Bjorn Yandel the Barbarian

That’s right, because security is important for the stories we will share in the future.

“You can talk comfortably here. It’s a place designed for confidential conversations in the first place.”

oh if so

“I want to hear the war situation first. How did the surprise attack go?”

While confined to prison, I was most curious about it, and decided to check the information that was thoroughly blocked.

What happened to Orculis’ attack?

“Count Ramreond So was killed in action. During the retreat, he was beaten by the traitor Ricardo Lüchenprague.”

My heart was pounding when I heard that our corps commander had been assassinated, but when I listened closely, the situation itself was not so urgent.

Did the offensive stop as soon as the dozens of ships floated on the lake were used like fortresses to hold on?

It is said that this condition has been going on for 2 hours.

“Command is speculating that the assassination of a factor using confusion was the goal of this ambush.”

It’s

an assassination of a factor…….

Of course, the blood knight also muttered these lines as soon as he saw us.

[Gold mage Arua Raven.]

[One of the targets to be killed.]

Raven must have been one of the factors listed in the killing book.

The strategy for this raid was roughly drawn in my head.

‘It must have been a way for the corpse collector to spread the undead widely and find out and share the location of the assassination targets through it.’

In fact, after the battle with the blood knights, the number of undead increased significantly around them, and reinforcements consisting of three people soon arrived.

“Anyway, it’s not that urgent right now. So, let’s talk about that first. What does Mr. Yandel plan to do next?”

Well, it’s a plan…

‘I’ll have to think about that from now on…’

I never expected that the old man’s gift would work this way.

Thanks to that, my mind got complicated too—

“There and…”

Then Raven looked at me with a trail of words.

“I’ll tell you in advance, but this time I was forced to help, and I can’t continue like this.”

…huh?

Weren’t they friends again…?

When I looked at her with a sense of betrayal, Raven averted her eyes.

“It’s useless to look at it like that. I think I’ve taken the risk enough by not reporting this incident. I think I’ve done my duty.”

It was bittersweet, but it wasn’t an incomprehensible story.

I couldn’t let him die like this, so he didn’t report it, but he probably wasn’t prepared to fall into the pit with me.

That’s what it means to help evil spirits in this world.

The moment it is discovered, destruction is certain.

That’s why…….

“Don’t make that face because you don’t want to blame Raven. I’m more grateful for helping you even once like this. If something goes wrong later, I’ll do my best so that your name doesn’t come out.”

I smiled like a barbarian and tapped Raven’s small shoulder.

But what else is this?

puck! puck! puck!

Normally, it was the timing when he should have screamed out in pain and shot at me, but Raven didn’t.

He just licks his lips and looks down.

“Mr. Yandel… Why in the world are you in this situation…”

Eh, did that bother you again?

I’m just being unnecessarily emotional.

That’s because I understand everything.

“That you knew everything and still tried to help me. That’s enough for me.”

Rather, I feel sorry.

Didn’t the kid who was living a good life and had a solid road had to risk losing everything because of me?

“…….”

“…….”

After that, there was an awkward silence for a while, and Raven seemed to have regained some reason, and brought up the original topic again with a shy expression.

“Anyway… so what are you going to do next?”

“Well, maybe you’d better not listen to that.”

“……?”

“If you listen to that and get involved with me here, it will be difficult to get out later. You said that this will be the last time you help anyway?”

This time, Raven flinched as I drew the line from my side.

But maybe he didn’t have anything to say?

“…Mr. Yandel said he tried hard not to mention my name, but you don’t know how things will turn out.”

“Is that so?”

“It’s best not to get caught right now. And if it’s for this purpose…” ”

…for the sake of it?”

“I am willing to help too

.

As I grinned, Raven glanced at me as if something was annoyed.

“It’s okay, so let’s talk. What are you going to do now? Mr. Yandel also has ideas, so he wouldn’t have come out to the battlefield while hiding his identity. He should have known that he had no choice but to stand out.”

Raven asked soon after, and I answered after thinking about it.

Like a barbarian, frankly.

“No. Right now.”

“…yes?”

Even if you look at it like that, there is nothing that doesn’t exist.

I really never imagined that the gift Auril Gavis gave me would be like this.

I came because I needed an emergency supply, but I intended not to do anything conspicuous as much as possible.

But did you not know that such an answer would come out?

“…doesn’t mean… you don’t have any plans?”

Raven stuttered to the end and confirmed it again, and I nodded like a man this time.

“okay.”

“…Really? If I’m found out for helping Yandel-san, I’ll be fired from the military as well as from the Mage Tower?”

Wow, you can be expelled from the Magic Tower?

I wondered, but did you lose the risk to that extent?

With a grateful heart for Raven’s determination, I changed the topic of conversation.

“…I’m hungry after being locked up for so long, by the way. If you can get some jerky out and eat—”

“Don’t talk back!”

“It’s not like that, I’m really hungry—”

“What are you saying! You’re not even a real barbarian!!”

Huh, now that I think about it, this doesn’t work for him.

“…….”

For some reason… I feel sad.

***

“Haa…….”

A sigh resounds in the quiet officer’s room.

In the uncomfortable air, I carefully chewed the jerky I had secretly taken out.

“Now… what are you eating?”

No, because the hunger was real.

First of all, the body is a barbarian, right?

Nutrients must be supplied at all times.

“…Do you want to eat too?”

“That’s Okay.”

“…….”

“He always does this, how do you know he’s a demon…….”

Raven let out another big sigh, but decided to listen to it as a compliment that I was meticulous.

squeak squeak.

After eating something, my body now gains strength.

“Raven, but did you know something?”

“…What?”

“Even if it wasn’t a public announcement from the royal family, there must have been some reason why they doubted me.”

“Oh, that’s it…”

Raven’s expression darkened in an instant.

But did he decide that it was not something to hide?

“It’s a magic tool containing the conversation between Hans Krissen and the Dwarf from Noark.”

Oh, that went to him.

But what about the recorder?

As I glanced at him with such a question, Raven slowly continued his explanation.

“Maybe it’s because it uses a cheap core, so there’s a limit to the maximum number of times a recording can be played back.”

“…so?”

“It was possible up to 100 times, but since there are only two left, I first wondered why Yandel listened to it over and over again.”

“…I see.”

Hopefully this will be a hint.

I couldn’t have imagined—

“Actually… something else was far more crucial than this…”

Huh?

“Missha came to the lab. About 50 days after Mr. Yandel died.”

“…What did he say?”

“They said that rumors about Mr. Yandel being an evil spirit would start to circulate.”

Could it be because Missha was the subject?

Suddenly, I felt my heart go cold.

“so?”

“I asked because I was embarrassed about something like magic tools. Isn’t that actually just a rumor?”

At the time, Misha evaded an answer.

Ironically, however, that act provided the most certain answer.

“…Wait a minute, then you mean it was Jims… or that woman who spread the rumor?”

When Erwen, who had been listening silently, joined in, Raven glanced slightly uncomfortably and then nodded.

“Probably so. I don’t know what happened to Missha.”

Erwen gnashed his teeth at Raven’s affirmation.

“What’s the matter. Yes, that woman… I knew that one day…”

“Calm down, Erwen. No one knows what Misha’s situation is yet.”

“But…! I wouldn’t have done that under any circumstances! Aren’t you angry, mister? It’s as if you’ve been betrayed!”

“So you don’t know that yet?”

To be honest, I’m more worried than angry.

Didn’t you hear the information from the round table?

Misha is with Baekho Lee.

And…….

[Lee Baek-ho has the Stone of Resurrection.]

Maybe I made some kind of deal with him to save me. Well, it’s just my guess, and even if it is, it won’t change the fact that the choice harmed me as a result.

Huh, where is he really and what is he doing?

“Really! You… why are you so stupidly nice!”

what.

“Okay, Raven… Then you don’t know why the royal family acknowledged and publicized the rumor?”

“Yes. But… I heard something from Captain Pevrosk.”

“What if I heard it?”

“As soon as it was announced, he came to me and said that he was already dead and that the truth is that no one can know the truth

. ……”

“Looking back, it was a bit of a strange nuance. Should I say that you seem to know what the truth is? Maybe if you dig there, you’ll find something.”

“…Can you find out when you get back to the city?”

“Yes, if that’s enough…”

Contrary to what he was worried about, Raven nodded happily.

fortunately indeed.

This kind of request seemed to be included in ‘somewhat’.

***

After that, we talked together and made plans for the future, and it was not long before the conclusion was reached.

“Then it would be best to hide your identity for the time being.”

Now that I learned that this is how verification is done through misplaced trust, I decided that I needed to be more careful about revealing my identity.

“But…why didn’t the misplaced trust only work with Mr. Yandel?”

About the gift of Auril Gavis, I just covered it up.

“Well I don’t know either. Maybe it’s because of the fragments of the records.”

The act of cheating is unchanging, but I can’t help it.

I’m the only one who doesn’t work on things like misplaced trust. You

may wonder what’s the use of this in the yard that being a demon is also shared, but in the future No one knows what’s going to happen again,

and that’s why

I haven’t told Amelia yet.

Auril Gavis is an enemy of the royal family.

But what if it is known that he is an evil spirit who even received a ‘gift’ from him? It is clear that you will be in a more difficult situation.

It means that there is no room to negotiate something as an evil spirit.

“But…it’s fortunate. It’s not a one-off phenomenon, but if it doesn’t work in the future, it means it’s a little safer.”

“Yes, I think so too.”

“But… do you really have to reveal your identity? I like it just as it is, but…”

Erwen said that, but he changed his final goal of getting rid of false accusations (?) and finding his original name. There was nothing to do.

“If you do, you won’t be able to get the imprint of the spirit forever.”

Why did I raise a barbarian?

Spirit imprinting is essential to create more synergy with the essences you just ate.

However, Erwen could not have sympathized with my feelings.

“That’s… you can just not take it.”

Erwen asked in a voice tinged with sadness.

“Old man… why are you so hung up on being so strong…?”

Everyone’s eyes were focused on the question.

“Come to think of it, Mr. Yandel has been like that since before… He’s only interested in climbing the tower…”

In Raven’s case, he looked somewhat uneasy.

“I’ve heard of it before. There’s a rumor that if you reach the end of the labyrinth, you can return to the original world, right?”

Amelia calmly understood my position.

I wasn’t particularly grateful.

I’m sure you’ll be misunderstood if you say that.

“Could it be that the old man is like that…?”

“…Yandel-san has a reason to go back even after doing that. After all, it must be his hometown…” ”

Uncle… can’t we just live here…? I’ll do better… I won’t even have an accident…”

Ah, what are you really saying?

“Erwen, calm down. There seems to be a misunderstanding.

Return?

In the first place, returning was not my top priority in the past, and it is still the same now.

My number one goal has always been survival.

But now, after meeting people, exploring, and experiencing a lot. In 2009, the number one goal changed a bit.

Not me alone.

Surviving together.

Yes, so…

“Why are you so obsessed with being strong?”

I continued without hesitation.

” Only then can I protect you.”

Now, this body is not the only thing that needs to be protected with this shield.