Chapter 32 Infrastructure: Magic Visit
Xiao Yun, who had cast the system's translation field over the Sioux boy, allowing him to understand his words, did not answer the boy's question. Instead, he repeated, "What's your name?"
[My name is... Suna...]
The young man looked at Xiao Yun tremblingly.
He was extremely frightened at this moment.
(Why? I know what he is saying even though I don’t understand him?)
(Could it be...he was sent by God? He is God's messenger?!)
"Suna..."
Xiao Yun turned around and said to the village chief and Lance, "He said his name is Suna."
"You can communicate with him?!"
The village chief was shocked and trembled all over: "You just spoke to him in the common language of the Western Continent?!"
"Um."
Xiao Yun said calmly, glancing at Lance.
Lance understood and walked behind the village chief.
The shocked village chief was muttering to himself at this time.
"...Why...why can he understand the Common Language you speak? You can also understand his Barbarian language! Could it be that you...you...a magician! You are a magician!"
"...No wonder you're so delicate and beautiful yet you can command tall mercenaries! I thought you were his mistress, so he... I didn't expect... I didn't expect... Oh my God! I actually offended a magician!"
"——Seth, save me! Save us!"
The village chief came to his senses and screamed and rushed towards the door, but was grabbed by Lance and thrown to the ground.
"Behave yourself!"
“I…I…”
"If you dare to scream, I'll cut off your tongue first! Then I'll ask my master to use the dark magic to turn your entire village into zombies worse than ghouls!"
Lance threatens the village chief.
The village chief quickly covered his mouth and pleaded with sobs, "I...we...we were greedy for a moment. I didn't expect that this barbarian boy could actually alarm the honorable magician...Please spare us!"
He thought Xiao Yun was a magician who lived deep in the jungle and had close relations with the Sioux. He was commissioned by the Sioux to disguise himself as a bard and come to the settler village to look for missing tribesmen. Lance was the magician's servant.
"Release him immediately."
“Yes! Yes!”
The village chief trembled as he took out the key and handed it to Xiao Yun: "Master Magician, can I...can I leave now?"
"Wait a moment."
Xiao Yun took the key and untied the boy's chains.
"Suna, don't move, let me untie the chains on your feet."
[Who are you? Are you... a messenger of God?]
Suna looked at Xiao Yun with a mixture of fear and admiration.
His poor common sense made him mistakenly believe that Xiao Yun was the same kind as the mysterious and noble "messengers of God" who appeared in the tribe from time to time, and he instinctively thought that Xiao Yun, with his shining appearance, was a more advanced "messengers of God" than those "messengers of God" wearing black cloaks.
(A messenger of God?)
Xiao Yun didn't explain. After untying the chains, he said to the boy, "Now, you are free."
[free? ]
Suna glanced at the chains on the ground, then suddenly rushed to the village chief and kicked him in the heart.
[Damn Aim! Damn Aim!]
(Aim? So they call people outside "Aim.")
Xiao Yun's eyes sparkled.
The village chief is here——
Seeing that the young barbarian could actually let the "honorable mage" personally unlock his chains, he naturally did not dare to resist or cry out in pain, until his ribs were almost broken by Suna.
"Have mercy... Have mercy... I, I know I was wrong... I won't dare to do it again next time..."
"Stop it."
Xiao Yun said to Suna.
He was worried that the village chief being beaten to death by Suna on the spot would affect his incognito visit plan.
[Suna obeyed the orders of the angel.]
Suna stopped meekly.
Xiao Yun did not correct Suna's cognitive error.
After confirming that the village chief was not seriously injured, Xiao Yun told him to get out first, and then instructed Suna: "When you return to the tribe, you can only tell the tribe chief and the person you trust most about your encounter with me."
[Suna knew that Suna would always obey the orders of the angel.]
After saying this, Suna took off the animal tooth necklace from his neck, knelt down on the ground, and then held the necklace high with both hands:
[Please accept Suna's courage and loyalty.]
"I accept."
Xiao Yun took the animal tooth necklace from Suna.
The young man grinned, revealing a simple smile that came from the heart.
[The envoy of God accepted Suna's courage and loyalty! Suna's courage and loyalty were recognized by the envoy of God!]
Afterwards, the young man bowed to Xiao Yun again.
After obtaining permission from the "messenger of God", Suna respectfully left the room, jumped onto the gray stone roof of the villagers, and disappeared without a trace after a few jumps.
(So flexible! Like a monkey.)
Xiao Yun sighed inwardly.
Lance stepped forward: "Boss, what should we do next——"
"Why aren't you surprised that I can communicate smoothly with the barbarians using the common language of the Western Continent?"
"because--"
Lance shrugged and whispered in her ear, "Before my master sent me to the capital to serve the Grand Duke, he repeatedly reminded me that no matter how absurd or bizarre something is, as long as it happens to a member of the Holy Family, it is reasonable and normal."
"so--"
"From a common sense perspective, what just happened is indeed very strange and irrational, but since it happened to you, it must be reasonable and normal."
…
…
After Suna left, Xiao Yun turned around and looked at the bruised village chief and his two sons who were called by the village chief.
"I'm going to ask you a few questions, and you must answer truthfully."
"Of course! Of course!"
The village chief was trembling.
The two sons followed suit, nodding and bowing. "Master Magician, what do you want to ask?"
"How many years have you lived here?"
"Ten years—no, ten years and nine months!"
“Have you ever done anything like this before?”
"No! No! Never!"
"real?"
"So...we are...are..."
The two brothers looked at each other and whispered, "It wasn't until last month that we learned from Roger in the neighboring Qingniba Village that we could capture barbarians and sell them to Kukuchia to make money..."
"Roger? Who is he?"
"He's a mercenary, hired by Castle Black to fight the barbarians for years. Six months ago, he broke a leg and had to move out of Castle Black and live in Qingniba Village. He said that the Empire forbids the buying and selling of slaves, but Gaola is a border town, and the Empire's laws don't count here. Only the sword in his hand and the gold in his pocket won't betray him."
"And then you—"
“Mercy!”
The village chief, his father, and his two sons all knelt down in unison: "We didn't expect... that..."
"Take me to Roger."
“Yes! Yes!”
The village chief agreed repeatedly, looked at the setting sun, and asked carefully, "Master Magician, are you sure you want to... now..."
In this era, magical illumination had become commonplace in the mansions of the nobility and wealthy of the Western Continent. The upper city of the Capital of Light was transformed into a sea of light every night. However, this was the empire's frontier, a settlement formed by pioneers. Using magical illumination at night was a luxury beyond the reach of ordinary people.
"……All right."
Xiao Yun agreed to stay in the village overnight.
Lance was unhappy and said hypocritically, "Master, I heard from the knights of Rydburg that starting this month, all the land from the Kas River to the Talia Mountains has been granted by the emperor to the newly appointed Grand Marquis of Gaura."
“That’s what I said.”
"It is said that he is more handsome than a woman."
"What's the point of a good-looking man if he can't have children!"
Not knowing that the "Mage" in front of him, disguised as a bard, was none other than the village chief's youngest son, the Grand Marquis of Gola, who was said to be as beautiful as a girl, in order to please Lance, he agreed with a look of contempt and even spat on the ground.
The eldest son followed up with a flattering tone, "Master Magician, it is rumored that this Marquis Gaola is of the precious blue bloodline of the Holy Family. Although he is not as good as his pure-blooded brother, he is still..."
In the Western Continent, even children know that the direct bloodlines of the Holy Family have the gift of the Twin Gods in their bodies, and their bodies are treasures that every magician dreams of.
"—Is this something you should be concerned about?"
Xiao Yun snorted coldly, pretending to be profound, and ordered the village chief and his two sons to prepare a clean house for overnight stay and warm water for washing.
“Yes! Yes!”
…
"Master Lucien—Master Lucien—"
On a quiet night, Lance, who was sleeping in the outer room, suddenly stopped snoring as if he had lost consciousness, and the narrow farmhouse was filled with a strange, overwhelming, pale silence.
Xiao Yun realized that there was a demonic power visiting and opened his eyes.
"Is it my brother's mage?"
He sat up and in the dim light saw black powder with a bitter smell flying in the wind.
"Yes, I come here on the orders of His Highness the Grand Duke..."
A dark figure emerged from the shadow of the house and soon took the shape of a human.
"I've knocked out everyone irrelevant, including Lance, with the powder. They won't wake up anytime soon. The young master has demonic blood in his body, so he's unaffected by the powder."
(As expected of my brother’s mage, he’s very cautious.)
Xiao Yun nodded and asked directly: "Did my brother send you here for something important?"
"The following is the message entrusted to me by His Royal Highness the Grand Duke."
The mage made a mechanical sound from under his black cloak, like a tool without any emotions.
"Through the mage intelligence system established in the Talia Mountains, His Highness the Grand Duke has learned that the Su and Shem tribes living in the dense forest have formed an alliance and will attack Castle Black on the full moon night three days from now. They plan to capture Castle Black and rescue their fellow tribesmen imprisoned in the castle dungeon, who are about to be shipped to the coastal city of Kukuchia..."
"...His Royal Highness the Grand Duke asked me to tell you that Lewis doesn't know about this yet. You can decide whether to tell Lewis or not."
"oh?"
Xiao Yun sat up straight involuntarily.
It was a very strange and bizarre experience.
As the Marquis of Gola, who governed a vast area from the Kas River to the Talia Mountains, he actually needed to learn what was happening in the dense forests of the Talia Mountains from the envoys sent by his brother who was far away in the royal capital.
Moreover, the Black Earl, who claimed to be the uncrowned king of the Gola region, knew nothing about the barbarian attack three days later, just like him!
"In addition, Your Highness's magic intelligence system located in the Talia Mountains will be gradually handed over to you. Starting next month, all of us will obey your orders and report to you regularly."
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