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evil!
‘It’s easier than I thought.’
I looked at Adela, who was kneeling and raising both hands, and collected my thoughts.
The first move was valid.
Adela already figured it out last time with the devil.
I knew that Adela’s elbow was twitching before she put any force into her sword, so I could see the timing exactly.
With precise timing, increased strength, and the swordsmanship the old man had taught him, he was surprisingly able to subdue the knight who had raised the aura with a single move.
Of course, it was a brief suppression.
If Adela had not tried to pull out the sword but instead stabbed him, the situation would have been awkward, but Adela’s reaction was poor.
It ended more easily than I thought, starting with a punch to Adela’s flustered face.
‘Despite his appearance, he is fragile.’
If Ben looked like a typical male knight, Adela was a typical female knight. A knight with an upright mind who seemed to enforce justice.
When Adela dropped her sword and crouched down after two punches, I couldn’t help but laugh.
Thanks to you, things became easier.
‘It was much easier than I thought.’
I nodded as I reviewed the workshop just now.
It was easy for me to know Adela’s habits, but Adela’s level was also low.
Thinking back to the articles I’ve encountered so far, it wasn’t just Adela’s problem.
A knight would have held a sword for at least ten years, but there were too many sloppy knights I met in the East.
‘Kungkungta and Ben are the better ones, the rest of them···.’
I guessed what the cause was.
Come on.
He clenched his fists and muttered.
I could understand the knight’s characteristic lethargy because I knew the taste.
The auror that cuts everything down is like having a laser sword in the Middle Ages. Plus, it has bonus stats that increase as well.
It’s not for nothing that they say that there are only a few knights.
There was no way I could foolishly swing my sword and practice with such a sweet ability that was like a cheat key.
It goes without saying that there were knights in the East.
It’s only recently that there’s been chaos, because it was originally a peaceful place.
‘Of course, Aura is not invincible.’
I clicked my tongue at the sight of Adela looking startled as she made eye contact with me.
At first glance, it looks like I was the one who grabbed him, but since he had given me the honor in the first place, he had to obey.
But Adela tried to destroy the evidence by killing me when she confronted me, so I had nothing to say even if I was hit.
“barley.”
“Yes··· Yes.”
A voice that was crawling and eyes that were moving busily. It was a weasel-like attitude that did not match his appearance.
“The answer is evil.”
“yes?”
“Evil!”
“Ahhh-? Ouch!!”
When I raised my fist, Adela screamed in surprise.
“okay.”
Still, I nodded my head at the fact that he was learning at a fairly fast pace for a medieval person. However, judging from the fact that he was still rolling his eyes, it seemed like he needed more education.
“Roll to the left.”
“···evil!”
Adela grimaced in pain as the part she was hit with was scraped, but she didn’t care. The knights were tough to begin with, so there was no need to worry.
“Roll to the right.”
“evil!”
The movements became faster and faster.
After checking his mental state, I sat him down again.
“I heard there’s a dueling tournament.”
“evil.”
“You go out there and win.”
“Evil? Evil!”
Adela, who had become even more docile, nodded her head vigorously.
“Your honor belongs to me. You know that, don’t you?”
“······evil.”
I gulped as I looked at Adela’s defeated face.
“Win and bring me all the garlic. All of it, without leaving a single one out.”
“Evil? Evil!”
Adela answered with a bang, raising her hand.
Then a sour smell wafted out.
“Oh, it smells. Are you washing it?”
“Evil? Evil! Evil.”
“What are you saying?”
“Washing is not good for your health because it makes you lose energy…”
“I told you to answer only with evil.”
“Ahhh?! Aahhhh!!”
Adela, who had been hit in the head, looked up as if she was being wronged, but I didn’t care. The knights were strong.
‘···Anyway, you uncivilized medieval guys.’
I clicked my tongue and rethought my plan.
‘Everyone except for Count Behart’s knights would be fine. The problem is Ben, though… I wonder what will happen to him.’
It seemed like I could easily obtain garlic by finding out the method of destruction by finding out information from other articles and injecting it into Barley.
“Get up and grab your sword. I’m going to do it with my attributes.”
I kicked Adela’s sword, which was rolling around next to me.
Throwing away his sword and crouching down after being hit twice with a fist could be seen as disqualifying as a knight, but he still had a way of doing things.
Ugh···.
Adela looked up at me, biting her lip.
No wonder I felt like I was a bad guy.
“Barley, roll to the left.”
“evil!”
“Roll right twice. Don’t roll left again, roll right. Roll forward.”
“Ouch! Ouch? Ouch!”
It was Adela who handed me the leash herself.
“Get up and take a seat.”
Bori, covered in sweat, quickly aimed his sword at me.
‘A short but thick sword. For a woman, her arms are strong, but her reflexes are lacking and she’s unnecessarily flashy. Plus, her calves twist a little when she stabs.’
Adela’s biggest problem was that her sword was flashy without being practical.
When fighting at close range, large movements were bound to lead to openings.
“Barley, your black, flashy trash.”
I said it bluntly.
It was clear that he wouldn’t admit it right away anyway. Of course, he lost to me, but he was still a knight, so he had pride in his sword…
“evil!!”
Adela still looked resentful at her defeat, but the answer came right away.
‘Not bad.’
I nodded and started the full-scale attribute training.
Starting with the most problematic of all: shaky calves.
He quickly pointed out the problematic part.
And then straight into practice.
The best way to learn is to do it right.
“Ah, it smells. First, go wash up and come back.”
“evil···.”
Adela answered in a voice that was crawling up my annoyance.
***
‘It’s not that bad of a deal.’
I nodded, looking down at Adela lying in front of me.
At this level, it seemed that a few short-term training sessions would be sufficient.
Even now, the movements have improved a lot.
If I had taught the strategies of other knights there, I could have made enough garlic.
“You win.”
“···evil.”
The answer was not cool, but it seemed like he had something to say.
“What is it, tell me.”
“Ouch! Ouch, ouch ouch. Ouch!”
‘Did you hit your head too hard?’
I let out a sigh as I watched Adela lying face down, raising her head and making strange noises.
“You can tell me. Tell me.”
“······I want to win too, but there are many strong players.”
Adela looked around and trailed off.
“A splendid knight?”
“Yes, Sir Ben of Karzan, Sir Gern of Byzant, Sir Saint of Blant Castle. ··· I am ashamed to say, but they are knights of a higher level than me.”
Adela crumpled her face as if she really didn’t want to admit it.
Of course, it would be a little difficult for someone like Ben, but he had his own way.
“You will definitely win.”
“···But. Aah!”
“The answer is evil!”
“······evil!”
Adela clutched her head and rolled on the floor.
“And wash it every day. If it smells again next time you come here….”
“···evil.”
After that, he told me his plan and sneaked out of the palace.
I had already memorized the structure of the resistance and had abundant muscle strength, so I was able to get out without difficulty.
When I returned to the bar, there were quite a lot of people.
They divided the districts, one side was filled with guys using buckets, the other side was filled with Skane, the other side was filled with guys from District 6, and even the security guards… The bar was full of thugs.
Judging by the fact that the large bar was somewhat full, it seemed like business was going well. In addition to the three hogu thugs, there were a few familiar guys running around busily.
“Aaron, please come in!!”
The young man standing next to the door shouted loudly.
““You’re here!!””
‘This is really fucking annoying.’
I waved my hand in response to the loud greeting and headed inside.
“When grilling, the inside has to be cooked all the way through. What if you just burn the outside? The inside won’t be cooked at all.”
In the kitchen, Hannah was grilling meat while Kanna sat down.
In the past, Hannah’s cooking wasn’t that great, but things got a little better after she started learning how to cook from the washing machine.
‘I’ll never eat charred meat again.’
I nodded at Kanna’s face, which was completely focused.
Since he was a child who learned anything easily, it was obvious that he would learn how to grill meat easily.
“Aaron, you’re late?”
Hannah greeted me with a big smile. I gave her a quick greeting and went out, grabbing the frying pan and meat.
I was hungry because I had been moving around a lot, but the smell of garlic in my pocket kept nagging me.
He asked me to quickly roast him and eat him with the meat.
The frying pan was made of hammered, poor-quality iron, and the handle was roughly wrapped in cloth.
I put the frying pan on the stove and waited for a while. It seemed like it would take some time.
“What are you doing, brother?”
The weasel asked quietly.
Behind the weasel there was grass and berman.
“To grill meat.”
“Sniff sniff… But don’t you smell something strange?”
The weasel grimaced, holding his nose. Grass and Berman’s reactions were not much different.
‘Uncivilized people who don’t even know the taste of garlic.’
I clicked my tongue, took out a garlic clove, and peeled it.
A pungent smell wafted through the air, and my eyes stung for a moment.
Because it was found in the wild and had not been bred, its scent was very strong. It was also large and black, so it did not have an appetizing appearance.
It was surprising that anyone would think of eating this.
“Eww! Brother! Shit! Hide behind me!”
He clicked his tongue at the weasel’s exaggerated behavior and put the meat on the frying pan.
Here, pork was cheaper than beef because people raised pork indoors like pets.
Of course, it smelled very fishy.
Chijijik-
The meat began to cook with a loud sizzle.
The juices and fats flowing from that red-tinged meat.
I gave a small exclamation and shook the pan slightly to flip the meat. However, it stuck to the pan and I had to get it off.
“dagger.”
“···Here it is! Brother!”
The weasel hesitated for a moment and then quickly held out a dagger. Fortunately, it was clean, as if it had been well-maintained.
I scraped the meat with my dagger and then turned it over.
Crisp – another delicious sound.
I put a clove of garlic on top and roughly chopped it with a dagger and sprinkled it in. The garlic was big, so even though I only chopped one clove and put it in, the frying pan was full.
“Hmm. Is that how you eat it?”
Unlike the astonished Berman and the weasel, Grass just stroked his chin and bit this and that.
I answered that question vaguely, focusing on the meat and garlic.
‘Only the color is black.’
It didn’t rot separately; the garlic here seemed to be originally black.
The garlic was roasted in the meat fat, and a sweet smell wafted out. But seeing that there was still a hint of spiciness, the garlic here seemed to be stronger than I thought.
“Brother, what is this… Echoo! It smells delicious… Echoo! It’s there! As expected from Brother… Echoo!!”
The weasel, despite shedding tears and snot, somehow managed to stick close to me and flatter me in various ways.
When he turned his head to look at it, all the others except the weasel were stuck on the opposite wall.
Everyone looked at me with fright, as if I was roasting some devil.
‘Tsk, you uncivilized guys.’
I clicked my tongue and flicked the frying pan once. It seemed like I put in too much garlic, but it was okay to eat a lot.
Finally, when it seemed to be cooked to a certain degree, I took the frying pan out. The smell of roasted garlic in the sizzling oil was definitely there.
I headed to my assigned seat and stared at him for a moment.
‘Garlic.’
At that moment, Hannah and Kanna quickly sat down on the other side.
The weasel hesitated for a moment and then tried to stand behind me, so I hit it once and sent it forward.
“Aaron, what is this?”
Hannah’s lips trembled as if she was forcing a smile.
The smell of garlic must have been quite strong, to the point where Hana couldn’t control her expression.
And the people gathered around me stared at me with eyes that were half curious and half shocked.
A situation where uncivilized medieval people surround modern people and ask questions. It was a common other-worldly cliché.
“Ahhhhhhh, this is roasted garlic.”
I ignored the savages’ stares and put the roasted garlic on top of the pork and brought it to my mouth.
Medieval meats had a particularly strong odor, but the garlic scent gently covered them, giving them a taste of home.
‘Ah, this is the taste.’
The taste of garlic, which I had tasted after such a long time, brought tears to my eyes.
‘But the garlic is a bit strong.’
Even though it was fully cooked, the spiciness and spiciness that was not hidden hit me hard. I was very happy because there is almost no spicy food here.
“······Is it really delicious? It’s the first time I’ve seen Aaron make that kind of expression.”
Hannah asked with wide eyes.
The people around me had expressions on their faces as if they had seen something unbearable, but when they made eye contact with me, they all smiled brightly.
Although it was a waste of garlic, generosity had to be shown in order to enlighten the uncivilized medieval people.
“Try it.”
I pushed the frying pan forward and gestured.
Hannah was the first to pick up the garlic and put it in her mouth.
A moment of silence.
Everyone focused on Hannah, who was working hard.
Hannah’s eyes, which were already large, grew so large that they took up half of her face.
“···it is delicious.”
A single teardrop flows down the side of Hannah’s large eye.
‘Ahhh… That’s roasted garlic.’
As he muttered to himself at the heated reaction, Nova hurriedly looked for an iced beer.
It seemed like I cried not because it was delicious, but because it was spicy.
‘Well, it’s spicy enough for me too.’
Because spices are expensive, the people here are not accustomed to spicy food.
After Hana, several guys came forward to try it.
Most of them had similar reactions to Hannah. They were extremely surprised, then forced a smile and said it was delicious.
Among them, the weasel’s reaction was outstanding.
“Ah, I didn’t know such a taste existed in the world. It’s the first time I’ve tasted it in my life. Brother.”
The weasel jumped up and down in place, tears streaming down his slitted eyes. All the while, he stubbornly came up with all sorts of beautiful words to praise the garlic.
I chuckled at the sight and fed the weasel a handful of garlic.
“······You little brat.”
The weasel, with its mouth full of garlic, muttered a very small curse. Then, when it made eye contact with me, it smiled brightly again and continued to praise the garlic.
“It’s so delicious, I can’t help but dance! I love garlic! I love garlic!”
The weasel hopped away and slowly moved away.
Like all the uncivilized medieval people, they ran away without realizing the true taste of garlic.
Among them, the only one who enjoyed garlic was Kanna.
Kanna followed me and put the garlic on top of the meat to try to please her taste.
After he finished eating, Kanna came back with a frying pan with a confident look on her face and lit a fire.
I was a little nervous for a moment, but this time I played with the fire under the frying pan so I cooked it just right without burning it.
‘Even a portable gas burner function has been added.’
I nodded in satisfaction, stroking Kanna’s round head.
It has air conditioning, fan, gas burner and refrigerator functions.
If you have just one Kanna, you can consider it as a full option.
By that time, all the uncivilized people who did not know the charm of garlic had run away, so the bar was deserted.
Hannah stayed by my side until the end, shedding tears.
***
“···satellite?”
Pulpouts let out a sigh at the unexpected words.
“Oh! … No, that’s right. It’s a new seed.”
The man Adela introduced as a servant was a man wearing a leather helmet.
Although it seemed to be covered by a helmet, its extraordinary size and atmosphere could not be hidden. In some ways, it seemed as if it had no intention of hiding it.
‘You’re getting more and more shameless.’
Aaron stood there with a confident expression, whether he thought he had been tricked or was asking what he would do if he found out.
‘But why as a seed?’
Aaron was originally someone who kept his distance from introversion.
But then, all of a sudden, you came in as Adela’s seed…
‘Is the purpose a duel tournament?’
It was Aaron who had entered the tournament wearing a strange helmet last time.
As expected from his savage appearance, he loved duels and seemed to be a person who would never miss a duel.
But unlike that time, this time it was hosted by Count Behart, so there was nothing I could do about it…
‘But it’s a seed···.’
Adela with a very tense face and Aaron standing slightly behind her.
Adela had recently been openly expressing her discomfort with Aaron’s work. There was no way that such an Adela would have accepted Aaron as her servant.
‘Well, I’ve defeated the lustful Kurtun too.’
Fullfoot had guessed Aaron’s power, and he also knew that Adela would be in big trouble sooner or later…
‘···It’s a bit dangerous.’
It was a sword that he wasn’t sure if he could handle yet. It was a sword that he didn’t know what its purpose was or how well it would cut.
The sword broke his sharp sword and came right in front of him. It wasn’t a situation where he could just laugh, but…
Cassadick was a place where incidents occurred one after another to the point where it was difficult to recall the peaceful times of the past.
I don’t know what his intentions were, but one thing was clear.
‘He is needed at Cassidy.’
I don’t know what’s underneath, but he was completely devoted to his position as the leader of the outer wall guard.
If you follow his actions, you can naturally see his intentions. He protected Cassidy. If so, it was likely that he would continue to do so.
All he had to do was give him the right compensation to maintain the gap he had now.
All sorts of random thoughts came to mind, but Pulpouts shook his head at the headache that was coming up and shook off his thoughts.
‘Aaron, do whatever you want.’
It was the sword that Cassidy needed now. It was enough to create a reason to tie it up somehow.
“Yes, Sir Adela didn’t bring any seeds. I guess she’s changed her mind a little now.”
“···yes.”
Adela pursed her lips as if she had something to say. Pulpouts nodded without asking why.
Adela’s momentum was at its peak, so someone needed to break it.
He didn’t know what kind of backlash he would receive if he pressed, and since the other knights were one level lower than Adela, he had no suitable opponents… In some ways, it could be seen as appropriate.
If Adela had had a problem with Count Behart, it would have been impossible to resolve.
“Yes, if you win the duel tournament, you will be honoring the Pulpouts family, so I will give you ten additional gold coins. Do your best.”
“······yes.”
Adela’s monthly salary was 5 gold coins, so 10 gold coins was not a small amount. However, Adela’s reaction was very lukewarm. No, it felt like she was reluctant to give him a raise.
Pulpouts simply waved his hands.
Adela bowed her head deeply with a tearful face.
‘It’s much better.’
It was easier to handle in its current form than in its previous stiff, arrogant, and unpredictable form.
“Oh, there will be a banquet for the duel, so please be sure to attend.”
Fullfoot waved his hand after finishing his short speech.
‘Count Bonita···.’
The immediate need was not Adela’s.
‘Suddenly an alliance? What are you thinking? Are you thinking of starting a territory war at a time like this?’
Pulpouts pressed his temples as he thought of the woman whose mind he could not fathom.
***
While the knights and nobles held banquets, the knights’ squires also held something similar.
In a fairly large room, there were fruits, breads, and other things on the table, and seeds were gathered together.
Knights usually had two or three squires, and the squires’ rank tended to follow that of the knight they served.
And among those seeds, Pah, who served the ‘three-stabbing’ Saint Kyung, was quite high in the hierarchy.
Since Count Behar’s knights did not appear in this duel, he was also a candidate for victory.
In addition, Pah was now in his fifth year of life as a seed, so in terms of experience alone, he could be considered the best among them.
‘···But what is that?’
It was the second seed meeting at Cassidy Castle.
But there was a face I hadn’t seen at the last seed meeting. I asked around and found out that it was the person that Adela had recently brought in as a seed.
The creature was wearing a strange leather helmet, and its huge size gave the viewer a heavy, oppressive feeling.
The sight reminded him more of a savage than a seed. Pah frowned at the sight of the seed’s dignity being damaged.
‘If it’s Knight Adela, isn’t it that knight?’
This knight suddenly brought in a large seed after not having planted any seeds. It was a situation that was bound to cause gossip.
Even now, there are quite a few people around him who make vulgar jokes.
‘···I told you not to leave him alone.’
Pah recalled what his knight had said.
When the rumor spread that Adela had brought seeds, the knight who served Pah was very indignant and gave orders at this meeting of the seeds to make her give up the seeds.
He said he would take responsibility for the rest of it, so he could be very rough.
However, when I actually met him, his size and intimidation were incredible.
‘Even so, he is just a new seed.’
Even his armor was made of leather, not iron. He must have been a hunter or something.
Pah tried to relax and approached the guy.
Other guys followed behind Pah.
‘It seems that other knights have given similar orders.’
As the number increased, I became more confident.
However, as I got closer to it, a strange smell came out strongly. It was a smell I had smelled somewhere.
‘It’s garlic.’
Recently, everyone had eaten it under Count Behar’s orders. The memory of suffering from eating garlic came back to me, and I became angry.
“Hey, newbie. Since you’re new here, you should say hello first.”
Pah glared at the bastard with force in his eyes.
However, the moment I met his eyes through the gap in that bizarre leather mask, I flinched. It didn’t feel good.
“Yeah! And without even a report ceremony. ···What’s that garlic smell? Ouch- the smell.”
Then the guy on Pah’s left shouted.
The seeds began to hurl harsh insults at him as a signal flare.
However, Pah kept his mouth shut due to a strange feeling.
The guy was taking the brunt of the hostility from those around him, but he was leisurely eating his bread as if he couldn’t hear them.
“Are you still lying around? I guess you don’t understand the situation. The knights don’t get involved in the affairs between the servants. Even your pretty blonde knight can’t protect you here…”
The guy who was talking excitedly closed his mouth.
No, my mouth is closed.
Before he knew it, the man was grabbing the guy by the back of his neck.
“Yeah, I should do it. The initiation ceremony.”
Pah gulped at the man’s grumbling voice.
Boom-!
Aaaah!
“Racist Punch!”
“I… When did I ever discriminate against people…! Aaaah!”
A miserable scene unfolding ahead.
Gelheim didn’t understand those who kept attacking such a big guy. Of course, he used to be like that too…
‘I clearly came here to avoid that guy… why is that guy here…’
Gelheim was a soldier of the Bolt Castle, but after coming to Cassidy and getting beaten up by the bastard several times, he moved to become Lord Ben’s squire.
When Ben said he was going to Cassidy, I was a bit nervous, but I figured it would be okay since he was a servant and not a soldier.
When I met the guy at the gate, I reached into my pockets, but I was able to pass through without any problems.
But, meeting him at the seed gathering… It was clear that there was a bad relationship between us.
‘I’ve definitely received blessings…’
Gelheim, who was in the corner, searched through his pockets with trembling hands.
Gelheim took out a silver coin, then, feeling that it was not enough, he took out another one and stood quietly waiting for the tragedy to end.
By then he had all been knocked down.
While searching through the pockets of the passed out men, he hummed, “Seed money-“
‘To keep a guy like that as a seed? What kind of monster is he…’
Gelheim expressed his condolences to Ben, who had gone to the duel, and took out another silver coin, feeling a little relieved.
