Chapter 455 - 455: Anomaly at Guseft Hot Spring

First "Transport"ed to the abandoned village near Guseft Hot Spring. Since monsters should encounter, materialize the usual ones.

"Atmosphere a bit different from before."

Mizurii noticed. I also noticed.

"Right. Somehow feels the impact is gone."

We entered the abandoned village and walked around but didn't encounter.

"Perhaps purified or something?"

"Don't know the reason, but monsters being gone is certain."

"Master a bit fine?"

What, Shiorin.

"Look at this."

Shiorin pointed at the ground in front of the church. Looking well a pattern is faintly drawn on the ground. No, the expression drawn was more accurate.

"The symbols here are symbols when necromancers use undead type magic."

"Seems something was embedded in the center. Looks like someone dug up."

Means because this magic circle-like thing was drawn here the village was attacked?

"Looks like necromancer's magic circle."

What? Say it.

"Patterns I've never seen are also drawn. Not clearly visible. Clearly different from necromancer type."

"Ah, if liberate more of Shiorin's necromancer type skills might understand."

"Yes, sorry."

"Not something for you to apologize."

Hold the jaw of the slightly downcast Shiorin, and make raise the face.

"In front of the church is also inexplicable."

"Heresy? Faith is troublesome. Sometimes that belief exerts power that lightly surpasses courage or guts."

"Isn't that good?"

"If that faith is correct. If that faith is anti-social, or heresy, often brings extremely troublesome results."

"Means doesn't respond to persuasion."

"Yes. No matter how much preach the theorems of the world no good. Too blind faith in one's own religion, ends up calling worried family demons."

Was this village also swallowed by such heresy. Already none who convey that. No way to know the truth.

"Well, if monsters stop coming out in the abandoned village, eventually someone might put hands on development again. Let's end here."

"Yes, Master."

We left the abandoned village, and returned to Guseft Hot Spring. No Jinny the substitute gatekeeper and a young brother was standing. Yellow headband on the head. Uncool.

"Traveler? What business in Guseft?"

Blunt greeting unthinkable for a hot spring village. What happened?

"Came to the hot spring village. Decided hot spring right."

"Then, go to the village office, and do registration. Go straight and if hit turn right."

"Registration?"

I involuntarily frowned. Until now no such thing.

"All who visit this village are to have registration at the village office."

"When came before no such thing."

"Before is before. Now is so."

"What happens if not register?"

"The village's self-defense group 'Guseft Volunteer Corps' will capture."

"Uncool."

"A bit, Master."

Akie stops but, already late. The youth's eyes rise. Can tell force is put into the stick held in hand. Thug. Just a bit teased, this attitude to customers who visited the village.

"Now, what did you say? Oi, just because adventuring a bit, don't act high and mighty."

"You too, what is that insolent attitude to customers? Do you understand Guseft is a village prospering with tourism? Or idiot?"

"Master."

Akie admonishes again but doesn't stop. Right, this one's face a bit similar to "Blue Sky Magi." So somehow irritated, me. Well, no intention at all of fawning on this thug anyway.

"This old."

When braced to swing the stick Nanao quickly cut in, and pressed that stick. Grins thinking the one who pressed the stick in own hand is a young woman. And while held tries to move the stick, the stick only moves a little. First startles. Startle at the point held, amateur thug.

"R-release. Don't think doing such a thing ends free. If do such a thing to me the apprentice of 'Guseft Volunteer Corps,' later will have a painful experience."

"Shut up, thug."

When I take out the "Blue Dagger," the thug's face that was bright red gradually becomes blue.

"S-such, n-not allowed. N-no, sorry. Sorry."

"Sorry for speaking rudely, right."

"S-sorry for speaking rudely."

Voice is reversing.

"Weird voice so no. Redo. If fail 2 more times kill."

"Hii. S-shorry, aaa."

"Yes, 1 more."

"S-sorry, for, speaking, rudely."

"Petty, you. Well, fine. Then, let us pass."

Put away the "Blue Dagger" that wasn't even pointing the tip.

"Master, threatening too much."

"Because, cheeky and rude."

"That is so. Unnecessary provocation leaves grudge."

"Counterattack."

"Not that kind of problem."

Why am I, even though Master, being seriously preached by Akie.

"Well, well, Akie. Master also understands. Just took out, not even pointed the tip."

"No, Nanao. Said will kill."

Nanao easily withdraws. Hey, persist a bit more.

"So, what to do? Go register?"

"Not go. First go to Kinshiro old man's place."

"Yes, Master."

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However Kinshiro's shop was closed. Regardless knock and open the wooden door. While moving with a goto goto the old man came out from the back.

"Oh, you guys. Don't force open so. There's a knack."

As the old man's words, the wooden door I was goto gotoing, the old man opened quickly.

"Today came to the hot spring. Thought if any finds."

"Sorry, now business up."

"Why?"

"Not buying at all."

"Means no bring-ins? Not buying things the merchant teams carry?"

"That, um. Wait a bit. Close the wooden door."

Cautious. What happened? I try throwing the idea.

"The usual newly arrived administrator or something?"

"Yes. Administrator Marenta. Since that one came, Guseft Village became strange."

"Heard the talk Jinny and others couldn't do part-time."

"Made all who enter the village registration system. Saying safety purpose but suspicious. After making registration system missing persons who didn't return home continued. However since causal relationship not clear, didn't reach stopping the registration system."

"The village chief? What doing?"

"That missing number 1 is the village chief. Marenta is cheekily serving as village chief proxy."

"Seems there's an uncool group called 'Guseft Volunteer Corps' or something."

"Hmph, where is that 'Volunteer Corps.' Marenta's private soldiers. Now walking around the village as if own."

Here the wooden door was knocked with amazing force. Nanao quickly approaches and probes the presence outside.

"Many."

"Open, old man."

At the voice from outside involuntarily exchange faces. Again the wooden door is roughly knocked.

"Hide a bit."

Since the old man says so hid behind the counter.

"What, noisy. Now open."

Saying so when the old man opens the wooden door, youths entered with doya doya. All yellow headband on the head. Uncool all together.

"Travelers entered here right. Don't hide, there's one who saw."

"What? What is it."

"If hide no good for you, old man. You understand what opposing 'Guseft Volunteer Corps' means right."

"Is that the attitude of asking people things. Threat. Moreover you are apprentices right."

"Shut up."

Ah. That bastard, pushed the old man. The old man staggers. Enduring going out.

"No respect for the elderly. Thought Guseft is a good village, but unfortunate."

"Haha. I'm not from such countryside."

"Anyway, can you leave."

"Old man. Don't mess around."