Chapter 203 - Episode Twenty-Eight - Later

Three days later, I was in the square where I had intercepted Levi, receiving a commendation from Village Chief Heil.

Abel-dono, thank you for saving the Pargas VIllage at this time. On behalf of the village, I would like to thank you.

Village Chief Heil bows deeply and hands me a certificate of commendation.

The sound of the villagers applause could be heard from all directions.

With Mea proudly stretching his chest, I bowed my head in a small way to Village Chief Heil.

Tha-, thank you

I couldnt help but feel uncomfortable when I was exposed to the gaze of a group of people I wasnt too familiar with.

Honestly, I cant wait to get back to a quiet place and carve on Ortem.

Things were smooth after I intercepted Levi.

I had successfully retrieved the Nelgliffe that was being beaten around with wooden sticks all over his body.

To be honest, this guy could have been dead, but fortunately or unfortunately, even though he had fallen from the third floor and was beaten to a pulp, he only had eight broken bones.

The followers also seemed to have had their own shocking thoughts about the abomination of Nelgliffe and Levi, and almost all of them were unresisting, and with the cooperation of the villagers, it was very easy to capture them.

According to the truth of what the villagers extracted from the followers, the followers knew from the beginning that they were staging their own invasion, but they were shocked by the fact that Nelgliffe was leading the charge against Chloe, and that Nelgliffes treatment of Chloe was so shocking that they cited Levi as the reason for the abuse of the devils trial.

In the meantime, I will contact the lord, Lark, as soon as possible, and after reporting to the royal capital, I will follow their instructions.

Probably the same as the Marias faction, they will be escorted to the land under the jurisdiction of another lord.

The day after the incident, Village Chief Heil had already regained consciousness from the effects of the Livegrass.

Since then, hes been in charge of the village on behalf of the Levi followers who were in control of the village.

The piece of paper that Lark happened to have in his hand, which was the starting point for me being sent in the first place, was one of the letters that Village Chief Heil had been sending out in a desperate attempt to get the Levi followers to block the delivery of the letters in Pogue.

Village Chief Heil was indignant that he had been spotted when he was sending out a mountain of letters, and that he must have been targeted by the curse of the disease.

On the same day, I threatened Nelgliffe and had him summon the demon that was the source of the disease to immediately and completely annihilate it on the spot, finally succeeding in completely separating the illness from the Pargas Village.

There are still some people who are not feeling well, but it is only a mere cold.

I was told that as long as they rested, they would recover soon.

After the awards were given, I was slumped in the former Levis church hall with my chin on the desk.

Ah Im tired. I should have left it at Ortem instead.

Thats indeed rude, isnt it?

I was staying at the rundown Levis church hall with Mea and Elia, using it as an inn.

The whole village has a policy of reusing some of the church buildings as other facilities and destroying the rest.

According to Village Chief Heil, It makes me angry just looking at it, he said.

Huh.

Elia, who had been sitting in a chair, let out a dead-eyed sigh.

Elia was stomping on the robes of the Levi Church along with the other villagers after being freed from the Church.

I was a bit surprised because I thought she was a relatively quiet person.

It seems that she was very irritated.

E, Elia, Im really glad youre safe hahaha

Elia narrowed her eyes and stared at me with a jittery stare.

R-Really, Elia-san. La-, lately youve been good at joking. Hahahaha

I thought it was a gag to pretend to be angry on purpose, but even though I tried to muddy the waters, Elias eyes remained the same.

He-, hes a bit serious and a bit angry, that.

Maybe shes quite rooted in the fact that I left her completely in the church after I went to get Live Fogg.

Incidentally, this church hall is also storing the loot of this time.

The Arogua stone was found in Levis personal belongings.

Normally, we should have handed them over to the capital city as a seized item, but we decided to ask the village chief Heil to divert some of them as spoils of war.

If there are any other items that look interesting, they will be given away.

Is that okay?

Mea glances at the pile of arogua stones and asks fearfully.

Ive got the village chiefs permission, and Im confident I did a pretty good job of it S-, so that much is alright.

Im willing to apologize after Ive been blamed for it.

Its not that easy to get Aguroa stones in the Dinrat Kingdom.

Its too good to hand them over honestly.

Im sure any sorcerer would have done this, even if it wasnt me.

Speaking of loot, theres more.

If I put m magic power into the back of my right hand, an emblem that seems to symbolize a spear will emerge.

This is the summoning crest of Levis spear, which was on Levis arm.

I kept Levis arm and transferred every magic power I had put into it over the course of the day.

I found out that Levis spear is created by alchemy that traps spirits in a special metal, which by itself is like a single demon.

In short, its just like the Lapides Sword I made.

This summoning crest can be used to actually teleport the spear to my hand.

The size is too large, though, so if I call out the spear carelessly, the building will collapse.

Levis spear can be considered the biggest achievement of this battle.

Im still not sure if its real or not, but its definitely a fairly advanced magic tool.

Its so good that I couldnt help but groan when I analyzed it.

If Im accused of embezzling the Arogua Stone, I will apologize and hand it over to them, but I am determined not to let Levis spear go to my country, even if it kills me.

Levis arm was also warded in the basement of the church hall and kept tightly in place, but it had disintegrated after a series of sudden transformations.

The deformation was interesting, so I watched it, but it suddenly went out of control, so maybe it wasnt a good idea to hit whatever was in that area at random.

It would have been safest to petrify it and study it slowly.

If it was the real thing, it was part of a mythical god from the mythical age that should have been destroyed a long time ago.

It would have been too expensive to be priced.

But for me, the biggest surprise was that Levi himself was a spirit body.

There have always been scholars who claimed that the four great creation gods were demons who had gained too much power due to their long lives, and some of them were even executed after being spotted by the Church.

It was simply one of many theories, but if they were truly creator gods, they couldnt have been formed from spirits born from fragments of life, and most of the mythology was the creation of the four major creator gods themselves to foil themselves as rulers.

Its not impossible to think that since the creator gods created them, its not surprising that their souls are composed of the same body as the creator gods, though.

Im sure Ill find that the self-proclaimed Levi himself was just a spoof of the demon At any rate, if you want to live a long life, its best to pretend to be ignorant.

Although the church insists it is genuine, there is a growing understanding among the villagers that some Levi extremists have been deceived by the devils deception.

I plan to contact the royal capital as well.

Oh, by the way, where was that?

Eh, that ? Oh! You mean the piece of paper that Mea found that describes the recipe for Liveglass? That Mea found!

I thought Id gotten rid of it Im surprised you found it.

Ehehehe. Um, it was stuck under a pan in the back of the cupboard.

Mea smiled shyly, then somewhat hushed, and uttered this in a way that was hard to say.

Ahhhhh so thats where it was ahhhhh

I was trying to use the right tools to make livegrass, and once I was pulling out pots and stuff from here and there in the Village Chief Heils residence to compare them.

It was probably tucked underneath one of them and stuck there.

I, I aint keeping it tight at all

I thought I was keeping it a little more tightly controlled in my memory, but in reality, Ive been treating it very carelessly.

Maybe it was inevitable, though, since I was so preoccupied with Livegrass that my consciousness was tilted.

But that allowed me to draw out Nelgliffe, so it was like all thanks to the recipe.

I guess its called At the end, it all ended well.

Mea, Elia, and I were talking about this and that when I heard the ringing of the call bell.

hmm? Village Chief Heil, I think.

Mea is gonna go check on him.

No, me too

Eventually, Both Mea and I headed to the front door and opened it.

There was a girl with a familiar ponytail head.

Oh thank goodness! Are you okay, Mea?

The girl jumped on Mea quickly and hugged her.

Im sorry! I had no idea how important my introduction to you was going to be! I went to see the lord and he said he was relieved that Abel-chan had managed to do something about it, and then he made a joke about sending you out into danger again! I was so worried about you

It was Shame, the female adventurer I met in the city of Asshim.

She was the one who told me about the Marren tribes visit to the city of Lomarn and also introduced me to the Fage territory.

It seems that she heard about the incident with the Fage Domain and came over here in a great hurry to check on us.

You-, youre exaggerating, Shame-san. Dont worry, Abel is here after all

After Mea said that, Shame shifted her eyes to me.

She squinted her round, cat-like eyes.

No, Abel-chan, too. You seem to have confidence in your magic, but you shouldnt let Mea-chan go along with the danger too much. Im the one who introduced you to the Fage territory, so I cant say anything strongly about it.

Ah, yes

Its true that I let my curiosity get the better of me, and there were some sections that made me accompany them to dangerous places.

Especially this time, if I had made a mistake, I dont know what would have happened.

In fact, my actions were so careless that they could have taken Mea hostage.

Next time Ill be a little more cautious

As I was hanging on, Meas mouth twisted into a muffled smile.

Its not a problem because Mea likes to go along with you! Id rather not be left behind! Im grateful to Shame-san, but please dont interrupt me too much!

Mea !

Mea-chan, dont spoil Abel-chan too much. If you dont hold on to the reins, hell run all over the place. Im sure hell get into some really awkward places and get killed. A demon, the bad guys are really bad as far as the bottom goes.

Meall do her best.

Ill be as careful as possible

Mmm! Thats good.

Shame crossed her arms and huffed out a breath through her nose.

But, Im really glad to see that Mea-chan and Abel-chan are okay. I also got to see you guys too! Im glad to see youre doing well. Im busy, so I have to get back to Asshim

Are you sure thats all you came for?

Mm! I cant help but wonder about Mea-chan and Abel-chan.

She might seem be lazy and but quite responsible.

I guess she was stuck with what I recommended.

Somehow, I feel bad. The travel expenses are not free, either. Ill give a little from me

Shush! Since its a good time, Ive received a request to check on the safety of a girlfriend who hasnt come back from the Fage territory while Im at it, so theres no need to worry about that.

Its a mess

I have to get back early, and thats probably whats involved.

How was the girlfriend?

Mea asked worriedly, and Shame laughed, holding her mouth.

Cheerful, cheerful! Pfft! After all, she had two kids. She looked happy.

Thank God! Its the one with Lark-san, right? She said she has a baby, a baby! Abel, lets go see whats going on later!

It was a bit tricky, but Mea seemed happy too, so I decided not to mention it.