Chapter 122 (1/2)

Many people gathered in the center of a wide area. There was the young man with the fishing rod from earlier, innocent children, and smiling women. All of them were confused to see me standing on the wooden platform.

Kerenos shouted, “He will be the village chief of this place in the future. He is the Protector of Windia and everyone should act according to the etiquette!”

The villagers were agitated by his words.

“Protector of Windia...?”

“What is that?”

“Isn’t he just an ordinary old man?”

“Shh, be quiet and listen.”

At the same time, a knight pulled out a sword. It was Knight Dale who was standing under the platform. “You there! Impertinent! How dare you talk nonsense about the Protector?”

The villagers were scared by the threat. Meanwhile, I sighed and hit him in the back.

“Uwak!”

“Don’t pull out your sword carelessly, you rotten guy.”

“S-Sorry!” Dale put away his sword and bowed his head.

Kerenos frowned. “Dale, a knight only pulls out his sword when protecting someone. They are the people we must protect. Keep this in mind.”

“I’m sorry, Captain!”

“Later, go around the village in your uniform.”

“Understood!”

Dale sweated and stepped back. I stood up and Kerenos sighed softly. “I’m sorry, I seem to have educated my people wrongly.”

“No, it is fine.”

In fact, Kerenos did hold some blame but I wasn’t his boss. In any case, it wasn’t my style to nitpick. However, I agreed that knights should only draw their swords to protect someone. An army that drew its sword against those they should defend would become a dictatorship. It was like when I was young. I returned home with difficulty only to experience the dictatorship of the Yushin Restoration [1]. I grew up watching the devastation so I didn’t like a dictatorship.

I walked forward and spoke to the crowd, “I am the village chief. I somehow came here to take on an annoying job and I think it would be good to comfortably get to know each other better. Please take good care of me.”

The moment I finished speaking, applause rang out. Then another message appeared in front of me.

[You are the first user to become a village chief.]

[This is an unnamed village.]

[The villagers are looking at you with doubtful eyes.]

[You haven’t been recognized as the true village chief by them.]

Ttiring~

[Village Quest - Village Chief Covered with Mystery]

[Rating: B+

You have been appointed as the village chief of a village that hasn’t been named! The villagers are questioning your ability.

It doesn’t matter what methods you use, but you must gain the recognition of the villagers.

They will keep an eye on your actions.

-Completion Conditions: Recognition of the entire village within a week 0/120.

-Rewards: The loyalty of the villagers.

Failure: You might be expelled from the village chief’s position. The villagers won’t listen to you and the security will become worse.]

I looked closer and saw how it said that the villagers would keep an eye on my actions. If I didn’t gain the recognition of the people within a certain amount of time, I might be expelled from the village chief’s position. Damn. Well, it meant they had to show their recognition.

“I have a question!” Unexpectedly, someone shouted.

I shifted my gaze there and saw the young man who had sworn at me. He was noticeable due to his handsome appearance.

“What is the question...?”

“The people behind you look like architects. What are they here for?”

I nodded and replied, “I’m going to build the Temple of the Wind here.”

“Temple...?”

The villagers started to murmur again. They all looked amazed.

As the crowd murmured, I opened my mouth, “That is the first thing I’m going to do here.”

* * *

After the speech, I was guided to a shabby house by the young man just now. My group said they wanted to explore the village and went for a walk. Now the only ones with me were the young man who just asked the question and Punghee, who was hiding in my white hair.

He was acting as the representative here and was said to be an ordinary fisherman. His name was Kis.

“You can see the overall village from here. In any case, it is a small village with little development. The doc.u.ments have all been moved so you don’t have to worry. Then I’ll go first.” Kis bowed his head and calmly turned away.

I looked at his back and muttered, “You didn’t even ask me if you could go, you cropped-haired bastard. Tsk tsk.”

I clicked my tongue and entered the house—a small room with just a bed and a small desk. I was sitting at the desk and looking at the papers when a window suddenly popped up.

[Would you like to see the information of the village?]

“Hrmm. It isn’t papers so I think I can read it like this. Good.”

After clicking on the floating message window, the information of the village immediately appeared.

[[No name][Village]

Military: 76 Economy: 26 Culture: 16

Technology: 21 Religion: 0 Politics: 0

Hygiene: 16 Safety: 24% Development: 31