Chapter 1265: Travelling To The City
Chapter 1265: Travelling To The City
Over the next few days, Leia spent the time helping Aaron from time to time. From her understanding, Aaron wasn’t going to force everyone back to religion but rather to give them a reminder.
A reminder of how much they had changed and what this change has done to them. The way they took the blessing for granted and no longer cared about deep human connections. The only thing on their mind was how much profit they can earn from their time.
Thankfully, he wasn’t the only one as a few others have also noticed the change but their words fell on deaf ears.
On the day that Leia was going to leave with the merchants, Aaron bid her farewell.
“I’ll try and get everyone to come back to their senses by the time you get back.” Aaron promised as Leia chuckled.
“I’m only going for a week or so. Don’t do anything stupid if you can help it. I was the one who gave them this blessing after all, if anything, the fault lies with me.” Leia smiled sadly as she didn’t want to leave her little paradise behind for a week. But she needed to broaden her views.
Naturally, she can observe everything as a god but she wanted to live as a human first so that she could understand their thoughts.
“Don’t worry about it. Everyone in this village has known each other since birth after all.” Aaron reassured.
Climbing into the carriage, Leia waved goodbye to those that wanted to see her one more time before she left.
The group escorting the carriage consisted of 5 young mercenaries that looked to be in their mid 20’s with the leader of the group being a muscular man with greying hair. This group of 6 will be responsible for their safety during this entire trip.
“Have you finished with saying goodbyes?” The merchant asked as Leia nodded her head.
“Yes, we can depart whenever you like.”
Hearing this, he nodded his head and finished up some final preparations.
“Is this going to be your first time out of your village?” One of the young mercenaries asked while trying to strike up a conversation with Leia.
He had short midnight blue hair and a pair of black eyes. He was called Allen and he was the youngest of the group.
“This will indeed be my first time out of the village. I was born and raised here.” Leia replied with a smile.
Seeing this smile, Allen was instantly enamoured as a small blush crept up on his face.
“S-So what made you want to leave for a short time?” He asked curiously.
“Hmm… I just wanted to see what the world is like. I have witnessed the progression of my village since I was a young girl. From everyone barely surviving on scraps to the first appearance of the blessed crops. I merely want a break as all I hear these days are talks of money and profits.” Leia sighed bitterly.
“But isn’t money and profits good? With lots of money you can get anything you want.”
“I suppose so.” Leia nodded. However, to her, they seemed… more carefree when they relied on one another to survive. It wasn’t that she wished hardship upon then, hence why she blessed the crops, but the sight of things these days were truly saddening for her.
“You can certainly buy a lot of things with money but true friendships and connections will be difficult. Miss Leia is lamenting how things are revolved around profits now Allen.” The leader of the mercenaries explained while patting Allen on the head.
Scratching his hair in confusion, Allen was still unsure of what they meant.
Talking with the leader for a little longer, the group made their way out of the village.
The mercenary group consisted of two front liners, one magic user, one ranger, Allen who focused on dealing damage with the sword and a healer.
As for the healer, they weren’t a ‘cleric’ like Leia. Instead, she was using medial equipment with a small amount of magic.
Apparently, it was due to the fact that she was born with low mana and it didn’t change throughout the years. Thus she decided to learn medical knowledge to compensate for her low mana.
“Excuse me, your name was Nana right?” Leia asked when she got the chance. She wanted to learn more about why Nana decided to learn medical knowledge. If she aspired to be a medic, those born with higher mana levels will naturally find this easier. But she ignored this natural born difference and learned knowledge to compensate.
“Ah, yes. How can I help?” Nana replied, feeling surprised that Leia took the initiative to talk to her.
Nana was seemed like a reclusive person as she had always kept her hood up and kept to herself. Not many would take the chance to talk to her unless they needed healing.
“Oh I don’t need help right now. I was just curious about you. I heard that you were born with low mana levels that didn’t suit a caster nor healing. Yet you still studied to become one. I’m curious about what drives you and why you sought to close the gap using knowledge.” Leia asked truthfully.
Seeing her honest curiosity, Nana felt a warm feeling in her heart since not many would show interest in her efforts. Most would just ridicule her.
“Well, my father was a healer. When I was young, I would always follow him to the city and watch him heal people for a cheap fee compared to the other healers. I loved seeing how happy he was healing the people. And well, we then learned I had a low mana capacity and it wouldn’t grow much so he sought out healing techniques without magic. It was thanks to him that I can be half the healer I am today.” Nana replied as Leia nodded her head.
‘So she liked seeing her father help people. And the gratitude they received for their help was enough or her to seek out a way to become a healer.’ Leia thought to herself.
‘He even took a cheap fee too… If I want to create a paradise, I need to give them blessings. Not enough for them to over indulge, just enough for them to be satisfied with their current state of life. Though humans always seek more, which is why they sought out nonmagical means of healing. Sigh… humans are complicated creatures.’ Leia smiled softly.
While she was indeed disappointed by what she saw thus far, the sense of challenge in trying to create a better place for these beings lit a flame in her heart. She didn’t know if it was the same as what Chaos felt but she wanted to create a home where they will be satisfied without searching for more.
‘I’ll need to go through some trial and error before I find out how many blessings I can give throughout their short lives before it becomes an excess.’
Shaking her head, she focused on the journey ahead.
On the way there, they ran into a few monsters but they weren’t too dangerous. The mercenaries dealt with them without any issues with Leia occasionally helping by healing the party when needed. Most of the injuries were dealt with by Nana and serious ones that would hinder their movements were healed by Leia.
She didn’t want to heal too much since she didn’t want to invalidate Nana’s hard work.
After two days, they arrived at the city now famed for its harvest of Blessed Crops. There was a single noble family that was responsible for the supply and no one knew where they harvested the crops from.
Every merchant that was given the information had to sign a magical contract that prevented them from giving the knowledge to irrelevant parties. That was how they kept the merchants silent on the source.
Of course, through signing this, they were allowed to ‘buy’ a portion of the harvest for cheap to redistribute.
‘I doubt they can hide the information for long considering more and more are wanting to find out about the crops. It’ll only be a matter of time before news gets leaked.’ Leia thought to herself.
Once they passed through the gate, Leia and the merchants bid farewell since their agreement was only for them to guide her to the city. Nothing more nothing less.
With Leia being free to do whatever she wanted, her first goal was to find out how the people are in this city compared to her village along with how the noble was monopolising the Blessed Crops.
Depending on how they’re using it, she may have to remove the blessing.
Walking through the city, she attracted quite a few curious gazes due to how she was dressed. Thankfully, no one obstructed her but news of a beautiful sister that no one had seen before was spread through the city rather quickly.
‘Life in this city seems to be going pretty good.’ Leia mused to herself. Everyone that she walked pass was relatively well dressed and seemed rather happy. There wasn’t a sense of ‘insanity’ in their eyes like the villagers that were obsessed with profits. Perhaps it was her actions that caused his insanity.
Shaking her head, she was going to make her way to the church when she noticed something in the alleys.
Sitting down, there was a small figure covered with a thin blanket and torn up clothes.
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