episode_0147

The tallest house was in shambles.

Heukrang’s favorite tassels and decorations were broken and left on the floor, and the shelves and candle holders had all fallen over.

On the long sofa that didn’t fall over, Heilang was lying down and drinking. Next to him were several hosots armed with armor and crossbows.

Did you already know that the ogre would come?

“Uh, mom…what the hell…”

“I don’t know how, but the ogre took all my parents’ skin and bones.”

···I accepted it without much thought every time I stopped by, but when I thought about it, I realized that this tent was made of the bones and skin of ogres.

“I made eye contact with that guy. I thought he was going to die, but he just went away. So I just sent it too.”

You kept your promise not to kill me.

I kept my promise… but let me keep it a little more gracefully.

Heilang tilts his glass and looks at me.

“He’s a strange guy. Letting go of someone who has lived in the skin of their parents…”

“Where do we live now?”

Sir, when people have sentimental thoughts, they don’t break sentimentality like that. Shir, who was looking at Heilang, reads my emotions and closes his mouth.

“I guess I should ask Deberg to build it again. In the meantime, stay at your aunt’s house.”

why not?!

“Huh? Mom?”

“I’m going to stay at my grandfather’s house. Grandpa’s house is too small for the three of us.”

Heilang looks at me again.

why?! You don’t want my daughter and I together!

“You worked hard today. Go back and rest.”

“······Can I help you organize the furniture?”

“That’s it. I don’t want to say anything right now, so let’s go quietly.”

It was something I said out of courtesy, and it was also sincere.

······I want to talk. First, I bowed my head and went down the stairs, leaving Heilang behind.

This division was formed, and Terub’s head, now white, is still stuck on a spear. Maybe I’ll be stuck like that for the rest of my life.

It doesn’t matter because he did something worthy of it.

Shir looks excited because his house has been blown away.

I’m already dizzy, wondering what they’re going to do.

“Perhaps starting tomorrow, we will have to collect and organize the oxygen collected throughout the mountain. We should claim ownership by dousing it with pigment that cannot be erased by oxygen, and put up signs all over the mountain. We also need to build a fence. You suggest it tomorrow.”

“That’s right, Amy will take care of it.”

“You take it out first. Before Amy. Got it?”

Amy is not loyal to this town, her only goal is blood. All I did was give Amy a chance to blend into the village. If you look like a child, it’s obvious that you’ll end up like a puppet.

You have to keep it in check so that you don’t do anything foolish.

“Why can’t you trust Amy? You’re the one who brought it.”

“Shir, you are a talented person who will lead the village someday. Take advice from Amy, but don’t try to leave everything to her like you are now. Amy is Amy, and you are you.”

“Who doesn’t know that? What I’m saying is, why don’t you trust Amy?”

“It’s not that I don’t believe it. You and Jules are just more important. That’s the only reason I stay in this town.”

Her plans with Amy are bound to go astray in a major crisis. So from now on─.

“···Really?”

Shir’s voice broke the pain.

Soon the silence fell.

I felt very uncomfortable.

······ Are you getting caught up in words that don’t really matter?

no. It was clear that he just needed an excuse to mess around.

“You, just go down and sleep with Amy.”

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Starting the next day, signs were placed on the mountain on a large scale, and cows were slaughtered and applied with an indelible white pigment.

After grazing all of them on the mountain, we obtained a large amount of rope and sealed off the entire mountain, putting up wooden fences at every corner. Dennis decided to take charge of raising the oxygen.

“You don’t have to do it all.”

“No. This is the price of raising a teen.”

From what I heard, the act of hunting in Hosot’s territory is already an act of stealing the village’s produce.

Eventually, all the oxygen became the property of the village.

Under Felix’s leadership, cow saddles began to be made, and all boiled and discarded sugar cane was used as feed.

A fence is erected, and all carnivores in the mountain are hunted.

Even the poisonous plants were pulled out.

For a week, I was harassed by Shir every night.

Jules is finally back.

“How have you been?”

“Of course! Did you have a good time?”

I was especially happy to see Jules who came back today.

For the past four years, we have always traveled together.

But now that that wasn’t possible, Jules still felt sorry. Greetings with that kind of heart── in one moment.

“Why does your body smell like shit?”

Jules’ complexion became as hard as stone.

I quickly explained the past events and circumstances so that there would be no misunderstandings. Fortunately, the anger has subsided a lot.

“Okay. Then there is nothing we can do. good job. But even if the language makes sense, Ogre is an independent person. He’s unique, most ogres don’t respect other demi-humans.”

An expression of humility remained.

“Always be careful when dealing with independent people.”

“I know. Most independent people are self-centered.”

Jules seemed confused and pinched the black hair on the bed. At that sight, Shir looked away as if he hadn’t seen it.

There is no way the perception of sexual minorities is good.

Jules glances at Shir with a dirty look.

But in the end, Shir did not pay attention to Jules.

“Oh, and the county border area was designated as the Rhine River. It’s pretty authentic. They are building a fence around the river, using the river at the demarcation line as a moat.”

······Are they idiots?

The Rhine River was so shallow that even I, a beer bottle, could cross it alone when I was 13 years old.

“It’s not very deep there.”

“During battle, even if only the lower body is locked, it is fatal. If you build a barrier around the river, a natural castle wall will be completed.”

I don’t understand.

The gathering of soldiers at the border simply means fighting.

It wouldn’t be surprising if there was a war right now.

What kind of crazy person built a fence and gathered military troops at the demarcation line?

“What excuse do you make in Drekkar? It’s an overt provocation.”

“When I caught the other side’s hosot and asked him to open his mouth, he said that they were on alert because the southern Ains’ looting activities had become more severe recently. That’s nonsense.”

“That’s right. We were the ones who wiped out all the bandits nearby.”

In recent years, Jule and I have been eliminating bandits who were preying on humans around the border line. The Yunaira Alliance hates the Drekkar Alliance, but does not want war.

Those who know war do not talk about war easily.

They have been through war, they know what war is. The only people who want a ‘real’ war are the wild people of the Deep South, where life is hard.

‘That’s why it’s illegal to harm civilians.’

Therefore, Ramrat, who killed the humans in Root Village, spent a quarter of his life rotting in prison.

Yain is not a member of the Yunaira Alliance, but the bandit villages around the demarcation line are all under the jurisdiction of the Yunaira Alliance. That’s why I swept it away along with Jules.

─Hundreds of people, regardless of affiliation.

It is correct to say that there are currently no bandit villages around the demarcation line. Drekar’s side simply provided a plausible reason.

If you persistently dig into it, they will say that they have come to resolve a complaint that was reported a long time ago. It is correct to say that Drekkar is preparing for war.

Do you want Yunaira to attack first?

No matter how old Yunaira’s supplies are, the Southern Ains are stronger in the fight in the forest.

“Shir. From now on, you will sleep in this bed. I’ll sleep on the floor with Sihyeon.”

Shir’s head, who was sitting on a chair, turns.

“Why is your aunt sleeping on the floor? Of course I have to sleep on the floor, right?”

“Where is the owner who makes his guests sleep on the floor?”

“Am I a guest?”

I felt dizzy from the battle of numbers.

Shir sleeps on the floor and I can’t sleep on the bed.

Shir looked at Juul with a hurt expression, but Juul didn’t seem to care. He lay down on the bed with an expression that said it didn’t matter.

“Well, do whatever you want. Sihyeon. Come here.”

Jules extends his hand.

“If I’m tired, I sleep alone. I’ll go out─ Ugh?!”

I dodged the outstretched hand.

But as if Jules’ hand had read my thoughts, it caught up with mine. And then pull it out.

“Ah, I missed the feeling of fitting into this body.”

Wow!

When Jules was hugged tightly, the joint volumes of the spine and sternum were misaligned. It’s not painful. Cool.

Still, I can’t help but feel strange.

“That means the bone is bent. I sleep alone and improve my posture. And I have to go out with Shir.”

“I came back after a month. Dedicate half a day to me.”

I already closed my eyes, as if I had no intention of letting go.

Shir glared at me with narrowed eyes.

Why me?

“····Please tell the kids.”

“Okay. I’ll go first.”

Shir opened the door and left the house.

They haven’t captured all of the Oxygen yet, and several hosots are learning how to break the foul-tempered Oxygen.

The good news is that many dogs that have been raised by ogres still have a trace of domestication left in them.

But Shir must be there.

Everyone makes mistakes, and there have been too many instances of being hit by the oxygen horn during this week.

One case comes out per day.

Nowadays, in the village, cattle are separated, the old ones are slaughtered, and the young ones are made into wagons and used for transporting supplies.

A means of transporting goods that could be operated in the village was created. The usefulness of this has already been hinted at by Shir. It will take care of itself without me.

“Sihyeon.”

“Yes.”

“Shir is still young. Lee Jong-ae is not welcome wherever she goes.”

It also means that there is a high possibility that I will become an obstacle to Shir’s future. At the same time, it could have a negative impact on both Nana and Shir.

Groups that persecute minorities are everywhere.

“Then what about Juul.”

“I can’t get pregnant and I’m past the age of marriage.”

“You look young to me.”

“···Being rude.”

Although Jules is in his mid-thirties, Hosott has an average lifespan of 100 years. His physical age is about mid to late twenties in human terms.

It’s at its peak.

“You are a good man, but unlike me, Shir can get pregnant. That you can have a family. You can’t be a heterosexual.”

What Jules wanted.

But you can’t have it.

“······I think so too. But the problem is that the wild boar is attacking me so recklessly.”

“You still have no intention of starting a family?”

The age of marriage for humans is from 16 to 24 years old.

This is because in an agricultural society, children have to be born.

But I was Korean. I thought it was too early to get married now.

“Not yet.”

“If you want to find your partner, tell me.”

“Could you please stop saying anything blatantly strange? Marriage requires both parties to be compatible, so what kind of partner do you get?”

Doesn’t it feel like I’m getting introduced to a marriage information company because I can’t get married after turning 40?

“When the time comes, it will disappear quietly, so just know that.”

“Okay. And now, let’s sleep…”

Jules’ voice began to quieten.

For the first time in a long time, I closed my eyes, using Juul’s body temperature as a blanket.

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bang!

“Sihyeon!!!!”

“─────?!”

It was Amy who made a violent display of popularity.

He opened the door with the intention of breaking it open and was looking at me with wide eyes. Thanks to this, Juul was so startled that he jumped up.

“Why are you acting like this all of a sudden?”

“Ma, I can feel the energy of immortality around the village…! Strong! There is a high possibility that he is a close associate of his father!!! There are a lot of bastards together!”

“Yes…?”

Even though I was questioning myself, it was only then that I came to my senses.

Immortal suddenly appeared?

“Immortals are trying to attack the village! Hey, he’s feeling my energy and calling me out to see if I’m under your father’s command. What should I do?!”

You’re finally here!

I knew it would come someday, but I never thought it would come now.

Plan—Where is the time to plan a plan?!

I maintained my emotional balance as much as possible so that Shir would not notice.

“They came?”

Jules jumps up and looks at Amy wearily.

“Yes… Yes.”

“Amy. Don’t tell anyone. Experts who deceive people can be detected just by the population movement, so me, Jules, and Amy have to deal with it.”

“I didn’t tell anyone, but… soon…”

“Tell me the direction. It leaves a smelly trace. Go ahead and say anything. If there’s a problem, you can run away, right?”

“···I··· I···.”

Amy’s eyes filled with tears.

─Fear of death.

A phobia that excludes anything that seems dangerous.

It was necessary to instill in Amy the courage that she would never die.

“Come here.”

As I took out the syringe filled with holy blood, Amy immediately approached me. ······They say it’s like the soup I used to eat when I was a beggar, and it comes well. There is no room to adjust the amount.

He left a small amount of blood in case of emergency and poured the rest into Amy’s mouth.

“Now, there’s no way I’ll ever die. I have no intention of letting Amy die because this town needs her. They just say it was something their ‘father’ told them to do. If it smells strange, it runs away. I will fully arm myself and follow you right away.”

Before he knew it, Juul had begun to put on his armor and slung a curved sword on his back that was too long to be worn on his belt.

I also fastened the quiver to the arrow belt and tied the bowstring to my chest.

Amy was still hesitant.

Are you really going to wipe your mouth after eating everything?

“Let’s go! never! Don’t let anyone notice!”

Amy hesitated, looking at me, then polymorphed into an eagle and began to fly to the broken ceiling of the cave.

Jules was fully armed and was waiting for me.

“The village becomes a mess. Let’s go out through the back exit.”

“Yes.”

He filled two leather canteens with water, added three drops of the Precious Blood to each, and threw one to Jules. Once they find out about this place, they will never return alive.