Abandoned Priest at the Hero’s Party

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“It’s a big deal. Priest, I’m sorry, but I think I’ll have to tell the story that I haven’t finished. Ttt, I thought about letting go of my heart, but the position of emperor doesn’t seem to give me any leeway.”

His Majesty the Emperor has left. Hearing the story he was sharing, it seemed that something had happened in the Citadel Republic.

How much of a nuisance is it? It seemed that His Majesty didn’t know yet. However, when the people of the Republic had expressed their intention to evacuate to the islands through the gates, it seemed certain that something really great had happened.

‘Is Loka not back yet?’

It seems that something similar happened at Duke Shmira’s mansion, but he worked hard to get rid of the miscellaneous thoughts. Hopefully, the same thing won’t happen again.

Perhaps the child is thinking about what to choose from the Imperial Palace remarks?

“You’re playing the instrument so hard, but you don’t even look at me this way.”

As I was about to get up and go back to my room, someone spoke to me. A woman with a large wooden instrument around her neck looked at me and smiled. Because she was blonde, I thought for a moment that she might be of imperial blood, but there was no way that someone as old as a princess was playing an instrument.

‘Pointed ears. Perhaps…’

Besides, those unusually pointy ears. It’s a little different for a human being.

The woman covered her mouth with her hand and grinned. It seems that I noticed that my eyes went to my ears.

“Have you ever seen an elf for the first time? Well, it might be good to see it for the first time. Not all elves live as productively as I do.”

A musical instrument with wheels and strings. The woman holding the dreliare, an instrument also known as the hurdy girdy, looked like a ruthless bard. Being an elf bard, the island is definitely a gathering place for people.

The drelier, which makes a melody by turning the wheel with the right hand and rubbing the wheel and the string to make a sound, and pressing the button on the instrument with the left hand, is an instrument mainly used by bards.

It may not be used well in court music, but the fact that that woman is still here means that she has great skills.

“It was my first time seeing a forest race, so I was a little confused. My name is Kyle.”

“Rowena. I don’t have a gender. Nice to meet you, Priest of the Old Gods.”

She raised her purple eyes and looked around at me, smiling brightly.

“One of our distant ancestors served the Old Gods like the priest. Before he passed away, he asked the Old Gods to leave us a world tree, but that was not necessarily a blessing. I’m very curious to see if that’s what the priest is serving as well.”

dump. She sat down in the seat in front of me. So, the place where His Majesty the Emperor was sitting before.

I looked around to see if it was still possible, but surprisingly, no one stopped me.

“Because I am also an ambassador for the elves from Elvenheim. Being a bard is strictly a side job. If you are addicted to the drug of singing, you can still relieve some of your suffering. The suffering of longevity is not something we can endure with our minds.”

hahaha she laughed Well, I don’t know if this is funny, but she introduced herself as an odd elf.

“The World Tree gave us a lifespan of close to a thousand years, but you know. We elves spend most of their time meaningless. It’s only been a hundred years since I’ve had a sense of improvement in what I want to do. When you’re over a hundred years old, everything starts to bother you. It becomes an elf-shaped pleasure machine that seeks only pleasure.”

“In what sense, exactly?”

“There is no elf who hasn’t taken medicine for an old-fashioned elf. I’ve tried some opioids, and marijuana is also used by young children. Some people smoke hashish and have an orgy. Well… my parents had me then. Not a couple. Because elves don’t get married.”

The elves known to the continent must have been a race of pure and beautiful forests, but the elves I’ve actually heard of were beautiful but not pure races.

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Ms. Rowena smiled slightly again.

“Still, my parents were responsible for being an elf. They weren’t good parents, but they were better than those who sold their children into slavery to get money for drugs.”

“You mean something like that happened?”

“I think it’s easy. Even a human like Priest, if he wants to become evil, he can do so endlessly. What can’t an elf do? If you cross the line, it will be the same from then on.”

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Ms. Rowena drank a drink and grinned. As if thinking that this level of alcohol was not alcohol but beverages, she poured the glass one after another and drank it in gully.

It seems that drugs were not the only thing that I did often when I was young.

“Of course, if you sell your people like that, you will get a lot of criticism. So, what is usually sold are half-elves that are born while enjoying the night with humans. Those high elves completely ignore it. The harp is not a kin. They don’t seem to be interested in world affairs, to me.”

You don’t have qualifications, you don’t have any experience, and what you can do is make some music? Don’t you see that I am listed as an ambassador for Elvenheim, who only knows the imperial language?

Rowena asked that question. Clearly, he did not feel the unique atmosphere of a high-ranking person. It did not seem that his status in the elf society was high.

“The high elves who are truly qualified… To me, they are just people who have no regrets in life. They have a secret that is handed down only to them, and when they find out the secret, they give up and walk away. So, actually, I’m curious too. What the hell is that cycle?”

…how did he know that I was seeking the will of the cycle?

When I panicked, he smiled hashishly.

“You said it. I am the plenipotentiary ambassador for Elvenheim. It’s a position I got because no one was interested in this position, but it’s still a body that deserves to be dedicated to His Majesty.”

“Your Majesty asked me about the cycle, and I said I didn’t know… but I don’t know at all. The high elves muttered when they were among themselves, though there was a mix of cycles.”

So, instead of going to the North Pole, does that mean we have to change the route and go to Elvenheim?

This is definitely very useful information. Going to Elvenheim would be a much safer adventure than the North Pole Citadel. As I bowed my head to express my gratitude, Mr. Rowena waved his hand.

“But the yangbans are so closed, I don’t know if I will share information with the priest. Well, if you can’t do it, threaten him. If I get angry that the people behind me might not be able to take the protection of the World Tree that the Old Gods have given me, I think they will negotiate.”

Haha, you’re funny.

The story you tell with a smile is not the story that makes you laugh…

Then, there might be no reason to go to the North Pole Fortress? When Rocca comes back, we need to discuss it together. If you go to the North Pole, you have to leave the child behind, but in Elvenheim, there’s no need for that.

I don’t think it’s highly likely, but maybe Roka might have an elf friend.

‘Then I’ll have to talk to the princess again.’

I wish I had known sooner, but now everything is a little twisted. The princess was appointed as an envoy to the North Pole because of me, because if I change my destination here, his plans will have to change as well.

At first, it seemed necessary to coordinate the future work with His Majesty and the Princess once again.

“By the way, why is it so noisy outside? Even though the earthquake seems to have improved a bit, how can people not be so fussy with shaking like this?”

Suddenly, Ms. Rowena used her ambassador’s identity to inquire about what had happened and left, saying she would come. After a while, when he returned, his expression turned completely blue.

“It’s a big deal. That, Grimudo… The primordial Demon King has attacked the Citadel Republic! The republic is on the verge of destruction!”

And my face probably changed that way to some extent.

“Did he go out on his own?”

“no. But the Crown of Grimudo stepped forward. That monster lord… Phoenix is directing the explosion of the Calderan Mountains. Who else would be behind him but Grimudo!”

“Then maybe not the worst.”

If Grimudo didn’t come out on his own, but the monster started a riot,

Isn’t this the same situation as when the Manticore attacked the Pumpkin Vine Village?

The primordial demon lord usually releases monsters freely, and he doesn’t care about the damage that occurs in the meantime. Perhaps it was Phoenix’s dogma, not Grimudo, that drove the Citadel Republic into crisis.

Either way, I knew it wasn’t the time to be like this.

“Tell me a little more. What exactly happened?”

*****

“You are that Loka. I have heard the story from His Majesty.”

“Old man. Then I’ll just leave.”

The imperial general, who had brought Roka, bowed his head and bowed to the old treasure keeper. It wasn’t because the old man knew that he was the most powerful among the Masters, the Hermit Geher.

However, he knew that even the emperor was hospitable to this old man. Also, the fact that this unusual old man’s skills are at a high level even in the entire Imperial Palace.

This old man, who has no greed for power, only guards Vigo, has no need to confront him, so there is nothing to hate about him.

“Your qualifications have been confirmed, so let’s go inside. Anything in there is fine, so pick one and bring it out. If you come out with more than one, you shouldn’t get caught by me. Because I do not want to discipline a child at this age.”

The old man who was guarding the Imperial Remarks looked at the documents he had received from the governor and said with a troubling tantrum. Rocca nodded her head. She felt a powerful force from that old man.

It was impossible to compare it with the knight who was behind the three princes, and her power was more serious and more powerful than that of Princess Ardein, the strongest woman she had ever seen in her life.

There is no need to pick more than one thing and play with such a person.

Rocca was about to enter through the open door when she saw an old man and asked.

“Which one do you like best?”

But shouldn’t we ask the experts about this? The old man must have been here all the time, so at least he seemed more nimble than Rocca.

“Hey. All are good things. Since we have different fields, what are the good and bad?”

When I asked with that in mind, only Hunsu returned. Rocca rolled her eyes, but the old man said yes or no, telling an old story that only he knew.

“Once upon a time, a swordsman without a teacher said it. Since everything in the world came from the universe, nothing can escape the principle of win-win. No matter how great something is, it means that there will always be weaknesses.

He looked at the girl with a fat expression, as an old man looked at his cute granddaughter, and smiled.

Then I came up with a story that might help. Even though he was telling me because he had already talked with the emperor.

“But if I had to recommend it, it was the sword that the person who left those words put in the remark. No one has ever pulled that sword out, but would you know if you ever catch one? Will you catch it and realize something?”

“A swordsman without a teacher…?”

“No one taught him how to use magic, so there was a swordsman who trained the sword as his teacher. It was a long time ago, so I don’t know if it’s really true.”

Still, it will be true to some extent.

The old man also grasped the sword and realized something from the rising sword. Geher was strong enough to call himself a Grand Master at one time.

The realization advanced by saying that such a strong person was not even the swordsman himself, and that he grabbed the sword he had left inadvertently. The state of the person who left the sword was not comparable to his own, and he could not even know that he had experienced it himself.

Since then, Geher and Rayman have not self-proclaimed Grand Masters.

When I think about what happened back then, I only feel ashamed. It was only then that I realized that there is a sky above the sky, and that people should always be humble.

“Isn’t that legend entirely a lie?”

I mean, there’s a sword.

Rocca thanked him and went inside. I thought it would be of great help if I could catch it even once. Of course, I wasn’t expecting much.

Because things that can be easily obtained do not have heavy expectations.