Chapter 24 (1/2)

Chapter 24: 015 I Away -4 (Part Two)

Men were either carrying heavy luggage or wereup various equip out food

“Iaze to discover the fa a basket She also spotted me and quickly trotted to where I was

Maybe the cold weather was to blame, because the tip of her nose and her cheeks were all flushed pink Whitish steam escaped from her lips as she stood wordlessly beforeon, how did she recognizea mask and this thick robe? Could it be that “I’m the Imperial Prince” ritten on lance behind, she pulled so out from the basket and presented it to me “Please… eat this It’s still warm”

It was a baked sweet potato

Charlotte carefully wrapped a few in a piece of cloth so that their war them to me

“Oh! Thank you Work hard, okay?”

I received the sweet potatoes and lightly waved htly bowed her head and went away to distribute the rest

I took a bite out of the sweet potato So sweet… and warm too

A smile subconsciously bloomed on my lips

A little while later, I headed to the public cemetery located in the city center with the other Priests They were cleaning out the snow and digging out the burial pits Wagons carrying corpses arrived

The convicts carefully exale one of them to make sure that none had been zo their inspection they then carried the corpses to lower them in the pits

The Priests extended their hands towards the graves, and while holding onto the holy scriptures, they started reciting so or rather

What the hell? That’s the proper purification ceremony?

It was actually ht I only silently prayed for the dead as written in the books found in theall this tih [Mind’s Eye] back then and confirmed that all the souls had been purified, so silent prayers et cracking, too? I’ll just pretend to work a little bit before giving up halfway

“Oii,and looked behindPriests that proved to be especially lazy – as in, they weren’t even bothering to do any hatsoever and were actually using the corpses as chairs to sit around

They had long discarded the shovels and were busy chatting alance at the other soldiers For some reason, they didn’t seem to care Well, most of these ‘soldiers’ were actually convicts and also were coht be criht, but no soldiers would dare to order the roup

“You should take it easy, fella It’s not like we’ll be rewarded for working our butts off in this damned place, anyway”

A well-built boy around 16 or 17 years old said that to et about being rewarded, working my ass off would only ‘reward’

I sneaked a glance at the Paladin He was too busy issuing commands to other convicts, to the point that he didn’t seem to have any leeway to mind this side This meant that he wouldn’t really care if I kicked back and took it easy

“I guess you’re right”

I nodded my head The boy Priest then re to eat fro it out “Urgh, lanced at the soldiers in dissatisfaction, pro one of them to hesitantly approach us to sneakily hand over a certain bottle

“Oh! Ohhh! Nice That’s right, fella! Goddess Gaia will bless you with her graces Your crimes will soon be washed away”

“T-thank you”

The soldiers bowed their heads The boy Priest said sos and chased the soldiers aith a dismissive wave of his hand

“Goddammit, what the eff is up with this crap? I should’ve been promoted to the second year in the Acade so s down the alcohol Maybe it was stronger than he thought, because his co a bit

He spoke a bit forcefully, probably worried about how he looked to the others here He then pushed the booze towards me “Why don’t you have a sip too, brother? It’s pretty da me this because you couldn’t handle it, aren’t you?

He was pretty quick with his bluffs, Ithirsty anyway, and this would beto this world too

I took offmy throat and nostrils, and this heat rushed all over my body at the saood! Did I ht along? It could be the cold that enhanced the booze’s taste, but still