Lugunica Kingdom, in a commercial street.
"Boss, can we pay you today?" Morien put the box on the cabinet, "By the way, I won't be here starting tomorrow."
This store is the daily job Morien found after he came to this world.
The boss is a big man who sells apples. He looks tall and thick, wears a headscarf and short sleeves, habitually holds a piece of grass in his mouth, and speaks in a rude voice, but he is a good person.
Because of the language barrier, he had to pretend to be a traveler from another country, penniless and unable to speak. Through simple gestures and a conversation lasting more than ten minutes, he finally made the store manager understand his purpose of finding a job.
The store manager is indeed a good person. Although Morien's background is rather suspicious, he still accepts him to help.
Although the wages paid will probably be significantly lower than the market price, you can still eat apples.
"You----you can talk?!" The uncle just casually motioned to Morien to put down the box at first, but he quickly realized what he was doing.
The kid who couldn't speak or understand words a few days ago suddenly became able to speak in the blink of an eye today!
"Well----I woke up early this morning and suddenly awakened a Divine Protection of Telepathy", which can make what I want to say appear directly in other people's minds." Morien made up a random reason.
This reason sounds a bit ridiculous, but it doesn't seem impossible.
In this world, there is a core called "Od Lagna", which is similar to world consciousness.
And "protection" is the preference of the consciousness of this world for those who are favored by it.
Most of the blessings are present when a person is born, but a small amount are acquired later in life.
The uncle looked at Morien with surprise, but he still nodded.
"That's it----"
"That's really congratulations." He muttered.
In the uncle's opinion, this is like a person suddenly saying that he has won 100 million in the lottery. Although it is really hard to believe, it does not exceed his world view. If he insists on saying it, it is not completely impossible.
Besides----
"So, brother, your temperament is indeed completely different from before." The uncle nodded seriously, "By the way, where did you buy this mask? The style feels a bit strange."
"If it weren't for those tattoos on your body, I wouldn't even dare to recognize you.
It seems that the difference in temperament and appearance between the two Morien before and after the synchronization is so big that even ordinary people would be surprised.
"Maybe this blessing has some effects that I don't know about," Morien replied with a smile, "It's very magical."
"As for the mask, I found it from the bottom of my luggage. It's something I've been wearing for a long time. I just turned it out and put it on."
"That's right." The uncle scratched his head.
He had never seen anyone with protection in person, and he couldn't tell whether this was a normal situation.
But soon, the uncle recovered from his shock.
After all, this is something that cannot be taken away, so there is nothing to be jealous of.
In his opinion, they are all ordinary people trying to make a living, so he is sincerely happy for Morien.
"However, we still have to wait one day before the payment is due. You must have remembered the wrong time." The uncle looked at Morien and said.
"Remember the time wrong? It's impossible, I clearly----" Morien was about to say that it was wrong, but suddenly realized something.
After a pause, he smiled at the uncle.
"Haha, I'm sorry, maybe I really remembered it wrong."
"It's okay, it's okay." The uncle held the grass root in his mouth and waved his hand.
"Well----then I don't want today's salary. I'm here to resign, boss." Morien said.
The uncle nodded in understanding.
"Indeed, there is really no future in my job."
He scratched his head.
"Well, you haven't done enough work today, but at least you're here for this morning trip."
"Then you take half of the money."
"Just take five silver coins." The uncle placed five silver coins with the big Sage portrait on the table next to him.
The currency of this country is the common copper, silver, and gold coin system in Western Fantasy. In addition, there is also the more valuable "Holy Gold Coin".
One gold coin is equal to one hundred silver coins, which is equal to ten thousand copper coins.
And one Holy Gold Coin is equal to two ordinary gold coins.
"Oh, thank you." Morien nodded in thanks and accepted the coin.
Although it is a bit small, it is still the income from his labor anyway.
And----
Morien complained dissatisfiedly in his heart:
No, who dropped the point again?
He also figured out what happened just now.
Just now, the protagonist of this world, Subaru Natsuki, died again.
He has the ability "Return by Death", which will reset the world's timeline after death.
In fact, this was his third death during this period.
Ah----I was paid daily, but I worked for three whole days----
And I only got half the money!
"Oh, by the way, uncle," Morien pointed to the box he just put on the cabinet, "Doesn't this box of apples have some moths?"
"Is there any?" The uncle stood up doubtfully, walked over, picked up an apple and took a look.
"Ah! It's true!" He frowned in distress, "That way a lot would be broken."
He found that there was a golden Butterfly pressed under the apple he picked up.
"But maybe only a few are broken." He removed the entire box, placed it on the ground, and began to inspect it.
"Then I'll leave first." Morien waved his hand.
"Okay, bye." The uncle continued to check and said without looking back.
A few minutes later.
Morien walked out of the apple stand.
Walking on the street, Morien felt the changes in his body.
He had never felt the use of that "blessing" before, but when Morien split into the first Fortune-Collecting Bug Servant, he suddenly felt something.
"Divine Protection of Family".
The effect can sense the life conditions of all relatives, such as illness, dying, death, etc. If a family member dies outside, the approximate location and cause of death can be immediately located.
It wasn't until Morien's first heir appeared that Morien finally felt the real effect of this blessing.
Before this, because Morien had no family in this world at first, this protection did not work at all, so Morien could not detect anything.
"Sounds like a miserable life----" Morien muttered.
Without looking at the road, he kicked a stone away at will. Morien followed Spirituality's guidance and turned into an alley aimlessly, relying only on intuition.
He continues to feel the changes in his body.
Now, after the synchronization is completed, "Divine Protection of Family" has mutated.
It evolved.
After evolution, the name of this protection is "Divine Protection of the Clan".
He raised his hand, Moth fluttered his wings and landed on Morien's fingertips, raised his furry head, and looked at him.
Morien touched its head with the other hand.
After the protection evolved into "Divine Protection of the Clan", the effect of this protection not only retained and enhanced the original ability, but also gained new effects.
They are: "Return Home" and "Wanderlust"
The effect of "Return Home" is that after the death of all descendants, the souls will return to Morien. After Morien opens Imaginary Space, the souls will directly appear in Imaginary Space to wait for rebirth.
As long as it is not "sealed" or there is a similar situation like "the connection between Insect Brood and Morien was severed by something like Heavenly Sword", there is basically no way to prevent the return of the soul.
This ability point is similar to when Penacony Morien directly converges the ant's spirit after self-destruction.
But the effect is better, there is no quantity limit, the range is almost infinite, and you can choose whether to keep the Remembrance after reincarnation.
The option to retain Remembrance exists in the hands of both Insect Brood and Morien, and the option of Morien is greater than that of Insect Brood. As the owner of the protection, Morien can also reject the "Return Home" of a certain heir.
However, the two effects of restrictions are actually unnecessary. After all, no Insect Brood will disobey Royal Insect's will. During the locust plague, after Royal Insect issues an order, Insect Brood can even take the initiative to die and use himself to provide food for other "family members". And Royal Insect will naturally not refuse the children to return to his arms.
The effect of "Wanderlust" is: Morien's consciousness can descend on any heir at will. It can simply possess it, switch places with it, or directly transfer its power temporarily.
Overall, although this protection belongs to Morien, the improvement to Morien himself is actually very limited, but his descendants have gained huge gains in terms of life protection and short-term burst of power.
Especially in terms of life-saving, even if you die, you can "return your soul to the embrace of your father".
If it were other locals in this world, they might think, "It's obviously a blessing for me, but it turns out to be of no use to me at all, and it even involves the soul after death. It's really unlucky."
But for Morien----
Standing still on both feet, Morien raised his head and looked at Sky Manipulation, showing a satisfied smile.
"I didn't expect this world to be so kind. Well, I will be nicer to this world."
Just then.
"Hey! That one over there."
"If you don't want to suffer, just hand over all the valuable things you have."
At the other end of the alley, there are three people blocking the road to Morien.
They were three gangsters, a big guy, a tall and lanky Shamat, and a short mushroom-headed guy.
When I was about twenty years old, my inner despicable character was fully exposed on my face.
"What a third-rate villain look----" Morien feels a little speechless about their looks.
Although it is not his own Remembrance, for him, the "villains" he has always dealt with are Mahito and Mr. Z. If he is shameless, he can even say that he has confronted Sunday.
Now that I see this kind of thing that says "I am a gangster" directly on its face, I find it surprisingly novel.
Even the gangsters from Tingen City are more professional than them.
Looked around.
It is surrounded by a closed and old alley, which is very dirty and messy.
It seemed that he had approached the slums unknowingly.
Looking at the three people in front of him again, Morien felt a little familiar with this configuration.
Oh, they are the first batch of "villains" Subaru Natsuki encountered after time travel.
He even killed Subaru Natsuki once.
It can be regarded as an existence that can leave its own information on the "Pleiades Abuse List".
Congratulations.
In this way, the overall strength seems to be a little stronger than "Witch Cult Sin Archbishop Greed" who was passed by Subaru Natsuki.
When these three people saw Morien ignoring them, they began to curse.
But Morien continued to turn a deaf ear and allowed the three of them to move closer to him while cursing.
Looking at the three people who were almost clinging to him, Morien raised his hand and touched the mask on the side of his face.
By the way, shouldn't these three people go and kick Subaru Natsuki in the circle? Why did they find him?
Seeing that Morien had been indifferent to him, the tall and thin gangster took his hand from behind his back and immediately took out two daggers.
"Are you scared? Hurry up and hand over all your valuables!" He held the dagger and pointed it at Morien's face.
"That's right." The short mushroom head scratched his neck and said that he felt his neck was a little itchy, as if he had been bitten by a mosquito.
But don't worry about it.
In such a small alley where no one cleans it, it is normal for there to be many mosquitoes.
These three people seemed to be angry because Morien ignored them.
At this moment, they are clamoring not only to take away all Morien's money, but also to beat Morien until he barks like a dog on the ground.
"What a third-rate line. This kind of line is considered poisonous nowadays." Morien picked his ears.
"However, in order to prevent you from calling Reinhard here, let's start with the vocal cords and tongue." Morien suddenly said something incomprehensible.
"Wha--ah!"
The smallest mushroom head just smiled and opened his mouth to say something, but suddenly he opened his mouth wide and seemed to let out a scream.
But the few people present heard nothing, only the loud sound of venting.
A large number of worms poured out of his mouth, and his original tongue had been chewed clean.
"Demon----Warcraft?!"
The other two gangsters were immediately frightened by this scene and ran out of the alley.
But before they could take two steps, they fell limply to the ground, their bodies falling to the ground like thick clothes, as if all the bones in their bodies had been eaten away by insects.
Morien touched his hair lightly and did not look at the miserable state of the three of them.
"It just so happens that the children's Birth need nourishment. It will still be a bit overwhelming if they always use my flesh and blood to support them----"
Soon, the movement in the alley gradually subsided.
Tap tap tap.
Footsteps sounded again.
Morien looked back and saw another person running into the alley.
"Ah, is it so lively here?" He said it was a black-haired boy wearing sportswear.
Everything from his clothes to his appearance seemed out of place in this medieval world.
He is Subaru Natsuki.
He is the "culprit" who caused Morien to work for three days without work.
"Huh? He's someone I've never seen before." Subaru Natsuki ran into the alley with a very confused expression.