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Jeong Yu-shin looked down at the one-edged sword in his hand.

Aldaine’s younger sister.

Due to the Death Blade engraving, its appearance had changed to resemble a one-edged sword.

The characteristic of the engraving is the ability to absorb the ‘energy’ of the owner and the opponent who attacked.

As Aldaine had said, as his younger sister spoke to him in his mind, he felt the ‘yin energy’ being pulled out in clumps.

“A penis monster. What are you talking about all of a sudden?”

‘…’

The one-edged sword was silent for a moment, then spoke in his mind.

‘Shameless bastard.’

“Did you see it?”

‘Yes. All of it.’

“…”

Jeong Yu-shin felt embarrassed and closed his mouth.

He was ashamed.

The fact that he had held the voluptuous Mion tightly and had sex like a slug under the blanket was revealed.

Jeong Yu-shin stroked his neck and sat cross-legged on the bed.

“Let’s at least introduce ourselves.”

‘Beatrice.’

Beatrice Ashwood, huh.

“Beatrice, since you’ve already seen everything, I’ll be frank. Will you keep my secret?”

‘If I say I’ll keep your secret, would you believe me?’

“…”

Jeong Yu-shin closed his mouth.

Beatrice hit the nail on the head.

He was faced with the issue of trust once again.

‘And if I say I won’t keep your secret, what can you do? You can’t brutally violate me like that Earth Mother priestess.’

Her husky voice was tinged with laughter.

That was true.

Jeong Yu-shin has a normal sexual orientation.

Violating a sword.

It’s physically impossible in the first place.

He couldn’t just go throw it away somewhere far away.

Because Aldaine would come looking for it.

He didn’t know how strong Aldaine was, but he didn’t want to meet her as an enemy.

There was no way.

For now, he had no choice but to stay in the labyrinth city with Beatrice.

Jeong Yu-shin unconsciously stroked the one-edged sword in his hand.

‘Don’t stroke me.’

A sharp voice popped out.

“Why are you talking all of a sudden?”

‘…’

Beatrice was silent.

In fact.

She had no intention of telling her brother about Sca’s true identity.

Because she knew what kind of person Sca was.

When does a person reveal their true self?

In extreme situations, their original nature comes out.

She remembers the moment when Sca first held her.

The man standing with a gloomy look next to a box containing the heads of a gnome family.

He vomited for a while.

Immediately afterward, he was filled with poison.

It contained extreme anger towards those who had strayed from the path of humans.

Beatrice asked her brother. She said she wanted to go with him.

And the bar fight that took place in the Eastern District.

As if he were going to kill them all, he wielded her without sparing his body.

The bar turned into a sea of blood.

And in a secluded smithy in the West, he sealed the madness of the labyrinth while listening to the sound of hammers.

It was something a person couldn’t do, but he eventually did it with an iron will.

That’s when Beatrice realized.

He wasn’t a weak man to begin with. He was just a little late to wield the sword.

Sca continued to fight for the weak without changing.

This was also the reason why she trusted Sca.

From the perspective of the Longevity Clan, he was a fire that burned too brightly. After he died, he would remain in her head as a brand forever.

Still, she wanted to go to the end with him.

However.

There was one problem.

The more Sca stroked her, the more her body shivered.

A strange feeling she was feeling for the first time.

For a long time, she had swept through the Eastern District with her brother.

There were more than a few guys who were hitting on her, and most of them were crazy people drunk on drugs and alcohol.

Even if they seemed like normal guys, if you looked a little deeper, there were tons of disgusting secrets.

She wasn’t interested in sexuality to begin with, and she felt disgusted while staying in the Eastern District.

But.

She saw everything last night.

Sca’s sex life.

The sight of a noble high priestess being pinned under Sca and howling like a sow.

The high priestess’s love fluids splattered all the way to the table where she was, it was such a violent mating.

Not stopping there, they wrapped themselves in a blanket and mated.

What would it feel like?

What would it feel like to continue having sex for hours, completely smelling the scent of a man inside a blanket and being pressed down?

The high priestess’s small feet, peeking out from under the blanket, convulsed incessantly.

The sound of flesh colliding and the high priestess’s coquettish voice filled the quiet room.

Excluding the disgusting situation in the Eastern District.

It was a shock in itself to Beatrice, who had lived in an elf culture where you just shake your hips and get your baby seeds injected.

A strange feeling.

It felt more electrifying than when the younger Sca held her and swung her around cheerfully.

However, Beatrice was wary because it was her first time feeling this strange feeling to ‘this extent’.

‘Don’t stroke me.’

“Hmm?”

Jeong Yu-shin stopped his hand after hearing Beatrice’s voice in his head.

Because there was a hint of urgency in her voice.

“What’s wrong?”

‘…’

He felt a strange tension.

Was there a problem?

Jeong Yu-shin grabbed the handle.

‘D, don’t draw me!’

Beatrice shouted urgently. As Beatrice said, Jeong Yu-shin took his hand off the handle and looked down at the one-edged sword.

“…”

Then he suddenly drew the one-edged sword.

‘Ah!’

Beatrice’s embarrassed voice was heard.

Chu-ah-ah-ah!!!

A sticky liquid fell to the floor in drops.

A transparent liquid flowed down from the one-edged sword and the sheath.

Jeong Yu-shin raised his finger and slowly stroked the blade.

He rubbed the viscous liquid with his finger. Involuntarily, informal speech came out of Jeong Yu-shin’s mouth.

“Beatrice, what is this?”

‘…’

There was no answer.

Had she hidden somewhere?

Jeong Yu-shin rummaged through the closet and took out a soft cloth.

It was one of the tools for cleaning swords. He bought it at the smithy, but had never used it.

Jeong Yu-shin wiped off all the sticky liquid.

However, the more he rubbed the blade with the soft cloth, the more the sticky liquid increased.

Jeong Yu-shin held up the damp cloth and smelled it.

Sniff sniff.

A subtle smell.

It smelled like a mixture of ripe fruit and soft flesh.

It was a familiar scent, but he couldn’t quite remember it.

‘S, stop it! Please stop it now!’

Beatrice said urgently.

“Okay.”

Jeong Yu-shin returned the one-edged sword to its sheath and scratched his head.

By the way, why is his head so clear today?

Jeong Yu-shin opened his mouth.

“Beatrice.”

‘…’

“Death Blade engraving. If you absorb the energy until the end, the owner will surely die, right?”

‘…’

“You realized that I came from another world, but you didn’t kill me immediately. I think there’s another reason for that.”

Jeong Yu-shin spoke calmly, then bent his finger and flicked the one-edged sword!

“I guess it’s safe to say you don’t want my death. What do you want?”

‘Your energy.’

Beatrice, who had been silent for a long time, spoke. Her husky voice was still the same, but it was strangely sticky.

“My energy?”

‘The Death Blade engraving can return to its original form if it absorbs a certain amount of energy.’

Jeong Yu-shin tilted his head.

“Why do you have to receive my energy?”

‘Because it seems to suit me well. There’s no other reason.’

“How much have you absorbed?”

‘If you absorb it steadily for about 10 years, you’ll return to your original form.’

10 years, huh.

That was a very long time.

What should he do?

There was no other way to think of other than trusting Beatrice.

“Okay. If my yin energy is okay, absorb it as much as you want.”

‘Instead of keeping my secret?’

“Yes.”

Instead of pushing Beatrice, Jeong Yu-shin decided to take some time to think about it.

* * *

3 days passed.

Karin and Ingrid were quite busy, so they often left the inn.

Jeong Yu-shin focused on training.

For some reason, it seemed like his skills had improved since fighting the Apostle of the Outer God.

Should he say that the blocked parts had been cleared?

It wasn’t that difficult to handle various weapons.

After training his body in the yard, he practiced telekinesis.

He sat in the inn’s counter seat, floated a wooden cup in the air, and moved it around.

‘You’re working hard.’

Beatrice spoke.

“I’m just doing it.”

Jeong Yu-shin answered perfunctorily and focused.

At that time.

Creak.

Nellia, wearing a white uniform, entered the inn.

Nellia’s complexion was haggard. Her face was dry, and dark circles were deeply under her eyes.

“Mr. Sca.”

“Vice Guild Master? What’s wrong?”

Jeong Yu-shin lowered the cup floating in the air and greeted her.

Nellia sighed and approached the counter.

“You look very tired?”

At Jeong Yu-shin’s question, Nellia rubbed her eyes.

“A lot has happened.”

“But what brings you here?”

Nellia bowed her head.

“First of all, thank you for subjugating the Apostle of the Outer God. A terrible thing almost happened to the city.”

“You’re welcome. If it weren’t for Rex and Gwin in the first place, I would have died a long time ago. And the Vlad vampire from Pandemonium was behind me too.”

Jeong Yu-shin leaned back in his chair and replied.

“Even so, it was Mr. Sca who ended the Apostle’s life.”

Jeong Yu-shin crossed his arms to hide his embarrassment.

Nellia took a pouch out of her arms and placed it on the counter.

“It’s 300 gold coins. I wish I could give you more, but this is my limit. Due to my mistake, several clan members died, so I don’t have any money left after compensating them.”

“It doesn’t seem like it was Vice Guild Master’s mistake, but I’ll take it anyway.”

Jeong Yu-shin took the gold coin pouch and put it in the table.

Only then did Nellia bring up the main point.

“Mr. Sca, would you be able to participate in the official clan meeting held by the Explorer’s Guild this time?”

“Official clan meeting?”

“Yes. Through this incident, an opinion has been raised that there may be more Apostles of the Outer God hiding in the city. The meeting will discuss various ways to find the Apostles. We would be grateful if Mr. Sca, who subjugated the Apostle of the Outer God, could attend.”

“…”

Jeong Yu-shin looked at Nellia with his arms crossed.

Nellia tilted her head.

“Mr. Sca?”

“From what I hear, it seems like only large clans gather. Am I qualified to participate?”

Nellia smiled faintly even in her tired state.

“Mr. Sca is the leader of the small and medium-sized clan alliance. I don’t think you’re lacking.”

“Okay.”

Nellia was about to leave, but stopped and clapped her hands.

“Ah! And when are you planning to get promoted?”

Promotion?

Jeong Yu-shin tilted his head.

His stratum breakthrough and the number of requests he had completed were low.

“I think it’s still not enough?”

Nellia made an absurd expression.

“Mr. Sca defeated a high-ranking lieutenant warrior.”

“But there are several conditions for promotion, aren’t there?”

“You just need to break through the 20th floor and complete enough requests. Fortunately, thanks to your completion of this exploration request, it seems we can give you some convenience. The remaining condition is the stratum breakthrough, but it doesn’t seem difficult for Mr. Sca.”

Jeong Yu-shin nodded.

“I’ll think about it for now.”

As Nellia left, the inn was once again enveloped in silence.

‘That woman doesn’t even know about the person from another world in front of her.’

Beatrice muttered.

“I know. She’s someone who doesn’t know it’s dark under the lamp.”

Jeong Yu-shin gently stroked the one-edged sword and muttered quietly.