Chapter 147 – 8. Perisha, the Proud Lady of a Suspicious Baron

Even Bindel did not know what purpose the hidden passageway in Baron Whistle was made for, but he knew better than anyone else where it was connected.

-Chack-Bak-Chack-Bak

As the weight of the sack containing the moonlight or the pressure of stealing the baron’s stuff pressed Bindel’s shoulders, his steps became faster. Spotting a torch lighting up the middle of the canal, I tightened my grip on the hilt and moved on.

“Kkeuuuuu…”

“Please, please, just a penny…”

As we progressed through the underground waterway, where there was nothing, tramps and patients scattered on the bottom of the waterway crawled through the muddy dirty water and began to cling to Bindel. Passed by

As the distance between the torches lit up in places on the canal wall narrowed, the number of homeless children decreased, and thick tents or stalls began to settle in various parts of the canal. He quietly moved to his side, hugged her tightly, and hid between the stalls with familiar steps.

“Keuuu, I feel like my nose is going to rot from the fucking smell.”

“Let’s hurry up and leave.”

The deeper they went, the more the underground waterway was holding a large number of people in a way that was far from its original purpose of being a waterway. Tuk-tuk- Tuk-tuk- Bindel, who had been hiding in a winding waterway while bumping into disgruntled swearing bastards, found a one-armed dwarf perched on an anvil in the distance, and made his way through the crowd.

“Look at the front of the fuck!”

“Aren’t you quiet?”

“What is this bastard talking about?”

Because it was an underground waterway where vassals wandering around the empire due to the emperor’s indifference and people from the underworld who were trying to expand their power gathered, fighting bloody battles for trivial reasons was a daily routine. That’s why, even if a bastard who quarreled with anyone because of him became a cold corpse and became food for rats, Bindel, who was in a hurry to dispose of Baron Whistle’s stolen goods, was not interested.

-Chin

Sitting on the anvil and throwing the sack in front of the dwarf who snapped at his toes, Bindel undid the string and showed the contents, saying in a subdued voice.

“All moonlight stones.”

The dwarf, who raised his eyebrows at Bindel’s words, immediately took off his coat, stepped down from the anvil, kicked the sack with his feet, smiled sinisterly, and swung the hook attached to his severed wrist like a conductor.

“I thought you weren’t coming, my eyes would fall out if I waited twice.”

The dwarf grinned, revealing his yellow face, hooked the hook on his dangling string, yanked it, and flipped his sack right on the box at his feet.

-Quarrrr

The heavy smell of minerals mixed with the turbid air made a loud noise as it spread, but passers-by did not pay a single glance. Bindel, who was watching with his arms crossed, opened his dry lips and asked a question by the time the dwarf was turning over the ore to check it.

“What is the price?”

The dwarf snorted at Bindel’s question, stroked his overgrown mouth and suddenly burst into a big laugh, knocked the wooden box containing the moon ore with the hook on his right arm, and spoke in a loud voice.

“At this rate, 300 gold is paid, but the Slave Liberation Corps are still sweeping away all the moonlight stones.”

“The Slave Liberator?”

The dwarf sniffed at Bindel’s attitude of never having heard of it before, and asked, revealing his yellow teeth.

“Don’t you know that? Those who rob slaves who are secretly sold on the imperial black market.”

“…I’ve never heard of it.”

“What, what does that matter? Isn’t it important that I earned 300 gold?”

After receiving the pouch that flew in with a mocking voice, Bindel untied his string, checked the thin gold coin in the pocket, and gnashed his teeth, quietly putting it into his bosom.

“Even so, money that can only be spent on this filthy black market…”

The horse is 300 gold, but if you match the market price of imperial gold coins, it is a gold coin that is not even 3 gold, and after shaking a useless gold coin that can only be used on the imperial black market, Bindel pushed the gold coin deeper and took a step back.

“Cheuk, on the subject of rummaging through the master’s warehouse to collect some dirty money.”

The Dwarf, who was not happy with Bindel who took the attitude of “I’m different from you”, Sarcastically tried to get into Bindel’s mind, but Bindel, who suppressed his anger with the patience he had cultivated, gritted his teeth and growled in a low voice.

“Master? Who takes care of the owner who treats him worse than his dog?”

Recalling the moment when he was beaten with a club by servants for not taking good care of Perisha when he was young, Bindel gritted his teeth as he recalled the look in Baron Whistle’s eyes, who looked at him crouching like a bug with insignificant eyes.

“Anything like that, isn’t it pretty nice to see you still have it?”

He wanted to punch the dwarf’s muzzle as he spit it out without knowing the speed, but Bindel struggled to suppress his surging anger and turned around and waved his hand lightly.

The young man who had visited many times, but sticking out his tongue, saying that it was difficult to get attached to him, started moving in a hurry to give goods to the slave liberation party that would come soon.

‘Comeliness? Fucking a bitch…’

He calmly backed away, but before parting, the dwarf’s snarky voice bounced around the angry Bindel’s head and began to disturb his mind. The baron just let Bindel go because he knew he wouldn’t be able to bark at him. Since he was a child, he was raised like a dog and educated not to rebel against him, so he only blindly believed that he would not be able to show his teeth.

‘Perisha… Lady…’

He pushed Perisha away for a number of complex reasons, but each time he did, his mind became complicated, and the intertwined thoughts were enough to turn the calm Bindel’s head into mush. Because of that, he spewed out a lot of useless words today, and Bindel was regretting it.

‘There’s no need to worry because I’m going to get out anyway.’

The biggest defiance the baron could do was to collect money to run away by stealing things like now. Living as the baron’s dog was short-lived, as long as he had enough money to hide away in another country, he would meet with a broker somewhere on the black market and leave the empire.

‘Whoa…’

However, the confusion and sincerity that he uttered in the dialogue with Cassano were not lies. Thinking about it again, he was stupid for saying this and that, as if he had become the main character in some unfortunate play, but it was true that he had become a little refreshed, so he did not regret it too much.

“There, bachelor!”

While contemplating how to treat Perisha and what to do in the future, Bindel raised her head at the high-pitched voice that pierced her, and looked at her with her face on.

“Why do you open your eyes like that? Isn’t that so kinky?”

“…What is it?”

Surprised that it was the old woman who had called him, Bindel was even more surprised when he saw the old woman’s shop, because it was the first time he had seen a well-appointed wooden building in an underground canal filled with stalls made of boards or stalls made of carts.

“It’s just- I don’t think they’re groundwater, so I’m going to buy some stuff.”

“Thing?”

The old woman’s wrinkly hand swept across the table, stealing Bindel’s attention. It was beautiful to see the various ornaments and jewels scattered under the old woman’s palms, shining despite the muddy air of the underground water canal.

“Isn’t it mixed with fakes too?”

“If Lee Ja-sik won’t live, they say he won’t live.

Bindel shook his head when he saw the old woman, who had not been quiet since he was called, but when he saw the old woman reciprocating with several swear words, he ignored the old woman as she pointed out various accessories and explained.

“Those twin bastards, I don’t know who they are, but if you get caught, I’ll crush your proud nose! I know!”

Bindel, who raised his head while listening to the cursing of the old woman in one ear, was momentarily distracted by the golden jewel that caught his eye for a very brief moment, stopped his chin-steps and looked into the jewel.

Bindel recalled the image of Perisha, who was playing in the field with a fun-like smile, reaching out her hand toward him, with a darker gold color toward the center and a bright yellow chick-colored jewel around the rim, and a sparkling golden color surrounding the rim. Stretched out her hand

-Match!

“Yeki! If you’re not going to buy it, where do you want to touch it?”

Awakened by the stinging old woman’s scolding and the pain on the back of her hand, Bindel tried to erase the vision of Perisha that was floating in her head, and asked the old woman a question that had deep expectations.

“How much is this?”

“Whoa… You look at your stuff, you know the mountain range that crosses over to the Holy Kingdom, right? It is said to be a golden topaz that I managed to steal from the rarity of the gold dragon guarding the center.”

“No, how much?”

“Listen! Now the swindler who tricked the dragon steals gems from rares one by one, and this is the third precious one stolen.”

No matter who heard it, it was clear that it was an absurd story, but the more he remembered Perisha’s bright smile while riding her horse and playing in her fields, the more Bindel couldn’t take his eyes off the jewel. The old woman looked at Bindel, who was lost in thought while rolling the wooden ring in her pocket with her finger, and finally said the price.

“It’s 30 gold. Is it really valuable?”

“Is it cheaper than you think? You said it was valuable?”

Thirty gold coins on the black market, he collected 2500 gold, but he was kidding. Excited at the thought of getting an unexpected jewel, Bindel smiled slightly and put his hand in his bosom, but soon he was startled by the old woman’s voice scolding him. Subtracted
“Are you kidding me? No wonder it’s imperial gold.”

“What? A jewel like this costs 30 gold?”

He objected to the news that it was a price he could not buy even if he gave all his gold, but the old woman’s eyes were already eyes looking at the truth rather than a customer, so Bindel gave up and took a step back.

“Because he’s a nice guy, he must have taken care of his share, but he was a kid? Fuck off!”

He could have been angry at the sight of the old woman kicking her out with a deafening voice whenever he called, but since Bindel’s spirit was sold to the jewel he had just seen, he did not respond to the old woman’s verbal abuse and trudged back through the secret passageway, only seeing the illusion of the jewel. It was just a reflection.

He tried not to think about it, but the more he tidied up his messy hair, the more clearly in Bindel’s mind was the image of Perisha wearing a golden jewel ring on her finger with a dazzling smile.