chapter 43
43. Cianella’s daughter (1)
The interrupted consciousness began to surface.
The senses that had fallen into a deep swamp also woke up again and stimulated my five senses.
My memories, which had been vague like fog, also began to emerge vividly.
‘Shione and Arachne.’
He saved Shione from having her head blown off by Arachne, and in the end he even caught the spider.
Thanks to that, she got a big hole in her left arm, but somehow managed to escape the poisoning.
Shione also survived without a single major scar.
So now?
Seeing that I am breathing well like this, I feel like I am alive.
Then, what would have happened to Shione and that dead tree that smelled like blood?
Her head pounded as she immersed herself in a worry that could not easily be answered.
Yes, if I’ve worked hard enough, I can rest enough.
I don’t know what you’re trying to do by taking on all these worries.
I smiled, erasing the question that was biting my tail.
‘… Seeing him rolling his head like this, he must be alive.’
Blood should have come out from the left arm that was slashed because of Arachne.
Blood oozes out in a gourd from where the flesh is torn, and it’s not enough that the bones are crushed.
In the end, this body couldn’t handle all the magic and even collapsed from exhaustion.
Before I lost my mind, I knew that would be my place.
Seeing myself lying on such a soft bed, it seems that my lifeline is much longer than I thought.
By the way.
‘What happened to my broken left arm?’
Before opening my eyes and checking my left arm, I fidgeted with it.
Wriggling wriggling.
You can feel the sensation as well as the feeling of the fabric at your fingertips.
Did he even feed him a strong pain reliever?
I moved well without any pain.
‘Nothing different from usual.’
In the end before I lost my mind, I didn’t even put a single bit of strength into my arms that were so bad.
When I woke up again and focused on my left arm, strangely, instead of pain, I even felt a tickling sensation.
At that, I raised my arm and looked up.
Choo-wook…….
“…It’s my fault for expecting this far.”
As expected, apart from not feeling the pain.
My left arm didn’t work well.
Well, it does move a little if I give it my strength.
I wonder if it’s because my muscles are all damaged because I’m weak and don’t listen properly.
“Haa…”
All I own is my body.
My arm went completely numb, so I felt depressed as well.
I barely felt the condition of my arms before I opened my tightly closed eyes.
I could see the ceiling.
It was not the barracks of the camp in the Beltrin Mountains.
But if you ask me if it’s an unfamiliar ceiling I’ve never seen before, it wasn’t.
Because it was a familiar place with a familiar atmosphere.
I raised my upper body and looked around.
A large, soft bed that can accommodate two or three people.
In addition, the designs I have seen often, even the familiar duvets.
Everywhere you look, this bed was the same one Shione lay on every day.
Moreover, if you look at the scenery of the room you’ve been cleaning and going in and out of until now.
“Shione?”
This was none other than Sione’s room.
But the owner of the room couldn’t find a single strand of hair.
What… Leave Shione’s whereabouts behind.
If I am here, it must mean that I have returned from the Beltrin Mountains to the territory.
Then it must have been at least a day since he lost consciousness.
When I thought I had been lying down for quite some time, I felt my whole body aching for some reason.
I roughly moved my body appropriately to release it and looked at his left arm.
“It’s fine.”
His left arm seemed to be in very good shape.
It doesn’t work well, but it looks perfectly healed.
Judging by the fact that the crushed bones have joined together and new flesh has sprouted, it seems that the priest poured holy power into my arm.
Thanks to the hard work of the priest, who didn’t even know his face, the sinking mood got better.
Thanks to that, at least the appearance was the same as before being bitten by Arachne.
Every time you look at my left arm, you won’t frown at its hideous appearance.
I breathed a sigh of relief.
It came after I roughly grasped the fragmented situation.
Only then did I finally see the status window floating in the corner of my vision.
“How did it go?”
He quickly rolled his eyes with a small murmur.
[Three quests have been completed.]
[Would you like to receive the quest reward?]
I didn’t feel like reading the status window one by one.
I skipped all the samurai that I didn’t need to see and only checked the rewards.
The reward for the first quest, ‘Monster Subjugation’, was like this.
[The bond with Sione Cianella rises.]
[Siabelle Cianella takes a deeper interest in you.]
[Resonance with Sione Cianella unlocks a small amount of your original power.]
[Your mana efficiency has improved slightly due to Siabelle Cianella’s attention.]
Maybe it’s because he saved you from the Orcs and Arachnes.
In the status window, it was said that only a small amount of power was released, but I felt that a larger amount of mana and abilities were released than before.
Elemental magic.
It also increases the affinity of the wind attribute.
Not only will the efficiency and power of gusts and breezes increase in the future.
Now it’s just the presence and sound of people within a certain distance.
You should be able to find enough with the information that comes flying on the wind.
It’s a good ability.
However, the timing was even more disappointing because of that.
‘Where would it go if I got it a little faster?’
If only I had this ability before I got a hole in my arm.
I could have noticed Arachne’s existence before I even approached the old tree where she was.
Although I am glad to have regained a skill that I used usefully when I was a hunter.
I couldn’t help but feel a little bitter at the wind affinity that only came out after I was already injured.
After shaking off my lingering feelings, I moved on to the second quest, ‘Reconciliation with Siabelle’.
[The relationship between Sione and Siabelle has improved.]
[Compensation will be strengthened as one step beyond improvement.]
[Siabelle Cianella’s talent bloom is accelerating.]
[Shione Cianella’s talent blooms slightly faster.]
Compensation wasn’t bad.
Nothing benefits me, but a servant’s pride comes from the brilliance of his master.
Wouldn’t it be bad to say that Shione, who must somehow survive far away and change the fate of this world, is becoming stronger.
Besides, to think that Siabelle’s talent, which had already excelled in swordsmanship, would blossom even faster.
If you think that all the quests that try to push Cianella somehow have their own reasons, it’s not too bad.
Well, I’m a human too, so I didn’t find anything that would benefit me, so I picked a few things.
At this level, I can just close my eyes and move on, so it’s okay.
And the thing that draws my attention the most about this quest.
It was not the blooming of Sione or Siabelle’s talent.
“When did you two get close?”
How in the world did Shione, who felt awkward with her sister, get close to her sister again?
Until I caught Arachne, I thought this quest wouldn’t be broken during the monster subjugation.
It seems that something must have happened when I collapsed from exhaustion.
… This is later, when Shione comes back, she asks for a sneak peek.
With that in mind, I finally confirmed the long-awaited reward.
The first emergency quest I received after falling into this world.
All emergency quests are extremely difficult, but as much as they give valuable rewards.
Without hesitation, I immediately checked the last rewards.
[Your bond with Sione Cianella increases significantly.]
[Siabelle Cianella finds more fun in you.]
[Resonance with Sione Cianella unlocks one of your original powers.]
[With Siabelle Cianella’s attention, your mana efficiency has improved considerably.]
“Oh.”
I called for joy inside.
Of course, there were many twists and turns, but in the end, I got a big reward for catching one Arachne.
It was only natural that my mood would rise as much as what I gained was what I gained.
I also liked the fact that the mana efficiency improved considerably, not even slightly.
My attention now is that one of my original powers has been unlocked.
It was not written what it was.
As expected, it’s okay if the status window doesn’t explain anything.
Because I already sense what the unlocked abilities are with my five senses.
“It’s beyond imagination.”
I could feel the energy of the spirit filling my body.
I exhaled slowly as the cool and swift energy ran through my body along with the pulse of my heart.
The hot air inside my body escaped.
Feeling the fresh air enter my body again.
Calmly and surely, I adjusted the increased energy of the spirits.
“This should be enough.”
The moment when the energy settled in my body in moderation.
I raised the corner of my mouth.
An aura that increases the power of spirit magic.
It’s not another crude ability, it’s just a by-product obtained at the same time as the spirit summon was unlocked.
I wouldn’t be happy.
Although they consume a lot of mana when summoned once, the spirits are more than worth it.
All of the real spirit magic is powerful, on a different level from the crappy replicas that were used while collecting mana.
Since the spirit that can be summoned by destroying it is none other than the wind spirit.
If you borrow the power of the spirits, there won’t be much difficulty in holding a Sione in a dangerous situation.
It would be a good idea to try at least once what you have gained.
I called the spirit.
There was no need to call upon the spirits with your mouth.
Calling the spirit is enough just to think earnestly.
It was then.
Whoa!!
A strong wind blew and hit the window.
Knock!
“It’s finally here.”
The tightly closed window opened, and a fresh breeze blew into the room.
The wind rushed in front of the bed, creating a small whirlpool.
Faaa…….
“Huh?”
They just scattered and disappeared.
I was embarrassed.
No, according to the standard, the spirit appears in the whirlpool….
What the hell is this?
The answer could be heard from the status window that popped out of nowhere.
[The connection between this world and the spirit realm is unclear.]
[Failed to summon the spirit.]
“…f*ck?”
… I hope it’s a lie
With an awkward smile, he called the spirit again.
Paaah…….
“Whoa…”
No, no matter what, this isn’t it.
I called again.
However, the answer was the same.
All of the whirlpools that appeared beyond the window soon became gusts of wind and dispersed repeatedly.
At the same time, the atmosphere that had risen to the utmost was plunged into the abyss of hell.
Is this the mind of a person with hair loss?
It was not a very pleasant feeling to feel that what was given to me was unfairly taken away for no reason.
“Haa…”
With a deep sigh, I laid back on the bed.
If I think about it any longer, I think the vase will die, so I needed some time to cool my head.
It was a time when I closed my eyes and quietly organized my thoughts.
Kiki.
The door was opened and guests came.
Since there is only one person who will come here, Sione, my master, must be the owner of the footsteps.
Does she think of Shione for nothing? Maybe it’s because I remembered her, who was pouring out her tears right before I lost her mind.
She raised her body and greeted Shione with a slightly more welcome feeling than usual.
“Shio…”
But I couldn’t even tell you all of Sione’s name.
The person who came to Shione’s room was none other than her older sister, Siabelle.
She was wearing a robe with beautiful patterns on it, not a knight’s iron armor.
Where did the cold-hearted knight go?
In the beauty of the young lady with long, long hair, her hair, which was usually tied up, was undone.
Let’s stare blankly at Siabelle, whom we meet again in an unexpected way.
She tilted her head with a faint smile.
“When did you wake up?”