episode_0062

After being greatly shocked by Lian, Angshu returned to his room and reflected on himself.

“I’ve lost my original intention.”

Was it because he had never experienced failure before? He had become much more negligent compared to when he first started this game.

“I need to do this properly.”

Angshu resolved to move more seriously, just as he did when he first started this game.

The first thing he did was gather information.

To get close to someone, you need to know what they like and dislike, and if possible, even their weaknesses. Angshu wanted more detailed information than the basic information he received through Odooki.

Gathering information wasn’t difficult. There were many slaves working in the arena, and there were many who could be easily persuaded for a few coins. That way, he was able to obtain more detailed information.

Angshu read through the documents.

Lian spent most of her time playing with Iris in the room, but she wasn’t always in the room. Sometimes she went for walks, and sometimes she went to the training ground.

“Her abilities seem to be better than I thought.”

Every time he left the room, the slaves on the same floor would cower and avoid him, he thought, reading the contents.

“Is her confident attitude also a result of her skills?”

There was a lot of miscellaneous information. These were things he wouldn’t have known if he hadn’t investigated. The more information he gathered, the clearer it became how he should proceed.

“The most important thing is the information about Bansuk and Totogen…”

Perhaps due to pride, neither of them readily opened up. Especially Bansuk, his face turned pale and he couldn’t speak properly about what had happened.

“Judging by the look of it, he seems like he might die soon.”

Thinking of Bansuk, who was stuttering like a coward, Angshu buried himself deeply in his chair.

“Well, since there’s plenty of talk without having to hear from those two.”

With that thought in mind, he briefly summarized the contents written in the documents.

That the slave named Lian is very fond of her younger sister and is stronger than expected.

Considering the fact that she went to the room of the slave who had secretly taken out a knife and caused a commotion, and staged a show of strength, her seemingly gentle appearance might be an act.

“It would be easier to target the younger brother.”

Lian is strong and quick to assess the situation. No matter how much of a slave he is, how could one easily subdue such a person?

It’s simple. All it takes is a knife that can penetrate his heart. For example, someone he loves like a lover or family member -…

Luckily, Lian had someone by his side who could become a sharp knife.

“Hmm, this is troubling. It seems like it would be interesting no matter which way I go.”

Watching the fearless strong man directly harm his precious younger brother, or seeing the slave who had constantly strived for himself stab his despairing older brother, both seemed interesting.

“Targeting the younger brother seems interesting, but it looks too easy, so it might not be fun.”

Compared to Lian, Iris seemed mentally shattered, unable to speak properly, only following her brother around. If Angsho set her mind to it, she could infiltrate and make her brother stab himself with a knife.

In comparison, Lian seemed more difficult to target than any slave she had encountered before.

The experienced know how to suffer.

Above all, there was no other way but to target Lian in order to resolve the already crumpled pride. Angsho decided to give up on targeting Iris and focus on Lian.

“A stage, yes… I need a stage.”

With his eyes closed, he began to draw a big picture in his mind.

“Okay.”

Having made a decision, it was time to act. He immediately asked for information about Lian from those who were close to Totojen and Bansuk, especially those affiliated with the arena.

When both Totojen and Bansuk were with Lian, they either kept their closest aides nearby or didn’t keep anyone by their side, so the information was significantly limited. The only information that could be heard was that the two of them seemed frightened or that blood was left on the ground.

Of course, Angsho thought that the blood on the ground belonged to Totojen or Bansuk. The strong Lian had attacked the two, and the fact was so embarrassing that they treated their wounds with potions and concealed all the facts.

The conclusion I could come to was that.

Surely, it didn’t make sense that Bansuk and Toto-gen attacked Lian, and both were shocked by the amount of blood Lian shed.

…It didn’t make sense in reality, but there was no way Angsho could know that.

“How should I cook it?”

Numerous methods came to his mind and began to be deleted. Among the plans remaining in his mind, he found a somewhat usable plan.

“First, I need to find a female slave.”

***

“Hello?”

“…?”

A slave whom Iris had never seen before approached and greeted her as she went for a walk with Lian. The slave looked at Lian with trembling eyes, then smiled and spoke.

“Oh, hello.”

Her voice trembled softly, but it didn’t seem strange.

“Hello.”

Lian graciously returned her greeting. There was no reason to be hostile. The female slave turned her gaze to Iris, grinned, and said,

“I’ve seen you pass by a few times, and every time, I thought you were so cute that I wanted to get to know you. If it’s okay, can we greet each other from now on?”

“Hahaha, our child is cute, isn’t she?”

Lian nodded with a broad smile, like a father who heard that his daughter was pretty. His face looked so handsome that it seemed shyly smiling.

The female slave, who had been stiff with fear of Lian, blushed and gazed piercingly at Lian’s smile. Iris’s forehead wrinkled slightly.

“Oppa… I want to go.”

“Huh?”

“I, bathroom.”

“Huh? Really? Okay. Let’s quickly go back to the room.”

At Iris’s words, Lian was surprised and turned his body. The female slave said in a flustered voice,

“Oh, um…! What about the answer…?”

“Oppa, I’m in a hurry.”

“Oh, oops! I, I’m sorry. The, answer will be next time..!”

Lian picked up Iris and ran to the room.

The small mishap that was considered to be a start was just the beginning.

“Hello, Iris? I bought too much this time, would you like to eat this? It’s difficult to handle.”

“Iris, good morning.”

“Today, you’re cute as always!”

Those who had never even pretended to know Iris approached her warmly and greeted her. Honestly, Iris didn’t care whether the other slaves insulted or praised her.

“Oh, what’s all this? I’ll gratefully eat it.”

“Good morning, haha.”

“Thank you for the compliment. Our child is the cutest, isn’t he?”

The problem was that insignificant people blushed when they saw my brother. My kind brother couldn’t easily push away those who approached him.

Because of that, many people who didn’t know their place approached. As the number of times their eyes turned to Lian instead of Iris increased, Iris’ emotions sank very uncomfortably.

When the women left and only the two were left in the room, Iris suddenly said:

“Brother, I don’t like it.”

“….?!?!”

At Iris’s words, Lian collapsed to the floor like a tragic heroine. Soon, Lian, with his hands in the air, stuttered like a broken robot.

“W-why? Hahaha, did I do something wrong?”

At his words, Iris pursed her lips. Her chubby cheeks twitched. In an inappropriate situation, Lian almost laughed without realizing the mood.

“I don’t like women.”

“Huh?”

“The women who come every day…”

Only then did Lian realize what Iris was talking about.

“Ah… the different people who come every day?”

“Yeah.”

“Why don’t you like them?”

“…I just don’t.”

Iris couldn’t explain the reason verbally, so she just spat out that she didn’t like it. While doing so, she glanced at Lian, her eyes rolling.

‘What if she starts to hate me if she dislikes it…?’

If Lian liked those female slaves more than Iris, she might end up hating her. It was an unreasonable thought, but Iris was genuinely worried.

As the small unease grew uncontrollably, Lian said as if it were obvious:

“Okay. If Iris is uncomfortable, I’ll ask them not to visit.”

“…”

Iris looked at Ryan with round eyes and nestled in his arms. She was so, so, so happy to the point of being overwhelmed.

…And so, Ansho’s first plan failed too easily.

“Udook, then we should execute the next plan.”

Ansho’s pride was greatly hurt by the fact that he couldn’t even move on from step 1 instead of executing the planned plan. He brought out a more daring plan that he had pushed aside.

The next day, Ryan ended up taking the elevator by Jisoo. Of course, it wasn’t the client she had met before or a new client that Ryan thought she was going to meet.

“Well, this is where you’ll be staying from today.”

“…What?”

It was a new floor several floors higher than the one Ryan had been living on with Iris. Iris and Ryan were torn apart.