Invincible Saint ~Salaryman, the Path I Walk to Survive in This Other World~
199 Summoning magic
We arrived in the village when the morning sun firmly showed its face.
But the fence, which was built briefly, was closed, and there was no watch, so I was perplexed for a moment as to whether I could go inside.
"Master Luciel, why did you stop?
"There's no penalty for entering a village without a watch. Even the Adventurers Guild says there's no problem getting in."
"It is."
"Yes, the fence is generally closed to prevent wild wolves and demons from entering"
"The Saint Shroud Accord is weak in demons, so I guess there's no problem with this level of fence."
Apparently, adventurers have no problem getting into the village.
Confused by that, he removed the fence and entered the village, closing the fence again.
"Let's say hello to the village chief first, and then we'll negotiate so he can give up his horse. Well, if you don't have a horse, ask Forenoir this time."
"I hope you can give in"
"And if I could, I'd love to have a meal."
Nadia agrees with me, and Lydia goes for the village chief's house, thinking she's totally becoming a cannibal character.
As he walked, he heard the sound of life coming from each house, so the villagers reached the village chief's house, impressed that he was not waking up fast.
"Well, I hope you're awake"
"Dear Luciel, we'll tell you what to do here."
"Master Luciel will wait here."
I really get into a complicated mood for the two of you whose squire has followed me on the board, but the negotiation is easier to try to persuade because I felt it would go smoother.
"You two don't know each other with the village chief, do you? Well, I've only talked to the new village chief once, too, because this is where I go."
When I told them that, they nodded and agreed, so I stepped forward and knocked on the door of the village chief's house.
"Sorry to start early in the morning, but is the village chief at home?
Then I heard something from inside, so he was awake, and the door opened a little.
"Who? Since the beginning of the morning, what... isn't it Luciel?"
The grumpy village chief looked at my face and smiled.
"Good morning. I'll sit down. Sorry to push you early in the morning."
"Yes, no. What was done more than that?
"My horse crumbled on my way to the Holy City, and I'd like you to accommodate me if you can. Let's color it a lot more than normal, of course."
"Really, to the Holy Capital. But this is just a rumor that Luciel has been punished or something."
As I hear about the terrible divine punishment, I feel unrelenting, but losing time here is boring, so I decide to actually use magic to show it.
"Well, it's just a rumor. Heels."
When I heel the village chief, the attitude of the village chief, whose right shoulder was a little lower, changes to that of being even-handed.
"Whoa! My back pain disappeared like a lie. If this..."
Twisting his hips, he seemed happy and swallowed the last word.
"Well, it's a rumor. That doesn't bother the village."
"What? Oh, I don't care about that, because Master Luciel has saved this village. Well, let's go inside."
Thank you. I'll sit down.
Hiding the upset, the village chief invited me into the house.
Once inside the house, the books were scattered, unlike when I had visited before
"I'm not messed up"
That's what the village chief says, shy of getting the book off the edge.
"As I mentioned earlier, this one suddenly pushed me, so don't worry. And you have all these books."
Then the village chief replied, shaking his head.
"This is all, the property of the former village chief. I thought it would be recovered by the church, but it was left like this, so I found time to read it."
I didn't see it in Tokio, who cleaned this place up before, but I guess it had gone somewhere, don't pry deeply, but before I got to the point, I decided to get off guard with the book story that I liked it.
"That's a good hobby. What the hell do you have?
"Many of them have described what is necessary to govern the village, or preached the idea of ethnic supremacy. Some belong to the Principality of Brange, the birthplace of human supremacy. Do you have much more to do with Lord Leinster?"
Maybe there's no more mutant book than I thought.
It was a little heavy, so I might not read it otherwise.
Still, it's kind of like being opposite me, like human supremacy.
If a group of people supremacists had a leap in the church, the culprit of this commotion would become a religious organization.
In that case, that knowledgeable person will be the igniter of this disturbance.
It was going to be depressing considering that, so keep talking.
"I see. Actually, I like to read books, too, and I'm a cluttered type who reads and fishes a lot. So I was hoping there was something unusual here."
"Then there are all kinds of variations, from spirits, dragons, and labyrinths, to suspicious books about summoning and immortality."
When I laughed and told him, he inspired something about the village chief, and he told me about the multigenre with a doya face.
But the title came up that bothered me.
Summoning magic and immortality...... but why didn't church officials collect the book?
"... That's what Church humans looked into, right?
"Yeah. Probably. It's originally frowned upon, and it seems to have been written in the Principality of Brange, because these books exist everywhere."
I'm not anxious to find out what the Knights are here to find out.
Are you sure you're okay with this? Or inside the church... you can't think any further.
I'll take a moment and get to the bottom of it.
"... Really? So it's a horse, can you prepare it?
"There are no good horses in this village, but can I still?
"Yes. I'm sorry I couldn't. Ten gold coins a head, if you will. Give me three heads."
"If you can get that much, I'd love to. I'll be right over to what's managing the horse, so could you wait here for a moment?
"Yeah. Let me read the book in the meantime."
"Of course you don't mind."
With that said, the village chief jumped out of the house happy.
At that rate, I guess there's a horse.
"Well, what do you think?
"Surely we were also people supremacist. But since I became an adventurer, that wall has faded."
"There was something about the Spirit, so I never avoided it that much."
We both showed a reaction to human supremacy, but I remember that there was no subject, and I laugh bitterly and tell them exactly what I want to hear.
"No, I'm sorry. I didn't have a destination word. I was wondering if the mystery that the Demons suddenly appeared was their summons. Speaking of which, in the Principality of Brange, are you still carrying out a valiant summons?
If I reworked and asked, each of them told me what they knew.
"Yes, but the details are rarely known, even by nobility."
"It conveys the fact that the brave summons was made, but we never know if the summons was successful."
"Is that because no demon king or demon tribe has appeared?
"I don't even know about that."
"We left home as soon as we grew up and were not powerful aristocrats..."
Speaking of which, you said you didn't like being forced to talk to me and became an adventurer.
Ordinary nobility...... with that said, Mr. Elinas, who was in Nerdar, was also an Earl's Order lady, but you said something like you were studying because you didn't want a political marriage.
Is the future of the Principality Brange okay? I didn't get any eye-catching information, but, well, I decide to look for a few clues anyway.
"... well. We don't have time, so let's narrow down what we need to do. If you two have anything at all to worry about, tell me."
"Yes, sir."
After I passed it on to the two of them, I decided to read the summons and immortality book the village chief was talking about.
So far I don't know what demonic commonalities have in common with the last demonic disturbances that occurred in this village and the rumours that I saw them in this Blange.
It's been six months since then, but I still remember that time because I must have wondered what the exasperating magic formations that disappeared at that time and the rituals with the suspicious wand and pot that Ketty and the others said they saw were.
If the ritual of that time were to be described in this summoning magic or immortality, it might be possible to understand the purpose of the demons.
I thought so, and as soon as I started looking for the book, I found it.
It was a well packaged and seemingly expensive book, but its contents were dirty, very old-fashioned, and I finally read the letters.
I wanted to purify other than letters, but if I was judged dirty up to the letters, I wouldn't be able to read this book, so I patiently started reading it.
Because summoning magic is classified as space-time magic, it is generally a legend, but it doesn't seem to be the case.
In fact, even without attributes, would it be possible if we carved into the magic formation a contract offering consideration?
Consideration here means that if you summon a person, naturally the consideration will also be a person.
But not all contracts cost lives, and they can also cost magic.
"I'm sure the consideration would have been the lives of all the villagers because of all that impatience that had been leaked. Whatever you think, I'm pretty sure he was trying to summon an unusual being."
Scrolling further down the page, there was a part of the summons that used tools, and when I looked at the rituals that used pots, it said horrible things like soul exchange and soul possession.
Assuming the summoning magic formations were activated at that time, the souls of the villagers would have vanished at the same time as the summoning, and the souls of the summoned demons would have entered the villagers' bodies.
Assuming this outrageous content is true, then, if I had arrived in this village a little later, my soul would have been born a demonic villager.
"It's a little unusual to think about this."
Scrolling further down the page, it said something extraordinary there.
"Let me buy this out in words"
When I closed the summons book, I realized it was getting noisy outside and decided to go outside with Nadia and Lydia.