Living as an Unemployed in Another World

123 – 4. Silence in the Helm – Afterword (1)

4. Silences in Helmets – Afterwords (1)

“Raise your head.”

At the man’s command, Elena shook her thin neck. Every time she visited this room, she was always traumatized. After all, the memory of corporal punishment engraved at a young age when she was not even ten years old did not disappear with age. Every time she did something wrong and she was locked in a dark room, she had no choice but to learn not to gnaw at herself.

“Yes, I heard everything. You don’t have to report to me separately. It was all your own opinion, right?”

“…… Yes, my lord.”

Unable to call her father her father, Elena just said that and closed her eyes tightly. The words including dogma and responsibility felt so heavy. Selling the name of the family and recruiting a large number of adventurers from the guild to participate in the battle against the devil. It is good that they made achievements in the process, but it was too much to highlight the church’s incompetence, making it difficult to maintain a smooth relationship as before. That’s probably what he’s pointing out.

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No matter how much she raised the value of her own name, it shouldn’t have harmed her family’s reputation in the process. Saying that the thought was short-lived, Elena bit her lip.

“Well done.”

“…… Yes?”

“It is an organization that has grown in size by itself under the name of God. I knew someday this would happen. It will take a considerable amount of time to recover to its former status. In the process of building the collapsed tower, it became impossible to ignore the will of our family, so it means that we did well in the end.”

“Ah… ….”

“Get out now.”

Elena bowed her head and walked out of her office with a tense face on her face, hiding as much of her relief as possible. Also, she herself still hasn’t fully gotten over the man. Someday, in order to meet the standards he wants and become the head of household, she will have to eventually shake off this pressure she is feeling now. A man came.

“You must have been broken to your heart’s content by your father? Elena.”

“…… Aegis brother.”

“I don’t know why you hang out with adventurers who are aiming for something like a homestead, when you should have married quietly. If you’re going to imitate Felicia, you’d rather run away from love.”

“… ….”

Helena frowned. As she hadn’t known before, now she didn’t have to hide her claws by hiding her expression. As her second son, her Aegis, clicked her tongue and passed her, Elena took a deep breath and walked out in the opposite direction from him.

As a result, this work was recognized by the family head, so it must have been a good thing. Her problem, however, is that she wasn’t the one who planned this. There was someone else at the helm who changed her flow for her own ends, and she herself rode on the current. Because of this, she couldn’t be proud even in front of her family head.

It can’t go on like this. Elena trampled her soft carpet, clattering her shoes hard.

There is a shortage of talented people. There is a limit to the size of the plate that her alone head can weave. She needed a tactician with a vision equal to her own, not an incompetent vassal or a brain she wouldn’t dare borrow.

‘I’ll have to send a letter to Louver Manor soon.’

An adventurer with that level of recognition and standing. Moreover, since not only the power but also the brain works well, it must have a close relationship with the lord. Maybe it will help to create a link with the count family who reigns in the periphery. She needs to make many allies, even if only one, in preparation for the upcoming succession ceremony. She fluttered her radiant blonde hair and headed for her own room, furthest from her housekeeper’s office.

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I woke up to an unfamiliar ceiling. As soon as I opened my eyes, I let out a sigh.

I thought that when I opened my eyes after fainting, countless crowds would surround me and wait for me to wake up…… Well, it can’t be. What am i

The place where I woke up was also a simple two-person inn room, not a hospital room with a pious atmosphere located in a cathedral. I don’t know what happened after that, but after the situation was settled, someone moved me to After I collapsed.

I grabbed my forehead with one hand, gathered up a futon that smelled like yuzu, and drenched myself in the fragrant smell for a while, then slowly got up. By the way, is this the room I used to use? It feels strangely smaller than the double room Alphonse and I shared.

“…… Jin?”

I inadvertently turned my head in the direction of the voice. Was there anyone else in the room besides me? The black-haired woman, who had been sitting on a chair in the corner and leafing through her thick book, stopped turning the pages and stared at me.

“…… Janice? Why are you…….”

I really don’t know what she is, so I asked her. If so, was this room also not the one I used to use, but the one shared by her and her Hilda? At my question, she let out a slight sigh and let me go.

“Wait. Jin wakes up.”

“You…… Did you take care of me?”

“Rather than nursing, I didn’t do anything. When I was on duty, Jin came to his senses.”

From what I hear, a full day has passed since then. They didn’t seem to have any trauma, so they moved to an inn. Thanks to this, he avoided the situation of being surrounded by priests and touching his chest. Mira, Alphonse, and Gerald’s party had been arranging times, she said lightly.

Oh, she’s lost her mind and wakes up. It’s okay if you react a little dramatically. Of course, since I saw him resurrect from the dead without a single wound in front of everyone, I don’t think I’m as worried as if I fainted. I inadvertently wiped the area around my stomach with the palm of my hand. Janice saw me and got up from her chair.

“Now that I’m up, I’ll call everyone. Everyone is worried.”

“Zenith.”

“…… Why?”

“Thank you.”

She looked at me with her usual expressionless expression. It’s a kid who doesn’t respond to say hello, but I really wanted to say this. When I spoke, she averted her gaze, which was rare. Are you ashamed?

“…… I’ll go. Jin is resting for a while.”

“No, no. I’m fine what am i going down Is everyone down there?”

“Yes, but… ….”

She timidly raised her hand, as if to dissuade me, then shook her head as if she gave up.

“No, it’s dinner time, everyone is downstairs. You will probably like it.”

“Really?”

But why is his expression like that? It’s like a reaction like ‘I dried up’. Has anyone ever been seriously injured after that? I let go of unnecessary thoughts and hurried down the stairs, imagining the moment of reunion in my heart.

“…… Uh?”

And then, what I encountered. It was nothing more than a deafening scream.

“Jin!!”

The first one to run to me was none other than Mira. She was resurrected at most, but she hugged me tightly as if she would break her back, and soon after that, the four parties of Alphonse and Gerald spurred the table and ran, and numerous other adventurers who fought together filled the hall and appeared. Welcomed Is that why you called someone? He stopped me because he thought he couldn’t handle such a crowd. I just realized…….

“Are you okay? Are you sick anywhere? Aren’t you dizzy? Didn’t that girl, Janice, say something useless?”

“Mummy, then I’m going to break it in half! Loosen up!”

“How is it, isn’t it like that if you die, you will be resurrected again? It’s a Hosang, a Hosang. Ouch!”

“I’m so glad you’re all right.”

“Are you okay?”

“Keuk, that, then, it’s okay.”

I looked around over Mira’s shoulder as I answered Alphonse’s words. The hall was full, but if you look around, you can see that everyone is either wearing a bandage somewhere or has a very dull complexion. Alphonse also had leaves or something smeared in the cuts here and there, and Mira smelled faintly of medicine, except for her scent.

Among all such faces, I am the only one who is perfectly fine to receive such hospitality. I was suffocating, so I slowly stroked Mira to get out of her arms and came down her stairs. As soon as I was guided by them and sat down in the seat I had previously vacated, the rugged looking adventurers immediately rushed at me.

“The

Gong! The fight against the devil was well done! How the hell did you resurrect!? Is it the aftereffects of coming to my senses now!?”

“Rumors say he borrowed the power of an artifact! Is it true that this is the treasure obtained by defeating the lich!?”

“Was the magic that threw fireballs really fireballs!? You burned the whole devil’s head!”

“Could you please show me that treasure!? No case!”

“Resurrection! Resurrection! Resurrection!”

“Artifact! Artifact! Artifact!”

I feel dizzy. Anyway, when it comes to gold and silver treasure, it’s like a tribe that can’t use four legs. I exchanged her gaze with Mira, as usual, and she threatened, thrusting a dagger into her table with a flamboyant gesture.

“If you take one more step, I will put this on the back of your hand.”

“Heo Eok…… !”

The approaching adventurer swallowed in vain. It seems that not only me, but also Alphonse and Mira, who defeated the cathedral knight who was being manipulated in front of everyone, became completely famous for this incident. It’s not even out here, seeing as her threat continues to work properly. The sight of countless veterans pecking at one blue adventurer.

However, I couldn’t completely shake off the adventurers who kept looking for a chance to talk to me, and in the end I gave up halfway and sat in the middle of a large table and suddenly became the main character of the banquet. The faces I knew at least sat down nearby as if hitting a wall and let go.

“Oh yes.”

I asked everyone what I’ve been curious about ever since I woke up.

“Who were those people after all? Why, the one who appeared last and defeated the dragon first.”

“What? Do you really not know?”

Actually, I can roughly guess, but since I got help anyway, I should know the name at least. Furnias tugged at his beard and told me.

“That man is the ‘Dragon Slayer’ Gregory von Istantin Benuel, and the guru who accompanied him is Lily Astrid, the successor of the legendary monk ‘Myungwang’!”

The man with the longsword, and the flashy-looking female fighter who shouted the name of the technique? There are many eccentric adventurers, but the atmosphere they gave off was unique. I remember there was no tension at all throughout the fight. The scene where the huge body was cut at once is still vivid in my mind. Come to think of it, I think Princess Elena did something.

“It’s nothing short of common sense to adventurers living in the capital. Everyone was at the conference to actually meet him, but somehow, only those who took part in the battle got their wish. Pahahahaha!”

Purnias laughed heartily and raised his glass. I was going to ask him about the guild, not the dragon slayer party, and this time, the dragonborn Sagrat came to me with his huge body.

“Gong Gong. Anything you want to say?”

“Ah, well, I was wondering what happened to Princess Elena. I heard that she promised you gold coins, but I was also curious about the payoff.”

“Don’t worry about that. Everyone who has already participated in the battle has been promised one gold coin per person by the guild.”

Saying that, Sagrat raised his monocle with his claws. She borrowed money from the bank in the form of a bill, which she was about to spend from her family, and negotiated with the church directly to obtain a contract.

“By the way, since I just woke up, if you don’t mind, I’d like to talk about the emission-type magic I used on demons. Regarding that fireball, the arcane wizard’s (arcane wizard) spell operation is——”

“Ah, Yonggary, get out of the way!”

As Sagrat once again displayed his eagerness for learning and tried to tease his long tongue, the high elf Cynthia suddenly came towards me, pushing away the tall adventurers with her slender body. What, not Mira, do you have something to say to me?

“Umm, -San? Look at me for a second.”

I’m not surprised anymore. I don’t get angry when I call my name. I nodded her head and she whispered, clearing her throat.

“I heard from Princess Elena that you suggested inviting our adventurers to this job. I participated in the battle with a promise of pay, but my dear…… No, our precious party members are somewhat hurt by this incident.”

What are you talking about again? Heartbroken? Are the demonic illusions still in power?

“It’s not a substitute, but I think everyone must be tired from this incident, so I’d like to invite you to a party to my favorite hot spring to deepen our friendship. There is no such thing as mixed bathing, so don’t worry, same-s*x couples…….”

Hey, I was just listening. I got up from my seat with a frown on my face. I hurriedly left the large table, fearing that Cynthia would come after me, and evacuated the crowd to a seat at Gerald’s party. Hilda welcomed me like that. Gerald, as if he had been looking at me for a while, immediately asked me as soon as I arrived.

“Welcome!”

“What did that elf sister say?! Are you not talking about me!?”

“Will you do it? But…”

I looked around the noisy room once again and said to them.

“What happened to that person?”

All four faced each other at my question. Then someone opened their mouth.

“Jin. There was something the knight wanted to convey…”