The Villain Changed the Ending

114 God Across the Stars

***[First Class Investigator of Duke House]***

After getting lost several times, the village I arrived at was a secluded and quiet place surrounded by gentle hills and small mountains.

There are some pastures around the village, and the mountains are somewhat distant.

Still, a fence made of bamboo was built on the side of the mountain, as if wild beasts sometimes came.

However, nothing has been built towards the entrance of the village.

There was only a tower made of small stones in places.

It was a small tower no more than a man’s height.

Maybe it was made by the villagers.

maybe again…

Thinking so, the inspector felt the gaze of people watching him from inside the village and smiled on his face.

“hello.”

As he approached the village saying hello, several men approached him.

People are wary of strangers.

The best way to break down such vigilance is to get an introduction from someone you know.

It doesn’t even have to be an introduction from a family member or close friend.

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Just someone who knows is enough.

Even if you just think that your acquaintance is someone you know, people’s wariness melts away in an instant.

Of course, it would be ignorantly difficult to say that Cheolcheon enemy or introduction of a criminal.

Anyway, a hundred out of a hundred people are all the same, and it was the same in the village where the goddess of blessing was enshrined.

When the inspector brought out a few names of people who had told him about the town, there were several people who said, “Oh, that person.”

In fact, even the people the investigators mentioned by name only told the investigators a few things when they showed up with the names of people they knew.

Let alone personal acquaintance, the time we talked would be 30 minutes or less.

He did not directly mention this village and recommend that he go.

They were simply arguing with the investigators or unknowingly dropping some important clues.

It was the investigator himself who collected all the bits and pieces and found out about this village.

The villager who came out as the first person he knew opened his mouth.

“How is he, how is he doing? I heard that a child was born a while ago.”

“I haven’t heard of that, but I think it’s okay. I only met briefly, but my face looked good.”

“Yes. I was worried because the baby is so difficult to grow… Is it okay? It’s hard to hear from you because this place is so remote and there are few people coming and going. Well, it’s been a few years since I heard the news. hahahahaha.”

Don’t talk like you just heard the old news.

Confusingly.

The inspector muttered inwardly, responding to similar statements made by others.

Most of the time, you just have to talk nonsense around the corner.

During the exchange of a few words, people’s vigilance was easily released, and the investigator was able to enter the village with ease.

On the way to the town square, several people saw the unfamiliar inspector and approached him, asking where he was from.

Then a similar conversation ensued.

acquaintances of acquaintances.

With it, everything fits round and without corners.

I’m a little sorry, but honestly, if you don’t know each other very well, there are really few words you can get.

I hate lying, but when you’re an investigator, you’re forced to do it.

‘No, no, this is not a complete lie. Anyway, it’s true that we talked and we knew each other.’

It’s not a lie, it’s a little bit of exaggeration.

Besides, this is not a lie to harm others.

The beginning of the work was Gleuk’s background investigation, but the investigator’s intuition whispered that this was connected to the increase in the number of monsters.

Whatever he finds out, it will surely be for the sake of the duke and the subjects of the duchy.

If I go further, it will be for the sake of the country, but well, there is nothing for a mere inspector of the dukedom to think about.

‘Because I’m an investigator for the duchy.’

Unlike nobles who have to think and consider this and that, the investigator’s job is simple.

When an order is given, it is just the end of working for one’s master.

‘It’s a very good thing.’

comfortable and neat

When you’re an investigator, you have to think a lot in your own way, but following orders is nice because you don’t have to.

If you have a job that requires brainstorming and you have to make it complicated even during normal times, you’re really dying.

‘It’s a good job.’

The acquaintance’s regards were over before I knew it, and the conversation moved on to the goddess.

Since this village has a deep relationship with the goddess, even just saying the word “the weather is nice” instantly led to the feeling that the goddess is in a good mood.

‘It’s really comfortable.’

The investigator talked a little about the goddess with the people, then asked as if he had just remembered.

“Oh, but I heard there’s a really magical person here.”

“Are you talking about the chief?”

“Huh, have you become the village chief? I’ve heard that he’s just a person who raises prayers.”

As the investigator tilted his head, the villagers laughed bitterly.

“The village chief passed away not too long ago and there was no one to do it. He kept refusing, but, well, it was inevitable and only in name.”

“It’s a village thing, because we take care of everything.”

The investigator involuntarily swallowed his saliva.

The purpose of his visit to this village is that person.

I heard that the new village chief is taking on the role of a priest even though he is not a priest.

He prays for blessings to the goddess when a baby is born, and when a person dies, he prays so that he does not lose his way to the kingdom of God.

The couple who were unable to conceive came to the man and asked for prayers.

It is said that if the person prays to the goddess of blessing, most couples will soon have a child.

It is said that an elderly couple who ate 60 also had a child, so the prayer he offered was genuine.

And he is said to be someone who knows the Goddess of Blessing better than anyone else.

I heard that they are descendants of a married couple who built a small temple while visiting temples in the distant past.

That is why his prayers are so miraculous.

‘He’s actually here.’

I thought I might have gone somewhere or died, but I live here openly.

Finally, you meet the person who will open the door to the unresolved problem.

‘The cursed man was the first, the witch was the second. This is finally the third piece.’

When you work as an investigator for a long time, you realize that there are stages.

When you encounter the first clue, you’ll encounter the second, after which you will find the important piece.

And when you find the third piece, it’s an instant after that.

It has always been.

If you find the third, for some reason, things will go smoothly after that.

In the blink of an eye, it approaches the center.

I thought that if I met him now, I would know something, and for some reason, I was moved and proud.

I am the happiest when I am doing this as an investigator.

“I-I’d like to see the chief.”

As the inspector said, the villagers looked at each other in trouble.

“What? He left to pray yesterday.”

Did he leave for a temple somewhere?

If so, stop following.

He said he left yesterday, so maybe we can meet on the way.

‘I’m a little tired, but I can’t help it.’

The investigator asked, thinking of leaving immediately.

“Where have you been?”

“I don’t know.”

“…”

“He always leaves without telling us where he is going.”

So, should I search all the temples?

I thought so, but the villager continued.

“Sometimes they go to the mountains, other times they just go to the fields, so, well, they can’t tell you where they’re going. Where did you think they went this time?”

“I… aren’t you going to the temple? I heard you’re going to pray.”

“hahahaha.”

The villagers laugh.

“The priest of the temple is farther from the goddess than from our chief, so what’s the point of visiting a place like that?”

“Rather than going to the temple, it’s better to go to the stone tower in front of the village and pray. That stone tower was made by the chieftain by putting stones one by one.”

“If you want to have a baby, you can pray at the stone tower.”

Is the village chief inheriting the work of his ancestors?

Some of your relatives are worried about not having children, so it might be a good idea to recommend this stone tower.

If the stone tower alone is effective, there is no need to come when the village chief is there.

no, that’s not it

The investigator lowered his eyebrows in embarrassment and asked.

“Then don’t you know which way you went?”

“I don’t know. You don’t know when you’ll come back. If you feel like it, you’ll leave abruptly and come back again and again.”

“That’s why you kept refusing to be the village chief.”

“…”

what to do

The investigator let out a long sigh.

‘What the hell, I have no choice but to wait.’

It is certain that I have to meet the village chief.

My intuition is crying out.

Here it is, he said.

*

“…”

That was already a month ago.

“Egugugugugu, it’s your waist.”

The investigator lay down on a hard wooden bed, pressing his hand against the creaking lumbar vertebrae.

I’m going to die of a sore throat.

Or is it already dead?

Lying on the bed with difficulty, the investigator let out a long sigh.

In other places, you can get the work fee from the shop or information store that the duke’s hands reach, but this village is empty everywhere.

It was a remote place without regular carriages between villages, so I had to find something to eat within the village.

He has no choice but to help the village and get food.

a month or so

‘I’m going to die like this.’

Even now, I fall asleep with moaning every night, but if these days continue, no, if it continues for one more day, I will die of bone disease.

‘Haa, investigators aren’t manual workers.’

It’s a job that uses your head no matter where you go.

Of course, he had the stamina to withstand long walks, but his body was not designed for lifting heavy objects or doing farm work.

“ha.”

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Just finished the morning work.

In a little while, it will start working again in the afternoon.

‘driving me crazy.’

The investigator let out another long sigh.

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Just then, a distant bell rang, tink, tink, tink.

It was very small, but it was clearly audible to the hardened investigator’s ears.

Decades of life as an investigator.

If you exaggerate a little, you can even hear the flapping of a fly’s wings.

If a beast or witch beast appeared, it would have sounded a warning bell more quickly.

But it was not urgent.

And that bell had never rung in this town.

“Are you here at last!”

The investigator jumped out of bed.

It sounds like something is creaking in the butt area, but I ignore it for now.

Either the bed is breaking, or the back is aching.

He hurriedly left the narrow house and slammed the door.

At that moment, with a crackling sound, the door leaf bounced outside again and fell.

“Wow!”

I was about to get hit by the door.

I barely dodged it, but I think I bumped my arm a bit.

sick.

Still, I avoided getting crushed by the door, so it’s a relief.

The house he has been staying in since arriving in this village has been empty for a long time after the person he originally lived in died.

Houses where no one lives will quickly fall into disrepair.

And I don’t know why, but it usually leaks from the roof.

It’s fortunate that it’s winter, but if it were any other season, it would have been difficult to sleep because the rain would have been pouring in.

Of course, it is still difficult to sleep because of the constant wind blowing in from somewhere on the walls and roof.

But now that is over.

It seems that the mayor has returned.

‘This is not the time to be like this. Let’s hurry.’

The inspector started running from the house on the outskirts toward the central square.

Perhaps thanks to the village chief’s arrival, she had rejuvenated herself, and her body, which had been trembling just a moment ago, felt as light as that of a deer.

Runs aimlessly down a snow-covered road.

Sparsely standing houses slowly passed by my vision.

‘No, why is it so far away?’

Isn’t the body rejuvenated?

A small town that is only a snot is filthy big.

The ringing of the bell had stopped before I knew it, and I couldn’t hear it anymore.

When we finally reached the central square, we saw people standing and gathering in the distance.

He is also the village chief.

“Excuse me, excuse me, hold on.”

As I poked through the crowd and went inside, a person standing in the middle caught my eye.

“…”

young.

I had heard that the village chief was obviously a very old man, but the man in front of me looked like he was in his thirties at most.

‘Isn’t that person here?’

Perhaps the disappointment is so great, the body that seemed to fly away for a while seems to sink to the floor.

The skin is heavy and the bones are heavy.

If you don’t come in a month, you can’t come in two months.

driving me crazy.

My head went down on its own.

The ground sighed, but the young man smiled.

“I heard you were waiting for me.”

“…”

The eyes became round by themselves.

While working as an investigator, I met a witch, and I saw many strange, bizarre things, and things I couldn’t tell anyone about.

But I’ve never heard of a creature that doesn’t age.

No matter how famous priests or famous witches, they all said that such a thing was impossible.

I remembered the witch laughing, saying that if I had such a thing, I would have made a lot of money.

‘If I tell the duke about this person… I might be able to make a lot of money.’

The duke likes money, so he might be overjoyed.

‘No, no. It’s more likely that the person who told me about this man was misinformed.’

I remembered the Duke’s smiling face, and I turned my eyes away for a moment.

I think he will be happy

The young man smiled and opened his mouth.

“I know I look a little strange. Everyone is surprised when they see me. I’m over 70 this year and I have a face like this.”

“…”

fraud?

I thought I would find out something, so I wasted a long time of a month, but I finally met a con artist.

Unknowingly, strength went into his molars.

Will it come tomorrow, will it come tomorrow, I’ve been waiting for a month already thinking like that.

A month as an investigator is not just a month.

A normal person’s year is compressed.

Of course, it’s not this man’s fault, but it’s a different story if he’s a con artist.

Whatever you do, punish this impostor.

No matter what you do, you can’t set foot anywhere in this world!

I thought so, but the man continued.

“I sometimes go to pray. I go quite far from this town. I’ve been to a country quite far this time, and I’ve been feeling like I have someone I need to meet for a while. Don’t you feel it? It’s like that.”

“…”

“At that time, the goddess is giving me a message. So I followed my feelings and found myself back in the village before I knew it.”

The man asked with a serious face.

“What do you want from me? What did you come to know?”

“…”

First, find out if you are a cheater.

***[Heroine Oscar]***

In the middle of the night, only the crunching sound of a pen echoes in the air.

Since he had been away from the duchy for a long time, paperwork to be settled piled up like a mountain.

Thanks to that, these days, even after getting ready for bed, I was wearing a gown and working until right before I fell asleep.

While I was looking at the papers for a while, Benno entered the room carrying hot tea on a tray.

Along with the tea, take the long envelope off the tray and place it on the desk.

“Master, there is a report from the investigator.”

“At this time of night?”

“It’s marked with a red mark.”

Reports sent by investigators in each region are separately collected and uploaded.

Reports marked with a red mark are the ones the investigator wants you to send as soon as possible.

It doesn’t come up with other reports.

It was sent separately via in-person.

‘Is it that important?’

When I took the report out of the leather envelope, the sender’s name was written on the front.

It is the name of the first-class investigator who is said to be investigating Gleuk’s background.

I quietly read the report with my eyes and suddenly stopped at one part.

“God across the stars?”

The name of the first god was written there.