I Don't Want To Work! - Chapter 76
CHAPTER 76
“Phew.”
Alone, Lionel breathed deeply and swept his hair back.
The bright smile that was there just a moment ago disappeared, leaving only an expressionless person.
Lionel turned his body calmly.
Where he walked was not far from the place where he parted ways with Lottie.
And there.
“…….”
The follower of Kyres.
“You, you…….”
Barely breathing, he glared at Lionel with bloodshot eyes.
“How dare a mere human, block the path of the gods…….”
Thunk.
The last word wasn’t completed.
With a blank face, he stopped breathing.
‘Ah.’
Lionel, who casually snapped the neck, checked his shoes.
‘It’s stained with blood.’
He should be careful from now on.
If it was blood, his master might worry about him again, as she had before.
“Where are you injured, Lionel.”
No matter how fierce he acted, his master was always affectionate, wasn’t she?
“At last, you’ve met the puppet of the gods.”
Two silhouettes appeared in the shadows of the forest as he disposed of the body.
Black skin, pointed ears.
They were Dark Elves.
An older-looking male elf among them stepped forward.
“What’s going on?”
“Our god calls for you.”
“I’m not going.”
Without hesitation, Lionel, who was setting fire to the body, turned around.
The man elf’s face contorted fiercely at the sight.
“If you’re distracted by the toys that our lord is playing with anyway, dare to……! Argh!”
The elf’s body floated up. There was a clear mark on his neck as if it were strangled with a rope.
“What, what is this…!!”
The elf swung his hands recklessly, but nothing caught.
“Whoa!”
At that moment, another elf still in the shadows leaped out.
With a petite frame, she looked like a girl at first glance, still a Dark Elf.
“We might really die like this! Just look the other way, okay? I’ll take care of him properly.”
The girl smiled brightly as she stopped Lionel.
“If we kill each other, it’ll be a hassle, right?”
“…….”
Thud, the male elf’s body fell to the ground.
Ignoring the one who lay on the ground clutching his neck, the girl opened her mouth coolly.
“But won’t you come anyway? Our god is calling you.”
“I said I’m not going. If necessary, they can come themself.”
“What insolence!”
“The insolent one is you.”
The male elf tried to say something more, but he shut his mouth at the cold gaze of the girl.
“Don’t make me drag you forcefully for lack of skill in persuading, alright? Do you want to see me angrier?”
“I’m sorry.”
“Whatever!”
The girl, whose face changed in an instant, grinned at Lionel.
“Can’t you come just once? Huh? After all, our master was the one who made you immortal so you can find your master. You can come once, right?”
“I’ve already paid the price for that, and there’s nothing to give or take.”
“Ah, you’re so mean. Honestly, wouldn’t you want to be saved by the hand of the one who gave you your master? Then you should take our side.”
“Then take it.”
“What?”
“Come and take it? Ah.”
Lionel chuckled bitterly as he wiped the blood.
“You don’t even have the strength for that?”
“…You.”
The girl bit her lip hard. She even shook her head as if to say it was hopeless.
“Alright, you won’t come for now?”
“It’s not for now, I’m not going.”
Lionel, who had neatly disposed of the body, took a step.
“Go tell your master. I’m not going.”
That was the end of the conversation. Lionel disappeared, leaving only the two Dark Elves.
“What should we do now?”
The man who had finally regained his strength stood up, groaning.
The girl flicked her bangs as if annoyed, blowing air through her lips.
“Well, what can we do? He’s not coming. We’ll have to persuade him some more. If you go empty-handed, our master might get angry with us.”
Hmph, the girl’s eyes, which had been twisted with annoyance, soon became mixed with interest.
“Shall we mingle among the humans for a while? There was a decent place, right?”
“That’s true, but are we going to be in the capital?”
“Why, can’t we?”
“Isn’t it too crowded with humans? It’s not bad to stay there, but…”
“So what?”
The girl stretched her arms.
“It’ll be fun to do that, right?”
* * *
“Lottie!”
Stella, who spotted me, ran towards me from afar.
Whoa, she’s fast.
“Where have you been? I’ve been looking for you for a while!”
“Ah.”
She must have checked the room where the patient was already.
“A strange guy was hiding in the room that was lifting the curse on the patient.”
“A strange guy?”
“Yes, he looked like a follower of Kyres.”
I nodded and continued.
“When he saw me, he panicked and ran away, so I chased after him…”
Huff, I took a short breath.
“He suddenly died.”
“What do you mean? Can you explain it in detail, Your Highness?”
Anna, Stella’s maid, approached and asked.
“Suddenly blood started flowing from his whole body, and then the body burned and disappeared. Maybe he was used as a medium for the curse.”
“A medium for the curse?”
“Yes, that’s why I went to the temple this morning, to ask about that.”
It wasn’t true, though.
“Then the High Priest mentioned that although rare, there are gods who curse using mediums.”
He wasn’t a Kyres guy, though.
“So, just in case, I chased after him, and when I saw him die like that, I was sure! Is the curse on the patient gone?”
“Uh, yeah.”
Stella, who was overwhelmed by my momentum, nodded her head.
“It’s completely gone.”
“Thank goodness…”
I breathed a sigh of relief.
“I’ve already finished the other treatments with herbs. From now on, you won’t suffer from curses anymore.”
That’s it. The road ahead should be solid.
It’s not like any other follower, it’s Detmé who directly blessed me.
“Oh, I see.”
Stella nodded. Looking at her face, I raised a question mark in my mind.
‘I thought she was just a subordinate who wanted help from me.’
But looking at her expression now, it seems like there’s more.
Hmm, the corners of my mouth curled up unconsciously.
“But still, even if there are strange guys in the future, don’t chase after them! You’re weak, you know? What if you get hurt!”
Stella, realizing unconsciously what expression she had, turned her head with a jerk.
Even if I try to cover it up with a sharp expression, it’s already too late.
“Ah, Your Highness, are all the herbs and people ready?”
Didn’t Stella say she would bring the herbalists while renting a villa of a countess?
“It’s ready, shall we go there now? Do you need a break?”
“A little tired, but…”
I replied, shrugging my shoulders.
“The patient is waiting.”
“Yeah, it’s better to get it done quickly. There are quite a few people gathered, so you just need to give orders.”
That’s fine with me.
“Anna.”
“The carriage is already prepared.”
As I got on the prepared carriage, the coachman quickly drove the horses.
As soon as the carriage arrived at the countess’ villa, I immediately gave instructions.
“For now, we’ll use the roots of these herbs! We won’t use the leaves! Why use the roots? Because they have poison, but it neutralizes it.”
“We’ll put the herbs in water for exactly two turns of the hourglass we were given!”
At first, I was kind of polite.
“Hey, you, your handling is a mess!!”
“Kkaak!! Turn the hourglass properly! If you’re even a little late, the effect will be ruined!”
“Have you ever dealt with herbs before?! Why are you so slow with handling them??”
My patience was wearing thin.
No, why are they all so frustrating!!
This won’t do, I’ll burst if this continues!
I grabbed a knife and some herbs.
“Watch carefully, I’ll show you once!”
I gathered the herbalists and started the demonstration.
Watch carefully, learn well!
“Like this!!”
Chop chop chop!!
“Like that!!”
Slice slice slice!
“And when it’s done like this!!”
I put down the finished potion and looked around triumphantly.
“See? It’s simple. Everyone try it like this.”
But the herbalists gathered at the countess’ villa just lowered their heads with pale faces.
“We, we can’t do that, Your Highness.”
“That’s right. You’re too fast, we don’t even know what’s what……”
“Was it magic? It just went like this and voila! Came out?”
“……”
I turned my head to Stella, who was standing at the entrance of the kitchen.
“I, I brought skilled people!!”
Was my gaze so terrifying that Stella took a hesitant step back?
“Skilled people?”
Skilled peoppllee?
With this kind of skill, they can’t make a living!
Kyyaaaahhh!!