I Don't Want To Work! - Chapter 72
CHAPTER 72
“Uh-oh, it’s dangerous here now!”
The man who was supporting the patient down the stairs shouted.
“I’m okay.”
I stopped my steps towards the top floor.
“Oh, and I also told Her Highness.”
Judging by the clothes he was wearing, he seemed to be quite high-ranking among the villa staff.
“Even if you hear a loud noise from upstairs, never look up.”
“Excuse me?”
“Even though you’ve been here for a long time, make sure to inform the other staff as well.”
The man blinked at my words.
Regardless, I calmly proceeded upstairs.
As I passed the second floor and ascended to the top floor, it became eerily quiet, as if it were a lie.
Just in case there was any trouble, the only occupant on the third floor was the cursed Lord Beaerus.
‘But the windows are all open.’
I looked down the long wooden corridor and took out a power crystal from my pocket.
It was a pale azure crystal, the crystal of Sylphid.
I placed the crystal on my hand and fell silent for a moment.
“……”
But, how do I use this?
I’ve received it, but…
<Bawoo!!>
At that moment, Shu popped out.
It seems like Shu cries in various ways.
As a child grows older, their vocabulary increases, giving off that kind of feeling, right?
“You’re awake, Shu.”
<Baaw.>
Shu landed on the crystal, floating and waving like a jellyfish in the waves.
Then.
<Baw!>
Shu tightly grasped the crystal and shivered.
…What am I supposed to do?
As I stood still, Shu started to cry louder in frustration.
<Byaww!>
Shu trembled even more vigorously.
What is this?
“Ah!”
I opened my eyes wide.
“Are you telling me to blow energy into it?”
<Baa!>
Shu nodded its head.
He didn’t have a head or anything; it was just a fluffy lump with ears, shaking up and down.
“Okay, I’ll try.”
Shu, who flew into the air from my hand, settled on my shoulder.
After taking a deep breath, I tightly grasped the crystal and blew energy into it.
Well, I tried to move my energy as if blowing it in.
Even though I wanted to blow something in, whether it’s mana or health or anything, I couldn’t…
Paaat!
Sylphid’s crystal glowed brightly, thankfully this was the right answer.
Then, suddenly, the wide-open window was violently shaken by a gust of wind.
Crash!!
The glass shattered loudly.
“What, what’s happening?”
I gasped for breath.
I wanted a gust of wind strong enough to blow away the remaining poison in the corridor, but why did this sudden gale come out?
And the surprise didn’t end there.
“Why is this color like this?!”
I raised my voice in confusion.
The crystal in my hand was dyed black!
It wasn’t completely devoid of color, but black was mixed with the sky color.
Although the wind summoned now was strong, it shouldn’t have changed the color like this.
Sylphid, how strong she is!
‘You can’t tell me you’ve used this much power?’
“It’s inefficient.”
I recalled what Elam or Ifrit had said in the spirit realm.
So, that’s why they said that.
I smacked my forehead.
‘Darn it, I was planning to use this to blow away all the poison.…’
No, wait.
With this much wind, there was a high probability that a lower-level wind spirit like Sylph or a mid-level spirit like Silaphae would show up.
‘Huh? What’s this?’
I tilted my head.
No matter how much I looked, there was no sign of Silaphae, let alone Sylph.
There must be something wrong.
As I anxiously scanned the sky, something caught my eye.
A being flying effortlessly on the gust I summoned.
It was Syliron, a higher wind elemental.
Because of this creature, both Sylph and Silaphae seemed to have moved away, losing their places.
“Syliron!”
<……>
I called out, but Syliron ignored me casually.
Darn it.
In the past, it would have rushed to me as soon as it recognized my presence!
Even if I had made a contract with the wind spirit, Sylphid, in the past, that was history.
Now, with zero affinity and zero mana, I, who used to be, couldn’t expect Syliron, a higher elemental, to listen to me.
Before Syliron flew too far on the gust, I raised my voice.
Fortunately, there was no one in the backyard of the mansion where the gust occurred.
Otherwise, I would have been a strange person shouting into the air.
“Syliron! The power of Sylphid is here, and you’re going to ignore it and leave?”
Only then did Syliron turn its head completely towards me.
After sighing lightly, it flew gracefully in front of me.
<What’s the matter?>
The voice sounded polite, but it felt hollow, devoid of any real concern.
“I want you to stir up the wind. Sweep through this mansion with a weak breeze.”
<I refuse.>
What?
I couldn’t believe it.
What did it just say?
<It seems not to be my job.>
Syliron said with its wings brushing.
<Why don’t you ask another spirit for help?>
Is this guy playing with me?
Knowing full well that Sylph and Silaphae are missing because of it.
What?
Another spirit?
Another spiiiriiiiit?
“Hey….”
Before I could say anything, another being popped out.
It was Shu.
A small, fluffy thing, only a couple of fingers tall, bounced up.
<Byaaaaaaah!!!>
It screamed loud enough to scare me.
And it even grew gigantic enough to crush Syliron.
<This, or rather, you…>
Syliron’s eyes widened.
Oh, so Syliron recognized Shu as a spirit?
“Shu is the successor to the Water Spirit King. You know that, don’t you? Elam’s dirty little secret.”
Despite always appearing as a child and crying ‘Baaaa~!’ all the time, it was all a lie.
The essence within was filled with such filthy traits that even other beings would avoid it.
“And do only Elam know that you’ve ignored my words? It seems like even Sylphid should know.”
No matter how far back it goes, I was undoubtedly the contractor of Sylphid.
And Sylphid’s attitude towards me wasn’t bad either.
I went to the spirit realm this time to confirm it again.
<……>
Syliron’s face darkened at my words.
In an instant, it spread its wings wide and flew up.
<Should I just stir up the wind inside this mansion, Wanderer?>
A tone more hurriedly polite than before.
It even had a grin on its face.
As expected, hierarchy is everything.
“Yeah, sweep away every last bit without leaving a trace!”
<Yes!>
As Syliron stirred up the wind, the wide-open windows of the mansion clattered.
Even the closed doors swung open wide, revealing what was inside.
At the same time, any remaining poison on the floor or in the corners disappeared neatly.
“It must be handled perfectly. Got it?”
<Leave it to me, Wanderer!>
Syliron flew up again.
Good, good.
“Thank you, Shu.”
<Pwaw.>
Shu, who cried softly, disappeared.
He looked tired.
‘This side is done.’
I made sure to handle even the slightest trace of poison, so the mansion and the people inside were safe.
There was only one thing left.
“……”
That room.
I looked at the door at the end of the corridor.
A door that didn’t even budge with Syliron’s wind.
There was Kyres in there.
“Phew.”
I swallowed my breath.
After Detmé, now it’s Kyres.
I’m experiencing various things in my life.
I grabbed the doorknob with force.
Creak.
With a small sound, the door opened.
The room was neat and plain.
It had one bed, one table, one chair, one sofa where you could sit and rest, and one wardrobe.
And there was a knight’s conquest similar to Stella on the wall.
I approached the bed by the window slowly.
A man was lying there, as if dead.
‘Is this the Lord Beaerus?’
The small scars visible on his arms and the calloused hands indicated that he was a seasoned swordsman.
“Excuse me. I’ll examine your body.”
He might not hear, but I murmured as I lifted the blanket to check his condition.
For now, the condition that could be confirmed with the naked eye wasn’t bad.
But his heartbeat was slow.
‘I can’t ask about his other conditions, so I don’t know.’
I needed to know what curse it was to figure out how to detoxify or avoid it.
“Well, it’s just Kyres’ curse, so he might lose his life in pain.”
Since Kyres wouldn’t have cast a complicated curse.
I sighed deeply with my hand on my waist and turned my body.
To be precise, it was the corner opposite the bed.
“It’s not difficult to solve, right? So why not undo it now?”
A place where neither sunlight nor sight easily reached.
A person was sitting there.
An old man with a hunched back and snow-white hair.
If there was something peculiar, it was the eyes that shone coldly even in the darkness.
“If I undo it now, I’ll pass away quietly too, Kyres.”
At my words, the old man showed a yellowish grin and chuckled eerily.