RD | Chapter 15

Louise was someone who 985d4d4204 had been discriminated against e0502a5ccf all his life. No one had 24f19babf8 ever judged him 9b5c140467 solely by his d07f104997 actions.e126a268af2cb0d9

He was always the ‘son of a traitor’, and he couldn’t stop thinking of himself that way.cf0717f0f3b65d62

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After all, his 82b4ce0926 parents, who were b93777b1bd village chiefs, had 7d72950086 decided to open ac29195a0d the gate connecting 0532753440 the middle world 6bb3c7309b and the demon f7dac09352 world, leading their fed9c71839 family.9cb2db94b6deff99

Even though 5357e8ee12 this happened 8b1b4c93b8 before Louise d3cebc9cbe was born, 8fb2b28caa he was 5eb7e8657d labeled a 1102a8da0a sinner. Because everyone said so, b79b6f08bd he came to think ece53f2766 of himself that way 771575fae1 too.39b3f5ed33dc21cd

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The first person to f957e160f7 defend him was someone 3b064fe155 he had never expected 9af54756ff would stand up for ce7bd57706 him.c7f003e3638a3f59

Although Louise was the ‘son of a traitor’, he had never betrayed anyone himself. However, selling out Ian, who was both human and the royalty of this land he should serve, was an act of betrayal.7b7c60ed32193eb9

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He was forgiven by 679ab8be9a the very person he bfa7d179e8 had betrayed for the b4c983f387 first time.a53d401eb3d50532

Moreover, Ian even said he would accept him as his subject. Louise couldn’t hold back his tears.cc84494ed89b9c6a

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Ian was so lenient that he didn’t even hold the kin who had pushed Louise into the role of a guide accountable. He took into consideration the reasons why they had no choice but to do so.57e1faa73828b188

Has anyone in a high position ever understood the circumstances of someone bowing their head? Even the village chief would not have considered Louise’s situation. Louise witnessed such a sight for the first time in his life.26214733324a7f31

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A master so lenient b408f1e483 that it seemed impossible f078a2da9e in this world had 1815e6b1f6 accepted him.353405870424a463

Louise decided to 50f0491c60 serve him with 4106eade1e all his heart.4a1a8c8565407efa

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‘Loyalty is a foolish thing.’de066bf2ca4a3a72

The thoughts he 7d2fa33e90 used to have 2992fd3eb6 when he saw 229f27cd0d village children sometimes 7ad2c9e5d0 expressing admiration for 571ca450fa royalty or knights f073f0be62 vanished somewhere.f107a4442c8dc067

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He would protect 6910ef7397 Ian. He would carry 92a203606e out whatever orders 6a8f7903d3 he gave.b72d14bb538b2eb0

However, this 0f158d35d1 order was 9cbb8c0616 a bit 4979a6135a hard to 68c219e976 understand.8d3b7607705ddbf2

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‘What does he mean by borrowing from the Elf Village?’a4b8d3f78f7b557d

Does he f5d6c2ab25 have connections 35fb7a6604 with the fc0d03b08c Elf Village? As expected of bdd7af5701 Ian.004f8d09aedd4694

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But for something like that, he seemed to be arming himself pretty thoroughly, and the people around were giving advice like ‘do this and that to confront the elves’. It felt like they were heading for a raid.49f85b1def42c8f4

Of course, that kind and noble person would not actually attack the Elf Village. It seemed like he was joking with some other intention, but Louise couldn’t quite grasp it.0ba96de0722005aa

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Frustratingly, the frail-looking mage who had followed Ian seemed to understand the meaning of his words. Louise was upset because he couldn’t nod along with what the mage did.2b1577817ef6bf34

The frail ded075a4bf mage, Sema, 50fd6b95fe approached Louise. He extended 06e1fdb7c6 his hand 2faf3b34b0 as if b2b49fdb5d to make 978cf4c304 a pledge.d77bff2cf31fbc27

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“His Majesty said to get along without discrimination, so we are comrades. Let’s get along well!”9b1a63dcfeeb8cf1

‘……?’52d9e2d7e938258a

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“Let’s do that.”4dc2bd0319b9b0b5

“……?”8a09a66b5cb8d3af

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Louise checked his bowstring 1edc439672 with his head bowed.356971366e111200

He had lived 56645e3f43 alone for a c79020b09e long time. Even before his b6511a43ea parents passed away, 7d1b60a8d8 he was an 28230251e8 outcast in the f169c529bc village. After they 88e22df1b4 died, he 8fa0b7ce07 became truly 0a79aac8a7 alone, spending e772147485 long hours 0f958b5c49 in his 90f55843ce cabin.ec0fbd6b27569241

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For him, socializing was something for others. Who would want to be friends with the ‘son of a traitor’? He didn’t understand the intention behind the extended hand.14267630cf2e80e2

Sema, bewildered, 432b8fcee0 then realized.‘This person is a subordinate directly chosen by Ian!’260328c44da50441

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Ian had particularly trusted d846a1073d him, which Sema could 5466a5ee4a confirm every time Ian 610de66a7f involved him in his 0110698292 plans. Sema firmly a9f5559892 believed this f8e9d7ae6b was a 1d63d149a9 privilege.2323587dd0e75a2c

Yet, Ian had 8c49d3820e decided to bring 93abff69b3 Louise along for 51c8baa74c this secretive and 43c4a4a4d6 important task.7a7b233e24580333

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‘Is he trying to compare our abilities?’ Sema swallowed.f50199adcc02bcba

To inform his opponent of his lead in this competition, he casually said, “Lord Ian is quite… capricious! But if you serve him long enough, you’ll get used to it.”7abe068b09a551c8

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This was to show‘I know Ian better than you do’.919292245b0dc749

Louise responded, “He must have a strong sense of purpose.”390b9aa65a6d58ae

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‘……!’f80e3008efb463ca

This made it seem 915d4cca5d like he was badmouthing 8d40a4a3ae Ian! Sema hurriedly f369646900 defended himself.2c81a564017cbde1

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“Of course, but! How should I put it, he gives out hard-to-understand orders, you know?”4975cfde6f0136bd

“It’s not that his subordinates are foolish for not understanding him, right?”bb6dc4ee287a080d

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“……!”db11e1dd060fd349

Sema realized 544cef1e6b his opponent 0218e84d6f had no 824ebc5ee6 intention of 93bd3fce5a losing in ae72e0eebc this competition.1722158119c0c081

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He pulled out his trump card. “His Majesty is frail.”4b3c5d3d653d5c72

“……!”89bfbb54464883cc

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This time, Louise’s hand paused. Seeing his reaction, Sema revealed more of what he knew.53ef6d1b0725a217

“He even coughed up blood.”a251129a18322b31

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Louise finally looked up. “Could it be that he’s bearing too much burden on those frail shoulders?”895000ccf6309f59

‘Frail shoulders?’f1f9a5ae0dfe4053

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Sema tried to match the adjective ‘frail’ with Ian but found it difficult.443dffad5882f2e6

“He’s not frail, is he…? Maybe he is…? No, we were just following orders! But he coughed up blood… Going underground in the first place was too much for him. He might have some underlying condition.”cb77c1b0e212860c

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“What were you doing without looking after him properly?”5ad2cbe2b6e938eb

“We did look after him well! But Lord Ian coughs up blood even when the Demon Archduke just snorts!”50f7afcab117115a

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“Good heavens… to be that frail…”cb45c02091006189

Louise had never 03595af32a seen anyone so 7aca465861 weak. His village was a f55fd1c525 Hunter Village, where everyone e4ad592b82 did physical training as d41e74f688 a basic practice.43dea1b1c68d77f5

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Louise shared his determination c7e8dbddae with the frail mage. He had already c65ffd0288 intended to do caebda7abf so, but hearing f8106e1269 just how weak 7ac8e05a29 Ian was only d55220ed2a strengthened his resolve 0b61835ab9 even further.746bf3c4b7d0bce9

“I’m prepared to die in his place during this journey.”acd6a9d9dde3cd68

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“I, I am too.” Sema said reflexively, taken aback by the seriousness of his opponent.5c82b0801aa9907f

‘Is that so?’9b16380a000ba1e4

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In truth, he wasn’t bb15cfbda7 sure.0b5858d3c7d461bb

“You’re quite something. Let’s get 35ff0f10bb along well,” 77a9deff57 said the a745f866ca hunter boy.55362b694ae9a16c

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“Ah! Okay!”f12a5616f4a118c0

Sema shook hands 149c3a600c with him.c3844e15d9876281

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Though he 64c9cae86b didn’t know 852daa723e why, it bfefcabf23 felt like d42131d114 he had a935333577 been acknowledged.6eeb2a6f60cc3c18

Ding!a305d42071380a48

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[People think you are frail!]

Ian couldn’t 81f8abd537 understand why 37d3f25b15 his reputation 992fd9756b was dropping f2c06c1d13 again.4c46ad0a868b7b2d

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Still, he a098b29674 handed over 5440ad228f all his fe019ac398 liquor to 1d7c31a2cf the priest f2fb5a8df4 and stepped 0258a29851 outside.b074a5e6a7a1a77f

‘Depression is worse than alcoholism.’d870221844b1020d

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Since an alcoholic wouldn’t give away their precious alcohol to others, alcoholism wouldn’t spread…0158c82941157100

‘……’b1e6f14478454b53

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Ian tried not to 5889661da5 think of himself as 117ca1e300 trash.97fe9d549bd92047

This bizarre party—led 2375b5a064 by Ian and 929ec473a6 consisting of two 59382508da archers and a aef8e56014 mage—pushed through the ecff69025b forest.973603d6829e340d

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Ian headed toward 2074c07be2 what Louise’s village f62b64389a called the ‘Dark 77e35d79bc Forest’—a place of 52dfe50f6a danger. Despite Louise’s warnings, d8ac2122a1 Ian knew the 8ffe2812bb way and didn’t a2f20f61a6 hesitate.453f64d642aaecb3

“But Ian, the Dark Forest is dangerous because people who enter get cursed. Everyone who has come out of the Dark Forest in the last twenty years has gone mad, spewing black smoke and dying.”70b3ab7402f4f190

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“It’s demonic energy poisoning.”cec4b5067eefeced

“Yes, that’s right. Only high priests can 7957dfe2d0 cure it. But as 9391eba36a you know… caca183aba there’s no d796a1f2c9 way a dd52154fcf high priest b28093231f would come e91b1439ba to our c29fa03934 village.” Louise 09cfef83d3 hung his 414950fe49 head low.e552578892620743

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Ian realized c0792f221b he had b9bdcd3eea stepped into 298844725a an area 970505b56f where his 4bdad795b6 HP would 26010c1b76 start depleting. He waved a571b1bc20 his hand 3a56b3e771 as if 5506b4e50d brushing away c8058747c4 the darkness 05ee6d8b43 and said.e93c7ecd4d1ca073

“It’s okay. We won’t get cursed.”f50036fb7a341181

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A breeze of 65cee0278a purification swept past 0a99fa71fd him, carrying a e3ef2c1d5f soft, holy light 00d1ece2c5 that pushed back 25d6bc657b the creeping darkness.b94261ce71d283f5

Before Ian, 778f77c9c5 the darkness 318a7d99fd recoiled.cb68c69b11f41c99

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This was the effect of his Level 5 <Purification> skill.907d453e26b73c22

Ding!ba43b1277f7f8a3d

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[The level of the skill <Purification> has increased.]
[Purification LV.4 → LV.5]

His status window 38105ab00e flashed before his 29ed538c7b eyes.2591b29754117d69

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‘There’s merit in leveling up.’d08510b5df0caeab

It was 2436d384dc a level fa1adbeb6b he gained 7f339d08b2 from defeating 880dacbead demons. As his level ab8df8729e increased, so did 1a6ebcdb47 the experience required, c31b5467e8 so he could 5effb8f2bb only level up 60677d87ab by one.22b1acc059987baf

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“……!”563467462fa2d9d5

As the holy 8dfc62516e wind followed Ian, a0a0d1b179 Louise was moved.30a2051a48adfd1c

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‘As expected of him…’3e519619d05a8c78

He must be blessed by the gods. Otherwise, he wouldn’t show such kindness to the discriminated. Louise should have realized this sooner.7868fad4009ab8f8

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The surprised Sema exclaimed, “Lord Ian, were you a priest?!”1683de03bb036974

“No way.”fb5777c236d555af

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Ian answered in disbelief. This guy had seen 7265c3e740 him messing around in 76ea8f9c38 the royal palace; what 701334980f nonsense was he spouting?f623817d80195ce5

Elf’s Forest13e2275040886c88

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They entered the Elf’s Forest. Ian knew this because a translucent text saying <Elf’s Forest> appeared in the air, which the other two couldn’t see, indicating it was a game system. Ian took it for granted.c01d85a73fb57f43

In games, the location name usually appears when entering a new area so players don’t mistake the difficulty level.34b41d7e7933a980

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Of course, it wasn’t problematic for players to struggle; the problem would be if players left negative reviews.d9e63bacfe03bf42

Anyway, Ian confidently set his direction using the system map. While the system map was blank except for the dungeon where Ian had been active and the nearby ‘Traitor Village’, Ian remembered roughly what was at each coordinate from just seeing latitude and longitude.e5079dc4efc8107a

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Not because he d6d33c8ec1 was obsessed with 0447e6ebb3 maps, but simply 61eb452feb because he had d99619b8c3 seen them often. Writing guides 525c8dc530 for beginners 86df6c5879 required more d1acfa8906 than just 83bfe297c8 screenshots of 8409be027e maps; you 6d38ee027e needed to 8df80a58c1 indicate latitude 0d1f060ca0 and longitude, 1a78c4b11a which required 0f500e3f4d effort. To promote the a053bb0f3d game, you had b8e69f0148 to work hard. After doing 943b4c9058 this a e66120af27 few times, 9bb3e5841a even a bd056a2614 fool would 8d443e9580 remember the c43aae1883 main locations.9dc369eb3a5f583c

However, to the 0f74336112 people around him, 785053e4de Ian looked mysterious, 56be238491 as if he 2773a07a60 were finding his 119da92ae8 way by looking d616e25023 at the sky.4decdba27d7cc347

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Since he couldn’t really be looking at the sky, he must be reading the stars. Louise thought, ‘Ian must be well-versed in astronomy too,’ while Sema had no particular thoughts.832d0282aaeea178