Next chapter between 4-16 hours most likely. I still intended to get 2 more chapters done today but due to several reasons. I'll continue finishing them and have them up tomorrow. After those 2 the next chapters won't be until next Saturday again as planned.
Year 7445, Month 4, Day 19
While we were all grinning and making evil expressions thinking about ways to stir up the relationship there was a knock on the door.
When Basutoral dealt with them, it seems a messenger came from old man Viruhaima of the {Verdure.Brotherhood}. While tilting my head I went down to the lobby together with Miduchi and the Basuraito.Kerutein, nickanme Basu who switched places with Toris in the dungeon way back, was waiting there.
"Ya~ Basu-san. What's going on?"
"I'm sorry when you're on your day off. Our leader Viruhaima seems to want to talk to you. It seems it's in regards to the matter with {Black.Topaz}. Sorry but do you have any time after this?"
The matter of {Black.Topaz}? I wonder what in the world it is. But, it's only obvious I'm interested. Last week, that sort of thing only just happened after all. However, if he has business then he should be the one coming to me..Well, the other side is still my several times my senior. Even in terms of age I'm quite a bit younger so I guess it can't be helped.
"I understand. I'll head over and visit after this but right now I'm in the middle of a meeting with my members so I need to go and notify them."
"I see, sorry about that."
I turned around and went back up to Zenom's room and after telling everyone I was called out by Viruhaima of {Verdure.Brotherhood} in regards to {Black.Topaz}, Miduchi and left the meeting. In addition, I also told them that I was thinking of leaving the matter in regards to Faruergaz and the others to Toris and Zenom, just, for now I just want them to think up some ideas and let me hear them, so I told them not to move until then. Also, I mentioned that my slaves Zulu and the others already know most of the circumstances so if they're necessary they can feel free to make use of them as well.
We followed after Basu to "Elm Tree Manor" and were let through into a room. Just as expected of the place the King stayed during the day of judgement, it's the highest grade inn in Baldukk. When I tried asking later it seems that on just the days of judgement they're asked to stay in a different inn. Well, I guess that's only obvious.
The room in the far back on the first floor of "Elm Tree Manor" was the leader of {Verdure.Brotherhood} Viruhaima's room. When Basu lead us to the room we followed after him inside when he opened the door without knocking. Inside of the room Viruhaima was sitting on a huge sofa making a difficult expression with smoke coming from a cigar in his hand. Also there was one more, a person I don't know standing against the wall but judging from their appearance they're an attendant slave.
"Yo, Greed-kun, sorry about calling you out."
Viruhaima called out to us from the sofa and pointed to the one in front of him. When I saw down lined up with Miduchi he offered a cigar
"Do you want one? They're made in Reida."
Tobacco is an expensive luxury good. It's proof that you have plenty of money to spend and having a taste for tobacco could be called one form of status. Since we all have our memories about the harms of tobacco in our previous life no one has any interest in them though. In my past life I smoked cigarettes with filters but even though I've been reborn in a new body without the addiction. Even if I were to smoke them it will be several decades later, it's fine after I'm an old man.
"Thank you very much. However, we don't smoke."
I politely refused it. He offered an expensive cigar which costs 10,000 Z (1 silver coin). And I'm sure the people of Orth don't know about the harms of smoking tobacco. There was a tobacco field even in Bakuddo.
"I see, then are you fine with tea? Hey, Zofi, make some tea, four of them."
The human woman called Zofi carefully made some tea for us and Basu. I guess her age is around 30?
"Anderson should be coming pretty soon as well. We'll start talking after that."
Viruhaima said that and returned to his difficult expression again. So they called {Black.Topaz} as well?
Since we didn't have anything in particular to do, Miduchi and I were quietly sipping some tea. I don't know the difference between good and bad tea leaves but it seems they're using reasonably good leaves and there's an extremely good scent coming from it. On the four person soda's we spent about 10 minutes with no one saying anything. This is somehow a strange atmosphere.
Once again the door opened without a knock. The ones who came in were the leader of {Black.Topaz} Red.Anderson, her attendant Kaku.Dankel and the member of {Verdure.Brotherhood} who seems to have called them, the battle-axe using Dwarf Renbal.Flameshaft.
There was originally one, two one-person sofas, and one two-person sofas in the room but I guess they brought one from a different room, there was another two-person sofa brought added.
"I'm fine over here."
Flameshot brought a chair from the corner of the room and lined it up along the sofa and sat down. After confirming everyone had sat down I looked at Viruhaima's face.
"Sorry about suddenly calling you out."
Viruhaima said towards me.
"I need to say it as well. Greed-kun, I'm grateful you came."
"Ha.."
It seems the two of them had already decided on what to discuss. I don't have very many ideas on what it could be though.
"I'm sure you've already heard right? It's about the {Magical.Sword} we found in the dungeon the other day...If you know anything about it I'd like you to tell me."
Anderson said that while looking at me.
"The {Slaughterers} have made it up to the 7th floor. You've found several {Magic.Items} right? Have you picked up anything similar?"
Ah, that sort of thing.
"What kind of condition is he is now?"
I asked them without responding to the question.
"..There's no what about it. Our Vikkusu is completely entranced in the sword to the point where he embraces it and won't let go. If we try to forcefully take it from him he just starts rampaging...If we don't do anything in particular then there's no harm though. That's probably, what rarely appears even among {Magic.Items} the so-called cursed goods a {Retributed.Item}..."
"Red-sama.."
I guess he was being careful of Anderson who said that painfully, Kaku called out to her with a sad expression.
"Cursed goods {Retributed.Item} is it.."
Since I asked Miduchi about it after that I've already learned most things about them. Though I say that, it's information that Miduchi learned from games in our past life so I don't think it can be completely relied upon. It seems it was the first time Miduchi had seen a {Cursed.Item} as well and in most games it seems you require some kind of exclusive magic or item to remove curses, so it was just pointless game information that didn't seem like it would resolve the issue at all. Come to think of it, they're calling it now {Cursed.Item} but {Retributed.Item} though I wonder if they're the same thing...
Honestly speaking, in regards to that curse or spell or whatever I can't think of much other than having the temple purify it.
"Umm, can't you have the temple purify it?"
In this world of Orth that ruled by a wide variety of different superstitions, one of the jobs of the temple is "purification". Though I say that it doesn't seem to be anything related to magic. It seems it's used when people get sick or when there's poor crops, they have them come do a purification but I already knew that it was just sort of ceremony and there wasn't any particularly effect to it as well. Incidentally there's no ground-breaking ceremony. I just felt like saying it.
"What's that?"
I was asked with a strange expression. I somehow feel embarrassed for saying something that seemed absurd. I glanced over at Miduchi but I was looked at with the same eyes as everyone else like "What is this person saying?" Well, I guess that's only obvious.
"Ah, No, that is..Don't they do things like purifying demons or illnesses and such? I was thinking, maybe as a extension of that? and..Yes, I'm sorry."
"So Greed-kun had that sort of pure aspect to him as well.."
"Stop with the jokes. That is, just something on the level of a consolation?"
"I'm sorry, our Greed has, I'm very sorry."
After all it seems to be no good. Miduchi has completely turned into a groveling* person. Sorry.
"Isn't there some kind of story about people being troubled over similar items in the past? If they managed to resolve it at that time then wouldn't it be good to use that as reference?"
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