episode_0028

Aren’t you a mercenary?

The voice is refreshing and lonely.

‘An unlucky voice.’

It was a tone of voice that reminded me of what happened that morning.

No matter how much I drink, I don’t feel like my mood will improve.

I grabbed the glass in front of me and drank it all.

If you continue to ignore them, most of them will give up and fall away.

It’s not that there aren’t many female mercenaries, it’s just that there aren’t enough of them to make you hang yourself.

“Get out of my mind, I’m not sane enough to deal with you.”

“Did you drink this much because something upset you?”

“… … .”

“Did I speak too harshly? But I couldn’t help it at the time. I wasn’t the only one there.”

He’s been rambling on and on about something for a while now, but I can’t hear a single thing.

I didn’t want to hear or do anything.

No matter what I hear, I don’t feel motivated.

“Are you really drunk? Are you so drunk that you can’t recognize people? If that’s the case, that’s a bit difficult.”

I wish I could be alone, but I keep getting interrupted, so I thought maybe I should just buy some alcohol and go somewhere else to drink.

“What happened to the wound? Did you just wrap it in a bandage? Didn’t you put any medicine on it? Haven’t you heard that you shouldn’t drink when you’re sick?”

“Be quiet. Get out of here. Can’t you tell just by looking at me? Are you upset? Why do you meddle in other people’s business so much, whether they’re sick or not? Don’t bother me. If you don’t want to get stabbed and die early.”

The bandage must not have been visible because it was covered by clothes, but I think he somehow noticed it.

The moment I was about to grab the bottle to fill my glass again.

The man sitting next to me still hadn’t left and snatched the bottle of alcohol away.

“What are you trying to do now…!!”

It was no different from pouring oil on a burning fire.

Unable to control the anger and surging emotions, I jumped up and tried to grab the man by the collar.

But the moment I saw the man’s face, I couldn’t help but be shocked.

Because an unimaginable person was sitting there.

“How much trouble did I have to go through to get here, and now you’re treating me like this?”

He had hoped for a miracle, but the person who had had his expectations crushed was looking at him and smiling.

dump-

Maybe it was because of the alcohol. I lost all my strength and sat back down in my chair.

“Uh, how did you get here?”

It was a problematic place for someone as precious as you to be.

Basically, hygiene is poor, and the mercenaries’ sweat will stink.

There was a sour smell of alcohol and the occasional harsh curses.

He was a man who did not fit into such a harsh place.

I probably lived my whole life without even knowing that a place like this existed.

A noble man like that came all the way here to meet me.

He doesn’t know what it means that this guy is here.

‘I have to catch it.’

I was dumbfounded at what had happened, but I couldn’t miss the miracle that had just happened before my eyes.

A foolish act should end in one day.

Was it because I thought I had to catch him?

I grabbed the man’s hand right away.

“Uh, our Ena… .”

My body moved as I wanted, but what happened after that was the problem.

The man’s appearance made me sober up for a moment, but I soon felt drunk again and had difficulty moving my body.

“I know. What do you want to say? Can you get up?”

“Please wait a moment…”

Since I happened to have a glass of water with ice in it, I poured it on my face.

Chook-!

A cool splash of ice water on your face.

Thanks to this, my mind is completely awakened.

“I’m sober. I can go. You’ll do it, right? You came here to do it, right?”

The priest left the temple at night and went to a bar frequented by mercenaries.

And that too, alone.

It was absurd to begin with, but you came to a dangerous place to find me.

‘You must have done that to hide your gaze. The reason you refused back then was because the knight was right next to you!’

It was an opportunity not to be missed.

Must catch.

Although they are priests who show mercy and compassion to everyone, they do not show mercy and compassion to themselves who are on the blacklist.

“Shhh- I don’t want to draw too much attention. Can you move quietly?”

“Thank you so much. I will repay this favor with my life.”

I didn’t dare to say the word ‘priest’ for fear of being a nuisance, so I gave my thanks in a quiet voice.

I paid my bill and left the store as quickly as possible.

The priest with his hood pressed down said.

“Can you give me some guidance first? There are a lot of people here.”

“Okay… Okay. Thanks!”

He walks towards the house, followed by the priest.

I had to come to my senses, but the alcohol intake kept rising.

I tried to slap her cheek, but when I realized it wasn’t working anymore, I ended up touching the wound.

I think I’m coming to my senses now that some blood is coming out.

“Hoo, can I walk a little faster?”

“I’m fine… .”

“I’m okay too. I’m sober. Let’s go.”

I felt embarrassed because I had to go into an increasingly dark alley, but I had no choice.

Being blacklisted by the temple meant giving up many things, one of which was not being able to do anything that would put one’s life at risk.

While my colleagues can go to the temple to receive treatment if they get injured while fighting monsters, isn’t it true that I can’t even enter or leave?

So, even though he had the skills to fight, he was going in and out of the labyrinth as a porter.

“Here it is. Isn’t it a bit shabby? Sorry.”

It was a house that was embarrassing to show to others.

As I entered the crudely built wooden house, I saw my younger brother sitting with his eyes wide open.

“What, why weren’t you sleeping?”

“Because my sister didn’t come in.”

“If you don’t come after waiting, just grow up!”

“Did you drink alcohol?”

“Yeah. A little. And I told you to keep the lights on at night! You’re so cold!”

My brother was so cold.

Even though I’m keeping my body warm, it’s not enough!

‘Anyway, I told you that I have to take care of it.’

If I had known this was going to happen, I wouldn’t have drank.

‘No?’

If I hadn’t been drinking, wouldn’t I have never met the priest?

It was just fate that I wanted to drink today.

As I turned on the light, my brother’s eyes widened as he noticed the priest behind him.

“Sister, behind you… .”

“Do you know who I came with?”

I asked my younger brother a question, unable to calm my excited heart.

“Who are you? Can I finally call you brother-in-law?”

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Cool.

I was so flustered by the unexpected words that I almost coughed violently.

He pretended not to hear and pulled down the hood he had been pulling down hard, then took off his robe.

You wouldn’t immediately recognize me as a priest because I’m not wearing any priestly attire.

Still, I took it off because I thought it would make me less cautious than wearing the hood down ominously.

‘You’ve lost a lot of weight. How old are you? Are you that much older than your sister?’

Looking at my younger sister, who was so small compared to her older sister, I thought she had had a hard time.

‘I wish there was a disease I could cure… .’

While I was checking on my brother, the mercenary explained our relationship to him.

“You idiot! We’re not that close, are we? Why are you picking on me with such a small thing!”

“Oh, boy, I expected you to do this.”

“Why are you expecting it?”

“Then who is it?”

“A priest who will cure your illness.”

“… Priest?”

The younger brother’s face hardened at the mercenary’s words.

“Why did you bring the priest? I don’t like it. Tell him to go back.”

“Go back. That’s nonsense. You need to get better! I know what you’re worried about, but this guy is not that kind of person. He’s a really good guy. You can trust him this time.”

“No! I told you to stop now. What are you trying to steal from me this time? You brought a priest here?! I won’t be treated!”

A younger brother who gets into a fight over the word “priest” and a mercenary who is busy trying to appease his younger brother.

My brother’s aversion couldn’t have arisen for nothing.

‘Why was I blacklisted?’

The blacklist isn’t for just anyone, so the crime won’t be light.

But if the perpetrator had been blacklisted, there was no way my brother would have acted like that.

And I was not unaware of the problems of the church.

‘Corrupt priests.’

Could it be that these people were also unjustly blacklisted by corrupt priests?

“Ahem, would you listen to me for a moment?”

“Ah! Sorry. What my brother said wasn’t true, so don’t feel too bad. He’s still young.”

The mercenary is quite desperate, as if he thought I might change my mind.

“Yes, of course. However, I have a question after hearing what my younger sibling said. Do you know why you were blacklisted?”

“Huh? That’s….”

If you ask him to tell you about something bad he has done, it won’t be easy for him to open his mouth.

Of course, I don’t know if he was blacklisted because he did something really bad.

“Even if you don’t answer, there will be no disadvantage in receiving treatment, so don’t worry. You’ve come this far, so how could you not receive treatment? Of course, even if you say so, you won’t refuse treatment.”

“… It would be better for the priest not to listen. What good talk is that?”

“The priest tried to rape my sister!!”

The mercenary tried not to say anything, but his younger brother made an impulsive move.

“It was the priest who did wrong. But why did my sister have to be treated like that?! Because of that, she was banned from entering the temple for the rest of her life!”

“Hey!! Stop it!”

“It was that priest who did something bad!!”

I thought maybe the priest was blacklisted because he was involved in something he did wrong, but when I heard the truth, it was beyond my imagination.

“It was my fault. I could have just beaten him, but I ended up killing him.”

“!!”

It was only when I heard that he had killed the priest that everything made sense.

To be honest, I was lucky that I ended up killing a priest and just being put on a blacklist.

Because the church would not allow the person who murdered the priest to continue to act as a mercenary with his limbs intact.

‘The priest must have been so wrong that these people had to be left alone.’

It would have been better to bury the priest’s death quietly, but it is full of malice to go out of their way to blacklist the victim.

Perhaps it was a warning to keep quiet and not make a big deal out of it?

“That happened.”

“You can’t say no now. I can’t give up.”

I nodded at the mercenary’s words.

“Of course. I will treat it.”

The mercenary who breathed a sigh of relief at my words became angry at his younger brother.

“You stop now! This priest has nothing to do with those people. He risked his life to come here to heal you. If you act like this, how are you any different from those who treated us badly? Just as we had no reason to be cursed at, that priest has no reason to listen to your complaints.”

My younger brother’s eyes are filled with tears as if he feels wronged.

Looking at that sight, rather than feeling uncomfortable, I felt pity for him and wondered why he had to be like that.

Isn’t this just a resentment that has built up over the past day or two?

It was obvious what kind of experience it would be to be blacklisted, so I didn’t mind receiving a little bit of resentment.

‘Honestly, I’m embarrassed.’

If you were a priest, you shouldn’t have done such a dirty thing.

What’s so pretty about that guy that he even takes revenge?

Rather, it would be insufficient to compensate for the damages, as I feel sorry for the shameful incident.

Besides, if you knew the circumstances, you could have just said sorry and ended it, but didn’t you show the end by putting me on a blacklist in such a petty way?

My face turned red with embarrassment.