episode_0048
by fnovelpiaEpisode 48
“Mu mu mu mu, what are you talking about! I really appreciate that you see me as an attractive woman…! I, I’m not a prostitute! ”
When I told her that I would buy her, Erin’s face turned bright red and she started to speak flustered.
“Oh, I misunderstood you. I was going to say that I would like to hire you as my personal therapist. ”
“Ha… A dedicated healer? A dedicated healer, the dream of all healers, known only to be able to have a wealthy regular clientele? ”
-Flutter! Flutter!
Erin asked me with a surprised face, her hands fluttering against her chest as if she hadn’t calmed down yet.
The violent heart hidden behind the modesty began to shake along with her hand.
“Yes, Erin will regularly monitor my health in the future, and if I get injured or sick, she will treat me for an additional fee. ”
“I, I would really appreciate it if you did that…! Is Leon okay? If you weren’t a popular gladiator, life would be hard…”
Once my leg is fully healed, most gladiators won’t be my opponents, so if I just play a little harder and earn some money, there’ll be no problem.
As soon as I won the game and made money, I would run off with Erin’s salary, but I didn’t want to see her lose her family.
I just have to work a little harder.
Didn’t we have to fight more fiercely to awaken Aura anyway?
I’m doing good things while growing at the same time.
“Why…Why…are you being so nice to me…?”
Erin was looking at me with moist eyes.
“…I know the pain of losing a family. I hope Erin doesn’t lose her precious little sister. ”
“Ugh…! If you keep being so kind to me, I… I…!”
“Please give thanks when your little sister gets better.”
“Ugh…!”
-Nod! Nod!
Erin nodded, wiping away the tears that were welling up.
#
After a week of treatment with Erin, the broken bone had completely healed.
-Ta-at! Boo-hoo!
After fully recovering, I warmed up properly for the first time in the training grounds of the Caracalla Colosseum.
“Hoo…”
-Knock knock…Knock knock…!
I couldn’t move my legs as I wanted for so long that I had a toothache.
Since I gave all the two gold florins I received for killing the executioner, Urgos, to Buerin, I still use the cheap longsword.
I went to the manager to apply for the next match so that I could save up enough money to replace my weapon as soon as possible.
“Oh, you don’t have to cut off your leg anymore. What’s wrong with you, Leon? ”
“I want to play the next game.”
“Hmm?”
The manager looked at me with one eyebrow raised as if he was interested.
“I want to play a game where I can get a lot of money.”
“Do you know how to fight on horseback?”
It was as if he was certain that I was a slave of noble birth.
“…you know how to do it.”
” Hehehe… I knew it. There’s a large-scale event match commemorating the Battle of Poitiers scheduled to take place this week. ”
“Event Match?”
“A large-scale battlefield where about 100 gladiators are divided into the Frankish Kingdom camp and the Holy Ram Empire camp, and fight until one side is annihilated. ”
“Should I take on the role of a knight there?”
“That’s right, there were hardly any gladiator slaves who knew how to ride horses, so if you take on the role of a knight and win and survive, I will give you 3 florins.”
“Are you providing all the necessary equipment and language?”
Well-made knight’s equipment is ridiculously expensive.
It was clear that lending such expensive items to slaves would be quite a burden for the Colosseum.
“Most of the equipment will be second-hand, but don’t worry, we’ll support it all. Instead, for the audience’s enjoyment, the armor will be closer to fancy clothes rather than proper knightly armor.”
“Okay, I’ll do it.”
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In the 12 days leading up to the large-scale event match commemorating the Battle of Poitiers that took place 100 years ago, I was assigned the role of a knight belonging to the Frankish Kingdom camp.
The 50 gladiators from the Frankish Kingdom camp, including me, gathered together and began joint training.
Among the two, I was the only one who could ride a horse, and the opposing camp only had one knight on horseback, so I took on the role of knight and the opposing camp took on the role of commander.
“Raise your shield higher!”
“It’s not my style to hide behind a shield like a coward.”
“Stop it!”
-Chaeng! Chaeng!
“Fuck! I don’t know how to use a spear!”
“Can’t you just stab it?”
The gladiators who were being trained were not properly trained, so there were cases where they tripped each other up and fell, or got into fights while pointing out each other’s mistakes.
There, the gladiators, each with their own fighting style and equipment, wore ill-fitting armor and equipment to make themselves look good to the audience, which was a bit comical.
-Wow!
“Hey you little shit!”
-Thud! Thud!
Eventually, they started arguing among themselves and a fight broke out.
‘If we leave it like this, I’ll die on the day of the game.’
When I think back to my memories of following my father into battle, an army that was so uncontrolled was ripe for annihilation.
If the opposing camp is in this state and a large-scale melee breaks out, it won’t matter, but if you really face an enemy that is in line with the military, you will definitely be annihilated.
‘I can’t die without taking revenge on my father.’
Suddenly, I noticed a red hat rolling on the ground.
As I looked at the red hat, something deep inside me, almost instinctual, whispered to me to wear it.
I picked up the red hat that was lying on the ground as if possessed, pulled it down as if to cover my eyes, and shouted with all my might.
“Stop!! From now on, I will control you! Depending on your attitude, I can become an angel or a devil! ”
-Shock!
Their gazes were all focused on me as they stopped for a moment at my loud shout.
“What are you doing!”
“Take care of it!”
Yeah, from the beginning I didn’t think they would follow my control.
Now that my legs have fully recovered, I know that those rabble are no match for me, so I decided to first show them the overwhelming difference in strength and gain control.
-Oh my!
“Wow! Let me show you the difference in strength!”
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“Are you okay, Leon?”
Erin came to me with a worried face.
To cut to the chase, I won.
Although I had some bruises all over my body, I was able to subdue all the other gladiators who were attacking me and bring them under my control.
“There are no major problems other than a few bruises.”
“I’ll apply some medicine, please sit here.”
Erin, who was now the therapist in charge, took out a small ointment from her chest and opened the lid, and a strong herbal scent flowed out.
-Stop!
Erin, who was approaching me with the ointment, hesitated for a moment, then pointed to my shirt with a red face.
“Hey, hey… would you please take off your clothes?”
-Nod…
-Rust…rustling…
As I turned around with my back towards her, completely naked, I heard Erin swallow her breath.
“Lee, Leon! This scar…”
“Ah, that…there was a reason.”
“Are you okay? How can someone have a scar like this on their back…”
“Yes, it’s a scar that happened a long time ago, so it doesn’t bother me now. ”
“You’ve worked hard…”
-Kuk…ssuk…ssuk…
Erin began to slowly stroke my back with trembling hands.
“Ah, I’ll apply ointment now…”
“Yes.”
Erin’s slender fingers began to apply a cool ointment to my back.
Every time her fingers touched the bruises on his back, the muscles on his back twitched.
-Wriggle…!Wriggle!
-Gulp…!
I could hear Erin swallowing dry saliva behind me.
‘Are you nervous because you saw the scar?’
I can understand her reaction, since the scars on my back certainly don’t look too pretty to the faint of heart.
“I’ll put it in front of you now.”
-Sigh…
” and…”
When I turned around and faced Erin head-on, she had a blank expression on her face and put her hand on my chest and stroked it.
-Tok…! Slurp…
“There’s no bruise on your chest…?”
“Hiyah! Th, th… It’s a light palpitation! Mae, pulse and… Ah, anyway, in many ways! I’m Leon’s therapist, so I have to check on his health condition! ”
“Aha.”
I don’t know why she’s so flustered when you just lightly urged her on, but if that’s what Erin is like, then that must be it.
“Okay, then I’ll continue…”
Erin bit her lips lightly and placed her hand on my chest for a while to check my health.
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-Pappa-baba-bam! Pappa-baba-bam!
The cheerful trumpets announcing the opening of the Colosseum blew, and colorful flower petals fluttered in the stands and in the stadium.
-Ladies and gentlemen! Thank you very much for visiting our Caracalla Colosseum today!
The host, who had cleared his throat, greeted the audience with a megaphone.
-Today, we will present a large-scale battle that will recreate the Battle of Poitiers between the Frankish Kingdom and the Holy Ram Empire 100 years ago!
-Wow!
-Let’s watch the bloody battle together as 100 gladiators are divided into the Frankish Kingdom camp and the Holy Ram Empire camp and fight until one side is completely destroyed!
As I mounted my horse’s saddle, I looked around at the gladiators of the same faction as me and said:
-Purrrr…!
“Don’t worry, if you move as you were trained, you won’t die.”
-Nod…!
Although it was a short training period of about two weeks, those who had undergone hellish training soon began to look like useful soldiers.
-Clang!
After checking his equipment one last time, he lowered his helmet and gripped the lance in his right hand.
-Now! Now, the warriors of the Battle of Poitiers will enter!
-Wow!!
“Let’s go.”
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