Episode 85
“Why are you acting so suspicious?”
My shoulder was grabbed without a chance to escape, as if someone was asking if it was that guy from earlier.
Inside the banquet hall.
Unlike the moment before in the suite, Jonathan Park, dressed in a suit, thrust his face toward Geo.
Timothy is still nowhere to be seen around. Geo activates his Iron-Bashful trait with aplomb.
“What is it?”
“… … No, it’s strange. The more I look at it, the more I feel like I’ve seen it somewhere. It even looks strangely familiar.”
“Huh? No way. I’m a street child, an outcast, a beggar who doesn’t know a single person on Earth.”
Hey, I’m sorry, family.
A dissonance created by the combination of a nature that cannot lie and a shameless personality.
Although he felt a brief sense of guilt, Geo decided to continue shamelessly since he was already in a difficult situation.
“They say a frog’s blood will burst from a stone thrown without a second thought. Wow, this is amazing. What if you’re a successful guild ranker? … … Ahem.”
Poor me, I’m so hurt right now.
Jonathan looked around in confusion at the look in the eyes of the fake bellboy who was acting as if he was one with the setting. It was a common reaction of those with high social standing when they made a mistake.
“Shh, shh. I’m sorry. Did you know I had such a painful past? I didn’t know. I’m sorry.”
“Okay.
“Oh, then what is that… … ?”
Jonathan Park (real name: Park Yong-gyu) still has some doubts.
Early in his career, he witnessed a scene where Gyeonji-o used his magic to grab some dishes in a suite, due to the trauma of having a mountain of dishes smashed to pieces.
‘It was definitely magic… … .’
“Are you going to keep watching? I have to go to work. If I don’t earn my daily wages today, my brothers on the street will starve.”
“Oh, no.”
What the X or Les Miserables?
Jonathan was about to step aside, startled by the terrifying force that was growing like a snowball.
“What are you doing here, Johnny?”
Geo flinched.
A soft voice, the smell of the wind.
[Your Covenant, ‘Reader of Fate’, clicks his tongue at the appearance of another unlucky bastard.]
Yeah, there was this guy in Aegis too.
“Lucas was looking for me… … I was playing with a cute kid here. All alone.”
He lowered his arm from Jonathan’s shoulder and reached out to touch Geo’s mustache.
“interestingly.”
Guido Maramaldi laughed.
“… … .”
Geo looked at him quietly.
Once in a cafe, once in an alley, and now.
The third time we met, Guido was wearing a light-toned epaulette coat, unlike before when he was wearing a thin shirt.
He is a man as gorgeous as a peacock, from his facial features to his accessories.
Usually… … in the wild, the flashy things usually contain dangerous poisons.
“Johnny, do you know him? His Korean friend?”
Guido widened his eyes as he looked at Geo.
“… … Oh, no. That’s not it. When did you come? It seemed like the captain needed a deputy commander earlier.”
“Timmy Lily always needs me. What’s the big deal?”
“Haha, well, that’s true… … .”
“I was going to ask you to introduce me to someone you know. I’m disappointed.”
“… … .”
“Go ahead, Johnny. Lucas said he was looking for you.”
“Oh, yes.”
Jonathan turned around awkwardly. The man next to him looked uncomfortable and difficult.
Anyway, the two of them are left alone. Guido asked mischievously.
“Boy, tell me your name. You don’t have a name tag. You’re a hotel ‘staff’.”
Geo answered indifferently.
“Yeah.”
“Wow. That’s a grand name.”
“This is boring. Stop pretending you don’t know.”
You already know everything anyway.
Knowing ‘Joe’, having a strange crush on him, and hanging around the youngest.
A man who is as suspicious as the mastermind in a novel. However, since his skills don’t work, that’s all Geo knows about him.
It wasn’t just Timothy who was hiding, he was also in need of information about this man.
‘I didn’t know I would be suddenly confronted like this.’
Since I couldn’t see him the whole time, my guard had become a bit loose. Guido approached Geo, who was standing crookedly.
A fake mustache that you slowly remove with a smile.
“What is this shabby appearance that is unbecoming of a king? Even the way you dress… … You look just like a beggar boy begging on the street.”
“… … What is this kind-hearted, scheming rascal?”
Guido asked as if he was really curious.
“Honey. Do you know that I’m the type that likes to tease you?”
“Aren’t you saying that you’re some kind of pervert?”
“huh.”
“… … .”
X I’m speechless.
Guido bowed down before the dazed Geo.
lips.
Geo instinctively took a step back. It was because of the memory from the previous alley.
Guido’s eyes widened.
“Wow… … The body remembers. I really thought it was nothing, but I got hurt.”
“Open… … !”
A hand that was literally wrapping around the chin that was speaking. It wasn’t a strong grip. I was just surprised.
Guido muttered, stroking Geo’s earlobe under his hat.
“I want to cry.”
He lowered his eyes without a smile.
“I want to make it cry.”
Looking down arrogantly with an expression of indifference to the affairs of the world, this person, buried in a fragile human body amidst the great favoritism of the stars… … .
『Stigmata, forced opening.』
【Dare.】
Knock. Knock.
“… … .”
“… … .”
The smell of blood.
Geo looked down askance.
Blood was flowing from Guido’s hand as he stroked my cheek, as if he had been cut by something sharp.
The cut was deep and the bleeding was significant. Blood was dripping onto the floor.
The smell of blood spreading quickly drew everyone’s attention. The rumbling grew louder.
Still, Guido just looked at his bleeding hand.
With a blank, expressionless face.
“… … Ouch. It hurts.”
“Oh, sorry. My star has a bit of a bad temper.”
Kyeonjioh smiled faintly.
“Except for me.”
“… … .”
A faint smile spread across Guido’s face. A smile with wide eyes. A fake smile.
“In principle, I thought the Holy Spirit couldn’t interfere with human affairs… … What a great Holy Spirit you have.”
“hey.”
“… … .”
Geo took a step closer and whispered softly.
“You know I’m Joe?”
On that topic.
“Have you never thought about what kind of stars I, the ‘King’, might have?”
The smell of the wind was faint, masked by the smell of blood.
Thanks to that, Geo was able to see the strange man in front of him as quite unfamiliar. Unlike the strange feelings he had had until then.
“Listen carefully, foreigner.”
“… … .”
“One of the conditions of the covenant I made with this ‘Great Aspect’ is omnipotence.”
Wealth and power. Victory and glory. Omniscience and omnipotence.
If you wish, the world will be at your feet. If you wish, even death will not swallow you up.
“So… I don’t know what you’re doing and why you’re acting all sassy.”
“… … .”
“Watch my every move and tease me appropriately.”
The Milky Way, a light that appears above those distant black eyes.
Kido thought. Constellations.
‘And… … the holy seat.’
Knock, knock!
‘… … Captain!”
“Sir! Maramaldi! Are you alright?”
People are flocking in, the noise is growing louder.
Geo took a step back.
Suddenly, his face became as calm as usual. He wiped his nose while looking towards Guido, who was lost in the noisy crowd. Huh.
‘So who’s going to bother you?’
Anyone who touches the little munchkin will get bitten. Very bitten.
[“King Cat! King! What the hell is this? You’re not causing trouble again, are you! King Cat! Answer me, King! King Cat!”]
“… … .”
… … Hey, is he okay?
You weren’t hurt too much, right…?
Geo quietly took out his earphones. At that moment, Director Jang’s screams became faint.
“what’s the matter?”
“colon!”
“Timmy, that’s it. The captain is briefly injured.”
‘X-bar. Early morning.’
The munchkin who was the most annoying and ended up getting really annoyed. Gyeonji-oh slowly started to back away.
I quickly grabbed a nearby napkin and draped it over my arm. To anyone who saw me, I was a civilian. I was just a good hotel bellboy who was working hard. No, no.
Timothy approached, checked Guido’s wounds, and then looked around, as if searching for something.
‘omg?’
Hey, did you get caught?
“… … Healer! Where are you! Bring him here right now, no, bring the captain up there and treat him properly!”
“Timmy, I’m okay… … ”
“What are you talking about! You said that all of a sudden! It’s obvious that it’s deep, but what if it’s a curse or something! We need to find out properly, Support Team! What are you doing! Move quickly!”
‘Hmm, no.’
It was the guild leader’s order. Everyone’s movements became unison.
Geo stood close to the wall, avoiding the crowd of people who came and left.
People passing by Geo noisily.
Guido seemed to glance this way, but as soon as Geo turned around, he disappeared.
The voice moving away while saying, “I’m okay.”
And then.
Jeebuk-.
Just behind me, I hear footsteps that stop for a moment.
“… … Guido falls asleep around 3 in the morning.”
‘So, around 4 o’clock, we can meet in my room without anyone knowing.’
“i’ll wait.”
‘Yeah.’
A sound that rings in your head at the same time as your voice.
Geo turned around slowly.
A little further away, Timothy’s back could be seen moving away.
It was Timothy.
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