Chapter 64 – Chapter 7

Wolf’s mercenary camp.
In the barracks exclusively for the leader, Frederick was glaring at Kaicent fiercely.

“…So you brought this kid?”
“Yes…”

Kaicent answered while bowing his head at Frederick’s glare as if scolding the child who brought something strange without permission.

“Kaisent. I remember what I said before.”

In the past, I warned him not to help recklessly towards him who sympathized with poor boys begging in other cities.

I thought he would understand because he’s smart, but I never thought he’d hit me like this.

“I-I really thought I would be beaten to death if I stayed like that, so I helped! I’ll just treat you and let you go!”

Feeling stuffy in his chest, he came out of the tavern to get some fresh air. Suddenly, he remembered Mingming, so he checked his surroundings and asked him to come.

Then, I witnessed Clint being surrounded by refugees and in a dangerous situation, and I couldn’t bear to ignore this, so I ended up helping him.

“Frederick. I’m not trying to take responsibility, I’m just going to treat you and let you go.”
“If you do as I say, I have no complaints. But you should know Kaicent’s personality.”
“Um…”

Lillian, who was defending Kaicent, shut her mouth at Frederick’s objection.

Kai Sent, who has transcendental talent thanks to inheriting her parents’ blood, but strangely, rarely inheriting her personality, is naturally kind.

When the boy he picked up desperately begged and tried to cling to him, his heart weakened and he allowed it.

It was hard for her to defend this part as well, so she was speechless.

“…”

However, as Kai Sent wept and lowered her head, a feeling of guilt that he might have been too harsh rose in Frederick’s mind.

“It’s a week.”
“…Yes?”
“From now on, our mercenary corps will recruit new recruits and go down south. After taking care of them for a week, they must be sent.”
“Yes! I will definitely!”

Having received Frederick’s permission, Kaicent nodded his head with a relieved smile.
When she gave the signal to leave, she headed out of the barracks with lighter steps.

“Still, a week is quite a long time.”
“In a week or so, the boy I picked up will be able to bother Kaicent enough.”
“It’s to show you what happens when you help others with a moment of compassion.”

When Frederick and Lillian first worked as mercenaries, they had helped others out of compassion.

However, that sympathy mostly leads to bad results, and it became an opportunity to let the two know that the world is rough.

He wanted to let them know that Kai Sent had gone through the same experience as them, and that she was not carelessly showing her sympathy.

“It’s easier to understand when you experience it once than when you hear it, to the extent that you might think it’s nagging. Just like us.”
“…That’s right. I didn’t understand when the ladies-in-waiting and servants told me not to sympathize recklessly when I was in the palace.”

After a moment of sentimentality over the past, she soon smiled.

“Isn’t it proud, though? To refuse the conditions of the Rhinol Mercenary Corps without even thinking about it.”
“Honestly, I was surprised. I never thought I’d casually refuse that amount of money.”
“Huh, in a way, it seems like we’re lucky to have helped Kaicent.”

Frederick also nodded his head because he had the same thought as Lillian.

‘Huh? Does something feel strange?’

However, when Lillian smiles thinking of Kaicent, I feel a strange sense of color.
Besides, it’s not just a proud smile, there’s something else beyond that.
But Frederick, who couldn’t figure out what that something was, moved on, thinking it was because of his mood.

‘Looking at the fact that he gave me a week or so, I don’t think he noticed that Kaicent had divine power.’

Only Lillian knows that Kaicent even has divine powers.
No matter how much you trust and trust him, divine power is a different story.
Kaicent was now prioritized over Frederick.

“It’s been delayed because of the sudden shooting incident, but let’s move to hire new recruits.”
“The incident must have been resolved to some extent by now.”

Frederick, unaware of this straying from each other, had no time to rest, so he began preparing to leave the Kingdom of Harlot.

Meanwhile, the barracks on one side of Wolf’s mercenary camp.

“Uh… Uh…”

Upon regaining consciousness, Clint groaned and opened his eyes with difficulty.

“!!”

Recalling that the last thing he remembered was the malicious kicking of the refugees beating him to death, he hurriedly stood up and checked his surroundings.

“Geup! Doesn’t it hurt…?”

No, to be honest, it hurts a little bit.
However, considering that he suffered beatings that were as painful as death, he was tolerable.

“Ah!”

Then, a moment later, he found out who he had been rescued from.
As if his eyes had come to life, he was pure white and had a gentle impression.

The person who attacked the refugees and saved himself with a technique called magic in this world.

“Oh, you’re awake.”

At that time, Kaicent, who heard the signal from Ming-Ming, who was sitting on top of the barracks where Clint was lying, came to visit.

“Thank you for saving me.”
“Don’t talk respectfully. You look the same age as me.”
“But… Will it be possible…?”
“It’s because I’m uncomfortable.”
“Okay. Then… Thank you for saving me.”

The two boys seemed to recognize each other’s good character, and the atmosphere quickly relaxed.
Eventually, after exchanging names, Kaicent explained to Clint why he was here.

“As expected, it’s true that you saved me. I was wondering if I remembered properly because my consciousness was fading.”
“By the way…It might be a little weird if you ask me this, but where did the man who was with you go?”
“Huh? How do you know that?”
“I don’t remember, but I was moving fast in the street and accidentally hit me. I saw your face for a second.”

The boys talked about this and that and tried to make the story bloom, but

“Hey! Kaicent! Where are you!”
“Yes! I’ll go now! I’m resting. I treated you, but you need to rest more.”
“Wait. I’ll help.”
“You’ve been beaten by people until just now. It’s more of a nuisance if you force yourself to help and get hurt.”
“Okay…”

Clint, who got to know the first friendly stranger in this world, tried to help somehow, but was stopped.

“I’m resting here today. It might be uncomfortable, but getting better is the priority.”

After saying that, Kaicent ran towards the mercenary who had called him.

‘That’s right. It’s because you have to rest when you’re resting so you can move when you need it.’

Clint, who was chased by the pursuer and had the essential elements of a harsh life embedded in his body, focused on resting.

But even though I was beaten to the point of fainting, my body didn’t hurt seriously.
This is because Kaicent used his divine power while healing Clint.

However, it was clear that when Clint was cured, everyone would question the effectiveness of more than just a wizard’s wound-healing magic.

That’s why only the extent of bone damage was treated, and part of the trauma was deliberately treated roughly.

‘Lorenz… Mom… Dad…’

For the first time in the pursuit of life, the serenity I gained.

As for the pursuer, Lorenz used the bio-bomb as a last resort, so all that remains is to wait for the energy of the space transport device to recharge.

‘At las… It’s over… Only now…’

“Huh…Huh…”

Even if he goes back to the time he lived, all he has left is his parents dead and he is left alone.
In addition, he must continue his lonely struggle in preparation for the future dominated by machines.

Clint shed tears as he vomited mixed emotions from the relief and joy that he had survived and the sadness that everyone had died.

After calming his mind and taking a break for a couple of hours, when it got dark, Kai Sent returned to the tent.

With a wooden tray that gives off a nice scent.

“Clint.”
“Ah, Kaicent.”
“Take this. Are you hungry?”

On the tray was a soup full of vegetables and meat, and a loaf of bread that was neither too soft nor too hard.

“Thank you. Thank you very much.”
“I ate, so don’t mind and eat.”
“Yes. I’ll eat well.”

He had eaten many foods so far, but he couldn’t even taste the food properly because he thought he was always being chased.

Feeling relieved, Clint’s sense of taste returned and he ate slowly, savoring the taste of the bread and soup.

“Delicious.”
“Really? It’s fortunate. I made it with the help of the chef.”
“Really… Delicious… So… So delicious…”

Clint, whose emotions he had endured so far burst, shed tears as if wailing.
After finishing the meal, Clint thanked Kaicent, wiping his eyes with his sleeve.

“Thank you, Kaisent. By the way, if you say this… Well… It’s a little… Can I ask why you saved me?”
“You know that in this world, beings from other dimensions are called heterogeneous, right?”
“Huh.”
“I’m a heterogeneous person too. I’m in the same situation, so I helped because I wanted to help.”
“You too? But did you use magic or something?”
“Because this side has talent. What kind of world was the world you were in?”

The two boys, who were of the same age and in the same circumstances, quickly became friends and a story blossomed.

The mercenaries said they treated Kaicent well, but there was a limit to how close they were to Kaisent because of his age.

“What? You’re going to battle in space with a giant robot in a spaceship? Are you using something like a lightsaber?”
“Yes. There is one for personal self-defense and one for mecha…”
“Wow! Cool!”

If it’s science fiction, Clint, an American who is crazy and sees it, fell in love with Kaicent’s world, which uses a wide universe and a lightsaber.

Kaicent, who had no fun explaining it because he couldn’t understand it even if he explained it to people in this world, continued the conversation by answering questions almost.

“Awesome! Started out naked and ended up ruling half the galaxy! It’s like a movie!”
“My dad uses the power of internal energy that other races don’t know about, and with this, he can create clones or move fast enough to cause afterimages.”
“That’s totally the force!”
“Force?”
“There’s a movie set in the future in our world, and it’s called Jedi…”

As the story blossomed, the two boys continued their questions and conversations without a break, not knowing how much time had passed.

After talking for almost an hour, the two people, whose excited emotions finally calmed down, had to return to the heavy reality.

“Clint. I have something to tell you in advance.”
“What?”
“This is the camp of a mercenary group called the Wolf Mercenary Corps. I am a member of the mercenary group.”
“Huh.”
“The vice-captain will give you a week, so I have to take care of you and let you go during that time.”
“One week…”
“I’m sorry. But…”
“Huh? No, why are you sorry? If you hadn’t helped me there, I might have died. Even that vice-captain can understand.”

Clint waved his hand, saying there was no need to be sorry.

“It’s good if it’s a week though. That’s enough.”
“Enough? What?”
“…Actually…”

Lorenz told him not to tell anyone about the teleportation device.

However, Kai Sent is the benefactor who saved his life, and his eyes are so bright and clear, and strangely, the belief that he can be trusted springs up indefinitely.

“I have a space shifter.”

Clint, who explained about his spatial movement device, told him that it would be able to return to the recorded coordinates after 4 to 5 days of energy recharge.

‘What? Didn’t they say that people who came to this world couldn’t go back to their original world?’

A certain question came to mind, but it was said that the coordinates were set incorrectly due to the shock and came to this world, so if you are lucky, you may be able to return to the original world with that device.

‘There may actually be people who have moved to their original dimension or another dimension. It’s just that he disappeared from this world, so he might have thought that he died or disappeared.’

He decided to keep this part quiet because he didn’t want to crush Clint’s hopes.

“Kaisent.”
“Uh?”
“When the energy of the space transporter is recharged, will you come to our world with me?”
“Sorry. Thanks for the suggestion, but I have work to do in this world.”

Kaicent told the story of Dang Seol-yeong and the man who attacked them.

“I must get Seol-young back and get revenge on that man. If I give up on this and go back to your world… I will never forgive myself.”
“…I see… I understand. Please pretend you didn’t listen to my proposal.”
“It’s starting to get dark. I’m going to bed now. You should go to bed too.”
“Yeah. Thank you.”

The two boys parted ways, deciding to talk about this later.

With no pursuers and even a good friend, Clint was able to sleep peacefully for the first time without being nervous.

*                           *

“Whoa. This is great. It’s a very precise structure.”

Lordship. Wizard’s Lab.

The wizard hired for the lord who rules the city couldn’t hide his interest while touching the bizarre doll brought by the knights.

“Looking at the material, it’s not metal, but it’s much harder than metal. How the hell do you make this?”

The wizard’s flesh flew away with the explosion, touching the body of the pursuer whose skeleton was completely exposed.

“I’ll have to disassemble it first. There’s plenty of time, so let’s analyze it one by one. Huhuhuhu.”

First of all, prior to disassembly, the skeletons of the tracers were checked one by one to determine how to disassemble to ensure complete disassembly.

If you succeed in developing this material by analyzing it, you can leave your name in this world.

Due to his greed, unlike usual, he tried to study the pursuer in his own laboratory without his disciples.

Geeeee–

“Huh? What kind of cow is this?”

Bang!

“Kuk!? Kkeok!”

Awesome!

Suddenly, a skeletal hand grabbed the sorcerer by the scruff of the neck, and before he could unleash his magic, it strained and broke his neckbone.

‘Complete extinction of organic matter.’

The pursuer checked his appearance and confirmed that his skeleton was exposed, and then a strange substance spewed out from inside his skeleton and began to form a body.

Moments later, the pursuer, who originally had the body and face of a human model, was transformed into a completely different figure.

Dark gray plastic-like skin, cornea shining with blue liquid crystal, pupils that look like they were drawn on a screen, and black hair glued together as if made of melted metal.

A form that seems to be located in the middle between man and machine.
Her breasts, protruding as if she were a woman, were the only human.

This is what the self-proclaimed Machinaroids looked like, trying to exterminate humans in the future and take their place.

The pursuer secretly ran away from the guards using a heat sensor, and when the wizard’s body was discovered, the pursuer’s appearance had long since disappeared.