Chapter 105 – 105. The Ashen Reaper (2)

Anyway, as soon as I finished preparing and went downstairs, there were people waiting.

I finished preparing to leave within the morning, so I guess I’ll probably leave right after I finish eating.

And Eris’s eyes narrow as she looks at me, who came down with Elizabeth and her older sister by her side.

Well, it was burned at night, and probably everyone who knew it knew about it.

That’s what it means for a man and a woman to be in the same room.

“Uhuhuhu- you’re so lively this morning, Mr. Clark. And Elizabeth and Mira.”

And Eris and Carnetia are greeting me.

And the restaurant area on the first floor, where Aris is located.

I wondered where the other dark elves had gone, but as I broadened my senses, I could see that they were constantly standing guard in hiding around this lodging.

“Hmm, Clark. Good morning.”

“Good morning, master.”

Lucy and Nia also yawned and rubbed their eyes as if they were feeling weak in the morning, but they waved at me and greeted me warmly.

Carnesia, and Tio Grancia.

These two and even Runiers who are watching.

I remember there were other Elven Guardians, but where are they all?

…

It’s none of my business, but I hope there won’t be any major problems.

Even if such a large army follows us while hiding, it is bound to attract attention somehow.

More about that later.

Even your worries need to fill your stomach.

Anna, who finished preparing to leave and went to prepare a meal, and her older sister and Elizabeth, who were seated next to me, also received her greeting.

“Good morning~ Did you guys sleep well too?”

“…I never dreamed that in my lifetime, I would end up here with monsters and the devil’s daughter. Anyway, good morning.”

Hehe, considering that, you accepted Mr. Clark’s power well, right?”

“Because he is the man I love.”

Huh.

And of course, Elizabeth speaks so confidently. At the same time, I feel a part of my heart becoming warm as I see her leaning on my shoulder and holding her hand tightly.

In some ways, I am a more shitty being than the devil’s daughter in front of me, but she chose me without hesitation and decided to stay by my side.

Her divinity lies between light and darkness and follows chaos.

In the near future, if she is given her chance, she will awaken as a demigod.

“S-Master, good night!”

And when Aris noticed Eris next to her, she immediately bowed her head to me and said hello.

It looks like she received a lot of training from her older sister overnight.

I don’t like teaching under such pressure.

There’s still time before the food comes out, so let’s lighten the mood a little.

“Yeah, you smart guy…”

“What are you trying to say to the child, Geumtaeyang?”

As I was trying to lighten the mood, Dick came down here, kicking me from behind.

And Machina, who appears with Dick with a cigarette in his mouth.

However, as if he saw that there was a child, he immediately looked at the cigarette and then at Aris, then lowered his head and put the cigarette back.

Even though he is a smoker, he seems to have the manners of a smoker. However, she doesn’t seem to be able to hold it for very long, so she keeps putting it in her mouth for a while and it’s a really severe case.

Well, since I’ve seen your face, I should say hello as a courtesy.

“Did Machina-sensei cough too?”

“Wow, I really can’t get used to him being so polite.”

And of course, one more special greeting from me for teachers who are awkward at being polite.

“Did you wake up well, Deep Dark Fantasy teacher?”

“You crazy bastard.”

Of course, Machina, who says that, sees Dick giggling next to her and immediately pokes her on the side, but Dick seems to take it as a tickle and settles down.

He even brings Gawain, who returned from a brief training session outside, to come in and take a seat.

It was always like that, but whenever he had time to rest, whenever he settled down and rested in a safe place like this, Gawain would do what is commonly known as iron work.

“Are you awake Clark?”

After rubbing his sweat-soaked body with cold water, Gawain put on his clothes easily and came out. His whole body was burning with heat, and his pumped muscles were lumpy. A massive, muscular knight weighing over 100 kg.

As expected, those muscles are always rugged.

I also pumped, but it’s a bit better than that.

Of course…

“Well, that’s right. My brother was working here again, right?”

“Muscles are a man’s basic trait, aren’t they?”

“It’s been a while, so I’m thinking about doing some metal work.”

It’s a bonus that the more muscular guy even wears sunglasses to show off his presence.

“Gentlemen, welcome to Elcadia GYM.”

“??”

Here at Elcadia’s GYM…So Dick Johnson, the master of PT.

The official name is physical training.

In short, he seems to have been stimulated by the words of Dick Johnson, the master of PT, who said he was getting stronger.

Of course, I should have gotten some PT from Dick when I was younger.

Of course, my father also recommended it and there were no problems.

The only thing I remember is…

-Oooooh- Save me-

-If you have the power to speak, you can do more, Geumtaeyang. Let’s do it three more times.

-Three times…I did it all…

-Once more.

…

Really, every time I did PT, there was no devil, you bastard.

“Stop fucking eating, Dick.”

Of course, in that attempt, Mr. Makina, who was next to him, grabbed Dick by the collar to see if he wanted to eat.

Of course, Dick doesn’t seem to have completely given up.

And just as Gawain instinctively felt that there was something unusual about this man…

“…By the way, did you say it was Sir Dick Johnson?”

“Lord Dick Johnson… Push-“

And since I knew what that meant, I could barely hold back my laughter, and Makina burst out laughing.

Even so, Mr. Machina, Dick has a completely rotten face.

He said he came up with this name because the world is so crazy.

He says he won’t tell me his real name no matter what, so I guess it will probably be this name forever.

“This is the name you chose. Hold on to your evil spirit.”

So you should have chosen a good name in the first place, who told you to do that?

Naturally, Dick is spouting out a fucking sound, and in the meantime, Gawain is looking at Dick and trying to have a profound discussion(?).

“It looks like your muscles have been systematically strengthened and trained. I’d like to talk about this.”

“…As expected, this guy knows how cool these muscles are.”

After all, Dick has a strong physique. He has so much muscle that you wouldn’t think he’s from the East at all. Strangely, people like knights who take care of their bodies are really sensitive to such things.

In particular, Gawain once told me that I was too muscular for a wizard, and of course we had a hobby of ironing together, so we would do muscle training together whenever we had a break.

On the contrary, looking at Alicia, who has much less stamina than me, it was a really good choice for me to train my stamina.

“…Ugh, you idiots.”

And as Makina looked at it, she shook her head as if she was annoyed and at the same time asked me a question.

“First of all, I’ll ask you whether those fools say that or not. Do you know roughly what kind of being you are? And what kind of beings are next to you. Even the Smurfs?”

“Smurfs?”

Are they calling Elizabeth a Smurf because her hair is blue?

I know that, but Elizabeth doesn’t, so she doesn’t need to tell me that.

“I don’t know what it is, but it doesn’t matter. This teacher is just a person who enjoys laughing at and tearing down others. He’s a person who doesn’t even find fun in that in the first place.”

Naturally, she laughed bitterly at that, and Makina-sensei looked at me as if I was dumbfounded, and she admitted the fact.

“와, 너 진짜 이 개새끼, 진짜 핵심만 잘 찔러넣네 너?”

In fact, he admitted it from the moment he said this, and other than that, he can’t communicate with anyone else.

And the only people who can accept that are those who either knew about this nasty temper or had no choice but to do so.

At least I only accepted the class suggested by this man and accepted him as a teacher because I needed it.

I recommended it first because I thought teaching would be fun too.

“It’s like saying that he wasn’t a good mother because he was a loveless bastard and was abusive.”

Of course, the words that come out are good only when they are good.

Padrips are interchangeable.

And Elizabeth looks embarrassed as she sees me and Mr. Machina exchanging words with each other. There is no need to do that in the first place.

It’s just like some thorny, dirty-tempered animal that stabs at everyone who thinks the world sucks.

So there is no need to be considerate or anything to such a being.

Unless you really need it.

And anyway, since we have become a priest to kill time and need each other, these are the words we say to each other.

“…Uh, over there-“

“Ha, it’s okay. Anyway, it’s ridiculous to argue with a pale-faced kid. Put it away, you smurf.”

“It’s Elizabeth.”

And Elizabeth seemed to have intuitively sensed that he was making fun of her, so she responded to Machina-sensei’s words with a somewhat harsh look. Naturally, she looked at me and said,

“Do you know what kind of monster the guy next to you is?”

“At least I’m not a monster rotten to the core like you.”

“…An ignorant bitch who doesn’t know the essence of it speaks well?”

“It’s better than being an arrogant ‘tinker’ who knows everything just because he’s seen people once or twice. If you think that even that time is useless, well? Who would really want to be by your side?”

“Fuha-“

And Dick, who was listening next to him, bursts into laughter. Naturally, it seems like she’s never been criticized like this before.

Even if Dick seems to have been captured, he is often seen turning around and running around as soon as he gets offended. I think this crazy being must have put Dick in a lot of trouble.

“Tsk, you don’t even know what the essence of existence is. You don’t even know who you really are yet, so when you reveal it all, who will be left next to you?”

“At least there won’t be a teacher. I’m a smart ass.”

“You crazy bastard.”

Anyway, enough of the meaningless diss.

Mr. Machina looked at me and said.

“…Do you know about the ‘beast’ inside you?”

“That’s not something you should tell Clark first.”

And surprisingly, it was my older sister who spoke about it first.

Makina-sensei just snorted at her and she seemed to be thinking about whether or not to put a cigarette in her mouth. She even seems to really like cigarettes.

“So, you’re going to go on without knowing for a thousand years? No. That’s something that should never be left buried like that. You haven’t even been able to defeat that Black Pharaoh’s clone yet, so what the hell are you going to do to protect something you don’t even know about? “Are you doing it? How much more so next to here-“

“Stop it, Makina?”

And Dick, who was talking to Gawain about her muscles in a humane manner, grabs Machina’s shoulder. However, this time Machina did not back down and spoke to me.

“You are not human, you idiot. Stop acting human when you are not. And only by knowing what is inside you and facing it can you truly strengthen yourself. Mark my words. The ‘monster’ inside you. ‘Face it and know yourself.”

“Why are you telling me this?”

And then I look at Dick.

“…Is it because of Dick?”

“Think of it as you like. Personally, it would be better if you looked at it and then ransacked it. Wouldn’t that allow you to drag the guy next to you like a dog?”

Tsk.

Is that the reason after all?

“Is there any equipment that can see inside?”

“…Machina, you-“

“Ah, that’s what you said, Dick. In the end, they give you a test and you either pass it or you don’t. He said to learn about yourself. But I didn’t say anything wrong, did I?”

“…You fucking bitch.”

“Cook, cluck, don’t look at me that way. I never deviated from the ‘rules’ you mentioned. It’s up to you to decide whether you want to listen to me and take this test or not.”

Aside from Dick and Machina arguing, Machina threw one of her blueprints at me.

“Normally, I’d say just build it without a blueprint or anything, but if that happens, my plan won’t progress quickly, right? So, you accept it? Then, by the agreement that Dick and I made, Dick Johnson, you have no involvement in any of this. “I can’t.”

“…Ha, fuck. Hey-you-“

“You knew it was going to be like this from the moment I got here, right? And the Sheep Witch is silent, right? Aren’t you secretly hoping that this will make your sister stronger?”

“…Know one thing. A big hit and a big hit are not half and half as you think.”

“So that’s what you’re doing? I’m telling you to fuck off.”

That outburst of anger probably refers to the person called Machina-sensei. As long as I have my own person, what happens to the rest is none of my business.

He is a person who brings down the mood just by being here.

“What a shitty teacher you are. I knew you had such a mean personality.”

“Thank you for the compliment.”

Yes you smart ass.

Of course, since people go around saying things like this and how great it is, there is only one thing I can say.

“Then you personally gave me a hint that surviving more like a shit makes you even more like a shit. Thank you so much. So from now on, I will survive even more like a shit and repay my teacher’s kindness tenfold.”

“It’s a story about if you can survive. Are you telling me to get eaten by myself and scavenge? And do you think you can do that? Why do you think you’re so good because people around you think you’re a genius?”

Well.

I know very well that no matter how genius you are, you are helpless against sudden disasters and illnesses.

Okay,

How can you not know that no matter how perfect your plan is, it can be completely overturned by one fucking bastard, and you have to rebuild it and get through it somehow?

Something I’ve experienced countless times until now.

And I know that the woman who spits it out is a genius.

Okay.

Perhaps no one would have followed her and she would have handled everything on her own.

But again, I don’t live alone in this world.

No matter how genius she is, even if she can control it all, eventually there will be loopholes.

If there is something that is truly perfect, it is sure to be a monster that must be ridiculed if it is seen in its own way.

I believe that this current situation is the result of how twisted she was with such perfection.

And I have only one thing to say to this twisted being.

“So, are you so upset~? You seem to be going around thinking that everyone but me is an asshole, but other people aren’t as much as you think, sir. Even the people you call an asshole are all better than you in their respective positions.”

“Oh, really? I haven’t seen anyone better than me?”

“There are a lot of people here who are better than you, at least in terms of love. Mr. Machina, you ruiner of character.”

“Inseong feeds you, so what do you feed him? You have time to worry about things that aren’t worth it. Do you have a lot of time? Wow, that’s a lot. I don’t even care about myself.”

“That’s probably why you’re obsessed with Dick Johnson. Because there was only one person who would accept and understand such a damn character destroyer. You thought you were the only one who was proud, so there was no one around you and no one who understood, and you put in the effort to care. “You probably didn’t even do it. You’re so stupid that you don’t have any friends, so you’re busy criticizing everyone else, aren’t you, teacher? Not everyone in the world is like you. You have to show your pride in moderation.”

Naturally, there is only one principle by which these people act.

Since he declared from the beginning that he would kill me and take Dick Johnson with him, he has shown no interest in anything other than that, and since I understand engineering, I am interested in it and teach him.

She says she also acts as a teacher, but I fundamentally know that she is better at magic school than her teacher, and that although she has skills, her personality is no different from the crappy professors.

What is certain is that her temperament and intelligence are not much different from theirs, but her skills are second to none.

Of course, there is nothing wrong with this, but fighting is not about winning.

I’m telling you to be so pissed off.

“Compared to a person who makes friends here and there, you should be grateful to me for making a dull guy who can’t even think of making friends with anyone except Dick as a teacher.”

“You really look like someone who says such shitty things, it makes me want to kill you right here.”

In the end, it was Makina-sensei who got angry first. Of course, if there was only a small difference between me and this guy, if he had told me that he would teach me something, I would have said fuck him without mercy.

Anyway, I think I can catch up if I just do a little more, but it would be more natural for me to just take it away from someone who has a bad temper and a half-hearted personality.

Saying that I will treat you like a teacher means that I will at least protect your privacy as a teacher.

At least that’s the unspoken rule between people like her and me.

“Battles aren’t meant to win. I’m just saying to make you angry. Are you… Angry?”

Makina, who was looking at Dick and then at me, got up from her seat with a shit-chewing look on her face and a cigarette in her mouth.

And then I close the door and go outside.

Kwaaaaang!!

Hehe, it’s always up to people to make people angry.