Life in Another World With Narration

21 – Promotion Request

A new morning has dawned in Dinah Village.

The monster attack incident at the cemetery that occurred last night definitely became a hot topic among the villagers.

“Did you see it? “Yesterday, an adventurer from the punitive force that remained in the village single-handedly annihilated the monsters that came from the graveyard.”

“Oh my… “I was sleeping so I didn’t see it.”

“I heard that every time you swing the sword, blue flames come out.”

“It is said that when he flew through the sky and struck down his sword, a large hole was created in the ground.”

No, who on earth are you talking about?

The rumor about the incident that happened last night spread among the villagers, gaining weight, and the story became increasingly strange.

Well, I don’t feel bad, so I’ll leave it alone for now.

Anyway, I succeeded in killing all the undead that appeared in the cemetery that day.

The road in front of the village where the fight took place and the road to the cemetery was a complete mess.

The cemetery was completely dug up, logs and rocks were rolling everywhere, and places were burning black and smoke rising even into the morning.

There were charred bone fragments inside the hole trap, and the remains of the skeletons I had smashed were strewn at the entrance to the village.

“Oh! “Aren’t you the town’s hero?”

“Ahahahaha…….”

As I was walking around the village, thinking about what happened last night, a villager came up to me and greeted me warmly.

Maybe it’s because of the strangely exaggerated rumors that spread, but everyone who sees me praises me, calling me a hero or something.

Anyway, it is true that the village was saved, but somehow everyone who sees it feels proud and burdened at the same time.

“As expected, it is a punitive force sent by the guild, so we are sure we will deal with it! Thank you for leaving such a strong adventurer behind in the village in case the village was attacked! “What is your name?”

“Yunoa…… No see. hahahaha…… Ahahahaha… ….”

“I heard he killed half a horde of undead with a single flaming sword! Big! “I should have seen that too!”

Actually, I’m a novice adventurer who hasn’t even received the official level of adventurer yet.

Why on earth did this rumor spread so absurdly?

Is it really okay to just stay like this…? ….

But now there was no way to correct it.

I’m sure there were dozens of people who saw my fight last night with their own two eyes.

All they saw was me destroying the burning hole trap and skeleton with a sword filled with magic.

People’s word of mouth is such a scary thing.

‘The undead were on fire!’ After a few people passed, it became ‘They said fire came out of the sword!’

‘They said there was a hole in the floor!’ After a few people passed, it became ‘They said I slashed my sword and there was a hole in the ground!’

It wasn’t just a snowball, it gradually gained weight and became uncontrollable to the point where I was embarrassed even to listen to it.

What will happen if the punitive force returns and finds out about this?

Still, wouldn’t they say I did a good job of protecting the village?

But if the villagers thank the punitive force and tell this exaggerated heroic story…….

In an instant, three letters passed through my mind.

Dark history.

It was nice that the village people looked up to me as a hero and expressed their gratitude.

But the punitive force, who all know that I am a novice adventurer, said that I had a ‘flame sword’ and that I ‘split the earth from the sky’… ….

How will the other adventurers in the punitive force react?

I’m sure it won’t be a subject of ridicule forever, right?

At that time, more and more people gathered at the entrance to the northern village and it became noisy.

When I looked at what was happening, the 12-man subjugation team that had left to subdue the monster’s den was returning.

Has he already returned from the subjugation?

I thought it would take at least two days.

I naturally joined the villagers and watched the return of the punitive force.

The battle must have been quite intense and several adventurers were seen injured.

Some people had one arm wrapped in a bandage, while others were limping.

However, Mileia, who was in charge of the subjugation leader, looked just as she had started, clean and undisturbed.

As the punitive force entered the village, being welcomed by the villagers, I looked for where Oren was.

Bronze Adventurer Oren, you were the only person in this raiding party who could be considered an acquaintance of mine, so I wanted to tell you that you did a good job.

He has received help in many ways from him so far.

But no matter how hard I searched, I couldn’t see Oren.

One, two, three…… Let’s count again the number of punitive forces that returned.

…… Eleven people.

One person was missing.

Oren did not return.

* * *

The punitive force returned to Dinah Village.

It is said that the subjugation was successful.

But Oren did not return.

I remembered him holding out his hand to help me get on the carriage.

He taught me about magic conversion, which is the basics of being an adventurer, and we talked about various things, and I thought we became a little closer.

When he came back, I planned to tell him the story of how he fought alone against the monsters in the graveyard.

And when I returned to Kubel, I wanted to have a meal with him now that I was a fellow Bronze level adventurer.

It may have been my one-sided opinion, but I thought we might be friends.

But he didn’t come back.

Oren, a bronze adventurer, belonged to a relatively safe group of latecomers.

However, it seems that among the monsters that the advance team was unable to deal with, there was a particularly strong one.

The late generation, mostly made up of bronze adventurers, fought fiercely against the monster.

A few people were injured, and although the monsters were dealt with, Oren was defeated.

I couldn’t understand.

It’s not even silver, but a punitive force led by a gold-level adventurer.

Isn’t this a disaster that could have been prevented if power had been distributed evenly to the latecomers?

Just looking at the appearance of the punitive force returning to the village is like this.

The adventurers belonging to the late group were covered in wounds.

However, Mileia, who was part of the advance team and especially the leader of the subjugation team, was so clean that it was doubtful whether she even fought.

From the beginning, the subjugation strategy was extremely simple.

The entire strategy is to divide the punitive force into strong groups and weak groups and attack from the front.

Even if the intention was to quickly subdue with overwhelming force, wouldn’t it be meaningless if there were casualties?

Are bronze adventurers treated as expendable items?

Or is this the way the proud ‘gold’ adventurer Milleia does things?

“Hey, you! “You’re Yunoa, right?”

At that time, a man came up to me and asked me bluntly.

He was one of the silver adventurers in the advance team.

I narrowed my eyes and looked at the man as he nodded.

“The subjugation leader is looking for you. “Go towards the cemetery.”

I guess I have something to ask you about the monster attack that happened last night.

The story of how I protected the village against the undead was already known to the punitive force through the villagers.

I don’t know if it was relayed as rumored and full of exaggeration.

“Tsk, Novice is already causing some kind of accident.”

That was when I turned towards the cemetery to meet Milleia.

The man who called me blurted out in an inaudible voice.

Accident?

I just protected the village.

The atmosphere was strange.

For some reason, it didn’t seem like a good sound would come out.

* * *

Mileia was waiting for me on the hill overlooking the cemetery.

Her long flowing black hair flutters and sways in the light wind.

Her light armor with the skirt she was wearing was spotless and clean, like a piece on display.

“…… Yunoa.”

A calm voice came from her lips and called my name.

I felt no emotion in the eyes looking at me.

“Yes, I heard you called me.”

“Did you really do this whole mess?”

Milleia asked, turning her head and looking toward her grave.

I haven’t done anything wrong, but somehow I feel like I’m being questioned.

I wasn’t in a good mood, perhaps because of Oren’s incident.

“That’s right.”

“I heard it was a novice level. “She just registered with the guild.”

“I see.”

“And yet you fought against so many monsters to protect this village alone?”

“That’s right.”

“They say you can cover the sword with flames and cut the ground.”

It seems like the villagers have heard exaggerated rumors.

It would be better to be honest here.

“That’s… ….”

“Of course that can’t be possible.”

She cut me off before I could reply.

“… ….”

“You can tell by looking at the traces.”

Millia looked at me and continued speaking in a calm voice.

“You reduced the number of monsters by setting traps on the road leading from the cemetery to the village. And in the end, he must have finished it with his own strength.”

After all, you can’t deceive an adventurer’s eyes.

She had no intention of lying anyway, so it was good to save her the trouble of explaining.

But I felt puzzled.

Did you call me here just to say this?

It was clearly not an atmosphere of praise for doing a good job.

Moreover, her voice and face showed no emotion, so I had no idea what she was thinking.

“…… “Yeah, whatever.”

“Then I will ask.”

At that time, a chill suddenly came over Millia’s voice.

Sereung─

When I came to my senses, I suddenly saw a sharp sword pointed in front of my nose.

“How did you know in advance that a monster would attack?”

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