Avoid Former Co-Workers

63 – 63. Festival (2)

“What are you doing? Aren’t you saying hello?”

The executive temporarily took on escort duties and urged him to greet the other party who had come to work.

I finally opened my mouth when an executive who was worse than that came out and said something.

“…No. 181. I’m entrusted with escorting No. 229.”

“Uh… Yes. Thank you…”

When I said something was strange, I forcibly lowered the tone and heard a muffled voice. But… The voice that I forced out will of course not be obvious.

I don’t know how to overcome this awkwardness.

I turned my head and looked at the executive’s face. What’s wrong with him? It was as if the words were written on his face.

‘You think the same as me.’

She seems to have a male voice as if to emphasize that she is not a woman, but unfortunately, who would believe that voice is a male? She appealed to anyone who heard her to be a woman again.

…You may be a woman who is shy with men. Okay. Let’s think so.

In the first place, there is nothing good if this awkwardness continues.

“Now I have to go to work. I’m going to ask person 181 to set up a policy related to the escort.”

“Yes. You guys should do it yourself. If you work well, you’re good.”

I succeeded in diverting the attention of the executives.

“That… 181, Would you like to talk to me?”

“…”

But why are you still fidgeting with number 181? I just can’t get a feel for it.

***

A merchant is a job that makes profits.

Delivery of goods and providing customers with what they want, industry deeply related to the market price.

It is called a merchant and is sometimes used in a bad way, but most of them are in the position of an upper hand.

However, Lewen Danju, Le Wena was once in a position of Eul.

“Would you give me another chance? You’re laughing.”

The letter in Rwena’s hand was crumpled.

“How long did you think I would play into your hands?”

What is written on the crumpled letter?

It was a threatening letter saying that she had her daughter with her and that if she uttered a word, she would die. Therefore, this time, he warned to stop the movement of the corps coming to the academy.

A common threat I’ve seen for decades.

In the past, I was seduced by that blackmail and had to make a fair amount of profit even if I did ugly and disgusting things.

And I have been dedicated to him for decades. A huge amount of money earned in dirty ways.

He spurned the regular customers, kicked out the poor, and even sucked in the extract from his withered body to enrich their stomachs. The request of the Noble Union has always been like that.

It cannot be denied that it was a vulgar and cruel act. Reflect and regret It was an act that should never be done morally and ethically.

But it was because otherwise the reason for living would disappear.

I just fell for the sweet temptation that my daughter was still alive and kept repeating the same behavior.

Then, as time passed, he realized that he had committed a colossal sin. When she hears why she is obsessed with her daughter, who may be alive or dead. Only then did he come to his senses and stand on the side of the principality to atone for them little by little.

Her sinful mother pursues the daughter of an illusion, and eventually she gets information that her daughter is likely attending an academy, and she is slowly escaping from the clutches of the Noble Union.

“I wish I could see you just once…”

I can’t even remember the last time I saw my daughter.

How did the lovely daughter, who was held in her arms as mother, mother, grow after spending 10 years?

A lifelong wish that Ruwena wants to come true.

It was good to see my daughter’s face and hold her in her arms.

– Lord of the top. Ready.

“…Yes. Please wait a little longer.”

After tying the ribbon she had tied around her daughter’s hair as a child and wrapping it around her arm like a talisman, Rwena stepped out of her building.

Today is the day when all the guild members will have their eyes on the festival.

There are countless things needed for the festival, and it’s time to release the things we’ve been stocking up for.

“Danju.”

“Yes. You can go to Levant Academy.”

“I will do as you command.”

The Lewen Merchant’s destination is Lebrand Academy, where the festival takes place.

As the head of the forces on the side of Archduke Ardelion, he was expected to take responsibility for this festival.

Then she carefully asks the executive.

“…What did you ask me to find out in secret?”

“I’m sorry. There are so many people with the same name, so it’s too difficult to pinpoint.”

“It’s okay. You just need to check on the line to remain undetected. The worst is… I’m ready to accept it.”

“I will pay extra attention.”

“Don’t push yourself too hard.”

“Yes. Let’s go to the academy.”

Seeing her departing executive, Rwena tapped her chest in frustration.

She then wiped away her tears as she carefully called her daughter by name.

***

The same thing will happen. And someone knows that.

If you know what will happen next, and if you have experienced it yourself, harm can easily be avoided.

However, even if you know the future, it is difficult to predict the future unless you have seen it with your own eyes and experienced it with your body.

If you are involved in a project where you only know the result and don’t know the process, you can’t look ahead.

‘Is that how it happened?’

A rock in front of me was blocking the path to the top of Leuwen.

She didn’t come out wearing the Blusher Arc because she didn’t want to be suspected. If I had known it would be like this, I would have come.

“How did this…?”

An executive at the top urgently asks to check the map.

A difficulty arose in a place that must be passed in order to head to Levant.

“Was there a rockfall accident at the end of the gorge…?”

Junon has a keen eye for geography, as he has had the experience of fighting here once.

Even then, it was easy to recall that the inside of this narrow gorge was not blocked.

‘It must have been knowingly done.’

It was as if the Lewen Merchant Company had blocked it as if they knew that they would pass through this place.

“I wonder…Wouldn’t it be better to turn around?”

“It should be like that. I want it because it blocks the way…”

“To think I had to leave the nearby road and go back. This is not the only loss.”

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“Let’s get there quickly and rest before the time to complain. It’s a festival at best.”

Merchants must arrive at Levant Academy as quickly as possible, lay down their tired bodies, unpack their luggage, and prepare for full-fledged business.

However, I wonder if those who perpetrated such a thing could open their eyes and see it.

The opponents are not writers who will never end with cute things that block the road.

“Huh…? I thought I heard something explode over there. Is it because of my mood?”

“No. I heard that too. But… The fact that there’s nobody around here besides us…”

“Wait a minute!! Look over there!!”

Isn’t the terrain itself called the canyon like that?

A zone where valleys are created by deeply digging in places with a difference in altitude.

So it would have been easier to block this terrain.

A canyon between rocky mountains blocked on both sides.

They were tightly locked up in the canyon, and they never showed up at Levant Academy before returning.

In other words, it is a story that the Lewen upper house has not been able to set foot in the Levant Academy.

“Damn… I can’t even budge with a shovel or hammer! What about that one?”

“The same goes for the back side… The people in charge of the escort are trying hard, but most mages say they can’t get out unless they’re determined…”

“So we… Are we trapped…? The festival…”

A festival prepared by the principality. Accordingly, the Luwen Merchant Company, the corps of the dukedom side, was called in to take charge of the festival.

As the Lewen Merchant Merchants failed to arrive, the Noble Alliance, which did not miss this opportunity, will proudly replace the festival.

If I can’t do anything and get stuck here.

“Looks like you’re stuck.”

“It’s a headache. I chose this way because it arrived the fastest.”

After the two officers calmed down the members, they put their heads together and thought hard about whether there could be a sharp point.

“Then shouldn’t we at least send a message that there are people here?”

“Hey, what are you going to do?”

“I’m thinking of using firecrackers and gunpowder. I thought I’d have to use these to make the most of the light in order to get to Levant right away.”

“Good idea. Right now…”

“Even if I tried to use it, it wouldn’t reach it. No matter how much the light was amplified, it wouldn’t be visible in broad daylight. Even at night, the distance to Levant would be too far to reach it.”

The number of work clothes written as No. 229. He was an outsider at the top.

“Then what do you mean? Leave it alone?”

“Sorry to be locked up, but now is the time to ask for help. Shouldn’t we use this?”

“The strata here aren’t very stable, so if you send a signal with something like that, you could just touch the poor strata and it will collapse again. It’s a handshake that sends a signal that won’t reach anyway, and the space is narrowed.”

“Hey… What are you doing?”

The two executives suddenly stopped talking and widened their eyes at the porter No. 229 Who had entered the carriage.

“It doesn’t look like there’s no way to escape from here. It’s more certain than using fireworks and gunpowder.”

“What is that…?”

“I need some supplies.”

I don’t think there will be any. However, the variable is whether they will accept this.

***

Why was the Lewen Merchants confined here?

When the Lwen Merchant Merchant finally set foot in the academy, why was it after the festival of the Noble Alliance was held?

And in the process, the guild suffered enormous damage that was impossible to recover from, and what was the reason for hearing the lamentation that the merchant corps did not manage the guild properly?

The nobility union’s trick was really cunning.

It all started when they isolated the Ruwen Merchant in this gorge.

So, we have to stop it.

“These wagons. You have to use them in their entirety.”

“All over there? Why?”

“I have to use all of them to open a blocked passage or send a signal to the academy. There’s no way to do it without consuming them all at once.”

“This bastard is talking nonsense because he wants to listen!”

It is not unreasonable for executives to shout. This wagon had a lot of mana stones piled up on it, and it was the most important thing in this delivery.

To say that I was told to consume all of it was like accepting a meaningless deficit as a merchant.

“I want to tell you to calm down, but I feel the same way. Why are you talking nonsense?”

“If it’s not now, it’s too late. Even if it consumes mana stones, even if there is a deficit in the upper ranks, you have to fulfill it so you won’t get hurt.”

“Huh…”

An elderly executive who seems dumbfounded.

Beside him, another middle-aged executive who couldn’t control his anger exploded.

“Okay! What does that guy from the outside know! Let’s go. Let’s send a signal with gunpowder and firecrackers the way you did!”

Though he was about to talk, he took turns looking at me and the middle-aged executive, then sighed and replied.

“Shouldn’t I have to suffer such a loss that I can spend a little time on it? As a merchant, I can’t grant you that request.”

I’m sorry. He answered and tried to turn his back.

But if you look around, you can see that there isn’t much time.

‘There are already signs.’

I was able to be sure because I had observed the signs of those who were isolated on the battlefield. The situation is not so rosy.

I made a fire and released some of the food to cover the loss, but that’s all.

“What do you think will happen if a person is confined in a space for a long time?”

“What else are you going to say? Shut up before you throw away everything! I thought it was okay because I was doing a good job…!”

“Isn’t there enough time? Don’t force it on us any more. Thanks to that, this guy seems to be very angry, so don’t provoke him.”

“Hmm…”

Is that so?

An unsatisfying meal. Closed space. The year slowly fades away. This place will soon turn into darkness.

The moment that darkness comes, everything ends.

No matter how much he eats, he never gets full, and no matter how much he lights a fire, the cold comes. The darkened surroundings and the reinforcements that do not arrive even after a long wait are the deadliest enemies in an enclosed space.

The human mind, which has been isolated for a long time, is weak, and as anxiety rises, the awareness of crime begins to wane.

─How am I supposed to hold on to the jerky I just ate?!

─Hey, calm down!

“What, what’s going on there…”

Clang!

Before the executives even stepped forward, a piece of glass art that was supposed to be placed in the academy’s exhibition hall was thrown and shattered.

It was just the right timing.

“You seem to have enough time after looking at that.”

“…”

“…”

The members of the upper ranks rebel, and the powerful reign as plunderers.

Things that only happen in the Lawless Zone will unfold in this canyon.

“Would you like to see everyone go crazy one by one, including the members, outside personnel, and escorts? Or would you like to learn a way to escape at the cost?”

At a time like this, you have to shout out loud even for such a small thing to have an effect.