episode_0030

Twenty days have already passed since I stayed in this village.

In the meantime, I was able to blend into the village to some extent.

In the meantime, I also received training.

Yunaira’s history, information about each race, geography, what not to eat, how to deal with unexpected situations, traditions, elven language, etc.

What was shocking was that Hosot is a matriarchal society.

Matriarchal societies are not uncommon.

But the reasons were rare.

‘It’s because women are physically superior.’

After hearing that and looking at Juul, it seemed like it was true.

Learning another country’s language is difficult.

However, paper is not that cheap to memorize by just writing it down.

A child who received the blessing of a messenger who can speak but cannot write.

I wondered if the priest would be interested, but there was no mention of it.

‘I brought Jule here with the messenger’s blessing.’

I don’t know why, but there was no need to scrape and make crumbs.

The name of Hosott, who was cold to me, is Yuzu.

He’s Ujit’s close friend.

It seemed like it would be so.

In the end, I couldn’t become friends with those two.

In the end, the children were divided into two groups.

The group following Shir, Ujit, and Yuzu.

I think I’ve become quite close to Juul.

To the point where I can understand and overlook a little bit of rudeness.

Even now, he was fiddling with his abundant tail.

“Sihyeon.”

“Yes.”

“I think I will have to leave the house soon due to work.”

Are you leaving home?

So should I be left alone?

“Would you like to follow me?”

Fortunately, he asked first.

“Yes. I want to go with you.”

“But you also have to learn how to write. I’m starting to get used to it now. Do you mind if I follow you?”

The invitation that seemed to ask me to follow him was quite funny.

If that was my true intention, I wouldn’t have recommended it.

“It doesn’t matter.”

It’s sudden, but it can’t be helped.

It’s good to be comfortable, but it’s obvious that if you stay, you’ll just be noticed and your stomach will explode. Because externally, I am Jules servant.

I also had a shallow desire to expand my knowledge through other cultures.

“Okay. In that case, I can ask you to interpret.”

translate?

‘Should I go see the other demi-humans?’

“What’s going on?”

“A group of humans are plundering elves and ramrats.”

‘Crazy guys.’

Those who take what belongs to others should be spit out and beaten.

The south is very large.

Thanks to this, judicial institutions do not have much power.

As a result, you must protect yourself with self-defense and precepts.

But there are times when that is not possible.

For example, the opponent is a wild beast.

Anything that cannot be resolved with one’s own self-defense ability can be handled by Juul or another skilled Ajin.

When the case was handed over to Juul, the fate of the yard was decided.

“Are you going to kill them all?”

“Find out first. The only ones worth killing are humans and ramrats. I’m going to kill them all.”

···There is no Pia.

If there is one thing I felt after spending about a month with Jules, it is that he always keeps what he says.

“Don’t say scary things.”

“If you commit a crime, you must be punished.”

And this is why Juul is respected by people.

Fairness and integrity. Not interested in material things.

When an honest, fair, and competent person holds a government position, he or she will naturally be respected.

At least to subordinates.

Jool is a judge of the Union Alliance and an executioner with the right to summary execution.

At the same time, he is also a person who must become a priest assisting the chieftain. Within UNAIRA, people who solve cases like Jules are called ‘executors.’

The name itself is scary.

The weight of the lies I told weighed me down even more.

‘Lying to the judge.’

If it were a court, you would go straight to jail.

“I hope you can teach me how to write whenever I have time on the way. It’s too difficult to study on my own.”

“I can do that much.”

Jules gets up from bed.

My body shivered as I felt the cold, humid wind from the waterfall.

He put the money pouch on his waist and started putting on his armor.

“When learning to write, it’s better to just try writing. Ramrat makes paper, so let’s buy a lot and come back.”

“Yes.”

It is said that Ramrat, which I learned from the priest, is the intersection of small demi-humans, and that they are demi-humans who have mixed each other’s blood and become like dogs of various breeds.

Artiodactyls, torsopods, and chordates are all mixed together, and fertilization between the two species is possible.

Additionally, the patterns and colors of the fur are all different.

Like a pet lizard with different patterns.

To put it in one word, he is an Ain who does not need fingerprints.

This is because each individual’s appearance is different.

Felik looked purely like a raccoon, but in reality, it seems that ramrats with such a pure appearance are very rare.

And it is said that such Ramrats are called ‘purebloods’.

They are people of high status among Ramrats.

“When does it leave?”

“At dawn.”

“Yes?”

A white moon was rising on the broken cave ceiling outside the window.

‘···Leaving in just a few hours?!’

Why are you telling me that now?!

“···Please let me know about that sooner.”

“I was also notified just now. I need help.”

······Considering the speed of Jeonseo-gu, the incident must have occurred at least a few days ago.

This rush is understandable.

Because there are no cars in a place like this in the first place.

“You too, prepare quickly.”

I got up from the bed and put my father’s gaiters, the only trace of my past, around my calves.

* * * * * *

“When are you coming back?”

“I will return as soon as Seolrang’s work is finished. Maybe.”

Shir nodded, but looked sad.

“Please tell Mira and Yuso well too. I also apologize to Woojit and Yura.”

“I hate it! It’s not my fault!”

“So, you’re not going to see my face for the rest of my life?”

The sound of rusty hinges being folded was heard from behind.

It’s Juul. The huge curved sword clangs as it hits the armor that Felic gave as a gift.

“You came out. I’ll go now.”

“See you later. Be sure to buy souvenirs!”

Jules ears flutter, and he glances in my direction.

“Let’s go.”

“Yes.”

“Aunt! Have a nice trip!”

“I’ll bring you some delicious food on the way, so don’t upset your mom and just stay calm.”

Juul waves to Shir, and Shir waves to Juul and me.

There is a long way to go.

Thanks to this, I should have minimized the amount of luggage on my back, but I couldn’t.

First of all, my bow and crossbow are included, and clothes are included.

Plus, the only food inside is Japanese food that I can eat.

‘It’s bulky.’

I declined, but they said it was mine, so I was able to accept it anyway.

But I am a slave.

‘It is a slave’s job to carry the burden of his master.’

I don’t particularly want to volunteer for difficult work.

But I was just receiving everything from one to ten from this person.

I wanted to pay back.

Your parents were enough people who couldn’t repay what they received.

It was a dusky dawn and the village was quiet.

A few hosots stood guard and two wolves with sharp edges next to them. Only they give a brief greeting.

He had planned to catch some salmon on the way, but instead of going downstream towards the square where the river flows, Jule left the village through the entrance to the cave where he first entered the village.

The chill of the waterfall brings the cool dawn breeze down, making it quite cold. Enough to catch a cold. As I go outside the cave, a sign with a bow hole greets me.

There were complaints that people could not sleep because of the sound of arrows being fired at night. In reality, the sound of the waterfall is louder, but the sound of shooting an arrow and the sound of the waterfall are different.

Since the bow is a weapon used especially by humans, it seems that the Horsots had no choice but to be nervous.

I ended up practicing outside.

I haven’t shot a bow for a long time, but my skills have improved considerably. It is possible to hit a target at a distance of about 20M to 30M in 9 out of 10 cases.

The target score is still far away.

“Sihyeon.”

“Yes.”

“Do you want to learn how to use a dagger?”

dagger?

“Why the dagger?”

“There are situations that cannot be handled with a bow. Just like before, it’s like an eagle is attacking or something like that.”

You still have that incident in your mind.

“That doesn’t happen often.”

Jules shook his head.

“I’ve seen it before. A young boy about your age was kidnapped by a giant eagle right before my eyes.”

“···Is that possible?”

“It was possible.”

Shir of a similar age also weighs 50 kg.

Humans envy flying birds, but birds are animals that sacrifice most of their wings other than their wings to fly.

Of course, weight is also included here.

Birds can usually lift as much as their own body weight.

If you lifted a 50kg human, the bird would weigh at least 50kg.

If we roughly estimate it as 70kg and use Bergmann’s law to calculate it based on an eagle, it would be about 6m when its wings are spread.

─The bird is three times the size of Jool.

“I couldn’t do anything. I couldn’t help but watch the child screaming and looking for his parents. Still, I somehow managed to find its nest after tracking it down.”

Jules glances down at me.

“It was eaten by a young eagle, so both eyes were gouged out and the bottom of the neck was tattered. I couldn’t even get revenge because I had a baby.”

Hosots do not hunt animals with children.

Still, I don’t understand.

The dead Hosott is also someone’s child.

‘Why don’t you take revenge?’

This isn’t a hunting issue.

“Why didn’t you take revenge?”

“Because there is nothing wrong with a young eagle.”

The answer that sprinkled cold water on my angry question was an extremely rational one.

“···Really?”

My way of thinking is different.

Normally, wouldn’t it be right to kill them anyway?

Resistance arises when things are unpleasant.

‘Then why do they have to eat humans in Yunaira?’

Of course, this is not something Juul did or a public matter.

It is ‘revenge’.

It is said that although humans are a disgusting food, the reason why it is consumed consistently is to remind people of the Cold War.

Elves and Lamia live long lives.

Most of the people who survived the Great War and are still alive are in positions of power and hate Drekkar.

“I hope you don’t die so helplessly.”

“I also want to live a long life. But…”

I can’t imagine myself fighting someone, swinging a knife, or stabbing a living thing to death.

Dagger skills are for combat, not hunting.

‘Will I ever get caught up in a battle?’

“······Dagger technique is for combat.”

“Fights are common in the South. Most Ajin carry weapons for self-defense. But a bow is not a self-defense weapon.”

What Jules said is not wrong.

It’s not that you can’t kill something with a bow, but most friction happens at close range.

According to Tuller’s training method, the time it takes to attack an opponent with a cold weapon within 6.3 meters is 1.5 seconds.

─If you allow 1.5 seconds to your opponent, you will die.

1.5 seconds? It will take 3 seconds just to take out the bow and aim.

You can only deal with it with a dagger and your hands.

It was said that hunting and combat targeting each other’s vital points should not be judged on the same level.

“Want to learn?”

“Yes. I guess it’s not bad.”

This place is not Korea.

Moreover, to me as a human being, it is the same place as Johannesburg.

You could be stripped of everything you own and raped until you die.

─For men!

In fact, humans look similar, but their bodies are weak, so it seems that they are treated that way a lot.

“There are many types of daggers. First, you have to choose a dagger you like…”

“Kukriyo.”

I have always thought that if there was an opportunity to learn a dagger, it would be kukri. The activities of Gurkha mercenaries that I had seen on the Internet were enough to give me goosebumps.

Jules turned his head towards me and tilted his head.

“Kukri? What is that?”

“The dagger that Jules wears around his waist.”

Jules glanced down at his sword, then smiled and shook his head.

“I can’t use this sword without power.”

Does it take strength to swing a dagger?

‘Due to its nature, it has to be a cutting weapon…’

Perhaps because he is an outsider, greed takes precedence over efficiency.

“The sword itself is too heavy to handle. Do you know why our tribe wears swords like this?”

“No.”

“I don’t want to learn swordsmanship, so I use it to cut down in one go.”

I separated Terup’s upper and lower body and arms at the same time, and cut down a tree the size of my head with a single knife.

Then does it make sense that you don’t know how to write?

Although I am unfamiliar with swordsmanship, I do know that cutting down is also an art. Just like there are people who are good at scissors and people who are not.

Maybe I am mistaken in thinking that I want to learn long sword techniques.

“I’m talking about the small one, not the big one.”

“I know. Anyway, the way to use these two knives is the same.”

I was just entering a place with thick bushes.

Juul pulled out the dagger from his belt and cut down the twigs of trees and bushes that spread below.

As I watched Juul use his dagger, I realized something.

When Juul uses his dagger, he slashes diagonally or upwards, but never slashes vertically.

Why is that?

“This is as strong as it is heavy, but you can’t use it easily if you don’t have space to swing the sword. Since it’s a sword, you should be able to stab and cut, but if you don’t have the weight and strength to push away in close combat, you’re helpless.”

Jules glances at me.

“Sihyeon. you are human It’s so small and light. From United Line’s perspective, there is no difference from a chick.”

Naturally, I am ignorant of cold weapons.

How many Koreans know how to use a knife in the first place?

“I don’t know how to use a knife or the types of knives.”

“I knew that from the beginning.”

Then, can you explain step by step the types of self-defense weapons and their pros and cons? Jules quietly reached out his hand for my backpack.

Where! I stepped back slightly and avoided Jules’ hand.

Jules looks at me as if it’s something new.

“Isn’t it heavy?”

It’s a nuisance to follow along, so I’m sorry that it doesn’t even cost me this.

“Yes.”

“Well, then it’s good for me.”

After Jules withdrew his hand, he walked slightly behind, and then walked side by side on the side of the line.

“The longer and heavier the sword, the more difficult it is to handle. Although there are individual differences, the length from wrist to elbow is most manageable. Anything beyond that is for combat, not self-defense.”

Jules willingly held out his dagger to me.

“Take it.”

‘This?’

The sword is a really expensive item.

From the firewood used to make this, to the iron ore from which the iron is extracted, to the effort involved. It’s hard to accept something like that because it’s offered so readily.

In addition, there is almost no iron ore in the south, where the Union Alliance is located, making it even more valuable.

So much so that iron is more expensive than silver.

“···Is it okay for me to receive it?”

Jules laughed.

“That’s a bad knife.”

It is an expensive product before Makkal. I am reluctant to receive it right away.

I grabbed Jules’ hand and pushed him away.

“Why?”

“You will give it to me later, when I learn dagger skills properly.”

Because now it’s just a pearl necklace around a pig’s neck.

“Okay. I’ll give it to you later.”

Jules obediently took the bitten dagger and put it in its sheath.