‘no’, but she kept her mouth shut, but she bit her lips for no reason. It was a pity that she did not go against the planting of the high-ranking Heretic Inquisitor. Even for the sake of her adoptive father, she had to refrain from doing anything to her disadvantage.

【Anyway, how about there? Was there any difficulty in leaving the city?]

【No problem】

The guards, who were suspicious of her own attire, stopped her, but immediately got out of the way after showing her the crest and sacredness of her church. This too must be the grace of the goddess.

【Are you on Now? Is it worth staying there? Anything would be better than a stuffy cathedral, but it must be a bit old compared to where we arrived.]

【No. They are all good people.]

【…… I asked what the facility was like, well, if you like it, that’s fine. It’s good if you don’t get mistaken for a ghost.]

He seems to have made a joke of her own, but she couldn’t laugh innocently at the joke as she had really been through it. Embarrassed, the Heretic Questioner paused the conversation for a while, and returned to the main topic a little later.

【Yes, I was about to ask the proprietress of About the atmosphere of the city and this and that. A very kind heart…… No, I got quite a harvest anyway. How are you?]

【…… Sorry.】

【No, I’m not blaming you. I just sent you, who is faster than me, closer to the mansion just in case. How could there be people in such a rural village who would say bad things about the owners of their estates? Even if it’s something very small, it’s fine. If the knight is prowling here and there, people may avoid talking about it for no reason, so first of all, stay there all the time and build a sense of intimacy.]

I didn’t do anything, but people were already avoiding me…… I couldn’t even tell you that.

【Even the lord is suspicious, but we’ve been chasing the thief for now. In a way, the two might know each other. If the lord has a relationship with heresy, there’s no reason the thief won’t target it.]

【Yes.】

【So, make finding clues about the thief your top priority. Its appearance has been revealed, but it’s always possible that it’s in disguise. There are many adventurers at the inn you are going to, so listen to them and tell me what you find out. I will contact you regularly, but if you are in a hurry, you can try…… I plan to go to the guild in the afternoon.]

【Okay.】

For about three minutes, he praised how amazing the inn he was staying at, and then ended the transmission using the divinity. She pondered his words for a while, then put on her armor and helmet, and quietly went out to visit.

She then ran into a young man on the stairs she came down. Since I was lucky from the morning, it seemed that there would be good news today.

Is that really the case? The knight couldn’t help but be surprised to find the thief’s bounty on the wall. It must have been attached yesterday too, but it was a mistake not to find it right away. She was a heretic, so she had no choice but to report to the Inquisitor that she did nothing.

But there was a way to make up for it. As he said, his mission was to gather information about thieves, and he needed to collect stories among adventurers. And in front of my eyes, the young man who seemed to have put that wanted letter was smiling brightly at me…… It was fate.

It would be a much shorter way to become acquainted with just one adventurer than to befriend ten adventurers. I swear to the Goddess, it was a very reasonable decision and I never had any selfish intentions…… She barely raised her voice and took it by the hand and led her to her own room. She just desperately hoped that he wouldn’t notice her heart beating.

Guided by that strong hand, I happened to come to his room. I quietly swallowed my saliva as I saw the knight in full plate armor closing the door as if blocking the door. What the hell are you doing to make people tremble with fear?

Could it be that after removing me from this small room, you’re going to destroy the evidence by some means? Certainly killing all the witnesses is the perfect crime. I shrugged his shoulders and trembled, but he still stared at me without taking off his helmet.

“… ….”

What. So what. You brought Come here, he said. It was only then that I noticed he was looking back and forth between me and the bed. Lie down? Such an X-arm, could it be that you like it? I quickly regretted making fun of Gerald by referring to the boat horn Changgwan. For some reason, I have to behave normally…… I would never have made fun of something like this.

But there was no way they could resist. Isn’t the opponent a stronger knight than those adventurers? No, maybe not, but what can I do when Mi-ra acknowledges that she is strong? Ah, if I had known it would be like this, I would have taken out my bag from my room and carried it with me all the time…… When I gave up and put my butt on the bed, he unexpectedly didn’t jump right in, pulled a chair from under the table and sat down in front of me.

…… ?

There is something strange about the atmosphere. First of all, it seems that the ending will not be as I had imagined, so I regained some hope and looked at the knight.

“…… Please help.”

What? Before I could ask, the driver suddenly stopped talking.

“…… Thieves, you must catch them. This body, more than twelve times a day, I can’t.”

He must have had a much stronger body than I did, but he only said that and let out a violent cough as if vomiting blood. It was only then that I noticed that things were taking a strange turn. Even then, he raised his hand to prevent him from trying to force himself to speak again, and asked cautiously.

“Wait a minute. So, twelve words a day? Twelve sentences? Can’t speak more than that? What is that…….”

When I asked if I understood correctly, the knight looked at me in surprise and then nodded quietly. Oh my God, it’s not that I can’t talk, it’s that I can’t? That non-human voice was also strange.

“Is it a curse? Party? No, I’ll ask about this later. Now that I understand, don’t say more. I’ll come with paper or a quill.”

The knight nodded quietly this time as well. No matter how strong the force is, what do I do, I can’t properly tell others what I want. For the first time I felt sorry for him. I hurried to my room and was about to go back with the paper, when suddenly there was a commotion downstairs. Oh, come to think of it, Mr. And Mrs. Cooper saw me being taken away. I’ll be worried, so I shouted in a loud voice towards the stairs.

“I’m fine! Do not worry!”

“────Caw! The corpse speaks!”

“Jin has become a ghost!”

I don’t believe it either. Rather than that, you said a corpse, Tulbow Wick, are you again? When I go down, you always spread the word about what happened yesterday. I made a firm resolution and opened the knight’s door again.