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Chapter 45: Unraveling the Maiden's Heart
Chapter 45: Unraveling the Maiden's Heart
"Regarding the divine sword that can defeat the Blaze Dragon, we would also like to hear about it."
When the villagers heard that Yecheng, the "Hero," had asked, they immediately became excited and began recounting the legends they knew.
"According to a legend passed down in our village, to defeat the legendary and powerful Blaze Dragon, one must find the descendant of the Ice Clan.
The descendant of the Ice Clan guards the weapon that can seal the Blaze Dragon, the 'Frost Divine Sword.' The current descendant of the Ice Clan is a young maiden.
For the Hero to obtain the 'Frost Divine Sword' from her, you must first unravel her heart's knot. The way to do this is to go to Mount Margit and pick a special flower called the Pompom Flower for her."
When they heard the villager's words, Shima Yousuke immediately felt like giving up on such a troublesome prerequisite task. The mountain's name was too long, and he simply couldn't remember it.
Moreover, since coming to this otherworld, he had mostly been going with the flow, drifting wherever he went. Asking him, a stranger in this unfamiliar world, to find Mount Margit was quite a daunting task.
Furthermore, even if he reached Mount Margit, searching for a flower called the "Pompom Flower" in a vast mountain would be a time-consuming task, even though it wasn't dangerous.
By the time they found Mount Margit, brought back the Pompom Flower, and unraveled the maiden's heart, the Blaze Dragon would have destroyed countless villages and gone back to sleep.
"Can't you just give me the 'Frost Divine Sword' directly? As you can see, we are the Heroes."
To quickly obtain the divine 'Frost Divine Sword' and reduce the difficulty of slaying the Blaze Dragon, Yecheng, despite the speechless look on Cui's face, directly admitted that he was the so-called 'Hero.'
Shima Yousuke didn't see any problem with this. According to the usual gameplay of Sega games, when the 'Hero' is about to fight the boss, it's quite normal for the villagers to provide the Hero with a divine weapon to help. Now that these villagers clearly considered Yecheng, who had an excellent appearance and aura, to be the 'Hero,' skipping the prerequisite task wasn't entirely impossible. This was a game glitch, or as insiders called it, a bug.
"I'm afraid that's not possible... While we also wish to help the Hero, the 'Frost Divine Sword' is guarded by the descendant of the Ice Clan. If she doesn't want to hand it over, there's nothing we can do."
To be honest, the villagers didn't have much affection for the so-called descendant of the Ice Clan. She lived in the village, eating and drinking for free, and never did any work. Such a freeloader naturally wasn't liked by the villagers.
However, the 'Frost Divine Sword' could indeed suppress and seal the Blaze Dragon. For the village's long-term peace, they had to support the descendant of the Ice Clan, despite her reclusive lifestyle.
"Yecheng, why don't we just go straight to the Blaze Dragon? In Sega games, completing prerequisite tasks can lower the difficulty of certain dungeons, but it's not mandatory. As long as our strength is sufficient, we can defeat the Blaze Dragon even without the Frost Divine Sword."
Shima Yousuke pushed his glasses up, feeling that the prerequisite task was too troublesome. He suggested going straight to the Blaze Dragon and fighting. If they could win, they would; if not, they would run.
For Dao Yangjie's rather reckless combat plan, surprisingly, the elf maiden Cui actually agreed this time.
In Cui's view, a mission to resolve the heartaches of a descendant of the Ice Clan was simply too frivolous.
Following the usual fairy tale and legend tropes, the hero would travel through mountains and rivers to pick flowers for a shrine maiden, resolving her heartaches and gaining her assistance, ultimately defeating the evil dragon.
Wouldn't the next part of the story be the hero and the shrine maiden living happily ever after, a cliche plot?
Cui could not accept such a plot, not to mention that she had never even seen what the so-called descendant of the Ice Clan looked like.
But the idea of Yecheng resolving a young girl's heartaches already made Cui feel uneasy.
Honestly, with Yecheng's good looks, deceiving naive young girls would be as easy as eating and drinking. According to the villagers, this Ice Clan descendant was clearly a shut-in. If she were to latch onto Yecheng after her heartaches were resolved, what would they do?
To avoid this possibility and to reduce a potential rival, Cui agreed with Dao Yangjie's suggestion to directly confront the Blaze Dragon.
After all, Cui was confident that with their combined strength, even if they couldn't defeat the Blaze Dragon, they could easily escape.
"Perhaps we should meet the so-called Ice Clan descendant first. Maybe she's easy to talk to?
According to the villagers, she's just a reclusive shut-in girl.
The prerequisite for obtaining the 'Frost Divine Sword' is resolving her heartaches, not something like the Pompom Flower. With my years of rich experience, can't I just... guide a reclusive girl?"
The Ice Clan descendant, named Mabel Raybell, lived on the outskirts of the village. She rarely interacted with the villagers, rarely went out, and even had her food delivered to her doorstep, making her a true shut-in.
Mabel's home, which could barely be called a house, was more like a cave. Apart from an additional door, Yecheng could hardly see how such a place could be considered a house.
Considering the villagers' descriptions, this Ice Clan girl seemed to be extremely lazy and liked to sleep all day, so it made sense that her home was in such a state.
When Yecheng and the others pushed the door open, a bone-chilling cold air immediately blew in their faces.
Inside the small cave, the ceiling and floor were covered with numerous icicles.
In the room, a girl with waist-length blue hair, a somewhat lazy expression, but an exceptionally beautiful face, was sitting with a longsword entirely covered in ice.
Her eyes were empty. Despite having a face that was no less beautiful than Cui's, her expression was blank, as if she had not fully woken up. She showed no interest in the intruders, treating everything with indifference.
(End of Chapter)
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