260 – Tail Biting (2)
The watcher steadily followed Sivar. To figure out if he is a dirty devil or a normal human being.
And the more I followed, the more simple the truth became.
‘······Is that comfortable?’
I was able to realize why Shivar was a ‘wild man’. The watcher could not help but feel absurd when he saw Sibar’s actions.
I can understand eating bugs or mushrooms while passing by. This is a common occurrence even in rural areas.
However, he felt strange eating raw organs from hunted animals, and he showed his true colors as a wild person.
Once I ate, I ate too much. If there was anything that looked delicious, I picked it up and ate it.
Even things that might have dirt on them were not properly cleaned. I just put it in my mouth as is.
Even marking the territory was being done consistently, so I couldn’t help but think about all sorts of things.
‘I can’t just go out because I have a good feeling.’
I wanted to seize the opportunity to use Seongsu while eating.
However, because I like the sense of the original, I sometimes look back or come this way, etc.
There were many chilling situations, so it was not easy for me as a monitor to act.
‘It would be difficult to seize the opportunity.’
His intuition was so good that he was in a hurry to hide himself. So, the watcher set his sights on surveillance rather than action.
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More than anything, it is the time when the sun is slowly setting. Although today is disappointing, there are still many opportunities left.
Even if it’s not a forest, isn’t there still life in the academy? Even though Rize is there, you just have to be careful.
‘Seongsu is ordinary water for ordinary people.’
Even if you are blessed by another god, such as Chaos or Gulag, the holy water will have no effect.
It will probably end with making up for the lack of divine power or magical power. Still, the watcher did not let down his guard.
No matter how strong a person is, rest is essential. Shivar has not rested even once since entering the forest.
I even hunted monsters in between, so I’ll be taking a break soon. He can aim for that time.
‘······When are we going to rest?’
He didn’t rest. They didn’t stop their activities, perhaps to recharge their stamina by eating bugs or mushrooms from time to time.
In the end, no income was obtained as the sun set. Sivar also took the things he had collected and returned to the academy.
There was a portable toilet at the entrance to the forest, so you could wash there. The watcher clicked his tongue and expressed regret.
‘Your physical strength is ridiculously strong. ‘I’ll have to take this into consideration.’
Anyway, there is a lot of time and opportunities remain. I just felt sad about today.
As a result, the watcher also stopped his activities and was about to return.
“You are coming with me.”
“?!”
I heard a voice from behind that I had never heard before. The watcher was startled and turned his head.
Wow!
With the shock sent to the back of the neck, the watcher’s vision instantly turned black.
“··· ···”
The hunter looked down at the guard who had been knocked down by a blow to the back of the neck, then turned his head and looked at the Academy.
To be exact, this is the doorway that Shivar entered just now. Shivar was still standing at the doorway.
The difference from before was that Sivar was looking this way.
In other words, it means that the hunter and the guard who fell underneath were identified.
[······Into the darkness.]
The hunter went into hiding and took the watcher with him. Naturally, there was no one left at the forest entrance.
Shivar looked at the watcher who had disappeared with the hunter, then turned around.
‘It was there as expected.’
I knew someone was watching me. I left it alone because I hadn’t done anything in particular.
But I never thought there would even be hunters. No, I was thinking about it, but it was strange that it wasn’t aimed at me.
What can I say? It feels as if I am protected from surveillance. It could have been an illusion, but seeing that behavior just now made me suspicious.
‘Do they even know this body?’
It is not that there is no possibility at all. It is because of this body that demons perform their great work in the first place.
Somehow, hope blossomed, but for some reason it all disappeared, and that anger is expressed.
Because that hope appeared right before our eyes, even the devil must have said something. This is the most persuasive.
‘They won’t target me for the time being.’
I think I will be able to go back and forth through the forest comfortably from now on. That doesn’t mean you let your guard down.
Because you never know when the devil will change. If possible, they may try to take you by force.
Shivar moved forward. The mushrooms and herbs I collected today were quite enjoyable.
Most of these are things to be delivered to Ellie. He’s probably serving tea at Rod’s residence by now.
‘Let’s take a quick shower first.’
If I continue like this with blood on my hands and face, Rod will scold me. I don’t like Rod’s nagging.
There was a simple toilet near the entrance to the forest, so washing up was enough.
After all the preparations were completed, it was time to return to Lord’s residence.
“Mr. Sivar?”
“Huh?”
“See you here.”
By chance, I met a familiar person. It was Rize.
She, dressed in her usual nun uniform, welcomed Shivar with a bright expression.
Shivar was also happy to see her, so he greeted her with joy.
“Hello.”
“Yes. Hello.”
Lize smiled and bowed to Sivar’s greeting. As she lowered her head, her particularly large breasts stood out.
Shivar unknowingly tried to prevent his eyes from going in that direction as much as he could. Those are fake breasts, she whispered to herself.
Afterwards, Rize glanced behind Sivar and she asked in her characteristic friendly voice.
“Have you been to the forest?”
“Yes. Here are herbs and mushrooms.”
“You brought a lot. Could it be that the blood…?”
“I caught a monster.”
“Ah. That’s good.”
Thank goodness. Shivar felt a strange feeling in that relief.
It’s as if they were worried that they might have caught something other than a monster.
Or he could have just said that he was glad he wasn’t hurt. For Rize, it is likely the latter.
‘This is why the object is important.’
All I had to do was not cause confusion by leaving out the object and subject like everyone else did.
Moreover, Rize is a believer in chaos, so she understands it, but Luna… Let’s get over it.
Luna was very curious as to why she was not a believer in chaos.
“Then shall we go back? I also have some business to attend to Rod at the moment.”
“Yes.”
“But you didn’t pick up anything strange again, did you?”
“··· ···”
Shivar did not say anything. He just looked ahead and walked.
Afterwards, it was time for him to return to Rod’s residence and sort through what he had collected today.
“Shivar? Is this a poisonous mushroom?”
“Really?”
“Yes. It won’t kill you if you eat it, but it will cause severe diarrhea. Are you sure you ate this?”
“Yes. I ate a lot.”
For some reason, my stomach hurt a little today.
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“Umm…”
The watcher blinked and regained consciousness. I felt a tingling sensation in the back of my neck, but gradually came to my senses.
My head hurt like it was going to explode, but I tried to open my eyes somehow. This is a body that has been trained for times like this.
When he finally came to his senses, unfamiliar voices came into the watchman’s ears.
“The guy has come to his senses.”
“Okay. Shall we take a look?”
Not one, but two. The watcher came to his senses when he heard a voice.
I tried to move my body afterward, but it was all futile. My body was already tied to the chair.
In a moment of incomprehensibility, the watcher realized something. That the surroundings were filled with darkness.
There were only two things I could see in the darkness, where I couldn’t see an inch in front of me. Eyes shining in the dark like animals.
One glowed blue, and the other glowed a darker blue.
“Hey. Are you out of your mind?”
A question came from the direction of the dark blue light. The watcher blinked with a blank expression.
I couldn’t understand this situation. Even though I knew that I had been kidnapped, I couldn’t figure out who did this.
“Yes, who are you guys?”
“You don’t need to know that, just answer the question. I have no intention of taking your life.”
The dark blue devil answered the watcher’s question. Although it is a very unpleasant thing to say, it is true.
If you take the watcher’s life here, the Gaia Church will feel suspicious. First of all, it needs to be saved.
“The kid you were chasing. How much do you know about that kid?”
“What, what?”
“There’s a kid with red eyes. How much does he know?”
Are you talking about Shivar? The watcher frowned.
I was wondering why they were asking the subject of surveillance, but I plan on answering first.
Because I didn’t know much anyway. I only saw him as a wild person.
“I don’t know. I came here recently too. I only observed their lives as wild people.”
“What? It’s been a while?”
“I was only active in the forest, so I didn’t know much about it.”
“Ah. I had bad luck. It’s a shame.”
It was an opportunity to find out what kind of life Sivar was living at the academy. But unfortunately, there was not enough time.
After expressing his disappointment for a moment, the watcher asked.
“Who are you then? Who are you to do something like this?”
“Us?”
The dark blue devil thought for a moment after hearing the question, then glanced next to him.
The hunter was still standing next to him. His loyal nature stood out.
Then the dark blue demon shrugged his shoulders and said something incomprehensible.
“I just think of him as a distant relative. You could say he is a very precious prince.”
“······Prince? Was he really royalty?”
I finally understood. Why did they ask questions about Shivar?
If Sivar is a member of the royal family of a country and these people are distant relatives, it is natural that they are watching him.
This happens quite often. The story is that he was born without knowing anything and then found out that he was of royal blood.
However, Sivar was born and raised in the wild, not at home, so he is bound to have many problems in many ways.
“It’s higher than that, but it’s not wrong. Anyway.”
The indigo-colored devil moved on to the next thing, whether the watcher was mistaken or not.
“Shall we make a deal?”
“······Deal?”
“Yes. It’s normal for both of us to be curious about that girl, right? But we can’t enter the academy due to some circumstances.”
The reason is obvious. Because these were devils.
However, from the observer’s point of view, only blue and indigo lights were floating around, so it was impossible to determine its identity.
If he had figured out his identity, he would have committed suicide or planned to assassinate him. The devil has the upper hand.
“You figure out life at the academy, and we’ll take care of the forest. If we do this, we’ll disperse, won’t we?”
“That’s funny. It seems like only you benefit?”
“Really? Then there’s nothing we can do. Hunter.”
“Yes.”
The indigo-colored devil ordered the hunter.
“Throw this bastard inside the Forest of Chaos. He will be reported as missing anyway, so the parasites won’t know.”
“What, what?”
“I understand.”
While the watcher was confused, the hunter answered in a silent tone. Again, the advantage is on the Devils side.
If he was murdered, the Gaia Church would have recognized it, but if he went missing because he entered the Forest of Chaos, the story is different.
Even if the Gaia Church finds traces, they will only know that they entered the Forest of Chaos and will not know anything more.
Are we going to search for missing people here? Then the Academy, especially Lords, will take notice and put pressure on him.
“Now, wait…!”
Puck!
Just as the watcher was about to say something, the hunter struck him in the back of the neck and knocked him out.
The dark blue devil also took no action, as if it had exhausted its usefulness. They really intend to throw it away inside the Forest of Chaos.
“I’ll leave it behind.”
“Yeah. He doesn’t even want to eat.”
Afterwards, the hunter picked up the watcher and left the place. To throw it away inside the Forest of Chaos.
Of course, I am not going directly, but I plan to throw it far away from the boundary line. Since it is dark now, the effect will be even better.
A dark blue demon left alone when the hunter left. He took something out of his arms.
A small glass bottle. A transparent liquid contained within it. It is a holy water possessed by the watcher.
“All parasites are like that.”
Clink!
He got irritated and threw a glass bottle at the wall. Holy water flowed down the wall.
“She’s a saint and she’s not stupid. She’s probably watching everything.”
He snorted his nose in amusement.