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Four squares
‘Hmm… That was wrong. That was very wrong.’
It was a new experience, but seeing Kanna jump between tables on her head made me realize it again.
It seems to me that my emphasis on the center was going to extremes.
“Arong!”
Hannah came back very excited.
After that, the other two of the three men, who looked very tired, and the washing machine followed them in.
The last washing machine to come in locked the door and I checked it one more time.
When Kanna greeted him by stamping her feet, Hanna applauded him and praised him.
The guys behind him also clapped along.
Hannah, who had been praising Kanna for a moment, unpacked the luggage she had brought and came out.
Hannah sat across from me, smiling brighter than usual.
Perhaps because he had suffered a lot, there was a deep dimple in his cheek.
“Kanna, can you give me some ice?”
“huh.”
Kanna, who had released the water pump, waved her hands.
The ceiling soon became covered with ice, and cold snowflakes fell.
‘That’s extreme. That’s extreme.’
In conclusion, Hannah’s beer glass was filled with snowflakes, but it was really uselessly cool.
Now, Kanna sat down next to me with her chin raised, with the words ‘Kanna, Kanna!’ stuck in her mouth.
Gulp, gulp.
Hannah drank the entire beer.
It was quite amazing how that small body could empty a beer mug the size of his head in one go.
Hannah, who had been drinking without stopping, put down her beer glass so roughly that it made a bang!
“Khuh···!”
Hannah expressed her coolness with her whole body, making all sorts of impressions.
Maybe because I run a bar, I can really enjoy drinking beer.
Hannah’s empty glass was quickly filled by one of the thieves next to her.
“Thank you, Zenta. Everyone, sit down! It’s a nice day!”
Hannah called the crowd together and applauded.
The washing machine and the three servants gathered around him.
‘You secretly have a lot of family members.’
I sipped my beer and looked around at him.
“Today marks the one-month anniversary of our wonderful Aaron Rabbit Bar!”
‘···It’s already like that.’
I scratched the ball,
It seems like Hannah’s control is better than expected, and even though it must have been quite difficult, the children’s faces looked good.
“Everyone worked really hard. The most important thing is money! Zenta! Brown! Gibbs!”
Hana, standing proudly, took out the pouches from her bosom.
The pockets were full, so the contents seemed quite substantial.
‘Brown and Gibbs. I’m hearing those names for the first time.’
I looked at them, scratching my cheek.
The guys opened their pockets, their eyes widened, and with even more agitated faces, they expressed their gratitude and stepped back.
And then they hugged each other and jumped around.
However, they were not a pleasant sight to see as they had a fierce appearance.
“And Zenta, since I saved a real woman, you’ll be able to meet her soon. I’ll find the other two for you too!”
Hannah said with sparkling eyes.
‘You’re even making me have a family… You plan on exploiting me for the rest of your life.’
The three men of Hogu could be considered the top 1% of medieval workers simply because they worked under women without making a single noise.
Hannah’s abilities may be there, but even considering that, there were definitely useful guys.
In order to keep him for a long time, Hannah seemed to be planning to even start a family for him.
It was a method used only on serfs, though…
“Can I really get married?”
Judging from the strong reaction, they seemed satisfied as well.
‘Well, they pay a lot and treat you well.’
They seemed to be satisfied with each other.
“Of course! I’ll find Brown and Gibbs right away! All three of them are honest and manly, so they’re very popular!”
Even if you looked at him favorably, he had a vicious look that was closer to a criminal than a man, but everyone seemed to believe Hannah’s words.
“Okay, next is Delmuto! Thank you for your hard work, Manager Delmuto!”
He held out his fatter pockets, and the washer accepted them.
‘Branch manager… You had a title?’
Looking around, I realized that the company was like a family, with employees staying at the company and even getting married through the CEO.
They all seemed to be a very close family, as they all smiled broadly upon receiving the bags.
“Next is Vice President Kanna!”
Kanna went out confidently. The two even shook hands and praised each other’s achievements.
I was looking at her back when I suddenly realized that Kanna was a little taller.
At first glance, he seemed like a skinny, venomous kid, but now he seemed like the child of a fairly well-to-do family.
I thought I saw myself in Kanna’s figure as she quickly ran to the trio of fools and checked their pockets, but I shook my head.
I was just maintaining a proper tradition.
“I don’t want to give Arong’s share here······.”
Hannah smiled and made a polite gesture.
When I frowned, Ha-na continued speaking with a crooked smile.
“I, Hannah! I won’t be satisfied here! Together with you! Not satisfied with a small castle on the eastern frontier! To the world! To the continent!”
Hannah, holding Kanna’s hand, shouted “Manse!” and revealed her ambition.
The rest of them followed suit and shouted, which seemed like a pyramid scheme.
“Not stopping at the cool Aaron Rabbit! To the awesome Aaron Rabbit! To the sexy Aaron Rabbit! And we’ll go even further! For that day!!”
Hannah raised her glass, revealing her strange ambition, and the others followed suit.
‘···Because it makes money.’
Hannah, smiling brightly, drank her beer in one gulp, and Kanna, who was next to her, followed suit and drank water in one shot.
Hannah emptied her glass and grinned, declaring that everyone should drink to their heart’s content.
Of course, even so, the three of them and the washing machine were all quiet, so it didn’t make much of a difference.
‘Four men gathered together···.’
Even if they didn’t go to the prostitutes like Kel or the other guards, they would have been noisy, but they were talking quietly as if they were in a cafe.
The conversation there was about what to do with the money they earned and what to prepare for marriage.
‘They are such uselessly sound guys.’
I clicked my tongue at the sight that didn’t match his fierce appearance.
“Here it is! Arong.”
Hannah, whose face was flushed as if she was drunk, held out a heavy pouch.
‘···2 gold? That’s a lot.’
All I did was lend my name, but two gold a month was a lot of money.
I looked at him for a moment and then pushed him towards Hannah again.
Since there were already plenty of gold coins, there was no immediate need.
“Why? It’s Arong’s share, the other shares will be added later…”
“I will list more and invest in them.”
Hannah had an innocent face but was full of ambition, so she had the potential to become a great CEO.
If you put in 2 gold, it will be called right away.
“···Sexy Aaron Rabbit?”
Hannah, who had been looking down at Gold for a moment, winked.
It seemed like he was winking, but the wink was so awkward that it seemed to lack nutrition.
“Then when will I receive the other shares?”
Hannah looked at me again with playful eyes and moved her hands impurely.
“Really? Then should I accept it?”
I answered with a smile.
Hannah’s face immediately became flustered, and she let out a strange noise and ran away.
I laughed out loud.
“···this.”
Kanna approached me and held out her pouch with a confident expression.
It was seriously thick for a child to hold, but…
“It’s your money. Use it however you want.”
I didn’t want to take the money I owed.
At that, Kanna opened her mouth slightly and smiled like a child.
Kanna’s lightning show that followed was quite thrilling.
‘Now it’s probably about two batteries.’
I shook my cold head and drank the rest of my beer.
The lightning was moderately thrilling and relieved the fatigue in my body.
***
The weather was really nice.
It seemed like a great day to ride a carriage and get some devil candy.
Until I saw Nova standing next to the carriage, checking its contents.
“···Why are you going?”
“I have something to trade with Fletcher. What’s with that look in your eyes?”
Nova answered with a squinty look in her eyes.
I nodded at him, scratching my cheek.
It was obvious that trouble was going to arise at Flitton Castle where the Devil Candy was, and it was annoying that Nova was going along with it.
I could already hear the nagging that was to come.
“Are you thinking of causing another accident?! Ha! I knew you’d do that!”
As I watched Nova wrinkle his nose as if he had been caught, I began to picture the future.
‘Because I don’t want to get caught.’
I nodded while looking down at Nova who was shouting something.
If you didn’t get caught, you were innocent.
As I waited for Nova’s excited nagging to end, a low voice was heard from the side.
“Honorary Monk Aaron.”
He was the abbot of the monastery.
‘···There was no talk of the abbot going?’
I couldn’t take the abbot to a place where there were a lot of devil candies.
It was a different problem with Nova.
Of course, I didn’t have the confidence to listen to the sermon on the way.
“Take this. It looked really dirty this morning.”
The abbot handed over a golden cape.
I was thinking of asking for a new one, and it was an opportune time.
So I threw away the cape I was using and put on a new one.
“The cape is made of cotton, so you should wash it… No matter how worn out it is, you shouldn’t throw it on the floor. Of course, the cape is just a piece of cotton, but it still has a meaning, so I’m going to throw it away like this….”
The abbot who picked up the fallen cape continued to nag at him for a long time.
Nova, who was watching him from the side, nodded and agreed.
Their nagging combined made my head spin.
The combined efforts of the two were not easy.
“And take this with you. The abbot at Flitton Castle is someone I know, so if you show him this, he’ll be more than happy to help you. If you ever do something you can’t handle, ask him for help. You don’t go to church often and you don’t read your Bible, but you’re still an honorary monk.”
‘···Why are these people so sure that I’m going to have an accident?’
I was dumbfounded by the worries full of preconceptions.
Of course, I took the letter.
Because everywhere, monasteries were extraterritorial zones.
Even if he was mistaken for killing Count Behart, he could hide in the monastery and hide.
“Aaron is an honorary monk. You must be having a hard time.”
“I heard you are an honorary secretary. Your young wife must have a hard time.”
I clicked my tongue and walked away, seeing the two of them feeling a strange sense of kinship.
“Hey, square one.”
“Damn it! Why did you······!”
Sa-gyeong-bang, who was checking the luggage next to me, frowned when he saw me.
‘Baron Fullfoot has put in a lot of effort.’
Two carriages were accompanied by maids and soldiers.
There were quite a lot of people.
Up to the fourth power.
I ordered the square separately from Nova.
After all, it was quite a distance to go without having to chew on anything.
“Phew… But if I’m going to be called a private like this, I’ll be a soldier soon too….”
Sa-gwang-ga muttered, wiping the sweat from his forehead.
‘I guess you didn’t hear the story.’
I didn’t bother to break that sweet illusion.
I thought it would taste better if I cracked it after it had ripened a bit more.
Kanna insisted on following her, but she couldn’t take her to a place with so many devil candies.
But I guess the kid has matured a bit and didn’t hang up twice.
“What on earth do you call me······.”
Even though it was old, there was another ice maker.
Guobarou grumbled as he climbed into the carriage behind him, carrying a full leather bag in his hand.
After looking around, it seemed like everything was ready, so I followed Guobarou.
Three soldiers rode on horseback to lead the way, and in the carriage in front sat Adela, Park Head, Nova, and the maid.
I sat next to Kua Bao Rou, and across from me sat a square with a strange expression on its face and a maid.
Seeing Sa-gwang-ga looking at the maid with a strange expression, it seemed like she had impure intentions.
“It’s narrow.”
“Then go run outside.”
Kuobarou sighed briefly and lowered his gaze to the paper.
The carriage started off slowly.
As we passed through the gate, the guards waved their hands.
‘Useless things···.’
Looking at the numbers, it seemed like all the kids who had come out to work had gathered.
I clicked my tongue and waved my hand in return.
“Those foreign guards aren’t doing their job… tsk….”
“Are you jealous?”
“Phew… What do you know!”
Sa-gyeong-gwan, who was trying to say ‘commoner’ as usual, looked at the maid and trailed off.
The maid seemed to notice the interest as the corners of her lips slightly went up.
“What is your name?”
“This is Alice.”
The maid answered with a slightly frightened look on her face.
The square glared at me with an anxious expression, and I found that look quite amusing.
‘Well, it’s time for Sa-gwang-ga to get married too.’
The square looked quite desperate as I hesitated about what to say.
“I see.”
‘Don’t worry, I’ll push you.’
When I gave the square a thumbs up, he shook his head with an even more anxious look on his face.
He seemed to want that too.
“Have you met Jace? He’s the bastard son of a bastard, a quarter bastard, and he’s got a lot of bad points, but he’s still a man.”
I skillfully introduced the square to the maid.
Sa-Gwak-Gwak’s body shook as if he had been hit by an electric shock device.
“That’s not it, lady. That guy’s a bit of a prankster… Let me introduce myself formally. I’m Jace, a guard from the inner castle.”
Jace turned around and spoke with an awkward smile.
“My name is Alice.”
The maid looked Jace up and down and nodded, as if she liked my introduction.
‘······This is it.’
I was left scratching my head at the ending, which was different from what I expected.
***
Flitton Castle was about a day’s journey by carriage from Cassadyck.
It took longer than the distance because we had to stop and rest here and there.
I heard that since there is a castle called Byzant between Flitton Castle and Cassadick Castle, we will be staying at Byzant Castle tonight.
‘Your last name is quite big.’
“Countess Bonita of the Castle of Bisant has enormous financial power because she has the upper house of the Garrot family in the background. I heard that she recently moved the head office of the upper house to the Castle of Bisant.”
Sa-gwang-ga explained to the maid with an unlucky expression.
The maid also seemed to like the square, and agreed with it without any particular exception.
‘It’s the top of the Gyarrot···.’
Suddenly, the words of the weasel came to mind. The nobles who raise tax rates excessively have something urgent to worry about.
Contrary to what he said, it seemed that the castle of Byzant was in a period of prosperity.
‘But they are all carriages from the upper part of the Gyarrot.’
At that moment, there was a loud noise from the front and the carriages split to the side.
In the meantime, some guards came over and talked to the soldiers in front.
After that, the guards straightened the line and a long path formed in front of us.
Thanks to this, I was able to enter the Byzantine Castle easily without waiting.
‘Even if there is a Fullfoot family crest, it’s a bit excessive.’
Of course, it didn’t matter because it was in our best interest.
I passed through with such ease and was guided to the inner sanctuary.
The inner chamber was filled with various materials, and the sight was extraordinary.
It looked like they were preparing something. There were also quite a few people here and there who looked like mercenaries.
Mercenaries and prepared supplies···.
‘You’re thinking of going to war. Is that why you raised taxes?’
I frowned and guessed who the opponent was.
Now that the internal situation has been openly shown to us, there is no way it could be Cassidy.
Moreover, it was certain that raiding the recently raided Bolt Castle again would arouse public outrage···.
‘You wouldn’t touch the Baekjak territory without being crazy… Then it must be the Razbangne Castle.’
The Castle of Lazvanne was a small castle located north of Byzant.
The Razbangnu was so small that there was nothing to eat···.
‘I guess something came out.’
Looking at it that way, I understand Viscount Bonita’s actions.
‘So you helped during the Vault siege? To eliminate Cassidy and the Vault Castle.’
It seemed that the Bolt Castle, which had suffered siege damage, had no room to move, and since Cassidy had also received help, it was clear that they would just wait and see.
There would be no obstacle as long as Count Behar did not step forward.
It was quite a thorough preparation.
‘···I thought it would be quiet for a while.’
Originally, these guys would take out old documents and look through them, and then start a war based on a single phrase written in them.
It’s been quiet lately, but it seems like the Blue Marble era has come again.
Of course, since the Razvanne Castle is quite far from Cassadic, it won’t have much of an impact.
‘···I feel uneasy for no reason.’
At that moment, my eyes met with the guy who was putting supplies outside the window.
Unlike the others, the one who looked particularly young was trembling with a frightened look on his face.
A guy who keeps looking around while being startled by the shouting from those around him.
‘He’ll live.’
In any place, cowards always survive the longest.
I clicked my tongue and closed my eyes tightly.
“······Maybe later.”
“I’ll hang the handkerchief outside the window.”
The urgent voice of a square and the somewhat skilled answer of a maid.
‘I guess I’ll have an illegitimate child.’
I laughed and coughed.
“···Would you cough against the window?”
Kuobarou muttered something, but his voice was too quiet.
***
“···commons.”
A very small voice.
I stood up and unconsciously stabbed myself with my sword.
The tip of the sword was barely piercing Sa-Gyeong’s neck.
A drop of red blood flows down the blade.
The square’s face turned pale.
“I… I’m sorry! I won’t call you a commoner….”
The guy was so surprised that he just opened his mouth.
I took a deep breath, ran my hand over the scar on my face, and then lowered my sword.
I roughly wiped the blood from the sword onto the bed.
“why.”
“I··· I···.”
“Stop hesitating and tell me.”
I tried to suppress the emotions that had been rising as I touched my scar.
“I just came here to ask for help with going to see Alice···.”
Sa-gwang-i spoke very quietly, looking at the soldiers sleeping next to him.
“Alice?”
“···The maid who rode with us earlier.”
“Oh, I see. You want help?”
“After all, this isn’t our castle, so…”
Sa-gwak nodded and pointed outside.
It seemed as if he was asking me to watch over the net while he created the illegitimate child cube.
‘···This is fucking crazy.’
I woke up because I felt even more uneasy when I went back to sleep, and I also felt responsible for connecting with him.
“Okay, I’ll watch the net while you mate.”
“I’m not talking about copulation, I’m talking about conversation…”
When Sa-gwang, who had been speaking confidently, met my eyes, he coughed in vain and trailed off.
Looking at the above face, it seemed like he was thinking about how many children he would have.
Countess Bonita gave us the annex without showing her face.
The soldier on guard duty jumped in surprise when he saw us.
I suddenly pointed at the sword of the man who had been pointing at me, then recited the story of the square.
The soldier nodded, his face like a hot man.
The square in front of the door twisted its body and took a deep breath.
He kept yapping for so long that I got frustrated and knocked on the door.
“Okay···Wait a minute···.”
Then, as if it had been waiting, the door opened and the maid from before peeked her head out.
The maid grabbed Jace by the collar as he was about to say something and dragged him in.
Through the gap, another maid hurried out.
The door slammed shut, and the maid and I stood there silently for a moment.
“···I’m Blossom. Are you Aaron?”
The maid, who had been hesitating for a moment, spoke first.
However, I scratched my cheek because a clear sound came from inside.
“I heard a lot from Nova. He talked so much···.”
The maid continued the conversation as if nothing had happened.
This situation seemed quite familiar.
“It’s going to take some time, so wouldn’t it be better to at least have a conversation?”
The maid said briskly.
I nodded to him.
“It’s Aaron.”
“Ah! Even though Nova-sama grumbles all the time, there is a warm heart inside of her······.”
The moment the maid raised her eyebrows and was about to say something.
The door flew open.
A man with only the clothes on his head came out through the open door.
No, it looked more like he was kicked out rather than coming out.
“······You little brat.”
A small swear word was heard from inside.
Upon hearing that, Sa-gyeong’s face immediately crumpled.
A face that looks like it’ll cry if you touch it.
“······Ahem, right! You should sleep at night. You have a long way to go tomorrow! This guy is really considerate!”
I hurriedly patted the square’s shoulder and spoke loudly.
“You little shit!”
Another harsh curse came from inside, but I deliberately raised my voice to cover him.
– Let me say it again, I don’t like that name···.
“Then… Then… Let’s talk again next time!”
A maid with a subtle face entered the room.
The door closed with a loud slam.
“It’s okay. Dude, I said it’s okay! I’m just tired. I’m tired. Or, should I give you some fangs? If I carry you around…”
I kept tapping Jace on the shoulder.
‘For some reason, every woman I meet doesn’t work out…’
However, the man’s bent pride could not be straightened no matter how much he was beaten.
***
“···That happened!”
Blossom smiled and told what happened last night.
A man came out as soon as I entered!
What a funny story this is.
Alice, the person involved, cursed harshly, but Blossom, who was watching from the side, found it quite amusing.
“······If I say I hung up the handkerchief, will that man come at night?”
However, Nova’s innocent-looking face made me feel uneasy.
I had to explain the meaning of the handkerchief, but I couldn’t because the girl was next to me.
“Wow! It’s Flitton Castle!!”
I somehow arrived at Flitton Castle.
“Blossom, can you lend me a handkerchief?”
When I was absent-minded, Nova asked.
Blossom then handed the handkerchief to Nova.
‘···Ah. No way. But you’re old, so you wouldn’t know, right?’
Somehow Nova’s eyes seemed clearer than usual, but Blossom shook her head and prepared to arrive.
However, when she opened the door and saw the man, Blossom hurriedly went back in.
“Welcome.”
‘Count Berhard himself came out to the castle gate to greet us?’
Blossom shivered slightly at the overwhelming response.
However, the direction the Count was looking was subtly different.
***
“Crown… Crow? Crow?”
Weasel… no, Dylan muttered again, frowning.
After seeing the dragon riding cub, I practiced following along, but it just didn’t stick.
‘I think it’ll work out if I just do a little bit.’
If you follow the puppies, an opportunity will surely come someday. As the saying goes, opportunity belongs to those who are prepared.
Dylan looked at Aaron and realized.
He is so ignorant and strong that he turns any crisis that comes his way into an opportunity!
Opportunities were something only the strong could seize.
However, Dylan knew deep down that he could never be as strong as Aaron.
Of course, I didn’t realize it until after I actually got hit in the bone and it started to hurt.
That he couldn’t get rid of the ten puppies.
Dylan then found a difference between him and the other teenagers.
‘Back of the head. Anyone who gets stabbed in the back of the head with a dagger is a one-hit kill.’
The backstabbing that has helped me overcome countless crises so far has been a tremendous weapon.
How to stab someone in the back of the head more effectively.
Dylan turned towards it.
“Crow… Crow?”
“Shut up, Dylan. It’s not the same at all.”
Berman pointed him out.
Dylan twirled the dagger at him and shook his head.
It wasn’t enough to get rid of Berman.
At that moment, a cloud of dust rose from afar.
As I recalled the days of the Imperial Army, my body began to cringe.
Berman caught Dylan as he was about to fall.
Dylan quickly hit the back of the head, but Berman’s pitch blocked it.
“Hey! You crazy bastard! Look closely! It’s just a mercenary unit!”
Berman shouted harshly.
Dylan narrowed his eyes at him and confirmed.
As Berman said, it was not an imperial army but a mercenary force.
They were carrying a shabby flag with a wicked design on it.
Of course, the problem didn’t go away just because it was a mercenary unit.
‘This is going to work out.’
If there are few opponents, it doesn’t matter, but even at a glance, it’s a number that exceeds ten.
Even the armed condition wasn’t bad.
Berman was a mercenary who usually reacted extremely harshly.
Since there were so many rough and uneducated mercenaries, fights could break out.
“Brother, please go in and call for some help. I will handle it well.”
Dylan hurriedly pushed Berman inside.
“Why are you calling for support? We’re just dealing with mercenaries! Get out of the way!”
Berman, unusually, refused.
Dylan then hit him in the back of the head again, but the pitch blocked it.
‘Damn it! What kind of fucking bastard made that helmet thing!’
Dylan was left curled up after being hit by an angry Berman.
In the end, Berman was not allowed in until the mercenary force arrived.
The mercenary force that had been running quickly slowly stopped.
‘···Surely you wouldn’t go crazy and cause a fuss over a mere fever?’
Dylan tried to calm his mind and rubbed his forehead where Berman had hit him.
I looked at the mercenaries, and their behavior was unusual.
‘You are not a citizen of the empire.’
Dark skin was hard to find in the East.
There was a woman riding a particularly large horse at the very front, and Dylan’s eyes grew wide when he saw her.
The woman had fantastic beauty combined with exotic skin.
However, below the face···.
‘···Big brother?’
A body so large that it’s hard to even look at a woman, with broad shoulders and thighs that resemble logs.
It was a look that only had a different face than the ten puppies.
Such a beautiful face and a body like a cub.
It had a very eerie atmosphere.
It looked like a chimera created by a warlock would look like that.
At that moment, the woman’s cloak fluttered, revealing her very thick arms.
There was a tattoo on his forearm, nine large stars.
“Is this the Catholic Church?”
The voice of the woman looking down haughtily had the scent of a young child.
What Dylan felt while conducting the inspection was that he should not be pushed back by the leader.
‘I have knights behind me.’
Now he was the face of Cassidy.
I had to be confident because I was ripping off Cassidy on behalf of the company.
As Dylan was about to step forward, Berman muttered very quietly.
“···Sophia?”
That voice was so faint that it made my stomach churn for no reason.
‘Sophia… I can tell at a glance that it’s probably a name like Alexander or Blake.’
Dylan clicked his tongue at the stupid sound.
However, the woman’s subsequent reply broke Dylan’s thoughts.
“······Berman?”
A soft voice, completely different from the general-like voice just now.
‘Nimiral. I’d rather fight.’
Dylan barely managed to suppress his vomit as he watched the two exchange glances.
