Small Distortion – 3
The girl watched everything.
I watched as the new knight, whom the emperor had ordered to monitor their every move, unilaterally fooled the opponent in a sparring with another knight commander.
I watched as if he was a newcomer who had just joined and beat the captain of the knights who served His Majesty, as if it was natural.
I watched the clean attack movements without any superfluities, the defensive movements that deflected all incoming attacks, and the continuous movements that flowed like water.
And, the emperor watched all of it.
“… … Have you checked everything, Your Majesty?”
Atop a tree overlooking the gymnasium. Wearing a black hood over her upper body, a girl wearing black leather underneath muttered into the air.
Blink, those eyes blinked once without regard to his will. The girl nodded as if she understood.
A pair of sharp golden eyes glowed from beneath his eyelids.
The girl bowed her head into the empty void and bowed her head even deeper, as if someone had given her an order.
“Yes. I understand, Your Majesty. I will obey your will.”
This time the girl blinked of her own will. When those eyes opened again, the place where the golden eyes had been was empty.
Literally, it meant that nothing existed where the pupils should be. There are only two empty black eye sockets that make the onlooker creepy.
Despite her complete blindness, the girl began to slowly descend from the tree, stepping on and holding on to the branches one by one with her familiar hand and foot movements.
There was no fuss, no fuss. At first glance, it seemed more stable than a normal two-eyed person.
Soon after, the girl, who had just landed on the ground, quietly lowered her stance. Then, he stopped moving and listened to the sounds around him.
The sound of the wind blowing through the trees. The sound of rustling leaves. The sound of tree branches shaking to and fro. The sound of the girl inhaling and exhaling.
No other human voices were heard.
I’m glad I didn’t have to deal with the witnesses this time. Thinking so, the girl prepared to take it out in case of emergency, and carefully wrapped the dagger she had hidden under her wrist and put it in her waist.
The girl’s attire was very deformed. On the upper body, a black hood was worn over the head, and on top was a black leather armor that clung to the body.
As for the bottom, I couldn’t tell if it was a substitute underwear or pants, and I was wearing tight leather pants that were shorter than men’s boxer shorts, and the line of my pelvis was visible.
Even though he was obviously not wearing shoes, his feet were strangely clean.
‘people… … Still none.’
Confirming by sound that no one was around, the girl unfastened the necklace and put it in her hand to activate it. It was an artifact handed over by His Majesty the Emperor.
The clothes she was wearing began to change. The hood, leather armor, and leather pants that gave off the feeling of clean, high-quality fabric were gone. Instead, a very dirty piece of cloth appeared.
When the hood disappeared, the finely hidden hair within it came into full bloom. Contrasting with her immaculate skin, her black hair, barely draped over her shoulders, fluttered around her neck.
The girl was naked.
The skinny breasts, the collarbone line, the firm stomach, the soft side, the woman’s private parts and the slender thighs were all exposed, but there was no shame on her face.
The girl pressed a piece of cloth down for a while with a stone that was rolling nearby, then threw herself on the dirt floor and rolled as hard as she could, covering her body with dust. Soil and sand clung to each other.
After lying around for a while, I got up. Where did the girl who had been neat just before go? All she could see was a dirty girl with scattered hair and a body covered in dirt and dust.
‘I have to work on the clothes too.’
The girl, who had become a beggar in an instant, picked up a piece of cloth that had been pressed down with a stone and mercilessly rolled it on the dirt floor. When the work was finished, the piece of cloth had an appearance that was no different from rags.
wrapped it around the body It covered the thighs, covered the waist, and covered the chest, arms, and shoulders. The last remaining part was wrapped around the head to hide the face and hair.
‘Perfect.’
Although she couldn’t see it with her own eyes, the girl was confident in herself that she looked just like a beggar on the street.
Just like that confidence, the girl’s appearance now was completely indistinguishable from that type of human.
It was unimaginable that she had been spying on someone while wearing the finest leather clothes and showing off her beauty that could not be hidden.
If there is a difference, is it that even though she looks like a beggar covered in dust like this, she couldn’t properly hide her unique pretty features?
The girl rummaged around and broke off a twig of the appropriate thickness and length. And I swung it around in the air. This twig seemed to be enough for a staff.
In fact, I could walk around like a normal person without any of these things, but I had to look like an ordinary blind person for what I was going to do from now on.
‘His last command was… … To watch the new knight up close without revealing my identity at all costs.’
The golden knight was a bait anyway. There was really no way that such an idiot could be put in charge of surveillance. He seemed excited about taking on an important job, but His Majesty didn’t even expect it anyway.
Just one thing. If he sent it to the Knights of the Silver Dawn, he would not be able to overcome his own personality and would argue with the newcomer, and the emperor’s pending issue was hit.
Thanks to that, I was able to see the skill of the new knight even more clearly, so my job was done.
Even the lower part of her face was covered with a little bit of cloth, and the girl, holding a small wooden bowl in one hand, began to stumble forward with a cane on purpose.
I got out of the small forest inside the city, and slowly entered an alleyway along the path I had memorized while standing on top of a tree. I heard whispers around me when I saw such a girl.
Of course I didn’t care at all. Because I came down like this to look at you with those eyes.
‘It’s here.’
A girl stopped at the end of an alleyway, leaned her back against the wall, sat down on the floor, and curled up. He brought his knees together and brought them close to his chest, placing a wooden bowl in front of him.
It looked like a beggar begging for money perfectly to anyone’s eyes, but of course he didn’t come for the real purpose of begging.
‘Those knight commanders pass by here regularly.’
It was a conclusion I made by observing the entire city with my ‘eyes’ for two days. The knight commanders patrolling the city always follow the same route. And the road right next to this was the route.
They started patrolling a while ago, so they’ll be passing by here soon. With her head bowed, the girl felt the small vibration of the ground as people took a step.
I deliberately chose a place with the least number of people. Except for a few beggars, few people passed by this area.
I already remembered the length of their steps and their voices. All that remains now is to wait.
‘… … .’
It had been a long time since I had buried my face between my knees and felt only the vibrations of the ground. Finally, I heard a voice from afar that remained in my memory.
The girl pricked up her ears and listened carefully to the voice. It was a cold, calm voice.
‘The one on the right is Iris. Erica is on the left.’
The girl who finally finished the test quietly stood up. He held a staff in one hand and an empty wooden bowl in the other.
In that state, the girl who had been quietly adhering to the wall and waiting for the knight commanders to approach, jumped in front of Iris and Erica just before they passed them in front of the alley.
“Kyaa!”
Then, he deliberately rolled on the floor while colliding with Erika. He rolled across the floor, broke his cane, and did not forget to throw a wooden bowl far away.
“Uh, huh? what just happened-“
“Sin, sorry! sorry! please forgive me! sorry!”
Before Erica could grasp the situation, the girl fell flat on the floor, bowed her head, and shook her head to look as pitiful as possible.
Seeing the girl with her head bowed and trembling like an aspen tree, Erica froze as it was, and Iris, who brought the wooden bowl that had rolled away, also froze.
“there… … It’s okay if you don’t tremble so much. I have no idea what to do.”
Erica said cautiously.
The girl raised her head with a tearful expression. Erica and Iris’ bodies trembled when they saw their faces with only two blank black holes where their eyes should have been.
“I’m sorry. sorry. Well, I haven’t eaten anything for days, so I’m hungry… … .”
Erica and Iris looked at each other puzzled. A girl with no eyes Of course, Erica and Iris had to recognize and avoid it first. It was an obvious mistake on this side.
“… … What should I do, Iris?”
“me too… … I’m not sure. Since it’s our fault, I think we should help.”
“Then shall I take you to the castle? Since I haven’t eaten anything for days, the restaurant tells me to fill my stomach first.”
“That would be best. The rest of the area I’ll look at myself. Erica, you can take this girl to the castle.”
“Okay, Iris. uh… … Mr. girl? Can you stand up?”
The girl, who was told that they would take her to the castle, lowered her head and raised her mouth so that the two wouldn’t see her.
Erica and Iris too. In addition to being shocked by his appearance, there was one fact that the girl had been so pitiful and apologetic that she had been so preoccupied with comforting her that she hadn’t noticed it.
No matter how suddenly it came out, the fact that Erica would never be the one to run into beggars. The fact that if it had been an ordinary beggar, Erica would have noticed it first and easily avoided it.
The fact that this accident happened because the girl in front of them approached so quickly and stealthily that they couldn’t even detect their intuition.
The two of them didn’t even notice.