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Geumgang Bulgo
“Are you okay?”
“Oh, that’s okay.”
Pulpouts looked up at Sheriff William’s question.
‘I hope nothing happens. Don’t worry about anything.’
Ever since Aaron and Vivian left for Flitton Castle, Fullfoot had been feeling uneasy for some reason.
Pullputs suppressed his discomfort and recalled the time when he went hunting with his father when he was young.
At the time, I went to hunt a wolf that was harassing the residents around the castle, and the process of chasing the wolf was particularly intense.
The large footprints carved into the pure white snow were several times the size of a young Pulptu’s feet.
His father looked at him and said.
The footprints are the same as in the past, so if you follow him, you can see what happens next.
When he followed the wolf and stabbed it in the back of its neck like a monster, the blood that painted the white ground red.
The memory of the large wolf eventually being torn to pieces by the knight’s sword was deeply embedded in Pulpouts.
Follow the footprints to predict what happens next.
In a way, it was a natural story, but from then on, whenever Pulpouts thought about something, he thought about its past.
That surprisingly fit the bill. The reason Gerel was put on the gallows was because of his previous attitude toward the Fener family.
It didn’t work for Aaron, the most important one.
Because I don’t know his past.
However, Aaron’s footsteps after coming to Cassadic were extremely unusual and deep.
Footprints that cannot be ignored no matter how hard you try to ignore them.
Looking at him, I couldn’t help but feel uneasy.
‘When Aaron went to Karzan, Karzan suffered damage that was close to destruction. When he went to the Bolt Castle, its inner strength collapsed… But this time, the opponent was the Count…’
Pulpouts pressed his temples against his headache, but his doubts grew.
Aaron was an ignorant but intelligent man.
I didn’t want to cause trouble for Count Behar, but I kept thinking about the past and it bothered me.
‘Even if it’s Aaron······.’
Just in case, Fullfoot imagined a scenario where that would happen.
‘The worst would be if Count Behar suddenly dies.’
If something like that were to happen… Pulpouts suddenly shook his head, shaking off the ominous feeling that had risen within him.
It was a terrible thought. How could Aaron kill Count Behart? Even in Cassadic, the relationship between the two was so strong that Pulpouts felt a sense of crisis.
There was no way that could happen.
That’s probably not true…
“Is there anything that feels uncomfortable?”
“No, continue.”
I tried to keep my thoughts from wandering around in response to the sheriff’s question.
“It’s chilly.”
Pulpouts sneered as he looked at the empty conference room. With Geral dead and Nova gone, only Pulpouts, the sheriff, and Adolf guarding them remained.
“We are looking for people, but it is difficult because there are not many people who can read and write.”
“Do I have to get it separately from outside the country?”
“I think that’s what it should be.”
Pulpouts let out a small sigh at the sheriff’s answer.
What do you mean, that writing couldn’t be found in a castle with over a thousand people?
I somehow felt uneasy about having a person brought in from outside sit down.
“Oh, I heard that there is a young sorceress named Aaron’s daughter who can read and write, but I guess she is young···.”
“Aaron’s daughter? Did he have a daughter?”
Pulpouts’ eyes widened at the sheriff’s unexpected words.
“It’s called quantum.”
“Hmm······.”
Pulpouts rolled his head, squinting his eyes.
A headache followed, but it was bearable for now.
‘Aaron’s daughter···.’
It wasn’t a bad story for Fullfoot, who had already decided to embrace Aaron.
“Ah, if you’re talking about the little wizard, then you’re the one who helped with the wall repairs back then.”
“Yes! It’s the credit of the officer, Kangoo! Kuh!”
Knight Adolf, who was standing guard at the rear, answered briskly.
‘They’re still playing that game.’
It took longer than initially expected.
Of course, there was no reason to block them since they were similar to vigilantes and helped with public security.
‘A little wizard who knows how to write…’
Above all, since magicians are precious manpower, it was absolutely right to bring them into the castle if possible.
However, the problem is the ransom…
“How old did that kid say he was?”
“I don’t know her exact age, but she’s cute.”
Pulpouts frowned at the sheriff’s strange answer.
But it wasn’t that I didn’t understand.
‘William really loved his granddaughter.’
William’s granddaughter died of a high fever before she was three years old. It was a common occurrence, but it must have been a serious blow to the person involved, so Pulpouts nodded.
“greatly.”
I tried to ignore the constable who was approaching me with a serious face.
“Yes, bring him. Just knowing how to read will help. Don’t demote him since he’s young. We can discuss the amount later when Aaron and Nova return.”
“Don’t worry! Kangoo is already an executive of ‘Namaiyad’, so he will help me if I ask him.”
Pulpouts waved his hand and changed the subject.
Next is-.
“Ahem… My Lord, the rumor that Vermunt is Aaron’s sex slave has spread throughout the castle.”
Fullfoot’s forehead wrinkled at the unimaginable story.
“If it’s Vermunt, isn’t he one of the leaders of the outer guard?”
“Yes, that’s right. He’s the guy called Brown Aaron, and their relationship was recently revealed.”
“······The empire will ban slavery?”
Since the Wizard Incident, the Empire had strictly prohibited slavery. If you were caught, it was a big deal, and you could end up on the head of the lord of that territory.
“I heard it was caused by a duel, so it seems to be a similar case to the knights.”
The constable’s explanation brought Pulpouts to mind the imperial knight Kurtun.
The naked women he dragged around were slaves at best, but the fact that it was a duel between knights justified him.
It may have been a similar case, but it was too dangerous a rumor to leave alone.
“Talk about slavery is forbidden.”
“Yes, I understand.”
Pulpouts nodded at the sheriff’s heavy answer.
‘So you rejected Vivian? Well, if you liked women, you wouldn’t reject the child.’
Fullfoot finally understood the situation.
That seemed to be the reason Aaron had declined when he offered to be Vivian’s personal escort.
‘My adopted daughter is a male sex slave… This could have been a big problem.’
Pulpouts opened his mouth, deeply relieved that he had almost entangled his precious daughter with such a strange person.
“First of all, let’s make finding a marriage partner for Vivian our top priority. The most important thing is the character of the partner. Since she will inherit Cassadick later, it doesn’t matter if she’s not the eldest son. I hope she’s clean.”
“What if you say it’s clean?”
The sheriff asked him, writing down his answer in a messy handwriting.
Pulpouts looked down at the sheriff’s handwriting, which looked like it was written by a child, for a moment before opening his mouth.
“I’m talking about relationships with women. Since she’s pure Vivian’s partner who has never even held a man’s hand, she should be clean.”
Pulpouts said with force in his eyes.
***
Rattling.
The carriage shook violently and I came to my senses.
“A whole lot! A whole lot!”
Park Dae-gari continued to emphasize how her chest had been treated.
“What··· What···?”
Nova looked back at me, muttering indifferently.
I looked into Park Daegari’s sparkling eyes and thought for a moment.
It was the most petty of media plays, a tactic based on facts.
At first glance, it seemed true, but when you think about it more closely…
“I am a good Somali.”
“Samaritan? What is that… No, what Vivian just said… So you’re saying that you touched Vivian’s chest… No….”
“A lot! A lot!”
Park Dae-gari quickly intervened as if adding a hint.
The sight of it made me feel a bit annoyed, so I clenched my fists.
“Because I’m a good Somali.”
I shook my head and tried to justify myself again to those uncivilized medieval bastards.
“So you··· Vivian’s breast···.”
“Like hell!”
I don’t know if he understood the situation properly, but Park’s head, strangely excited, kept making strange movements.
“···He’s a loser, but he’s still a loser who hits people, not that kind of loser, right? There must be a reason, right? Right?”
Nova’s eyes were vibrating violently. Those amber eyes shook, making them look like bees.
First of all, I had to correct the wrong facts.
“I didn’t touch Vivian’s breasts. I just pretended to place them over her heart.”
“Right? Of course! Aaron hates big breasts… What? Where’s his heart?”
“I! I know! Here! Here!”
Park Dae-gari quickly raised his hand and avoided the pose. The situation was once again in danger of falling into a labyrinth due to his wicked mouth.
“You misunderstand. That’s not milk, it’s the heart wrapper. And if you hadn’t done that, he would have died.”
“It’s okay! There’s a reason why it’s like that! I’m not saying that to blame you, but since my body is like that, marriage is a bit difficult···.”
“···What? ···What? ···What?”
Nova stammered as if he was broken.
I debated whether I should hit him on the head, but I held back because Nova’s fist had veins all over it.
“I’m glad you’re okay. I’m okay too.”
“Ah! That’s good! Because you said it looked pretty! Yeah!”
Park Dae-gari reached out his hand first, and I took his hand. I nodded at the dramatic compromise. Since the two of us had reached an agreement, the issue was settled.
That was fortunate.
Almost a bad Somali guy.
“Anyway! So, marriage will be difficult for the time being!”
“···So, since it’s above the heart, you couldn’t help but touch it? No, why the heart···”
Nova came to her senses a moment later and asked stammeringly.
It would be too long to explain the story, and there was no way to explain it without mentioning the devil candy.
“I had to touch it.”
“That’s right! That’s how I survived! Thank you so much!”
As I spoke firmly, Park Dae-gari quickly nodded.
“Vivian, can you put that in for me?”
Nova said with a trembling face.
Park tilted his head at him and then nodded.
“Anyway… there’s a reason. In order to save Vivian, there was a situation where I had to touch her chest… that kind of situation…”
Nova kept mumbling something to herself, and it sounded like she was reciting a spell, so I distanced myself from her.
This time, Nova’s recovery took a little longer.
Nova, who had regained consciousness, frowned and stared at Park’s head. Park’s head blinked in response, and Nova was the first to speak.
“···So you’re saying marriage is difficult right now?”
Park Dae-gari nodded his head wildly at Nova’s trembling voice.
In response to Park Daegari’s question, Nova remained silent, tapping the paper with her fingers.
Nova, who seemed to be deep in thought. Park Dae-gari looked at me and slightly bowed his head, giving me a thumbs up.
When I followed suit and gave a thumbs up, Park Da-gari flinched in surprise and leaned back slightly.
“Yeah, if that’s Vivian, then there’s nothing we can do.”
Nova said lightly, her face slightly relieved.
Park Daegari nodded his head wildly again.
Nova continued speaking quickly, as if she had been waiting for him.
“Then I guess I have no choice but to pray for repentance. It’ll cost a lot of money, but what can I do? It’s the only way to ease Vivian’s mind. And I can also strengthen my relationship with the religious order. Yeah, not bad.”
One corner of Nova’s mouth was turned up. In contrast, Park Dae-gari’s face looked like he was about to cry at any moment.
‘A prayer of repentance. I got caught.’
The church gave people a chance to apologize for any sin, as long as it was not demon possession.
However, forgiveness was not as easy as I thought.
The prayer of penance required a considerable amount of money from the church and also required demonstration of it through actions.
It was a great business model in its own right, but it was not easy for the ignorant religious figures to sincerely apologize.
‘···This is fucked up.’
I expressed my condolences slightly, looking at Park’s head, who was gaping as if he had been scammed.
“Come to think of it, it seems okay! That chest! It’s not like it’s worn out! Yeah!”
“Then, through marriage?”
“No! If you look closely, it’s a little worn! If you look here, there’s a handprint…”
“No matter what the reason, if you break a child’s heart like this….”
I closed my eyes for a moment as I felt dizzy watching their conversation.
***
When I opened my eyes again, I had arrived at the Castle of Byzant.
“I think I should talk to Count Bonita first. I think he’ll accept me since he’s friendly.”
Nova, whose expression somehow brightened, snapped her fingers and spoke.
“···.”
In contrast, Park’s head resembled the face of a death row inmate about to be put on death row.
It was as if he had been tortured. Knowing Nova’s whining, I could understand how difficult it must have been.
We passed through the outer gate of the Byzantine Castle without any particular obstacles and headed towards the inner castle.
After that, I was guided to the annex again. It was a place I had only been to recently, but it felt like it had been a long time since I had visited.
Nova told me and Park Daegari that the story of the heart would be kept a secret until the day we die. Then Nova went out with a few soldiers to meet Viscount Bonita.
The men were all grouped into one room, and to keep my promise, I sat down with Kwabarou and Jo Sa-gyeong.
“So, this guy is premature. Is there a way to treat it?”
“I’m not a premature ejaculator···.”
“What do you think of me?”
They both protested at the same time. However, since I didn’t have the energy to persuade them, I hit them each with a punch and they became obedient.
“Okay, what are the symptoms?”
Kuo Bao Rou, with a bruised eye, asked in his characteristically calm voice.
“that······.”
Jo Sa-sa-gyeong frowned and hesitated.
“Hey, Jo-ru, Jo-ru. Hey, Jo-sa-gak-geuk, this guy is a White Tower wizard, so tell me. I don’t know.”
In my frustration, I first explained the symptoms and introduced the background of Kua Ba Rou.
“I see. Isn’t it good that it shortens the time?”
Guobarou’s calm and composed attitude was strangely similar to that of a doctor.
Jo Sa-gwak also sensed it, hesitated for a moment, and then hurriedly opened his mouth when I raised my fist.
“Well… I wish we could increase the time even just a little bit. Somehow….”
“Really? That sounds fun.”
Kuobarou raised the corners of his mouth like a real idiot. However, his strangely Taoist attitude surprisingly seemed quite professional.
“I… can I really do this?!”
Jo Sa-gak-gap looked a little dubious, but there was no other choice in the first place.
“Hmm… there is a way, but it will be very painful.”
Kuobarou said in a heavy voice.
If Guo Baorou, who had urinary stones, could say that it was painful, then it was impossible to estimate how much it would hurt.
But Jo Sa-gak, who didn’t know him, nodded his head quickly.
“It’s okay! Compared to all the pain I’ve experienced so far, this is just physical pain!”
The voice was full of desperation, which moved the listener’s heart.
“Yes, if you have that level of determination, it’s possible. Do you know what a sense is?”
“Are you talking about sense?”
“Senses are supposed to be things like feeling heat, being pricked, or feeling pain. I think Jo-ru’s senses are probably very developed. In the wild, where danger lurks everywhere, you’ll actually have the upper hand. You’ll be extremely defenseless when it comes to breeding.”
The lengthy explanation of the following Quobarou was quite plausible and piqued my interest.
“Oh… I’m actually superior….”
“But what can we do? It’s a civilized situation now. Anyway, you know that potions heal wounds, right? But in the process, your senses become dull little by little. For example, that guy doesn’t even flinch when he gets stabbed once.”
I was taken aback by the sudden remark, but it was true.
The first time I was stabbed, I would scream and cry, but now I just frown a little.
There were some things I had become accustomed to, but it could also be seen as something I had become dull to.
‘It still hurts, but… I can’t bring that up here… No way.’
I shrank my legs for no reason, guessing what Kuabarou was talking about.
“then······?”
The stupid investigator’s eyes lit up, unable to deduce what would come next.
“You can hit your genitals, then treat them, and then hit them again. The more you do this, the less sensation you will have, and soon you will be free from premature ejaculation. How interesting to deliberately dull your sensation. It would be a good study.”
Kuobarou nodded, saying it as if it were a really simple treatment.
However, contrary to the guy’s attitude, the treatment method had a very medieval feel.
Of course, as the bastard said, it was persuasive···.
‘No matter what, if you endure that much pain…’
I naturally thought that Jo Sa-gak would give up.
As I expected, Jo Sa-gak’s face was completely wrinkled.
What kind of crazy person would practice by squeezing his own body to cure premature ejaculation?
But the words that followed from Kuobarou turned the situation around.
“It’s similar to pickling.”
It was something that Kuo Bao Rou casually said, but there was a huge difference between just beating something and giving it a fancy name like pickling.
A clear purpose and a cool, plausible name.
He had a reason to endure the pain.
“All···pickling···. The iron···.”
Jo Sa-gwak muttered as if possessed.
“That’s right. There’s even a story that dwarven craftsmen go through ten thousand temperings when making a famous sword.”
“···Dwarf?···Ten thousand times?···Famous sword?”
The face of the investigator was crumpled.
He had the look of piety and agony, like the face of a warrior who would give his all to save the world, but as someone watching from the side, I was dumbfounded.
“There is nothing in this world that can be gained without pain.”
As the saying goes, a stone-throwing fool is like a quack.
“···Okay, I understand. Please pickle me.”
Jo Sa-gak-gak, whose face is exactly like that of a warrior holding a holy sword.
“We don’t have enough, but we have some potion-like effects left, so let’s get started right away. Stand firm!”
“Yes! I am ready!”
Kuobarou took something out of his bosom.
I felt a little sorry because it was obviously made with the troll blood I collected, but I didn’t point it out because I had a promise with Josae Square and it seemed fun to watch.
Because you can bill Jo Sa-sa-gak separately for the treatment costs later.
“I’m going to use magic to hit the target accurately. You can’t move!”
“Yes! I believe it!”
The investigation team was lying face down in an ugly posture, and Kuobarou was pointing at him. The seriousness on both of their faces was quite deep.
‘Is it the Diamond Sutra?’
The seriousness of these two was no less than that of the Shaolin monks who practice by hitting their palms on hot stones.
And then, the training really began.
“Keeeeeeeek!!” “Eeeeek!”
‘Uncivilized medieval bastards.’
I sipped my beer and watched the medieval cure for premature ejaculation.
***
The beautiful ninth star, Sophia, was extremely confused.
I came to Cassidy to find the brilliant fifth star, Vermunt, but Vermunt had become someone else’s sex slave.
Who among the two who knew ‘One Soul’ could keep Vermunt as a sex slave?
The opponent was ‘Aaron’, who was definitely dead! There was no way the brilliant fifth star, known for his honor, would lie.
Sophia had decided to just wait until the bastard arrived, but as the story continued to grow, her confusion only grew worse.
‘That Aaron married another woman and even had a daughter?’
The above was more unbelievable than Aaron being alive.
Who is Aaron? He has a manly body, a handsome face, and a dignified manner of speaking and behavior, and even decent skills.
When he was in the desert, there were countless women who tried to run to Aaron, but there was never a single case of success.
In the kingdom of Byzant, even if one had a lover or wife, one was free to sleep with others.
But Aaron never slept with anyone else. Of course, his lover, Udra, was really strong and beautiful…
‘He hated washing, so he smelled really bad. He also had a really weird personality. He was like a child who hadn’t grown up yet.’
Sophia remembered Aaron wiping Udra’s body with a wet cloth.
That was also the reason why Sophia, who had only worshipped the gods, first thought of having a male sex slave.
I couldn’t believe that Aaron, who was like that, married another woman and even had a daughter.
‘And if he was alive, why didn’t he come looking for us?’
Sophia stared outside, fiddling with the handle of her sword.
Even though she thought it might not be the case, the word “what if” kept lingering in Sophia’s mind.
After the fall of the Kingdom of Byzant, they were stars that wandered the empire like a flock of wolves.
The first star, no longer a star before the bright light of the empire, lost its courtesy weapon, and the star tattoo on its shoulder became a brand.
‘Aaron, who ruined the kingdom.’
Because it was just a story spread through the words of a prominent figure, many people did not believe it.
Because Aaron was an honorable and righteous man who never abandoned his comrades on the battlefield.
That’s why Sophia’s heart was complicated. She couldn’t just resent it, but she couldn’t understand it and welcome it either.
I just wish we could just fight swords and have a cool time.
At that moment, a huge carriage appeared in the distance.
Sophia narrowed her eyes and checked the carriage’s emblem. It belonged to the Pulpouts family.
‘You’re back.’
Sophia relaxed and glared at him.
If it is Aaron, they will hold him accountable for not seeking them out, and if it is not Aaron, they will hold him accountable for daring to impersonate him.
Even if she were to cross swords with him, Sophia hoped it would be the former.
Because he was a comrade who had both saved his life on the battlefield and been saved by him.
As the carriage approached, a strange sound was heard.
Kkieeeeeek-!
Aaaah …
The scream was heard from the carriage behind.
‘What is this… the devil?’
Sophia’s brow furrowed at the intense scream that conveyed the vivid pain just by hearing it.
The carriage in front passed through the gate without stopping, and after a scream, the carriage slowly stopped.
“Kkieeeek!!”
“Eww!”
“One more set! Geumgang Bulgo!”
Between the screams, Sophia heard a familiar voice.
A voice that is thick, yet strangely playful.
‘Is that really Aaron? But that weird sound…’
Sophia’s feelings became complicated. She walked toward the carriage, fiddling with the handle of her sword. She walked with great effort, her legs staggering as if she were drunk.
Sophia finally arrived in front of the carriage and looked up at him blankly.
If that’s really the case, what should I say?
Should I mourn the death of that lover?
Or should they be angry that they have been abandoned?
Sophia couldn’t figure out what to do, so she just fiddled with the handle of her sword.
Finally, the carriage door opened wide.
“Are you guys doing well with your fucking moves?”
And then a ferocious monster descended.
‘···?’
Sophia’s face crumpled at the sudden appearance of the monster.
The opponent was not Aaron.
Aaron was handsome, but the guy in front of him was a ferocious monster, so there was absolutely no way they could be the same person-.
Sophia had no choice but to admit what the man said.
“Hey, Brockwrestler- It’s been a while.”
Because those incomprehensible words were what Aaron used to say when he called himself.
‘What on earth did you do to my face…’
Sophia was angry even though it wasn’t her face.
I don’t know what happened, but there was also a potion that healed old scars.
A scar is left on your handsome face, and it is so bad that it cannot be treated! What kind of life did you lead?
The feeling that came up belatedly was a feeling of betrayal.
How come the person I went to several battlefields with didn’t come back to me?
If it was because of the rumor that he had brought down the kingdom, I was going to punch him in the face.
It was an act that was an insult to his friendship with himself.
‘Then you have a wife and a daughter…’
As soon as her consciousness reached him, Sophia became inexplicably angry.
Because Woodra was also Sophia’s comrade.
Anger welled up in me as I thought that maybe what he had shown Udra was a lie.
If it was the Aaron he knew, there was no way he would be smiling like that when Udra was dead, and there was no way he would take a new wife.
Sophia couldn’t hold it in anymore and started spewing harsh words at him.
“Aaron, I heard that Udra is dead. I ask you for one soul. Now there are no more excuses.”
Sophia drew her sword and aimed it at Aaron.
Aaron’s face suddenly crumpled when he heard that.
The lines at the corners of the mouth are deeply set downward.
Dylan, who was watching him from behind, quickly took off Aaron’s pants as he saw Aaron for the first time in his life.
‘······I’m crazy.’
Why is it that if I don’t see it for a day or so, I forget that fear?
Dylan also unbuttoned his top to make it easier to take it off.
If by any chance that anger was directed at him, he would constantly release it here and there to prove his loyalty.
I took out the silver coins in advance.
Fortunately, the pay has been good recently.
After he finished, Dylan stared calmly at Aaron.
‘You little brat, you’re really angry.’
Dylan closed his eyes tightly and nodded, as it was the first time he had seen Aaron like that.
Because I always dreamed of being above.
It wasn’t a bad life.
