Became the Weapon Monopolist of the Gods-Chapter 25: Modern Exploration (2)
I took Jeanne to a Korean restaurant.
“Seojun, there’s pepper.”
Jeanne’s eyes widened as she looked at the pepper shaker on the table.
“Jeanne, you’ve never had pepper, right?”
“I’ve only seen bishops eat it sometimes.”
In the Middle Ages, ‘pepper’ was a luxury item.
They gave each other gifts and collected and stored it like jewels.
The nobles would show off their wealth to the commoners by showing off their use of pepper.
Jeanne looked slightly nervous as she saw pepper shakers on each table.
“Have you entered an expensive store?”
“Yes, I entered a slightly expensive store.”
I wanted to tease Jeanne a little because her reaction was so funny.
Soon, when various side dishes such as kimchi, japchae, and anchovies were laid out on the table, Jeanne was embarrassed.
“...Seojun, shall we go out? I really only need one bread.”
She seemed surprised by the number of dishes that were more than she had expected.
Foreigners were also surprised by the number of side dishes when they came to a Korean restaurant.
Jeanne’s reaction was even more intense.
If I teased her any further, she would really get upset, so I quickly reassured her.
“It’s okay, these are common foods that everyone eats.”
“These?”
“Yes. You can eat as much as you want.”
When I told her that pepper was a common spice that even ordinary people could get, Jeanne puffed out her cheeks in surprise.
She seemed to have noticed that I had told her late in order to tease her.
“But you bought me clothes, so can I get some?”
“You can help me out as much as Jeanne later.”
“If there’s anything I can do to help you, please let me know.”
When I talked about it as a debt, Jeanne seemed much more relaxed.
Before eating, Jeanne put her hands together and prayed.
Of course, it was different from the long mealtime prayers of today.
Jeanne didn’t have the opportunity to learn to read and write, so she didn’t know much about the Bible.
She put her hands together, closed her eyes for a moment, and then raised her head.
Jeanne, holding a spoon, watched me carefully as I ate, and then she also ate rice in the soybean paste stew.
To be honest, I was nervous inside.
I brought her here to introduce Korean food, but I didn’t know if Korean food would suit Jeanne’s taste, who had been used to eating light-salted medieval food.
“It’s delicious!”
It was a needless worry.
Jeanne, who had been mumbling rice in her small mouth, opened her eyes wide.
“This soup is salty but delicious.”
“It’s called soybean paste stew.”
Jeanne ate the soybean paste stew little by little with a spoon along with her rice.
Although she ate a little bit because it was salty, she liked the way she couldn’t stop eating.
“Oh, this is also delicious.”
Starting with japchae, Jeanne ate everything without any hesitation, including kimchi, spinach, and bulgogi.
I was glad that it suited her taste.
“Anyway, you eat surprisingly well.”
She was munching on food with her small mouth, but after a while, it was strange that the bowl was empty.
It was completely different from how she had been doing until then.
During the Hundred Years’ War, Jeanne fasted or ate only the bare minimum.
That must have been her appearance as a saint.
The real Jeanne was a girl who ate everything without any hesitation.
After finishing the meal, we walked around the city without any plans.
The colorful neon signs lighting up the streets, cars running through the city.
People hurrying along while looking at their phones... ...
To me, it’s a sight I’ve always seen, but to Jeanne, all of this must be a new experience.
“Seojun, look at that. It’s coffee.”
Jeanne points to the Dunkin Donuts coffee, which is painted large on the store’s billboard, as if she’s wary.
‘Coffee was the devil’s drink.’
In the past, coffee was an evil devil’s drink that only pagans drank.
Jeanne was amazed to see it being advertised on the street.
“That’s a drink that the Pope baptized, Jeanne.”
“Is it coffee?”
“They say he baptized me because it was delicious.”
The 16th-century Pope, who exclaimed, “I can’t believe only pagans were drinking such a delicious drink!”, baptized coffee himself because he wanted to drink it himself.
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In this way, coffee became the first and last drink to be baptized as a food.
“It’s surprisingly delicious. Try it.”
While I was at it, I went to Dunkin Donuts and ordered coffee and donuts.
Since the weather was cold, I should have ordered a warm Americano for the coffee.
“How about it?”
“I think I can baptize you.”
I chuckled at the saint’s joke and brought up something I had been holding back.
“Jeanne, you probably won’t be able to return home.”
“...I had a feeling that might be the case.”
“Don’t you regret it?”
“If I go, won’t I just end up on the stake again?”
It was a joke, but Jeanne seemed to be aware of it.
The fact that France had abandoned her.
Even though she knew the truth that she had been abandoned by her country, the girl still accepted the reality.
She even felt relieved, having thrown off the burden of being a saint that had been given to her.
“Seojun, what are those things that people are holding in their hands?”
“It’s a cell phone. You can communicate with everyone in the world with it.”
“Is it like a letter?”
“It’s similar, but it has a lot more functions. You can even talk to each other face to face.”
“That’s amazing.”
She had been trying hard to adapt to the new world since day one.
Jeanne asked me a lot of questions because she was curious, and I explained them in as much detail as possible so that Jeanne could understand.
Of all of them, what ❖ Nоvеl𝚒ght ❖ (Exclusive on Nоvеl𝚒ght) surprised Jeanne the most was definitely the advancement of science.
“Does that mean humans can now go to the moon?”
“It’s not just the moon. We’re exploring the sun and other stars.” fгee𝑤ebɳoveɭ.cøm
“The sun...”
Jeanne looked cute like a rabbit with her purple eyes wide open and a donut in her mouth.
“There are also airplanes that fly in the sky.”
“Don’t they fall?”
“Sometimes they fall when there’s an accident, but most of the time they’re safe.”
I kept talking about Earth’s civilizations even though Jeanne didn’t ask me anything.
When I saw Jeanne’s surprised reaction, I became strangely talkative.
I guess it’s kind of fun to watch.
Well, even modern people are surprised by the current world where AI replaces people.
From the perspective of a 15th-century European, modern civilization would sound like a story from another world.
After that, I introduced Jeanne to various modern civilizations.
I rode public transportation, went to an aquarium, and toured COEX.
Before I knew it, the streets that had been daytime had already turned into evening.
“Lastly, is there anything you want to see?”
Like a movie theater or the forest of buildings in Gangnam Station. There were still many places I hadn’t shown her.
Modern times are overflowing with various things to see.
But... ... .
“I want to go to a place where history is recorded.”
Jeanne wanted to go to a place where the history of the past was recorded, not modern civilization.
She probably wanted to see the history related to her.
“Then I guess I should stop by the library.”
I took Jeanne to the large library in COEX.
Since Joan of Arc was such a famous person, it was easy to find records about her.
“.......”
Jeanne quietly read the history after her death.
Her expression was not so bright.
The future of those related to her was not good even with lies.
Gilles Dré, Jeanne’s closest paladin, went mad after her burning and turned to black magic, and her sponsor and comrade, the Duke of Alençon, was sentenced to death after having his land confiscated and died in prison.
The lives of the rest of them were equally strange.
“So this is how it ended up.”
Watching Jeanne carefully look back on history, I asked.
“Do you want to go to France?”
“I’m curious, but it’s okay.”
Jeanne closed the history book and put it back in the bookshelf. As if her role there was over.
Then she turned to me and smiled brightly.
“Right now, if I can help Seojun, that’s enough for me.”
As the sun set and I returned to the store, Jeanne suddenly disappeared into light.
Thump─
The plastic bag Jeanne was holding fell to the floor in vain.
And the status window rose.
[Joan of Arc’s Real Time is up.]
[Re-summoning time: 02:00]
“.......”
Just as the relics brought from the other world cannot be maintained in the real world, so was Jeanne.
Jeanne, who was expelled from her own world, was a being who did not belong anywhere.
Can this really be called ‘salvation’?
[As the connector’s magic power increases, the re-summoning time decreases.]
Hmm.
“I have to get stronger.”
So that 2 hours become 1 hour.
So that 1 hour becomes 30 minutes.
So that 30 minutes become 1 minute, and 1 minute becomes 1 second.
And then just disappear completely... ... .
She had a goal.
And as if she knew it.
Napoleon's Rifle (1)
[Toulon Gate]
─ Defeat the monster that has taken over Toulon Port
[Difficulty: B]
[Status: Unstable]
[Condition: Napoleon's Rifle]
[Reward: Summon Reset Ticket]
Napoleon's Rifle spits out a quest.
(This is Joan of Arc in the shopping mall. I'm posting this for those who haven't seen it.)
