episode_0312
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Scarlett was the daughter of an ordinary serf. An insignificant being that exists everywhere and would not be strange if it suddenly disappeared.
Her mother fell ill and died when she was young. The father’s only intention was to sell Scarlett, who was growing up and showing off her color, to a lord or slave trader for money.
In such a situation, the reason why Scarlett was able to avoid being sold until she became an adult was simply because her father did not have the energy to do housework when he returned from hard work in the fields.
Although Scarlett did not directly hear from her father that he would sell her if he had the chance, she already guessed that she was not a very loved daughter. Because her father’s eyes looking at her were like those of a merchant who had once visited the village, looking at a precious product.
Still, she didn’t think about how to leave the house. Fortunately, her father wasn’t the type of person who drank and abused his children until they died.
My mother’s death was not due to my father’s viciousness, but simply because of the particularly cold winter weather that year.
Scarlett didn’t think she was unlucky in life, having avoided the worst.
Until I was selected by the tower and transferred to the test floor.
Jump up!
“What, what! These guys are completely covered in blood?!”
“Damn it, bring all the stamina potions you have left!”
“Bandages! Stop the bleeding first with a bandage!”
“Damn those bastards… Why are these guys who have been in the tower for less than a month so strong?”
It was the chaotic atmosphere of the clan members that brought Scarlett out of her past thoughts.
The former members of the Inglourious Basterds Clan, who had been drinking and gambling at the Clan House, made a fuss when they saw their colleagues entering the building covered in blood.
“The youngest! You bring a priest!”
Startle!
Scarlett, startled by the sound calling her, stood up from her seat. But before she could completely straighten her legs, a hand on her shoulder pushed her down.
Kuuk ㅡ
In the end, Scarlett had no choice but to sit down again.
The owner of the hand that held her down was the master of the Inglourious Basterds Clan.
“Hey, it’s okay. At first glance, I saw that I had already received first aid, but… There’s just some blood on my clothes, but the rest will be cured after I drink a few potions. You keep doing what you are doing.”
“Yes… ”
Rattling…
Scarlett smiled bitterly and picked up the experiment tool again. Her role in the Inglourious Basterds Clan is an alchemist.
It wasn’t a job she specifically chose because she wanted to.
It was just a job where I got caught up in the situation from the exam level, got caught up in the people around me, tried various things, and then settled down.
Status window, level, job, abilities… It was all too difficult and complicated for her.
From the beginning, she was raised by a father who viewed his daughter as an asset. I have never actively tried or wanted to do something.
If nothing else happened, she would have been content to stay in the clan’s necessary position and be ignored for her own peace of mind.
The Master leaned down and whispered in a low voice.
“Don’t spill it and make it well. Do you know how expensive this material is? I’m saying don’t make people misunderstand that you stole it for no reason.”
Startle!
“Yes, yes… Oh, of course… ”
Scarlett’s body trembled at the goosebumps in that voice.
The Master looked down at her for a while, then burst into laughter and patted her on the head.
“What… It doesn’t matter if you steal it. You just have to make them pay it back in another way.”
“Ugh… ”
Scarlett felt ominous in that gaze, as if something wet was targeting her.
The strange looks I received from the exam floor. Because of that, she intentionally grew her hair messy and covered her face as much as possible. But that alone could not completely cover up her beauty.
Gorgeous flaming red hair, white skin unbecoming of a serf, voluptuous breasts, and even buttocks. How could her father have even thought of giving it to a lord rather than simply selling it to a slave trader? Unless she was of considerable beauty, it would not be surprising if her head was blown off if a serf dared to modify her work.
“You bastards… They advertised that they would defeat us and create a clan!”
“That’s right! He said at least his clan would be better than the Inglourious Basterds clan!”
“What? You did something like that? Please tell me in more detail.”
“So that’s… … .”
“Whew… ”
Fortunately, the Master’s attention shifted to the ‘bastards’ the injured man was talking about. As a master, he sat down on the table next to the clan members who were drinking potions and listened to their testimony.
Scarlett didn’t know much about combat, but for some reason, she was suspicious that she had fallen victim to the ‘cowardly trick of her opponent’. This was because the clan member vaguely passed by without explaining in detail.
Anyway, Scarlett, who was shivering under the Master’s gaze, was finally able to calm her heart and continue her work.
That night.
Scarlett finished making her quota of medicine and went to the Master’s room to report to him. This was because if the inventory of medicines and ingredients was not reported every day, the Master would become uneasy the next day and an accident might occur.
“Hehehe… So, what does that bitch Scarlett plan to do?”
Stop.
Scarlett’s hand, which was about to knock on the door, stopped in midair. Because her name was heard through the thin wooden door. It wasn’t even a sentence that sounded like it had very good intentions.
Perhaps because he was drinking, he didn’t hear an answer right away.
“Kuh… why? Is it your taste?”
“Honestly, I don’t have much expectations about the face. The same goes for having messy hair and not wanting to show it even if you die… But doesn’t it kill your body?”
“Well, my breasts are big.”
“If you have a body like that, honestly, you don’t need to look at the face. If you’re really ugly, you can just put a sack on your head.”
‘Huh… ‘
Scarlett covered her mouth with both hands, afraid that the sound of her breathing might enter the room.
‘Well, like that…’ ‘
Whether she swallowed her shock or not, the conversation inside continued.
“It’s still difficult. All of our clan’s money comes from the medicine he makes.”
“How could it not be? Honestly, isn’t it hard for the Master to endure it? I don’t dare say that I will eat first. After the Master has enjoyed everything, I will taste a little bit.”
“Hmm… ”
The master’s voice, which had been interrupted for a moment, continued as if he was thinking for a moment.
“I was thinking of quitting the medicine business soon. Because we can’t keep labeling ourselves as scoundrels forever.”
“Well, then… !”
“Okay, let’s clear up this thread soon for the first time in a while.”
“Hehehe! As expected, you are my brother!”
“… … .”
Scarlett hugged her trembling body and stepped back, barely making a sound.
Then he returned to his room and threw himself on the bed.
“Black… Black… ”
As she sobbed breathlessly, tears flowed from her eyes and soaked the pillowcase.
It was difficult to hold on any longer.
It was sad that she was taken to a place called a tower overnight for reasons unknown, but the shelter she had accidentally found had no intention of protecting her. Rather, he was full of thoughts of using her abilities to grow bigger and eat her.
After pouring out the sadness that had been building up in my heart for so long, what was left was a black and sticky resentment.
Resentment toward her father who never felt the warmth of family in her life, resentment toward the tower that summoned her to the other world, and even the clan members who were waiting for the moment to take her like they were slaughtering a pig.
‘In this case, it would be better to make poison and everything… ‘
Using Scarlett’s profession, poisoning the clan members’ meals was not difficult at all. Then, all members of the Inglourious Basterds Clan would die without being able to leave the restaurant.
A dangerous look appeared in Scarlett’s eyes. If the conversation the clan members had had during the day hadn’t occurred to her at that moment, she would have definitely committed the crime.
‘The clan… I said I would make it… ‘
She recalled how the clan members who always walked around with their shoulders spread wide and pretending to be strong came back looking like poor defeated soldiers.
The expressions on the faces of the clan members, who somehow seemed more fearful than vengeful even in front of the Master, were also not forgotten.
Now that I had decided to leave the clan, it seemed much better to entrust myself to another force than to use poison to commit massacre and be chased by other transferees. And if that force was strong enough despite not being on good terms with the Inglourious Basterds Clan, it was the icing on the cake.
“… … .”
Of course, there was no guarantee that treatment in that clan would be better than now.
Perhaps at that time, I might have been sold out on my own.
But now Scarlett did not want to stay in this Inglourious Basterds clan house for even one more day.
‘Yes, yes. If that happens, all you have to do is take the poison and run away… ‘
Scarlett mumbled and slowly packed her luggage. All I had in my luggage were laboratory tools, a few extra clothes, and ingredients for alchemy. I didn’t take any money because I didn’t receive any from the clan.
She came down to the first floor carefully so as not to make any footsteps, and looked back before leaving the building.
‘Well, it would still be unfair if I just went… Should I give it a little stomach upset? ?’
In the quiet middle of the night, a rattling sound rang out from the kitchen of the Inglourious Basterds clan for a while.
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