132
Shin Xki
‘How should I sell troll pepper powder?’
Poole sipped his beer and pondered.
Other peppercorns from our visit to the Kirton Range could easily have been disposed of at Cassadick.
Brick’s testimony had the greatest effect on the sale.
I heard Brick has a group of married guys.
I heard that it was a group that was formed by people who got together to drink and get home as late as possible after work, and Brick ended up advertising the effects of red pepper powder at those gatherings, which made him one of Pool’s biggest customers.
So, all the pepper powder except the trolls were disposed of, but there was no one in Cassidy with the means to buy the troll pepper powder.
However, it was burdensome to directly connect with the noble Fulphutsu.
‘I have to connect the top and the line···.’
Because Cassidy was a remote area, the number of regular visitors was small.
Apparently, there wasn’t enough to sell all this troll pepper powder.
‘The situation in Karzan isn’t very good either.’
The grass valued the troll pepper powder highly.
Men are crazy about stamina, and since he is a troll and the most powerful of all monsters, he could make a lot of money if he handles it well.
He was sure he would have plenty left over even after giving it to the captain.
‘Besides, it’s powder so there’s no rush.’
The grass raised its head leisurely.
“So, I definitely love Razbeth, but seeing Sophia after such a long time makes me feel strange…”
Berman, whose face was red as if he was slightly drunk, kept repeating the same thing he had been saying.
He loves Razbeth, but he keeps having strange worries, wondering if this feeling of wavering when he sees Sophia is really love.
Grass could not understand Berman’s worries.
‘Sophia was a slave to the group in the first place, and since she was rejected by Razbeth, doesn’t her own feelings matter?’
No matter what Berman thought, the result would be rejection, so I couldn’t understand why he was worrying so deeply about it.
Since I didn’t have any money anyway, I didn’t say anything out loud.
“Well, that’s when you imagine. You finish your work and go home! You open the door and… who would you like to see there?!”
Next to him, Kel was excitedly encouraging him.
It was a useless assumption, but Berman frowned and pondered as if he had been asked a question about the truth.
As the time passed and I yawned, an answer came from somewhere else.
“Damn it! Don’t do it! I told you not to! Why should anyone be in the house? A pig or a sheep would suffice!”
Brick sat up in a fit of convulsions and slammed his fist on the table.
thud!
“Ahhhhh!!”
It was so funny to see him jumping up and down, holding his fist, and everyone laughed out loud.
Brick, who had been yelling like that, closed his eyes, controlled his anger, let out a deep sigh, and went upstairs to go home.
The fangs hanging from Brick’s waist dangled pitifully as he climbed the stairs.
“What are you worried about? You go to work and see your big brother, but do you want to see girl Aaron after work?”
Dylan asked, wiggling his fingers.
Poole clicked his tongue as he watched Berman’s bulging pockets, sitting next to Dylan, become hollow.
I figured out how much I should charge in exchange for estimating its size and turning a blind eye to it.
“You’ve already seen it, right? Living in the same place as Captain Aaron.”
“That’s why I practiced walking without making a sound. Look closely.”
Dylan jumped up and walked around the area.
The floor was made of old wood so it was bound to make noise, but strangely enough, there was no sound.
If you weren’t watching Dylan move, you wouldn’t notice it.
Everyone jumped up in shock at the ghost-like steps.
If you listen very closely, you can hear a slight creaking sound, but it’s barely audible.
Dylan, excited by the strong reaction, walked backwards.
The sight was so bizarre and amazing that everyone applauded.
Then Dylan suddenly grabbed my lower body and jerked my waist.
“Oh, I’ll go drain some water.”
It seemed like he needed to pee.
“Whatever, just go out and do it roughly.”
Kel waved his hand vaguely and pointed to a round bowl in the corner.
“Then he gets beaten to death by his older brother.”
Dylan answered him seriously.
When he first joined the guard, he was like an animal marking its territory, running around here and there, but it seems like he received proper training.
Dylan grabbed my trouser leg and ran up the stairs, squeaking.
That back view was so neat that it made me want to kick it.
“···I think Razbet is the best! My heart is Razbet.”
Berman suddenly shouted in a firm voice.
‘Are you still thinking about it?’
In the meantime, Poole had completely forgotten about Berman, as he was discussing the earnings of Kel and the prostitute and their return after giving birth.
“Yeah, yeah. Earn a lot of money and buy a big house! Fill it with pigs and sheep, and then confess to me again. Then, unconditionally-”
Kel and Berman bickered every day, but when Berman got serious, he gave in to his worries.
‘Isn’t that the problem?’
The grass clicked its tongue as it looked at Berman’s face.
Although he himself was not particularly handsome, Berman’s face had a rather harsh feel to it.
What can I say, it was a face that was ugly but not likable.
‘But of all the people I know, he has the best personality.’
He was a gentlemanly, kind, and polite man by nature, and if he had a younger sister, he would want to connect her with her…
‘You’re ugly.’
The grass clicked its tongue in regret.
No matter how good the content is, what good is it if you can’t show it to him?
A woman named Razbeth had met Poole several times.
I saw her when I visited to find out information on where to buy red pepper powder, and although I speak as a colleague, she was a beauty who did not match Berman.
There were already countless men who were nagging at Razbeth.
To be blunt, I didn’t get along with the ugly Berman.
“I wavered when I met Sophia. Did I really love her? If it was true love, shouldn’t I not waver or doubt even for a moment? How could I waver?”
Berman poured out everything he had inside. He seemed very serious and full of sincerity, but…
‘···This is crazy.’
Grass clicked his tongue and counted the silver coins in his pocket again.
The number was exactly right, but I felt uneasy sitting next to Dylan for some reason.
While counting the silver coins again-.
“Tongue… Brothers! Brothers!!”
Dylan came downstairs, clattering and making a lot of noise.
He came down so quickly that he misstepped and fell down, but he quickly got up and ran.
Seeing his hasty appearance, he hurriedly grabbed the sword that was lying next to him.
Kel and Berman, who had been joking until just now, also stood up and grabbed their swords.
“What’s going on?”
Berman asked, adjusting his sword.
Dylan, who was catching his breath, shouted in a rough voice.
“Big brother has finally become a god!!”
However, there was a long silence after Dylan’s words.
A moment later, everyone was hurling unspeakable, vicious insults at Dylan.
Dylan usually had a tendency to exaggerate things when it came to things related to Aaron Cho, but this time, perhaps because he was drinking, it was even worse.
If it’s to a certain level, they’ll at least pretend to believe, but out of the blue, what the hell is God…
Everyone clicked their tongues and sat back down to drink.
The moment Berman is about to tell another bizarre love story.
“Ouch! Shit!”
bang!
Dylan, who was very angry, hit Berman on the back of the head.
“Hey you little shits! I’m telling you that Big Brother has really become a god!! It’s true!!”
Berman fell forward, spraying beer all over him.
The place was in shambles in an instant, with beer glasses and dice rolling across the floor.
“Dylan, there’s a limit to jokes. Since you’re the youngest, I’ll just…”
Kel scrunched up his face and sat up.
“No! Seriously! I said I became a god! Come out! You little shits!!”
The atmosphere became tense, but at the sight of Dylan raising his voice, Poole’s brow furrowed.
Although Dylan often acted foolishly and greedily, he had never been this bizarrely stubborn.
He was a quick-witted guy who had always managed to avoid getting hit, but he suddenly started acting like this…
‘Really?’
The grass shed its mucus.
“I told you that my real brother has become the god of the night sky!! Boom, boom! He has become a bastard!!”
At Dylan’s shout, the others seemed to notice something strange and became quiet.
‘The leader has been hired···.’
It was so unrealistic that no one even mentioned it, but the captain actually rode a dragon.
As I thought about it that way, I suddenly became anxious.
Doesn’t becoming a god mean you’re dead?
Also, the story is that he is no longer our leader.
“promotion!!”
Thinking that it was impossible, Poole immediately ran out.
As I climbed the stairs, my head was filled with complicated thoughts.
If Aaron Cho really became a god, should we pray to him?
Or, it was full of things like whether one could become a god with that kind of personality.
Why is this usually small bar so big today?
“Oh my? Why is everyone like that?!”
Ignoring Hannah’s question, who was sitting in the hall as if waiting for someone, I ran to the door.
The grass pushed open the bar door and went out.
Then the others followed suit.
“Look! Over there- in the night sky, there are ten kids who have become gods···.”
Dylan, who came out second, shouted proudly, pointing to the sky.
However, where Dylan pointed, there were only twinkling stars.
I squinted my eyes to see if the stars were connected to form a constellation, but no matter where I looked, there was no star as big as the Sun.
“Huh… Huh? Clearly, the 10-year-old became a god… No! I told you it really happened?!”
Dylan waved both hands in the rapidly growing tense atmosphere, but his crumpled face did not straighten.
“If you leave this kid alone, he’ll do some really weird pranks···.”
“No… definitely… the ten pups are in the sky….”
Kel was the first to rush in, followed by Poole and Berman, who pounded Dylan.
Since they had been a bit of a hater, their punches and kicks were full of force.
Then, when I turned my head because of the scent, Ha-na had already barged in and was swinging her fist.
I shook my hands from Hannah’s face, which looked very excited, and stepped back.
All that was around was the sound of heavy breathing.
“I told you I saw it… in the sky… the big brother… ten years old… no, I told you it was a new kid….”
Dylan burst into tears, not because he was sick, but because he was wronged.
***
‘until when···.’
It seemed like the lightning had resolved it quite spectacularly, but Kanna didn’t stop.
Kanna, who was attached to Park Daegari, kept mumbling something and pursed her lips, and every time she did, something new was built behind her.
‘···After lightning comes architecture.’
The dirt quickly took shape as it clumped together.
Deokgu extending his fist, Deokgu raising his fist, Deokgu crouching, Deokgu cheering. Various Deokgu were created to show off their liveliness as if they were alive.
It seemed like they were building something big out of dirt instead of the small ice cubes they usually made.
In an emergency situation, it seemed like he quickly resolved the crisis with a flash of lightning and then did things he had never done before.
The continuously counting number of Deokgu figures made me feel like I was in a Deokgu theme park.
‘In the meantime, he’s doing it as a virtue.’
Kanna placed the helmet on my figure without me having to say anything.
“Ah …
Kuo Bao Rou was so excited that he even spit out praise.
yet-.
The snowflakes that resembled me suddenly turned into water droplets and fell as a shower, and when they fell to the ground, they turned into cool sparks that painted the surroundings in a gorgeous way.
“Wow···.”
Even Bori, who was aiming his sword at my command, let out a small exclamation of admiration.
‘What is this···.’
The spectacle was beyond imagination, and I forgot the situation and opened my mouth in amazement.
‘Of course, Kanna will foolishly stop on her own···.’
The corners of Kanna’s lips, which were raised as if she was having a good dream, were bothering me.
But since he’s still a kid, he might not be able to control it.
I examined the condition of Park’s head.
The heavy presence was quickly fading away, and the body that had been trembling until just now was gradually calming down.
‘Still, it worked.’
The process and appearance were a bit strange, but somehow it seemed to work out well.
‘I think this is enough.’
“stop.”
As I spoke, the commotion around me subsided.
The change was instantaneous, like waking up from a dream.
The extraordinary magic show ended with the last of the built-in Deokgu with the corners of his lips raised.
Kanna nodded at me with an ambiguous expression of relief and longing.
And then, with a “Pick”, his head snapped back.
It was as if the little boy who was arguing excitedly was about to faint, so I grabbed him by the back of the neck and put him on my shoulder.
After fixing Kanna to the shoulder armor, I checked the condition of Park’s head.
‘You’re alive.’
There was a large bruise on the eye, but it was a minor injury that occurred during the rescue.
It was a good Somali act that required no responsibility since the parent’s consent had already been obtained.
Whether it was the effects of reckless driving or a personal hobby, he was naked again. There were a lot of soldiers in front of him, so he needed something to cover himself up.
I naturally turned my gaze to Kuabarou.
“Ugh… why did that heart belong to that stupid, stupid Young-ae….”
When Kuobarou met my eyes, his voice trailed off and his eyes widened.
I didn’t really want to say much, I just snapped my fingers.
“Damn, what the hell are you calling me….”
Guobarou took off his clothes while grumbling.
Quo Barou wore a gloomy robe, as befitting a wizard, but had another robe draped underneath.
Looking at the strangely annoying face of Kuabarou, I briefly considered taking that too, but I didn’t want to see the bastard’s naked body.
‘You were prepared. You’re smarter than I thought.’
I took the robe that Kuabarou handed me and unfolded it, exclaiming in admiration.
Then he placed the head of the park on top of it and rolled it up. He folded the ends and pushed them inward to secure it so that it wouldn’t come undone, and then he lowered the cloth around his face so that he could breathe.
“Is this the end?”
I asked Kuabarou, who was grumbling next to me.
“No, this is a short-term solution. The stupid Young-ae will continue to accumulate mana. If we don’t relieve her, something like this will happen again. Of course, once it has exploded, the next time will be even worse. And there will come a day when dissolving the accumulated mana will no longer be enough.”
In short, it seemed like it would have to be resolved periodically in the future. There would eventually come a time when even that would not be enough.
‘If I do this, I’ll be tied up with Park Daegari.’
I frowned and looked back and forth between Park’s head and Kanna.
Even looking at it now, it was a solution that was burdensome to both of them.
Of course, the amount of mana would be different if it was released periodically rather than in a piled state like now, but it was still dangerous.
‘Kanna, a commoner, and Park Daegari, a noblewoman who desperately needs her.’
I looked at the pumpkin head that had become a straw mat and wiggled my fingers for a moment.
I let out a deep breath at the drool dripping down the corner of Park Daegari’s mouth as he slept soundly and the bruises engraved in his eyes.
‘···I don’t know yet.’
“Another way?”
I tried to lower my hand and asked again.
“If the stupid young lady learns magic and can resolve her own issues, how could the stupid, stupid young lady do that? It’s been so long since I taught her, but she can only do light magic, which is the most basic of basics. The current stupid young lady’s level is absolutely unable to handle the speed at which it is accumulating.”
What that bastard Kubarouni, who taught Park Daegari directly, said is probably true.
“Can’t you do it?”
“It’s impossible. Using someone else’s mana requires an absurd amount of concentration and delicacy. As far as I know, only Kanna can do it.”
I was tickled by Kuabarou’s confident answer.
“This is the first time something like this has happened, so we need to research it. This means that all possibilities are open. During this process, Kanna’s mana may increase, or the stupid young lady may be able to withstand the collapse.”
‘Is there a possibility?’
I felt a little uneasy, like I had taken a shit and not cleaned it, but it wasn’t something I could choose to do.
‘I guess we’ll have to talk again when Kanna wakes up.’
Just then, soldiers and a lord approached from afar, and I nodded to Bori next to me.
Barley nodded and picked up the pumpkin head that had become a straw mat.
‘This is going to be annoying.’
I clicked my tongue as I watched the Flying Baron approaching with a face more lively than when he was flying in the sky.
but···.
‘I think Kanna’s influence will be greater than I thought.’
Kanna was the wizard who built the wall and could keep the life of the lord’s only daughter.
There was no way to estimate how much its value would increase in Cassadic.
Of course, if they were ordinary citizens, they would have been taken away without even being considered valuable and would have been used as tools.
‘You’re sleeping well.’
I clicked my tongue at the saliva flowing between my shoulder blades and corrected Kanna’s posture.
Anyway, it was Kanna’s business, so I planned to help Kanna make a choice.
***
‘Should I stay with that kid?’
Pulpouts tapped the table with a trembling expression.
Across from him, a purple-haired child sat proudly.
Bright eyes and upright posture. Even though we hadn’t spoken, I could tell he was intelligent.
“If you don’t periodically relieve your mana, something like this will happen again. And there’s no guarantee that it won’t end like this next time.”
The Swallows sitting next to him spoke softly.
Knock knock.
‘What does this wizard want?’
Pulpouts let out a sigh as he recalled Vivian’s escape and the Swallows appearing as if they had been waiting for him.
I wanted to get everything out right away, even if it meant torture…
‘He is a wizard of the White Tower and is also close to Aaron.’
Once again Aaron was involved.
The Swallows knew him too, and they spoke with a cocky tone without being intimidated.
“Isn’t there any other way?”
If what he said was true, Vivian’s life depended on that child.
Since she was Aaron’s daughter, he was in no position to tie her up or pressure her, so Vivian’s leash was basically passed on to someone else.
Which father would sit still and watch his daughter’s life be in the hands of someone else?
‘I’d feel better if I could just pull it towards me-,’
I felt sick to my stomach, as if I had swallowed a stone.
“Not at the moment. I’ve requested the Magic Tower to send me my items, so I’m sure there will be progress as I research.”
“Don’t call it research, call it treatment.”
Pulpouts tried hard to suppress his anger at the tone of voice that seemed to refer to his own daughter as a test subject.
“Yes, I understand.”
The silence that followed.
‘No matter how young he is, his opponent is a wizard. He even knows how to read at a young age.’
I was in so much pain that my head was spinning, but there was no way out at the moment.
“I guess I need to draw up a new contract. Should I bring it now?”
At that moment, Nova spoke calmly from the side.
‘···A contract? Oh, I see, you said that kid signed a contract to help with the work.’
I came to my senses a little at the sound of Nova’s unusually calm voice.
‘Okay, let’s focus on training. It happened anyway.’
Since it was my daughter’s problem, I couldn’t help but get overly emotional, but this excitement would only be a hindrance rather than a help.
If I wanted to save my daughter, I had to stay calm.
At Nova’s calm voice, Pulpouts tried to suppress his excitement and slowly reviewed the situation.
‘Vivian needs this child.’
Pullputs bit the tips of his fingernails as he watched the child, who was not at all intimidated by the adults around him.
‘I tried to hire him as an office assistant, but the contract hasn’t been finalized yet because Aaron asked for the sewer.’
The child’s worth was already proven during the construction of the wall.
However, Aaron’s sudden sewer proposal.
I don’t know why, but if the sewer system were to be installed, it would be a facility that would only have advantages.
The price was the problem.
‘Now it’s Swallows and Kanna. There are two magicians.’
The tips of his nails split and began to bleed, but Pulpouts paid no attention and continued his thoughts.
He looked at the child with sunken eyes and calculated its value.
‘If she’s a daughter, she’s the one who connects with Aaron, so she can tie him up, and she’s a magician and can read and write…’
As I organized the Kanna, its value continued to increase.
Currently, Fullfoot is someone that must be captured.
‘Aaron refused the seat, but this child···.’
The biggest problem was that she was young, but what does age have to do with it?
Being old doesn’t make you wise, and being young doesn’t make you flexible in your thinking.
“Because we haven’t had a meeting about the sewer system yet, I proposed 60 silver as a business assistance without any information about it···.”
“for a moment.”
Fullfoot quickly raised his hand and cut off Nova’s words.
Those purple eyes that boldly face her even though she is a commoner.
If you are not so stupid as to not know the difference between a noble and a commoner, you will know how dangerous that action is.
There’s no way a child who can read and write could be that stupid…
‘You know your own worth.’
Pulpouts chewed his lip and thought about what he could give.
Anyway, age didn’t matter for the position.
“I offer you the position of administrator.”
The vacant seat of Gerel.
It was a very important position in the territory where one could discuss the next Fullfoot, so it didn’t make sense to suggest it to a kid like this.
This was the cheapest.
“···Your Majesty?”
“hmm···.”
“No matter how cute it is···.”
There was backlash from all over.
Even Nova, who had never commented on the decision Pulpouts had made, questioned it, showing how groundbreaking this greeting was.
Fullfoot didn’t care.
It was a matter of my daughter’s life.
“Hmm… What is an administrator?”
However, seeing her tilt her head while looking at him with innocent eyes, Pulpouts felt that it would not be easy.
The corners of the child’s lips slightly turned up, indicating that the child’s question was not asked out of ignorance about the administrator.
‘···Are you asking me to specify it precisely?’
Pullputs smiled bitterly at the sight of Aaron, who was shamelessly pretending not to know.
***
In a dense forest.
It was so densely packed that not even the moonlight could penetrate, making it so dark that you couldn’t see an inch ahead.
In the middle of it all, there was a clearing filled with heaps of chopped trees.
Someone was sitting in the moonlight in an empty lot filled with nothing but the sounds of bugs.
The thick muscles on his huge body gave him the strength he deserved even if he were a young man, but the wrinkles on his face and the long white hair were those of an old man.
Around the old man were bones with bite marks rolling around.
The old man, who had been quiet for a while, muttered in a deep voice.
“Why the forest of all places?”
I don’t know where it was, but it was so wide that I couldn’t see the end no matter how much I walked.
I’ve already eaten all the meat I bought.
If the wandering had been a little longer it could have been dangerous, but I wasn’t anxious.
The old man knew from the prophecy that he would not die in this place.
When the time comes, I will give you direction.
If you don’t know the direction, it just isn’t the time yet.
The old man took out his sword and scraped the blade against the bone.
At that moment, suddenly the surroundings became bright-.
A huge bolt of lightning struck far away.
The lightning looked strange at first glance, but upon closer inspection it resembled someone.
“It’s over there.”
Then the old man took his sword, put a bone in his mouth, and started moving slowly.
The place where the knight hunter left was littered with dry bones.
