Episode 177 – An Unwinnable Fight

“Ian!!”

And then my wife’s clear voice entered my ears.

I immediately opened my eyes wide.

And in my eyes, the figure of a beautiful woman with silver hair flying, throwing a punch towards Kaisan, was reflected.

As soon as Kaisan felt Grace’s small fist approaching, his expression hardened, and he twisted his waist to block it with both arms, but the moment it touched her small, white fist, he had no choice but to fly away with the sound of something shattering.

Kwang!!

Kudeudeuk…!

“Keuk…!“

“Yeobo…!!”

The sound of Kaisan’s groan filled with astonishment, unlike a real man, as soon as I saw her, I realized that the fear of death that I had been holding back had receded, and my eyes welled up with tears.

Nevertheless, not wanting to show her an unsightly appearance, I hurriedly hid my eyes with my sleeve and stood up.

My wife was watching the direction Kaisan had been flung into the midst of the barbarians.

After Grace blew Kaisan away, I could feel the tingling killing intent of the barbarians.

Clearly, the moment we show even the slightest gap, they will rush towards us.

But strangely enough, I wasn’t afraid of this situation now. No, rather, it was extremely comfortable.

I gently turned my gaze and looked at my wife’s small body.

Nevertheless, she only looked so reliable and lovely in my eyes.

“Are you okay?”

My wife asked, still not letting her guard down.

“Yeah…”

“Good…”

“…. Yeah”

I couldn’t say anything.

It was because I was looking at my wife standing in front of me, and after belatedly regaining peace of mind, I realized what she had done.

To move towards a battle where death was certain, without caring about others who would be sad for her own satisfaction…

I couldn’t help but realize that there was no one who would be happy if I did this.

“I’m sorry…”

“…. What are you sorry for?”

“Just… I’m sorry for everything.”

“Kikkikkik, I guess he knows he did something wrong?”

My heart became infinitely heavy at the sight of my wife playfully laughing while still fixing her gaze on the barbarians.

With a sense of guilt that felt like my heart was tightening, I barely lifted my lips, which felt as heavy as lead, and said.

“Yeah… I didn’t think about the others who would be sad because of my greed… and I stepped forward…”

“….”

As soon as my serious words ended, my wife glanced at my face, which was a mess with guilt, and quickly turned her gaze back.

“Heueeum…“

“….”

“I always thought you were like a fool… but really… huhuhu, you really are a fool.”

I was speechless as I looked at my wife, who was wearing a faint smile.

It was because when I thought about my own appearance, rushing in without caring about the difference in abilities, caught up in narcissism, I thought I was worse than a beast.

“Well… I still like it. I don’t hate people like you. Huhuhuhu, honestly, I didn’t know you’d rush in with such a vein popping out in your head… and… huhuhu, did you like me that much?”

“I’m sorry… I couldn’t give up on you…. And even if that time comes again…”

I probably won’t change.

“I would have challenged Kaisan again.”

“Ah… really…!”

A faint blush was on her cheeks as she grumbled at my confession.

“Hmph… well, you were cool though.”

“…. Grace”

“But it’s still not okay, you can’t even beat me, yet you’re picking fights with guys like that… Expect hell training when this is over…”

“Yeah, anytime”

I felt my heart warming at her words and smiled softly.

Jeobeok jeobeok jeobeok

At that moment, the heavy sound of footsteps came from where Kaisan had been blown away.

An outstanding height even among the barbarians who were over 2 meters tall, his face was as cold as frost.

The barbarians did not block their tribal chief’s footsteps and stepped aside to the left and right, and soon he was able to arrive in front of us.

‘He’s really, really amazing…’

And… I looked at Kaisan’s arms and admired him inwardly.

His arms only looked slightly swollen, but there seemed to be no problem moving them.

Kaisan frowned and said.

“What is this?”

“What is this?”

Grace, who repeated Kaisan’s words exactly, said with a smirk.

“….. I’m not in the mood for jokes right now?”

“Oh, really? Me too. And… I asked too. What is this right now?”

“What…?”

Kaisan, who raised one eyebrow, fell silent with a blank expression at Grace’s continued words.

“What… Tribal Chief-ssi, did you put honey on your lips or something? Why can’t you speak?”

“….”

“Isn’t this a breach of contract?”

“…. Hmph”

“Is that the end with ignoring me? Tribal Chief-ssi?”

“This is a duel.”

As Grace’s gaze grew colder and colder, Kaisan, who had been frowning, answered in a low voice.

“A life-or-death duel between men, there’s no room for you to interfere. I have no intention of breaking the contract. That city will not be swept away by our march. I think that’s enough to keep my promise, don’t you think?”

“…. What? Promise? Are you… kidding me right now?”

Grace lost her composure at Kaisan’s answer and replied in a hostile voice.

“Wasn’t our promise just to give birth to one child? So why do I have to become your wife?”

“…. Hmph, you were awake?”

“Then would I be sleeping when you’re shouting so loudly, you ssibal?”

As I watched my wife, who was filled with anger again and shouting in informal speech, I finally realized that the moment of decision was approaching.

If I don’t stop her now, the tribal chief and my wife will clash, and it was clear that the aftermath of this would be something that even my amazing wife couldn’t stop.

Even if I killed the tribal chief and tried to kill all the barbarians gathered here for the city, it was impossible to kill all the nearly tens of thousands of barbarians without leaving a single one while protecting me.

In the end, there was only one option to choose.

Kill the tribal chief and leave the battlefield with me.

But if that happens, the city will become the target of the barbarians’ anger, who have lost their center.

Can the city stop them?

The outlook was negative.

The fact that we were running around busily and stopping the barbarians was also because they were holding back to find a mate for the tribal chief, so the result was all too clear.

Clearly, the city would collapse under the hands of the barbarians in just a few minutes.

And Cecil and Claudia would surely die with the city.

Even if Claudia sends Cecil away to save her at least… I don’t want such an ending.

I needed time.

Even if they don’t keep their promise, I have to buy enough time for the central subjugation force to arrive.

I made up my mind.

I grasped what Kaisan looked like to the barbarians from listening to their shouts just now.

Kaisan didn’t just subdue them with strength.

They had a strong bond. Of course, that bond wasn’t something you could rely on.

Even if I plant a sense of unease in their hearts about the tribal chief who failed to keep his promise, it might not mean anything.

But wouldn’t the tribal chief, who has just risen from a reserve to their true leader, be reluctant to leave even a shred of doubt in their hearts at this moment?

Honestly… I don’t know.

Maybe they don’t value promises that much.

Still… I had to step forward.

Clearly, I can’t beat Kaisan.

Looking at how I was miserably defeated by Kaisan with just his left hand a moment ago, I can’t help but know it even if I try to ignore it.

And even if everything goes according to plan, Kaisan might ignore the promise and order the surrounding barbarians to capture me and my wife.

Still, I have to step forward.

Not for myself, but for everyone, I have to step forward.

At the same time… because what I can do right now is only this, I ridiculed my pathetic self.

With a self-deprecating smile, I looked at my wife’s back.

My wife was arguing with Kaisan.

Kaisan only repeated that women can’t interfere in men’s affairs, and my wife frowned at Kaisan’s actions of repeating the same argument in a sly manner, and she was gradually raising her voice.

I put my hand on my wife’s shoulder, who was having an argument with Kaisan that couldn’t be narrowed down.

The moment my wife turned her head, I shook my head.

And I stepped forward and looked at Kaisan.

Kaisan looked at me with a smile erased, and I said to such Kaisan.

“Let’s make a promise again.”

“…. What promise?”

“What we want is the safety of the city… and what you want is Grace… is that right?”

“…. That’s right.”

Grace was already the minimum requirement that Kaisan was thinking of.

Maybe no matter what I say, his mind won’t change.

I felt the need to increase the stakes further in order to get him to accept my proposal.

“I’ll add more.”

“… Add more?”

I nodded to Kaisan, who was frowning, and my heart was tightening with guilt.

I moistened my parched lips with saliva and said, trying to hide my trembling voice as much as possible.

“…. I’ll put my wife and Cecil and Sui in the city on the contract terms as well.”

Then Grace had a surprised expression, and Kaisan frowned as if he didn’t know my intentions.

Kaisan, who was rolling his eyes, growled in a low voice.

“….. That’s a meaningless proposal to me.”

“No. It has meaning…”

“What do you mean?”

I looked at Kaisan, who was twitching his eyebrows, and calmed my trembling heart as much as possible.

And I repeated the sound of Kaisan shouting at the barbarians just now.

Clearly, Kaisan was a virgin until last night.

The reason was none other than his big thing…

That’s why his words that it has no meaning are a valid opinion.

But the two of them… it’s possible.

I have to get him to accept it.

I have to make Kaisan accept Cecil and Sui, who believe in me, as concubines.

It felt like that fact was becoming a knife and stabbing my body here and there.

Still, I have to say it.

For everyone… I have to say it.

I swallowed and said again.

“Sui is a high-end sexroid made in the City of the Mountain, so she will be able to accept your thing easily. And Cecil is… a nun who is a servant of the Goddess. Maybe the city has a way to make her accept your thing.”

“…. What are you trying to get by putting what you have to protect on the betting board?”

“……”

I took a breath.

Clearly, what I’m saying now is a proposal that goes too far.

Kaisan and the barbarians, enraged by my proposal, might rush at us.

Still, I had no choice but to say it.

“Instead… if I win…”

“…. If you win?”

“Please go back.”

“…… What?”

Kaisan, who slightly widened his eyes as if he had misheard for a moment, asked again.

“Go back?”

“Yes”

“… To your hometown?”

“…. Yes”

“…… Keukkeukkeukkeukkeukkeukkeuk Puhahahahaha!!!!“

Kaisan, who was bowing his head and holding back his laughter, finally couldn’t hold back and raised his head and laughed heartily.