Chapter 31 – Visitor

Arin’s eyes opened wide as a light appeared in the cloudy sky and her mind became clear. Her head was so clear that she couldn’t keep her eyes closed. Arin opened her eyes like that, and was looking at the strange ceiling for a moment. Arin was staring blankly at the ceiling and recalled her last memory while thinking about where she was and why she was here.

“Aaaaah!”

She clearly remembered emptying the third glass. And as she became unconscious, she could hear Ed’s voice, and feel his hand that was full of callus trying to support her head. He said she was cute. She has never heard that in her life. Master Paladin considered her a faithful Astron holy knight. Under the teachings of her father-like master Paladin, she was treated equal to other Astron knights. That’s why it was the first time she heard such a word. Blushing, she pulled up the blanket to the sound of the door opening. Come to think of it, when did she change into this comfortable outfit? Arin, who covered herself with a blanket, turned her head and there Ed looked at her and said.

“You look like you’ve been fighting a demon all night. Wash up and come down to eat.” “···Yes.”

As Ed stepped back, and Arin covered her face with her hands and sighed deeply. While thinking about Ed, her face turned redder when he suddenly appeared. Arin looked around the room. On one side of the room, her equipment was well set and next to it was water to wash. As it was her first time receiving such consideration, Arin still dipped her hands in the water, feeling strange. The water was not cold, it was warm, so she smiled. Simply washing and re-arming, Arin smiled pleased. It was obvious that he put a lot of effort into the equipment. When Arin was feeling better, she opened the door and came out, but there was still a drinking party going on. Thane looked as if he had died with a smile on his face, and Grant was banging his head on the table. The only person that came to his senses was Ed, who was having a drink with the maids while arranging the drinking table. Arin looked out the window. The sun was just rising when she saw the sunshine in the clear sky.

“Have they been drinking until now?” “They’ve been drinking pretian. Unexpectedly, they liked the 8-year-old Pretian. I mean, the price was reasonable.”

When Arin sat in front of Ed, he talked to the woman who was organizing the table.

“Please prepare breakfast.” “Yes, please wait a moment.”

Soon warm soup and freshly baked bread came up. Arin smiled at the mountain of bread.

“Did Ed make you do it?” “Yes, he asked for plenty.”

Ed is a picky eater, but Arin is a big eater, so they needed to prepare this much bread for her. Thane, who was asleep with his head down at the smell of soup, woke up, and Grant, who was banging his head on the table, woke up. Habitually reaching out, they lifted up the soup and drank it as if they were drinking with a glass, but both burned the roof of their mouths and floundered. At the sight, Arin sighed and cast a restoration spell on the two.

“Thank you.”

Grant and Tane, who smiled, came to their senses and tore the bread and dipped it in the soup. Thane mumbled with the bread in his hand.

“Anyway, what kind of wish are you going ask Arin?”

Ed tilted his head at the question. He accepted the bet because he had a temperament, and didn’t want to lose in anything. He didn’t win the bet because he wanted a wish granted by Arin.

“Well, it was just an excuse to drink. I didn’t win because I wanted to make a wish.”

Only then, Arin’s expression hardened when she realized what the two were talking about. She remembers making a bet when she got tipsy. Just curious about Ed’s past. She wanted to hear about his past through wishes and wanted to ask many questions, but she lost. None of the holy knights managed to win a drinking bet with Ed. Seeing that he drank all night after drinking that hard liquor, nobody dared to confront him with alcohol. When Ed looked at her, Arin gulped down the bread in her mouth and answered.

“Tell me whenever your thinking of it. I’m a man of my word.” “Don’t worry too much.” “No, I’m going to keep my word. So make a wish.”

Ed laughed at Arin. She is such a stubborn woman.

“I’ll let you know when I think of it.”

Only then did Arin eat the bread as if she was relieved. At the same time, his complex expression drew a smile.

After breakfast, Grant went out to work with the lord, and the party headed to the church. Perhaps because Arin had already gone to the church in Antsy, she visited again and the Father Alec led them to the conference room. There was already a map of the Kingdom of Travia on the table.

“Check it out.”

While Arin approached and checked the map, Father Alec and Thane greeted each other. He could see how many connections Thane had once again. Indeed, he is also associated with the Archbishop of Astron, so he knows everything. Ed looked at the map in the meantime. And he found something unexpected on the map. He knew the Astron Church had excellent intelligence. He saw the location of Diana’s temple, the goddess of hunting. Ed covets her relics because she was a goddess that blesses hunters. He kept the temple’s location in his mind. Don’t you have to visit them and make friends with their church to get the relics? While Ed had his eyes on the positions, Arin held one hand.

“It just so happens that the next direction is the capital. The destination is here. Kalim City.”

It was quite a long way to Kalim City. It will take 15 days to run on a horse. Thane looked at the map and said,

“Three days from here to Bern City and five days to the Ain River. We can cut the time in half.”

Bern Cit. It is the city of Trade. The name reminded Ed of someone. A barbarian warrior who was considered another protagonist. Gerrard came to mind. He met Arin and was now traveling with her. But Ed was wondering if Gerrard was doing well. He thought he might be following another main quest somewhere.

“If that’s a relief, I’ve decided to rent a carriage from Grant this time. This carriage is faster and safer.”

Arin looked back at the Father Alec at Thanes’ words.

“Did you prepare what I asked?” “It’s ready. Did you bring the carriage?” “Yes, we’re going to use the new carriage.”

Thane butt in on the conversation between the two.

“What are you talking about?”

Arin replied in a humble way.

“I asked for the carriage to be blessed. The demons won’t be able to stop it, but beasts won’t be able to approach it easily.”

Thane clapped his hands.

“That’s great. But I heard it costs a lot of money. I think you must be on the Archbishop’s level.” “I’m not that high. Fortunately, Priest Alec has a lot of experience in this, so he will engrave the sacred image. I have to inject holy power every day.” “Won’t that be tiring for you?”

Arin shook her head as if it were nothing.

“In fact, even if the carriage is blessed, if the demon and beasts come, Ed and I will still have to go out and fight. This is just for Thane’s safety.”

Thane burst into laughter at the words.

“Hahaha. I don’t know what to do with this. Even the Pendrigan didn’t do this much for me.”

Ed laughed when he saw Thane liking it. Arin was usually responsible for guarding the carriage when the battle began. He could see that she was trying to take on the role of protecting the carriage.

Ed smiled in vain at the sight of the newly blessed carriage.

“Grant, you’re really going to give me this?” “How do you like it? Don’t you like it? When I showed up in this carriage, the leading merchants in the capital envied me.”

It’s a carriage that the dwarf built, and it’s big.

“It’s so comfortable because it’s what I used to ride. It’s specialized in long-distance travel.”

Ed was a little excited about that. Thane’s carriage was so uncomfortable. They couldn’t expect modern comfort, but it was still more comfortable than horseback riding.

Then, Father Alec was astonished by Arin’s divine power as he carved the sacred image. He heard from Master Paladin that she was his favorite holy knight, but he didn’t know that she would have such excellent divine power. Thanks to this, the powers embedded into the carriage also exceeded his expectations. With this kind of fortress, she was so excellent that demons would run away from her.

“Arin, I don’t think your divine powers are far behind Master Paladin’s.”

Arin shook her head as she injected divine powers into the carriage.

“Master Paladin has both divine powers and combat skills. There’s a reason why he’s the first.” “That’s true.”

He wondered how she built her divine power comparable to the sacred power of Master Paladin, but he didn’t ask her. He just paid more attention to the carriage to improve its completeness. When the carriage was completed, Father Alec told Arin to inject divine power to her limit. Arin also poured divine power into the carriage with all her might. Until now, she had never poured out all of her divine power, so everyone was curious when she injected her divine power. The light was so bright that everyone had to close their eyes. And the finished carriage was wrapped in color blue. The carriage was just spectacular and stole everyone’s attention as it was surrounded by mysterious blue lights. Ed looked at the carriage. How can they ride such a conspicuous carriage? But Grant’s appreciation of it was different.

“Even the royal family will envy you at this rate. If I could sell it, it wouldn’t be the best top of the kingdom.”

He wondered why he said that. Ed approached Arin and asked,

“Can you make it not shine so bright?”

Arin looked back at Father Alec and he shook his head.

“We can’t do that.”

Ed shook his head and stepped back, and for some reason everyone but him was satisfied. Seeing that Thane likes it so much, he guessed he’s just going to have to ride it. A fancy carriage that’s covered in blue light.

They decided to stay one more night to make a toast on the carriage, and there was someone who came while they were emptying their glass today.

“Can I join you?”

Where Ed’s gaze was directed, there was Jeren. The son of the lord who stole 10,000 gold from Grant for his father’s death.

What’s he up to now?