Chapter 21

Chapter 21: Resurrection

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Translator: Raizu

Editor: Mirp

Episode 21 The Azure Sky

Returning to the Royal Capital. I was on Roxy's opposite side, trying desperately to hold down the backlash from my overeaten soul.

If I made any mistake, my consciousness would be eaten, which made me gush cold sweats. But then, it had already e into the territory since it was Greed we are talking about.

We arrived on the Royal Capital at nightfall.

Roxy is called upon by the Palace messenger, so she went out immediately. I guess being the Holy Knight of the Five Great Families causes you to have very little break time.

As for me, the master gardeners assigned me to the garden at the Heart Family mansion, to dig out roots and sweep fallen leaves. What is this? Some kind of rivalry between the royal family and the local lords?

I tried to be careful about not being around there, the parts where it could be seen from Aisha's window especially.

Then, the master gardeners said 「Aren't they merely glorifying this guy too much」, after appraising me for a bit.

And then, since the day had grown dark, the work for gardening apprenticeship would be continued tomorrow. I had dinner together with other gardeners and went to the bath.

While I soaked myself in the bath, one of the masters said,

「It's about time to teach you how to prune the trees in the garden. How about it, are you up for it?」

「Really?！」

「Yeah really, Fate worked fairly well. You are really worth to be taught. Everyone could see it.」

「Thank you.」

I wonder, since I've arrived at the Heart Family territory, among all the teachers, this one really think about me a lot.

The masters are already of old age, so they actually wanted to instruct a successor. That's what I am. It's really a great honor for me..

Feeling happy, I accidentally rubbed the master's back too hard.

「Ouchouchouch, give some consideration to this old man！」

「I'm sorry」

Due to my high stats, I should've been more careful in applying my strength, but it seemed that the master was quite pleased with me showing my strength.

I'll have to be careful from now on. It seems you can adjust how much the stats will be reflected on your body. Otherwise, the Holy Knights who had considerably high stats might accidentally kill other people.

After defeating the kobold leader, my stats had surpassed even those of the Holy Knights. So I guess it's time for me to learn how to adjust properly. Well, my stats will continue to rise due to Greed's strengthening, so I'll have to make numerous adjustments in the future.

Anyways, even without the skill to devour things, rapid stats rising due to winning a fight cannot be avoided.

For now, let's try to adjust while rubbing the back of the master gardener.

「Ouch, again?!」

「Ah, pardon me.」

「I'm just an innocent old man. Please treat me more carefully.」

I have so little control over it. It will take some time before I can do so naturally, apparently.

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Late at night, I wore my skull mask and went to the Goblins nest.

Today, I'll hunt in the hobgoblin's forest.

Because it's been deprived of any food while I stayed on the territory, my Glutton skill was at the equivalent of an empty stomach.