I Became a Foreigner Loved by Transcendentalists

27 – Episode 27. Opportunities are given to those who act

“… A subjugation mission to reinforce the garrison?”

“Even though it is a subjugation mission, there will be little danger. Dangerous monsters are dealt with by high-ranking adventurers led by heroes, and new recruits only have to focus on searching and dealing with small monsters such as goblins.”

This is a mission where high-level adventurers and newbies gather without distinction as quantity is more important than level.

It certainly seemed like anyone could take on this without any burden, regardless of level.

Of course, according to the future Airi read, I will die on this mission, but the risk of death is the same as in other quests, so it’s still dangerous no matter what you do, right?

What’s more, he decided to help Marylin in order to prevent such a future from happening in the first place.

If you want to minimize her variables, the right answer might be to go here with her instead of changing her.

“Marilyn, what do you think about this request?”

“… ….”

“… “Marilyn?”

“Oh, sorry. “I was concentrating on the request without realizing it.”

Marilyn speaks while looking closely at the information written on the document.

After that, she answered with a smile like before.

“… “Still, I don’t know much about this, so I’ll follow Hyosung’s opinion for now.”

“Ah, yes. Then fill out the application form…….”

The silence bothers me a little, but I guess it’ll be okay.

After filling out the documents given by her receptionist and confirming her order, I glanced back at her as I left her guild.

“The request starts tomorrow, so you should have some free time today… Do you have any plans for later, Mr. Marilyn?”

“Originally, I would have gotten a job at a place like a bar and earned money for travel, but… ….”

She rests her chin and is lost in her worries.

Afterwards, she glanced back at me and asked me carefully.

“If it’s okay, would it be okay if I watch what Mr. Hyosung is doing?”

“Yes? “You mean me?”

“Yes, since we ended up being together later on, I thought it wouldn’t be a bad idea to spend a little more time together when we have free time.”

Her colleagues who were on the same mission wanted to get to know each other by drinking alcohol and sharing the same lodgings.

Such things are common among adventurers, and I also often experienced such things while working as a porter.

If the target had not been an attractive person of the opposite s*x, I would have accepted it without considering it a big deal.

“You can follow along, but it won’t be very fun. “I’m just trying to warm up at the training ground in preparation for tomorrow.”

“hehehe. “I appreciate you being considerate of me, but you don’t have to worry about him either.”

Marylin looked back at me with a grin as always, and spoke as she placed both of her hands around her waist.

“From the moment I became interested in meeting you, I have been giving meaning to every moment I spend with you…”

Interest, and value.

If you only think about the meaning and weight contained within it, it is not something to say to just anyone.

She’s not saying this to just anyone, so what she said at this moment was that she thought of me as special…..

“…… “You’re not kidding, are you?”

“Yes?”

“No, it’s nothing.”

Damn.

It’s also bad for the heart. This person is.

****

The second benefit provided to adventurers following class selection. In most cases, training facilities can be used for free.

You need money to hire an instructor or use advanced training tools, but otherwise, there are no restrictions on their use, even for new adventurers like me.

Of course, for me, who was looking for a place to test out new weapons in addition to the class, the opportunity to use the training center for free was considered a blessing in itself.

But is luck something that shines by itself?

If something comes rolling in front of me, I have to grab it somehow and try to use it.

As I was swinging the spear at the scarecrow, Marylin, who was watching from the side, took a break and asked me a question.

‘You’re working harder than I thought. I think it’s okay to take it a little easier. Is there a reason?’

Work hard…….

She did the best she could, but even that effort seemed quite surprising to her.

In reality, the guys who came to the training center only roughly wielded weapons or did what the professional instructor told them to do, rather than going all out like me.

‘Well, if I had to really ask, it would be because of the compulsion to work hard.’

‘Obsessed, you mean?’

‘Yes, so something like this happened before…’ ….’

First of all, we are a country that values adaptability and sincerity as its strengths, but even I didn’t work this hard in my previous life.

Nevertheless, the reason why people who watch it come out with admiration is probably because past experiences had a big influence.

This is from my experience when I assisted a warrior who was active with support from the church.

“Don’t look.”

“But… ….”

“It’s none of your business. “Don’t look.”

At that time, anyone could see that she was in a precarious situation, but she was still accepting her situation with a calm face.

That patience is so great that even I, who have a lot of patience, really admire it.

But even so, it still couldn’t take away interest.

“…… “Isn’t that dangerous?”

While I was running through the dungeon, the lower half of her body, which led me forward to find a place for her to pray, had fallen into a trap in the hallway.

“It’s okay. “I can go out on my own at any time.”

“No, I don’t think you can come out… ….”

“I am just calming down, thinking that this is also the Lord’s will. “Never mind, just do your thing.”

She is a damn nun who stubbornly glares at me despite her situation.

But it wasn’t easy to be told to leave to do something.

Many of the burdens I carry are items used to set up a ‘simple altar’ that she needs when she prays, and what I had to do before she fell into the trap was to set up this altar myself.

“… Should I call someone?”

“How many times have I told you that I don’t need it?”

“Because it’s right next to me, I can easily take it out if I call it… ….”

“Ha, this is why people have no faith.”

A person without religious beliefs.

This was what she habitually said when she saw someone who disagreed with her.

No, to be exact, this is what warriors who receive support from the church mainly say.

In addition to the halo of being a warrior, they are given the power given by God, so they tend to value their faith in the god they serve more than anything else.

“You, please sit there for now.”

“… Yes?”

“I was told to sit down because I thought I needed to give a sermon.”

Ah, yes. If you want to criticize, you should criticize.

With such resignation, she put down her luggage and sat across from us. After clearing her throat, she continued speaking with her hands clasped in front of her.

“Mr porter. “What do you think faith is?”

“… “It’s faith in God.”

“And faith means waiting. “Heaven bestows miracles on those who know how to persevere, and I too am trying to follow that teaching and silently accept my current situation as a trial.”

“Oh, yes. Okay.”

You speak well.

In reality, they feel ashamed of having fallen into a trap, so they don’t want to get out right away.

“What is that expression? “Do you think I’m talking nonsense?”

“Oh, no. How could I think something like that without even knowing the topic? “Everything the warrior says is correct.”

“Let’s stop talking nonsense. I can feel you looking at me funny from the look on your face right now…. Hyaan!?”

As I was voicing my frustration after seeing through my true intentions when making excuses, a harsh groan escaped my mouth.

Afterwards, her face became red and she started shaking her body, looking down with her frowning eyes at her hole where her own body was stuck.

“Ah, ah, ugh! Hah~♡”

“…Why are you doing that?”

“Something, like a sticky tentacle, is crawling up my leg… Ah, ah, ah~&”

Oh my, is there a tentacle-type monster approaching from below?

“I’ll help you!”

“It’s okay, it’s okay! This much… Profit!”

As soon as I tried to reach for her hand, she threw both of her hands down on the floor.

As soon as the light that spread with him penetrated her body, her body, which had been twitching before, calmed down and peace came to her face.

“Whew, I feel relieved with this.”

“…Are you putting a barrier on your body?”

“Yes, while the barrier is maintained, the monsters in this basement will not be able to pollute my pure body.”

Barrier.

It is a technique that any priest can create using the power of God, but the barrier she uses is different from what other priests use.

Through her awakened abilities as a warrior, she is able to block not only physical attacks but also ‘conceptual things’ that do not exist in reality.

Not only mental attacks, but also sensory parts such as the nerves of the body.

“Of course, it would be unpleasant to stutter outside the barrier, but since I also used a spell to block the senses used for meditation, I can tolerate it.”

“…If you have that kind of power, wouldn’t it be better to use it to escape?”

“Please be quiet. “What are you talking about that you know about faith?”

I said this not because of faith, but because I wanted to use my power efficiently.

Damn, how much time is left to conquer the dungeon, so why am I wasting my strength like this just because of stubbornness?

“As I have said many times, those who do not have faith do not feel the need to wait. The Lord will one day grant a miracle to those who pray and prove their patience…….”

After that, the damn nun gave a sermon about having to wait for a miracle to come, like an Indian prayer for rain.

Usually, when others were fighting, he would not put up a barrier and would suddenly point out what others were doing and preach to them to stop the blood.

As a porter, I can only watch from afar, but seeing him preach in such an ugly manner with only the lower half of his body confined, I felt my blood pressure rise in real time…….

“I’ll say it again, waiting is a virtue that people need. “The more difficult it is for people like you, those who do not have faith and have not been able to awaken their proper strength, the more they must feel the need for patience.”

A damn nun who, without realizing it, repeats boring words that would make you hit the principal’s lecture with a Dempsey Roll.

But it was impossible for an outsider like me to be angry with a warrior who received God’s blessing.

I need to make money quickly and start my own adventure.

For a moment, she thought about it in her mind and just agreed to agree. At some point, her eyes caught the sight of her face turning pale.

“So, always keep it in her heart. If you pray to the Lord, it will come true. Then you will have the strength to overcome any danger in this difficult world……. Ugh!”

“Are you okay?”

“Gwae, how many times have I told you it’s okay…” …. Ugh!”

She complained of nausea as if something was rising from inside her.

But the cause was not immediately known.

Because she had blocked her senses with her own abilities, she couldn’t tell exactly where and how something was wrong.

“Well, something. Strange. The Lord’s divine protection must be protecting my body, so why…….”

She waved her hand as if even the woman who had been preaching before could not overlook her abnormality, and she appeared in front of him in the status window corresponding to her share.

Perhaps, in conjunction with her ability, she can also check the state of the barrier she struck.

And……

“Huh, huh? “Is the barrier broken?”

Embarrassment comes out reflexively.

Afterwards, as she looked down at her hole, her face began to turn red with such intense anger that it drove away her paleness.

“No, that’s ridiculous. So, my body now……. Ahhh!! You filthy sprite! How dare you make fun of this pure body dedicated to the Lord!!”

“… “Is the situation serious?”

“You wouldn’t know it if you looked at it!? What are you doing! Don’t just stay there, call someone right now……. “Cough!”

Damn it, if this is going to happen, I should have called you a long time ago!

I quickly threw away my luggage and called the people at the base camp, and they followed me with slow steps, not realizing the seriousness of the situation.

Investing hours in her prayers was a daily routine for her.

So, everyone probably thought that there wouldn’t be any problem if I made a fuss……

“Eh, egg, extreme…” ….”

When we arrived, what appeared was a figure with its always majestic upper body hunched over.

It was a serious sight for anyone to see him unable to get out of the hole and twisting with his upper body on the floor.

“Here! “Please dig up the ground quickly!”

“Damn, what the hell is going on!?”

Her party members, who belatedly noticed her seriousness, soon began digging up the ground where she was buried.

And soon, sand pouring down from the bottom of the dam.

The moment such an empty scene was revealed, everyone’s mouths, including mine, fell open.

Yes, there is nothing that should be there.

“Eh, huh?”

The person who saw the scene together.

He opened his mouth, which was soon gushing out blood, and spoke with difficulty.

“My, my lower body, where did it go…” ….”

Sobbing in despair.

Immediately after that, a roar came from the ground! A rising mass of tentacles wrapped around the remaining upper body and soon dragged it to the ground.

And then there was a rumbling sound that followed.

“aaah! “It’s a sensory-deprived, man-eating monster!”

I ran away from that spot without even looking back.

***

“… In that way, she came to think that if she were to lean on the sky like that nun, she could be eaten away without her knowledge, so she should work hard when she gets the chance to take action.”

“Uh, um. Okay.”

As I looked back on the past and explained why I put so much effort into training, Marylin, who was listening to my story next to me, stared at me with a blank expression on her face.

That’s strange. Considering her personality, she might crack a few jokes.

Isn’t this a pretty common story in this world?