episode_0134

Juul doesn’t seem to be giving up.

He just stood there and looked at me. He motioned for Jules to come closer. Only then did Jules come to his senses and chase after me.

In front of the rumor hanging on the huge castle gate, someone was sitting at a table. The eyes of the Dragonia watching us from above are just chilly.

When the man saw the ten seals, he stood up and slightly lowered his head.

“Chief of the Ten, thank you for your hard work.”

“I guess I lost my parents. Check to see if there has been a missing person report. Which platoon’s water jar is the coolest?”

“7th platoon.”

“Okay. Please find his parents.”

The Ten Seals pass us and enter the Great Wall.

Boom!

After confirming that the door on the castle door was closed, the soldier sat down and looked at me.

“Okay. Kid. You lost your parents?”

“Yes.”

“Do you know how to write?”

“I don’t know.”

As if he knew this would happen, the soldier takes out a yellow book.

“When did you lose your parents?”

“I lost it a year ago.”

“It was exactly a year ago?”

“It was around that time, maybe 11 months ago.”

“······I see.”

The man let out a low groan.

Sympathy began to appear in the eyes that looked at me.

“Can you tell me your parents’ names and where you lived? I’d like you to tell me your name too.”

“There is no surname. My name is Lian, my mother is Helia, and my father is Abel. I have a seven-year-old younger sister, Stella, and a thirteen-year-old younger brother, Damian. He worked as a hunter on the west side of the bandit village that was cleared out half a year ago.”

“Okay. I’ll check it out, so just wait a moment.”

The man’s hand suddenly went under the table.

In his returning hand, he held a huge dictionary-like book.

It’s full of bookmarks.

A man scans the bookmark with his hand and opens the book.

Sarak- Sarak-

The man’s hand, which had been scanning for a while, stopped.

He glanced at me, sighed, and closed the book.

“Yes. I’m an administrative officer, so I know a lot. When and which bandit villages were swept away, what reports were made, what was withdrawn, things like this.”

“So?”

“I already have a map of the villages inside the demarcation line in my head. I also personally received information from a person named Abel that a child named Lian had gone missing around the bandit village.”

As expected, my father immediately reported me to the wall!

Moreover, if you are the person who filed the report, the story is quick.

“He claimed that his child was kidnapped by Yunaira’s subhuman, and also by a white wolf.”

It’s my story.

“That person, Abel, withdrew his missing person report, saying you were dead. They said they found the body.”

“······.”

I realized belatedly what the administrative officer said.

However, even though I understand it, I don’t understand it.

You found my body? I live here?

“Do you know how famous Abel is?”

“Your father was just a hunter, right?”

Hunter···?

Who made that ridiculous person nervous?

“Do you remember what your father looks like?”

of course!

“He was tall and his flesh was brown. It has a hooked nose, dark blue eyes, and black hair. Use your bow well───.”

“What about your mother?”

“Hair is brown and eyes are green. I don’t know because I’ve never seen another woman, but she’s about as tall as my father’s collarbone and has lighter skin than my father…”

“That’s right.”

The man sighed deeply.

The eyes that look at me are filled with distrust and at the same time, an incongruous sympathy.

“He is a former wall guard, a special warfare instructor, and a hero of the reconnaissance battalion. The appearance spreads everywhere.”

…Your father was a wall keeper?

“No. My father’s ───.”

“You can’t go in there. Because the Lian you impersonated is already dead.”

The man cut me off.

I guess I feel like I’m lame, but there are wrinkles between my eyebrows. It’s a typical look at dirty things.

“In the first place. Even if you say you are a real child, I think you have already forgotten. Your wife is already pregnant? It was half a year ago, but I remember it clearly. Because it was the return of a legend. The wife’s bulging belly made it look like she had been pregnant for about half a year. I also have a wife.”

The administrative officer’s voice became nervous.

Oh, I see.

······thank god.

“If you don’t have proof of your identity, you can’t pass it. I don’t know the whereabouts of the people who went over to Habstenburg.”

I’m so glad.

“It’s not that I don’t understand your situation. However, it would be better to impersonate someone else at the North Gate or South Gate, where rumors are less widespread.”

“Thank you.”

I bowed my head to the administrative officer.

Despite the contempt, I felt relieved.

I calculated it before I left the house.

This is a world where death is common. Based on that fact, I made a plan to leave the house.

He probably did it half a year ago when he crossed the large intestine wall.

According to my plan, my parents started anew.

Everything is as I planned. The infrastructure inside the Great Wall has been greatly developed.

My new sister, Stella, Damian, and my parents will live a happy life.

Everything is as I planned.

Just as I had planned, I just had no place to return to.

Still, it’s a bit crude.

You may not withdraw the report.

There’s no way I’m alive here and found a body.

My father should have persuaded my mother too.

Because my mother must have been waiting for me.

Still, it’s a bit crude.

So I shed tears without crying.

Just a few drops.

Because Jules was standing there asking for an explanation.

I couldn’t help but let out a bitter smile in my eyes. Even if I tell you, all I can do is dishonor my parents.

“What happened?”

“I guess I was punished by Maal for acting as I wanted.”

I might be able to do well in my next life.

In the next life…

“First, let’s go.”

“Tell me. What exactly happened?”

But Jules held on without moving.

“I guess my mother got pregnant right after I left home. My parents left for Habstenburg about half a year ago.”

I said it as lightly as I could, but Jules didn’t think that was the case.

Jules’ face was as hard as stone.

“And you?”

“They say they can’t go because they can’t verify their identity.”

“···Let’s go back to the village.”

Let’s go back? why?

“······What do you want to do when you go back?”

Boom!

Something passed over my head.

Jules’ hand moved like lightning, and the ‘veil’ was lifted.

To the point of stinging, hundreds of soldiers are staring at us.

Jules was looking down at me impassively.

“If this happens, I will have no choice but to come.”

“······Are you really crazy?!”

We haven’t even left the open area yet!

What kind of guts does a person who stands out like this have in a place like this? Jules chuckled and hugged me.

“Hold on tight.”

─It’s a white wolf!

─It’s an enemy attack! Ready for battle!

Jule is looking at me, holding her weight, but right now, people are screaming and yelling behind her.

It is clearly visible that a group of soldiers holding scythes and weeding are freaking out and starting a fight! If you do this, a wanted order will be issued to me!

“Don’t be shy! This is still inside the demarcation line!”

“I know.”

“If you know, why are you suddenly acting strange?!”

“Because I’m faster than those guys.”

Three terupes jump down from the high wall and run towards us like a herd of marten that has started hunting.

If the offender is a criminal, it is normal for the bones to be broken.

But they are approaching at ghostly speed without even making any special moves.

Everyone had something like a machete in their hands.

The small ballista installed on the wall of the main hall also began to aim in this direction.

Juul, who picked me up, started running toward the other side of the Great Wall at the same speed as a paddle. He was running so fast that Terub, who was running towards us, stopped running and was staring blankly at us.

This was the same for the soldier who was aiming the ballista.

Pak-! Pak-!

The dirt floor exploded backwards as if a cannonball had fallen because it could not absorb the leg force of the running Jool. Thanks to this, Juul stumbled on his first step and almost fell, but soon regained his balance and started running properly.

I covered an open area of 400 cubits in a matter of seconds and did not lose momentum.

Forward────

Quaaa!

The wind crushes my face!

“Ugh!····!”

Why is this person running so fast?!!

As I have time to think, I start to laugh out loud at this ridiculous situation. Jules’ speed also slows down a little at my laughter.

“What on earth are you doing?!”

“When we get back, let’s drink a few glasses of the mead you made.”

It looks like he doesn’t want to answer.

“···It’s been a few days since you soaked it, so you’re already drinking it?”

“That level is just right for you to drink.”

“I don’t drink alcohol. It’s hard to find, so don’t open the lid right away, let it ferment further and mix in some sugar.”

And, there is something I need to make clear to Jules.

“I won’t go back to the village.”

“···Really?”

“Yes.”

I can’t go back to the village.

*

After running for a few hours, Jules put me down and started walking as usual.

······It’s around the house.

A distance that would have taken several days to reach was reached in just a few hours.

Considering Jules slowed down about two hours ago, this person is faster than a car speeding on the highway.

Considering that the times are different, it is safe to say that it is a land-based law.

“······Do you usually run around like this?”

“No. No matter how much I am, if I do this, my strength will be exhausted.”

Two weeks have already passed since I left town.

If things were to go as they should have been, it would have been time for Juul to slowly return.

Slowly, the house began to come into view.

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Why are the lights on in the house…? I feel like I’m popular.

Since it was an empty house, did a tourist stop by? There were no significant signs of damage to the house.

“Stay back.”

Jules began to walk away. A blue ghost is flowing from the eyes.

“Who is inside?”

“It’s them.”

Those guys—hallucination?

Are you still possessed by them? ···How did they know my house was waiting for us before that?

“Why are they here…”

Did he sense Jules’ ferocious presence?

The three men I met a week ago leave the house.

“I was waiting.”

were you waiting?

Why are you waiting for us in someone else’s house? How do you know about my house?

“What’s your business?”

I felt anger from Jule whose source I could not figure out.

A face that looks like it might explode if you make one mistake.

“I don’t have any business for you. I have some business to attend to that boy who is the owner of this house.”

me? Not Juul? What to me– Bah!!!!

“······?”

The peddler’s head disappeared.

It wasn’t cut or torn. It exploded. Bright pink pieces of metal and chunks of meat explode in all directions, along with spray blood stains.

“Ju····.”

Kkwaduduk!!!!

The peddler’s upper body flew dozens of meters like a crushed tin can and disappeared into the darkness. The lower body remains.

The peddler’s lower body collapsed, leaving only his legs ungainly, as if he had cleaned a frog. However, they are still at peace.

“First of all, say it…”

“──────!”

Pretzel!

Jules grabbed the head of the apprentice who opened his mouth.

Like a crushed tomato, the apprentice’s head exploded and caved in.

Tdu-duk!

When he kicked the apprentice as if he were removing a corpse, his lower abdomen exploded on the spot. The upper and lower bodies are separated, and small pieces of flesh are scattered in all directions.

The upper body flew around in the sky, then fell to the ground. Only the teeth and tongue are visible above the jaw that fell and is facing this way.

The top of the chin is still held by Jules.

······It’s unrealistic.

But this person’s very existence is unrealistic.

Therefore, what happened before our eyes was reality.

“W-what are you doing───?!”

“Aaaa… Ahhh───?!!”

The last remaining man began to scream.

The eyes looking at Jules, whose whole body was covered in blood, were full of fear.

“Don’t do it! Those people are being manipulated, right?!”

Jules stops at the sound of my voice and looks at me with creepy eyes. I was out of breath.

“That guy is still being manipulated.”

“No! What is that…!”

The man was wide open and grinning.

I don’t understand. As if two personalities exist within the body────.

“····After all, you can’t deceive someone you can see.”

Because he had two conflicting expressions.

“You die too.”

The man steps back and looks at me.

At the same time that Jules hits the man, the man opens his mouth.

“We are Dantalian’s agents───.”

Kkwadeuk!!!!

The man’s head was smashed and disappeared inside the body.

Subsequently, the spine, sternum, breastbone, collarbone, wing bones, and pelvis were crushed and broken.

Shattered ribs tear through the chest.

The anus is torn open and all the contents of the torso and head fall to the floor.

Jules roughly throws the body into the deep forest, and only then does he look at me. That gaze is not scary.

It’s so unrealistic that it’s not even gross. Even though Jules committed murder, I don’t mind it.

I just don’t understand.

“Why did you do that?”

You said you wouldn’t kill me unless they attacked?

He was even my guest.

Jules approaches me in silence.

“Don’t come!”

Jules stopped dead in his tracks at my warning.

He was looking at me with pleading eyes, but even if I was wrong, I was wrong for a long time.

“······If you want to come home, go to the river and wash.”