After three rounds of drinks, Franlot finally learned why the other had come to apologize to him.
The man spoke in a very low voice, whispering in his ear about how he had groveled and licked the boots of that young lady, yet in the end gotten nothing—and was even despised by her.
This filled Fucardi with immense anger, which was why he came to find Franlot, another unfortunate soul who had once been targeted by Ileya.
Pfft. Hearing this, Franlot felt a surge of satisfaction.
The saying “a simp never dies a good death” had finally come true~
But although Franlot was laughing inside, his face showed righteous indignation, and he put on an air of shared hatred with the other.
“Hmph! It’s useless to talk about that! Come! Drink!!”
A soldier thug’s peripheral vision seemed to catch two girls peeking at the door.
At that moment, as if receiving a signal, he immediately raised his glass, looking ready to guzzle!
“Drink!!”
The atmosphere infected him. Franlot, who hadn’t eaten meat and drunk so freely in a long time, was instantly caught up and also raised his glass, shouting loudly.
After all, these guys were treating, and it was food for free!
And watching the boy before him drink until his face was red and his eyes half-closed, Fucardi, who had just been calm, smiled slightly.
He didn’t expect this scumbag’s alcohol tolerance to be so poor. His own move of adding water to the wine was really unnecessary.
Thinking thus, Fucardi put on a drunken appearance and shouted at the top of his lungs.
“Bro!! We were generous before! We played along with your ‘beauty saves hero’ act!”
“Hahaha! Good bro, you’re lucky with women~ That half-breed’s flavor hehe… must be good, right?”
Hearing the flattery of those around him and feeling the praise from former enemies, Franlot, who had already drunk quite a bit, instantly felt a surge of pride!
“I’ve got plenty of old conquests… travelers from the Nose Kingdom, the valkyrie of the starship, the young lady of the Nose Kingdom, even gods I’ve…”
Franlot raised his glass, laughing heartily, boasting about his past life’s old flames.
“Hehehe! This is nothing! I, before… before…”
“A little catgirl? That’s a piece of cake, handled in minutes!!”
The soldier thugs sitting there were struggling to hold back their laughter.
Things like a valkyrie who tears the galaxy apart, a foreign god who controls lightning, an immortal little aunt with a cold personality—all obviously wild nonsense, mixed with some completely incomprehensible lines.
It was really hard for people to keep a straight face.
But this guy seemed really drunk, with no filter on his mouth, madly bragging to them about his achievements, even leaving the diners at the nearby tables dumbfounded.
But what Franlot, who was boasting, didn’t know was…
At that moment, the little catgirl he had “easily handled” was standing at the door, trembling as she watched everything happening in the tavern.
Earlier, when they talked about the young lady, everyone deliberately lowered their voices.
Franlot himself knew that the other party’s influence here was at its peak, and speaking recklessly would probably cause trouble.
So the two girls at the door naturally couldn’t hear.
But when it came to these “romantic exploits,” everyone had no scruples.
Coupled with Fucardi and the thugs’ deliberate instigation and the effect of the alcohol, Mierpasi had already gotten her answer…
Her so-called rescue of him earlier was all a sham! Fucardi and his thugs knew this guy from the start.
That so-called “beauty saves hero” they talked about was all an act by this guy to win her over!!
“Bastard!!” Thinking of how this guy acted in front of her before, and thinking of his promises… then thinking of how he abandoned her and ran off alone earlier, and now here he is using her goodwill toward him as a trophy to brag about…
At this moment, Mierpasi’s feelings for Franlot completely transformed from complicated to extreme disgust!!
Standing beside her, Holly was also furious. But she wasn’t blinded by anger.
She just turned her eyes, then pulled Mierpasi to her side and whispered a few words in her ear.
This kind of thing was absolutely impossible for the former “Absolute Justice City Guard” to do.
“Huh? A bag over the head?” The little catgirl was slightly stunned.
But now the little catgirl pursed her lips, then slowly nodded. Maybe, she too would live for herself this time!
Meanwhile, in the study of the villa, Ileya was flipping through a book of myths.
It seemed to be the autobiography of a bard, recording many of his experiences.
But after these bizarre things were written down, they gave Ileya a feeling of a past life’s Liaozhai, or maybe a mockumentary?
In any case, it was somewhat unrealistic, and bards themselves were unreliable guys who liked to trick young girls.
So Ileya strongly suspected that this book was a wild fabrication of the author’s imagination.
Sighing softly, she closed the book. Just as she picked up the teacup, Ileya sensed someone approaching her room.
Knock, knock, knock…….
After a dozen seconds, the door was knocked.
The person who came was the Gilliris City Lord, and in his hand, he was holding the stone box that Ileya had given him earlier, taken from the Ratman village shrine cave.
“Miss, that box has been opened.”
Looking at the stone box on the table, Ileya stroked her chin and turned to look at the city lord.
“Did the person who opened the box look at its contents?”
The city lord shook his head, but from those shrewd little eyes, the young lady saw intense curiosity.
“Of course not. Without your orders, no one dares to peek.”
“Mm.” Ileya didn’t mind, nor did she tell the city lord to leave.
She just slowly reached out and opened the stone box in front of her.
Cough, there was actually another identical stone box inside!
Inside were stacked stone tablets, and on the tablets were carved many things, like the murals in an ancient tomb.
The things drawn on them were very rough, feeling like a child’s simple sketches.
“This is…” Ileya picked up the first tablet.
The general content was: many human-shaped figures kneeling on the ground, while a humanoid with long hair on its head, seemingly representing a female, floated in the air, receiving the worship of others.
“Is this a sacrificial scene? Is that floating in the air some kind of supreme being?”
The city lord stroked his chin, analyzing quite objectively. But in his heart, he had almost confirmed the identity of this supreme being.
“Mm.” Ileya nodded.
‘[Saint-Witch Tieriaruo]. Only this “mentor” of the ratmen would be qualified to appear in the shrine of these creatures.’
Thinking this, Ileya looked at the next tablet.
This time, the things on it were clearly more refined than before.
Although it still had a simple sketch feel, it was more like an unprocessed pencil drawing framework.
It was many humans cheering, and the long-haired person now also had a robe and a pointed wizard’s hat on their head.
But in this picture, a red crystal gem was embedded in the position of her heart.
At this moment, this seeming “mage” girl was standing atop a towering mountain peak, her back to the people worshiping her.
“Does this represent this person going to some mountain range?”
The Gilliris City Lord had already started fantasizing whether it foretold treasure hidden in this mountain range.
But Ileya, who knew some things, didn’t think so.
The instant she saw this tablet, Ileya’s pupils suddenly contracted.
This was not simply a human or a supreme being standing on a mountain.
It was a supreme being standing on the corpse of another supreme being.
What this stone tablet depicted was [Saint-Witch Tieriaruo] killing [Ancient Rock Dragon. Holxyrifosa].
This towering mountain range was the corpse of the Ancient Rock Dragon!!
Only after the battle ended and the danger was over would it cause the countless humans below to cheer!!
Ileya felt her heart beating faster. Her previous speculation had been correct.
That Ancient Rock Dragon, whose mere stride gave off an aura more terrifying than a natural disaster, had lost to the Saint-Witch who single-handedly supported humanity’s future. Was this real history!?
Not having time to respond to the city lord’s question, the young lady impatiently flipped to the next tablet.
And what was depicted on it made both of them freeze for a moment.
The picture on this tablet was even more refined than before, even depicting the expressions of the people in it.
It was a human village, but the humans inside were frantically fleeing from something with terror.
The whole painting used a perspective technique of larger near and smaller far.
The funnel-like picture presented something like a person standing at one end of a canyon looking at the other end.
In the front were fleeing humans, some collapsing during the escape.
The farther from the picture, the more people who had fallen.
And those fallen humans seemed to be growing some… fur?
Finally, at the very center and the farthest point of the picture was still that [supreme being], still with its back to the viewer.
“Sss… Why do I feel… it suddenly got cold around here?” The city lord, who had looked at this rock painting, subconsciously touched his arm.
At the position of his heart, there was a red water spot. He looked around in confusion.
There was another feeling he didn’t voice.
He felt as if at this moment, many gazes had appeared around him—the people on the stone tablet, the corner of the bookshelf, the back of the chair, the cracks in the floor—as if a dozen pairs of eyes were hidden in these obscure places, staring at him coldly.
Ileya slowly closed her red eyes and said to the city lord behind her, “You should go out first.”
“O… okay. Miss, you should be careful too.” The Gilliris City Lord was clearly no fool.
Smart as he was, he knew that there were some things in this world that mediocre people like him couldn’t know.
So without any hesitation, this tall city lord quickly withdrew from the study.
After the city lord left, Ileya’s fair fingers unconsciously traced the fallen humans on the stone tablet in front of her.
‘Is this the so-called “terrible disaster of the distant era” that I’ve been searching for?’
The humans were like cursed, growing many black hairs on their bodies, and falling to the ground in apparent agony.
Just like before… the corpse of her aunt that she had seen.