episode_0159

Southern District of the Labyrinth City.

Cat’s Paw Teahouse.

The Soft Fluffy Clan members were shocked.

It was the time when low-quality hoodlums and thugs from the Eastern District came to the southern streets, so they were planning to rest for a while after this meeting.

But, miscalculation. It was already too late.

Somehow, Barbaroi, wearing a bizarre wolf doll costume, found out and barged into the meeting place.

The clan members were frozen like ice in panic and fear.

“Heuh. This is paradise.”

And one word from Barbaroi’s mouth.

“Heo-eok!!!”

“Bear!!!”

“Run away!!!”

The party members scattered, waving their fluffy fur here and there, desperate to escape.

If caught, it’s over. They had heard so many rumors about Barbaroi that their ears were ringing.

Rumors circulated among the clan members that a kind Barbaroi existed, running an inn in the Southern District, but only one person believed it.

If caught in a place like this, they would be violated day and night.

Every hole would be used,

And regardless of gender, everyone would become a female.

A terrible nightmare.

But even in endless despair, a hero exists.

Soft Fluffy Clan Leader, Teddy Bear Pompree bravely stood up.

“I will stop that Barbaroi! Everyone, escape in the meantime!”

“Pompree-nim!”

“No!”

Pompree didn’t listen and bravely waved his fists wildly, running towards Barbaroi.

“You evil Barbaroi! Take my fist!”

Pompree tapped Barbaroi’s shin with his small, soft fist.

But Barbaroi didn’t budge.

It was like a small egg hitting a rock, but the brave teddy bear’s appearance ignited the clan members’ hearts.

“Keuek!”

“I…I will help the clan leader too!”

“There’s no place to retreat!!! Let’s combine our strength and rush in at once, nyan!”

The clan members clenched their teeth and swung their fluffy fists, rushing in.

The entire clan swarmed in and tapped Jeong Yushin’s legs and thighs with soft fists that had chubby paws.

“Uwaaa!!!”

“He, he’s staggering!!!”

“If we do a little more, we will win!”

“Fall down!!!”

Jeong Yushin was dizzy. He wore the wolf doll costume because he was worried that the soft clan members would be uncomfortable. He went out of his mind and took off the mask, but they welcomed him with passionate eyes.

Besides, they were massaging his thighs and knees with fluffy fists.

“Is…is this heaven?”

The desperate battle etched in his brain disappeared.

Jeong Yushin lost strength in his legs and collapsed on the spot.

“Heo-eok?! We?”

“Barbaroi has fallen! Now’s our chance!”

“Just a little more strength!”

The soft friends, emboldened, clung even closer, stroking Jeong Yushin’s hair and patting his cheeks.

“Ha, happy.”

Jeong Yushin, his cheeks crushed by the soft paws, muttered blankly.

Rabbit paws, cat paws, teddy bear paws, fox paws, all sorts of soft paws gently tapped Jeong Yushin’s entire body.

Moreover, because the clan members came even closer, fluffy fur surrounded him.

Soft massage that he could never receive in the original world, no matter how hard he tried or pleaded.

‘This is the reward.’

Jeong Yushin closed his eyes.

Satisfaction filled his heart. He thought he was very lucky to have survived.

“Uhm, mister?”

A fumbling voice was heard from afar.

He turned his head and saw Luna standing there. With a confused expression.

“What are you doing here?”

“Luna, come here.”

‘Strange.’

Luna couldn’t understand this situation. The clan members were desperately attacking Ska Ajussi.

But.

Ska Ajussi was rather making a happy expression. His cheeks were stretched out and he didn’t lose his smile even while being hit on the head.

Suddenly, a conversation with her mother flashed through her mind.

[Luna.]

[Mom? What’s wrong?]

[There are people with various imprints in the Labyrinth City.]

[?]

[Ska-nim changed his appearance last time, right?]

[I remember that. Luna’s heart was pounding.]

Her mother made a strange expression.

[That…that’s right. Sometimes there are people who have strange imprints. For example, there are people who have an imprint that makes them want to be alone with young children in a quiet place.]

[That’s a strange imprint.]

[That’s right. There’s also an imprint that makes you like being bullied.]

[That’s a bad imprint!]

[It can’t be helped. Because everyone is affected by their imprints as people.]

[Uhm? But that’s strange. Ska Ajussi turned young, but how did he act like an adult?]

[There are often people who are less affected by imprints. It’s a very small number. Ska-nim is strong, so he’s an exception. But Luna has to be careful? Of both imprints and people.]

[Ska Ajussi is amazing! I understand!]

Luna came to her senses.

‘He definitely got a strange imprint.’

Is it an imprint that makes him feel happy when he’s hit?

Otherwise, he can’t be smiling so contentedly.

Ska Ajussi held out his hand.

“Luna. Come here. I’ve been waiting.”

What was he waiting for?

Could it be.

An imprint that makes him feel happy when he’s hit?

It was definitely a request to hit him.

Luna hesitated for a moment, then reluctantly rushed in with tears in her eyes. She had to repay the favor.

‘Ska Ajussi is a pervert!’

Luna rushed in and swept Jeong Yushin’s face with her abundant golden tail.

“Eit!!! Eit!!!”

Luna’s tail caressed Jeong Yushin’s hair, stroking it.

Jeong Yushin smiled.

He was happy.

He could die like this.

At that moment.

Thud!!!

The teahouse door opened and Flat Nose rushed in.

“Ska-nim!”

“Why?”

“A group of delinquents have gathered at the inn!”

“Haa.”

He immediately felt like cold water had been poured over his head.

Jeong Yushin jumped up from his seat.

Was the happy time just a midsummer night’s dream?

With regret, he got up from his seat.

“Thank you. I’ll stop here today and come again next time.”

“Eh?”

“He’s…he’s not collapsed?”

“Co, come again next time? What does that mean?”

The clan members flinched in confusion.

Jeong Yushin gently stroked Luna’s head once and whispered in her ear.

“Luna, don’t worry your mother and go home early. Okay?”

Luna’s face turned red and she nodded silently.

Jeong Yushin looked at the clan members who were blankly looking up at him and left the teahouse like the wind.

One of the clan members opened his mouth with a blank expression.

“Su, surely he doesn’t have an imprint that makes him like being bullied by soft fluffy demi-humans?”

A deduction close to the answer.

The Soft Fluffy clan members collapsed on the floor.

“We, we’ve been had.”

“He was a pervert?! Hieuu.”

* * *

Jeong Yushin left the Cat’s Paw Teahouse and ran to the inn.

Squeak.

As the door opened, the scene inside the inn came into view.

One man was sitting at a table.

Behind him, five men stood attending.

The man sitting at the table had slicked back his sparse white hair and was wearing a linen shirt loosely.

The man sat half-lying on the chair, puffing on a cigar.

The man saw Jeong Yushin and tapped the table.

“Ska? Sit down.”

Jeong Yushin followed his words and approached the table, sitting down.

“You’re a person I’m seeing for the first time, who are you?”

“Who am I. I’m the very person you’ve been oppressing.”

“…”

The man took the cigar out of his mouth and pointed it at Jeong Yushin.

“What’s with that expression? You made such a mess in the Eastern District, did you think someone like me wouldn’t show up?”

“I don’t quite remember what you’re talking about.”

At Jeong Yushin’s words, the man tilted his head and blew cigar smoke through his nose.

“You don’t remember? The quack doctor was also affected because of you, and the slave trade ended too. Why are you interfering with other people’s businesses like this?”

The man sighed and looked up at the ceiling.

“Huu. These are really difficult times. I can’t believe that I had to come out of the Eastern District and do this kind of thing. Bring some alcohol.”

“Flat Nose, bring some alcohol.”

Jeong Yushin said without taking his eyes off the man.

“Yes.”

Flat Nose went behind the counter and brought a bottle of alcohol and glasses.

“Pour it.”

Jeong Yushin personally took the bottle and poured it for the man.

Pour.

Jeong Yushin handed over the glass filled to the brim and asked.

“By the way, what’s your name?”

The man pointed to his hair.

“You little punk, speaking informally? Were you never taught?”

“…”

“Saul.”

The man named Saul took the glass, gulped it down, and opened his mouth again.

“I get really worked up because of you. I don’t know where you popped out from, but what exactly is the reason you’re doing this? You were doing well in the Southern District, so why did you come all the way to the Eastern District and make a mess? The butcher who slaughtered the slave hunters. The hero who took down the drug dealers. But it’s also strange. Why did you spit in the face of the moderate Astaroth? He’s alive again?”

Saul put down the glass and stared intently at Jeong Yushin.

“Barbaroi, what the hell are you?”

Jeong Yushin silently observed Saul before slowly opening his mouth.

“I’m actually a dog.”

“…”

Words that suddenly popped out.

Everyone stared at Jeong Yushin with their mouths half open.

Even Flat Nose’s eyes widened as he looked at Jeong Yushin.

“Ahem! When I was young, I wandered around the Labyrinth City and entered the labyrinth once. There, I got the ‘Humanization’ imprint and also got the ‘Intelligence Increase’ imprint. Not stopping there, I even got the ‘Barbaroi’ imprint and became like this.”

“…”

“Thanks to constantly entering the labyrinth, I also adapted to mana and got the imprint of holy magic, and anyway, I got a lot of things.”

Silence descended on the inn.

Jeong Yushin turned his head to look out the window to suppress the rising murderous intent.

Slave hunters.

Drug dealing.

It was hard to bear just hearing about it.

The street, which had already darkened, began to be crowded with people and monsters.

The monsters who had come out of the Eastern District after a long time were full of smiles, but the faces of the people in the Southern District were full of vigilance and discomfort.

Saul stroked his forehead.

“I usually don’t believe the rumors floating around in the Labyrinth City, but this is certain.”

“What are you so sure about?”

“A guy with a decent face but a crazy head.”

“…”

Jeong Yushin frowned.

“You’re being too harsh.”

Saul shook his head as if he was fed up.

“Ska, my friend, let’s be careful with our words. You’ll get stabbed and die without anyone knowing.”

“Actually, I…”

“Stop!”

Saul waved his hand.

“Haa, I’m going crazy. Forget it. You have two choices.”

Instead of answering, Jeong Yushin leaned back leisurely in his chair.

“Come work under me. Women? Drugs? Money? Or artifacts? I’ll give you everything you want. Just say the word. Do you want to have sex with a succubus? If you want to have filthy sex with a monster you’ve never heard of, just say the word. I’ll also set you up with good equipment. Anyway, I’ll give you everything. How about it?”

“What’s the second condition?”

Saul stroked his head, then turned his head to look at his subordinate.

“Is this friend a bit erratic? He mixes honorifics and informal language. What do you think?”

One of the subordinates bowed politely.

“I think he’s a bit mentally unstable.”

Jeong Yushin glared at the subordinate.

“I’m going to be your boss. I remember your face.”

The subordinate’s face didn’t change at all.

“The second is to pay compensation for the damages.”

“How much?”

“Let’s see. You ruined the slave business and the drug sales. You should give at least 1000 gold coins.”

Jeong Yushin had nothing to say, so he crossed his arms and looked at Saul before bowing his head.

“Please take care of me. Boss.”

Saul chuckled.

“Barbaroi, put some saliva on your lips and lie. Looking at the murderous intent in your eyes, it seems like you’re planning to kill me. Cool your head and think about my offer. Slowly.”

“Please leave carefully.”

Saul clicked his tongue and got up from his seat, leaving the inn.

Jeong Yushin crossed his arms and pondered, then lowered his head.

“Huu. I thought only monsters would pop out, but that wasn’t the case. All the trash in the Eastern District popped out too.”

Should he say their hearts are like monsters.

“I have to kill him. Flat Nose.”

“Yes.”

“Find out everything about that guy Saul. What kind of great guy is he that he’s acting like that?”

“I understand.”

Flat Nose immediately ran out of the inn.

Jeong Yushin looked at the ceiling and sighed deeply.

“Huu. There are so many bastards to kill in the world.”

* * *

Saul and his subordinates walked while enjoying the night breeze.

“Are you really thinking of taking that Barbaroi guy as a subordinate?”

“No.”

“Then why did you go to him yourself and try to persuade him?”

“Because I was curious. The witch who tightly controlled the distribution rights of magic items in the Eastern District and that lukewarm Astaroth went to him at the same time, aren’t you curious?”

“What are you planning to do?”

Saul closed his mouth for a moment before opening it.

“I have to kill him. No. He’s a bastard I absolutely have to kill. You can trick a drug addict with drugs, and you can seduce a guy who’s obsessed with mating in the same way. But not a guy whose motives you don’t know. He’s a very difficult friend to read.”

Saul shook his head.

“Did you see that guy’s eyes? Money, women, artifacts, none of those shook his eyes. There was only murderous intent. I have to kill him.”

“Yes. Then should we prepare for an immediate attack?”

“Just leave him alone. He’s the kind of guy who will come to take my head on his own. Just prepare well. According to the investigation, he has the Sacred Weapon and Avenger imprints. Make it impossible for him to use magic and send him off cleanly in one go.”

“A, I understand.”

Saul rubbed his eyes and muttered.

“Aigo, it’s difficult. Life is really. It’s already hard enough to make a living because a jerk calling himself a hero is destroying the slave distribution network.”

“…”

Saul patted his subordinate’s shoulder and smiled.

“This is how I live. Do you understand the boss’s heart?”

“I, I don’t know.”

“Okay. Let’s go. It’s been a while since I came to the Southern District, so I should have a meal and go.”

Saul smiled and walked down the evening street, disappearing into the crowd.