Master’s Smile

Episode 54: Cursed Girl

The four of us took me and Sorgross into a nearby city.

It was a city where Sorgros also had guilds temporarily joining the group.

Well, there will be such coincidences.

Ordinary guilds are built in a city that is absolutely safe, and like our guild headquarters, they are rarer to be built outside a city with a lot of demons and bandits at risk.

Alliances made outside the city may be Dark Alliances or Dark Alliances Excellent Grey Alliances.

Once built in the city, it's a guild with darkness that the Knights of the Kingdom are likely to fly by.

From that I can see that Lucilles' guild is not a highly criminal guild.

Of course, I don't completely forgive you, but I'm relieved that the worst is going to be spared.

The worst thing about it is that I have to kill these four people.

Although the master of the Dark Alliance, it doesn't mean he likes to kill people.

"Hey, our guild is in the suburbs. Because I didn't have enough money to put my guild in the heart of the city."

Lucille explains such circumstances.

Oh, I'm fine.

Nor do I usually just walk away from the Alliance headquarters, and Sorgross is a highly physically capable child.

If this was Laradi, I might have had to carry her, but she was sticking perfectly behind me without disturbing any breathing or walking.

... Yeah, if you don't want to come to the side, why don't you just walk?

"No, because the awkward are good here."

Oh, yeah.

Too clearly, it was rejected with immediate effect, so I pull back lightly.

Let it, it stings and hurts when Sorgross' gaze tickles on his back......

"We're here! This is our guild!

Oh, we're here.

I looked up at Lucille's words and felt a clear sense of liberation from Sorgross' tight gaze, but seeing their guild in my eyes hardens me again.

Of course, the smile hasn't broken.

What the... whoa...

"You're so lame."

"What, Temeye!!

Wow! Sorgross said it was clear. Wow!

Lucille expresses her anger with a small body, approaching Zukazka and her.

Stop it! Lucille's gonna die!

"Fair enough, Lucille. It's true, I can't help it."

"Get off me, Hero!

But before Sorgross pulls out his bitterness, a calm looking young man stops Lucille.

Good. You never could have had a child's body...

I am a youth - I praised Herolo in my heart with Nice.

"Well, it's definitely lame, but don't worry, it won't break"

A magnificent man who talks to me and Solgloss with a bitter smile.

Uh... sure he's like Apollo?

I chop on Sorgros' head and tell him I don't care about antiquity.

"Ahhh... It's terrible..."

Sorgross looks resentful, holding his head down.

No, because you're worse.

"What are you doing? Let's get in quick."

The man with glasses is the one who looks at our conversation and smiles and suggests we move on.

Was he... a league?

A necklace dripping down his neck tells us that he is an angelic believer.

... Let's not get too involved in the league.

Many believers in this world have, for some reason, reached their faith in areas such as fanaticism.

Like Mary before, if you were to be a member of the Dark Alliance who tolerates emerging religions, you'd be leopardized and attacked again.

You don't seem like a bad person, and you don't sneak up on a god you don't touch.

"Come on, come on in"

When I realized, me and everyone but Sorgross were in the guild.

Apollo is waiting for us with the door open.

Come on... I don't know what's gonna happen after this...

Sometimes the other members waiting for us in their guild will attack us all at once.

At that time, Solgros alone must be allowed to escape at all costs.

"It's okay. The awkward will always try to protect the Lord."

Sorgross is happy to say that.

No, rather the other way around. I will protect you. [M]

"Ha!

I smiled at Sorgros before entering their guild.

Their guild was very attentive and unrivalled to the headquarters of The Army of Salvation (Yerkchilla).

It's about the size of a little bit of a house, not very much, but I don't think it's the headquarters used by the big guilds.

Now, that's how much Guild HQ ratings we have to make and find out how many Guild members we have.

I move my eyes and look around... [M]

"That's not much."

Sorgross is the only one who talks to me from behind.

Yeah, she's right.

There are surprisingly few adventurers in this guild.

Or there's only one other sign besides the four of us we met.

"Isn't it strange you don't have a constituent?

Apollo said that without seeing our reaction, smiling bitterly.

Well, I always smile Nico, and I can't stop reading the look on my face because Solgloss is only exposed to my eyes.

I guess I knew he'd be wondering, too.

Because an Alliance cannot be recognized as an Alliance without at least five of its constituents.

We are quite a few in the Dark Alliance, but there are still 10 of us, including me.

That's it, the Apollos' guild is five critical. It's a super fine guild.

"There's actually another one. Five of them together..."

"It's okay. Because I know that."

Apollo begins to explain that since we have only seen four of them, we cannot help but think that they are not formed as guilds, but the Sorgross will cut them off.

Well, you don't need an extra explanation because you know by the signs.

"More than that, I followed you this far, so I want you to talk to me."

"... oh. Before I do, I want you to look at the last member."

That's what Lucille has suggested with a determined look as Sorgross looms so gruesome that it seems a little glamorous.

The last member...... Does that mean the bearer of the signs at the end of that door?

But I was a little uncomfortable with the signs.

This is too......

"Hey, okay?

"Oh. You can't hide anything from me to get help, can you? Besides, I can't talk to him until I show him."

Heloro grabs Lucille's shoulder and asks him to make sure.

The look only carries the emotion of worry, and I can tell that he's a sweet man.

Lucille nodding with such a cocky and strong look at him.

"Follow me."

Lucille led me and Solgloss through a door that still shows signs.

From the discord I felt, there is probably no danger.

Judge it that way and follow after Lucille.

"You'd be surprised, but I hope you don't put that on the table. Can you do me a favor?

Lucille peeks into me with serious eyes.

... I see. From that sign, I can see that at the end of this door...

I snorted. [M]

Maybe I can help you with something too.

Sorgross also said "I have too many wishes for the Lord..." but she also nodded and indicated her willingness to affirm to Lucille.

Seeing our reaction, Lucille smiled happily for a moment, and she retightened her expression again.

"... then go inside"

That's what he said, and he opened the door giggly.

Inside, it was so clean and tidy that I didn't think it was old their guild headquarters.

However, the guild itself still seemed poor, and furniture and so on were very few killer landscapes.

simple bed and so much so that a small shelf is placed near it.

On that bed, one girl slept on her back.

Her appearance was very similar to that of Lucille, who would have looked just like Lucille had that long hair been short.

Perhaps he and she are brothers and sisters.

If that were all, it would be a sight without any change of philosophy.

"Ugh..."

The anomaly is that the girl groans painfully and sleeps with the sweat floating all over her face.

And on her left face, there was a distorted text floating around that made her feel taunted.

"Lord, this man..."

Sorgross seems to have noticed, and he's going to ear to me a little.

Yeah, you're right.

- This kid, he's cursed.