Never touch Eldmia Egga - Episode 188
The pooling society has nothing to do with the word closed..
Rather, it could be said that the problem is that we love interacting with others to the point where it seems a bit excessive. That doesn't mean they're the type to pull out the liver and gallbladder of anyone, but they are a race of people who work hard throughout their lives to have those who are worthy of it as their friends..
It is said that even so-called scholars have not been able to find out what process goes through to develop such an altruistic underlying psychology at the tribal level, so it is meaningless for me to ask 'why it is like that' now..
That alone can be said to be a truly unique race, but there are other social characteristics that can be said to be a symbol of pooling..
Love for family to the point of obsessiveness. The resulting sense of responsibility, obligation, and belonging comes as a bonus..
What's interesting is that this has not developed into a way of covering up when a family member makes a mistake, but into a form of voluntarily taking joint responsibility. I even consider it as a duty and a natural thing..
Is that why? Pulling considers the community of family more important than his own life..
This is a race that considers it honorable and humane to commit suicide only if the family's honor is damaged or sold out. Such pulling, risking one's family, means not simply to prolong one's life, but to protect something that is valuable and a major event that should not happen twice in one's life..
Of course, no matter how important the reason may be, common sense says, 'Why are you putting your entire family on the line?' Although it is a matter of great effort, the poolings who have the strange sense of collective responsibility mentioned above at the racial level take it very differently..
This means that they understand that we have experienced an inevitable event. As I said before, it is possible because the mentality of dying rather than selling one's family is a common psychology of the race, but from my perspective, it is no different from blind faith, so I cannot easily sympathize with it..
It's amazing that even with such thoughts and ideas, people can survive in this difficult world and maintain their species... but what can they do if they say they want to live like that?.
Anyway, that's why the dagger presented by Fulling, called Sen, was by no means an empty check. A guarantee using the entire Kikuidel family as collateral. A certificate that says that if anyone present does not fulfill their promise, they will take responsibility, and if they cannot, their family members will take over, until the day the family disappears..
Because Asilier is there, the authenticity can be confirmed right here and now. It was said that although there may be some differences between families, it is not difficult to distinguish them because there are always decorative elements in common..
I decided to just rule out the possibility that the pooling named Sen was the first mutant lacking family love in hundreds of years throughout the history of the continent. Because the collateral was too powerful to be filtered out due to variables of such astronomical probability..
It wasn't a bad idea to try to negotiate, including the magic imprint. The downside is that you have to go to a place like a library and get help from a third party in order to make a deal, but fortunately I have a connection called Radnellbandes. Although I haven't been able to see his face properly lately, he will gladly help you if you ask him through Ragnis. Maybe Mr. Widra can help..
After deciding to that point, I raised my hand and called Asilier from far away. I'm not the only one going through this, so we have to make the decision together..
Asilier, who calmly watched the unpleasant things getting tense, approached and asked without getting off her horse..
"What did you decide to do??"
"The wizard presented a magic imprint and Pulling put his family on the line... What does your sister think??"
Asilier was willing to go as far as magic engraving, but when Fulling told her that he had even put his family on the line, she looked quite surprised and turned her gaze to the dagger that Fulling was holding, even though he was very nervous..
"To be honest, I thought it would be difficult to forgive them no matter what they did because they were trying to get me involved in their own affairs, but since they said they were prepared to go that far, the story seems a little different. Wouldn't it be okay??"
"...is it?"
"It's not common to see an adventurer who not only admits a mistake but is willing to pay the price for it.."
I don't know anything else, but that's true. While working as an adventurer, I realized once again that if you make a living by killing people or monsters in an industry where uneducated people have no conscience and solve most of the problems through force, you will be reborn as a truly incompatible human being..
There was a time when I believed that there weren't many people who could meet all of those evil conditions. The reality is... let's not talk about it..
After thinking about it that way, I realized that although they may have been bad at first impressions, they are like Zikmel, who knows how to make up for his mistakes, and has the potential to change his mind..
"But I have to go to the library to get the magic engraving done properly, so I'm going back.?"
"Is there really a need to do that for those who would have died if it weren't for us? You guys are going with me for a while.."
While hitting the one-way notification, I passed the dagger that Fulling was holding to Asilier to check, and unlike the other guys who were greatly relieved, Fulling's mouth twitched..
"Hey, there's still a group of people left in that wrecked carriage.."
"I heard you talking earlier. however?"
"That's... not adventurers like us, but victims who got caught up in those guys earlier...."
I thought he was a non-combatant, but he was a victim. Looking at the nuance, does this mean that he wants to finish the request? Since I decided to save it and use it, it seemed necessary to understand the situation..
"Hey, armor. You go to the carriage and wait, and when they call, they bring them. And wizard. You should stop dragging your feet and collect the horses that are scattered around there with the rest of you. Pooling, let’s talk for a moment.."
'The effect of 'I'll give you my life for now' was amazing..
With that alone, they followed instructions very obediently, and Asili and I were able to briefly pick up the story from Pooling as to why this shit happened..
"So... they were the few survivors of the human sacrifice, and you were only asked to investigate those cultists, but you couldn't let this go, so you saved them and were chased.?"
"That's correct."
"Those devout friends who were upset because they were deprived of the sacrifices they were supposed to offer to their gods have been following you around for a week.?"
"Isn’t that shameless? What are you so angry about? Because the world is truly apocalypse."
Perhaps it was because he was overcoming a serious situation, or perhaps it was the power of his bloodline, but Pulling spoke without hesitation as if he had completely forgotten what had just happened..
As I glanced towards the carriage, I saw two children shivering and clinging to the carriage, far away from the armor guy. Because of the distance, all I could tell was that they both had messy blonde hair, one was big and the other was small, and the clothes they were wearing, including skirts and pants, were similar to those of nobles..
"They were moving no differently than pure thieves, but it seems like the arrows were going towards the innocent thieves. They were probably aiming for that too. The reason we caught the tail was purely luck. If it had been just a little bit later, we would all have died.."
If you think of Shadow Feet, it seems like the lineage is correct. It took a lot of effort not to be at a loss for words as I was so relaxed that I thought it was a person whose life had just been threatened..
"Isn’t it improbable that that carriage was obtained so spontaneously??"
"Sir. It's already been a week since those poisonous guys have been following us around. I gritted my teeth and ran away for about three days, but that was the limit of how much I could run with even two non-combatants. It's an adventurer's carriage that I bought with a lot of money because I thought it wouldn't work. I thought I could get enough compensation if I just saved them and returned home, so I took the bold step.."
Even though we ended up in a disaster because of our wrong choice. I felt dizzy at Pooling's reaction as he finished his sentence and smiled hahaha. That joy whose origin is unknown is truly unique..
"Where were you taking them?."
"It's Ogwen.."
I haven't told you where we're going yet, so it's not like he was just watching me and making up things that didn't exist. Thanks to that, I got an unexpected answer and had to ask again, unable to hide my embarrassment..
"Why are you there??"
"I heard their parents are Ogwen nobles.?"
And when I heard Pulling's answer as if it was obvious, I looked at Asilier without realizing it..
However, when Asilier shrugged her shoulders and shook her head, I looked at Fulling again with a suspicious expression, and Fulling's eyebrows began to quirk strangely as he noticed something strange when he saw us..
"No way... no.?"
"It's probably right?"
Unlike the wizard before, this time it seems like they clearly knew what each other was going to say. I shook my head and calmly informed Pulling, who was trying to deny reality..
"The nobleman who manages it is an old man, and his only child is a son who is just over his mid-twenties, and even that son went to war four years ago. I saw it myself during the military departure ceremony. It even clearly shows his wife sending off her only heir, who is still a newborn.."
And in Ogwen, a village on the border, there are no nobles other than them..
Which parallel world of Ogwen are they from??
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