Living as an Unemployed in Another World

124 – 4. Silence in the Helm – Afterword (2)

4. Silences in Helmets – Afterwords (2)

Hearing a knock, Carl leaned back in his chair and said.

“Come in.”

A nun taking on the role of secretary again? He sighed deeply as he looked at the pile of papers on the wooden table. Carl struggled to get himself up with half-closed eyes, and only when he saw the white-haired knight smiling faintly at him did he hurriedly remove his butt.

“You… ….”

“Inquisitor.”

Carl put his palms on the table and chose what to say, then he took a deep breath and slowly sat back down in his chair.

“What’s going on? I thought you had already left.”

“…… Did you know?”

“How could you not know? Rumors have already spread.”

Karl said with a hint of reprimand, and Grace looked at the floor with an apologetic expression. He stared at her like that, then sighed deeply at her again.

“Don’t make that face. No need to worry too much. The church is still a big organization, even if it’s a bit shaky. Even if one of you leaves, it won’t collapse easily.”

“… ….”

“Until now, we have relied too much on twenty superhumans called cathedral knights. Moreover, the system of obedience according to the hierarchy leading down to the Pope. You must have realized through this incident that sometimes it can be a problem. From now on, even the rank priests and rank knights will have to develop their strength. The Church will change.”

Of course, the edict that came down from the royal family to catch heretical followers secretly in the royal capital has lost trust and the leaders have been unable to exercise their power as much as before, and the church, which was free in matters related to ideology, will also be in the future. Considering that it has been periodically audited by the state administration for internal affairs. It would be more accurate to say that I was forced to change, but…… Carl did not dare to say such words to the person who was leaving. Instead, he focused on a different story.

“Common sense, why would the rumor spread to me?”

“Yes?”

“I heard that His Holiness personally visited you to congratulate you on your merits. You are the first follower to reject his offer.”

“Ah… ….”

Grace put his hands together and mumbled with his head bowed. Carl still looked awkward at the face she uncovered in her helm. Until now, he had thought that he was just a man with an ugly face and that he had formed a bond of his own. Although there are burns and large cuts on her face that occupy half of her face, is there anyone who can look at her and say that she is not a beauty?

In the first place, no one could say anything about the devil or the curse after seeing that wound. There is no way you can doubt that faith towards a knight who wields a divine weapon. He is incomparable to those men who have hitherto put on a shell of faith with their eloquence and skill.

“The achievements you have accumulated with me so far, and the fact that you stood at the center of this case and solved the case. He also said that he needed a mental support to unite and train the average knights in the future. That’s why he said he wanted you to be the first Knight Commander…….”

“Sorry.”

“If you become the leader of the knights, you won’t have to cringe at the humans in the Bishop’s Puppet like before. At least you’ll be able to rise to the same rank as the Cardinals…… Tsk. Forget what I just said. I was just talking too much on my part.”

Carl couldn’t contain her regret and clicked her tongue, but he had no intention of reprimanding her. After serving her church for more than 10 years, we cannot force her to devote herself even more now. She gave her best the whole time she was there, and her future life is completely her own choice. Grace lowered her head and opened her mouth.

“Sir Baptiste, Sir Pasquale… ….”

“I am self-sufficient.”

Karl said calmly.

“I’ve been a cathedral knight for a long time, but it seems hard to accept that I’ve been teased by a single Baolof all this time. His Holiness barely prevented him from laying down his duties and going on a journey. No matter how the organization is reorganized, the power of being a cathedral knight is still needed. You can’t lose all three of them at the same time.”

“…… Is that so.”

“I belatedly heard the news that you were leaving, and asked me to deliver it, albeit belatedly. I’m sorry I didn’t find out.”

Karl glanced at her expression. Grace said she seemed to be laughing, and she seemed to be suppressing her sadness. She was filthy dazzling either way. Her recent report was roughly finished, but she still seemed unwilling to leave. No, she probably didn’t come here to talk about small things like this in the first place. She opened her mouth again.

“Inquisitor.”

“Don’t call me that anymore. I am Archbishop now. The work I do has hardly changed, so if I had to argue, the head of the parish of interrogation would be right…… Done. Tell me what are you going to do?”

He shook his hands and leaned back in his chair, and Grace chuckled at him. Carl’s eyes widened at the response, and for the first time a smile crossed his lips. As expected, it was the first smile he had ever seen. Suddenly, a comfortable atmosphere settled between the two.

“Where are you going now? Father Daniel sent me a letter. At her age, it wouldn’t hurt to spend the rest of her life in the arms of her daughter.”

Carl looked at Grace with a devastated smile, and she unexpectedly shook her head.

“My father wants me to leave the capital. I also wanted to protect you by your side until you passed away…… Today, I decided to visit you one last time.”

“Is that so?”

Carl nodded his head. He didn’t argue with that decision. But he himself didn’t know why it was taking so long. He opened his mouth again.

“Then, is today the last day in the capital? It’s the dog year in two days. How about enjoying the festival?”

“…… I would like to, but I have an appointment.”

“Promise?”

“Yes. I decided to go see the wheat fields before they sprout.”

Grace let out a full smile. Soon she bowed her head and slowly moved away from Carl. Even though she would leave the church, she was still a knight called by God. However, the way she spreads her faith will be different from before. Wandering Knight! What a lovely sound If you leave now, you may never see it for the rest of your life. Carl called her to a stop with her last loud voice.

“What did the goddess say?”

A long silence. She looked back at him who had risen from her seat, and she had a faint smile on her face.

“I couldn’t hear the voice. But… ….”

“Just?”

“I felt a faint presence, as if my back was being pushed. I do not know.”

“…… Is that so?”

“Inquisitor.”

“Huh?”

Don’t call me that. Carl looked through her glasses and saw her standing at the door, and Grace left her office without saying a word to her. As soon as the door closed he put his feet on the two tables full of papers and sighed. He habitually searched his upper pockets, but his cigarette case was nowhere to be found. His forehead wrinkled again.

“…… It’s filthy soft.”

※

I was facing an elderly priest with my back leaning against a stalled carriage. I was somewhat used to seeing nuns glancing at me from afar, but it was still a bit uncomfortable to be treated with respect by a famous priest the age of my grandfather. He told me

“As you get older, your house books have increased. I’m sorry I said something unnecessary.”

“No.”

I was somewhat uncomfortable with his excessively polite words, but the stories he told me were all valuable to me. In the first place, it was none other than me that she was curious about her life first. In order to heal the wounds on the face that could not be erased even with miracles or potions, it was necessary to listen to the details of the person concerned.

Suddenly, in the distance, I heard the faint sound of metal clanking armor. I looked around and saw Grace, who was running towards us, and waved her hand. I’m a little embarrassed Now that we’re all together, it’s really time to leave. The elderly priest suddenly put a hand on my shoulder and said,

“Thank you. About all this. I will pray that Jin will always be blessed in the future.”

“Ah, what?”

“When you have a child, please send me a letter. Until then, I will hold on to this life somehow.”

“Yes?”

“Please take good care of my daughter. If she cries, I will kill her.”

“Yes?”

Wait a minute.

Without even being able to refute that heroic face, I was forcibly pushed into the carriage at everyone’s urging. As the carriage began to move and the tent was pulled back, he continued to wave his hand until the carriage disappeared into the alley. I’m afraid I don’t know what…….

“Didn’t you think you should have enjoyed the festival?”

What I heard was Hilda’s small complaint. As if responding to her, Gerald teased her with her cheap mouth.

“Sure. I was quite friendly with the other adventurers too. What are you urging me to do?”

When he grumbled, I told a cheap lie to calm the public.

“…… Speaking of Merylda, it seems like you and David have gotten along a lot lately. If you continue to stay in the capital, I don’t know what the two of you will do sooner or later.”

“What!?”

As the wagon swayed from Gerald’s rampage along the way, Hilda threw a hard chop over his head. She hid her words and cried loudly. I crouched inside the tent, looked at everyone, and slowly closed my eyes.

I have to go back before it’s too late, to where I belong.

If you don’t, you don’t know what kind of rip-off you’ll get.

※

Eastside Adventurers Guild. Frederick, the deputy guild leader, politely handed over the papers he was holding to the lady wearing a luxurious necklace. There was already a dark aura in his eyes. He opened his mouth

“No.”

“Uh… ….”

“I am very dissatisfied with myself for giving me the epithet of ‘The Scion of Darkness’. Does the lord know my feelings of worrying that I will soon be burned to death by his magic on the street?”

I wonder if this is a somewhat disrespectful attitude towards the lord, but I still have to say something. Alicia said in bewilderment to Frederick, who was very angry.

“Ji, Jin-sama is not like that!”

“That would be true for the lord.”

“It’s a nickname I came up with after much thought…… You didn’t like it…… “

Leaving Alicia, who seemed quite shocked, Frederick lowered his gaze to her desk, littered with papers. At the top of the messy pile of papers were a report, including a summary of the discussions in the capital, and an abbreviated version of the incident at the cathedral. He sighed as he saw a name written countless times on them, then read the last page of the report.

The performance of the East Side Guild is also noticeable at the headquarters, so it is right to re -adjust the adventurer grade at least one stage, so I asked my intention to do future activities. I have a business card to convey that I will consider upgrading to green.』

I’m also worried about how to solve this and deliver it, but the lady of the lord doesn’t know his speed and is obsessed with making nicknames for him. No matter how much he says that there was external pressure, he is the only one who becomes resentful in the end. Frederick looked at her with her wrathful expression and then her Alicia clapped her hands.

“Ah! Since Jin-sama has been active with flame magic this time, how about ? Sounds like a good idea, doesn’t it? Headquarters right now…….”

“Just kill me.”

Frederick gave up formality entirely.

※

The long-awaited house…… No, after returning to , Everything finally found its place.

She asked me why Celine was so late, and she bruised me for no reason. When she told me that even though there was a New Year’s celebration in the royal capital, she gave up everything and came back early to see you, it seemed that she felt a little relieved. So anyway, it’s cute.

But when I told the story of the royal road to the adventurers in the countryside, they tried to hold a banquet in a small inn, saying that they would imitate the adventurers of the royal road, and in the end, as soon as we returned, the sound of boiling oil did not stop in the kitchen.

“Have you heard of your dragon slayer party? I then…….”

Of course, while the food was being prepared in the kitchen, it naturally became the storyteller Gerald’s job to solve the story of the royal road, and thanks to his party taking on such a role, I was relatively uninterested and sat around Mira and Alphonse. I was able to enjoy the time I hadn’t found in a long time. Oh, and Grace too. A wandering knight, it resonates much better than . At least this winter, she got to spend it here too…… I decided to pretend I hadn’t heard anything from the priest.

While Mira and Alphonse enjoyed a pie and a drink before the meal, I, as usual, scraped off the base of the tree with a carving knife. I especially missed this insignificant touch.

“Jin, I told you not to cut wood on the table!”

Celine nagged me when she saw me dropping sawdust while busy serving, but even that sounded like the sound of an oriole singing to me. After all, if you leave home, you’re a high school student. Now, no matter what I hear, I feel comfortable.

Adventures, after all, don’t suit me.

It is the same even if you become a wizard.

As expected, being an unemployed person suits me the most.

“The devil was inflated this much, and I flashed with this sword…….”

With the adventurers’ roaring laughter in the background, the smell of oil soon filled the hall.

※

In the midst of everyone drinking and frantic, I secretly found my room. Perhaps thanks to Celine’s constant cleaning, there was not a single speck of dust on her desk. The reason I visited her room was because she tipped me off that there was a letter on the desk.

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Now even hearing the word letter sounds ominous. I looked back and forth at the white envelope, recalling the letter from the guild. There is no seal, no inscription, no addressee. How did this get to me I have no one to write to me. Is it Alicia? No, maybe it’s Chloe. He said he would be back in the spring, but he could have sent you a letter to tell you the news before that. I opened the envelope with a pleasant imagination.

And. Inside the opened envelope, a black mist soon rose. I dropped the envelope on the desk and instinctively backed away.

This, no way.

──How have you been?

Instead of the densely written words, a black shadow with condensed fog rose above my field of vision.

──I’ll visit you soon.

Behind the figure of a woman, her voice echoes.

──From your teacher, the witch.

That was all the contents of the letter. Hearing my screams immediately after, Celine came straight up to my room, but I couldn’t help but fall to the floor.

“Jin, Jin!”

Everything is enveloped in silence.

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No voice can be heard.

I passed out just like that.

────Silence in the helmet, complete.