Chapter 321 – Chapter 321

Eyes open.

Even after coming to this world, if you habitually fumble for a smartphone near your pillow, you realize how scary a smartphone can be for modern people.

‘Oh right. I put it in a subspace pocket.’

In addition, the bed was not the usual soft, custom-made mega-sized bed, but inside a simple, automatically installed tent.
It’s not that I woke up early because the bed was uncomfortable.

[Current time]
[AM 5:30]

It was just like a habit.

It was me who always took care of the children in the morning, thinking that I had nothing to do lately, and I didn’t know when I would go to another world.

“Huh.”

I carefully stretched out and raised myself carefully so that the children who were sleeping soundly next to me would not wake up.

“Our lives belong to you now!”

When I open my mouth, I’m an adult who really doesn’t fit my age.
Watching them quietly sleeping with their mouths shut like this, they were 5 or 6 year old children.

“It means that children of that age have persevered like this, lying on the streets like this, pickpocketing for a living.”

It goes without saying, but the kids here weren’t the only ones living like this.
It’s just not visible to my eyes right now.

Even at this moment, there will be poor children who freeze to death in the pretty chilly dawn weather.

“I’ve become a real Ojirapper too.”

In the past, I was a selfish person who could be called a model of modern people, with the mindset that if I interfered in other people’s affairs, I would only lose myself.

Since meeting the children, a lot has changed.
By the way, if you ask if this is bad or not… That was absolutely not the case.

‘Certainly, when I was living selfishly, the objective indicators of life itself might have been good.’

However, at the time I lived like that, I wasn’t as happy as I am now.
Isn’t that strange?
Compared to when I was comfortable, I can be much more proud and happy with my life now, which is a nuisance in many ways.

‘Maybe I went crazy.’

As I muttered to myself, I prepared the children’s breakfast with the fire created by the dragon word magic.
Since so many people ate yesterday, I thought of feeding them a sandwich with a simple yet nutritious fruit salad for breakfast.

「Kyaaaaang! Miho needs 2 extra slices of ham and lots of ketchup!”
“Dad, Noah will bake the bread.”

“How are you?”

Even though it’s only been a day since we broke up, it still feels very old.

I laughed while looking at the pictures of my children stored on my smartphone.

After all, are there only photos left?

“Wow! What is that, mister?”
“Yes? Did you wake up because it was noisy?”
“No. Shana usually woke up around this time. I always had trouble sleeping because of her sore throat her.”
“Gosh…”

I stroked Shana’s hair when she first opened her eyes and showed her lots of pictures of Miho and Noah stored in her gallery.

“They are your daughters. How is it, cute and pretty?”
“Yes, it looks really cute! And he looks so happy, and you can see through this that he really likes you!”
“Okay? Ha ha, thank you.”
“… Envy you.”

At the same time, while watching Shanna envy Miho and Noah, I carefully put the smartphone back into the subspace pocket.

In my heart, I want to take care of these children, but that was an act that was more like a mistake than a farce.

‘The best way… I’m entrusting these children to Black Drake or the Red Moon mercenaries.’

Especially considering the friendship with the skins they became close with yesterday, they might accept the children and raise them as mercenaries.
In any case, even within the Black Drake Mercenary Corps, female members existed.
However, it was also true that these young ones had already learned such bloody skills, so becoming a mercenary did not necessarily feel good.

‘Since there are six more days left…’

I muttered to myself and told Shana.

“Wake up the other children. Let’s have breakfast.”
“Yes, uncle! Rune’s brother, Mari’s sister. Breakfast is ready! Japanese… Wow!”

Before Shanna could finish her words, Rune and Marie hurriedly jumped out of her makeshift tent, gasping for air.
Then he bows his head to me.

“I’m sorry! Even if we prepare, it’s not enough, and we’re only indebted to the man again…”
“…”

Looking at the children with low posture, I just smile bitterly. I don’t know if I have no choice but to bow down in a capitalist society.
Those children have already become a habit of being low-key in their bodies just because they want to live at such a young age.

Perhaps because I have seen a lot of energetic kids in Korea, I felt more sorry for myself because I was compared to them.

“It’s okay. Since you have to leave now, I wanted to make you breakfast before you go.”
“Still…”
“Ahhh, these crazy little kids. Eat quietly It’s your job to make the food I make delicious even if it’s a stone. Got it?”
“Oh, okay! Hehe, if you made it, you can enjoy eating even that real stone!”

While eating like that, Rune with a lot of ketchup on his lips he said with a serious expression.

“I know you’re a great man, but you still have to be careful!”
“Yes?”
“Hey, my lord… No, because the lord might stab you in the back! No, I’m sure I’ll hit it unconditionally! We’ve seen it countless times.”

Hit the back of the head…
If you think about it, it was a simple idea that anyone could come up with, but I had forgotten about the possibility without knowing it.

However, on the other hand, I also thought that it might be better for the lord to stab me in the back.

‘If the treasure is what I really need… ?’

If the lord was a good and kind person, he would be reluctant to take the treasure by force, but on the contrary, if the lord was a bastard, he could do so without hesitation.

No matter what, there is absolutely no one in this world who can defeat the power bestowed by the ‘Goddess of Darkness’.

This is why people always need to make their own insurance.
In a way, that was the reason why I could always keep my cool no matter what happened in this world.

No matter what happens, I know that the Goddess of Darkness will save me in the end.

[The goddess of darkness looks at you and smiles with satisfaction.]
[Energy… Lie… Yo. This.]
[Party… God… This side… Will do… Can… Uh… West.]

With such a kind and charming goddess always by my side, what is there to be afraid of?
Still…

“Okay, thanks for the advice. I’ll be as careful as possible and make sure you return safely, so don’t worry. Don’t save the food the uncle gave you and eat as much as you want while waiting. Understand?”

Saying that, I was about to walk in front of the mercenary guild where we were supposed to gather, but three children shouted vigorously from behind.

“Everyone, let’s go! Mister!”

I ate and laughed and shook my hand.

“Okay, I’ll go.”
“… !”

At that moment, the smiles of the children gave me a sense of pride that could not be bought even with ten million dollars.
Is this why everyone is doing charity work?

[Mercenary Guild]

Early in the day, when I arrived at the promised place, I had to laugh a little.

Haha…”

There, in the center of the Black Drake Mercenary Corps and the Red Moon Mercenary Corps, which are divided into two sides, I can’t bear to open my eyes and see… I saw a couple of newly born parakeets.

“Baby, last night… It was the best.”
Haha! I was the same, my cutie. Side.”
“Oh my…”

… To be honest, to put it a little worse, I think everyone here is probably thinking the same thing.

‘I want to kill you!’

Startle.
Having finally regained my senses, I shook my head.

Well, I’m over 30 years old.
The people who always cross the line together have finally come to fruition, but it was in the best of times.
Originally, love is the most fun in the beginning.

‘Even after one year…’

I smiled at the skin about to die, happy just to see Rose hugging her.
Make sure you enjoy the moment, kid.

“Uh…! That’s the guy I saw yesterday.”
“I heard you connected the captains!”

The Black Drake mercenaries are also more welcoming than I thought.

“Oh my God, how can you look so handsome in the morning?”
“Look at the hairstyle, kya… Cool.”
“How soft your hair is again. You look smoother than a woman…”
“Where did you go last night?”

Well, the Red Moon Mercenaries, which only have women, is a natural reaction.

‘Ha, this guy’s handsomeness…’

As I said, I was aware of the fact that I was good-looking myself.

However, he had no intention of using it to get close to the women of the Red Moon Mercenary Corps. It’s funny that I, as a host, say these things, but now I want to be loyal to my wives.

Haha! Welcome, my friend!”
“Uh, uh… Good morning. Mr. Skin.”
“Just call it skin. Since yesterday, we’ve been like ball friends! It’s so hard that if you respect it, you’ll be disappointed!”

Then Skin whispered in my ear.

“I was really grateful for yesterday. Thanks to you, I was able to fulfill my lifelong wish. I never dreamed that a guy like me could end up with a pretty girl like Rose.”

He’s a big guy, and he’s scared of that kind of thing…

‘Even if I didn’t help, if I just confessed at any time, the two would have connected.’

Of course, it was the fact that I raised the odds from 90% to 120% by making sure to decorate the skin yesterday.

It was then.

「Cheolguru, Chulgreuk!」
“Chuck, Chuck!”

“Stop! Line up with this and wait until the lord comes!”
“All right!”

Unlike the two mercenaries, who roughly protected their bodies with tough leather, the fully armed soldiers appeared, wearing helmets and iron shoes.
Certainly, there is a feeling of ‘military’ on the other side, and the feeling of a wandering ‘mercenary’ on this side is distinct.

At the same time… Unpleasant emotions were felt in their eyes.

Considering that the mercenaries took it for granted and showed hostility, it was clear that the relationship between the soldiers led by the lord and the mercenaries was not so good.

‘Still, I thought he would show hostility this far.’

It was a rare sight in modern times.
In modern times, it’s basic to know how to smile at someone you don’t like, and know how to say something you don’t like while having a drink.

Certainly, looking at this, it was a fact that this world was a little more straightforward than the modern world.
By the way…

“Let me see you for a second.”
“Yes? Do it Wait so that you guys can depart anytime. Perhaps, when the lord comes, he will set off with us right away!”
“Okay, boss!”

Arriving in a corner where people’s eyes don’t reach well, I brought out the story I heard from the children.
Upon hearing that, Skin said.

“That is something we always keep in mind. But if you do, that won’t happen. If we hit the back of the head, we’ll go into a showdown, and it’s clear that both sides will suffer heavy damage. Besides, what if even one person ran away and informed the mercenary guild of this situation? That alone is the end of the lord’s life. Guilds don’t exist for nothing.”
“You don’t believe in the lord in the first place?”
“Of course. If you find a treasure, the first thing you have to do is report it to the state, but how can you trust a greedy person who ignores that and secretly gathers people to monopolize the treasure?”

Than you think… Everyone is smart.

Nevertheless, I was curious about the reason for accepting such a dangerous request, so when I asked, Skin said as if it were natural.

“That’s why the pay is so high.”
“Ah…”

If you give a lot of money, it’s a good thing, it’s the same in this world.