Don’t Look for the Resurrected Villainess - Chapter 19

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Chapter 19

As I ran my hand over the back of my neck, I could feel the texture of the scar.

Along with that, I recalled Samuel’s gaze that had been staring intently at this neck. Had he said he could find me because I was a revenant?

“Do you happen to have more of that cloth you gave Nadab? Could I hide my divine power with that too?”

“Divine power is quite different from magic power. It’s also completely different from the gloomy aura felt from that horse. So magic tools would be completely useless against divine power.”

Listening to Jeon’s explanation, I unconsciously clicked my tongue quietly. It seemed I was destined to keep being chased by Samuel.

“Why do you ask?”

“It seems traces of divine power remain on my neck.”

“…Could it be that the Temple soldiers appearing this time was because they were tracking those traces?”

“Probably.”

As I replied calmly and pulled my cloak tightly closed, Jeon asked in a surprised voice.

“Wait, then you didn’t escape safely?”

“I came here safely.”

“I mean, safely without being caught or followed or tracked.”

My hands, which had been carefully covering my neck with a guilty conscience, paused. I casually turned around and replied nonchalantly.

“…Let’s move quickly. If we finish our business in the city and move on, it should be fine.”

“You’re saying we’ll definitely be tracked now…!”

“Jeon.”

When I called his name meaningfully, Jeon’s shoulders trembled. He seemed to instinctively sense something ominous.

Facing his rigidly stiffened expression, I continued in the gentlest voice possible.

“I think most people in the world are fraudsters and bad people, but as you said, there probably aren’t only such people. You believed in me and waited for me.”

“So, so what?”

“Thanks to you, my faith in humanity seems to have opened its eyes a little.”

“Why on earth…”

He muttered with furrowed brows, his lips flapping like a fish.

“Why, when you’re wearing a magic tool, why…?”

I didn’t know what was so unfair, but his eyes looked like they were about to cry. I didn’t know what he was talking about, but it seemed I had succeeded in stimulating his tender feelings.

I took a step closer to him and asked in the kindest voice possible.

“You’ll help me for a while, right?”

He looked at me with drooping eyebrows and let out a deep sigh.

“There’s still the remaining payment, so, well.”

Watching Jeon mumble about money he didn’t really care about, I smiled faintly.

The righteous and upright Nesi naturally said we should help the weak and cheered on the brave decision of the frail male.

Nadab, disguised as a dark horse, was delighted that the Captain had gained a servant to attend to her. It was fortunate that Jeon couldn’t understand what Nesi and Nadab were saying.

By the way, to become so weak-hearted, he really is easy to handle.

Gelben was selected as a research and investment hub for magical technology. This meant that both people living in the city and visitors to the city possessed at least one magic tool.

Possessing magic tools was natural, so my appearance-changing magic tool wasn’t special in this city either.

Of course, if it had been an illegal magic tool, I would have been caught by the guards, but fortunately, the magic tool Jeon gave me was officially sold.

If it had been a magic tool charged with magic power, it would have been quite expensive and difficult to obtain, but as expected, being from the Mage Tower, he must have had connections.

Having passed through the city gate without trouble, I briefly indulged in admiration while looking at the open cityscape. Regardless of being pursued, I seemed to be more suited to cities than the countryside.

Just seeing the large buildings and much cleaner streets put my mind at ease.

I first entered the nearest shop to buy basic communication magic tools and handed them to Jeon.

“You secure lodging. If you go just one block from here, you’ll see a 5-story building. Make sure to demand a room on the 5th floor.”

Jeon, who had received the communication device in bewilderment, looked at me questioningly.

“Weren’t you just here to buy magic tools?”

“I’m buying magic tools and also have information to look into.”

First, I needed a bag. Not an ordinary bag, but a very expensive magic tool connected to subspace.

I planned to pack all my travel items in there and then move around light. The unfortunate thing was that attack magic tools weren’t easy to just buy.

“Ordinary people can’t purchase attack magic tools, right? Would it be impossible even with your connections? You’re from the Mage Tower.”

“It’s impossible. To legally purchase attack magic tools, there are many documents to prepare first, and the approval period takes a long time. Even Mage Tower alumni are no exception.”

Things like warp magic can’t even be used as magic tools, and now I can’t freely obtain even attack magic tools.

“Then there’s no choice. I’ll have to purchase them illegally.”

“…Pardon?”

When Roam is trying to capture me barely alive, I should at least have some self-defense items.

Leaving Jeon looking at me with incredulous eyes, I quickly moved my steps. I was in a hurry because there was much to do. Staying here for more than a day would be dangerous.

Samuel would catch up in an instant. Since I had coldly rejected his absurd proposal to take him along, he might even harbor resentment.

This time, if he found me, he might drag me straight to the Temple.

The Temple was out of the question. Just thinking of them spouting nonsense about defeating evil or realizing divine blessings made me sick.

“We’re leaving tomorrow, so if you have anything to do, resolve it all today. See you in the evening.”

“You’re planning to move alone?”

“Obviously?”

“Even with your appearance changed, it would be dangerous…”

“I know the way.”

“Wait, have you been to this city before?”

Toward his bewildered expression, I nodded as if it were obvious.

“Of course. I grew up in Roam.”

There’s no way someone from the Roam Family wouldn’t have visited this city entangled with power struggles and capital.

I could see Jeon making a blank expression at my smile.

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The owner of this city had changed several times for various reasons. The biggest reason was that all the owners of the territories adjacent to the vicinity were those who wielded considerable power.

Then, at the point when the owner’s outline was somewhat established, it was the Empire’s prestigious Volpent Family that finally seized the city, overtaking the Copen Family known for producing many Mage Tower mages.

The Volpent Family had produced countably few mages despite their long history. Even those were only Imperial Palace mages.

However, they became the owners of this city. Because the Roam Family supported Volpent.

I had visited this city at the invitation of the Volpent family head. And at that time, I learned how to efficiently utilize this city. Probably that ‘method of utilization’ hadn’t changed.

First, I headed to the street where magic tool shops were gathered to obtain magic tools.

Generally, shops on main streets would appear to be wholesome magic tool shops serving ordinary travelers, but such places that openly do business are the ones that commit all sorts of illegal activities behind the scenes.

It was reverse thinking using vague prejudices. Rather, truly legally operated shops were located between alleys, in places with poor locations and low visibility, so they couldn’t make money.

I stood in front of the largest, most splendid, bright, and clean ‘Heitin Magic Item Shop’ among the shops on the main street. It was a place with so many employees that they had a separate doorkeeper at the entrance.

“Welcome! This is Heitin Magic Item Shop, providing safe magic tools at reasonable prices!”

As soon as I crossed the threshold, I heard the sociable employee’s greeting. One employee quickly approached and began guiding me through the interior of the shop.

I nodded appropriately and moved my steps. When I walked straight toward my target without looking around, the employee tactfully signaled another employee. They had realized I wasn’t a customer who had simply come in to browse.

The employee training here is really good.

“Customer, you’ve selected automatic signature recognition paper.”

“The pen?”

“I’ll guide you. Please come this way.”

Automatic signature recognition paper is mainly used when drafting contracts. But contract paper should have an official seal issued by the Imperial Palace stamped on it, yet this paper had no markings whatsoever.

So it meant this was paper mainly used in the underworld.

The employee quickly led me inside. Unlike the bright store, the lighting became dimmer as we went deeper inside. The lighting dominated by blue and red colors was quite eerie.

“Here it is.”

The room I was guided to was a sealed place without a single window. What seemed to lead to the interior was covered by thick curtains, and I could sense people inside. After a moment, the curtain opened and a gloomy man revealed himself.

“I hear you’re looking for a pen, customer.”

Despite his gloomy appearance, his voice was as kind as the employees outside. Indeed, befitting the largest shop on the street, they were thorough with employee training.

“I need a pen for signatures.”

“Did you come with specific items in mind? Or are you looking for our recommended items?”

“Items I can receive immediately.”

“If you tell me the purpose, I can check and then…”

“Everything.”

“Pardon?”

“All the inventory you have.”

The man froze with his smiling expression intact. He, who had been armed with a ceremonial smile, stared at me with suspicious eyes.

He seemed to be gauging whether I was a proper customer. Even I would naturally be suspicious if someone suddenly showed up demanding I bring out everything I had in stock.

I took out the seal I had prepared in advance from my ring. It was a brooch with the Roam Family crest clearly displayed, something usually only given to direct descendants.

Each member’s brooch had subtle differences, but they were minor enough that outsiders couldn’t notice them.

Since they were all used to prove one’s identity as a Roam, except for direct family members, people only paid attention to the crest in the center of the brooch. And someone in this line of business should naturally be able to recognize it.

The brooch I had was given to me as the second daughter of Roam. Though my name was erased from the registry by the time of my death, the brooch wasn’t taken away. There was no need to confiscate my belongings since I was sent straight to the Execution Platform.

Thanks to that, the ring containing my entire fortune still remained in my hands, so should I be grateful for that hasty execution now?

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