Reincarnated as a Dragon’s Egg ~Lets Aim to Be the Strongest~
115. A Brave Hero Tan (side Ilsia)
Desert land, Halenae.
Many monsters and few resources are inherently an inconvenient place to live in.
With so many exorcisms and support from elsewhere, they are finally formed.
Until then, this country is protected because it is told that this is the holy place and the place where the brave are born.
I was born a brave man in this land 18 years ago. [M]
He was brought to church before he was tempted, where he grew up. I haven't been given my parents' names, and my name is what the priest gave me.
But nothing, I don't even care about that. I don't care.
I only suspected that because the priest slipped his mouth, he was born as the eldest son of a poor clan.
When I found out about that, I was really glad I was born a brave man.
Halenae has a strong difference between rich and poor.
Because priests have almost a monopoly on support supplies from elsewhere.
Besides being surrounded by a desert of dangerous demons, it is first impossible to move to another land in search of work.
I'm absolutely sorry about the poor clan here. It's no use being born.
Safely single and able to walk in the desert would also be about me with God's protection.
Earlier, I just came face-to-face with a stupid slave trader moaning that he was going to almost demonize his merchandise in an attempt to cross the desert.
Sure, he seemed to have a good horse, but he can't sprinkle desert monsters to that extent.
There are few demonic routes, but in order to get through there, we have to pass through a country that is appealing for the abolition of beastly slavery.
You can't take a slave through a place like that.
I have been traveling around the world since the day I turned fourteen following Shizuku. [M]
I've seen some terrible countries, but it's hard to have a country that can shoulder to shoulder with Halenae if it's just about how the upper levels rot.
Still, I'm sure I'll take a trip to Halenae if I go near it.
"Dear brave man! As rumors have it, you were back!
"Look, look at that brave figure!
I'm just walking and my envious eyes fly all over the city.
To these people, the weak of the poor, their hearts soften when they mock them.
The reason I'm staying here right now is because of something else. [M]
I make a laugh out of my mouth alone, wave and react to the beggars.
If that's all I can do, I'll go through the city with a floating, noisy monkey on my ass.
I knew this place was good.
They don't really penetrate my name anywhere else.
"Um, I, uh, wanted to talk to the brave man...!
The girl who ran out of the side of the road stood in front of me, so I stopped.
A motherly woman comes out later and says with half a laugh, "Excuse me, if this girl..." and tries to pull the girl's hand away and the girl resists it.
I laugh when I see how it goes. [M]
Touch the mother's arm and let go of her hand.
I kicked him in the stomach of a kid with a glowing expression all the time.
The neighborhood is quiet and confused in the eyes of the people who look at me.
I accidentally got my legs out.
I hate being blocked and being a stupid kid. [M]
If this thing spreads, it may hurt my reputation, but it will be fine.
Bad talk to me, which can also be a symbol of the country, also leads to treason against the Church. It never spreads prominently.
Next to the church there is a camp for sinners. In Halenae, policing is for church jurisdiction.
I'm staying in Halenae for a long time now because I need you here.
The camp is, of course, off-limits to ordinary people, and even those involved need a name and procedure to get in.
I can barely get in and out of here as a guard, but I'm the only one who can get in here freely on a facepath.
Looking at me and looking at the guard with a rushed head down, he walks down the hallway of the camp and stops in front of a cell.
"It's been a long time, Master Adov Knights. No, were you a former Knights Commander now"
I smile and peek at the person sitting in the back of the cell.
A big, disappointed man stares at this one from between the lattices.
"No, that was tough. Anything, he suspected me of murdering your fiancée and brother, or something."
Adov has been deprived of the name of the Knights Commander for murder and placed in prison.
He had recently raised the issue about the Church's monopoly on support supplies, so I guess he was luckily sent to jail without even investigating this with Locke. That's what that priest is.
"... what, are you even here to laugh at me?
Adov says in a low voice.
I was usually a man who picked more words, but I guess I can't afford that now either.
Anyone would be furious if they could make up a random story about being murdered by relatives and fiancées and waving their swords angrily at their fiancée and brother's infidelity, etc., and deceiving the dead.
"I don't like it, I wouldn't do that no matter how much. There used to be a lot of things, but I'm also reflecting now that I was immature and selfish. [M] I can't even apologize until today, and I'm sorry. A knight...... Dear Adov"
I called him the Knights Commander, and Adov distorts his face into pain. Nice look.
"That's what I believe Adolf is guilty of. My eyes distinguish between good and evil."
I can only judge quite a lot on that point to be precise, but I have decided to appropriately voyage and 'be able to discern a person's good and evil'.
Because it was more convenient to keep it that way.
"... stop stalking me."
"Huh? Don't despise yourself that much. I may have lost my position, but I..."
"Your style is thin. Four years ago, the only thing that's changed is the top."
Unexpectedly, I feel a wrinkle leaning between my brows.
Put your hands on it all the time, cover your eyes and laugh.
"It seems so rough. No, but I get it. From now on, let me call you Mr Adov.
So I thought, "There's no way Mr. Adov's going to make a case like that, so he hung up on the priest." I was wondering if I could somehow release him. "
"That can't be done! First of all, I was set up by him!
"I know what it's like to be suspicious, but priests don't do that.
Besides, the priest said that if I was going to tie my actions up with an escort and a curse, I could take him outside for a day. "
"Ho, is that true? But in just one day what..."
"We're going to make achievements and restore credibility in the past day. Then we need you to stretch the time frame and find the real killer."
"So, can you do it? But, yes, conveniently, achievements, etc…"
I touch my lips and hide my laughter.
Same face, simple man. What hasn't changed since four years would be each other.
"Actually, they say a merchant carriage was attacked by a dark dragon. However, there are rumors that the dark dragon is an ill dragon. If that's true, you might come and sprinkle disaster on Halenae if you let it go. They're at the stage of forming an investigation team in the church now, and rumors are revealing, though I still don't have any prospects of how far ahead.
Assuming that you have finished off the troubled dragon that was sitting near Halenae, Mr. Adov's position should also change dramatically. In that case, Mr. Adolf will be able to take good care of the re-examination of the incident he complained to the guards every night. "
Adov rises and swallows his spit.
I turn my back on the jail.
"Well, I'm letting myself come here through impossibility, so around here. I'll be back shortly to report back."
"Yi, Ilsia!
Adov screams my name.
"Doubt it... I'm sorry. I really appreciate this."
"No, I'm a brave man, until I'm doing the right thing."
That's all I say and leave Adov's cell without looking back.
I couldn't have looked back. Because the laughter leaked out and I couldn't hide it through.
Four years ago, I had a mock duel with Adolph at the end of a mockery, beaten down in front of the masses, and exposed myself to great shame.
Not a day goes by, such as forgetting that humiliation that was preached with a gaze from above. It's the biggest stain of my life.
I'm just bored with letting them execute me like this.
I'm sorry if I didn't knock you into the bone marrow. It humiliates me plenty, and in regret and resentment, I ask Adov to die.
Because you stuck it at me, you have to.