Chapter 77 – Encounter

#077.

As soon as the conclusion was reached, he immediately put his hand on the roof.

And..

Cheer la la rock!

Dozens of auras spewed from his palms and attacked Marcus at once.

“Who dares attack this body!!”

And the guy who felt it quickly recovered his aura and stood up and swung his sword.

Cagan Kang! Visor! Chae Jae Jae Jae Jaejae!

Over a hundred attacks poured in every second, but he didn’t allow even an inch of gap.

However, as he retrieved the aura too quickly, a stream of blood flowed from his mouth as if he could not avoid internal injuries.

Seeing that, he thrust his other hand through the space.

Chew!

“Kuaaa!”

His hand, penetrating through the space, grazed his side.

An attack using an aura is lethal enough.

Of course, if it ended there, the fight would have been longer.

But..

‘Aura Explosion!’

The aura whip that was driving him and the dozens of aura whips emitted from his hand that pierced the space exploded at the same time.

Aaaaang!!

Dozens of auras became tens of thousands of fragments, filling the entire room and destroying the inn.

─Aaaaagh!

In the middle of the night, there was a commotion not only in the mercenaries who were staying at the inn, but also in the surroundings.

Percussion!

Immediately after landing on the floor, he drew his sword and cut the throats of all the mercenaries in sight.

“Die!”

A guy who knew how to use an aura rushed in, but…

Charleureung—suddenly!

Using the running water, it flowed away, and at the same time, the armor was cut in two, and the body split to the side powerlessly and lay down on the floor.

Thud- thud-

As I proceeded to kill all the guys with the scarlet wolf pattern engraved on their chests, I saw Marcus buried in the rubble of the inn.

“Cool.. Yes… That guy..!”

With one arm completely crushed and both legs blown off by aura fragments, the guy didn’t seem to have the strength to move any more.

He had five or six scars on his chest as well, so it was certain that he would soon die of excessive blood loss.

“Hello?”
“Shit!”

Perhaps realizing that they were a step behind, he stared at the dirt floor.

“You should have given your son a good education. Well… It’s been this far since Abby…”
“Neonoooooum! You will surely die later! You won’t live long if you live like that!!”
“I know that.”

He’s already died 4 times so I know that.

But what?

I will live and die and live again as I please.

“Then go well~ It would be nice to meet your son.”
“Curse me. I curse you!!”
“I already got one from my son. But he is alive.”

Awesome!

After all, a bastard comes out from under a bastard.

Both the father and the children struggled in the same pattern, so I didn’t want to hear it anymore, so I cut off the head right away.

“Then let’s go…”

Slowly, I felt the presence of approaching people around me, so I quickly left the scene.

“Shall we go to the inn?”

She thought about it for a while, and then, thinking that there was nothing to do but sleep, she headed straight to the slums.

‘It’s a bit late today…’

Arriving in the slums several hours later than usual, I continued hunting bullies until sunrise.

Then, wanting to go back, I moved my feet to the inn and saw suspicious figures.

‘What is that…?’

A group of people wearing the same robes as me were walking along the empty road.

Among them, In-Young, the smallest in body, said nervously, wearing a luxurious blue robe.

“Durach. Does this look like a tournament arena to you?”
“Sorry. Miss..”
“I didn’t entrust it to you. Under..!”

The woman called the lady touched her forehead and kicked the ground! Pak! It’s full.

“Miss. Calm down. If you get out of the slums, you can just ask people.”
“Who doesn’t know that!? I hate coming to such a filthy place!”

As I watched the scene, I saw a child running across the alley carrying a loaf of bread.

‘Uh? It’s dangerous that way…’

The child holding the bread in his bracken hand, which was clenched, jumped out of the alley excitedly.

“What is this!”

I was about to bump into a woman passing by in an alley.

But the woman dodged with her quick reflexes and sent a violent shockwave from her hand, blowing away her child.

“Aww!”

Cheeky!

The child flew and rolled near the sewer, missing her bread from her hand.

Rolling around..

And the bread disappeared down the drain hole.

“Aww! Smell. Dirty.. I think her hands are contaminated. Disrupt!”
“Yes. Miss. Here is a handkerchief.”

The woman took her handkerchief as she sighed, ignoring the figure.

“Ugh.. This is my favorite handkerchief too.”

Then she muttered and wiped her hands and threw the handkerchief to her child.

“That will pay for the bread. If you sell it, it will be expensive. Let’s go.”
“Yes!”

The woman disappeared with the thugs, and the child, who had been staring blankly at her drain, picked up her handkerchief.

‘Is it because she’s a girl from an aristocratic family… She doesn’t care.’

It must have been the daughter of a noble family.

What is the point of using a handkerchief that looks expensive in a slum?

More than anything..

“Hey. Come on. Give me that handkerchief.”

There was no way that such an expensive item would not attract flying flies.

The homeless people who were sitting on one side and watching the situation came running to the child.

“Ahhh..”

The child hesitated and stepped back, unable to speak properly.

Seeing that, I was furious.

‘How dare you persecute a child! I have to turn it into karma!’

It’s not like I’m trying to make a profit by selling handkerchiefs.

Selling that would bring in enough money to buy the elixir, but that’s absolutely not the case.

Taat!

I immediately jumped off the roof and killed all the homeless people without questioning and answering.

Then he approached the child and smiled kindly and said.

“Are you okay?”
“Ugh.. Please save me..”

I guess I wasn’t stupid.

The child shivered and held out her handkerchief.

She stared at it and, unable to ignore her kindness, immediately stuffed her handkerchief into her pocket.

“Um, yes. It’s not good if you have stuff like this. I won’t let you.”
“Sah, you’re saving me..?”

Looking closely, she saw that it was a girl.

The girl, who looked like she was about 12 years old, trembled in fear at her skinny body.

‘How will we do it..’

My conscience does not allow me to just accept the handkerchief and leave.

‘Should I at least help you get out of here…’

As she looked down and was immersed in her troubles, she wept as if the girl thought she was dead.

“Come with me.”
“N-Yes..? Uh, where…”
“You don’t want to live while serving as a human being. I will help you, so follow me.”
“…Yes..”

The child didn’t seem to believe me.

‘Although Mark and Lina said they were looking for employees, she should stab them there.’

Of course, she’ll have to take a closer look at things like personality while going there.

As soon as she entered the main street with her child in her arms, she entered a boutique.

“Welcome.. I’m sorry, but he can’t come in.”

She immediately tried to pull out her handkerchief, but her staff saw the girl following her and said so.

“Hey. Stay in front of you for a moment.”
“Yes!”

The girl must have taken her self and trafficked her.

Rather, she asked me not to come in. She was puzzled, but she was a little relieved.

She looked at it and said a word.

“Just run away.”

Then the child shuddered at her and went outside sullenly.
And the staff welcomed me as a guest only then.

“What are you here for?”
“I want to sell this.”

When I took out the handkerchief right away, the employee was surprised to see the patterns and designs engraved on it.

“Oh my god! This is a limited edition that LeBlanc released a while ago, isn’t it..? Do you really want to sell this?”
“Yes. Preemptive.”

Since he didn’t know how much the world’s luxury goods cost, when he suggested preemption, the employee knocked on the calculator and held it out.

“I can see the traces of using it about 3 times, and since it is used, I would like to set the price at 300 gold. How about it?”

‘Oh.. Crazy..!’

I started to wonder about the identity of the woman who used this three times and threw it away.

I tried to accept it right away, but I observed the staff closely.

However, seeing that the eyes did not shake and the heart rate was constant, it seemed that it was not a blow.

Still, as I remained silent, the clerk wet his lips with his tongue and tapped the calculator again.

“Then how about 330 gold? This is going to hit you a lot.”

This time, it seems that this is the last line to be quite confident.

I nodded my head, thinking that there would be nothing better if I dragged it here.

“Yes. All right. Sell it.”
“Ah! Thank you Then I’ll bring you the money right away!”

Saying that, the employee went inside for a while and returned with his pockets jingling.

“I put 2 platinum coins and 130 gold coins. Let’s check it out.”

When I checked inside with my sharp eyes, it was exactly the same.

“Yes. That’s right. Then, have a good time at work.”
“Thank you! Please come again next time!”

The employee greeted me with a bright smile when the transaction was concluded.

When I came out like that, the girl was standing in the middle of the day, staring blankly at the people.

Then, when he found me, he startled and approached cautiously.

“You… You need to wash up first.”
“…”

The child did not respond to my words and did not open his mouth again like a mute.

So she went into a nearby inn.

The moment we entered the entrance, we immediately heard the innkeeper’s annoyed voice.

“Ugh! What.. I don’t accept beggars! It won’t go away!!”

Teeing!

“Give me some bath water and some clothes for him.”
“Please wait. Customer.”

But for a while, he also bounced off 2 silver, and he politely accepted it and immediately ordered an employee to get water and buy clothes.

“Here is the bathroom key. You can go inside.”

It’s probably like the key to their private bathroom.

“Yes. Thank you. Let’s go.”

So, holding the key, I entered the bathroom next to the kitchen and waited for a while when a knock rang.

When I open the door, I see several water jars in front of the door.

“Would you please move? I’ll move you inside.
“That’s Okay. Just go.”
“Ah! All right. Enough then..”

The waitress struggled to lift the water jug, but when she heard me, she bowed her head excitedly and disappeared.

“Eutcha!”

I picked them all up, carried them inside, and saw the girl.

“Hey. Take it off.”
“…Yes.”

The girl silently took off her clothes, whether she had no shame or she just gave up.

As the pieces of cloth, which are embarrassing to even call them clothes, were removed, a bare branch-like body was revealed.

‘It’s not bad at all.’

Although she was a girl, she was not attractive at all because of her age and thin skin.

“Then wash up and come out. I will be outside.”

There was no need for me to wash it, so I closed the door and came out.

As I was sitting nearby waiting, an employee carrying clothes approached me.

“Give me that.”
“Yes!”

Even the clothes were handed over, put them on a shelf nearby, and stared blankly up at the ceiling.

‘It’s annoying…’

I got an item worth 330 gold coins and just left it alone. So I brought it, but it’s too annoying.

If this was going to happen, wouldn’t I have just tossed a few loaves of bread from my inventory?

‘No. Let’s think of it as a good thing.’

Maybe I was projecting my childhood memories onto him.

I was born in a much more developed world than this place and went to an orphanage, but if it wasn’t for that, I might have been in the same position as that guy.

So I just couldn’t pass it up.

In fact, you could call it just a whim.

Click!

After waiting for about 10 minutes, the door opened slightly and a pretty girl’s face came out.

“…It’s you?”
“Yes..”

Until recently, she was just a beggar, but after washing, her pretty cute features were revealed.

Of course, it was still bald, though.

“Come out wearing this.”
“Yes..”

It was a dress that was comfortable to wear.

After accepting the clothes, the girl went back to the bathroom and came out before a minute had passed.

“Wear this too.”

After taking out her shoes from her inventory, she immediately left the inn and headed back to where she was staying.

“What is your name?”
“…Mia.”
“Okay. I am ra What do you think of working at an inn?”
“I like it.”

She seemed to have a lot to ask, but Mia didn’t ask anything.

So she arrived at the Ash Tree Inn and went straight into her room.

‘Ah-oh. There’s no room left…’

She immediately asked the innkeeper about a vacant room, but she said the tournament was less than a week away, so it was already full.

If this is the case, she has no choice but to ask for forgiveness from Vienna.

Click!

After unlocking her door with her key and entering, Viena frowned as she greeted her on her bed, drying her hair with a towel.

“Come on! It’s a bit late today. Yes. But who is he?”
“Uh? Ah.. Well… What should I say? You want to help?”
“What is it. Are you a ghetto kid? Isn’t that the one?”

Looking over Mia’s body up and down her, asking is like asking if I’m a pedophile.

“No. Because my eyes are high I like big breasts.”
“Okay? You really liked it yesterday, though?”

She sure fucked me in the rain like crazy yesterday.

However, she was a great beauty befitting the elf race, so she couldn’t help it.

Besides, she was the first female body experience in half a year.

“What is that…Because it’s pretty…”
“Okay? I’m pretty~ Hmm.. I get it for now. So, do you want to sleep here?”

I honestly thought she would be very repulsive, but I seemed to be in a better mood in the rain than I thought.

‘Is it because he said he was pretty?’

“It would be nice then… Would it be okay?”
“Okay. I will sleep in my bed instead.”
“Yes? You can just sleep in my bed.”
“No! Is it going to be a big deal then?”
“Because it’s not…”

It seems I still haven’t shaken off her suspicions.

She laughed at me, and I approached Mia before long.

“Hi? Her sister says it’s rain.”
“… She says she is Mia.”
“Okay. Missing child. Are you sleepy? Take a deep breath.”
“…”

Now that I saw it, Mia’s eyes had thick dark circles.

It must have been difficult for a little girl to live alone in her back alley.

I couldn’t sleep properly and I was starving.

Mia rolled her eyes as if she still couldn’t figure out the situation, and was guided by my hand in her rain and lay down on her bed.

Viena, who even covered me with a blanket, smiled at me and headed outside.

She then asked as she left the room and looked out from the corner of the hallway with windows.

“So. Are you really just doing me a favor? It doesn’t look that nice…”
“Is Vienna really willing to accept that?”
“That’s because… I was an orphan too. It’s a whim.”
“Is that so… I’m similar too.”

After that, we were silent.

‘I really don’t know… Why did they do this?’

I don’t even know my own condition.

Why are you doing such a bothersome thing?

But no matter how much I think about it, the answer doesn’t come out.

‘But once you’ve done it once, you have to do it until the end..’

Anyway, all the troublesome work is over.

Now I just feed them and take them to Mark after the competition.

I don’t know if Mark will accept it, but if it doesn’t work, I can’t help it.

‘Cause I’ve done enough of this

When I looked around the room with the mana sensor, Mia was asleep.

Perhaps she was so tired that she couldn’t come to her senses even in an unfamiliar environment.

“Then let’s go in. I think he’s asleep.”
“Huh. OK.”

The unintentional three-person cohabitation began.