episode_0291

Around dawn.

Jeong Yu-shin sat in the inn, appreciating the view outside the window.

Thanks to the addition of two Elder Magicians from the Magic Tower, the inn was dazzlingly clean.

Cleaning was especially easy thanks to Radamant’s magic.

His water magic was excellent at extracting blood and flesh fragments stuck between the floorboards.

“You’re amazing.”

“Even though I look like this, I’m the head of the Elemental School.”

Radamant replied, slumping into a chair.

“Is that so? Then is Matthias from the Summoning School?”

Matthias patted his back and sat down next to Radamant.

“That’s right.”

Malachi, who was diligently cleaning the floor, raised his head.

“I am…”

“Malachi, I’m not really curious about which school you’re from, so shut your mouth. Don’t even sit down. Only breathe five times a minute.”

“…”

He clearly ordered Malachi, but Matthias and Radamant also closed their mouths and began to breathe shallowly.

About 30 minutes passed in a chilling silence?

Creak.

Short-Nose and Aldaine’s subordinate, and Dobby, entered through the inn door.

Short-Nose approached and bowed deeply.

“Scar.”

“You’re here? Get rid of those corpses.”

“Yes!”

Short-Nose’s subordinates bowed respectfully to Jeong Yu-shin and began to remove the corpses.

Jeong Yu-shin beckoned to the middle-aged man.

“Dobby, come here.”

“Yes.”

The obese middle-aged man stood before Jeong Yu-shin with nimble steps.

Jeong Yu-shin looked into the middle-aged man’s eyes and opened his mouth gently.

“Dobby, you seem to have a close relationship with the Vaisis Clan. Is that right?”

“…”

Dobby rolled his eyes without answering.

Jeong Yu-shin observed Dobby’s face and realized.

“The Red Storm Mercenary Group that I killed was one of the Vaisis Clan’s tools. Did you trade illegal goods or slaves through them?”

Dobby’s eyes widened at Jeong Yu-shin’s murmur.

“…!”

“What’s so strange about it? If you pick out a few subordinates who are doing nothing in the Labyrinth City and send them out, you can create an independent distribution network, right? All the profits go to you.”

Dobby’s legs trembled.

Jeong Yu-shin’s words did not end there.

“Dobby, what I can’t understand is this.”

“W-What is it that you don’t understand?”

“Why didn’t the Vaisis Clan warn you?”

“W-What warning are you talking about?”

“Me.”

“Yes?”

Jeong Yu-shin pointed to himself.

“I killed an executive of the Vaisis Clan.”

“…”

“There were many conflicts in many ways. But they didn’t tell me to be careful. I don’t understand this part.”

“…”

“Didn’t you hear properly?”

“…”

“What could it be? The Vaisis Clan might have urgently called you, so there might not have been a proper warning, or you might have taken it lightly because you were living comfortably outside the city.”

“…”

“Ah. Was it both?”

Dobby felt like he was going crazy.

He hadn’t said a word until now.

The man in front of him seemed to see everything in his palm, inferring it in detail.

“Your eyes are telling me everything, Dobby. Eyes are faster than words. You can’t even control your expression. You’re completely useless.”

Dobby knelt down.

“P-Please save me!”

“···I’ll think about it for now. Go with Short-Nose and clean up your colleagues’ corpses. Take some time to look back on your life while looking at your dead colleagues. And then come back.”

“Yes…yes!”

Short-Nose and his subordinates slung the corpses in sacks over their shoulders and bowed.

“Scar, I’ll go first. Take care!”

“Take Dobby with you and give him some work. When you’re done processing the corpses, only Short-Nose comes to me tomorrow.”

“Yes!”

Short-Nose and his subordinates took Dobby and left.

Only Jeong Yu-shin and the people from the Magic Tower remained in the cleaned inn.

Jeong Yu-shin rummaged through the counter’s tea cabinet, took out a bottle of liquor and glasses, and placed them on the table.

Now, it was late at night and close to dawn.

The two old men were more eager to return to their lodgings and lie down than to drink.

They knew they wouldn’t be able to sleep, but it was better than being with Scar. Being with this man was a continuous state of tension that frayed their nerves.

Radamant, watching Jeong Yu-shin’s expression, put down his glass.

“S-Scar, do you perhaps have an engraving that reads minds?”

“Well. I might have an engraving that communicates with beasts.”

A veiled insult with a barb.

It was no different from cursing them for committing animal-like acts, and saying that he could easily read their thoughts.

The hearts of the three men grew heavier.

“…”

“Malachi, come and pour some liquor.”

“Yes.”

Malachi slowly approached, picked up the bottle of liquor, and filled the three men’s glasses.

He calmly filled the two elders’ glasses.

However.

While filling Jeong Yu-shin’s glass, Malachi’s hands trembled.

Spill. Spilled.

The overflowing drops of liquor splashed here and there on the table.

“Why are you so nervous? Don’t be nervous.”

“Yes…yes! I’m sorry!!!”

Malachi repeatedly bowed and apologized.

Malachi couldn’t come to his senses.

This was because he had witnessed the overwhelming combat ability of this mixed-blood Barbaroi.

‘He’s not human!’

The skinny, gaunt swordsman in his 30s. Zern, was it?

He clearly wasn’t a typical swordsman. A veteran who had been through a lot somewhere. A man who seemed strong.

However.

When Scar rushed in like lightning, he couldn’t even draw his sword properly.

Zern gripping the hilt and struggling.

Scar whispered something in Zern’s ear and pierced Zern’s chest with a knifehand strike.

That was the end.

Malachi’s hand trembled once more.

Agility that even a seasoned swordsman missed for a moment.

The audacity to rush in with bare hands.

The technique of pushing the sword that was trying to come out of its sheath back in with a single gesture.

And.

The whisper that blocked the opponent’s follow-up response.

Scar spoke softly in Zern’s ear, so he didn’t know the content.

He was glad he didn’t know. He didn’t want to know what kind of devilish words he had said.

Scar was clearly different from when he had seen him before.

Jealousy and hostility melted away like water.

This man.

‘I can’t handle him.’

“Malachi, why are you standing there blankly? Are you tired?”

Malachi shuddered at Jeong Yu-shin’s voice.

“S-Sorry!”

“Okay.”

Jeong Yu-shin replied casually and looked at the Magic Tower elders.

“Let’s continue the story. It seems that the gangsters in the eastern district took that magical artifact. Was it the Vaisis Clan? Anyway, those crazy guys are always meddling in everything…”

Jeong Yu-shin stopped talking.

‘Is this right?’

The fact that his relationship with the Vaisis Clan was not good was already widely known in the Labyrinth City.

‘Stay calm.’

There’s no need to come to a conclusion right now.

He had to find out the whereabouts of the magical artifact first. The rest would come out in a string.

“Let’s find out where the magical artifact is first. I hope the Magic Tower will take responsibility and find out for sure.”

“I understand.”

“Then go. I’ll call you if I need anything.”

“A-Again, I apologize. Scar, I’m really sorry.”

“Don’t apologize, show me your sincerity.”

At the end of Jeong Yu-shin’s dismissal.

The three men left the inn and trudged along the dawn streets.

After walking for a while, Radamant sighed deeply.

“Hoo. Matthias, why are we suffering like this because of you? You should have reported the origin of the magical artifact properly. Suddenly, you made a fuss about an important magical artifact disappearing. I rushed here from the Magic Tower and got all kinds of abuse. Geez.”

“I’m sorry. I was in a hurry and made a mistake.”

“Haven’t I repeatedly told you to kill that temper of yours?”

“…”

After a long silence, Radamant spoke again.

“···I understand. It’s a magical artifact that might be able to find the Magic Tower Master, so it’s not strange that you’re losing your mind.”

Radamant glanced at Malachi, who was quietly walking behind him.

“By the way, Malachi, what did you see again that you’re so quiet? What was that corpse when we came back?”

“Ah…that’s…”

Malachi explained the battle he had seen in as much detail as possible.

The story ended after about 10 minutes.

Radamant blinked his eyes.

“Hoo-ee. So, Scar rushed into 20 heavily armed mercenaries with his bare hands and killed them all without getting hit once?”

“Yes.”

“The man who seemed to be the leader died with his heart pierced without even drawing his weapon? How?”

Malachi mimicked Scar’s movements, moving here and there.

“Yes. L-Like this, making a knifehand strike and thrusting it in.”

“Hoo. That’s crazy. He wasn’t human.”

Radamant, who had let out a sigh, turned his head and looked at Matthias.

“Why did you do that? Why did you provoke a crazy man? If you want to die, you should die alone!”

“Yes, he wasn’t like that when I saw him before.”

Radamant rubbed his eyes.

“Matthias, I don’t know anymore. I’ll release you from confinement as of today. Find Scar’s magical artifact by any means. If you need help, request support from the Magic Tower.”

“I understand.”

“It’s hard being old. I should have just stayed in the Magic Tower. Hoo.”

The quiet dawn streets.

The sigh of Magic Tower Elder Radamant flowed out.

* * *

The empty dawn inn.

Jeong Yu-shin sat in the counter chair and looked up at the ceiling.

He had thought about it in many ways, but it was difficult to be sure of anything.

‘Is it really the Vaisis Clan?’

Or is there someone behind the Vaisis Clan?

I don’t know.

I’ll know if I wait calmly.

There’s no need to rush in.

‘Others will work hard for me.’

Jeong Yu-shin stroked his forehead.

“But why aren’t they coming?”

It was already close to dawn, but Sian was nowhere to be seen.

He had heard that she went to work at the Soft and Fluffy Clan, but it was strange for her to be this late.

‘Should I go check it out?’

Just as Jeong Yu-shin was about to get up.

Creak.

The inn door opened.

Sian entered.

She was dressed as if she were at a German beer festival, and the chest area was deeply cut, which was unusual for the Soft and Fluffy Clan’s cafe uniform.

“Scaraaaa, I’m hereeee.”

Sian, her face flushed, walked in, swaying.

“Sian? No, wait a minute.”

A familiar face tucked under Sian’s arm.

Red hair, cute wolf ears.

It was a younger Karin.

“Scar. Please take this woman away from me.”

Karin said, sobbing.

Sian lifted Karin up, hugged her tightly, and rubbed her cheeks.

“Muhehehe. Kariiiiin. You’re so cuteeee.”

“Owee.”

Jeong Yu-shin approached Sian and snatched Karin away into his arms.

“Karin, it’s been a while. Is your training over?”

“Uh-huh. I’ve become much stronger.”

At that moment.

“Squeak?”

A white mouse that had been sleeping in Sian’s cleavage opened its eyes wide and looked at Jeong Yu-shin.

“Squeak, squeak!”

Lynn.

Ingrid’s familiar came out of Sian’s chest, snuggled into Jeong Yu-shin’s arms, and wiggled its butt.

“Ah, no way!”

Sian floundered and approached, hugging Jeong Yu-shin.

“Sian, why did you drink so much?”

“I had a celebration party at the Soft and Fluffy Clan…hiccup!”

Sian, who had been grinning, tilted her head down.

“Karin, how did you meet Sian?”

“I was going to stop by the Soft and Fluffy Clan store to buy some refreshments. I met Sian there. I smelled your scent, so I wanted to come with her, but as you can see, it’s late.”

I see.

“Ooooong. Kariiiiin. So cuteeee.”

Sian once again brought her face towards Karin’s nape.

“Ah, don’t do that!”

Karin screamed and pushed Sian’s cheek away.

Jeong Yu-shin hugged Lynn and the two of them and went up to the second floor.

First, he changed Sian’s clothes and laid her down on the bed.

“Woohuhuhu. Kariiiiin.”

Sian, who was completely drunk, mumbled something.

Jeong Yu-shin stroked Sian’s hair once and returned to his room.

Karin, who had already changed her clothes, came into the room with Lynn.

“Karin, are you going to sleep together?”

“Yeah. Can’t I?”

Karin asked cautiously, her eyes twinkling.

Jeong Yu-shin scratched his head.

‘Isn’t it dangerous?’

Since she had just finished her training and returned, Karin didn’t have any clothes to wear.

It meant that she was wearing her old clothes haphazardly.

A baggy tunic that exposed her shoulders.

Black dolphin pants that barely hung on her hips.

A defenseless outfit that would make the eyes of a child lover pop out.

“Let’s just sleep.”

“Mhehehehe.”

When Jeong Yu-shin lay down on the bed, Karin and Lynn stuck to him.

Karin fidgeted and burrowed into Jeong Yu-shin’s tunic.

“Hey.”

Jeong Yu-shin, flustered, tried to say something, but Karin had already poked her face out of the neck of the tunic.

“Whyyy?”

“…”

He didn’t know if she wasn’t wearing underwear, but he vividly felt the soft body of Karin, who was clinging to him.

“Ooooong.”

Karin, who had been staring at him for a while, narrowed her eyes and gathered her lips.

Jeong Yu-shin turned his face away.

“Just on the cheek.”

Karin smiled brightly as if she was feeling playful.

“I don’t want to?”

“Squeak!”

Suddenly, Lynn ran up and kissed Jeong Yu-shin on the cheek.

“Hey! Lynn!”

“Squeak, squeak!”

Karin and Lynn, who had climbed onto Jeong Yu-shin’s body, bickered and fought.

‘Oh dear.’

What a commotion in the middle of the night.

However.

As he touched her soft flesh.

Jeong Yu-shin’s heart became strangely warm.

Blood and death.

The heart that had been burning with schemes and murderous intent slowly calmed down.

‘I’m not a child lover.’

Why does he feel happy while being aware of Karin’s soft body?

I don’t know.

I don’t want to think about it anymore today.

Jeong Yu-shin’s eyes slowly closed.

Kiss♥

He felt the touch of soft lips on his cheek, but ignored it.

Dawn, after the late spring rain had stopped.

For the first time in a long time.

Jeong Yu-shin felt a deep peace in his heart and fell asleep.