## Chapter 729 – Paladin Kim Kat

“Come to think of it, all the work I do is to succeed and provide for my women, but if I keep making them suffer, it’s putting the cart before the horse.”

At some point, I had forgotten the essence.

The reason I work is ultimately to improve my skills as a paladin and achieve success. Why improve my skills? Because Claudia wanted it. And why achieve success? Because I have too many women.

I live for the beings I love…!

Working as a paladin was the best way to achieve that goal. But lately, I feel like I’ve been making my women suffer too much.

Isn’t suffering supposed to be my job?

How dare I make my beautiful wives struggle? I have no choice but to say, “I will never forgive such a disgrace!”

“I’ll be back soon this time, so rest. I’m sorry for always making you suffer.”

Just by looking at it, it doesn’t seem like it will take that long.

“Aww, our little darkie is so thoughtful. You’re thinking of me like that?”
“Isn’t it obvious?”

Winia is already carrying around heavy breasts, and I don’t want to make her suffer even more. Thinking that, I took off my armor and went inside.

I went inside and told Karin, who was sitting on the sofa, the same thing.

“Kyahaha, you cute little thing. You were thinking of your big sister like that? Come here.”
“Ah.”

She was in a good mood and smiled brightly, pulling on my cheek.

“Huh? So pretty. You don’t want your big sister to suffer?”
“How could I make such a pretty big sister suffer?”
“Aww… well, if my husband thinks so, should I just stay home and relax this time?”

That would be nice.

“You don’t have to worry about money, you know. I wonder if you’re working too hard.”

Liz, a woman with a lot of money, said this.

“I’m doing it for future status rather than money.”
“Future status… Hehe, I wonder if you’ll even get a fiefdom someday.”

I think about that sometimes, but even if I get a fiefdom, I don’t know if I can manage it well… No, wait. My women are all experts in this, aren’t they?

“This one does not particularly consider it suffering. As I said, this one has wandered for a long time, so traveling is not a problem.”

Lisha also approached.

“Still, to say that you don’t want to make me suffer… that is truly delightful. If that is what you say, then I shall obediently rest.

“Hehehe, ah. Thank you so much for saying that.”

I’m about to cry.

“I’m okay…”

Ari trailed off, saying she was okay.

“Still. Aren’t you tired? I’ve been making you suffer too much lately.”
“I’m not tired. It’s helping Father.”
“I’m worried you’ll hurt yourself.”

Ari is quite delicate.

“Hehe, if Kat thinks so. I can’t cause you any worries. Everyone else seems to agree, so I’ll obediently wait at home. But as for me, you don’t have to worry about me and you can use me as much as you want.”
“How could I do that to my woman?”

I can’t do that.

“Hehehe, is that so?”
“Yeah.”

Before Hilde became my woman, I treated her harshly in various ways, so I’m quite uneasy. As I was doing that, Claudia approached.

“Hehe, Kat is so cool in this aspect too. You’re saying you’ll take care of all your women, right?”
“I think it’s a little different from that… or is it similar?”

Rather than managing, I just don’t want to make them suffer.

My women are my masters.

“I understand that you don’t want to make us suffer. Kat is a man who cares about these things. You thought we might be tired because we have to go here and there because of Kat’s work, right?”
“Pretty much.”
“Yeah… Mama is fine. But if Kat thinks so, I have to follow.”

Well, everyone pretty much agreed with my intentions.

It’s not that they’re particularly tired, but they’re following my words so that I don’t worry because I’m thinking like this. Everyone is so magnificent and kind, how could I make them suffer?

* * *

I woke up early in the morning and left the house alone.

I didn’t take Illyong and Iryong, or the two bastards for short.

Because the carriage is too big for me to ride alone.

There’s a carriage that goes near that neighborhood, so I took that and got off at a suitable place and ran. I have a map and a compass, so there’s no way I can’t find my way. Ah, shit, when I talk about compasses, Mr. Seol Woon-do flickers before my eyes.

ㅡPapat.

Strengthened stamina and the power of mana, a trained body.

Because of this, my long-distance running skills far surpassed those of professional marathon runners on modern Earth. Roughly, running 40km in two hours is a world record?

That’s really nothing.

As proof, I wasn’t particularly tired even though I was running from the capital to another city. In fact, having sex all night every night would be a huge drain on my stamina, but I’m doing it without any problems.

It’s everyday life.

While adjusting my pace, eating, and sleeping, I arrived at a fiefdom called Vinden.

It’s located beyond the mountain range where the village ruled by the Manticore was located. I came directly from the capital to this fiefdom, so I didn’t have to cross the mountain range.

I arrived sooner than I thought.

Anyway, after passing through gloomy rural villages, I arrived at a small city where the lord’s castle was located, and this place also had a rather dark atmosphere.

ㅡShuaaa.

Maybe it’s because it’s raining again.

The Gothic-style city made of black bricks was somehow bizarre and eerie. It’s full of dark clouds, so it’s not even night yet, but it’s so dark. There’s no way the people who live in this kind of place are normal. Only those with the strangest and gloomiest tastes would like and live in this place.

Anyway, this time, the lord directly requested help from the church, and I came under the Saintess’s orders.

So I headed straight to the lord’s castle.

I don’t know if I can meet him today, but I have to meet him since I arrived in the city. I also need to check the details of the deal the lord made with the church.

If I just let them know I’ve arrived, they’ll take care of it.

ㅡSplish, splash.

The water that fell on the ground formed streams and flowed down into the drain, but it couldn’t be helped that the floor was splashing because it was raining so much.

Anyway, it’s a really black city overall.

Most of the buildings are made of black bricks.

What the hell, did they make the bricks with tar?
The roof tiles are all black too.

I had a feeling that these black bricks might be a specialty of this city. But when you think about it, my clothes are also black. I like it in its own way.

I arrived at the front gate of the lord’s castle.

ㅡCheok.

Two guards wearing raincoats stood in front of the main gate, crossing their spears in an X shape and holding out one arm to me, showing their palms.

“Halt. This is the lord’s castle where Lord Vinden resides. Who are you who have come here and what is your business?”

ㅡHwareureuk.

A lamp set up in a stand with a small roof was lit. These people are also living hard.

“I am Kim Kat, a paladin directly under the Saintess dispatched from the Brass Celestial Church. I came because of the letter Lord Vinden sent to the Great Temple.”
“…You’re a paladin?”
“Here, look at the token and identification. I’d like to show you the documents, but I can’t because they’ll get wet.”
“Hmm…”

The guard touched his chin and looked at the evidence I held out.

“I’ll report it first. The admission permit will come out after that. So you might want to go inside and rest until then.”
“Is there an inn you recommend?”
“Ah, if you go to a place called ‘Belmerson’s Inn’ and tell them you’re Lord’s guest, they’ll know. We have a partnership to send guests who come to see Lord to that place. The facilities aren’t bad.”

If that’s the case.

“If you’re resting there, someone will go. The location is if you go straight from here, there’s a main street, and if you go right again, there’s a big inn. That’s Belmerson’s Inn.”
“Thank you.”

I turned around right away.

“Then goodbye.”

Well, is the lord someone you can meet as you please? If I go and wait, a servant will come to call me.

I walked through the gloomy streets again.

As the guard said, an inn with a large sign that said Belmerson’s Inn appeared. I opened the door and went inside without hesitation, and a young waitress greeted me.

“Hello. Would you like to stay?”

I nodded and answered.

“I want to wash up there. Is there a place to wash separately?”
“Yes. Do you see the door at the end there? If you go out there, there’s a public washroom.”

I’ll wash with cold water today.

“Is there a separate fee?”
“It’s included in the accommodation fee. It’s 5 coppers a day.”

The market price is a bit expensive.
He said he had a partnership with the lord, so he might give me money later.

“Meals are served every hour, so if you’re hungry, just come down and eat.”
“Okay. Ah, and.”

It’s a bit embarrassing to reveal this myself, but I have to let them know because someone will come to find me.

“I came to see the lord on business, and they told me to come here. If anyone asks where the paladin is, please guide them to my room.”
“Pa, Paladin…?”
“That’s right.”

I put the payment in the hand of the waitress, who was standing there in a daze.

“Where should I go up?”
“Room 6 on the second floor… Yes. I’ll guide you if someone comes.”
“Thank you.”

I received the key, went to the public washroom, shook off the wet raincoat, went up to the room I was told, and unpacked my luggage.

I was pretty much a drowned rat.
This raincoat is meaningless.

“Shit.”

Looking back, the shitty poncho raincoat that I wore to death in the army was no different whether I wore it or not. The military supplies of that era were like that, so there’s no way this raincoat is good.

Still, my equipment and clothes, which I had put in an expensive waterproof backpack, were not very wet. The letter of appointment and the accompanying documents were the same.

Anyway, I immediately took out the clothes to change into, went down to the washroom to wash my body, changed into new clothes, and came up to organize the wet clothes and equipment.

Vigal, which I was wearing around my waist because I couldn’t put it in my backpack, was also soaked.

But it doesn’t rust, so I didn’t need to wipe it. No, it’s funny to use the word constitution for a knife, but anyway.

So I just wiped off the moisture and lay down on the bed with my hair still wet. I’m not particularly tired, but I was quite tired because I ran a long distance. Let’s get some sleep and recover my stamina.

I have to work soon.

* * *

I woke up and it was morning.

Looking out the window, the rain must have stopped. Still, it was cloudy, so it was still gloomy.

Maybe it’s because I slept well, but I feel refreshed overall, except that I’m really hard.

Anyway, I washed up in the washroom, ate some food on the first floor, and went back to my room to laze around.

ㅡKnock knock knock.

Someone knocked on my door.

“Come in.”

ㅡCreak.

“Hello. Are you the paladin from the Brass Celestial Church?”

The person who opened the door and came in was a middle-aged man with white hair wearing a neat checkered robe. But his physique was so small that he felt bizarre, like looking at an old boy.

“To be exact, I am a paladin directly under the Saintess.”

Almost no one knows this difference.

The servant tried to introduce himself, but I cut him off briefly and put on my equipment. My business is only to see the lord.

“Can we go to the lord’s castle right away?”
“Yes. Lord is waiting.”

After putting on all my equipment, I put the letter of appointment and documents in my arms and followed the servant. We talked about etiquette while going to the lord’s castle, and passed through the castle gate.

It was a fairly small castle. A little bigger than my mansion. Well, it wasn’t a very big fiefdom. It wouldn’t be overflowing with money, so it’s natural.

Still, the procedure was the same.
As soon as I went in, I returned my weapon.

“This is a necessary procedure, so please don’t think…”
“It’s okay. It’s natural to return weapons when entering the castle.”
“Thank you for understanding.”

It’s not that I’m suspected of being a dangerous person, it’s just that all castles have such regulations. It’s against etiquette to have weapons when going to see the lord.

I followed the servant up the stairs inside the lord’s castle and arrived at the audience chamber. The servant opened the door and guided me in accordance with etiquette.

The inside felt more like the lord’s personal reception room than a great space like an audience chamber. It feels like the Saintess’s room when I was in the Isvant Church.

“You are the paladin sent from the Great Temple. Nice to meet you, I am the lord of this territory.”

The lord, who stood up from his seat, smiled and reached out his hand to me.

“Nice to meet you, Lord. I am Kim Kat, a paladin directly under the Saintess of the Brass Celestial Church.”

I immediately grabbed his hand and shook it.

The lord was a man in his mid-30s with short brown hair, and looking at the strength of his grip and forearms, he seemed to be a person who had trained to some extent.