106
True Brother
‘Phew···.’
I threw something a little heavy and my muscles started to hurt, so I took a moment to catch my breath.
‘Is this possible?’
I’ve thrown big rocks before, but this was the first time I’d thrown something this big.
I recently gained a lot of strength, so I tried it out with the hopes that I could do it, and it turned out better than I expected.
It was also fun because it felt like a screen baseball stadium.
At first, it was a little difficult to adjust the zero point, but the accuracy increased considerably.
The margin of error was about 1 meter.
“···Chief, are you an ogre?”
Kel, with his eyes wide open, politely apologized.
“What are you talking about? Why is he like that?”
I asked, pointing to the crumpled bricks that looked like trash.
“Oh, I got hit by an arrow. Luckily, it went through cleanly.”
“Thank goodness, bring it.”
Poole and Berman carefully dragged Brick over. Brick’s cheeks were shaking.
‘It penetrated well.’
It went through very cleanly and was in good condition.
First, I lightly hit the tip of the arrow with my finger to shake it off and pulled it out on both sides.
“Eww!!”
“Oh, I forgot the anesthesia.”
I gave the glowing brick a good slap and it immediately quieted down.
I took the potion out of my inner pocket.
‘I’m done writing now.’
It was the last potion I had prepared for emergencies and to recover from fatigue.
I was tired on the way here so I thought about whether I should drink, but fortunately I held back.
I roughly sprinkled it on Brick’s wound and put it in his mouth, and the potion went in with a gurgling sound.
Looking at his face, which had become much more relaxed, he seemed to be fine.
“Put it in a sunny, well-lit place.”
It was still raining, but the rain was subsiding and the sun was rising, making it a sunny day.
I said, pointing to a building with a torn wall.
“yes.”
Kel nodded and grabbed Brick’s leg and dragged him.
‘I think this will be enough.’
Knights and soldiers crossed the earthen bridge built by Kuobarou.
In war, battle, or dice game, the most important thing is to gain the initiative.
And to this extent, it was clear that this was a great initiative.
As evidence, the faces of the guys who appeared through the hole in the wall were very tired.
‘But the Aura was neutralized… You made that at the Gray Tower?’
After Guo Bao Rou got Mana Uro stones, his mood changed.
Like a monk who has transcended life, Kuo Bao Rou answered questions obediently.
It was so docile that it was almost like AI, to the point where it felt unpleasant to listen to it.
‘The clear liquid received from the Gray Tower was added to the stew, and the mana and aura of the person who ate it were blocked.’
If it’s the Gray Lady, then she must be the one who brought me the famous sword, Twenty-Gol······.
Unlike Kuobarou, I guessed that this wasn’t the first time he had used a liquid that blocked aura.
‘If that was really the case, I would have killed Kwabarou somehow to silence him.’
The Gray Woman did not join forces with Guo Baorou, nor did she attack Guo Baorou, who had many openings.
That meant it didn’t matter if it was known that it was made in the Gray Tower.
‘It’s probably already been written about somewhere else, but it’s most likely not known.’
The more I thought about it, the more I felt uneasy about missing out on something.
There was talk that the Imperial Army was heading to Cassidy, so Pulpouts, who didn’t know the details, felt as if fire had been thrown at his feet.
‘···It was a good thing I kept him alive.’
I nodded my head as I looked at Kuobarou, who had a detached expression like a high priest.
If you can’t organize it on the full foot line, you can just throw the Kua Ba Rou.
“Brother, aren’t we going in?”
The weasel asked, twirling his dagger.
“Okay. I’m a ranged dealer.”
The weasel nodded with an expression of incomprehension.
Since the three knights and soldiers had already entered, there was no need for us to move.
‘For a long-range dealer, distance control is everything.’
I quickly threw the prepared wall.
Boom-!
‘You’re a top shooter.’
It hit the target area.
“Wow! You’re so strong!! Aaron, do you eat a lot of meat too?!”
‘Why did you leave this behind?’
I couldn’t help but sigh at the sight of Young-ae approaching me with a bright smile.
The people around them quickly got up and knelt down.
Young-ae waved her hand in embarrassment.
“You don’t have to do that! My father is a baron, but I’m not a baron! Just rest!”
Yeong-ae shouted, but everyone was still on their knees.
Young-ae, who was embarrassed by this, grabbed the guy’s shoulder.
The caught guy laughed heartily, saying that he liked that touch.
I clicked my tongue because I knew what would happen next.
“Get up···!”
“Kuaaaah!!”
“Oh my! I can’t control my strength···.”
The guy with his shoulders shrugged really hard and screamed loudly.
A flustered Yeong-ae put him down again.
This time, the guy with his shoulders hunched extremely low backed away, holding back a scream.
As Yeong-ae had intended, the rest of them also jumped up from their seats.
Of course, everyone ran away.
“Come this way.”
“I… didn’t mean to do that, but it took more strength than I thought…”
“Catch this, aim it upwards, and throw it.”
I tore off a little bit of the wall, put it together, and handed it to Yeong-ae.
The friendly resident who had willingly provided a wall was nowhere to be seen.
Yeong-ae blinked for a moment after receiving him, then nodded and took a stance.
“Put your butt out a little more. Bend forward. Put your arms back a little more-.”
Yeong-ae, who had soon assumed a plausible stance, threw the stone with all her might.
Kkuung-!
The upper part of the inner wall was broken into small pieces with a strangely cute sound effect.
A guy who resembles a longhorn that can be seen through that gap.
It was clear who the bastard was.
I waved to the owner of the screen baseball stadium and said hello. Then the bastard’s father got scared and disappeared.
“Wow! That’s a hit! That’s a hit! I have more talent than I thought…”
Yeong-ae was jumping for joy.
A greater look of fear appeared on the faces of those who had retreated.
“stolid···.”
Guobarou, who had briefly returned to his old appearance, once again assumed an expression of nirvana.
“I’m thirsty.”
At my gesture, Kuobarou’s face strangely hardened.
Of course, I’ve already figured out how to deal with that guy.
“Could it be that you are afraid of pain and cannot cast magic?”
“No way.”
Like a madman who would give his heart for magic, he quickly took the water bottle.
and-.
“Kkieeeek!!”
‘It’s quite cool.’
I watched Youngae throw stones while drinking cold water with ice in it.
“Wow! You got it! I got it! Did you see it?!”
Young-ae, who had blown off the roof of the castle, jumped up and down with joy.
I responded with applause.
I simply stretched my neck and tore down a wall of a building with a decent grip.
‘This time with a slider.’
As I twisted my waist and threw myself upward, the wall flew smoothly and landed slightly higher than where I was aiming.
‘I think it’ll work if I just throw a little more.’
I searched for a suitable building and tore down a wall, my appetite whetted.
***
Baron Fener was staring blankly at the hole in the wall.
I don’t understand what the situation is right now.
I asked the people next to him, but no one could give me a clear answer.
Boom-!
Another exploding wall.
I was worried that the roof would collapse, but it did too.
My worries were reduced, but I wasn’t happy.
“Baron! What should I do···.”
The article was ambiguous.
‘···What should I do?’
Outside, a strange savage was throwing the building.
As the wall collapsed, rain came in even though it was indoors.
The ground rose at the scream of the warlock and the enemy knights advanced.
What are you going to do here?
I was wondering if there was a choice in the first place.
There was no way Fener could be helped by the rain in his room located at the highest point of the castle.
“Baron Fullfoot and his knights are coming!!”
Fener came to his senses at the shouts heard outside.
I tried to move my legs and sit down on the chair.
The knights who came after him.
Fener tried to keep his expression stiff and waited for the uninvited guest.
The expression on Fullfoot’s face when he came in a little while later was also complex and subtle.
An expression that would make anyone look bewildered.
The current situation didn’t seem to be according to the bastard’s plan.
‘There was no plan in the first place.’
Kuung-.
A room filled with heavy noise and vibration.
Fener forced himself to exhale.
“Baron Fener. I···didn’t warn you!”
Fullfoot’s trembling shout.
There was no emotion involved.
Fener looked at him for a moment, then exhaled deeply.
“Baron Fullfoot, what are you doing?”
Baron Fener was frankly aggrieved.
What on earth did he do wrong that he had to break into my room and act so blatantly like this?
Even my daughter, who I saw earlier and was kidnapped, was fine… no, she was seriously fine.
It wasn’t him who lost his child, it was himself.
But now, it seems like they are planning to destroy the castle too…
“So why didn’t you open the door and talk a long time ago!”
Judging from the expression on Fullfoot’s face, he seemed quite embarrassed as well.
“···What are you talking about?”
Fener asked with genuine curiosity.
“So, there was a letter from Levilian in Vivian’s room. He said that he wanted to head to Bolt Castle right away to get married! So, when I checked the facts, I found out that Levilian had kidnapped Vivian! Even though they were supposed to be married, how could he kidnap her? We are nobles of the empire, not barbarians!”
Fullfoot raised his voice as if he was angry, but he paused for a moment every now and then. And the emotion on his face was closer to confusion than anger.
“···Your daughter was kidnapped?”
“exactly!!”
Kuung-.
At that moment, the wall broke.
“Wow! I got it right this time! I think I threw it a little higher than Aaron?!”
A refreshing voice cut through the sound of rain.
Fener turned his head slightly and looked outside.
I didn’t open the window, but since there were no walls, I could see clearly below.
Next to the savage, a woman was seen running around, drenched in rain.
Although she was beautiful from a distance, Baron Fener felt that the woman was nothing more than a monster.
“Tell me again. That woman with monstrous strength was kidnapped by Levilian?”
“Ahem···! I heard you used drugs! And even most men can do that, so don’t exaggerate.”
“···exaggeration?!”
Fener suddenly got up in a flash of excitement, then sat down again because he felt dizzy.
“There are many eyes watching, so calm down.”
At the shameless words of Fullfoot, Fener pressed his hand to his chest.
I felt like my stomach was going to explode with anger.
“Why on earth did you come all the way here? Do you think you’ll be satisfied if you see Levilian’s corpse? Yes! Let’s go! I’ll show you! You want to see a corpse that’s been completely torn apart!”
“Baron Fener, calm down. How could I not know that it is difficult to handle children? However, the fault of a child is also the fault of the parents who led him astray. For example···”
Kwaaaaang-.
“Wow! This time I hit the edge of the roof! The edge! Did you see it?”
It was a voice so bright that it was hard to believe it was a kidnapped woman. It was a lively voice that made it hard to believe it was a woman who threw rocks and broke the roof.
Fener coughed in disbelief.
“···You must have raised your child well, right?”
“Ahem, anyway, here’s what I have to say. What did your son Levilian do in Cassadic! I couldn’t investigate because I was in a hurry, but it’s clear.”
Baron Fullfoot spoke with increasing shamelessness as if declaring:
Judging by the power in his voice, it wasn’t a request for consent.
However, at that time.
Kwaaaaaaaang-!!
The ceiling explodes with a louder noise than before.
Baron Fener, who was hit directly by the falling stones, closed his eyes tightly and opened his mouth.
“Yeah, whatever… Got it! Got it! Get rid of that savage! Where on earth did you get that guy from! Why on earth are you throwing rocks at him in this situation!”
“Ahem… Then I take it that you agree.”
Likewise, Baron Pulpouts, who had turned gray from being hit by stone chips, spoke in a shaky voice.
“Then, back to the main topic, looking at old records, some of the territory held by Bolt Castle was owned by the Pulpouts family. So to speak, illegal occupation…”
The territory that Baron Pulpouts was talking about was previously the land that the Fener family had taken from them, but had since regained.
but···.
“Okay.”
There was no choice.
The winner’s words were always right.
Kwaaaaang-!!
However, Fener’s reason was broken by the loud noise that continued.
“I told you I knew it! Do something about that first!! If we keep doing this, everything will fall apart!!”
Baron Fener shouted with a stone in his mouth.
***
“Ughh …
I was watching Kuobarou fill in the wall.
Now that he has somewhat adapted to the stones in his bladder, his screams are quite quiet.
Of course, I would have fits every now and then.
Kuobarou continued the repair work without saying anything.
Along with the provocation of the big-headed Youngae, “Is that all your belief is?”, my threat that I would not seek out a separate Kanna magic teacher seemed to have been taken seriously by him.
I’ll have to wait and see, but it seemed like I could handle it to some extent. Plus, it wasn’t that threatening since it was a guy who used his whole body to fill in the wall.
Finally, the unconscious Kuabarou was laid out next to the bricks in a sunny spot.
As I was eating the bread that Grass and the Weasel had brought me, a big head sat down next to me.
‘Why is this guy following me around?’
Yeong-ae would often tear open a piece of bread that was too hard for me to eat. She even exclaimed in sincerity every now and then that it was delicious.
‘Is Fullfoot starving?’
As I was looking at the side profile of Young-ae diligently eating bread, something occurred to me.
“Oh, come to think of it, I saved you again.”
I said, emphasizing the ‘again’ part.
The atmosphere was such that the work was almost over, so it was time to settle accounts. In any case, no matter where you are, you have to take care of your own rice bowl in order to eat and live properly.
Even though the things Youngae brought looked strange, they weren’t bad value.
The more seals you have, the more valuable they will be, so you can sell them to Pulpouts, who has failed to raise children, at the right time.
Of course, Youngae was similar to the gift attached next to Kanna, but it was still true that she had saved him.
Yeong-ae, who had been wide-eyed while biting into the bread, rolled her eyes for a moment before nodding deeply.
“Well, since there was one left, what you saved me this time is pretty big···.”
I did the math, twiddling my fingers.
“Three! Small and shiny things! Yeah!”
Youngae nodded several times after receiving the order.
Youngae seemed satisfied with her calculations.
It was not a bad agreement.
‘Nova will pay the price anyway.’
At that time, earlier than expected, Pulpouts and the knights came out of the castle.
‘It’s amazing that the agreement was reached so quickly. I guess Baron Fener is more open-minded than I thought.’
I put the remaining bread in my mouth and got up from my seat.
“It turned out that everything was due to Levilian’s unilateral actions. And Baron Fener punished Levilian for such evil deeds. In addition, the land north of Cassadic that the Fener family had illegally occupied was returned to them…”
Baron Fullfoot gave a long account of what he had gained from this victory, while being rained on.
The bored guys cheered loudly and waved their weapons.
“Thanks to your hard work, we were able to protect Vivian! Your efforts will be well rewarded···.”
However, when the story of Young-ae Park’s head came up in the middle, the atmosphere became strange.
‘Everyone got scared because I threw some rocks.’
It was clear that great rumors would spread about Youngae.
“I’m going back!”
Pullputs, who glanced in my direction, shouted.
This time there was unadorned cheering.
Thanks to the borrowed carriage, I was able to get there comfortably.
The atmosphere was also good because Young-ae, who had been noisy, went in Fullfoot’s carriage.
Ugh···ugh···.
The portable humidifier made a small noise, but it was negligible.
“Hey, it’s nice to meet the leader and ride back in the carriage. It’s a luxury beyond your means. To express my gratitude, I’d like to ask Rosa to do this for me…”
“I’m not interested.”
“If you come over to the northern territory, isn’t there a road that leads to Byzant Castle? The road that was previously blocked by Bolt Castle.”
“I guess so.”
I nodded to the grass’ question.
“The rumors about the Castle of Byzant aren’t very good. I think there’s going to be a lot of noise once the road opens. They say there are a lot of bad guys there…”
The murmur of the grass continued and I turned my gaze to the window.
The rain was gradually weakening.
“The amount of money I receive will increase.”
The grass smiled and nodded at my answer.
“Since the situation is good on the side of Castle Byzant, you should be able to get 2 silver per carriage driver.”
“Brother Full has a problem with measuring too honestly. In today’s world, if you live that honestly, you’ll be in big trouble!”
A weasel that admonishes the grass with a strange sound.
The carriage moved along with the sound of stupid conversation as background music.
***
When we arrived at Cassidy, the sun was setting.
It felt like so much had happened, but only one day had passed.
Some groups had to come back and do guard duty or patrol, but luckily our group was the exception.
I returned to the inn with Kua Ba Rou and the weasel.
Guobarou, who still felt like an old monk who had attained enlightenment, followed along without a word, perhaps because of Kanna.
It seemed like Kanna hadn’t given up on her dream of a magical revolution yet.
Although it was a bit noisy because I had urinary stones, it was usable because various functions worked normally.
“Ah! Aaron is here?”
Hannah, who was supposed to be at the newly opened bar, greeted us with a haggard face.
“Would you like to take a bath first?”
Hannah glanced at the Kuabarou behind me and asked.
On the other side, Kanna was lying face down and sleeping.
Vermunt, who was standing right in front of the door, nodded at me and went out.
I nodded in agreement and went to find the washing machine.
I was clean after getting my laundry done, but I didn’t feel like soaking in hot water, so I headed to the bathroom.
As I opened the bathroom door, a rather uncomfortable-looking bathtub greeted me.
‘···What is this?’
It was a bathtub made of stone as clean as marble, but the problem was the picture carved on its surface.
There I was, holding a shield.
On the other side, there was Kuabarou with his robe turned inside out, and the magic pouring down from behind him was quite unusual.
The outside of the bathtub was filled with magic and demonic-looking things that looked like they would destroy the world at any moment.
I just stood up to him with my shield.
It was depicted as something that would appear in a story about a hero who saved the world.
‘I fought like this?’
Sure, it was a pretty rough fight, but nothing like that.
The delicacy of the sculpture was something you would only see in cultural properties, so I took a moment to look at it.
In the end, I ended up beating the guy with my shield.
It was an ending that did not match the dazzling process.
The bathtub was already full of warm water.
‘There’s no way it would have been kept in warm water… Isn’t that water used for washing?’
The process of heating water was so cumbersome that it was impossible to keep it there.
I looked closely, suspecting that it might be the water that the sun had washed in, but it didn’t seem to be that because the water was clean.
‘I guess the timing was right.’
I blocked the door with my sword, then took off my armor, took the pouches inside, and went into the water.
‘Have you grown up?’
I felt the size of the devil’s handprint engraved on my chest, and it seemed to have gotten a little bigger, but it also seemed to be the same… It was ambiguous.
‘Hey tenant, is your growth plate still open?’
– I don’t know what you’re talking about.
This time, just to make sure I recorded it, I lightly scratched the area around the edge with my dagger.
‘It looks like they’re measuring height.’
He laughed bitterly, wiping away the blood flowing along the edge.
Then he took out the bag he had received as a settlement amount.
‘A pocket with an expansion spell.’
I put my hand in, licking my lips.
A variety of sensations felt along with a sense of incongruity.
First, I put in as much as I could and then estimated the size inside.
I put my arm in but couldn’t reach it.
I grabbed something like a cane and took a guess, and it seemed to be roughly the size of a large carriage.
‘Even a carriage driver would be salty with this.’
I took out the items inside one by one.
The first things that came out were gold coins.
’10? That’s less than I thought.’
Here are some potions that look good.
A few lower tier ones and one that looks at least upper tier.
Since I was a little tired, I took a sip of the lower grade one and took out the next one.
‘Magic tool?’
A bracelet and necklace that appear to belong to a woman.
I guess I’ll have to ask Kuobarou later what its functions are.
Next is···.
‘letter?’
I read it, hoping that it might be a love letter.
[By the time someone reads this letter, I will already be dead. This is the last story of me, Swallows, who has lived only by magic, without friends or family. I am the son of an ordinary serf······.]
‘I guess you were bored because you had no one to talk to.’
It seemed like his last will and testament.
I put it aside because it was boring.
‘Oh, it’s not as good as I thought.’
Doraemon’s pocket was a huge bargain, but if the packaging was good, shouldn’t the contents be extraordinary as well? That’s only human nature.
At that moment, something caught my fingertips.
Knock knock.
It was a pendant with a special pattern drawn on it.
It didn’t seem like much since I didn’t feel anything special about it, but the pattern caught my eye.
[Why are you using a half-cut leaf as a pattern? My mother was an elf.]
‘The wizard Avery? Definitely like the captain···.’
The familiar pattern made my head spin as if I had been drinking alcohol.
All sorts of thoughts came to mind and then subsided.
‘No. If I had survived, I wouldn’t have shown up then···.’
The scars on my face stung as if they were on fire.
Once the thought burst out, it continued to flow-.
‘It may have disappeared inevitably. But if there is even the slightest connection…’
I let out a gasp of breath, trying hard not to crush the pendant.
***
“Aaron! Aaron?! What’s going on!”
I came to my senses at the sound of urgent knocking.
‘It’s over.’
He touched the scar on his face and muttered something like a spell.
A scar across the nose.
When I touched that deep scar with my fingertips, my mind calmed down.
I could see the broken bathtub below me.
‘It was a disposable bathtub.’
I tried to keep my wits about me by joking.
Boom! Boom!
A violent knock that feels like hitting the whole body.
“No problem. I’ll be out soon.”
I answered, trying to suppress my voice.
“What’s going on?! Soon···!”
Looks like they’re going to break in and come in at any moment.
I hurriedly grabbed my breastplate first.
Covering the handprint was a priority over anything else.
Kuung-!
“Aaron!! Are you okay?! What’s going on…! What?! What the heck?!”
Hannah broke down the door and came in.
The three weasels and the raccoon dog are seen behind it.
Fortunately, the handprint was covered.
“······Ah-roooooong? Ron? Long?!”
Hannah, who was making a strange noise as if she was broken, waved her hands up and down very widely and disappeared.
‘I guess I’ll have to buy new armor too.’
The shoulder blade was almost completely broken.
“Brother. Oh! Huh! Huh! You are a true brother!!”
A weasel that immediately knelt down like a knight.
The three men behind him also bowed awkwardly.
‘Why are these kids like this?’
As expected from the uncivilized Middle Ages, there were no normal people.
I wrapped my tattered cape around myself as I watched the men ascending the stairs.
‘I also got a new cape.’
There were quite a few new things to buy.
Fortunately, the settlement amount was large.
“Hyooo …
The weasel’s exaggerated cries, as if he had met the emperor.
‘Oh, you’re not wearing any underwear.’
I clicked my tongue and put on my leg armor.
***
‘Tsk… you crossed the line.’
Nova clicked her tongue as she looked at Gerel’s face lying on the table.
It was a horrifying sight, but Nova was the only one who frowned.
“From Fenerga, we handed over the territory north of Cathedic, the road leading to the castle of Byzant. In addition, Baron Fener has already dealt with Levillian, who has been committing such shameless acts.”
‘You received the territory? And Baron Fener is taking care of Levillian too?’
Nova looked uneasy at Baron Fullfoot’s explanation.
It was an incomprehensible harvest.
‘···I guess Aaron did something.’
Although he didn’t hear the details, Nova was confident that his prediction was correct.
Otherwise, such a ridiculous result could not have been achieved.
‘You didn’t have an accident, did you?’
Nova tapped her quill pen in anxiety.
“We’re planning to hold Vivian’s birthday party. Count Behart is still here, and the other eldest sons are with you, so it won’t matter.”
‘Not a bad idea, but the money···.’
Nova did a rough calculation in his head.
It was a bit of a stretch, but it was a good opportunity to make clear what we had gained and what the situation was.
“I’ll choose my companion!!”
At that moment, Vivian, who was in the corner, raised her hand and shouted cheerfully.
Nova was strangely uneasy about Vivian, who was more excited than usual.
