Living as an Unemployed in Another World

106 – 4. Silence in the Helmet (22)

22.

“Huh?”

Only the dullest of guys, unaware of what happened to them, made that sound. Push! Blood spurts from the cuts along the knuckles. Soon after, a scream resounded, and at the same time, fingers trembled. All three wrapped their hands around each other and sat down on the floor.

“Sir X, my hand!!”

“aaa!!”

I could have cut off the whole finger, but Mira seems to have grown more patient. No, I think I heard that attaching only the flesh like that is much more difficult than cutting cleanly. I’ve heard adventurers who work as priests complain.

Then someone who had warned them bravely hurried on. Contrary to the rather gruff voice, the silhouette is small. Like them, she wears quilted clothes, and she’s about the age of Alicia…… Are you a little younger than that? It was a young girl with a scratch on her cheek.

“I told you to run away…… !”

“This, this b*tch, take my hand!”

“I still can’t grasp the situation!? Hurry up and go!!”

At her threat, they glared at Mira with bloodshot eyes. She suddenly saw what was in her hand and cried out in fright.

“Wizard! Jump out!!”

“XX, somehow!!”

They looked at the wand I had pulled out and quickly ran away. I must have thought that if I stayed still, I would see a worse situation. Judging by the reaction, it seems that Mira was still and misunderstood that I had done something. It was as if she hadn’t even noticed that she was using her dagger. His skills are poor, but his judgment is relatively good. What would I do if I, still immature in handling magic, ‘accidentally’ erased the wound?

By the way, who cares so much about their lives? It’s not normal to have the courage to run after seeing something like that. As I stared at her girl’s youthful face, Mira suddenly recognized her and muttered.

“Becky?”

“Ahahahaha… ….”

A girl named Becky who smiles and evades. Mira looked back and forth at the backs of the fleeing guys and at her girl, Becky, and then she took a step closer to her with a rather creepy smile.

“Long time no see, how are you?”

“Mira sister, that’s not it…….”

It must have been a familiar sign. Having lived in the capital for a long time, it’s not unusual to have acquaintances, but it doesn’t seem like they’re on an equal footing. Her girl kept stepping back behind her compared to her striding mummy.

“Looks like you’ve been doing well. It’s cold, but you wear thick clothes, and you seem to have a good income. But I never thought I would get along with such idiots. Are you a gang?”

“Oh no! No way!”

“Then I’ll just leave it alone, so why intervene? Didn’t you tell me to work hard and make a living?”

I heard that and involuntarily looked at the back of the mummy’s small head. I don’t think that’s what you meant. It’s not something the legendary swordsman would say. Mira seemed to feel my gaze, and she took a step back with a slightly sullen expression.

“…… Leave you alone.”

“Who are you?”

“Becky is the girl I knew when I was living in the capital. I was caught between shoplifters who came to steal my treasures, and I am the only one who has survived.”

In other words, he’s one of the many petty criminals downtown. It’s not to the point of acquaintance, but it seems to be a fairly old relationship. Mira added with a shrug of her shoulders.

“I was in a hurry to take care of myself, so I finally refused to accept her as a disciple. He’s not a bad kid.”

I think I’ve already done all the swearing, but does that cover it? I looked at the girl named Becky with a puzzled face. She looked openly at the two of us whispering at close range, then boldly muttered aloud:

“…… Lover?”

When Mira heard that, she immediately responded with a smile as she crossed her arms around me. Becky clapped outwardly as if in blessing, but her face was teary-eyed.

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As it turned out, we walked side by side down a narrow alley downtown with a girl named Becky in the lead. It is said that when I lived alone with my master, I never left this place, so it seems that the hideout that Mira mentioned was naturally somewhere downtown. But… ….

“──You don’t know the location?”

“Yes.”

Still with my arms crossed, Mira said rather embarrassed. I guess this is the best way to avoid something like that. I didn’t really believe that, but I decided to listen to what she said after a long time since she came to her hometown.

“Don’t get me wrong. Not that she forgot. Why, if I’m wrong, I might be caught and tortured, or I might be affected by mental magic and lose my position…… I put oblivion magic through an item just in case.”

I admired her words. How thorough are you? But doesn’t that mean the meaning of the ajit is gone?

“Then how do you find it? If you don’t know, nobody knows.”

“There are ways. Becky?”

When Mira called, a girl named Becky, walking in front of her, trembled. I don’t know what happened between the two of them, but it seems like they’ve been ‘educated’ quite a bit. She answered in a low voice and guided us down a narrow alleyway. She even suspected that going deeper and deeper might have ambushed her comrades, but thinking about it, if Mira knew her skills, she wouldn’t take such an adventure.

“I’m all here. Sister Mira.”

“Is this right? I have no memory, so you guys have to guide me properly.”

“That’s right, maybe.”

We stopped in front of a shabby fruit shop far from the boulevard, even downtown. The stall is empty and the signboard has fallen off, making it look like an empty house to anyone. I don’t even want to go in when I see the spider webs that have been stretched from the entrance.

“Look here. I don’t know, but all the petty thieves I ‘got’ know where.”

“I see. But can I just go in? Isn’t security too lax?”

“Don’t worry about that either.”

Mira said that and Becky had her girl wait in front of her shop and she grabbed me and pulled me inside. Again, an empty room. Can’t see the hidden stairs leading to the basement? When I questioned her, she led me up the stairs to the attic. When I went up to the attic, it was also empty, but rather there was a wide chimney-like thing in the corner.

“Jin, hold tight.”

“What?”

Ouch! I screamed, and Mira jumped down the chimney, holding onto me. She groaned and rubbed against the wall, slowly slowing down, then applied the brakes and sprinted toward the floor. I regained my balance, gagging a little from motion sickness. Indeed, it can be called a secret hideout. If you are not a skilled person who can freely come and go at this height, you will not be able to come in and out in the first place. With Mira’s help, I looked around her room.

“…… It’s surprisingly quiet.”

“Yeah, I finished cleaning up before running away to the periphery.”

She answered in a calm voice. I saw a room about ten pyeong with a wall clock, a wooden block, a table and a kettle, a half-broken mirror, a sofa, and an old bed. Mira said that after the death of her master, she moved her hideout once. How many years had she lived alone in a space like this? There is no water connection, and there is no space to cook. As if he knew I was sentimental, he dragged the box covered in a thick cloth across the floor and brought it to the middle of the room. A bit clunky in design for a ship full of treasure. Soon, as she took her time, the box opened with a clicking sound.

“This is… ….”

Heretic objects that she has collected during her activities so far. No, not only heretics, but also the treasures of the nobles who cooperate with them must be here. However… ….

“It’s a little dirty.”

“Ugh.”

Mira groaned. Not even that. They didn’t really categorize them and piled them up one by one with something in mind that would be useful later. I worked with her and took her items out of her dusty box and laid them out.

Mirrors, necklaces, orbs…… There is also a sword. It is not an unlucky thing to be sucked in as soon as you touch it. When it comes to swordsmen, Gerald comes to mind first, but since he has a famous sword like the Sun Blade, I don’t think he covets it.

“How does Jin look? Unlike Master, I’m not a spellcaster, so I don’t know the exact value.”

“Hmm.”

First of all, each of the more than ten items Mira stole is a magic item with a considerable level of spells. Even if it wasn’t a curse, it wouldn’t be easy to dispose of because they were all reluctant effects, but if you convert them into gold coins, you can easily pass a hundred copies. Of course, right now, there is no problem because I just put everything in my bag.

“Once…… I’d just buy the best house in the capital. Of course, that’s when we can sell everything.”

“Really?”

As soon as she heard me, she straightened her knees and put her items back into her box. A happy expression was clearly visible on her face. Did you need money? No, even if it doesn’t come out a penny, it’s something you have to collect someday. I opened the bag’s mouth and swallowed the box. If you put in too much, your bag will become full and you won’t be able to take out the items you want in time, but it’s fine as long as you’re in the capital.

Anyway, they are all highly valuable, but they are in the category of ‘magic items’, not ‘artifacts’ with transcendental effects. I thought I would be able to see something of the same class as the earring, but was it Mira’s guess? As if to break my thoughts, she approached her wall clock and pulled out something of hers from inside her.

“I felt something strong, so I kept this aside. I’ve never seen it kicked because I don’t know what will happen if I get it in my hand…….”

I received a ring from Mira, who was speechless. So what is this? As I looked around the silver ring, I immediately grasped the structure and was astonished.

“You, where did you get this?”

“Huh? It’s the master’s legacy…… The only things I stole are those in the box.”

I can’t believe it. Then it was clear that this was the true legacy her master had left for her, not Polymorph’s potion.

I don’t know what his identity was to have something like this, but at least it’s clear he’s not an ordinary human. I put the ring on my finger as a test. And its purpose has finally become clear.

The owner of the ring is different. The figure of a beastman in the shape of a cat naturally comes to my mind.

In other words, The ring of the cat lord.

In other words, Nine Life Saver.

If you put this on your hand, it literally becomes————nine lives.