Chapter 7: Are You Leaving?

Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

It was late after dinner, so it wouldn’t be convenient to look at his real estate that day.

The mayor had arranged for Robb to rest in his house with Gorda and the others, but Gorda was snoring so loudly that he could not sleep in the same room. Robb could only get up and go to the mayor’s backyard and sit on a stone bench in the yard.

A figure sidled closer. It was the red-haired Mage, Snow Dew. She sat grinning on another stone bench beside Robb and cocked her head at him.

“What? Do I have something on my face?” Robb said.

“You give off a mysterious vibe,” said Snow. “Gorda and Kik didn’t say, but they probably feel the same way I do. You were a big shot once, right?”

“Eh?” said Robert. “Why do you say that?”

“First, of course, it’s because of your strength. Your magic is so powerful that you don’t even need to chant. You can do it just by lifting your hand. My God, I suspect you carry a divine artifact that can omit spell time! A Clergy as powerful as you either holds a high position in the Light Church or once did. You can’t just be a nameless little priest. Coupled with your attitude…” She paused, as if forming her words.

After a few seconds, he continued, “There’s something steady about you. When you walk with us, you unconsciously embody the feeling of a big shot taking a few of his men out. It’s subtle.”

“Eh? Is it?” Robb thought about it carefully. Perhaps there was. Anyone who went out to kill monsters with a full-level account and a few low-level accounts would inevitably feel like an old man leading a new person. He might have unknowingly shown this feeling. This was not good. He had to restrain himself as much as possible so that he would not find himself a small loudspeaker… Eh? No, no one in this world would use a small loudspeaker to flood the screen and scold people.

In a low voice, Snow asked, “Are you a high priest? A high priest? A cardinal? An oracle? Or… a cardinal? Oh, it’s impossible to have a cardinal as young as you, but I think it’s quite possible that you’ve held those other positions before. You must be or were once a big shot in the Light Church.”

Robb thought: Just one more Pope and you’ve listed all the upper professions in the Holy class department. But you didn’t get it wrong. I’ve maxed out all these professions.

Although he was only thinking about it in his head and didn’t answer, the expression on his face gave him away.

Snow couldn’t help but stiffen. She lowered her voice and exclaimed, “My God, are you really such a big shot? I felt that you weren’t an ordinary person. I didn’t expect you to be so powerful.”

Robb said, “Well, you know my secret now. I may have to kill someone to keep it quiet.”

Snow was visibly shocked. In an instant she paled, and she began to tremble.

Robb did not expect a joke to scare the girl. He quickly said, “Hey, I was joking.”

Snow heaved a huge sigh of relief. “Don’t make jokes like that. You’re so good at it, I almost jumped back and threw fireballs at you.”

She was still a little afraid. She carefully watched Robb’s face and saw that his gaze was gentle. This time, she was really relieved. She said in a low voice, “Why did a big shot like you come to a town like Borderhammer? Is there some secret mission? Or…? Could it be that you’re being ostracized and even being hunted? I’ve heard of such a plot. Some big shot offended another big shot and was chased by an army. He had no choice but to hide his identity and live in Borderhammer.”

“You have a very vivid imagination,” Robb said. “I simply ran out of pursuits and wanted to be lazy.”

This sentence of laziness shocked Snow again. She said in a low voice, “Sloth is one of the Seven Deadly Sins! If ordinary people accidentally commit the sin, they have to repent. A big shot like you can never talk about laziness. It will be a very bad example. If you are imitated by the believers of the Holy Church, things will be bad… I seem to finally understand why you were ostracized by the Holy Church.”

Robb thought: You’re a fun girl. Forget it, I can’t be bothered to explain. Just treat it as being ostracized because of the Seven Deadly Sins.

He didn’t want to dwell on that. “Are you leaving tomorrow?” he asked instead.

Snow nodded. “Yes. Gorda has taken on another commission. In the Birch Forest, to the southwest, a small village in the forest is being infested by ogres. The villagers have commissioned us to remove them. We’ve been delayed here for several days searching for wyverns, so time is already short. We must get up early tomorrow and travel.”

“Oh!” Robb said. On the surface he was cool, seeming unconcerned about their journey ahead, but secretly worried. He was a more affectionate man than he had expected. The three adventurers were not annoying. In fact, they made him feel a little endearing. He did not wish to hear from some merchant days later that they had been eaten by ogres in their quest.

However, he did not intend to follow them to the Birch Forest.

The journey of the three adventurers would not end after this. They might go on to Black Birch Forest in the future, and possibly Yellow Birch Forest. They had countless other adventures in their lives, but Robb could not always follow them as a nanny. Perhaps he would have to give them a small gift of his blessing pinned to their lapels and say goodbye.

Robb said, “By the way, you’re a Mage, so you often make magic scrolls, right? Do you have blank scrolls for making one?”

“Of course there is.” Snow pulled a pouch from her belt and took out several scrolls of parchment. In the game world, this thing would be a material called a blank magic scroll. Mages could engrave magic they had already mastered onto the scroll and give it to someone else. That way, even if the person wasn’t a Mage, they could use the scroll to activate the corresponding magic.

Robb picked up a piece of parchment, then used the skill “Making Magic Scrolls.” He chose the magic “Instant Teleportation,” chose the material “Blank Magic Scrolls,” and began to carve…

A cold blue light spread from his body and merged into the parchment. Then strange symbols began to appear on the parchment. The symbols glowed with a faint blue light.

Snow almost exclaimed when she saw it. “Damn! A magic scroll for Instant Teleportation… This… This is an extremely precious life-saving spell.”