[Lustburg — Outside of the Capital Wall]
If the capital of Lustburg was a mix of technological and medieval elements, outside of the city walls, nature started to take its rightful place once more as all-encompassing waves of different shades of green accompanied the land.
The only proof of civilization on this endless plain of green was the perfect and smooth road that stretched throughout the kingdom. A necessity all Kings of Lutsburg had made sure to always keep well maintained. After all commerce between cities could not be done on a bad road.
“Pfft! Hahah! I wish you could have seen your face back there. Oh, my goddess, this was hilarious.”
Currently, a caravan was advancing on the said road at a swift pace. It was not a particularly fancy piece of vehicle and was more akin to a chariot than anything else for that matter. But it was still a comfortable transport that was enough for them to travel to their destination.
Milia, who was driving with Setsuna sitting next to her smiled slightly at the words coming out of the inside of the vehicle, and even the ever-stoic Setsuna couldn’t help but chuckle slightly after hearing that.
“Come on girls, stop laughing at my expense, will you?”
Sol grinned feebly. His face was not covered by the helmet right now so they were able to see a shade of crimson stain his cheeks. A mark signifying the embarrassment he was feeling right now.
It was quite fun and refreshing to see Sol react like this so even Medea, who would usually defend him in situations like these did not intervene and just watched on from the sidelines.
Persephone, though, was merciless in her speech and kept poking fun at him at every possible moment.
“I mean. What did you even expect? All the maids in the castle were specially trained by that assassin of yours and are used to your aura. But that's pretty much it. It doesn’t matter how much you try to restrain your natural state. A wolf can never truly disguise itself as a sheep.”
“I am lost about whether you are praising me or insulting me with that remark of yours.”
Sol shook his head dumbfoundedly before giving a light laugh…
“Well, I have to admit it though. I guess my preparations were not thorough enough it seems.”
As a result, what could have been a great moment of fun for him ended up as a great moment of fun for Persephone instead. How the turntables…
Persephone wiped away a tear that had formed at the corner of her eyes because of how much she laughed till now. She was having the time of her life right now.
“Well, this was interesting. But you aren’t the only one at fault.”
She snickered slightly, “Medea's natural aura can make mortals flee in terror as Time is one of the scariest concepts for any living being. The assassin of ours is filled with so much darkness that even I would flinch if I meet her without knowing who she was and your bodyguard was acting like you would be ambushed at any moment with the aura of vigilance and brutality that was practically emanating from her whole body.”
She pointed out each of the mistakes that lead to the current embarrassing situation that Sol was facing.
“I guess you four were too sheltered and forgot about common sense as well.”
When your day-to-day life was about being surrounded by King and Demigod level entities, it was hard to think like normal commoners.
“Well. If you are so experienced then, what should we do now? Please enlighten us, oh sister of mine.”
Persephone chuckled at Medea's question and took out a few poster papers from her pouch.
“As I am merciful and honestly anticipated something like this happening, I took a few quests for us to try out. Those quests are all on the way to our destination and this one especially is something that will surely interest you.”
『 Bounty: Rank A
Description: Chase after the bandits. Cooperate with the army and Her Highness, Princess Lilin, to get rid of all those criminals
Reward: The reward will be based on the contribution to the cause 』
“Ah. We indeed sent such a quest as a reward to help spare some of our armed forces. I had completely forgotten about it. Milia, how many adventurers were gathered? Mayhaps we need to—”
“I thought this was supposed to be a simple and fun adventure with no job?”
Sol immediately shut his mouth at Medea’s muttering but acknowledged them. He knew himself and knew how immersed he could be if he let himself go as he did just now.
“A prince joining his army as an adventurer. I believe this will be quite the magnificent story.”
She smiled softly before taking out another quest from her pouch.
“But first, we have to do this one to have a feel of adventuring.”
『 Bounty: Rank C
Description: A goblin nest had settled not far from the capital. This situation cannot be allowed to continue. Destroy it
Reward: 10 Silver Lust coins 』
“Is 10 Silver a lot?”
“For an ordinary family, it’s enough to live a few weeks to a month as long as they don’t overspend their budget.”
Sol looked up contemplatively but this time it was Milia who answered as she steered the horse.
It was indeed not a paltry sum of money.
“Very well. Shall we set off to the goblins then?”
Goblins were a staple of the fantasy genre. It was impossible to have an adventurer guild without a mission involving goblins or slimes. Generally, they were used as the weakest monsters to allow the main protagonist to grow and adapt to the new world.
Though in some darker stories, goblins were still depicted as extremely dangerous and intellectual creatures that caused terror no matter where they went.
“Well… Shall we go?”
He wondered if he should have brought Kali with him. He could already imagine her using a spell and screaming Explosion to wipe those goblins and their hideout from the face of the Mortal Realm!!!
‘Truly. I wonder if I should try to see if there are more reincarnators or if I should become closer to Kali.’
It was always sad to have a joke in your head you know others would never understand.
‘My genius is beyond their understanding. Such a lonely world I am living.’
———
A few minutes later, Sol watched with a blank face as the entire nest was reduced to particles of dust by Medea’s magic.
He quite literally facepalmed at that scene and spoke out in a tired voice, “I thought I said no Duke-level powers were allowed?”
Medea tilted her head at the accusation that was placed on her and defended herself, “This is just a basic spell though.”
“Hah…”
“...”
“...”
Another cold wind passed through as Sol looked at the sky with a smile filled with defeat.
‘So, this is what it feels like to be over-leveled as heck, huh…’
“Hmmm… Should I have held back even more?”
Medea had quite an awkward expression on her face right now as she delivered those words. She had truly done her best to put as less of her powers as possible for her. But goblins had zero resistance toward magic and were one of the weakest creatures. Meanwhile, Medea was without a doubt one of the most powerful King level mortals in the Mortal Realm and even the whole universe.
Even a Duke-level warrior wouldn’t dare to face a spell she would throw while “holding back”.
“Sigh. Forget it. What is the next quest?”
Since everything had been reduced to dust, they had no way to prove that they did the job. But Sol didn’t care about the money.
He was rich. Money was the least of his problems.
“The next one is in a village. It seems like the mayor is exploiting the people there. So they sent a help request to the guild.”
“Hmmm…”
He frowned a little. “Shouldn’t this be sent to the government officials?”
Milia grimaced at those words, “The mayor is appointed by the government.”
“Oh…”
Sol looked up. “So, it’s corruption?”
He closed his eyes as anticipation rose again.
Not only could he have fun, but he could also kill a few corrupt agents on the way.
What could be better than that?
“Milia, note that we need to work on a new election system for our representatives.”
A complete purge was becoming more and more enticing to him with each passing day.
He knew that it was impossible to have a perfect system and that corruption would always exist.
This was a simple reality and something he could accept. But there were a few limits one should never cross.
Reading the description of the quest, Sol laughed darkly as he realized this man had undoubtedly broken all limits.
So his punishment would be severe.
“Well girls, let’s move on.”
There was nothing else to do here.
‘Sigh. I wonder what Lilith is doing currently.’
This little outing was indirectly thanks to her. He hoped she was having fun at least in this ridiculous event that she had created for them.
(AN: Don’t worry. There will be nothing dark. As I promised, Vol 12 will be a relaxing volume for all readers and me as well. Also, don’t forget to come to support my new story on WN if you can. The story was called Midnight Prince but now it’s God of Crime. The story is a little slower than SHK in relationship aspects but otherwise, the pace is a little faster. Currently, I have 100+ Chapters so I believe you should give it a try until Vol 5 which is available to non-priv readers.)
Like SHK, vol 5 in GoC has an important moment. Unlike SHK though, Vol 5 in GoC was foreshadowed much better and the MC has a more active role.)
