Surviving the Game as a Barbarian – 387



Episode 387 Wild Horse (1)

Ssssssssssssss-!

Wet your hair with warm water and scrub your skin with soap as if removing dirt.

And how long has it been?

It was only when I got out of the bathroom and changed into comfortable clothes that I realized it.

That she’s back home.

plod trudge.

I went down to the first floor roughly wiping my wet hair with a towel and found Amelia and Erwen waiting in the living room.

“It took a long time.”

Amelia looks somewhat dissatisfied as she looks at me after thoroughly washing up.

I asked sitting down on the sofa across from her.

“Seeing as she didn’t talk in writing I guess she didn’t come up with anything special?”

“Yes contrary to your fears we were unable to find any wiretapping devices or anything like that.”

thank god.

I was worried that they might have left behind something when they broke into the house—

“Except for the original ones.”

huh? You mean it was there originally?

“Looking at your expression I guess you didn’t know? “There has been a recording ball installed in the living room for a long time.”

Even if you say it as if it’s obvious it’s the first time you’ve heard of it.

However if we were to make an inference from the statement that it has been around for a long time…

“Erwen?”

Erwen flinched and avoided her gaze as she looked at her prime suspect hoping for an explanation.

“Well… you never know….”

“….”

“In fact if it weren’t for this we wouldn’t have found out what happened to you so quickly…”

…If this goes on I have nothing more to say.

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When I inquired I was told that only the entrance and living room were equipped with recording crystal spheres. This was considered a security measure that a homeowner could easily take.

‘Somehow even the marquis came to visit me in no time.’

I raised questions that I couldn’t discuss while returning in the carriage prepared by the Marquis.

“But Erwen how did you know I was in the Marquis?”

“Of course you have to know! “The man himself came all the way here!”

“That guy…?”

“Oh by any chance you didn’t know? “The commander who tried to capture you is the son of Chancellor Eltora Tercerion!”

“what? “He’s the guy who became the commander of the 3rd Corps this time?”

Is the Prime Minister crazy?

Would you send your son on such a dangerous mission?

What if I broke my head there?

‘No if you had cherished your children in the first place wouldn’t you have sent them to the battlefield?’

I thought the marquis’s child farming techniques were very Spartras-style but it’s not an area I can mess around with.

“Rather what exactly happened at the Marquis de Schuitz?”

“yes. Please tell me quickly. “When I came back the man was gone and the door was broken so I was very surprised.”

Afterwards I explained the misunderstanding the Marquis had made and the deal he proposed to me and listened to their opinions as well.

Reactions were sharply divided.

“Oh are you sure you’re giving me your title back? “It went so well!”

While Erwen was happy saying it was good news.

“If you’re the prime minister you might be the best person to have as your successor but I can’t help but feel uneasy.”

Amelia who is in the same class as me expressed concern that things had gotten too sloppy.

“But what can I do? “If I had said no things would have only gotten more complicated.”

“…I will conduct a separate investigation regarding the Prime Minister.”

“Okay I’ll just trust you.”

“yes? “What about me?”

“Of course Erwen you too.”

The only people you can really trust are your colleagues.

Because the world is too harsh to survive alone.

***

Tuk-tuk.

A time when I was lost in thought while tapping my index finger on the table at regular intervals.

The door opened and a man entered.

“Did you call me father?”

Eltora Terserion.

He is the Marquis’s reader and is said to one day inherit everything the Prime Minister has built up.

However the Marquis’ gaze upon him was cold.

“If you have eyes and ears you will see and hear things so don’t say anything. “What do you think about this incident?”

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“Honestly… I was very surprised. “I never would have thought that Baron Bjorn Yandel was still alive just as my father said.”

“Is that all?”

In response to the Marquis’s question her man swallowed his saliva and carefully opened his mouth.

“His arrival is considered positive news for our Marquis. Even though many years have passed there are many people who remember him. “It can be put to good use as a symbolic entity—”

“stop.”

The man’s speech which continued in a logical tone was interrupted midway by the Marquis.

“Did you only see that far?”

A look of disgust that went beyond her disappointment turned to her man.

At this the man lowered his eyes and sighed inwardly at her.

‘Why has this old man been acting like this lately?’

She was not a kind father to begin with. She never got to this point.

It got a little worse two years ago and these days I feel like I’ve become an emotional trash can.

‘Not only did you bring that unknown woman… Could it be that you noticed something about me?’

This is suspicious.

In fact recently I didn’t call him unless I had to give him an order and he didn’t even share information properly.

Just like this time too.

“Father.”

“Tell me.”

“Today I learned for the first time that Baron Yandel is not an evil spirit. “Why did you hide it from me?”

The man asked cautiously intending to challenge the Marquis and soon the Marquis answered coldly.

“It sounds like you’re saying I have to look after you forever.”

“…I didn’t mean it that way. “I just think it would have been more helpful if I had known in advance—”

“From the beginning I had no idea that Baron Yandel was an evil spirit.”

“yes? But my father definitely…”

“It’s done. “If I tell you my mouth will only hurt.”

These words are too heartless to be considered children.

The man bit her mouth shut and the Marquis paid no attention to this and she brought up the reason she had called him here.

“You go there yourself tomorrow and inform Yandel of the date of his death. “Let’s continue the conversation we couldn’t finish today.”

“When should the due date be…?”

“The full moon of this month.”

The time was evening.

***

On the afternoon of the 15th.

“Then go. “Take care of yourself!”

As I left the house seeing Erwen off the door of the carriage waiting in front of the gate opened.

“It’s been a while.”

“Have you decided to stop using honorifics now?”

“He’s the son of a marquis? Then you probably know it anyway. “Who am I?”

“That’s right….”

The Prime Minister’s son-in-law’s expression looked somewhat bitter as he answered that question but it wasn’t something I cared about.

“Okay let’s leave quickly.”

“Let’s do that.”

A carriage running down a wide carriageway.

Before long the military Seungjang River appeared and as before we rode it comfortably to the Hwangdo Karnon.

“It’s convenient to get to the imperial capital in just one hour. “How much does one ride cost?”

“It would be convenient to calculate it as one million stones per person. “Of course assuming there is no carriage.”

“…At that point it would be better to just ride a carriage.”

“I guess so. In fact there are only a few nobles who use this equipment accompanied by users. “I heard that you only use it when you have urgent business to do.”

As we were chatting about this and that the carriage finally arrived at its destination.

A huge mansion visible from far away.

How much does it cost to use this much land in this expensive imperial capital?

“Let’s go. “Father please wait.”

“I guess it’s not a crystal ball this time?”

“I told you not. “Your father wants to have dinner with you.”

Even if I say that well….

I thought they were going to have a non-face-to-face company dinner.

Mei profit-

Eventually guided by the prime minister’s son we arrived at the banquet room located on the fourth floor.

One of the outer walls had a large window offering a view of the garden outside and the beautiful view of the palace beyond.

Well I didn’t have time to look at the view.

“You’re here.”

The Prime Minister gives me a greeting while sitting at the head of the table.

“It’s been a while Marquis Terserion.”

“You had a hard time coming this far. Please sit down Baron Yandel. “Oh Eltora you can just leave now.”

“…Have a good time.”

As the Prime Minister’s son and wife leave the already empty dinner room looks even more empty.

However there is no better environment than this to have a private conversation.

Tuk.

First I sat across from him.

The table was already full of food perhaps to prevent employees from entering during the meal.

For reference the amount of food in front of me was five times that of the Marquis.

It seems that they took my racial uniqueness into consideration.

“Then take it easy. “I have no intention of asking you to follow the same suffocating manners.”

“…If that’s the case.”

Soon the Marquis began to cut the meat with a knife and while watching the Marquis’s eyes I tore off a chicken leg and put it in my mouth.

and….

“How about the food does it suit your taste?”

“That’s great.”

“Then you are lucky.”

We continued eating and had a serious conversation.

I know that according to Lapdonian etiquette you are not allowed to talk about work while eating but… I am the only race that does not have to be tied down to such ostentation.

“The Marquis’ food is good but now I want to hear about it too.”

“How are you going to return your title?”

“okay. “If I suddenly said I came back alive there would be many people who wouldn’t understand.”

The Marquis also agreed to the conversation without saying anything despite my rudeness.

“Before I say anything let me ask you this first. “How many people knew you when you were in Noark?”

“does not exist. “Because I hid there too.”

“That would make things much easier.”

Soon the Marquis explained the plan he had in mind.

“First we plan to pretend that you infiltrated Noark after receiving a special order from the royal family. And after two and a half years he completed his mission and returned. “How is it?”

A short scenario that can be summarized in just a few sentences.

However the question of whether this would work was meaningless.

The Marquis must have the ability to realize this plan.

“Not bad.”

“Of course it will take some time. “Because I have to create and document documents within the royal family.”

“What do you plan to do about declaring me an evil spirit?”

“Don’t worry. Just explain that it was necessary during an infiltration mission.”

I quite liked the scenario itself.

If you return in this way you can get your old daily life back.

But if there is a problem…

“Then what do you want from me in return?”

What do you have to give up to get this?

The Marquis put down the knife he was cutting meat with and raised his hand.

“There are two in total.”

“Tell me.”

“I will form a special unit centered around you so you can lead it and participate in the war.”

“What is the deadline?”

“Until the war ends.”

They are trying to make you a slave.

“It’s hard to accept that there is no end to the war until it ends.”

“Then let’s make it a maximum of three years. If the war ends before that the deal is over. Of course if you upgrade your major in the meantime you will be rewarded for this without any discrimination.”

Well it’s not a condition that you can’t accept once you hear the content.

Anyway the trend these days is for most explorers to go to war and make money.

“Then what about the second?”

“The second one is….”

The Marquis furrowed his brow and put down his fork.

“I’ll tell you the second part tomorrow morning. It would be much faster that way. “There are empty rooms all over the place so let’s stay there today.”

This isn’t something that will be revealed in 60 seconds.

***

After dinner I was guided to my room by the staff.

Even though it took more time to travel I felt like I wanted to go home and rest…

‘The intentions are suspicious.’

The date and time when the Marquis invited me to his mansion and even the sudden request that I go to bed.

There was just a picture drawn in my mind.

Therefore after asking Erwen who would be at home to just contact him he decided to spend the night here as the marquis requested.

Sometimes a crisis can become an opportunity.

“Ugh….”

A room too spacious and luxurious to be used alone.

Click click-

I was lying in bed and checking the clock with only the magic light on the nightstand turned on and I turned off the magic light on the nightstand and put the clock on it.

Click click click.

The second hand moves in silence and makes a sound at regular intervals.

Click click.

When that sound was repeated ten more times.

“The character’s soul resonates and is drawn to a specific world.”

I immediately raised my upper body.

This time I needed to move faster than usual.