Chapter 183
that afternoon.
After the long 3-hour class skipping exam preparation training.
“hey. Are you alive?”
I was going back to the dormitory with Soonchan on my back.
It was so shredded in today’s training that it was almost half dead, so I have no choice but to carry it back.
“I think you are asleep?”
Adela, who was walking along beside me, looked at Soon-chan’s face and said in a hint.
“Are you sleeping?”
I slowly turned my head and looked at his face.
It’s not at the level of wearing a mask, but it’s sleeping soundly.
No matter how deeply you fall asleep, saliva flows out of your mouth.
“… … good to sell I’m afraid I’ll just drop it.”
I had the urge to let go of it for a moment, but somehow I held it in.
If it was hard for him, he would have fallen asleep like this.
The good me should be patient.
“Adela. How are you?”
The difficulty of today’s training is really extreme.
It was so hard that Adela lost consciousness in an instant.
To be honest, I’m walking while pretending to be calm, but walking like that must be very difficult.
“yes. are you okay. no problem at all… … . oh.”
Adela pretending to be okay and answering like that.
It hit a fire hydrant installed on the road.
It was a mistake she would never have made normally, but now Adela has squeezed everything out.
Careless mistakes like this are likely to happen.
Adela gets caught on a fire hydrant and tilts her body.
Normally, she would have regained her balance casually, but as I said, today’s Adela can’t afford that.
I used my body to support Adela’s body, who quickly began to lose her balance and fall.
He removed one of the hands that were holding Soonchan on his back and gently embraced Adela’s body.
“It’s okay. It looks really good, hey.”
“… … .”
Adela’s face turned red.
While I was pretending nothing was wrong, I accidentally stumbled upon a fire hydrant or something like that.
I’m just ashamed
I would be ashamed of myself
“Will you help me if I’m having a hard time?”
“… … are you okay. It’s not really hard to walk.”
I couldn’t see the fire hydrant because my eyesight was reduced due to physical and mental exhaustion. It’s just that I couldn’t straighten my posture because of the muscles that were completely torn from overexerting myself to the limit and the mana circle that didn’t move.
Adela said so.
“It’s okay, hold on to my shoulders. Your legs look like a newborn baby bird.”
“… … .”
My muscles stiffened completely from the shock of a near-fall.
The already bad condition got even worse.
If you walk like that, you will fall again.
“hurry.”
Adela, hesitant about my brushing, cautiously reached out her hand to me.
“then… … .”
He even took my hand.
“Can I do this?”
“… … hmm. I want this to be supported. Well, you must not fall.”
If you think you’re going to fall, I can help you right away.
This posture doesn’t seem too bad either.
“Then let’s go.”
“yes.”
So we walked slowly and headed to the dormitory.
* * *
“Then get some rest.”
“yes. You worked hard today.”
After taking Sunchan to her room and taking Adela to her room.
I went straight to my room.
“hi.”
An unexpected figure stood in front of my room.
“great job. Did you train very hard?”
“Captain Charles… … .”
Charles.
She was looking at me and smiling.
“First, can you open the door? If someone sees it, you and I are in trouble, right?”
“… … yes.”
When it is known that Charles came to my dorm room separately, it is not only Charles who is in trouble.
I’m also in a lot of trouble.
I opened the door and brought Charles into the room.
“Excuse me.”
Charles came straight into my room.
“Please take off your shoes.”
“ah. sorry. I forgot.”
Charles, unfamiliar with Korean etiquette, hurriedly returned to the door and took off his shoes.
“We don’t have slippers, sorry.”
“are you okay. I don’t really care about that.”
When I took off the walker that reminded me of military boots, some cute bunny character socks popped out.
They were pink socks that were out of balance with the mercenary-like clothes she was wearing now.
“Oh, these socks? Is not it cute? I bought it because it looked cute.”
“… … okay.”
“But the socks only came up to my ankles, so it was very uncomfortable. I won’t buy it next time. I can’t even see it anyway.”
Charles smiled and put the pod on the back of his neck.
“More than that. It’s really your room.”
And just like that, I looked around my room.
A room full of all kinds of old books and books. It is a room that suits me best.
“Can I sit here?”
Charles pointed to my bed.
“It would be more comfortable to sit in a chair.”
“no. are you okay. My bed is more comfortable.”
And then he just sat down on the bed.
“The bed is nice. sit down too.”
“… … yes.”
I moved the chair in front of the bed and sat down.
It felt like something had changed. Anyone who sees it will know that I am a guest.
“I didn’t expect you to come in person like this.”
The reason Charles came to me like this was because of my contact.
I said that I have a favor to ask you to contact me later when you have time. I didn’t know that he would come to find me like this. And that too quickly.
“Text or call. I don’t prefer things that could be eavesdropping.”
“… … At least in Korea, you don’t have to worry about that.”
Overseas. Especially in places where security is not so good, things like radio wave jacking happen frequently.
In war zones, all communication details are exposed regardless of which communication device is used.
It was only natural that Charles, a mercenary who was on the battlefield, would not like to text or call.
“Well, it should be. I’m already used to it.”
It must be something like a habit as a mercenary.
“And if you’re far away, you won’t know. It’s the same Korea anyway, and it’s in Seoul. Are you sure you’re coming?”
“… … It should be.”
Charles is currently staying in Korea after leaving the Mercenary Corps.
She said that she came to Korea under orders from Sophia-sama to escort me.
“It’s done. tell me something What do you want to ask for?”
Charles’ eyes shone fiercely.
“Did that bastard named Shadow appear? Or did he find such a sign?”
I told Charles about the meaningful words that Shadow said as they disappeared.
As he is the person who will escort me no matter what, I thought he should know about the person who could pose the greatest threat to me, so I just said it honestly.
So that’s what you say.
You must be thinking that if I had to ask you something, it would be something related to the Black Mage Tower.
“no. It has nothing to do with the Black Mage Tower.”
“… … no way. what.”
Charles’ eyes relaxed.
It is the expression that Kim has leaked.
“Then what is it?”
It is an expression of complete lack of interest.
It must be that he has no interest in anything that has nothing to do with the Black Mage Tower.
“Looks like I need to go collect an herb. I was wondering if you could help.”
“… … medicinal herbs?”
Beyond the excitement, I lost my spirit.
“Why are you taking my help to gather herbs? you. Are you mistaking a mercenary for something like Simmani?”
Charles snorted.
“If you are a mercenary living in a battlefield where supplies are scarce, you must have a lot of knowledge about medicinal herbs. Not at all. There aren’t many cases where medical supplies fall on the battlefield these days. Even if it fell in the first place, there’s no way there would be anything like herbs left on the battlefield. Above all, there’s no way I, the leader, would do such a thing. I don’t know anything about herbs. So there’s no way I can help. okay?”
say too long
Did he hate going to collect herbs like that?
No, it’s not that he hates digging for herbs, he probably hates anything that’s not related to the Black Mage Tower.
Charles, the leader of the Hounds, is famous for never accepting anything that is not related to the Black Mage Tower, no matter how astronomical the offer is.
“no. I don’t want help gathering herbs.”
You already know how to mine Laplace. I don’t need Charles’ help.
“Of course, it’s not that I want to inherit the living knowledge and know-how unique to mercenaries.”
No matter how experienced a mercenary is, he probably doesn’t know about special herbs like Laplace.
I’m not looking for that kind of help.
“… … Then what is it?”
“I would like to ask Captain Charles to subdue the monsters that will appear on the way to collect herbs.”
“I’m going to collect herbs, but a monster appears?”
“yes. come out Dozens or hundreds of them.”
Charles’ expression sharpened.
“Where in the world are there so many monsters? Are you overseas?”
“no. It is domestic.”
“… … Is there such a dangerous place in Korea?”
There can be no such place.
He was troubled with a look on his face that made it clear that he was thinking that way.
“hmm. It’s strange to say that it’s domestic.”
“If you say domestic, what do you mean… … .”
Charles’ eyes widened.
“no way. you… … .”
I seem to have noticed
“yes. you’re right. The northernmost part of the land called North Korea in the past.”
Laplace is in North Korea.
“It is Mt. Baekdu.”
The sanctuary of monsters that has now become a dead land.
The most dangerous of them all.
Mountain Baekdu.
Laplace is located at the top of that mountain, heaven and earth.
* * *
“That asshole is really… … .”
5 star hotel near Seoul.
A luxurious suite that Charles rented for a month.
Charles was enjoying a bubble bath at the spa.
“Why is Mt. Baekdu suddenly?”
Charles has a lot of money.
He made a lot of money while working as a mercenary for a long time.
There was no such thing as a hobby, so there was almost no consumption.
Therefore, Charles currently has more money than most wealthy people.
Renting a 5-star hotel suite in Seoul for a month is no big deal.
In the first place, the sponsor is none other than Sophia Anechefri.
There is no problem with money.
“He really knows, but I don’t know.”
Charles lay down in the bathtub and crossed his legs.
Apart from the drowsy mood, my head is complicated.
This is all because of God’s rate.
Why do you suddenly bring out the words of going to Mt. Baekdu and make people’s heads so complicated?
‘How dangerous Mt. Baekdu is. Are you asking to go there?’
Mt. Baekdu is dangerous.
To the extent that even Charles, an 8th circle user, could not guarantee 100% safety.
When the two of us go to a place like that, we have no choice but to be full of spirits.
‘Write. That’s why I can’t follow you.’
Currently, the mission Charles received from Sophia is to escort Shin Ha-yul.
As long as he was given such a role, he had no choice but to follow Shin Ha-yul wherever he went.
Whether Shin Ha-yul went to Mt. Baekdu, the Himalayas, or Mt. Everest, you must follow him unconditionally.
That was the role of escort that Charles was given.
‘… … Should I report it to Sophia?’
If you report that Shin Ha-yul is doing something dangerous, would you stop it somehow?
‘no. It’s a bit like that too. Then Shin Ha-yul won’t give you any information.’
Charles frowned.
‘Ah-oh. While he himself is hostile to the Black Mage Tower. Are you cowardly using the information of the Black Mage Tower as bait? A coward.’
Shin Ha-yul offered Charles to provide information about the Black Mage Tower in return for asking him to go to Mt. Baekdu.
It is also not ordinary information.
‘That’s also information about the headquarters or base of the Black Mage Tower… … .’
Rare information that has never been revealed before.
He vowed to give information about the base of the Black Mage Tower.
‘Great guy. In that short space of time, the location tracking magic was cast… … .’
Charles remembered what his former minister had said.
‘I cast a location tracking spell on the fleeing Shadow. It is a magic that can never be taken. If we use this magic to track down Shadow, we might be able to find out the base of the Black Mage Tower.’
Even thinking back on it, I couldn’t believe it.
To think that Shadow, who fled in that situation, was cast a location tracking spell.
Not to mention, it was a location-tracking magic that could be assured that no one would ever fall for it.
‘Can there be such magic?’
It would be impossible not to get a magic that emits a signal to the outside like a location tracking magic.
Charles’ brow narrowed.
My head got more complicated.
‘But, it’s not going to be a lie.’
Shin Ha-yul said.
Until now, that tracking magic had not been dispelled.
Even now, it is capturing the movements of Shadow in real time and collecting data.
Seeing how confident he was, he couldn’t be lying.
Shin Ha-yul is not an idiot.
I’m not an idiot who would lie to me so quickly.
Therefore, all of Shin Ha-yul’s words are true… … .
‘ah. I really don’t understand. Warlocks don’t even notice a tracking spell? And that’s also an undercover executive whose main role is covert maneuvers?’
Shin Ha-yul’s confidence and common sense.
The two contradictory things were mixing and making Charles’s head complicated.
‘after. Whatever it is, it seems right to follow Shin Ha-yul’s suggestion… … .’
The question is too big to blindly follow.
Charles’s head became more and more complicated.
It was like touching a skein of thread to unravel it, then twisting it even more.
Charles scratched his head in frustration.
Tens of minutes have passed since then.
“Ayyyyy… … .”
Even so, there was no end to Charles’ worries.
In the first place, this is not a concern that can be concluded alone.
It is impossible to give an answer unless you know that Shin Ha-yul’s location detection is not by using location tracking, but by using the memory of the nine-tailed fox’s soul.
‘ah. I don’t know.’
Charles eventually gave up on thinking.
‘Something. Mt. Baekdu, you just have to go once. Can’t I protect my body and his body?’
It was the moment when Shin Ha-yul and Charles’ trip to Mt. Baekdu was decided.
‘Oh right. I have to deliver these words to Sofia-nim.’
When I finished thinking like that, I remembered what I had forgotten.
The words Shin Ha-yul had asked Sofia to convey. he has to tell it
‘Where did I put my phone… … . Ah, here it is.’
Charles took out the phone he had left by the bathtub and wrote a text message to Sofia.
[Madame, Shin Ha-yul asked if she could find just one strange staff member.]
[They say it’s an ancient artifact on display at an international museum in the United States. how is it? Do you think you can save it?]
After completing all the writing, Charles pressed the send button.
