Episode 61. Okay, everyone calm down…
[The contract with the main character ‘Muto’ has been concluded!]
[‘Muto’ is added to ‘Contract Order Slot 1’.]
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[Muto ★★★★]
-Sensitivity: 25%
-Personality: Aggressive, optimistic
-Attribute: Poison, Darkness
[Empty slot]
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When I woke up from a deep sleep, there were many changes.
My body, which had passed out in the forest of spirits, was lying on the bed in the cabin, and when I came out of unconsciousness, it was already morning.
My family must have found me collapsed and quickly brought me here. In fact, they had been watching my training for a week. It must have been easy for them to watch since they were skilled in magic.
Even though he is now very weak and worn out, his skills are at a level where it wouldn’t be strange for him to be appointed as a magic professor at the Magic Academy.
‘Of course, I won’t be able to live a normal social life because of the curse.’
I, who was also cursed, am living a normal school life, but that is only possible because I was possessed. In the main story, Radon, who was not possessed, was expelled before even taking the midterm exam.
Unless my family can see the system the way I do, it’s likely to be the same. It’s useless to get a job or go to college.
“Did you sleep well?”
A black snake jumped out from under the bed and spoke to me. Muto slowly came closer, scanned my face with his eyes, and then flicked his tongue.
“Hey, sir! What are you doing?”
“Hmm, I guess you finally woke up.”
“Then does this look like it’s not broken?”
How can you tell a person’s sleep state with your tongue? He was still a picky guy.
Still, it was a great achievement just to be able to make a deal with him. He had been doing what I said up until now because it was beneficial to him.
Even though being absorbed was an irresistible force, I was able to taste the good prey called Enviel.
I was influenced by it, but I didn’t completely make Envyel’s power mine. Still, it is true that my knowledge and focus expanded.
“Can’t you start talking now?”
“What.”
“About the curse on our family.”
If he was a high-ranking lord, there was a high chance that he would know.
While eating at home, I asked my father about the curse, but even he said he didn’t know the details.
‘When I opened my eyes, I was already hanging there.’ That was all the answer I got.
“Hey, are you awake?”
Then Amy burst through the door and came in. The floor creaked as she ran towards the bed. I was nervous that it might collapse.
Muto disappeared as soon as his younger sister appeared.
“Are you okay? Are you hurt anywhere?”
“It’s okay. There’s no particular injury, just a lot of magic power was consumed.”
“Thank goodness. I was the one who brought my brother back then. Mom and Dad were a bit busy at the time.”
“You came to that dangerous place alone?”
“What’s so dangerous about it? I’m a woman who does it when I have to!”
pop!-
Suddenly, Amy’s body grew larger. She had turned into the bodybuilder-like size I had seen when I first met her.
Now it makes sense how that tiny Amy brought me here.
But that body always felt unfamiliar whenever I saw it. I felt a pressure as if it would crush me at any moment.
The floor creaked more than anything else. It was a wonder it didn’t collapse when that big guy stepped on it.
The move was urgent.
“Come down to the kitchen. Dinner is ready.”
* * * * *
“Congratulations! You successfully concluded the contract.”
“I knew my son could do it too.”
My mother and father sat at the table and drank their drinks in excitement. Drinking in broad daylight… I guess they have the mental strength not to get drunk.
I am quite grateful for their help in negotiating the contract.
“Why is there so much debris?”
Muto crawls out from under my feet again and mutters something.
Her mother and father laughed it off because they could see it clearly, but Amy tilted her head because she couldn’t hear or see.
“We’re eating, so can’t you be a little careful about what you say?”
It’s been bothering me for a while now, but what the hell is vomit? Vomit.
“Your family has been cursed with a special curse.”
At Muto’s one word, the atmosphere became quiet in an instant. The laughter and chatter of the entire family died down.
“What was the name of the curse you were under?”
“■■■’s ■ week.”
My father spoke, but the curse name was muted. It was no different from me.
『You all know very well that this is not an ordinary curse. A curse that suddenly appears when you open your eyes does not exist in this world.』
So it must have been hanging for a long time already, Muto said. From what he felt himself… he said it seemed to have been ripening for about 300 years.
“3…300 years?”
Not only me, but even my family members were shocked. We knew it wasn’t just a simple curse, but we didn’t know it had been that long.
“300 years ago, not only Amy and I, but even my mother and father wouldn’t have existed.”
“That’s right. Even if we didn’t exist, there must have been ancestors.”
Ancestor or founder.
When I heard that, I understood everything.
Considering that this liar’s curse spread to his entire family, it’s quite possible.
『As I said, it was a curse that lasted for 300 years. It was just that it didn’t show any effects during that long period of time, so it was quiet. The curse that had been sleeping so quietly… suddenly started to awaken in your generation.』
Muto pointed his tail at his father as an arrow.
The cause of the curse on this entire family was not my father, but my distant ancestors. When my father found out, he was heartbroken.
“Then, can we also find out why our ancestors were cursed with this?”
『I don’t know much about that. I just inferred from the degree to which the curse had matured. In the worst case scenario, it could have been caused by the ancestor’s sin.』
Although a look of regret crossed the family’s faces, there was a possibility that Muto’s hypothesis was correct.
This is because the concept of a curse is often used as something that comes as a result of committing a sin.
“Yeah, thanks for letting me know.”
“What thank you? You seem so dull for a wizard that I can’t help but find myself moving my mouth without realizing it.”
This snake cub is talking nonsense. I want to hit his facial expressions with a spoon, but I hold back because I don’t want to ruin the mood.
The two of you are smiling even after hearing this nonsense. That shows how broad-minded you are… I really respect you.
“That’s okay. It’s not bad to hear a word from a cute puppy like you, right?”
“What, what?”
“So cute and adorable. Here, I’ll give you some dog gum. Enjoy it.”
My mother threw meat at me, saying it was dog gum. The evil Muto became completely dumbfounded, and coincidentally, so did I.
If they had a system in place, the erosion rate would likely have dropped by more than 70%.
“Are you guys crazy?”
“Don’t be so sad. What should we name our puppy?”
“How about a black one? I think it’d be really cute.”
“Or a lump of charcoal? Would that be too funny?”
“That’s right.”
-Hahahahahahaha!
Watching my family laughing together, I realized once again that this was no ordinary family.
As I kept listening, it was difficult to maintain my wits.
『….』
Muto was completely still, completely out of his mind. Who would have thought that there would come a day when I would sympathize with this guy’s feelings?
Of course, he probably had a rough idea why they were making such a fuss. Knowing that, Muto couldn’t say anything bad about it, so he clicked his tongue hard.
“Wait a minute! It looks like we have an uninvited guest.”
My father suddenly stopped laughing and spoke with a serious expression. My mother reacted the same way when she heard that an uninvited guest had arrived.
“Are you saying the barrier was seen through?”
“Maybe so. They don’t seem like normal guys.”
The cheerful atmosphere was suddenly shattered. As they hurriedly went out, I followed them.
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“This is quite a significant barrier.”
There was a crowd of soldiers in front of the hut. They didn’t even realize that there was a hut in front of them.
The barrier spread out in front of them prevents those outside from recognizing what is isolated inside.
So the soldiers could not see the hut, but that did not fool the eyes of the highly skilled knights.
“Please step back, Your Majesty.”
“yes.”
The knight pulled out his sword, pushing aside the blue-haired girl who was standing at the front.
A chilling sword energy surged from his sword, which seemed to be of a captain’s rank. The sword, swung diagonally, tore through the barrier in an instant.
As the barrier lost its power, what they had seen just now disappeared as if it were a mirage. Then, as if emerging from a hazy fog, a hut appeared before the soldiers’ eyes.
The girl who witnessed the sight pouts.
“Thank you for your hard work. If it weren’t for Lord Trancy, I would never have found it.”
“I just did what was natural. By the way, he doesn’t seem to be an ordinary conman. Judging by the barrier he’s set up, he must be at least a 5th Circle. This could be… a leader of a devil worshipping group.”
It makes no sense for such a veteran wizard to be hiding in such a secluded place. Most wizards who go into hiding are conducting bad experiments or researching black magic.
“Come out now, you swindler! I know you’re hiding here! If you apologize right now, I’ll let you get away with a lighter punishment!”
As the girl shouted in a loud voice, the door to the cabin opened. A man, a woman, and a boy a few years older than her walked out.
In particular, the girl’s eyes turned bloodshot as soon as she saw the man.
“I finally found you! This scammer!!”
“Oh my! I wondered who you were.”
As soon as Lotus Crawler saw the girl, he was greatly disappointed.
Their family had set up shop in a shopping district before moving. They sold various instruments and potions that they made themselves, but… it was actually a scam.
Because they were selling stamina potions as magic boosters, or selling equipment with medium durability as if it were high durability.
But the Crowler family had to survive at all costs, because they thought that doing so would delay the curse.
Then, he sold some gear and potions to a girl who seemed to be an adventurer, but his daughter, Amy, accidentally put the wrong label on the potion and ended up selling sleeping pills.
The girl who held that grudge… reappeared leading the knights. As the Duke’s Youngae.
“I thought it was a restorative medicine and took it, but I suddenly fell asleep? And I did it in the middle of monsters! I can’t just ignore this. Be prepared!”
It’s strange that I’m not upset when I almost died because I was scammed.
He seemed to be the son of a long-standing knightly family, as he roamed around like a lone adventurer. It was a kind of warrior training.
“Your Majesty, please calm down for now… We also have unavoidable circumstances….”
“Unavoidable circumstances?”
Lotus paused for a beat before speaking.
“Yes, my family is suffering from a disease that will kill us if we don’t speak up.”
“…what?”
“So if I don’t do ■things■, ■will be on that■… Tsk. I guess it won’t work after all.”
“Are you kidding me right now?”
Unable to understand the words, the girl made a beast-like expression. The knights reacted and aimed their swords at the couple.
Trancy, the leader of the knights, also stared at them in the same way.
Aside from the fact that they defrauded the princess, they are very suspicious. They need to be searched and seized as there is a possibility that they are conducting inhumane experiments in such a remote place.
“Please just surrender. Then it can end without anyone getting hurt.”
“I wish it could end like that, but I don’t think that girl will listen no matter how many times I tell her.”
“….”
Trancy held her breath as soon as she saw the man. She had expected him to be a 5th Circle, but when she actually saw him, she saw more than that.
As expected, he wasn’t just a simple conman. It was a good thing I followed the princess.
“Tell me honestly what you were doing here.”
“I was just starting a family.”
“Why did you have to go to the trouble of creating a barrier?”
“….”
From Lotus’ point of view, there was nothing to say.
A skilled wizard lives in a remote area, surrounded by barriers? Isn’t this exactly how criminals hide out?
“If you won’t obey, I will have to take you by force.”
“Ha… Do you really have to go that far?”
As soon as Lotas’s sigh ended, Trancy rushed forward at a terrifying speed. Without hesitation, he tried to cut Lotas down with his aura-covered sword.
It looked like the knight was about to cut down a civilian, but a barrier was created by Lotus’ gesture, blocking the sword.
It was truly amazing to be able to create such defensive magic without even a staff. However, the sides were empty.
“Be prepared, you swindler!”
The princess dug into the empty space.
I want to use the technique of lifting the sword I am holding with all my might to increase its weight and then striking down with the sword containing that weight.
The opponent is distracted by the tranche sir. With this, in one shot…
“Muto.”
…could not finish it.
Something appeared in response to the soft voice and blocked the sword strike.
It was a black snake. The reptile, which looked to be twenty times larger than an anaconda, swung its tail to deflect the girl’s blow.
“Okay, okay, everyone calm down! Let’s just put down our weapons. Then we won’t put up much resistance either.”
I, who embodied Muto, wanted to mediate this chaos.
As I came out of the cabin wondering what the heck… I saw a face I knew.
With that in mind, this fight is meaningless.
“What are you! Get out of my way and get out of here!”
“That technique just now, ‘Chain Silver Ryu – Hail’?”
“what?”
I told the girl. It was a face she had seen many times in the game.
When the girl asked me who I was, I answered by showing her a badge.
“I know your sister.”
A single word alone would not be enough to calm the situation. But a single badge silenced all the soldiers.
Girl… Ray Chainsilver was stunned as if she had been hit in the back of the head.
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