chapter 35
35 – The Red Calamity (3)
The enemy of the world, the Black Calamity.
There have been cancerous organizations that follow it, but most of them have been exterminated and have disappeared.
Because of this, there is currently only one group that emerges when mentioning traitors to humanity.
Dark Saints.
The scale and prestige of these black swords cannot be underestimated, and they are divided like a dotted organization, so their entire appearance cannot be confirmed.
Surprisingly, however, their base was located in Kyoguk, not anywhere else.
“···It’s really not an ordinary monster.
“I agree with you.”
Wide joint.
In a gloomy and dark place, Adain and Bringel talked.
“The nickname Red Calamity was indeed appropriate. I thought it was an excessive nickname.”
“Let’s praise Hoeju for remembering the title.”
Adain remembered the day he first saw Nel Sartilla.
Flooded by hundreds of monsters.
A red ghost stood in the middle of the battlefield where screams and roars roared.
A mysterious monster covered in monster blood.
Wearing a human mask, she evoked fear like a monster, or worse than a monster.
Thanks to that, the work was easy.
“Isn’t it a real disaster?”
“That can’t be the case. I’m sure I couldn’t overcome my temper and invaded the sanctuary somewhere. I wonder if that’s how the curse falls.”
Bringel replied seriously to Adain’s joke. He rubbed his bald head and twisted the corner of his mouth.
“She doesn’t hold our hands until she gets to that point anyway. She is a very foolish woman. She longs for the affection of people who have abandoned her to the end.”
She and herself were fundamentally the same.
It was in terms of being the enemy of mankind. Beings that humans can’t accept.
“I agree. Anyway, he must be in a state of exhaustion. He should be able to subdue him easily.”
Nel had already fought fierce battles with many, but she was a formidable enemy nonetheless.
However, that was also a limitation. The two seven apostles, who had finished reporting to the congregation, acted.
“Indignation and resentment tend to pool in the eyes. I have seen clear marks on it.”
Shake it a little more, and you’ll be able to take it down.
Adventurers Guild.
I asked Cigna, who accepted the nomination request at a table in the corner.
“Are you okay?”
He was saying this because he saw me helping the Red Calamity. I definitely needed to point it out.
Cigna smiled.
“That’s okay! Adventurers don’t actually belong to the state. Money is the master!”
“The owner…”
“Yes, yes! There are so many people who went on a hemp hunt to make a lot of money and never came back. It’s good if they just returned! Thank goodness!”
“·······.”
It was a scary world.
I don’t want to be an adventurer.
Contrary to my concerns, Cigna was always outgoing.
“Of course, this is also difficult, but the pay is high, so it’s okay. I’m worried that I’ll run into the Holy Knights or something… But I’ll believe my ears!”
You said it was a thousand miles.
I don’t know what the level of hearing is, but it should be helpful in detecting a crisis.
“No matter how hard it is, if I think I’m going to die, I’ll run away!”
“That won’t happen. I won’t fight the Holy Knights.”
Perhaps.
It was too risky and inefficient.
“I’ll help Nell, though.”
I don’t know what kind of flow the situation will take, but that was the standard for the moment.
Perhaps this was an unexpected answer, Cigna turned bright.
“Really? Yes? I rather like it!”
A smile bloomed across his face.
He seemed happy at the thought that he had made a lot of money easily. Well, is it really so?
“Follow me.”
First of all, the most important task came first.
I headed to the inn with Cigna accompanying me.
Accommodation Ryokan 2nd floor room.
Nell was curled up in bed like an ignorant child. The regular sound of breathing spread a little and then dissipated.
She has nothing to hate, but Cigna wrinkled her nose.
“… I’m sorry to say this to Mr. Nell, but I can’t get used to it. It feels like standing in front of hemp water…?”
“I guess so.”
I nodded in understanding.
Such is the curse of blood.
Those with blood had no choice but to feel ominous and reluctant.
“… Hmm.”
I’m sorry again.
I keep thinking that I made it that way for no reason. I got closer and looked down at Nell.
His complexion improved a little.
I was about to touch her for a fever, but Nell jumped up.
“Whoa!”
Then she fell out of the pababak-bed and she bounced and straightened herself up.
“…?”
What is it? Something happened in an instant
Nell shouted, as if he didn’t mind my puzzling.
“Cow, don’t touch me!”
She covered herself with both hands and stared at me terrified.
······The words and actions made me look very bad.
Well, I understand that you may not like stranger touches.
She asked a different question than that.
“Were you awake?”
I thought you were sleeping.
Nell was taken aback, startled.
“······Uh, ah no. It just happened.”
“…Is that so?”
It was hard to believe easily.
Still, this is also understandable.
From her point of view, it would be difficult for her to trust me, the first time she saw her today.
“That… Mr. Nell? Hello! Hello, hello!”
From the side, Cigna cheerfully greeted them.
Nell narrowed her eyes as if he had finally noticed her.
“What else are you?”
“I’m an ally~ I’m here to help~ Let’s get along!”
Cigna showed off its unique affinity.
However, even her knocks had no effect on Nell. Nell snorted at her.
“What? Aguun? Are you friendly?”
There was contempt in his rough voice.
She held out her hand and groaned.
“Then grab it.”
“… Huh?”
Cigna was taken aback.
Nell looked straight at her as if to judge her.
“He said he was an ally. Can’t you hold a hand?”
Slightly avoiding her gaze, Cigna took a deep breath and said.
“I’ll try.”
She sneaked up to Nell and stared blankly at her hand for a moment.
I reached out my hand cautiously.
As her trembling hand moved closer to Nell, Cigna’s eyes sank into a warm color.
“… Ha.”
Nell’s expression darkened.
Nel, who turned the darkness into a fishy sneer, cut off Cigna’s hand.
Tak-!
“Kyaaak!”
“Look, you can’t. Don’t say things you don’t mean to say.”
The expression in his eyes shook with anger.
After seeing the series of processes, I felt uncomfortable.
I hired them at most, but what are they doing without holding hands?
I had no choice but to step out.
“I’ll try.”
I took a step and stretched out my hand towards Nell.
It was intended to show the image of resolutely catching up. However, an oddity occurred.
“Hey!”
Nell screamed at my approach and ran away from her. Only my hand pitifully cut through the air.
“… Huh?”
“You, you are done!”
It was an outright rejection.
I tried to soothe Nell’s wounds, but instead I was hurt.
Why are you avoiding me?
Is there a characteristic of the snow woman that I don’t know about?
Like the curse of the eye.
Nell said with a hardened face as he was in agony inside.
“So what’s the purpose? Why are you helping me?”
It was a question full of deep doubts.
Underlying was the conviction that there would be some purpose in helping him.
“Purpose?”
I was deeply troubled by her words.
Nell would have nothing to do with her screenplay progress. Because she is a person who would not have existed in this world in the first place.
The reason she helped her was because of my selfishness.
Because they are very special to me. And if you lead it in a good direction, it will be of great help to the world.
It’s her strength, because I know it well.
I couldn’t say anything like that.
So I said ‘I’ll tell you later’. No, i was going to
“I don’t know.”
“…What, what?”
Nell raised his eyebrows as if this was an unexpected answer.
“What are you talking about! Reveal the purpose!”
“Don’t waste it.”
“What? You—”
“Are you complaining about helping?”
I was used to my way of speaking, so I reacted calmly.
It was just a push.
Nell’s expression was astonishing, as if he had never seen such an impudent person.
She twitched her eyes and pointed at Cigna.
“Then what is this guy? Why is he suddenly talking nonsense about me as an ally?”
“Yes yes? Me?”
Cigna, who was hesitantly absorbed, suddenly reacted.
The eyes of the two focused on me at once.
“Temporary colleagues.”
I said.
Nell clicked her tongue, and Cigna laughed.
However, my words are not over yet.
“… Cum human serum.”
The expressions of the two intersected at the coldly recited words.
I gave advice to Nell to solve the question.
“You must drink blood.”
“Blood… Huh?”
She made an expression that seemed to doubt her ears.
The only vampire.
Until now, no one would have welcomed her vampirism. Not to mention, he couldn’t have imagined urging the other side to drink blood.
“You, you! You know about me, right?!”
“The Red Disaster?”
“Yes! I’m being treated like that now! Vampirism is my means of recovery. If you help it, you’ll be stamped on by the Church!”
In fact, at the true ancestor level, it does not interfere with life activities even if it does not vamp.
If you use a lot of power, you have to replenish it.
The target is women rather than men.
Being young is better than being old, and being strong and beautiful was the icing on the cake.
Nell screamed desperately as if to vent her anger.
“So-“
“Are the rumors true?”
She cut her words like a blade.
Nel pursed her lips.
“What…?”
“You’re a catastrophe, are you going to do the same thing as a black catastrophe?”
“That’s…”
She was speechless.
But she soon responded with confidence.
“···No. I don’t. Why would you do such a thing? There’s nothing to be gained.”
“Right? Then recover quickly. I’m not doing charity work either.”
Nell looked at me with a different look than before.
She murmured softly.
“It’s not charity…”
Then he nodded as if he had reached a conclusion.
“Okay. You can do it.”
It seemed that he had made up his mind.
I was also a little embarrassed by her choice.
At this moment, the two of us seemed to connect, albeit briefly.
Then a colic-breaking voice interrupted.
“Hey… I’m sorry to interrupt because you two are talking about something very serious… I think I’m misunderstanding something… But I still have to say this……”
It was Cigna.
She, with her earthy complexion, opened her mouth in a stutter.
“In the end… Isn’t it me who is in charge of this…?”
“Right.”
Clearly acknowledged.
She had to suffer because I had no blood.
Cigna’s complexion turned even bluer at my confirmation. She shouted.
“Why why! Why me! Why do I have to give my pure, clean and precious blood to this person! What crime did I commit in my previous life!”
“A request for nomination.”
“·······Yes, yes?”
“You got the money.”
There are many reasons for giving a large amount of money.
It wasn’t that much money for me.
Cigna looked like a gambler who had been bitten by a loan shark.
“I can’t believe there was such a vicious scheme…! I’ll return it too! Cancel! Cancel the request!”
“It’s too late.”
“Four…?”
“Cancellation requires mutual agreement.”
There was no such clause.
She just said she gave money, and the fact that she was here meant no more.
I winked at Nell.
She understood perfectly.
“Hey. Excuse me.”
Nel awkwardly approached Cigna.
Cigna was frightened.
“Don’t come! Don’t come! Why do people eat people’s blood!”
“I guess I’m not human.”
“No! Then it’s even worse! You’re definitely going to suck a lot of blood and mummify it!
“Oh, just one bite.”
Cigna was young.
Since she went on an adventure with a gold plate, her skills were guaranteed.Her appearance was also objectively pretty.
Overall, it was a good serum.
“If it came out like this… Kyaa!”
The moment Cigna placed her hand on her rapier, a light chill wrapped around her feet.
Nell easily caught her as she lost her balance. She
She then bit the scruff of her white neck.
“Hyaaah…!”
Cigna couldn’t speak, only her mouth twitching like her goldfish. Nell was hungry and greedily drank her blood.
Her eyes were hard to hear.
She tried to get away, but her body seemed to have no strength, and Signa stretched out.
Only her moans echoed through the room.
“Haaa!”
But the sound was a bit strange.
I awkwardly averted my gaze. Soon after, I heard a noise outside and someone knocked on the door.
-What kind of kites are messing around in broad daylight!
-Noisy! Don’t you know that soundproofing here isn’t good?!
“·······.”
Soundproofing is poor.
I learned something new.
After drinking enough, Nell put Cigna aside and stood up. Bright red eyes looked at me.
“Now I’m going to live.”
Before I knew it, the tiredness had disappeared.
Although not completely recovered, it seems that he has regained a considerable amount of strength.
Her eyes looking at me were complicated.
“You-“
“…Run away.”
When she opened her mouth, the voice of her signa was heard. Cigna had fallen out of bed and had her hand over her ear.
“The sound of multiple footsteps… Regular and even the sound of armor… The Holy Knights… They’re coming this way…”
“What? I don’t hear anything like that—”
“Nell.”
If her ears truly fell within the realm of supernatural powers, common sense would not be able to judge them.
She assumed that what she said was true.
“See you next time.”
“·······.”
Nell didn’t answer.
She just nodded as she read some air currents and she quickly ran away through her window.
“Follow it… It’s a red disaster… They say…”
“… That’s right.”
Thankfully, Cigna even relayed her.
I was relieved at first.
I’ve recovered to some extent, so I won’t be caught.
At that time, the number of people outside the door increased.
-Really? From midday?
-That’s right! I heard you carefully.
It was a noisy atmosphere.
You are free to misunderstand, but I had a hunch that getting caught would be very troublesome.
I used transfiguration to turn into fog.
Then he escaped through the window.
“Uh, uh uh…? Excuse me…!”
Just before that, Cigna’s confused voice was heard.
Sorry, but it was a necessary sacrifice.
“Follow me!”
“I went over there!”
The Holy Knights have disappeared to the other side.
The coveted Nell hiding in her alley finally released her powers and sat down when she completely disappeared.
“Ha ha.”
Success.
Well done.
She sighed and reflected on her recent events.
Even thinking about it again, it was a miraculous survival.
Starting from adventurers, the Holy Knights. In addition to that, there was even an attack by some crazy black robes—probably the Dark Saints.
There was no way there would be any blood left.
When I got to the point of exhaustion, I thought it was over.
“What the hell…”
What comes to mind is a woman with blue-white hair.
She was wearing a luxurious outfit that was out of line with her own tattered clothes.
When she was driven to the brink, she was drawn to her noble maiden features.
She didn’t drink blood, but her cold expression and tone were so clear that she thought she hated herself just like everyone else.
However, her subsequent actions did not make sense.
“Why are you helping me?”
It’s been a while since I’ve seen her, but she’s always had a cool attitude.
Same for everyone. To her, she was no different from herself or others.
That was surprising.
I’ve never been treated like that before.
Everyone looked at me with contempt and contempt…
“…No, no.”
She shook her head, trying to break the thought of being buried.
Don’t be fooled.
Because it’s clear what purpose it has.
Or else I can’t explain it.
There must have been something he wanted from me. I don’t know what it is.
I denied it as strongly as I was shaken hard.
How many times have you been deceived?
Expectations and hopes only returned to betrayal.
The moment I caught her shaking heart, I remembered the time when her hand touched it.
“Then…”
An unforgettable sensation.
I recalled a vivid and brilliant shock.
It was simply her hand.
However, the result was not simple.
The moment her cold, white hand touched her, she shuddered.
Trembling.
Indescribable goosebumps and dizziness.
To use a metaphor, it was ‘the feeling of being in touch with the world’.
“… That can’t be.”
I laughed out loud at the absurd idea.
I must have misunderstood something.
At that time, my mind and body were pushed to their limit, so it might have been a hallucination.
Rather than that, I feel more energetic now.
I’ve roughly found my strength, so I’ll check it out.
“If you get caught, don’t let go.”
Who spread the rumor like a red disaster?
Bloody eyes shimmered in the darkness.