episode_0072

“Charles!”

“Ah… Hello Hild… ”

Charles smiled awkwardly and lowered his head when the name was called with a smile.

Stasia gave a glance to the two knights, and they saluted before handing over the chains to Stacia.

“Is this business, Charles?”

“Yes”

Stasia nodded and looked around for a moment.

“I want to go somewhere quiet”

“Then, shall we go to the inn we are staying at? Since it was early in the morning, most people would have gone out”

“Hmm. Let’s do that”

Hild then guided Stacia to the inn, and she nodded in approval, gently pulling on the chain in her hand.

Well done-

The sound of metal fluttering was heard, and Charles moved his feet as it led.

Jabak- Jabak-

Bare feet covered in black dirt are moved.

Hilde looked at it quietly and then walked ahead.

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Sigh-!

“Welcome!”

When she heard the sound of the wooden door opening, Amy, who was cleaning the table, reflexively lifted her body and welcomed the guest.

“How many people are there? I don’t think so”

And I immediately realized that it was not a customer.

Three regular customers came in with an awkward posture, and the grumpy driver I saw earlier. And even a woman with an ugly, distorted face…

Wherever you look, they look like they don’t have any money…

Amy chuckled to herself and skillfully walked over to guide them.

“Let’s sleep. Please sit here”

“Ah, thank you. Sister”

“Thank you for your consideration”

When I said hello, Amy winked and handed me two glasses of lime tea with ice floating on the counter.

“Enjoy”

“Ah. Thank you”

“You’re welcome. He will do the calculations”

Sister Amy is giggling and pointing at me.

I opened my eyes blankly as if asking what I was talking about.

Selene and Circe burst into laughter.

There was a calm smile on Stisai’s lips.

“I… I will pay when I leave”

“Whatever you say”

Amy hummed and walked away.

Suddenly, thanks to her tact, the atmosphere calmed down a lot.

I thought he probably did this to ventilate the stuffy air.

‘I can’t ignore it… ‘

The inn chamking who survived among rough adventurers is different no matter what…

“Captain. What business did you mention earlier?”

“Hmm. It’s about this kid”

Stacia placed the ends of the chains that bound Charles’ hands on the table.

Just by hearing the sound of the table scraping, I could tell that it was very heavy and hard.

“I would like to hear more details”

“… Damian’s collaborator. Charles was sentenced to death”

Gurgling- Tak-

The glass left over after drinking lime tea.

The sound of a glass being placed on the table rang.

And we were so quiet that I thought it resonated throughout the inn.

Kwaaang-!

“No, fuck! What kind of bullshit is that!”

One step later, I stood up and hit the table.

“They say you’re good at talking!”

“Everything about the incident was conveyed without exception. I can promise you that. However, that was not a factor to overturn the ruling”

“Helping means preventing something like this from happening!”

Are you that angry?

Stasia looked closely at Hild, who was struggling in front of her.

In her eyes, he was just an ordinary person.

No special talent, no special skills…

Growing up as an ordinary person in an ordinary family…

I knew you were afraid of death

If you’re with a girl you like, you’ll quickly become miserable.

It pretends to be something great, but in reality it is very clumsy…

Such a man…

“Hi… Heald… I am okay. This is a natural result”

Charles, who had been listening to the story from a distance, answered.

She knelt in front of him and bowed her head with a bitter but bright smile at the same time.

“To me… Thank you for talking about salvation to me. Thanks to you, I felt that my existence was lovely, even if only for a moment”

“Charles, do you agree with this ruling? Have you never protested?”

“I lived an ugly life in the shadows. This is the right ending. Since you said you would save my younger brother, what could be a happier ending than this”

“You’re fucking fucking serious!”

Kwaang-!

Hild kicked the table and flipped it sideways.

The glass containing the lime tea was shattered, and there were no longer any obstacles in front of Stasii and Hild.

“Fuck you! You said you would help me!”

Hild walked closer and grabbed Stacia by the collar.

Although he couldn’t move with his strength, he was still glaring at Stasia with eyes that were burning more than ever.

“Hi… Heald, calm down!!”

“That… okay. This doesn’t mean it’s going to happen!”

Instead, Selene and Circe were hugging his waist, crying, and trying to get him to sit down again.

‘I’ve seen this before somewhere…’ ‘

Stasia traced back a few memories.

‘ah… at that time… ‘

Yes, when Hild was kidnapped, Selene and Circe did the same thing.

Calling myself and the leader of Gloria a bitch…

‘If you love, you become alike…’ ‘

Stasia smiled slightly as she remembered their similar appearances.

“Funny? It’s funny! ”

Of course, it was conveyed differently to Hild, who did not know the true feelings.

“Hild, dear. Didn’t you say you wanted to learn the sword from me?”

“Yes! I said I wanted to learn!”

“What I said is the judgment of the royal court. Does that mean you can’t accept it? If you don’t agree with this, I can’t teach you the sword”

“What… Called… ?”

Hild pauses for a moment and takes a step back.

The strength in the collar that I had been holding on to was also loosened.

“Hild. It’s not possible. Don’t lose your precious learning opportunity because of something like me… I am… ”

Charles clings to his feet and pleads.

Tears streamed down from the injured eye and soaked the floor.

Hilde looked at it for a moment…

Sigh-!

“Fuck you, bitch. Even if you teach me that kind of swordsmanship, I won’t learn it”

I slapped Stasia.

“… .????”

me… now… I got hit… ?

“Hild, are you crazy?!”

“Hey, you idiot! What if I really hit you! No matter how much I wanted to grind, I should have held back!”

“Let go! Let go! No, I won’t hit you! Let go.!”

bruise-

I can’t hear what’s being said in front of me.

Stacia caressed my swollen, stinging cheek.

‘her… haha… Crazy bastard… ‘

How dare you…

Leader of the Kingdom Knights

To myself, the king of silver knights…

Grinding your cheeks…

“Smiling?! Smile! Fuck, this is funny!!”

Now I can see Hild running wild all over the place and the women struggling to hold on to him. Even the criminals lying on the floor and crying foolishly.

“Is it okay if I don’t learn swordsmanship?”

“They say they won’t learn even if they give it to them! “

“Is it really okay if I don’t learn it? Are you going to blow this opportunity because of one prisoner? There are people who offer ten million gold to learn how to use a sword from me”

“Don’t learn! Don’t learn! Don’t learn!”

“… Is this prisoner that important?”

As he said that, he made eye contact.

Brightly sparkling eyes.

Inside, the brilliant light of the goddess

The bravery of a tiger like Mt.

It wasn’t visible.

just…

There was just one man who stumbled endlessly.

“Not important. I promised… ”

“What promise… ?”

“With Lily… .I made a promise to Charles’ younger brother. I will let you eat something delicious with me”

“Hoo, are you just wasting a fortune in learning with just that?”

“My sister’s promise is more important to my brother”

“Heheheung”

I shouldn’t be like this, but I keep laughing.

As a knight commander, I have to show my dignity…

“No, but I’ve been laughing at myself since a while ago… ”

“The judgment can be overturned”

“… Are you sure? Captain… ?”

“… Hmm. It’s true”

“Uh… Is there any way?”

Hild was crouching and groveling as if she had been like that for some time.

Stacia did not hide her smile and enjoyed herself in a happy mood for the first time in a long time.

“You were swearing just a moment ago, but you suddenly become servile again?”

“Me? when? Was there anyone like that?”

“Hmm, am I mistaken?”

“Of course. What can I do to the leader who is like the sky”

“Someone slapped my cheek… ”

Twaaa!

Hild immediately slapped me in the face.

The area where it was hit immediately swelled up red.

“That’s it now, right?”

“… .Kkkk… Yeah, I guess I was mistaken”

“So how is the ruling overturned?”

Eyes focused on you.

Charles, the protagonist of the ruling, also seemed a little excited.

“Sinner Charles… I will become your slave. Forever”

“… .E?”

A stupid voice leaked out.

Stasia crossed her legs and leaned against the back of the chair.

“Do you acknowledge Charles the Sinner’s contribution in fighting against Damien in the end? That cannot be grounds for exoneration. However, as you said, Hild, the death penalty is too severe a punishment. If so, this means that the new warriors who have become heroes will be given a useful slave”

“S… Starsia! Such a ruling… ”

“Why do you dislike it?”

Charles was about to say something but was interrupted by Stacia’s question.

You don’t like it? Is that possible? .

He is the person who saved the lives of his sister and himself.

Even now, he is the person who gets so angry and fights so fiercely.

I was ready to give up my life right now if he wanted me to return the favor.

But…

“Ah… no… I just… ”

Yeah just…

Because Hild might hate himself.

His tender compassion

How long will you forgive yourself for being ugly and disgusting?

Charles was afraid of that.

I was afraid of losing it because it was the first favor I had ever received, and I thought it would be better to die now than to face his disgust.

“Hi… Heald… ”

“Charles… ”

I held on to his feet and bowed my head.

please let yourself go

However, in a corner of my heart, I had an ugly self that was holding on to the salvation I had achieved.

That’s why Charles hoped that Hild would be cool towards me. Just like Damian did…

“Are you okay?”

“… I also want to die… ”

“No! A little!”

Knock-!

Hilde clenched her fist and shoved a honey chestnut the size of a chestnut on Charles’ head.

“… Keheung”

“Not dying. Is it okay to be a slave”

“Ah… I am… ”

Life as his slave.

It was a body that was used by Damian anyway.

Will anything change if the owner changes?

‘It’s different’

He is actually Hild’s slave.

I still can’t forget his kindness while playing with Lily.

If I could share even just a little bit of that warmth…

“I am a piece of trash who has committed a sin that cannot be washed away”

“… ”

Nevertheless, if given the opportunity…

“But… To me… If that moment really comes to me… If the light that allows us to live one more time comes… Doing my best… I will serve my master”

The light I first encountered was so sweet that it was difficult to turn away.

“Ha… I’m going crazy, really”

His long sigh.

Charles forced himself to swallow dry saliva.

I thought I wanted to die.

I thought it should be like that,

But do you think you can survive?

I wanted to live.

‘What a selfish and ugly bitch’

Charles waited for his answer with tears in his eyes.

After what felt like an eternity, I felt a hand stroking my head.

I raised my head and faced him.

Hilde was smiling.

Even though I was chewing my lips with regret,

Sending relief that I am glad to be alive

He was caressing one side of his hideously distorted face.

Then he got down on his precious knees and made eye contact with me.

His hand caressed my feet.

His hands, which I thought were so pretty,

He was rough and rough, no different from himself.

“First, let’s buy shoes. My foot will hurt… ”

“Ah… iced coffee… ”

Hilde spoke in the warm voice she had longed for.

I pulled my toes out for fear that his hands would get dirty when he touched them, but I didn’t know what to do because I liked the way he touched them.

Charles couldn’t stop crying as his body scent tickled the tip of his nose and the warm body heat from the human body.

There were so many tears flowing that Hilde’s face seemed blurred as soon as we saw her.

It was so harsh that I cried even more…

“Let’s go home now. This is Charles’ house”

Hilde smiled and hugged her.

The musty rotten interior, the dirty rags, the ugly distorted facial features… I didn’t mind.

The long shadow time has passed.