I Became an Academy Baldo User

To the forest of the wise (3)

After running for a few days, relying on the crude map, which is embarrassing to even call it a map, I finally came to a place where I could see the forest, but there was nothing but anxiety in my heart.

‘Is this really right?’

There were no problems with the forest itself. It was an ordinary forest with no difference compared to other forests.

Even in the forest called the sage’s forest, the appearance was normal, but the reason why I felt strange was because of the village next to it.

The village, about 30 minutes away by horseback, looked like an ordinary village, just like the wise men’s forest.

One of the villages in my hometown was close to the mountain, and it looked similar to that one.

‘No, why is there a village near the forest with dangerous beasts?’

From the looks of it, even the poor barriers surrounding the village could be pierced by wild dogs and goblins.

Looking at the map, there was a house-shaped sign near the forest, but I thought there must be a small hut. But there must have been a village.

‘Would you like to go… .’

If there is an inn with a stable, I can go alone without having to go to the forest with Silence.

Besides, since it’s a village right next to the sage’s forest, I’d be able to get information I didn’t know.

Having made that decision, I immediately drove the Silence towards the village over there.

The closer I got to the village, the more I thought that it was an ordinary village, watching old people sitting peacefully on the tree trunk as chairs and children running around happily.

But when I went to the center of town for a while, I changed my mind a bit.

‘What is that?’

In the center of the village, it was common to see in an ordinary city, but it was impossible to find in a rural village like this.

A large bronze statue made of brass.

The statue, which looked quite plausible, probably made by a skilled craftsman, was a statue of a man riding on a wolf.

‘… Is that the man named Pier?’

As I approached the statue and looked at the inscriptions on the pedestal below, I expected this statue to be a statue of a magic swordsman named Pier.

The statue of Pierre, riding on a wolf, raised his hand holding the staff high, as if he was saying that he was better at magic than swords during his lifetime.

‘But why is this statue in a rural village… .’

The material cost is also material cost for the statue, but to make it properly, you had to hire a skilled sculptor.

Right away, when I tried to make a statue of Baldojae to show my respect, I couldn’t because I didn’t have the money.

So there was no way such a great statue could exist in such a dreary rural town.

“Here, old man! Let me ask you something!”

“Uh? what but… ?”

I asked the old man sitting leisurely at the base of a tree.

“What is this statue? I know it’s rude, but it’s a pretty good statue for a country town like this.”

“Why a statue? Why is it so strange to have a statue in a tourist attraction?”

“… … Is it a tourist destination?”

As he tilted his head, saying what a joke, the old man playfully tapped his mouth and said:

“this… The word “tourist” is an understatement. If you want to know more, go to the souvenir shop over there instead of this old man.”

“… … Souvenir shop?”

The old man left those words and got up from his seat and left for somewhere.

“Well? Uh, come on!”

It had been a long time since a customer had come, so the man who had been half asleep with his face in the pedestal got up quickly.

There was a lot of saliva on the corners of his mouth, so if I hadn’t come, he would have slept like this.

“Sorry for making this look ugly. But what did you come here for? If it’s the best souvenir, this is… .”

“that is… I have something I want to ask you a little.”

Having said that, the man showed an openly annoyed look. I didn’t like the way it looked, so I put some gold coins on the shelf and said.

“Please answer me sincerely.”

Seeing the gold coins on the shelf, the man hurriedly lit up the flowers and spoke in a stern tone.

“Oh, of course it is! Just say anything! I will teach you the color of my wife’s pants!”

“No, that’s what happened… . This looks like some kind of tourist attraction, what happened?”

“I feel guilty about taking advantage of the death of a great person, but it is because many magic swordsmen come to visit Pierre-sama.”

Every year, during the presumed anniversary of Pierre’s anniversary, many magic swordsmen come to this town to honor the great magic swordsman, Pier.

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Most of the magic swordsmen were nobles, and the nobles spent a lot of money, so the money that came in in that short period was too much for the village to return to.

How big of a profit would it have been to build such a wonderful statue in the center of the village?

“By the way, if the date is the due date, what is the period estimated as the due date?”

“Yeah, that’s because we didn’t know exactly when he died.”

There were too many doubts about Pierre’s death. Everything from why he came to this forest to how he met his death was wrapped in a veil.

Therefore, many doubts were raised about Pierre’s death. From whether he is actually alive, to the story of being assassinated by a rival prosecutor… .

Because of that, there was a lot of commotion at the time, but in the end, nothing has been revealed to this day.

“But no one knows how he died, so how do they know he died?”

“There is credible testimony.”

A few days after Pierre entered the forest, the high spirits of the earth who made a contract with Pierre directly told the village chief at the time.

At first, few believed it, but after weeks and months of Pierre’s disappearance, in the end, everyone was forced to accept it.

Search teams were sent over and over again to retrieve even Pierre’s body, but all were annihilated and no one returned except for one.

“Did he bring Marang’s information?”

“Sir, do you know about Marang?! As the customer said, I learned that there is a marang in the forest with his information.”

Perhaps he could not accept his master’s death, the wolf he was riding on became a beast and tore apart all enemies approaching his master.

The knights were dispatched to subdue Marang, who became a beast, but after the first encounter with Marang, the knights withdrew and the mission to subdue Marang was suspended.

The reason was that the loss was greater than the gain gained by subjugating Marang.

At that time, the king judged that the loss caused by subjugating Marang was greater than the gain of acquiring the armor of Pier, a famous magic swordsman.

“200 years since then. Occasionally, idiots who want to defeat Marang and find the hero’s armor come here, but none of them succeed.”

There were some guys who left Marang behind and only looked for the body, but none of them succeeded and they all became Marang’s meals.

“Then why do you live here? Can’t Marang come down to this town?”

“no! Nothing like that has happened in 200 years! Marang does not move in the depths of the forest.”

So, rumors are circulating that Pier’s corpse is in the place Marang made his territory.

I nodded my head, understanding roughly what was going on with Marang and Pier, and the man cautiously asked me.

“By the way, did the customer come to subjugate Marang?”

“Otherwise, why did you come here? I came here because I need materials for the new sword I will make.”

“No, just for that reason?! Better to quit! You seem young, but you must cherish your life!!”

That’s just the reason… I can make a more satisfying foot, shouldn’t I be able to risk my life?

I said kindly to him, who didn’t know much about Baldo because he lived in such a rural area.

“I can do a more satisfying baldo, but isn’t it cheap enough for my life?”

“… … Yes?”

Whether you die when you are young or die when you are old, it is the same death anyway. If it is the same death, it is better to live a more satisfying life.

Despite the reluctance of the souvenir shop owner, I left him behind and found a stable to put Silence in.

Silence couldn’t run faster against a good junma or a beast, even a beast comparable to a young dragon.

I left Silence at the stable attached to the dormitory for worshipers, and just before I left, I recalled Marang’s story and looked back at Silence.

‘If I die, will that guy become a beast and protect my body?’

It’s not going to happen, but I’m sure it’s because of how well I’ve done it.

Even though I didn’t call it myself, didn’t I even give it a wonderful name, Baldomaru?

Baldomaru… No, when I returned to Silence and stroked his head, Silence looked at me with a sad expression.

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Maybe this is called tsundere, right? He’s a surprisingly cute guy.

Again leaving Silence behind and heading to the wise man’s forest, I proceeded along the rough forest path and advanced to the depths of the forest where Marang was.

After an hour like that, after continuing through the forest like that, I—

“… I’m fucking lost.”

Lost.