I Became the Snow Woman I Made

34 – Red Calamity (2)

Death struggle with adventurers and pursuit by Holy Knights.

Up to the fierce battle with the two seven apostles.

The exhausted Nel Sartilla lay collapsed in the alley behind him.

“Ha… Damn…”

A shady stench.

A soiled rat was running around, but he didn’t care. It’s not a sight I’ve seen once or twice.

However, I was very hungry and had no stamina.

I’m used to it, but I’m not used to it.

“…I might pass out at this rate.”

A weak arm.

I forced myself to move.

I can’t stand it anymore.

I needed blood.

“Where have all these bastards gone…”

The underworld’s small pikes and unrecoverable garbage.

Maybe because of the Holy Knights, they couldn’t even see their noses. That’s not really helpful.

It was a meaningless lament.

Such low-level blood is useless in this level of physical condition. Just don’t get tired.

I needed very dense virgin blood.

It must be very noble and noble.

But there’s no way a woman like that would be nearby…

“······· Huh?”

There was.

I could feel that kind of presence.

What is it? How many women like that are on the continent?

“Ugh.”

There was no time to think deeply.

My head started dizzy. If I fell here, it would really be the end.

Nell strode toward her goal.

······The Four Seasons War, a masterpiece poured over many years.

I enjoyed playing various games with numerous characters to suck the marrow.

Two secondary characters from the 109 Set, the main one being Snow Woman Quillier.

Excluding the overpowering Black Knight, Jinjo’s strength was at the top level. However, unlike the Black Knight, it also had a fatal flaw.

Nell, who had approached her like a drunk, stood close to her.

“·······.”

Blood red hair and ruby eyes.

Her clothes were shabby, not a dedicated costume, and they were worn out here and there.

My heart was close to astonishment.

Linkage to Four Seasons War II.

I thought I was the only one possessed by the snow woman. Her anguish didn’t last.

“Over there.”

Said Nell.

She stood there barely supporting her limp leg. I looked at her silently.

“I’ll ask you a favor.”

It was like walking in a dream.

From his appearance to his personality and abilities, he was a character I created with my own hands.

It came alive in front of me.

How should I describe that feeling?

“Would you like some blood?”

Frustrating eyes and a sharp tone.

As it was, she smiled awkwardly. Even if she thinks to herself, it’s as if it’s ridiculous.

“…Blood?”

I murmured softly.

What would a normal person think?

Modern people might have thought of the vampire legend.

But what about the inhabitants of this world?

If it were a world where neither snow women nor vampires existed, nothing about them would exist.

The reaction must have been fear or disgust.

The negative emotions she must have received countless times.

Nell smiled embarrassed.

“As expected… Is it strange?”

My attitude has always been cold.

I was a snow woman while she was a vampire. Nell’s face was stained with her exhaustion.

“It’s not strange.”

It was an inadvertent remark.

One was sincere.

It was not strange at all for a vampire to vampirize.

······It may be different from the standpoint of acceptance.

Nell’s eyes widened as if he hadn’t guessed.

“… What?”

One of Jinjo’s penalties, vampirism.

You need blood to use your power, and if you don’t have enough blood, your mind and body collapse.

Nell asked cautiously.

“Are you offering blood?”

A faint anticipation shone in her red eyes.

But I couldn’t respond.

“No, I can’t.”

“Uh… What?”

Because Snow Woman doesn’t bleed.

Having betrayed her expectations, Nell hardened her expression again.

“Hey! What are you doing? Who are you kidding?”

I think you thought you were playing with it.

Her eyes narrowed fiercely and she became angry. Then she let out a laugh as if in despair.

“So, you don’t like me too? Because of this damn curse… I’m a fool for expecting it. I’m a jerk.”

“·······.”

Two Penalties of Jinjo, Curse of Blood.

Seeing her, her creatures feel an instinctive sense of avoidance.

As a prey with food, blood is afraid of predators.

Why did you put this setting?

When shaping Jinjo, I focused on the dangerous atmosphere and bloody charm.

A lone vampire wandering around without being able to belong anywhere… Isn’t that cool?

No, I thought it was cool.

Until just now.

“You don’t know how I feel. How a person who is hated only feels! You’re very good.”

Nell shouted, glaring at me intensely.

Old emotions leaked out.

I didn’t mind even looking at her. Is it because there is no blood?

I didn’t know, I replied.

“I don’t know.”

“… Mr. Lee!”

I really didn’t know.

I just knew a little bit.

“But I understand.”

“·······?!”

Nell flinched for a moment and then gnashed his teeth.

“I don’t need sympathy!”

It seems that he took my words differently.

She gnashed her teeth and rushed.

“Give me your blood!”

She doesn’t know that there are no blood vessels in my body.

It was intended to be taken by force in order to survive.

I dodged to the side.

With that alone, her attack was helplessly missed.

“Ugh…!”

Moreover, he even fell over.

Her condition was at its worst.

“Stop it.”

I said it like it was useless.

Nel clenched her fist. She opened her eyes, disapproving of the gaze looking down.

“I can’t stop. I, I can’t die like this!”

She struggled to stand up and rushed.

I couldn’t help it. I grabbed her arm as she came running.

I just thought to calm down.

“Health…!”

However, something unexpected happened.

Nel let out a shriek at her and threw her off balance. Right before she fell, she looked at her pupils in bewilderment and questioning.

Warmth seeped into her chest.

I came to hold her fainting unconsciously.

“… Huh?”

What happened?

Before I could answer my question, I heard footsteps.

I turned my head

“Huh, heh heh…”

“Mr. Quilière!”

It was Cigna and Kelly.

Did you follow me?

“Are you alright? Why all of a sudden… Hick!”

As Cigna asked me how I was doing, she raised her voice.

His eyes were on Nell.

“Th-what is that person? Something is sinister!”

“That’s… Wealth, red disaster!?”

“…The Red Calamity? Who is that?”

The two made a fuss.

There was not even a hint of positive emotion in his eyes looking at Nell. I regretted it.

Set the concept in moderation.

“The Red Disaster, why is it called that?”

I asked Kelly.

He was a bit harsh, as if to interrogate. Kelly responded, taken aback.

“Rumors of a disaster immediately after the flood…”

“Why did the rumor spread?”

“···That’s me, I don’t know too much. The citizens just said that, and the official letter from the temple fell out… So…”

I furrowed my eyebrows.

I’m suspicious. Rumors spread so quickly just because you were noticed for a short time.

Moreover, the nickname disaster was not given carelessly.

“Anyway, that’s great! The Red Calamity is the highest-ranking wanted man and has a huge bounty. Take him right away—”

“I’m not going.”

“… Huh?”

Kelly narrowed her eyes.

His expression was that he didn’t know what he was talking about.

I argued.

“Nell is not a disaster.”

It was a cold assertion.

The quiet hall was filled with only the sound of the wind. Kelly asked questioningly.

“…How do you know that? I’ve seen it for sure. He’s sucking people’s blood.”

“It can’t be helped.”

“Yes? Is there a reason for that atrocity? That woman has the blood of an innocent person—”

“There’s nothing to worry about. He won’t be innocent.”

If my settings were definitely applied.

Nell will not be a troublesome person to anyone. She has her own beliefs and convictions.

The reason he was targeting me was because I was driven to the edge of a precipice.

However, it was difficult to hope for understanding.

“What the hell are you talking about…”

Kelly murmured dejectedly.

The eyes looking at me were different from before. From his point of view, I was a disaster helper.

At that time, Cigna, who was looking at us alternately, raised her voice.

“Mr. Quilly! No, no. Red Calamity… That person is being chased by the Holy Knights right now? If you help, Mr. Quilly won’t do any good!”

“…Mr. Quilly?”

When did I become Mr. Quilly just because I saw it?

Anyway, she was right. As long as Nell was the target of the Knights, I wouldn’t be of much help.

We need to restore Nell.

I didn’t know what would happen if I was caught falsely accused of being a disaster.

However, I can’t give blood.

I needed another method.

“Mr. Quilly, don’t do that—”

“Don’t come closer.”

Cigna approaches as if trying to persuade.

But I saw. Her hands were around her waist, and her eyes were sharp.

She was an adventurer with a gold plate.

It was a stage that could only be reached by pursuing desire while crossing the line.

I opened my hand and summoned magic power.

Hwaaah-!

A cold chill and a piercing wind blew.

Snowstorm.

Unlike before, the control was relaxed.

“Great Magic…!”

The startled Cigna stunned.

I warned her.

“Hands off. Nell or me or whatever.”

Then, I moved with Nell in my arms.

An inn in Disdel.

I rented a room on the second floor with the fainting Nell on my back. The waitress looked at her strangely, but she didn’t know that Nell was a rumor scourge.

“Huh…”

There was a gentle breathing sound.

Lying on the bed, Nell was asleep with a comfortable face. There is no trace of the former sharpness.

For her, it will be a break for her ebb and flow.

“…Nel Sartilla.”

She muttered the name.

The name was also created by me.

I didn’t stay up all night for three days, but I finally made up my mind with that feeling.

The setting was the same.

There wasn’t a single thing that was sloppy.

That desire changed her life drastically.

“·······.”

It was my fault.

It’s not my fault, but it was.

Anyway, I couldn’t leave it like this.

I was relieved that it was not the birth of another disaster, but Nel would die at this rate.

That’s not okay.

Because she is more important to me than Artan.

“…The red disaster.”

As she muttered, Nell accidentally tossed and turned.

I don’t know what caused it to be called the Red Disaster, but the curse must have had a big impact on the rumors.

‘The Curse of Blood’ is one of the main settings of Jinjo.

I couldn’t touch the settings in the usual way.

If she was also linked on the day I fell, she would have pursued the method for a long time, but would have failed.

To begin with, there was a solution.

There is, but…

“Wait a minute.”

I shook my head and focused on the immediate situation.

Sleep is only a temporary measure.

Fundamental recovery must be done with vampirism.

I turned my back and headed outside.

I had to seek blood before the Holy Knights came, and it was good to have allies.

I just remembered one person.

Since there would be no personal grudge against Nell, it would have been possible with a little coaxing…

“·······.”

A quiet room after Quilière left.

Nell’s eyes slowly opened.

Adventurers Guild.

Attention was again drawn to my appearance, but I looked around the inside without hesitation.

I found my target and approached it. Cigna in front of the bulletin board saw me and flinched.

“Looking for a request?”

I spoke calmly.

As if he didn’t know anything about the past.

“Uh… Isn’t it?”

Cigna accepted it without hesitation.

No, I went beyond that and continued the conversation from my side.

“You spent 10 gold coins on the way. That’s a lot of money! You have to earn it while you can. Originally, I was aiming for the Red Calamity’s bounty, but…”

She glanced at me.

I didn’t even nod, she laughed hee hee.

“It’s probably impossible, right? I don’t even have the confidence to beat Mr. Quilly.”

“Good idea.”

This is why I like snowstorms.

First of all, people who have seen it as great magic know and overestimate me.

Afterwards, Cigna changed her expression to a serious one.

“By the way, Red Calamity… Is Nell Sartilla okay? You’re not going to just attack Kelly, are you? I’m asking because you seem to know him well.”

“If your brother hadn’t done something.”

He wasn’t the first person to argue with.

When I conveyed that nuance, she nodded her head sternly.

Then she went limp.

“Then I’m glad… Ahhh. I don’t know what to do now. I received a letter saying that I was in danger and asking to get rid of the disaster, and I ran to it a month later…

“Do adventurers only make requests?”

At my words, she pondered.

“Isn’t that the case? Sometimes he finds a job without a request… And sometimes receives a nomination request. The former is like Treasure Hunter, and the latter is like a mercenary.”

“A nomination request?”

When I asked a question, Cigna raised her eyelids.

“Are you interested? A nomination request literally picks adventurers and gives them assignments… It takes some performance. Even if you don’t do well, you have to become a stealth adventurer for a month? Or you won’t be nominated!”

She shrugged her shoulders proudly.

She is an adventurer with a gold plate, so her performance must be overflowing.

I was troubled.

A veteran adventurer with excellent hearing. He was a very talented person with a friendly personality.

How much do you need?

“They said work was empty, right?”

“Yes? Yes.”

“I will nominate you.”

I declared and spilled the bag on the round table.

Cheer Leuk!

The sound of gold coins clashing echoed clearly. Cigna’s eyes widened to the size of a lantern, and the alarm of her adventurers was heard.

“Well, what is that! How much is that?!”

“How many times my annual salary… I wonder if he was a high-ranking adventurer after all!”

People who live and die on money were almost stunned.

But somehow the money came out. I took a moment to examine the bag.

“Didn’t I tell you to, uh, get your hands off it?”

Perhaps because of the dignity of a veteran, Cigna struggled to maintain her figure.

I cleared the jam and poured more money.

Cheerureuk-!

An amount equal to half of what you have has been gathered.

“······!”

Then she couldn’t hide her shock.

I packed up my bag and made another offer.

“I’ve changed my mind. I’ll make a nomination request, in the form of employment.”

Cigna looked at the gold coin with trembling eyes.

It was clear that he was rolling Crayon Shin-chan. From her point of view, a person like me would be very suspicious.

Not only her appearance, but also her helping Nell.

Not only that, but Nel, she was being chased by the Holy Knights.

It means that there may be formidable risks.

But…

“I’ll do it! I’ll do it!”

It was too much money to refuse.