Don’t Look for the Resurrected Villainess - Chapter 23

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Chapter 23

As I stared blankly at Jeon, he frowned.

“Did you hear what I said?”

“No.”

“…It’s a bit hurtful when you say it so firmly like that.”

With a face that showed no hurt at all, Jeon grumbled as he took something out. Looking quietly at what he was laying out, I saw things like bandages and medicine bottles.

“While you were taking care of business, I also gathered some information on my own. From what I heard, the revenant ‘once again’ threw herself into battle against monsters to protect a poor rural village and got kidnapped? There were bloodstains left behind, but they ultimately failed to track you and your whereabouts became mysterious, or so they were saying.”

That’s how the rumor spread again?

“Rumors are bound to be exaggerated, but I bought these just in case.”

Clicking his tongue and shaking his head, he explained each medicine bottle he had taken out one by one. After chattering for a while, Jeon suddenly looked at me sitting quietly as if finding it strange.

“Did you perhaps injure your head?”

“…Do you want to make me out to be such a sick person?”

Thanks to Jeon’s nonsense, my head was at least somewhat organized. After roughly looking over what he had taken out, I picked out a few things that were said to be effective for bruises and cuts.

Thanks to Jeon, I realized the pain I had forgotten, so that was fortunate at least. My recovery ability was certainly excellent, but I hadn’t been able to get proper rest while constantly fleeing on Nadab. So I needed to tend to my wounds when I had the chance.

“This will do.”

“I thought it might be the case, but you were really injured?”

“There’s no problem with running away.”

It still hurt, but if I rested a bit after reaching a safe place, it would get better. But was there really such a thing as a safe place?

“Did you get hit by a sword or something?”

“Not a sword, an arrow.”

I replied indifferently as I rolled up my sleeves. Above the hideously torn wound, dried scabs could be seen stuck on. Fortunately, it wasn’t bleeding.

“You didn’t tell me it was this serious!”

“Serious? I fell off a horse, so this much is something to be grateful for.”

If it had been an ordinary person, their neck would have broken and they would have died instantly. Through this fall from the horse, I had learned that God had given me not only recovery ability but also sturdy bones. I was grateful for that too.

“A horse? A running horse?”

“If you have the energy to make such a fuss, help me with this instead.”

I gestured toward the bandages with my chin and was about to open the medicine bottle cap to roughly pour it over the wound, when Jeon sighed and took the medicine bottle from my hand.

“This is expensive, you know.”

“I’ll pay for it.”

“Who’s asking for money? Your habit of trying to solve everything with money is bad. Do you think everyone in the world only wants gold coins?”

Hearing Jeon’s blunt words, I was reminded again of Heinrih’s words. That he just wanted to see my face.

For that, he had shown kindness. As if such a trivial act had some great value. As if I were someone of great significance to someone.

Now that I had confirmed the goodwill he showed, I still couldn’t understand it. Looking at the book lying quietly on my lap, I suddenly opened my mouth.

“Then?”

“Yes?”

“What’s a more certain payment than money? Success? Title? Territory? Power?”

Jeon, who had been wiping the affected area with cotton soaked in medicine, looked at me with incredulous eyes. Since Jeon was bending his upper body to examine my wound, I could face his upturned face up close.

Having discovered something in my face, he put down the medicine bottle he was holding to one side and let out a long sigh.

“Sometimes just simple gratitude can be a greater payment than those things.”

I had tried to accept most things, but Jeon’s answer was truly absurd. Such a carefree and naive answer.

As expected, mages who had been holed up in the Mage Tower doing nothing but research seemed to know nothing about the ways of the world.

Feeling the expectation I had briefly held for his answer turn into disappointment, I extended my arm listlessly.

“Forget it. Just hurry up and treat me. I need to leave here at midnight.”

The reason I had specifically emphasized getting a room on the 5th floor of this lodging was because this place was a carriage rental service useful for people who wanted to quietly slip out of the city.

Specifically asking for a 5th floor room was the same as asking for a carriage that could help avoid pursuit within 24 hours.

Knock knock.

“Guest? This is the 5th floor staff member.”

Just then, a knock and the staff member’s voice could be heard from outside.

“Report.”

“Your order has been confirmed. When would you like us to process it?”

“Midnight.”

When I answered loudly, the staff member withdrew with an acknowledgment. Jeon, who had been looking back and forth between me and the closed door, blinked with a stupid expression.

Ugh, how can he be so bad at reading the situation. I clicked my tongue and extended my arm again. Only then realizing roughly how things were going, he let out a hollow laugh and picked up the medicine bottle.

Hmm, Samuel seemed more skilled at treatment, but this wasn’t too bad either.

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―Hey, you brat! What have you been doing wandering around without any contact all this time?

“I’m sorry. I was a bit busy.”

―I don’t care where you go rolling around, but what sin did Nesi, who’s rolling around with you, commit!

“Don’t you worry about this disciple at all, only about Nesi?”

―Be quiet! Show me Nesi quickly! Do you know how much Gamon has been worrying about Nesi?

Even filtered through the communication device, his teacher’s booming voice made Jeon cover his ears and shake his head.

“Nesi.”

Jeon let out a deep sigh and called to Nesi, who was sitting to one side resting. Nesi, who had been maturely waiting for her turn, quickly approached the communication device.

Inside the round orb, seeing the blurred figure of the other party, Nesi whined. The sound of Gamon crying pitifully could also be heard from the other side.

Nesi, who had been rubbing her nose bridge against the communication device and making whining sounds for a while, was the first to step back. Gamon also soon moved aside, and the white-haired old man appeared again beyond the communication device.

―If you had been even one day later, Gamon would have rushed out to find Nesi.

As he always felt, his teacher was full of exaggeration in everything he said. Just because regular contact was a few days late.

Seeing from Jeon’s indifferent appearance that he wasn’t listening to the nagging even with one ear, the teacher raised his voice angrily.

―I always tell you to listen carefully! Don’t you still understand your situation? I’ve told you countless times that you can’t let even a speck of fault be found!

“I understand very well. That’s why I’m doing this tedious trial training by the book.”

Moreover, his contact frequency was uniquely exemplary. Despite Jeon’s protest, the teacher’s expression didn’t soften at all.

―Tsk.

The teacher clicked his tongue with a displeased face. It wasn’t the first or second time Jeon had acted so carefree, but the teacher never tired of nagging people.

―Since we’re talking about it, it would be better to end your training.

“What?”

Jeon made a puzzled expression. When he first started, it was the teacher who had emphasized that no matter what happened, it had to be completed properly by the book.

But suddenly telling him to end it early. Considering the teacher’s usual personality, this wasn’t something he would say carelessly.

―The world is too noisy right now. You must have heard news about the revenant while traveling around. They say monsters keep attacking the revenant, so it seems like something is really about to happen.

No, that’s a huge misunderstanding. The revenant really likes monsters. She goes around with monsters that imitate animals as her subordinates, you know? I just stay quiet because I think I’m deceiving my own eyes, but you don’t know how anxious I am every day.

Unable to tell the truth, Jeon kept his lips tightly sealed. Meanwhile, the teacher’s worried words continued.

―Even at the Mage Tower, there’s talk of entering a lockdown period. The guys who were dispatched outside are returning one by one. You should come back quickly too, before you get unnecessarily involved.

The Mage Tower’s lockdown period literally meant locking the tower doors and cutting off contact with the secular world.

There could be dozens of plausible reasons for declaring a lockdown, but generally the intention was one thing. Not wanting to get involved in what was happening on the continent.

In other words, in this case, it was almost the same as the Mage Tower not wanting to get involved in the revenant’s affairs.

But what to do. If he was worried about getting involved with the revenant, it was already too late. Jeon smiled awkwardly and looked away for no reason.

“Still, there’s not much left, so I’ll complete it to the end.”

―Ugh, stubborn brat. A guy whose magic is sealed! If you get swept up in something and die, do you think God will revive you too?

“I’d be grateful if He did.”

Though I’m not a believer.

At that moment, Jeon thought of someone.

―You crazy brat!

“Still, since it could be dangerous, please give me permission to unseal my magic in advance.”

―Rather than experiencing danger that requires unsealing, just come in!

Jeon frowned with dissatisfaction at the husky voice.

“When did you kick me out, and now you keep telling me to come in? I’m going to complete the full term.”

―You never know how to listen obediently!

The teacher was no less stubborn than Jeon.

“I’ve been speaking obediently. Your one and only disciple will be waiting for permission to unseal his magic. I’m busy, so I’m hanging up now.”

Anelli, who had briefly stepped out, would return soon. Jeon declared the end of the conversation without hesitation. The teacher, with a dumbfounded face, hurriedly raised his voice.

―Hey, you brat, you should at least tell me where you are now…!

The communication ended before Teacher could even finish speaking. I could see Nesi, who had been staring at me blankly, turning her head away with a listless expression.

‘…For a moment, I thought I sensed disdain in her eyes, but was I mistaken?’

Jeon clicked his tongue and looked at Nesi.

“You don’t even know how hard your master is working to earn money for your food, do you?”

Nesi acted as if she didn’t understand those words, placing her head on her neatly gathered front paws and closing her eyes.

‘That one definitely understood. Cunning little thing.’

Jeon sighed.

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