๐๐ง๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐ก๐จ๐ฉ (5)
The determination of a person who had been away from real power all their life and then seized an opportunity was astonishing.
It’s already this serious even before meeting Horamric. It seemed like they would give away their own heart after meeting Horamric.
The gathered vagabonds and beggars were startled when a strange noise began to sound nearby. They were supposed to do work worth the silver they received, but an interference had occurred.
โ๐๐๐ง’๐ญ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ ๐จ ๐๐ฐ๐๐ฒ?
โ๐๐ก๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ฌ๐ ๐ฐ๐ซ๐๐ญ๐๐ก๐๐ ๐ฉ๐๐จ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ค ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ฒ ๐๐ซ๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ค๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ ๐ฌ๐๐๐ง๐! ๐’๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐๐๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ ๐ฎ๐๐ซ๐๐ฌ!
โ๐๐จ๐ญ ๐๐ฏ๐๐ง ๐ค๐ง๐จ๐ฐ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฐ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐ก๐จ๐ฉ ๐ก๐๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐ง๐!
โ๐๐ก๐๐ญ ๐๐จ๐๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ก๐๐ฏ๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐จ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐๐ง๐ฒ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ !
As a fight seemed to escalate with pushing and shoving, Johan stepped in.
“Gerdolf. Step in and shut those guys up.”
“Yes.”
“. . .but don’t draw your sword. Use a whip.”
Johan quickly stopped Gerdolf as he was about to draw his sword. A whip would be enough.
“I understand, Sir.”
‘๐๐ฐ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐บ ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ญ๐บ?’
Gerdolf rode his horse forward and stopped in front of the beggars. The large knight looked menacingly, causing the shouting beggar to flinch.
“What, what is this. . . Ahh!”
A whip came flying down from above. The beggars were taken aback by the unexpected strike. Although they were beggars, they were a group that could become ferocious at any moment.
It was risky for even a knight to lash out with a whip like this, especially if they all attacked at once.
However, Gerdolf had something he was relying on. The soldiers behind him had simultaneously drawn their weapons. If a fight escalated, it would be them who would die. The beggars, intimidated, backed down.
“B-Brothers, stop! We can’t fight in the city!”
Of course, the bishop was shocked at this sight. Attacking vagrants in the city would ruin his image.
“They were about to attack first, Bishop.”
“They didn’t attack! They have brains too!”
“Didn’t they threaten the citizens.”
The bishop was incredulous. Such an excuse. . .
โ๐๐ก๐๐ง๐ค ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ, ๐๐ข๐ซ ๐๐ง๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ!
โ๐๐ ๐จ๐ฐ๐ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฏ๐๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐ข๐ซ ๐๐ง๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ!
“???”
The bishop was confused. It wasn’t likely that Johan had hired people in advance. . .
Why was he so popular?
Of course, the rumors about Johan were the kind that would make him popular. Whether in the past or now, a brave and young knight was a people’s idol. But those were just rumors that would spread in the vicinity, not in a distant city in the Empire.
The bishop felt the knight he had enticed was suddenly impressively significant.
‘๐๐ข๐ด ๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ข๐ณ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ๐ต?’
Of course, his abilities were great, but he thought he was playing in his palm. . .
“Bishop, let’s move.”
“Y-Yes, let’s do that.”
๐ธ๐ธ๐ธ๐ธ๐ธ๐ธ
The bishop’s mansion was the epitome of luxury within the city. Even without stepping outside, the mansion’s courtyard had cold water flowing through channels, and the windows were filled with colored glass.
The servants inside the mansion wore silk clothes and ornaments more expensive than what Johan wore, with some even draped in shimmering satin.
Johan was freshly reminded of the bishop’s wealth, and that of the republic.
These people really do have a lot of money!
‘๐๐ด ๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐บ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ด๐ธ๐ฆ๐ณ?’
Toiling as a serf and squeezing them dry felt pitiful compared to the profits of trade.
“We have agreed to meet in two days, so rest comfortably. Brother, feel at home here.”
“Thank you, Bishop.”
The bishop seemed quite pleased with himself, hoping that Johan would be impressed. So Johan pretended to be moved.
“By the way, where are the bishop’s wife and children?”
“Oh. . .”
At Johan’s question, the servant looked confused and hesitant, wondering if it was okay to speak.
The church didn’t explicitly forbid priests from marrying. They could marry if they wished. However, priests who didnโt marry generally received more respect, as it was seen as a devotion of their desires and lineage to God.
Knowing this, the bishop had ‘officially’ not married and had lovers throughout the city.
“T-The master is such a steadfast man. . .”
“I see. Understood.”
The servant changed the subject, but Johan had already figured it out. The bishop seemed to have quite a few lovers. And probably a fair number of illegitimate children too, right?
“Karamaf. Come here.”
While waiting, Johan stroked Karamaf and played chess with Gerdolf. It was mostly Johan teaching him, but it served as a pastime.
Karamaf, seemingly in a good mood, purred and kept rubbing his head against Johan’s leg.
“Sir, there is a guest outside looking for you. . .”
“?”
So, Johan was naturally surprised when a guest came looking for him first.
Was it sent by Gareld? There was no one else who would send someone. . .
๐ธ๐ธ๐ธ๐ธ๐ธ๐ธ
Surprisingly, it wasn’t Gareld who sent for him. The one who called Johan was one of the city nobles he had never seen before. He was a river otter beastman named Pilorachi.
‘๐๐ช๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ด?’
It wasn’t that surprising. Thanks to Gareld spreading the rumors, even those who didn’t know were whispering, ‘๐๐ฐ๐ธ, ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐บ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ง๐ฆ๐ข๐ต ๐ข ๐ต๐ณ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ญ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ญ๐บ ๐ง๐ช๐ณ๐ฆ?’
It was a favorite pastime of the nobles to meet a brave knight in person, treat them well, and share in their honor. Johan went with Gerdolf. He thought everyone would be happy to see some tricks.
However, the reception Johan received was completely different from what he expected.
“???”
“Welcome! I’ve been waiting for you. You know why I called you, right?”
“I have no idea. . .”
“Oh? No. . . Ah. Sorry about that. I forgot what I was saying. The Alarhim family! Now you understand?”
“I still don’t understand.”
“Oh dear! I mentioned the Alarhim family, why don’t you understand? Please, take a seat.”
Pilorachi was a famous defensive scholar and artist. In this era, numerology, dealing with the mysteries of numbers, was no different from arithmetic or mathematics.
Every wizard needed a patron, and Pilorachi was sponsored by the Alarhim family. Naturally, he became curious upon hearing about a knight skilled in numbers.
As soon as he sat down, Pilorachi started presenting various riddles, and Johan answered them as best he knew. Gerdolf, listening to their conversation, turned pale and staggered. Johan ordered him to go outside and rest.
“Amazing! Amazing!”
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