Let's Manage The Tower
(9) Accepting strangers
Gelta and Inez, who arrived at the Elder's house, quickly met the landlord and told him about Kaosuke and Shreyne.
"Unusual to think you've come... and you've got another complicated problem."
That's what the elders of the dusty bearded vampires said to Gelta.
I know you're not angry because your mouth is laughing.
Gelta shrugged at such an elder.
"Again, but at least this time, it wasn't me, it was a shameful apprentice."
"Eh!?
Inez, who didn't think he would be distracted at this time, unexpectedly shouted.
Inez said he was the one who was attacked by a monster on his way home to pick up herbs.
It's hard to say even if you blame yourself for it.
Incidentally, the idea that you shouldn't have brought her home, or thanked her on the spot and broke up with her, is not in Inez's head.
The elder laughed with a fofofo when Ines' thoughts appeared firmly on his face.
"Don't look like that, Inez. I'm not blaming you... no, don't blame me for anything."
"Eh!?
"Is there any other way? Because some of Am's stories are about bad things going wild."
"But Mr. Kowske and Mr. Schlein..."
Instead, the elder stopped Inez, looking at the palm of his right hand.
"Well, wait. Nothing, I don't doubt his eyes. But you're wrong to stop being suspicious?
Ugh
Inez, who had no doubt about Kaiseki and Shreyne, clogged the Elder's words.
As the Elder says, time is too short to fully trust outsiders.
Originally, trust and trust should take a long time to gain.
Looking at Inez, who was silent, Gelta turned to the elder with a smile.
"Well, don't be so careful with Inez. Inez, for the record, it's not like they're dealing with it the wrong way.
Huh?
Inez, who had been told that the opposite was true, turned his eyes round with surprise.
There is some confusion on that face.
"What are you surprised about? If Inez hadn't brought them back, we wouldn't even have known they existed?
Gelta insisted that Inez was right.
If Inez had broken up with Shreyn and Kaosuke at the point where the wolf attacked them, of course they would not have come to the village.
Maybe I just kept quiet and followed up, but it's only a matter of possibility.
It was because Inez guided them back home that Gelta and the Elder were able to realize their existence.
Of course, as the elder said, the village may suit dangerous eyes, but that depends on how we deal with it from now on.
At least it felt like Gelta had written with Shreyn, and I didn't think it was suddenly attacking.
It may also be disguised, but apart from that, it's the same thing, not Am, and it's the same situation no matter what kind of race you bring in.
Because there is a danger, if we eliminate all those who come from outside the village, the village will stagnate.
Gelta, who spoke so loudly, saw Inez once she had separated the story.
"That's why. The Elder is not still angry. We'll decide whether or not to kick them out."
"Really?
Inez gently turned to the elder while saying so.
The person listened to Gelta and raised the edge of his mouth.
"Well, that's the thing. You can't decide what to do in the future without seeing him first, right?... well, I don't know if I can see him when I see him."
The difficulty with Inez's encounter with Shreyne is that her face and manners are not identical to those of ordinary people.
However, I don't know if the elders can see us or not, so I can't help thinking about it now.
After taking over the Elder's words, Gelta now speaks to Inez.
"That's the way it is, so you just have to trust them. It's our job to doubt."
I see.
The elder nodded at Gelta's words.
Yes!
Inez nodded with a smile after receiving the words from both of them.
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While Inez and the others were talking about Kaiseki and Shreyne's treatment, they kept talking.
"Still, Inez, it's... Inez, right?
In the sense of aging, vampires do not appear as distinct as human beings, but there is still some difference.
Inez now looks more like a girl, no matter what.
Shreyn nodded with a little silence to the question of the examiner.
"... maybe."
"How long can a vampire live for, like, 10,000 years?
"Even if there was a period of mere existence of the soul in the device, that's impossible."
Instead of answering Schlein's quick question, he looked relieved.
It is not strange to be told that God is himself when he can live in thousands of years.
"Isn't it? If so, what does this mean?
"Well, the quote I just mentioned is pretty cheap. That might have been an exaggeration."
Shreyne, who said so without a shriek, became a jerk.
"Though I think a thousand years is a lot different?
That's what I said.
At last, he looked at Shreyn, who had lost sight of him, and he sighed greatly.
Kaosuke looked around the inner part of the temple and then looked at Shrain again.
"It looks like it, but the contents are quite old, but it's not wrong, right?
If you look at the small building that is not mistaken, as well as the household goods and other figurines inside, you can see that the era of the Kaiseki people is quite old.
I also understood that Shreyn had seen and judged such things.
"Hmm. Vampires lived in buildings of this type in the first place because they were almost legendary. Besides, the letters I use are quite old."
The characters Schlein used in his writing with Gelta were old characters that were difficult even for ordinary vampires to understand.
Why Shreyne knows these characters is also due to the education she received in childhood, but it is also necessary to read the old literature.
Recently, Schlein frequently saw these old letters in order to examine the old rituals.
Like Kaiseki, Shreyn looked around the inner part of the temple and murmured.
"And maybe..."
Hmm?
"... no, it's nothing. There are still too few ingredients. We shouldn't talk about uncertainties."
Shreyn shook his head and nodded as he leaned a little.
"Yes, if that's the case, just let me know clearly."
Even if information is inadvertently obtained, there is a possibility that the judgment may be wrong.
I also know that it is better to hear the story after confirmation in Shrain.