EP.43 Chapter 43 Kingdom Mages Reilly and Kina (1)
Alcom, the village chief of Lorangrevel, was living a sweet life today as well.
"As expected, that person must be a god."
Today was different from yesterday.
He could feel his wrinkled skin becoming a little firmer day by day.
But today was even more special.
His powerless past self had died and disappeared, and today's Alcom was reborn as a person overflowing with more strength.
His reflection in the bronze mirror looked much younger than before.
Noticeably so on the outside.
Though he was over 60 years old, his current physical age seemed no less than 40, or even 30.
"Hohoho..."
Though he may be weaker than when he was 20, to him who had been living a 60-year-old life until recently, his current self felt stronger than anyone.
"Village chief, it's breakfast time. Today I've specially prepared something good for virility... Oh my."
The widow opened the door and entered.
She looked him up and down with surprised eyes seeing his rejuvenated self.
"Ch-Chief, how did this..."
"I have received a god. Thanks to that, I've regained my youth."
"My goodness..."
Greed clouded the widow's face.
If he was so amazing at night with his old body, how much hotter would a night with the rejuvenated chief be?
Might it be more than she could handle?
With anxiety and anticipation, she slowly took off her clothes.
"Before breakfast, as an appetizer..."
"Sounds good."
Knowing what that meant, Alcom smiled and approached her.
However.
'She's old.'
To his eyes that had become younger than before, the traces of time engraved on the widow's body and face were now becoming visible.
Wrinkles on the widow's face that he hadn't seen yesterday, that he had originally felt was young.
It became disgusting, as if seeing his past self.
His thing that had stood up firmly without issue now withered.
He didn't feel aroused.
The widow who had been a symbol of youth to him had changed into an utterly ordinary woman as he became younger.
She hadn't changed.
Only he had changed.
"Village chief?"
He wasn't satisfied.
"I'm sorry. I'm a bit tired today."
"O-Oh... That can happen."
I'll need to find another woman soon.
The village chief thought of the female adventurers who occasionally visited the village.
Those women who risked their lives fighting monsters in dungeons and wars at the border were nothing less than symbols of youth.
'If I cook up a suitable adventurer...'
While Alcom was racking his brains like that.
Knock knock.
"Who is it?"
"Ch-Chief! B-Big trouble!"
"What's the matter?"
A village vigilante member shouted urgently.
"R-R-Royal..."
"Royal?"
"Royal mages have come!"
What?
Why on earth would royal mages...?
"I see. Wait a moment."
Alcom hurriedly got dressed and rushed outside.
About 200 soldiers were entering through the village entrance.
And at their head were two women on horseback.
'They're beauties.'
The desire that had withered with the widow raised its head.
'Calm down. One wrong move and you're dead.'
"I greet the kingdom's mages."
"Are you the chief of this place?"
Alcom bowed his head deeper at the royal mage's words, whose tone was cold but voice softer than any woman in the village.
Don't be fooled by the voice. They are harsh and dangerous royal mages.
"Yes, I am."
"I am Reilly, royal mage. We will use this village as our base for a while to conquer the dungeon, so be aware."
"By dungeon, do you mean..."
"The dungeon those adventurers came to conquer."
"Ah... But why have so many soldiers come?"
"You don't need to know. Provide rooms for the commander and us to stay in, and help the soldiers set up camp."
"Yes, understood."
Reilly asked Alcom, who bowed his head even deeper.
"Chief, do you know a mage named Floa?"
"I don't know just from the name."
"A silver-haired mage who came with a swordsman with short black hair."
"Silver..."
Ah, that woman.
It seems the royal mages are acquaintances of that mage.
"She was here."
"Was?"
"Yes, please follow me. I'll guide you."
***
She was here, he said.
But why is he saying he'll guide us?
Reilly felt her insides twisting at the village chief's words.
The feeling of an unknown massive force grabbing and twisting her stomach with both hands.
A nauseating, unpleasant sensation like she might vomit what she ate this morning at any moment.
She bit down hard enough to break her teeth, forcibly suppressing the rising nausea.
The acrid taste of stomach acid lingered in her mouth.
She frowned at the burning pain felt below her throat.
She didn't want to go.
But she knew that the current reality wouldn't disappear just because she didn't look.
"It's here."
"..."
The place the village chief pointed to was a grave located on the outskirts of the village.
-Vagrants.
A grave with just the word "vagrants" written, without names.
"So... this is Floa?"
"Yes. She was already unconscious when she came to our village. According to the finder, there were signs of forced violation, and she was already out of her mind when found."
Reilly's eyes looking down at the grave turned cold.
The possibility that the village chief's words were lies?
The probability that a mere rural village chief would dare lie to royal mages and intend to provoke anger converged to 0.
"If you dare insult royal mages, not only you but all the humans in the village will suffer the pain of falling into an ice hell. I will freeze your limbs and shatter them, keeping you alive as long as possible."
"H-How could I possibly lie?"
"Do you have evidence?"
"Well... I'm not sure if you'll find it convincing, but."
Alcom took out a B-rank mercenary badge.
An old B-rank mercenary badge.
Though the name wasn't properly written on the badge, Reilly knew.
The owner of this item.
She heard Kina swallow beside her.
It was an incident shocking enough to affect even her who was always positive about everything.
"They say this was placed next to the woman. And I remember there was a scar near the man's eye."
"That's enough. You can stop talking."
"Then..."
Alcom retreated.
"Reilly..."
"It's the Demon King's doing..."
"Reilly, calm down."
"It must be the Demon King's doing. That cursed being killed Jackal and did terrible things to Floa..."
Her head hurt.
She should have stopped her.
She should have grabbed Floa's arm as she was leaving, telling her not to go, that it was a dangerous dungeon with no information revealed.
It's my fault.
It's my fault for not stopping her even though I knew she was weak.
What was so important about things going well with Jackal?
If she had just approached a little more courageously...
Let's kill the Demon King.
We just need to kill that monster who did terrible things to Floa.
"Reilly!"
Smack!
A stinging pain was felt on her face.
Her cheek stung.
For a moment her head cleared as if struck by lightning.
"Huh?"
Kina had slapped her cheek.
"Kina...?"
"What are you doing? Have you forgotten our mission? We have a mission to assess the situation and confirm if there really is a Demon King in the dungeon first."
"Ah..."
"Don't say you'll kill the Demon King."
It seems her thoughts had spilled out of her mouth.
"I'm sorry."
"It's fine."
"Let's go back. It's certain there's a Demon King. Otherwise Floa wouldn't have died..."
"Get a hold of yourself, Reilly."
"What?"
Kina grabbed Reilly's shoulders and continued speaking.
"I'm saddened by Floa's death too. But we still don't know. She may have died at the hands of the Demon King inside the dungeon. But what if she was ambushed and killed by other adventurers? We can't go back and report without confirming. We need to be a bit more level-headed."
Tears were welling up in Kina's eyes too.
"The mission comes first. Revenge for Floa comes after that."
Ah.
Kina, who I thought only knew how to laugh, was more of an adult than me.
Reilly wiped her tears and nodded.
"Okay. I'll do that. I lost my reason. I'm sorry..."
"It's fine if you understand."
Reilly vowed.
That she would definitely find the one who killed Floa and do the same to them after completing the mission.
***
"Royal mages?"
"Yes. They have set up camp in Lorangrevel with 200 soldiers."
I swallowed at Yulia's report.
'They came faster than I thought.'
Our dungeon's fame is only D-rank.
But separate from that, royal mages have come.
Random encounters are at work again this time.
The damn game often has various adventurers appear randomly. Cases of adventurers one or two ranks higher than the set rank appearing were quite frequent.
Like A-rank or higher adventurers that should be seen in B-rank appearing even though the fame is D-rank.
'Come to think of it, A-rank adventurers have been coming quite often recently.'
I had forgotten because I've gotten stronger, but both Frederica and Rebecca had levels of A-rank or higher adventurers.
"Royal mages are those who only come when it's at least B-rank..."
Royal mages were very tricky to deal with.
Their military power wasn't the problem.
It was because if you kill royal mages, the kingdom starts moving in earnest.
They organize troops to subjugate the dungeon and mobilize the army.
In severe cases, they even issue mobilization orders to all the local lords.
And if luck is even worse.
'The biggest problem is if a hero pops up.'
Above all, heroes were extremely troublesome for me to deal with.
Because of bad attribute compatibility, I had to pour out all my traps, monsters, and power to be able to win.
I even used some bug-like plays to catch them.
I fought well as a level 1 Demon King.
Of course, it would be different now.
I've gotten stronger too, and unlike before, I not only have simple traps and monsters but also capable subordinates.
"Perfect for testing."
It was just right to check how different my current stats are from the stats in the original game I played.
"They brought separate troops?"
"Yes."
"Then we'll need to make a lot of preparations too. Gargoyle."
-Grrrng.
"Looks like it's time for you to sortie."
-Grrrrrng!
The gargoyle spread its arms excitedly.
Let's properly beat up those arrogant invaders.
"By the way, Yulia."
"Yes, Demon King."
"How did you find out that kingdom mages came to Lorangrevel?"
I haven't even sensed their presence yet.
"I've been scouting periodically just in case."
She calmly bowed.
Because she was wearing a maid outfit in the morning, the cleavage created by her large breasts pleased my eyes.
"You've worked hard."
"I can do anything for the Demon King."
"You say that but won't even have sex."
"It's an unavoidable choice for the Demon King's safety."
"I know. How much you care for me, Yulia."
The problem is that makes me go even crazier with lust.
I wish she wouldn't wear clothes at all.
Sometimes it's more arousing when it seems like you can see but can't.
Yes, like now.
"Are they still sleeping?"
"You mixed bodies with them all day until yesterday, Demon King. They must still be tired."
"But they need to wake up now. It's an emergency situation. Wake up all the ones lying around."
"Yes, understood."
The medium-sized Kingdom of Aslan encompassing Duvel Forest.
An opponent we'll have to continue tedious attrition warfare with from now on.
Of course, I'm at an overwhelmingly disadvantageous position.
"This has become troublesome."
[Emergency Quest: Repel the Royal Mages]
[Reilly: 0/1]
[Kina: 0/1]
A quest has appeared too.
Now then, how should I cook this up?
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