The Death Knight Became an Escort Knight for the Saintess

47. The Truth about the Nameless Village

47.

“It will take us to a good place. To make us better.”

“Take… Are you going? To make it better?”

Esilia spoke intermittently. The heads of the old men with big smiles nodded in unison. Ecilia blinked her eyes a few times before asking the question again.

“Better… What does it mean to make crabs?”

“If you make it better, you mean make it better, right?”

Verpa said while tilting her head. She was talking about what else it meant. Ecilia had a hard time finding the right words to say in this bizarre situation where she seemed to be talking but she wasn’t. Her escort knight spoke on her behalf.

“Who told you to make it better?”

However, he soon found himself in the same position as his lady.

“Yeah, of course they told me in a good place.”

At the words of the old orc he met at the entrance of the village, Zer Pied seemed to be at a loss for words. So he had to ask more fundamental questions.

“Why is the Magic Tower a good place?”

“Because the Magic Tower is a good place.”

Similar answers flew by. I tried asking the question in a detour a few times, but each time I ended up getting the same answer. A place called a good place for the elderly seemed to be a ‘good place’ in the literal sense. So Death Knight eventually decided to change the way it was asked. However, this time with the old man’s way.

“Even if it’s food, how do you deal with washing yourself or going to the toilet? There’s no way I couldn’t have guessed that part in a good place.”

The old orc nodded his head broadly at those words. He said with a soft smile.

“There is a hut far away where you can wash and toilet. It is a place where a shallow stream flows. We are all able to get along like this thanks to the arrangements in the nice place.”

It was a different, fluent tone than the first time I met him. Zerfied blinked a couple of times at the embarrassing change. There was only one difference between the previous conversation and the current conversation. Added information about the Mage Tower, which is called a ‘good place’.

It was hard to guess what kind of a good place he was to bring about such a dramatic change in the elderly. Esilia, who succeeded in following the conversation with the help of the escort knight, also participated in the conversation in the manner of the elderly.

“Then this is a living space provided by a good place, right? But why is it so cold here? It must be difficult to get a good night’s sleep in a cold place like this.”

Hearing the saintess’ words, Zerpied gestured for restraint. When she saw his gesture, Celia opened her eyes wide and sent her questioning glances. ‘Why?’ The saintess immediately knew the answer. However, Zerfied did not answer. Verfa narrowed her eyes and looked Esilia up and down.

“What? Are you going to a nice place? I’m going to a nice place, why don’t you know that?”

“… Yes? No, that… We….”

At Verfa’s sharp point, Esilia swallowed her bewilderment. Zerfied slowly relaxed his body. No matter how helpless the old people are, as long as they are related to the mage tower, they might know some way to summon those involved. It was difficult for Zerfied to expect that the person involved would be kind to them. If anything, he had to get out.

“Verpa! These kids aren’t the chosen ones like us! So, I’m going to go directly to the good place. Soon we’ll be going to a nice place too, so why are you acting like you’re new here?”

For a moment, the tense atmosphere was somewhat absurdly relieved. The troll old man, who had been pointed out just before, blocked Verfa’s doubts this time as well. Verpa laughed loudly, covering her mouth again as if embarrassed. The attitude that had been sharply suspicious earlier was a soft smile that was hard to find.

“Oops… Maybe it’s because I’m older, I keep blinking again and again…. Sorry, sorry Hekar. I’m sorry to you too.”

“Oh, no…. It’s okay, old man….”

When the tense atmosphere suddenly disappeared, Esilia, who felt relaxed for a moment, hurriedly nodded her head at Verfa’s words. Zer Pied sent her signal to such a saint. It meant coming behind her own. Esilia nodded her head, and she carefully hid herself behind the escort knight.

“I see, you guys, unlike us, were chosen by the Mage Tower.”

It was a simple but natural confirmation. If you repeat what the other person said as if you understood it, you can hide your ignorance about the information and expect additional information that the other person will tell you soon.

Esilia seemed to understand why the escort knight stopped her. She gasped in admiration. If you take the attitude that you don’t know anything about the mage tower like you did just now, the old people here will doubt you.

Escelia was so embarrassed by the old orc’s attitude that she first met that she forgot about it, but she realized that she was carrying a rapier and a mang gauche.

Although it was wrapped in cloth, the reason why they let me in even though they were holding a noticeable item was that these elderly people guided them to their living space because they had a common point of going to the Magic Tower.

In other words, the old people thought that the Death Knight and the saint were similar to them. What would have happened if they said they were heading to a place other than the Magic Tower? The saintess did not want to imagine.

At Death Knight’s words, Haekar replied with a smile. There was elation in that smile. Zerfied’s confirmation work is starting to take effect.

“Yes, that’s why there is nothing here. I’m going to a nice place soon, but why are you filling it up with this and that? I wouldn’t even use it much. We don’t have to go to the mage tower because we’re having a hard time! If we wait here quietly, the magic tower will come to pick us up.”

“Then… Are you saying that all these huts are only for the chosen ones?”

“Isn’t it? But why?”

Hekar tilted his head and looked at Zer Pied. Suspicion slowly crept into his eyes. However, Zerfied calmly continued as if he had expected it. Having already found the elated part of Hekar’s smile, he decided to touch that part.

“I am amazed. That there are so many people going to good places.”

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Hekar nodded his head broadly.

“Ah, there are so many here and not so many other places. I already came from a nice place the other day and took some with me. After that, the number of people who brought me to a good place was smaller than before. They didn’t take us very far from where we were staying.”

Zerpied nodded slowly. Hekar raised his voice as if he didn’t like his rather plain attitude. The words he shouted out loud were full of confidence.

“But! We’ll be going to a good place soon too! No matter how hard I try, I’m going to go in the near future!”

At his cry, the elderly around him nodded in agreement. Seeing the reaction of those around him, Hekar put on a proud expression. Zerpied also spoke words of agreement.

“I see, even though we are the ones who have to go directly because we weren’t chosen, I really envy you because all you have to do is wait. I hope we do too. Then can I get some sleep now? Unlike all of you, I have to get up early in the morning to go to the magic tower myself.”

The old people grinned at that. They seemed to like the fact that the fact that they were special was mentioned again and again. They shouted in unison.

“Of course!!”

Zerpied and Esilia returned to their seats in the corner. Zer Pied lifted his head and glanced at the ceiling. Without taking his eyes off the ceiling, he whispered to Ecilia.

“I don’t think it’s a lie that the Mage Tower is coming to pick up the people here.”

“Yes?”

“It doesn’t mean that these people are deceiving, or that they are deceiving us. Look over there.”

He pointed to the ceiling he was looking at with his chin. Ecilia followed him and quietly raised her head. Where he pointed, a dim luminous object hung.

“It’s a light that contains magical energy.”

Ecilia revealed her embarrassment. Her part about these old men, pointed out by the escort driver, was something she also suspected. However, the basis for his argument was too simple for such a thing.

“Uh… I don’t have much knowledge about magic, but I don’t think it’s hard to conclude that the Mage Tower manages this place based on that alone. Even those who have nothing to do with magic can get a light bulb that works with magical power by paying money.”

“Yes, but look at that light bulb. The light is weak.”

“Um… What about it?”

“The fact that the light is so weak means that the magic power contained in it is weak. The weaker the magical energy contained, the shorter the duration of the effect. But that one is still holding up with the light of that century.”

The saintess opened her eyes wide at the Death Knight’s words and looked at him.

“It means that someone with excellent magic skills intervened. I can’t think of a place other than the Mage Tower where there is a wizard with such skills.”

The saintess swallowed her saliva. It was because there was something that came to her mind when she heard Zer Peed’s words.

“So, then, isn’t that light bulb spying on us or something like that?”

Zer Pied shook his head slowly.

“If that was the case, the person involved would have already come here. No, it’s much simpler to keep guard here than to do the cumbersome task of dispatching in the first place. Or hide a trap. But it didn’t… It means that this place is not important. Contrary to what the old people say.”

“Then the Mage Tower really does this? Leaving the elderly in such a poor environment? Why is the mage tower… Is that rumor true? No… But they don’t look innocent….”

Esilia said seriously. Darkness slowly fell over her face. Rumor has it that they take people’s blood. It may not be just a rumor now. At Lady’s words, the escort knight shook his head slowly again.

“I can’t know for sure. I will have to check the details.”

He glanced back at the old men. Then he began to gather the information he had just heard. According to the old people, this is a living space prepared by the Mage Tower. And within a not very long period of time, the old people are taken from the Mage Tower. And while the number isn’t always the same, it’s usually filled…….

Zerpied frowned. An unpleasant feeling that I didn’t want to talk about invaded my body. And that displeasure soon came to mind as a single word. Suddenly seeing the escort knight frown, the saintess whispered in bewilderment.

“Hey, knight? Are you okay… ?”

Zerfied opened his mouth. As he said the word, he felt as if mud was stuck in his throat. It was the sensation of a lump of mud getting stuck in his throat and forcing him to spit it out. But unless you vomit up a lump of mud, you’ll never be able to speak. He slowly vomited the nasty mud on his heart.

“… It sounds like you are doing sheep.”

“Yes?”

“It seems to be cultivating.”

The saintess, unable to understand the escort knight’s words for a moment, stood there in a daze, then covered her mouth. She felt like her screams would explode if she didn’t. She covered her mouth, but she couldn’t calm down easily. Her hand, which had covered her mouth, was also shaking. She even had to hold the hand that had been covering her mouth with her other hand to keep her crying out. She held on so tightly that her wrists quickly turned red.

I couldn’t admit it. She didn’t want to admit it. I shouldn’t have admitted it. However, the information the old people told themselves pointed to a terrible fact that they didn’t want to see.

The fact that the elderly here are being raised.