Chapter 132 – The North (16)

“Incubus! How do you know that name K-Psy and Creek-Psy! How do you know their names!”

“I told you. We were very close friends.”

They didn’t seem to believe me. Said the imp, hiding in his corner, waving his hand.

“Do not lie. Incubus! They are like you… ! There’s no way you can get along with the incubus!”

It seems that the imps I ate were considerable names among the imp race. On that day, the third person sprinkled with holy water could have been a level of strength that I couldn’t do with my own strength at the time. I said, thinking of K-Psy, who was screaming in pain with a sore face.

“It was in the village of Poar that I met K-Psy. At that time, he was working for a demon named Taffy.”

As I told the story of K-Psy, the imps began to gather. The story of how I met and formed a friendship with an imp. K – The story of Psy making a contract with a human to increase his strength. And, the tragedy that K-Psy met evil priests and was killed. The imps nodded reluctantly when I told them about K-Psy’s physical characteristics, and gritted their teeth when I told them that the priests had tortured K-Psy.

“Th-such cruel bastards! Killing her by pouring holy water into her anus!”

“As expected, humans are filthy bastards! Kill them all!”

“Creek – Psy! What happened to Creek Psy!”

The imps were literally having seizures. K-Psy’s tragic death seemed to come as a huge shock to them. I followed up by talking about the life and death of Creek-Psy.

“When I went to tell him of C-Psy’s death, Crick-Psy was already dying. I was tortured so horrific that my body was speechless. He was begging for forgiveness from his older brother, with his whole body hacked to pieces with divine power.”

“Aaaaa! Creek – Psy! He can’t even beat him!”

“This cannot be! Cruel humans! You cruel people! I won’t forgive you! Kill them all!”

The imps were no longer wary of me. They sat around each other and started to cry. With a sad expression on my face, I blended in with their crowd. They hugged the biggest imp among them and patted each other on the back.

I whispered to the imps.

“Let’s get revenge.”

The imps looked at me with tear marks. I hugged the imps tightly and said.

“Let’s take revenge on that Beast King Baara and the humans.”

The imps nodded. They clenched their fists until they bled. They said

“Help us. Incubus. K-Psy and Crick – If you are Psy’s friend, you are also our friend.”

“Okay.”

I nodded and looked at the sky. Of course, I had no intention of becoming a friend of the imps. All I wanted was to run away while Drek-Psy and Beast King Baara were fighting. I turned to my lodging, praying that things would work out.

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When I arrived at the hostel, no one was there. I looked around the cave again with a puzzled face and winked at the beastman who was lounging around leisurely. The beastman, who was lying with his back straight, pointed out of the cave using his tail.

“Don’t be shy, talk to me, kid. Where are my girls?”

“The women are in the back of the shopping mall.”

Su-in said so and fell down again. When I went outside, a snow leopard was coming back from hunting with a wild boar. He was a fairly strong warrior in this village, and he was actually a popular prisoner in the village, but Bara treated him badly. I couldn’t tell if it was because of his deep gaze or his blunt attitude.

The snow leopard glanced at me and moved his steps towards the shed. The warehouse was at the back of the shopping street, so we walked side by side. The snow leopard asked, frowning as I stood beside him and started walking.

“Why are you following me?”

“I have business over there.”

“Ah, are you talking about the place where the remains of those humans are? Your woman is over there.”

The snow leopard said so and took a step forward. I asked, lengthening my stride and keeping pace with him.

“Are you satisfied with the captain now?”

“We follow the strong.”

“So, the captain kills and eats humans, so you’re asking if you don’t mind.”

“The strong prey on the weak. That’s the way of the world, and it’s natural. Since the strong became the boss, we follow the rules of the boss. I heard that yesterday’s comrades become today’s enemies is natural in the Pandemonium.”

“You’re not from the Demon Realm, are you?”

“The beasts came from the demon realm. And, it is our tradition to follow the rules of the strong.”

He was blunt, so I thought he was strong in his own way, but it turned out that he was just a coward. I let go of the thought of embracing him and shook his head as I clicked his tongue. The snow leopard saw me walking away and, wagging his tail, headed for the shed.

At the back of the shopping street, there was a huge pile of people’s clothes and piles of paperwork. I laughed out loud at the meatball-like visual that was made by roughly baking meat dough by an incompetent cook.

The two were wrestling with clothes. These keepsakes, which had repeatedly been exposed to the cold for a long time and then thawed, were now firmly attached to each other like a block of ice, making it impossible to tear them apart with moderate force.

Lorena forcibly removed the clothes that were clinging to her, then pulled out her knife and began to cut through her clothes. Alice was sitting in her corner, blowing her breath on her reddened fingers.

“What are you doing?”

“Dad!”

“Evan!”

When I appeared and started talking to them, the two of them threw off what they were doing and rushed at me. Alice pushed her hand under my clothes, telling me that she was cold, and Lorena ran to me with her knife in the ground.

Alice asked me.

“Dad, are you okay? Didn’t that demon do weird things to you?”

“Nothing happened. What are you guys doing now?”

Alice pointed to her pile of clothes and she told me a story about a fugitive we were after. It was a story about a fugitive who had fled to Phoebe and tried to hide in this village of prisoners, was caught by the captain and tortured horribly before dying.

“That’s why his stuff is in here. So Lorena and I were looking for it.”

I said while patting Alice’s head.

“Okay? I thought it might be a bit of a big deal to be stuck here, but I’m glad I was able to handle this. Don’t push yourself too hard though. Look how red your hands are I’ll open up my pretty hands Take it slow, and if you can’t find it, just give it up.”

“Dad. You must find this.”

Alice said firmly, and she held my hand tightly. His red fingers were as cold as ice. On the contrary, I held her hand tightly and blew on her. Alice’s expression softened for a moment, then she shook her head again and said with a determined expression.

“It’s an opportunity to put a blow to the Hero family. This person took the evidence and disappeared in order not to give it to dirty people and not to burn it. Someone has to comfort this person’s soul and take revenge.”

I bit her finger lightly. There was a pleasant sound as her fingernails and teeth met. I said with a smile.

“You mean you have to get revenge?”

“Okay. Revenge. Aren’t you too angry to think of your father? He used Ithaca’s finances as he pleased, even killing those who said it was wrong. I really want to give these people a shot.”

I looked at Lorena. Lorena nodded her head with a firm expression.

“My dad has been living his life trying to catch these people. But, like this, a clue appeared in front of me. I will help too. I really want to give those bad guys a shot.”

Alice clung to me and said.

“Dad. When can we escape?”

“I don’t know. Because there is still plenty of time. Let’s prepare slowly. I have a separate preparation, but I don’t know how long this will take.”

“So, what is Dad doing here meanwhile?”

“I was recognized for my ability as a combatant, so I decided to learn from the combatants there. Isn’t that great? Because you will become stronger day by day. I’m looking forward to it. Don’t push yourself too hard.”

I held up her arms to Alice, showing off her muscles. But the incubus’ frail forearms didn’t show off the massive muscles I’d imagined. Alice pokes my arm and laughs, and Lorena sneaks up next to me.

I collapsed to the floor, unable to overcome the two men’s charge, and we shared our body heat in front of the rock, curled up like hibernating beasts. Alice lay down on my thigh, and Lorena curled up holding me tight.

Lorena hugged me.

“Sorry. Evan. If I had been a little better, I wouldn’t have been brought here.”

“Are you okay. Thanks to that, I was able to train like this, and in the end, coming here was the right answer.”

Alice slapped my thigh and said.

“How can you be a combatant when you don’t have a sense of balance?”

I also laughed and said to Alice.

“How can you think of rummaging through clothes outside when you’re so sensitive to the cold?”

We looked at each other and laughed, then stopped laughing again. The stars of the deep night seemed to be looking down only on us. I said, hugging Alice and Lorena tightly.

“Don’t overdo it. Understand?”

“Dad.”

“Evando.”

The two said that and nodded.

Alice, who had been holding her for a while, suddenly raised her head. She grabbed her Lorena’s arm and placed it on top of her mine, then finally stacked her own hand on top of her own. And she said to me

“Daddy daddy. Do that that.”

“That? What is that?”

“You know what my dad often says. Hurry!”

I laughed again. He nodded his head and nodded, sending one-two-three signals.

One

Two

Three

“For love and justice!”

The eyes of the three people crossed. Said Alice.

“I’m going to end it like this, so should I shout the finishing slogan?”

Lorena nodded her head approvingly. Their eyes crossed again.

One

Two

Three

Raising her arms, we shouted.

“For!”

“Cheer up!”

“Go for it!”

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“…We really don’t get along.”

“Dad, what is a dishonest thing? Go to the sake!”

“It’s weird too. Is that an academy slogan?”

The sound of laughter spread enough to reach the stars.