The Peaceful Life Of A Maid Who Hides Her Power And Enjoys It - Chapter 268

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Part 2, Chapter 66

I think I understand why Jin mentioned the Killing Field as a ‘problem.’

A Killing Field is ultimately the trace of long massacres.

Because of this, at first glance it might seem unrelated to our mission. However…

‘Rien is a god who rules over the dead.’

If by any chance the fire of death ignited and brought them back to life while we passed by… it would cause great chaos.

Thanks to picking up speed, I quickly caught up with the group.

They stood holding their breath beyond the thicket surrounding the pond, facing a plain overgrown with weeds.

I approached behind the Sword Master and quietly asked.

“How do you distinguish whether it’s a Killing Field or not?”

He glanced back at me and casually raised his hand to point to the middle of the plain.

A long gravestone was visible in the middle of the thick weeds.

【May Deus soothe your resentment and comfort your sorrow】

So that gravestone is how you distinguish it.

“If it’s a dangerous zone, couldn’t we just detour around it?”

The Jewelry who was being carried shouted in a loud voice.

“Ah. That won’t work! During the detour, corpses might rise up and attack us. So it’s safer to confirm the Killing Field’s stability and move after sprinkling purification agent.”

The purification agent seemed to have effects on corpses as well as living people. Thanks to this, I learned a new fact.

Jin, who had been listening, quietly nodded.

“Jewelry is right. Rien has laid traps in some Killing Fields. So that flames of disaster bloom when footsteps touch certain areas. If corpses come to life, we must sprinkle purification agent.”

“Then in the end, we’ll have to wander around in all directions until we find the traps.”

“No, that part is no problem. The Golden Mage will find them for us.”

The Golden Mage? Was that guy useful for something like that?

When I turned my head with puzzled eyes, the Jewelry with both arms spread wide ran toward the Golden Mage.

“Isn’t it cool? Our Happy Gold older brother can track gold! Originally he used to collect gold dust and steal gold!”

“…Jewelry.”

The Golden Mage’s expression hardened.

“Huh? Huh… Ah! Ahh, sorry older brother! Was this a secret? I forgot. Hehe. Please forgive me. Okay?”

While the Jewelry clung to the Golden Mage’s arm acting cute, Jin whispered to me.

“I heard that gold is essential for all magical tools. So with the Golden Mage, we won’t get caught in traps or snares except in special situations.”

A magic swordsman, an inspector, a defense specialist mage, and a search mage.

‘Looking at it this way, it’s quite a well-balanced party.’

I felt energy spreading widely behind me.

The Sword Master also seemed to feel the passing power and looked back. The Golden Mage with his eyes quietly closed was concentrating with both hands clasped as if in prayer.

“…Found it on the right! In the weeds!”

A vague explanation. In the end, someone would have to move directly.

“I’ll go in, so give me directions.”

The Sword Master stepped forward as if he’d been waiting, but the Jewelry grabbed his arm in shock.

“No, Sword Master older brother! Did you forget the previous incident? If the trap activates and flames of disaster blaze up, all the corpses will rise in the form of a magic circle. If you’re bound by the magic circle’s shackles, you won’t be able to move for a while!”

Jin answered calmly.

“Being temporarily sealed is fine. Andert-nim and I can quickly rescue him and deal with the corpses. Or I could move instead…”

“Ugh, no! I object! You three are precious inspectors who will protect Team 2 in the future. It would be a great loss if you got hurt doing such menial work!”

“Then we could request support from other teams…”

“Huh? Request support? What for? We’re not in a position to ask anyone for favors.”

Jin sighed and closed her mouth. Her half-resigned face seemed accustomed to such situations.

I looked at the Sword Master.

Seeing him silently watching without saying anything, he seemed ready to comply with the Jewelry’s argument. He didn’t look like it, but he seemed to trust his party members quite a bit.

“It’s okay. I have it all figured out. Now. Everyone come over here!”

Jewelry gathered me, the Sword Master, the Golden Mage, and the supply managers, made us put our heads together, and laughed, “Hehe.”

“With our heads together like this, everyone’s really tall. Only I’m incredibly short…”

The supply manager who had been carrying Jewelry all along patted her head and burst into laughter.

“Haha. Our Jewelry is small like a little kid.”

“Hey! Don’t call me a little kid! I’m not small. If you keep doing that, I’ll get angry!”

“Alright, alright. Our young lady is the most grown-up in the world. Haha.”

After a few minutes of poking and teasing each other, the Jewelry looked around at us with lively eyes.

“But still, the older brothers always pick on me… Ahem. My thought is this. We need to think about Team 2’s survival in the long term. So for roles like being bait, it’s right for someone who has less impact on group survival to go.”

The Jewelry raised her hand and pointed to three people in turn.

“Our leader older brother, Andert older brother, and Jin-ssi are our team’s main force, so obviously they can’t go.”

Then the next two people.

“I’m in charge of defense, and Happy Gold is in charge of searching, so absolutely not.”

Then the next two people.

“This one is in charge of maintaining purification agent temperature, and these two are in charge of shock prevention, so they can’t go. Then the remaining person is…”

Everyone’s gaze gathered in one place.

The person who wasn’t recognized as ‘useful’ by the Jewelry.

To the woman standing behind me, Lu.

‘When did she follow us again.’

Naturally, the atmosphere wasn’t good. Rather, everyone seemed flustered that a woman who didn’t even seem to know how to properly clench a fist was being pointed out.

Sure enough, Jin firmly shook her head.

“Absolutely not.”

“…I knew you would refuse. But it’s unnecessary worry. I’ll protect her perfectly with magic, so she won’t get hurt. You know my skills, right?”

“Then I could step forward instead.”

“I said no. This is somewhat a decision for Luna-ssi’s sake. As the same woman, I can tell. Luna-ssi surely wants to be helpful to our team too. Right?”

“Jewelry.”

“Everyone is risking their lives! The fact that only she has no duties, no role, and just follows behind must be very painful. I know. Right, Luna-ssi? Actually, Luna-ssi is the one who wants to help us. Right!”

I feel glances stealing looks at me.

Lu is already known publicly as my lover. They seem quite curious about how I’ll step forward.

But I…

Rather than wanting to criticize Jewelry’s judgment and actions… well.

I’m reminded of my past self.

In the early days of the Mage War, I had similar thoughts to her. I wanted to erase the weak who were just burdens from the battlefield.

Looking back, ironically, since I was also weak, it was a mistake I could easily fall into. Could she be the same?

I placed my hand on the Jewelry’s head.

“Hey.”

And I spoke while stroking as carefully as possible.

“The weak are to be protected, not used. You must not forget that.”

The other person blinked her eyes blankly for a moment. Soon she pushed away my hand with a face red as an apple.

“A-are you criticizing me now? For suggesting to use Luna-nim as bait?”

Her thin lips trembled.

“Sword Master older brother! Is my thinking wrong? It’s clearly efficient, isn’t it?”

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