Living as an Unemployed in Another World

91 – 4. Silence in the Helmet (7)

7.

The next day, when I woke up, my whole body was sore.

Okay, I groaned and turned over. Is it a cold? Even if I touch my forehead, I don’t feel anything. They said that they had a hard time in the cold yesterday because they lit a fire, and they responded like this right away. Also, people don’t do things they don’t do.

I have to think of a way before the next shift comes back. I like to take a bath, but my body hurts when I do this. How about attracting adventurers who are no different from me in the winter, who are confined to the inn? It’s like making a bet that I can’t help but make instead of lighting a fire. It’s okay if you shamelessly go out saying you agreed.

When I woke up, I decided to slowly figure out how to do it, and soon after, I changed my posture in the blanket and prepared to go back to sleep.

“… ….”

Of course, there are no curtains in my room, and the doors on the windows are very poor, so when the day is bright, light leaks in through the cracks. It’s painful in summer, but in winter, the sun rises late, so it’s perfect for sleeping. So you will be able to fall asleep again soon.

I can’t sleep forever anyway, either Celine comes to wake me up before noon or I wake up hungry myself. Two or three hours at most. It’s strange to say that you’re lazy for sleeping that much more.

“… ….”

I kept tossing and turning. Why do you do this Are you nervous because Celine is coming to wake you up? As if she’d forgotten how to be harsh since she confessed to me, she spoke in a flat tone and sometimes fooled around like she used to. There is no change in coming to wake her up, but for some reason, the empty space of the bed, or put her ass on me and lean on me. Then I can’t stand the awkwardness and stand up on my own.

How did this happen? From that day on, I thought I was destined to die alone for the rest of my life, but in a short time, I received favors from three people. Even if I pretended not to have one because he was out of the hall, sooner or later he might send me a letter or something that would shake my heart. I shook my head north and north.

Let’s sleep. I need to sleep. You can’t waste your precious morning with useless thoughts. Sleep to conserve energy. I let go of my consciousness in a hazy dream. And… ….

“…… Ah.”

Moaned again. I can’t sleep. sh*t. Once you roll your head, random thoughts keep popping up…… Before long, the last scenery I saw before bedtime comes to mind.

A face as white as snow, scars that seem to never be washed away, blue eyes shining like jewels, elaborate features like sculptures, that subtle smile…….

‘Talk, thank you for listening. Jin.’

Aagh! I screamed. It had to be. Why did you ask me to show your face? No, before that. Why didn’t I notice in the first place?

If you think about it, there are many clues. Although physique does not determine strength, he was not very tall for a man, and when he took off his helmet, he was shorter than me (of course, he is very tall for a woman), and his hands without gloves were rough, but long and fine, like a woman playing music. The armor was also tailored for a somewhat skinny person, and above all, female knights were a rare but openly existing occupation.

How energized he must have been while listening to my non-joke jokes. You may have felt a great insult inside. Of course, she also didn’t reveal her own gender, so she personally thinks it’s both her fault…… That’s just my thoughts anyway. Who knows, honestly.

I don’t know anything else, but it’s not something that can be forgiven for talking about s*xual orientation with a woman because of her reluctance to hold a man’s hand. Later, when the opportunity arises, I will sincerely apologize. My mind went blank thanks to my screaming, and I closed my eyes again pulling the blanket I had kicked back.

I still couldn’t sleep. Instead, I vividly recall the stories she told me. Damn, that’s what I heard.

…… In terms of common sense, this time is not a scale that I can do anything about. In other words, it was not a situation where something could be changed by the intervention of a mere wizard using low-level magic with curse teeth.

During Gerald’s party, I was able to solve dungeons with items. During Mira, there was also the Heretic Questioner and her help. Likewise, I was confident that if I borrowed the power of an item, I would be able to take out one person. Alicia’s situation was unexpected, but somehow it was resolved.

As for the labyrinth, yes, I was a little adventurous, unlike myself. However, our party wanted to go there again, and above all, we were confident that the strategy we had prepared would work. Living in that mansion, undead like demilichs would roll around to the point of being run over.

But this time? It’s not something that can be solved by cursing or defeating someone in the first place, and the other party is one of the country’s most powerful institutions. It is also the place that holds the biggest ‘justification’ among the three major powers. Moreover, in a situation where the royal family is empowering and there is no one to turn to for help…… Can’t do anything What would you do if you kidnapped and saved the priest on trial, the aftermath would be bigger. At best, I erased Mira’s bounty, so it’s going to hang on my neck.

“…… It’s like X.”

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Nevertheless, I want to help. If it was something I could do, yes, even if it was rather annoying, I would have tried to do something like the previous incidents. But no matter how much I roll my head, I can’t see the angle I’m going to stab.

Even Alicia, who is somewhat close to me and who rules a territory, is just a noble to the royal family. And the doctrine of orderly God does not discriminate against people based on their status in words. So it is useless to seek help with a swarm.

I swear again. He prides himself on having a good head, but no matter how much he thinks about it this time, there is no answer. Knowing that, she probably didn’t even give me the nuance of seeking her help. At first, it seemed that he had already given up. Didn’t you come to me because you didn’t know what to do yourself? …… I don’t know if I came because I thought that the guy living in the old inn could do something for the paladin…… At least, I know that it’s not something anyone can confide in.

The more I think about it, the more I fall into depression. I didn’t even think about pulling up the kicked blanket, I just crouched down. 9 Days ahead? It takes at least three days to get to the capital…… I don’t know why I’m calculating this.

“Ugh.”

I couldn’t sleep, so I struggled to get out of bed. First time this winter. I sighed and naturally pulled out a wooden chair and sat down in front of the table. Then I opened the drawer and took out a thick magic book.

“Then, how far did you go… ….”

These days, I have a different routine besides cutting trees. Studying magic that is not even in the palm of my hand, I think it’s funny myself, but I can’t just leave it alone. This is the only magic book I brought from the mansion, and there are things like that because I have lingering attachments to magic, but I was able to shake off my lingering attachments with just one book because I knew that the value of this one book ate up other general magic books.

I opened the bookmarked page. The Book of Infinity (Infinite Magical Book), as its name suggests, is a book that details the systematic composition of spells written by witches. I don’t know who it was written for, seeing as I had it before I took it, but it was a big help now. After all, with this magic book, you can learn almost all existing magic. If I followed my abilities, I would have been able to become a great wizard in no time.

While reading, I twirled Zenith’s wand in the air as a bookmark. Since I’ve been using small magic with this, I don’t know how to use it, but if it’s not a spell that uses a slot, it seems like it’s impossible to fully learn the intuition.

“…… Shall we use it just once?”

I thought that if I used low-level magic with a wand, even though it was dangerous, I would quickly improve my skills and be able to understand slots in detail. Could it be that there must be a signal to the witch that she used some spells? Apparently, the ‘additional effect’ of my slot seems to work better for living beings, so it doesn’t seem too bad to use grease on Gerald as a test… ….

“After.”

I stopped thinking and sighed. If I had a natural talent and was an archmage who freely cast magic without resorting to such things, could I have changed the situation? No, in that case, she wouldn’t have been abandoned by her in the first place. I wouldn’t have run away from every sorcerer’s dream mansion. …… She wouldn’t have even tried to kill me.

Smart. What woke me from my thoughts was none other than the sound of a flat knock. Ninety-nine percent Celine. I thought about closing the book and crawling under the covers and pretending to sleep, but now that I know her feelings, I was reluctant to tease her like that, so I had no choice but to tell her to come in.

There is a calculation that says that studying magic would look better than lying down all the time. Even as I heard Celine approaching, her hand wielded a wand and was absorbed in reading the book.

“Jin.”

Huh? I hesitated to answer involuntarily. It’s not Celine’s voice. The tone is two steps higher than this one. I reflexively looked back.

There, Zenith, who had been caught peeking over my shoulder at the contents of the magic book, was looking at me with an expression of disbelief.

“──What is this?”

Unlike usual, without interrupting her conversation, Janice asked me in a clear voice. Her dark eyes shined through her black bangs.

I came to a very brief conclusion.

I was told.