episode_0077

“Oh, really, hyung? Then are you going to rejoin us starting with the dinner drinking party?”

Thomas looked at Eugene with slightly widened eyes.

The first round of the company dinner at the meat restaurant was over,

The other colleagues headed to the teahouse, the venue for the second round, and Thomas stayed at the counter to pay for the meal.

Eugene approached him and told him that he would have to fulfill another appointment and then join them.

“Yeah, I think I need to get my armor looked at at Blacksmith Mina’s. I didn’t expect the dinner to start from the afternoon, and I made an appointment around this time when I was coming out.”

Eugene had made an appointment with Mina at Blacksmith Mina’s in advance.

Usually, after finishing a quest and returning, a mercenary’s routine is to check their equipment and rest,

But Eugene couldn’t do that.

He had to stay by his beloved *brother complex* younger sister, Elizabeth, at the main family’s residence.

Then, a meeting of the Red Fox Mercenary Group was scheduled,

Using that as an excuse, he made a separate appointment with Mina.

“Did you tell the captain?”

“Yeah, she just told me not to be late.”

“Okay~! Actually, you’re the main character of the dinner tonight, hyung. You can’t be away for too long. Then I’ll see you around early evening, hyung!”

Thomas, the Red Fox Mercenary Group’s manager, took care of the details.

The main player in this goblin quest is undoubtedly Eugene Schneider.

And Eugene knew that, so he was apologizing to Jeanne and Thomas for taking a temporary leave.

‘Should I buy something to take with me? She’s probably waiting for me, having cleared her business for the day because of me.’

Soon, Eugene headed to Blacksmith Mina’s.

Before that, Eugene wants to stop by a store and buy some gifts.

Eugene’s Great Swordsman armor is currently the highest quality and most difficult item that Mina is caring for, so

It’s difficult to just touch it up.

However, from Eugene’s point of view, he doesn’t know when a quest will come up, so he can’t leave it for a long time, so Mina decided to clear her entire day’s schedule and take care of Eugene’s Great Swordsman armor.

So Eugene thinks it’s too impolite to visit empty-handed.

‘What would be good? Flowers are too much, right? Food? Ah! Margaret said she’s coming too, so food would be good.’

After a moment of consideration, Eugene decided on food.

Mina decided to take a day to look at Eugene’s armor,

So she told him in advance that she would bring Margaret.

Since Eugene thought of that, he thought Mina, who cherishes the little girl, would like it if he brought a gift tailored to Margaret.

“Give me this and that. And please seal two bags extra tightly.”

Eugene stopped by the bakery and started buying bread.

He bought three bags.

He ordered two of them to be sealed securely.

He wants Margaret to share it with the other children when she returns to the slum.

After packing the bread, Eugene headed to Blacksmith Mina’s,

“Huh?”

For a moment, his eyes became slightly serious.

‘Something doesn’t feel right?’

Like last time, there were no people around the smithy.

Because it’s not open for normal business.

But Eugene Schneider, a Sword Expert-level mercenary, is feeling a strange sensation that is different from before.

Step…

Feeling that sense of déjà vu, Eugene muffled his footsteps and crossed the threshold of the smithy,

“Are you being picky about customers, you freaking? Are you crazy for a blacksmith?”

He heard a very familiar voice.

‘Kyle?’

The man who was beaten like a dog on Dog Days,

It was the voice of Kyle, the vice-captain of the White Wolf Mercenary Group.

Kyle’s voice, coming from inside, was just about to explode with anger.

‘Why is this bastard here?’

Step, step,

Recognizing Kyle’s voice, Eugene quickened his pace,

Halt!

Then he stopped.

‘When working as a mercenary, you can’t act based on compassion. Not only can my life be in danger, but it’s also a life with comrades. If I act out of compassion, it can be a fatal disaster for the mercenary group.’

Jeanne’s words came to mind.

Jeanne, who was talking to the Jebodang people in the village hall when she first went to Jebodang Village,

She was very businesslike and treated them with a sharp distinction between public and private matters.

Of course, Eugene roughly knew why she was showing that side of her at the time.

However, in order to further drive the point home, Jeanne later quietly created an atmosphere for Eugene alone to enlighten him.

Anyway, Eugene was a small-time mercenary at the time.

So it was intended to further mentally prepare him before the quest.

Not being led by compassion, and watching from a distance unless directly involved in a conflict, is the most basic thing for someone who lives by the sword.

‘Right, I’m a mercenary now. Like I told Jeanne in the warehouse.’

Eugene Schneider is a mercenary belonging to the Red Fox Mercenary Group.

With just one act of his led by compassion, the Red Fox Mercenary Group could be embroiled in a groundless all-out war and conflict.

That’s why Eugene stopped walking.

This would be an act of clearly distinguishing between public and private matters.

“Do you want to stop doing business? Don’t you know who I am? I’m Kyle, you barbarian bitch. If I use a little force, it’s nothing for me to get you out of this industry! Where did this vulgar bitch get off being so arrogant?”

Kyle, in the mercenary society, vulgarly named the other person’s race, which is an unwritten rule, and was ranting.

Two subordinates accompanied him.

“I’d rather leave! I don’t want to sell my weapons to someone who hits children like that! So please go back!”

Mina, who has a very innocent and kind impression, was very angry.

And the reason why she is angry seems to be fully understood through her words.

Thug Kyle,

He was beaten to a pulp by Eugene and even peed his pants, and his authority in the mercenary residential area was tarnished, so he was going crazy for about half a month.

As a result, he even laid hands on the children.

A mercenary group is a group that lives and dies by their pride.

Therefore, there is even a saying that you should not touch those who cannot hold a sword.

The representative target that belongs to that saying is children,

So, even if they are slum children, most mercenaries will discipline them, but they don’t hit them often.

But Kyle, a mercenary who farts a bit in this area, did such a garbage thing.

Moreover, Mina witnessed it directly with her own eyes,

That’s why she is firmly refusing to trade with the White Wolf Mercenary Group.

“You freaking barbarian bitch, you’re making a fuss even though you’re from the underground city. You’ve seen all kinds of dirty things if you grew up there, but you’re being picky, you freaking bitch.”

Kyle, who was properly scratched, spewed out even more harsh words and glared at Mina as if to kill her.

“Ah! I see where that bravado comes from. I heard you’ve been trading actively with the Red Fox side recently, are you showing off because you heard what happened to me with those guys?”

Then, all of a sudden, he mentioned the Red Fox Mercenary Group.

He also found out through a background check that the Red Fox Mercenary Group was making this Blacksmith Mina’s main trading partner.

“Do you think those guys will keep trading with you even if we control them? Or do you think those guys will directly help you if I threaten you? Figure out your place, you vulgar underground city barbarian bitch.”

Step! Step!

As the Red Fox Mercenary Group was put on the chopping block, Kyle took a few more steps towards Mina with an even more distorted face.

“All the attack squad leader bastards and other male mercenaries are just going to sweet-talk you and knock you down and then try to taste your meat, you stupid bitch. Are they crazy enough to take up arms for a vulgar bitch like you? You’re just a one-night stand, you’re freaking out.”

Then, with blood vessels popping out of his eyes, he glared and crushed Mina’s self-esteem.

In fact, he is venting his sense of victimization, inferiority, and desire for revenge, which are accumulated on Eugene, on the easy target, Mina.

“Speaking of the Red Fox Mercenary Group’s attack squad leader.”

Even with Kyle’s crazy dog ​​force, Mina didn’t blink an eye.

As he said, she is from the underground city, and she is a barbarian woman who grew up experiencing all kinds of humiliation.

That’s why Mina mentioned Eugene with such unwavering eyes.

“Do you think I don’t know you’re looking for the Great Swordsman’s armor blueprints? The people who sneaked into the smithy a few days ago were you guys, right?”

Then she revealed a very shocking fact.

Kyle, who is planning revenge on Eugene, naturally began to look for Eugene’s weaknesses. In particular, since the White Wolf Mercenary Group has a straw in the association, they have already heard that Eugene has officially become a Sword User.

So, he had to cling to the weakness even more.

So, Kyle’s group secretly infiltrated Blacksmith Mina’s to find out Eugene’s most unique feature, the detailed information of his Great Swordsman armor.

“Do you really think it makes sense for me to trade with someone who is trying to harm my guest?”

As a blacksmith with a craftsman’s spirit, Mina’s heart for her customers is also sincere, so

The reason why she refuses to trade with Kyle also includes the purpose of protecting Eugene.

“Ah, no, you freaking bitch, where are you making up things! Hey, you freaking bitch, do you have any evidence?????”

Hearing those words, Kyle had a flustered expression and shouted angrily.

It was clear that this was a look that clearly showed that Mina’s allegations were true.

‘Huh? If that’s the case…?’

And Eugene also recognized Mina’s words and Kyle’s reaction now.

“I have evidence. But do I have any reason to tell you what it is? If you cause any more trouble, I’ll just go to the management knight squad and the mercenary association and show them.”

Mina had evidence.

That’s how she recognized the thief who broke into the smithy in the first place.

“You freaking bitch, you’re lying without blinking an eye, as expected of someone from the underground city! I’m going to beat you to death and fix your habits, you freaking bitch!!”

Whoosh!

Eventually, Kyle, who was cornered, raised his right hand to silence her with a fist.

“Waaaaah! Nooo!! Don’t hit my sister, don’t hit my sister!!”

Dash dash dash!

Then Margaret, who had been hiding in Mina’s office, burst into tears and ran out.

“No, Margaret! You can’t come here!”

As a result, Mina, who had been so confident and unwavering until now, turned to look at her and was flustered.

“You freaking slum kid too! Okay! Now that it’s come to this, I’ll educate you vulgar things so that you can never show your faces in this industry again!”

Snatch!

Kyle, who was excited at the sight, pulled his right hand back further to swing a proper full-swing punch.

But at that moment,

“Freeze, pee-pants.”

Kyle heard a very familiar voice.

“!!!!!”

It was truly a voice that was full of fear and trauma in Kyle’s head and heart to the level of a conditioned reflex.

Therefore, Kyle stopped as if he had come to a sudden stop.

“Put that hand away, you white-haired bastard.”

Step, step, step,

And the owner of that voice flashed a chilling gaze and walked into the smithy where Kyle was.

It was Eugene Schneider, the attack squad leader of the Red Fox Mercenary Group, who had gained justification as a mercenary.