Chapter 78 – Betrayal (2)

“…… So, you did that without consulting me again, and now I want you to clean up that shit together?”

“…… Sorry.”

The next day, I bowed my head to Deokgu. It was his job to put texts in the newspaper, so I had to get help from him in the end.

Deok-gu burst into anger. It was a legitimate anger. I have no choice but to accept….

“Isn’t that really too much?”

“But…… You can’t act.”

“No, have you seen it!? Have you ever seen me act!?”

“Because I never did.”

“…… That’s right.”

Unless you learn acting professionally, someone’s acting ability will eventually follow that person’s sociality.

And to be honest, Deokgu’s social skills weren’t very good. Since he could n’t have learned acting, of course his acting skills his were n’t very good either.

“Anyway, that is…… Seriously, accidents happen every day. I’ll clean up all that shit. Very simply, I am your mother, mother.”

“Hey, clean up the poop. Deokgu’s mother.”

“Stop it because it’s disgusting.”

Deokgu racked his brain and pondered over how to organize the pages of the newspaper. He had already been advertised by numerous top tiers and organizations, so he couldn’t add unnecessary content.

As long as he didn’t know what absurd demands the elves might make, he had to keep a lot of space ready at all times.

“How are you going to do this?”

“Cut down the ads a bit.”

“Money?”

“Ask for the cancellation fee. We can do some more hunting.”

“Is that okay?”

“Then.”

“Not that…… You said you couldn’t go up to the 30th floor.”

“Ah.”

It was. I couldn’t go up to the 30th floor where the ruler was waiting. With the income below the 30th floor, it was difficult to pay the rent and newspaper printing costs.

If I paid a penalty on top of that, I might end up really bankrupt and in debt.

“…… Ruler, should we just catch it now?”
“Can you?”

In the end, we decided to take a chance. Please don’t ask for anything as much as possible until the elves ask for an advertisement…….

* * *

‘I have to be strong.’

I needed strength. For a very short time, the eyes of the elven kingdom could be fooled, but it was only a temporary measure.

There was no fundamental solution. A radical solution means liberation from all threats.

Just like Buddhist thought, Dojin wanted no one to threaten me. That said, I didn’t want to live my life holding my breath and crawling…….

Fortunately, in this world, in addition to money and power, it was possible to become a superman, an individual who surpassed a group only with force.

‘It’s very difficult, but…… In fact, everything else is the same.’

Whether it’s making money and standing above others, or winning power and becoming king. It was all about risking their lives. That’s what power is.

‘I can’t aim for money or power.’

While we have modern knowledge and the ability to cheat to apply it, it’s not perfect. Rather, there is a high possibility that only the knowledge will be taken away and finished with ambiguous knowledge. So was the power.

‘The only thing I can aim for is force.’

In order to develop military power, Do-jin entered the dungeon today as well. However, he didn’t come in to climb the dungeon.

“…… To attack you?”
“Okay.”

After hearing Dojin’s words, Seoyoon looked at him with embarrassment. On the first floor of the dungeon, in the vast plaza created by Dojin’s authority.

He told me to put my skills to work.

“It must be dangerous.”

“It’s okay.”

“…… Did you tell me to do it?”

And immediately, Seoyoon opened her arms. Large ice wings form behind her.

After all, the air freezes, and there is a harbinger of countless ice spears flying.

Dojin just quietly closed his eyes. Now, it was said that the blackout was removed for Seoyoon, but the upper floor he was heading to was completely covered in darkness, and his enemies would attack in the dark.

So Do-jin had to get used to the darkness. To be precise, he had to be able to see and avoid the danger flying from all sides even with his eyes closed.

Fuck! I can hear the ice spear cutting through the wind and flying. It is too late to hear and respond. Sound travels only at 340 meters per second, but her ice spear surpasses the speed of sound.

In fact, by the time Dojin heard the sound, it was already after windows were spread all over the place.

“…… Again.”
“Okay.”

Seoyoon reaped her abilities in her. Then he aimed at Dojin again. Do-jin finally opened his eyes while watching it.

‘First of all, get used to it with your eyes…….’

Seoyoon’s ability her was too fast. Thanks to that, it was impossible to close your eyes and avoid her ability to her.

First, I had to get used to that ability. Especially at that speed.

“Are you ready?”
“…… Okay.”
“I won’t kill you, so don’t worry.”

Seoyoon grinned and looked at Dojin. She always tried to show only her strong side of her, but she didn’t get along well with Seoyoon.

Her immediate vocalization of her, quite powerful, and her ability to freeze all moving beings made her especially threatening to swordsmen who valued close combat.

After confirming that Dojin couldn’t even use her hand on her, she suggested with a smile on her face on her. She was more of a compulsion than a suggestion.

“Let’s do this.”

“…… What?”

“Once you lose, once.”

I didn’t even have to tell you what it was. By the look in her eyes she could roughly predict. Do-jin opened her eyes wide and looked at her.

She will probably do her best to get Dojin to shout her surrender her. She could have said better. Because training is meaningless.

But.

‘This…… Don’t you die if you do something wrong?’

Do-jin thought of Seo-yoon, who continued to shake her waist, even though she had been wearing her hair all day, and she shuddered.

To prevent that from happening, she raised her sword.

Charleureuk!

Countless small and thin ice blades, made to be difficult to cut with a sword, flew.

No matter how he cut it, if a gap was revealed for a moment, ice would instantly occupy all sides.

“Once.”

“…… Again.”

Seeing Seoyoon’s smile Her, Dojin swung her sword.
Continue.

* * *

The sword is complete. Hearing the call, I headed straight to Lastina’s studio.

As soon as she saw me, standing at the stall for some reason, she smiled lightly and then tried to put on her solemn expression her.

“Welcome.”
“Where is the weapon?”
“He has a quick temper. Here it is.”

As Tina said, she took out the sword hidden in her stall her. As Do-jin requested, it was a short sword compared to the long sword.

“This…”
“It is a yam sword. It specializes in cutting hemp.”
“…… Do you cut hemp?”
“It can cut monsters with magic stones, as well as magic.”

I looked at her intently. Magic is the exclusive property of the intellect. Cutting magic meant that this sword was made to cut humans.

“How did you know and made this?”
“Hey, a studio like me can tell the intention of the design just by looking at the blueprint. Isn’t that sword made to cut humans?”
“All swords are like that.”
“No, it looks like it was designed to only cut humans…… Well, it has nothing to do with me.”

She ordered me to test the sword. I simultaneously lifted the crow and yam sword that were worn around my waist.

The first thing that comes to mind is twin swords, dual swords. Take the stance of the two thousand one style that was used by the Japanese swordsman, Miyamoto Musashi.

Icheonilryu, which is said to have been used with a long attitude and a short small attitude. Sometimes the length of the sword is also different. A long longsword and a short sword.

If I used it like this on Earth, I would have been swung by the sword rather than wielding it properly because my arm strength was lacking, but I’m not the current me.

‘It’s light.’

The weight of the sword was too light. It felt like holding a cloud.

“Are the exams over?”
“Uh. It’s very light…… It’s just the feeling I wanted.”
“Then that’s over now… Follow me.”

She went inside and asked to follow her. I went in after her, and inside her was a human figure covered in armor.

Leather armor made of the skin of a beast, partially covered with iron.

“The armor is already…….”
“Try it on.”
“Here?”
“Yes, because if the measurements don’t fit, we have to fix them right away.”

Hearing that, I immediately threw off my clothes. It’s because he’s a man, and he’s not hungry enough to feel sexual desire in front of the equipment.

Perhaps it was the same with her, even though she scanned my body with hot eyes, I didn’t feel any sexual desire there.

It was passion, not lust. A craftsman who wants to perfect his equipment.

Putting on my armor, I moved my body around to make sure there was nothing snagged or uncomfortable.

“It fits perfectly.”
“Swing your sword.”
“Is that right?”
“If we fight, it might change again.”

It wasn’t a mistake, so I immediately pulled out the sword and swung it around. Let’s go out with a proper armor on a sword that can only be seen in Joseon. It felt like being a warrior.

A strange feeling, my heart started pounding.

“Um, that’s right.”
“I said that earlier….”
“Then take it off now.”
“I want to go back like this.”
“Then how are you going to transport that doll? We have professional transporters, so take it off and don’t talk.”

When I threw off the armor, I was able to escape from the pressure that was slightly pressing my body. It was a pleasant pressure, so it was very disappointing.

Body so free. As she slowly packs up her clothes and tries to put them on, Rastina mistakenly drops sharp tools on top of her clothes.

The clothes that had been cut by the blade had reached a level that I couldn’t wear even if I wanted to wear them.

“Oops, mistakes….”
“…… No, you.”
“I’m sorry. I’ll order delivery and buy clothes for you, so can you wait a bit?”

It was blatant. However, there was no way to stop him from acting with a steel plate on her face. I sat on the sofa with her upper body naked and waited for Rastina to come.

After a while, Rastina returned from calling her courier and naturally sat next to me.

“…… What are you doing?”
“Well? No. Originally, this is my place.”

As she said that and watched her sneakily clinging to her, she could clearly see her intentions of her. Did you say that dwarves are a race that falls in love easily and is obsessed with it?

Indeed, it seemed that he was not wrong. I don’t know why, but at some point I felt like I was being loved.

Because she can not push her away, I decided to take this opportunity to ask what I was curious about.

“Hey, Lastina.”
“Why?”
“I have a question.”
“Ask me.”
“Why are you talking like that?”
“Abi’s tone was clear. My father taught me hammering when he was teaching horses.”
“What are you doing now?”
“He passed away.”
“Ah…… Sorry.”
“Why are you apologizing?”

I, who has Korean-style Confucianism, quickly apologized, but she tilted her head as if she was a heterogeneous person, asking why she apologized for such a thing.

I looked at her and thought she was a dwarf, not a human. I realized again that I was a special race that only existed in another world.

‘Even though he looks like this, he may actually be over half a hundred years old…….’

And in such a long time, I wondered how she met Orion.

If she had any questions, she felt free to ask them, so she just asked them confidently.

“How did you meet Orion?”
“Yes? Alas, didn’t she tell me that earl?”
“Yes.”
“That dwarf is the first-class contributor to helping me move into this city.”
“Okay?”

Hearing that, I understood that he had helped me carry my luggage or escorted me to the city.

“What did you help me with?”
“He destroyed all of our workshops in his hometown.”
“…… Uh?”

I’m at a loss for words. As she smiled without saying anything, the sound of her horses hooves came from outside her building her.