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‘···Sex slave?’
Berman couldn’t come to his senses at the hideous words.
How could such words come out of Sophia’s mouth?
‘No. There must be a mistake. Even your speech has changed. You have forgotten the Imperial language.’
Berman shook his head vigorously and glanced at Sophia sitting next to him.
Sophia was glaring at Vermunt, her huge fist resting on the table and pounding it.
Vermunt, who was receiving that gaze, leisurely ordered a drink from Hannah.
That day, Hannah glared at Vermunt with sharp eyes, unlike usual.
‘What the heck is this···.’
“I’ll have a cold beer like Aaron’s.”
“Why are you drinking Aaron’s?”
Hannah glared at Vermunt in a cold voice.
“······hmm?”
At that, Vermunt raised his eyebrows.
“Stop talking nonsense!! The brilliant fifth star! Aaron can’t be alive! Hurry up and keep your promise! Become my sex slave.”
Sophia spoke roughly, slamming the table again.
“Okay… Wait a minute, Sophia. I think you’ve misunderstood the meaning of the word. Sex slave isn’t what it means….”
“Huh? Berman? Oh, did I misspeak? I just intend to keep him as my slave and receive his seed at the right time. Then what do you call him?”
Sophia answered in a soft voice, but the content was completely different from what Berman had expected.
Sophia looked at Berman as if curious.
‘You knew exactly what I was talking about.’
Berman simply bowed his head at Sophia’s vocabulary, which was better than he had expected.
The saying that time changes everything really hit home.
“One soul is not a word that originally meant a sex slave. It originally meant a slave, but that meaning has faded.”
“Stop talking nonsense! Shining fifth star! Become my sex slave!”
bang!
Rough language and behavior.
Berman simply scratched the edge of the table with his fingernails.
“Aaron is not dead.”
“The Empire announced the guy’s death! The stupid First Star can’t let go of his foolishness, but….”
“Wait a minute! How do you know Aaron!”
Hannah came between the two.
Hannah was wearing a wide skirt that was extremely flared out in the middle.
‘Why the crossbow···!’
Berman instinctively got up and blocked Sophia’s path.
“Berman! Get out of the way!”
“Berman, it’s okay.”
Apart from the women’s voices heard on both sides, it was Berman himself who was most confused.
Why did you interfere?
“Stop, Ninth Star. He’ll be back in two or three days anyway. Are you planning on messing things up by not even waiting that long?”
The tension that had been building up during Vermunt’s mediation strangely subsided.
Berman stood there dumbfounded for a moment, then quickly sat down when everyone’s eyes turned to him.
‘Let’s come to our senses. It’s a relationship that has already passed.’
Berman shook his head to shake off his thoughts.
“The brilliant fifth star. Can you swear it?”
“Okay, I swear.”
Sophia’s face crumpled at Vermunt’s firm answer.
“······Why.”
The emotion on Sophia’s mumbling face was so heavy that Berman felt strangely uncomfortable.
“Aaron, is that guy going to die easily?”
“If you’re alive, why didn’t you come looking for us? Why did you come looking for me…”
“Wait a minute, why are you two pretending to know about Aaron?”
Hae-na, who was very bold, stepped between the two again and snapped coldly.
“What is this woman?”
Sophia smiled and asked as if it was not the same.
“Aaron’s wife.”
“······What?! Aaron is definitely···”
Sophia frowns and ponders Vermunt’s explanation.
“Ahem···. If you say so···.”
Hannah waves her hands up and down with a confident expression on her face.
It was not easy to keep up because the atmosphere kept changing.
“He definitely promised to be with that woman… Well, he’s dead.”
Hannah’s eyes widened at Sophia’s muttering.
A story about the leader’s ex-girlfriend that came out of nowhere.
“I’ll bring you some beer.”
Curious as it may be, Hannah chewed her lip and left.
“How could Aaron be alive? He was clearly being pursued by the Empire.”
The words that came out of Sophia’s mouth were shocking.
Captain Aaron was being pursued by the Empire.
Being pursued by the empire.
It was a word meaning imperial achievement.
As the empire grew stronger, it was not easy to become an imperial enemy.
Because I was caught before that and met my end.
In fact, all the famous imperial heroes were villains of unspeakable evil.
‘···Is Aaron the leader a villain?’
Berman squinted his eyes.
The Aaron Captain he knew was a very illiterate man with a foul temper and who often got his hands dirty, but he was definitely not evil.
Although he was called the ‘Cathedic’s loser’, there was a reason why people gathered around him.
‘The leader can’t be a bad person.’
Berman could even risk his life.
“I don’t know.”
Vermunt answered briefly, closing his eyes tightly.
A heavy fatigue appeared on his face.
“You’re a sex slave, don’t you know that? What have you been doing all this time? The brilliant fifth star. No, the vulgar fifth star.”
“Let me explain again, they’re not sex slaves, they’re just slaves.”
As Vermunt growled, the air became heavy in an instant.
Berman gulped at the sight of the general-like appearance, which was completely different from before.
“Okay. If what you say is true, then when he comes back, you can become one soul with him.”
Vermunt chuckled at Sophia’s subsequent remarks.
“Ah… no!!”
Berman shouted urgently.
“It’s okay. I’m not the same Sophia as back then. Don’t worry.”
Sophia answers softly and shows me her forearm.
Those arms were so thick that they gave off a sense of strength that made it seem like he wasn’t worried at all about what was in front of him…
‘I told you not to go to Aaron Chojang!’
Even now, when I close my eyes at night, I remember Aaron riding a dragon and laughing wildly.
No matter how big and strong Sophia became, there was no way she could beat Aaron.
No, even if Sophia won, it would have been a problem.
Sophia keeps Aaron as her sex slave.
Also, even if Aaron won, it would have been a problem.
It was clear that something terrible was going to happen.
“No! Sophia! To Captain Aaron…!”
Berman shouted.
“no!!”
Hannah, who was bringing out the beer, shouted urgently with a red face.
“At this rate, all the stars will become his slaves.”
Vermunt laughed heartily.
Sophia frowned as she watched the three speaking simultaneously.
He was a guy whose skills improved strangely quickly, but he was also a guy who lost to me several times.
If it weren’t for that woman named Udra, he would have become my sex slave a long time ago.
You even yelled at me to stop me.
‘It looked funny.’
Sophia poured the cold beer into her mouth.
Just then, the door opened wide.
A bunch of bad guys were rushing into the bar.
‘···What is this.’
They weren’t a threat, but there were a lot of them.
There was a guy in armor there too.
The article was clear.
‘The knight is already moving. I’m getting annoyed.’
As Sophia was about to nod, they parted and a purple-haired girl confidently walked in.
The sharp eyes were those of a child who grew up on the streets, but the luster of his skin and his appearance were close to those of an aristocrat.
Above all else.
‘Why is everyone getting out of the way?’
It feels as if the child is the leader.
“What are you?”
Sophia asked the child she was looking up at.
“Me, Aaron’s daughter.”
The child answered with great confidence.
Sophia was strangely familiar with the shape of lightning shooting out of the child’s mouth,
Also, for some reason, the back of my head started itching.
***
“Now, drink a little more slowly···.”
I shook my glass while looking at my brother with a tired look in his eyes.
The red liquid filled the glass and rippled in shallow waves.
I could see the guys retreating beyond the transparent glass.
It’s like being caught by an annoying boss at a company dinner.
‘···These guys are weak to alcohol.’
The smell of blood that wafted with every shake was now quite familiar.
It was a hand that was already covered in blood. It wasn’t hypocritical enough to make a fuss about drinking some blood.
Looking at their tired faces, it didn’t seem like they enjoyed drinking this red liquor either.
It seemed like he was probably just trying to trick me.
You picked the wrong opponent.
“I’m expressing my joy at meeting my brother! Is there a problem?!”
I slammed the table in my rage.
A small moment of tension felt in my rough actions.
Three out of five looked at the younger brother, one frowned, and the other laughed as if it was funny.
‘Two are taller or equal to the younger brother, the rest are below the younger brother.’
As expected, the degree to which it smelled sweet seemed to be proportional to its strength.
The look of confusion on the younger brother’s face.
I had a sword on my back and they had no weapons.
If I pull out my aura right here and swing my sword…
‘Will it work?’
Even if they were devil candies, it was clear that they would not be able to respond to an unexpected attack.
Especially in a situation like now where there is a lot of alcohol in the tank.
Knock knock.
I tapped my glass with my finger to gauge the amount.
If I put down my glass and grab the handle of my sword and swing it, will they react?
‘Information is lacking.’
Making unfounded judgments is as foolish as betting on someone else’s dice roll.
“Oh, brother, why are you doing that? You have many other brothers.”
My brother tapped my shoulder with a very nervous expression on his face.
I guess my acting was working because I was being careful, like I was dealing with a drunkard.
The distance was close.
My sense of smell, now somewhat dulled, was spurred by the delicious smell.
My brother laughs, as if he’s a little drunk.
My fingers were tingling as I touched the cup.
‘Should I give it to you?’
Knock knock.
If you blow up your brother’s head with your left hand and draw your sword with your right hand and swing it…
However, I stopped my fingers when I realized that, unlike Red Face, Aou’s eyes did not leave mine.
‘It’s a shame that you’re still on guard.’
I pushed my brother’s hand away and quickly poured the alcohol into my mouth.
And he shook the empty glass over his head.
The alcohol I had left on purpose filled my head.
The smell of blood filled with that coldness.
My pounding heart calmed down a little.
Everyone’s eyes widened in surprise at my antics, but no one seemed to doubt whether it was something the third child would do.
‘···What on earth were the third ones doing?’
I pretended not to be able to win and sat down at the table again, led by my brother’s hand.
A slightly awkward laugh, it seemed like they were people who didn’t understand the hero.
Anyway, I took the initiative as intended.
“Aren’t there any other brothers?”
I shouted with full discontent.
“Oh, there are more coming. The fifth eldest son will probably be coming tomorrow.”
When I sat down obediently, my younger brother’s face became relieved and he answered lightly.
‘There are five, one to five, and the eldest son is the leader of each. The one above them is still unknown.’
I organized in my head the information I heard from them.
‘Even my younger brother can’t guess, but if Jangja is stronger than me, then it’s difficult.’
Just then, the door opened wide.
“How disrespectful.”
A man dressed as a priest came in.
The neatly slicked-back hair and stubborn gaze were those of a clergyman similar to the Abbot of Brighton.
‘···What is this.’
Why is there a monk in a place where devil candies are gathered?
I couldn’t figure out what to do in that unexpected situation.
I quickly looked around.
Still naked guys dancing weirdly and guys pat their bellies in embarrassment.
The devil candy was unusually calm when facing the monk.
Luckily, my brother caught me first.
“They are not a religious order, but four brothers. Their forms are similar, but their bonds are completely different.”
My younger brother, who was terrified that I might cause an accident, stopped me.
“I said it’s okay. Here, have a drink.”
I fixed my gaze on the guys beyond the red liquid.
Their wrinkled faces and peculiarly sour atmosphere were clearly those of a religious group.
They came among the devil candies, clicking their tongues.
The closer you get to it, the more you can smell the sweet scent it gives off.
‘···This will be tricky.’
I could smell it, but it was obvious to others that it would be difficult to tell the difference as it looked similar to the cult.
“May the sun rise again.”
The guy who arrived ahead muttered while looking down at me.
The abbot was similar in his remarks about the sun, but the content was subtly different.
I just glared at him, my fists shaking as if I was barely holding back.
“As you know, the stupid sect is against us, but isn’t the real enemy the Empire? You may be an honorary monk or something because you know him, but you must still be feeling a bit frustrated. I will relieve him.”
Au explained again.
‘···You’re not hostile to the church? Devil Candy?’
In the church, whenever they saw a devil candy, they would immediately take out their mace and smash its head.
But the truth is that the Devil Candy doesn’t oppose the church.
‘It’s complicated.’
The situation was so complicated that it gave me a headache.
I thought I knew something about the fucking Middle Ages.
“May the sun shine upon you.”
I tried to suppress my feelings and grabbed his hand.
“Oh, you’re an honorary monk. You must have read the Bible.”
The guy took out an upside-down Bible and said happily.
After that, he grabbed me, opened the Bible, and explained to me for a long time.
‘It’s really similar.’
The Bible he handed me was very similar to the one the abbot had given me.
However, strangely enough, each part was different, and the basis was different.
‘The religious believe that God exists within each person, but these people think that God is dead.’
Unlike the religious groups that followed the word of God and spread it throughout the world, they talked about the resurrection of God.
It felt like a common cult, but to me, the church was a cult to begin with.
‘Why do you have to read the Bible from the back to the front? It’s so uncomfortable.’
I frowned as I looked at the Bible written upside down.
“Haha! I thought you’d be ignorant since you’re only three, but you can read and write, you’re amazing!”
‘What on earth happened to those three guys…’
To pretend to be ignorant, he clapped and liked it even though he said most of his things wrong.
“Take this! The religious order is lacking and has attached the word ‘honor’ to it, but to us, you are a priest.”
I even got a cape.
I guess I was popular with the guys in priest’s attire because I looked honest and gentle.
‘It’s a little different from the church.’
The sect’s cape was black with gold stripes, this cape was gold with black stripes.
I was hesitant, but since it was free and the material looked good, I took it anyway.
However, the problem was that the drinking party was quite good.
‘I’m getting too close to the devil candies.’
The ending with those guys was set.
If I got attached for no reason, I was sure I would feel awkward later.
Even though they drank strange liquor, they were quite cultured and polite.
Sure, he seemed to mind my method-ignorant acting, but I was able to please him quite well.
I didn’t even ask about the past that I was most worried about.
‘No, rather, it seems like he’s avoiding it.’
I nodded, looking at the people around me.
Even if he brought up the subject casually, they naturally turned him away.
‘···Have you committed a crime against the three of you?’
As the conversation continued, I started to get the feel of it more and more.
At that moment, my younger brother stood up and clapped his hands.
The music suddenly stopped.
At the same time, the naked guys who had been dancing shuddered and stopped.
He had his head bowed low, looking like a criminal on the gallows.
‘···Not good.’
I touched the upside-down Bible he gave me.
The leather of the Bible felt rough to the touch.
“Abram, would you please say a prayer before eating?”
My brother’s calm words.
It was a pleasant story because I kept drinking without any food, but the problem was that there was nothing to eat wherever I looked.
“Because the three of you have such good appetites, I prepared a lot of it specially.”
My brother’s warm words.
The words “well prepared” and the naked devil candies overlapped.
‘I was worried about you getting attached for nothing.’
I nodded, forcing the corners of my lips to rise.
“For the rising sun, everything is for him. Private things have no place.”
His short prayer.
“Eat as much as you want, brother.”
My brother showed me both his palms.
The guys in front of them also raised both hands as if they were yielding.
All eyes were on me in an instant.
Eyes full of anticipation.
What do you want me to eat?
A man and a woman sneak up next to me and bump their heads against my chest.
I thought I knew without having to ask.
Of course, it was actually a good opportunity since I came to consume devil candy.
‘Can I just eat the delicious parts?’
It was also strange that the devil candies were talking about eating each other.
The difference is that the naked ones have a much lighter level of sweetness.
‘···Do they also increase their strength with devil candy?’
My head was in a jumble.
Then, bang-.
A woman with round eyes similar to Hana tapped my shoulder with her head.
As the silence grew longer, the atmosphere became more and more awkward.
“What’s the problem?”
The frowning of the younger brother and the rest of the guys getting up slightly.
‘This is also a test.’
There was no more time.
‘···Fucking Middle Ages.’
I laughed, mumbling the words that were stuck in my mouth.
“Things that stay still are not tasty.”
I grabbed the man and the woman by the neck and lifted them up, screaming.
It was really annoying that he was sobbing as if he couldn’t breathe, but he had no expression on his face.
It was hypocritical and pretentious, but I felt better and had a better night’s sleep when I caught him revealing it to me.
“Ah, that… I see. I told you to eat it comfortably, but it ended up offending the taste buds of the three brothers! And you shouldn’t worry about them being brothers. They were the ones who got caught up in their instincts, disobeyed orders, and caused a ruckus, drawing the attention of the royal family and putting the brothers in danger.”
My younger brother, with a strangely relieved expression on his face, snapped his fingers.
The man and woman I was holding in my hands had a seizure.
His blurry eyes became clear and his mouth opened wide.
Then the smell filled the air.
The concentration of the blood alcohol was surprisingly strong, which dulled my sense of smell.
I have a rough idea of what the thought my brother was talking about is.
When I revealed this and gave a reason, it made me feel better, funny enough.
‘And you do have to keep an eye on the royal family.’
It was natural to keep an eye on the royal family, but there was a difference between confirming it directly and expecting it.
It was an unseasonable harvest.
“Kyahahahahaha!”
I came out of my daze, but it seemed like my intelligence had disappeared.
Just the appearance of showing one’s teeth and waving one’s hands according to instinct.
They were scratching my arm armor with their sharp claws.
How irrational they were, they didn’t stop there and tried to bite the iron.
“Oh, no.”
Even though they made a grunt, the troublemaker brothers ended up with teeth marks.
‘Tsk. I told you, you have to hit it right to come to your senses.’
I held them up so they could look good to the guys.
He grabbed it hard.
grasp.
Cool black blood filled my hands, bursting with a refreshing sound.
After all, cool black blood was better than hot red blood.
I had to eat the devil’s candy, but I had to do it without them noticing.
‘I guess I’ll have to play with my hands a bit.’
I juggled two headless bodies.
The eyes of the terrified men followed the body.
Some people screamed, saying it was their first time seeing juggling like this.
After eliciting some more response, he threw one corpse high up to attract attention, and pretended to tear out the heart through the gap and opened the devil candy.
“Huh… Even if it’s the third one, that’s a bit….”
A muttering filled with a somewhat uneasy air.
It was the b*tch who guided me earlier.
I looked at the bitch and put the devil candy in my mouth
Agjak-,
“Eek!”
The bitch hid behind her in horror.
‘I guess I’m going to shit blood.’
I swallowed the lump and looked around.
Those guys with tired faces.
The devil here seemed to be weaker than expected.
“Didn’t you say I could eat it all?”
I looked at the guys with their trembling faces and smirked.
“It’s······.”
Someone muttered quietly, then trailed off into my gaze.
“Take it all out. I’m hungry.”
The alcohol wasn’t that great, but I quite liked the food.
“As expected of the third brother! Everyone, step back.”
Unlike the guys with tired faces, my younger brother snapped his fingers with a strange passion.
The other brothers were startled and stepped back.
I laughed heartily at the sight of him running away.
‘That’s pretty fast,’
I wiped the blood and flesh from the corner of my mouth and remembered their movements.
As the brothers retreated, only me and the naked guys remained in the middle.
“Kiyeeeeeek!!”
The guys who had been standing there blankly started barking, showing their teeth.
The guys who were lurking around with drool dripping from their mouths like they had rabies found me and ran towards me.
It was fortunate that they were all handsome.
Of course, even that quickly changed into a monster-like appearance.
“Kiyeeeeeeeek!!!”
I expressed my gratitude to the devil candy that rushed at me on its own.
Looking at the faces of my brothers behind me, it seemed like life would get easier from now on.
‘Isn’t it just a little more comfortable?’
I laughed as I swallowed the devil’s candy.
“······Eeeeek!! Ah··· It’s the devil!”
The bitch who was talking nonsense at my glance hastily covered my mouth.
***
‘Where did he go again?’
Nova bit her lip and knocked on the door again.
I tapped the back of my hand so hard that it hurt, but there was no response.
I came running as soon as I finished work, but Aaron wasn’t in the room.
Where did you go this late at night…
Nova bit her lip in frustration and sat down in front of the door.
‘You didn’t have an accident, did you? Surely not, you just got here···.’
This was not an easy castle like Cassadic or Bolt.
If something happened in the county, it could not be dealt with.
Nova tried to suppress her worries as she stroked the handkerchief she had received from Blossom.
After some time, when the patrolling soldier had passed by about three times, heavy footsteps were heard.
Nova knew it was Aaron just by the sound of his footsteps.
‘Why are you so late!’
Nova stood up, trying to suppress the corners of her lips that had gone up.
My feet were numb from sitting for so long.
Aaron was approaching, staggering forward.
However, Nova was momentarily speechless at that sight.
Black blood and flesh all over his body.
It was as if I had been to hell and back.
Nova stopped at Aaron’s face, which looked unusually tired.
“Orange. If you sleep outside, your mouth will turn red.”
Aaron spoke briefly and passed him inside.
Wooweeeeek-.
A very faint retching sound.
Nova stood in front of the closed door for a while before turning back.
***
[···I’m so sleepy, Captain.]
Knock knock.
As soon as I opened my eyes, I looked for the sword and touched it.
The cold sensation unique to the sword’s handle suppressed the things that had built up like bubbles.
After taking a few deep breaths like that, I finally started seeing my surroundings.
‘This sucks.’
He got up from his seat, grimacing at the sight of the dirt all over the floor.
The alcohol I drank yesterday left a really bad aftertaste.
I had been vomiting for a long time because of the flesh that came with eating the devil’s candy.
– It wasn’t tasty yesterday.
‘Just wait, I’ll feed you some really good stuff.’
They said there’s an even bigger banquet tonight, so they’ll probably serve a full course meal.
I feel energized after eating a lot of devil candy yesterday.
Knock knock.
I sharpened my sword, dodged the spit, jumped, and opened the door.
“You came here early in the morning just because you were teased for buying something cheap. You need to be beaten to come to your senses…”
“What are you packing quickly?”
I expected it to be a square investigation, but it was Nova with darker eye shadows than usual.
I tried to close the door quickly, but Nova was a little faster.
The door couldn’t close because Nova’s foot was stuck between them.
Even Nova was stepping on my feet.
“···Why are you like this in the morning?”
“Open the door. You’ve caused trouble again.”
Nova stuck her face through the crack in the door.
It was quite funny to see that sharp face come in like a slap in the face.
“What happened?”
“What’s on the floor! What kind of vomit is that….”
“No, it’s not Saturday. I just spilled some stew…”
“It’s Saturday! Get out of the way!”
Nova managed to get her head through the crack in the door.
Nova’s head passed through and he came in easily without any hindrance.
“What are you going to do if you just leave this alone and go to sleep!”
“If you leave it alone, it will dry out.”
“···It’s drying up.”
I quickly stopped him when he suddenly sat down and started to clean up with his hands, but Nova’s stubbornness was beyond imagination.
Nova, who seemed to have a weak stomach, kept vomiting, but she still managed to wipe him clean with a cloth and throw him outside.
Then he wiped his hands with the water placed for washing, took a small bottle out of his bosom, and sprinkled it on the floor.
A fragrant scent filled the room.
“It’s a little cleaner now. Let’s go have breakfast.”
Nova said with a relieved face.
I nodded and took a handkerchief out of my bosom and handed it to him.
The corners of Nova’s mouth twitched as if he had received a gold nugget in his handkerchief.
‘Is the handkerchief that good?’
When I gave him a few more, Nova laughed out loud for the first time.
Nova’s laughter was a cute sound that didn’t match her cold appearance and prickly personality.
Nova took all the handkerchiefs I had.
***
“All the royal knights who went to the East have gone missing?”
Gesher Wind shrugged at Sinan Halina’s question.
I couldn’t believe it, but it was something I had just heard separately.
“Oh no. Were we not originally sent to clean up the East before putting the hypocrites in and also to keep Count Behart in check?”
Sinan Halina’s subsequent words were similar to Gesher Wind’s thoughts.
“That’s right. The eastern cleanup is more or less complete, but we needed to keep Count Behart in check, and the death of three imperial knights is not something that can be overlooked.”
Gesher Wind answered, waving the paper in his hand.
“The Imperial Knights are dead, so we can’t just sit back and do nothing… But if we send the hypocrites back to the East after already sending them….”
He was received by Sinan Halina.
“Everything will be a mess.”
Gesher Wind said, throwing the paper into the air.
Papers densely written with words filled the air.
“······Why are you throwing the paper?”
“I just wanted to throw it.”
In response to Sinan Halina’s question, Gesher Wind scratched the ball and snapped his fingers.
The scattered papers were gathered and organized in an instant.
“So what did you do?”
At Sinan Halina’s question, Gesher Wind paused for a moment and then snapped his fingers.
The papers rose into the air again and flew towards a certain point.
Tata-tata-tak-.
The papers collided with each other, lost their strength, and fell.
“They said they were sending an air knight to Flitton Castle.”
Gesher Wind said, looking at the small, dented table.
“You’re sending a Wyvern Knight. Why are you sending papers flying? If you hit something, it’ll reset, so you’ll have to collect them by hand.”
Gesher Wind coughed slightly, feeling a little discouraged by Sinan Halina’s words.
