(EP.400) Angmar Company # 5
400 – Black Angmar Company # 5
Actually, I was curious about the existence of the imps.
Who gives names to alternate imps, and through what rules?
Marmar and Narnar. It was possible to guess to some extent that there might be some kind of causal relationship between these two similar but different names.
“Narnar right! The chestnut tail is flying! Your tail is as pointed as a chestnut! I was surprised that the appearance has changed a lot, but… , this tail must be Narnar!”
Marmar circled around the woman who was called the abbot of the monastery.
The place where Marmar’s eyes full of joy and curiosity are headed is the tail sprouting from the head’s buttocks.
The tip of the tail with sharp thorns like sea urchins or chestnuts was quite impressive. The tails of the Imps I’ve seen are usually distinctive, but this is the first time I’ve seen such a pointed tail.
“Like Narnar, a spiky tail!”
Does Marmar recognize people by the shape of their tails?
Looking back, Mormor of the Star Tail said the same thing. He said that his distant master would recognize him by looking at his star-shaped tail.
Perhaps for Imps, the tail is the identity itself.
If you plant it in a pot, the imp will grow… .
Suddenly, I remembered Marmar’s heart-tailed wand wrapped around my wrist. What if I plant this in a pot now? Will there be another Marmar?
slurp.
Then the chestnut tail was lifted up.
It hits Marmar’s head like honey chestnuts.
Tight!
Marmar, who was suddenly beaten with honey chestnuts, said, “Hey… !” he exclaimed pitifully. Marmar is being attacked. When I was perplexed by this situation, the Abbot said:
“Be quiet in the monastery.”
“Ugh… .”
Marmar clasped her head and shed tears. However, without paying any attention to Marmar like that, the Abbot of the Abbey added in a cold and sober voice.
“And, when you call me, you call me Director, not my name.”
“Wow, Master… .”
“Then come inside now.”
swish.
The director turned his head and disappeared into the crowd. We and the people who were watching the director disappear one by one following her into the building.
I left my seat and asked Marmar, who was brushing her hair.
“it’s okay?”
“Yes. It was loud, but it didn’t really hurt that much. I was just surprised by how loud it was. You should be quiet in the monastery when the sun goes down. It seems that the rules are the same… .”
Perhaps the fact that he had been hit in the head had been shaken off, Marmar said in a small but courageous way.
“I heard that Narnar became the director. I was really surprised. Of course, Narnar was the smartest and most mature among us, so he was called the Chief Imp… !”
“For that kind of thing, Marmar, you are very hard on yourself.”
“Narnar was like that.”
Is it an imp that can distinguish between public and private?
He was big and tall for an imp.
It’s hard to believe that Marmar and Narnar are the same goblin species.
I wondered why there was a difference in physical development, but I didn’t think it was the right time to ask such a thing, so I just swallowed it.
Marmar says
“Then let’s go inside too! If it’s the same location as the one I remember, I’ll be able to introduce you here and there!”
Marmar bravely headed into the building. Then he spoke to us as if he had remembered something.
“Ah, in the evening, most of the people practice silently, so you shouldn’t be noisy or talkative. Then the headmaster and other nuns scolded me greatly.”
“I see.”
That’s why Marmar was beaten with his tail.
A monastery is essentially a place for training. It wasn’t strange even though there was a rule that you should be quiet after dinner.
* * *
In one of the rooms of the monastery there was a long table.
There were a few candles on the table, but it was darker and darker than I expected, and I felt like my eyes were going to get worse.
However, due to the nature of the place where both a nursery school and a monastery were used, everyone seemed to be accustomed to living a frugal and thrifty lifestyle.
silkygoat was the goat. cry
Now I see that most of their clothes, lit by candlelight, have been patched and padded, as if they had been worn for a long time. The table and the tableware on it were all old.
So was the head of the monastery, who sat in the best position.
Previously, it was outside and I couldn’t recognize it because I was crazy, but the headmaster’s nun’s robes were worn out in many places.
Is it because the size was reduced to save the fabric that the clothes were made with a strangely sticky feeling? Soon after the manager claps and claps, he says.
“Today, I will offer my prayers of gratitude to my father, who gave us our daily bread, and to the supporters who support the monastery.”
Shh.
Everyone put their hands together and bowed their heads.
There were a lot of kids who looked like they were just five or ten years old now. Not all of them were distracted and taking a posture of prayer made me feel a bit dazed.
reminds me of my childhood
Finally, the manager says:
“Come on, let’s start eating.”
Soon the nuns appeared from nowhere and began to put the breads in the baskets one by one in front of the people.
Speaking of bread, it wasn’t the soft stuff I usually eat, but it was hard and seemed to be able to kill people. If I eat this every day, my nose and the roof of my mouth will hurt.
Shh.
Professor Balan touches the bread given to him by himself.
“Bread made without yeast… . The civilization here feels like going back three centuries. There are no magic glowstones, and they are all old-fashioned… .”
Balaan’s words were true enough.
For me, having tasted the 21st century civilization, life at Angmar’s Royal Castle was lumped together under the name of ‘Medieval’. In fact, there were many things that were not strictly medieval.
For example, as Balaan said, luminous stone lamps shining brightly here and there, or a developed social church. Dinner in an elegant dress. Pleasant bathrooms, various treatment facilities, water and sewage, etc.
However, I clearly felt what it was like to be a dark age here.
“The level of the bedrooms and bathrooms is at least… .”
“Shh.”
I cautioned Professor Balan, who muttered.
Originally, it served as a nursery for the poor and lost parents. It seemed a bit rude to rate the facilities in such a place.
In such an underdeveloped facility, food is not eaten for taste, but to live. Just the fact that you can eat it would be something to be grateful for.
well water.
In fact, the children were eating the bread placed in front of them as if they were very tasty food. When I turned my head, Marmar, who was sitting opposite me, was also chewing hard bread to and fro.
“This hard bread. long time no see. It tastes the same as back then. A taste of memory.”
Does it taste better than you think?
There was a time when I thought about taking a bite too. I slowly moved my eyes at the strong gaze from somewhere.
“… … .”
“… … .”
Then, sitting in front of me, I see a young blond boy, about ten years old, looking at my bread. Have you already eaten your share?
He’s a boy growing up for a while, so one bread won’t fill his stomach. Anyway, I ate a lot of lunch and didn’t think much of it.
“You eat.”
It was when I gave a loaf of bread for a child. The director, who was eating with a reverent attitude under the mask that he lifted up slightly, said.
“Molly, have you already eaten your share of bread? Even then, you’re trying to eat the customer’s share again. It’s a rule violation. Get up and go to the room of reflection.”
“Yeah, but Master. I said nothing… .”
“hurry.”
The boy called Molly immediately got up from his seat and trudged to somewhere. I’m not sure, but I think I’m being punished for trying to give him bread.
“… … .”
I’m so sorry for nothing.
* * *
After dinner, we were invited to the director’s office. It must have been that the guests from outside could not be left unattended.
Maybe it’s because I’ve seen the director’s strict appearance a few times, so I’m just nervous. The director’s room, which he entered, had a very shabby look, with a desk and a bed at the end of the furniture. It’s like a prison.
The director said to us as we sat in the chairs.
“I’m sorry that I can’t treat you well. This year there is an expedition over the wall, so the sponsorship has decreased compared to last year.”
Is it like the aftermath of Aira’s expedition? It sounded like a voice telling me to listen, and one side of my chest felt like an ant’s bite.
ㅡHyo… !
Bael, you have bitten.
Anyway.
The manager continued.
“And Marmar, I never thought I would ever meet you. It’s really nice to meet you like this. I thought you’d be fine somewhere, but… .”
Shh.
He takes off the mask and headkerchief that was covering his face. The face that appeared like that was a neat impression that was different from what I had imagined.
Shining scarlet eyes even without makeup. And a short cut cut like a stylish urban woman looks quite intelligent.
Marmar raises her hand.
“Narnar! Oh no, sir… .”
Perhaps it was funny that Marmar, who expressed his pleasure and then bowed his head, immediately burst into laughter. He doesn’t seem like the strict person he used to be.
“stop it. You and I are friends, Marmar. Before, there were people, so I was just stiff.”
“That’s right?”
“okay. Rather, Marmar. It’s changed quite a bit. It’s good to see you seem to be doing well. He’s not that tall, so he’s still a kid. I still feel like a child.”
“So Narnar, you have grown so much! What the hell happened? You were just like me!”
Marmar seemed to have a lot of questions about Imp Narnar, who grew up like an adult woman. I wondered too. But Narnar said, “Well… .” I just mumble.
There was a moment of silence for a while, but Marmar quickly started talking with a friend she had not seen in a long time.
It’s about how we’ve been living and talking about things like childhood memories.
“Narnar was our captain! He always did all the hard and dirty work. I just defeated the boys who were several times the size of me! So I wanted to be like Narnar!”
silkygoat was the goat. cry
Narnar seems to have been a friend like a role model to Marmar. Indeed, he seemed to know a little where Marmar’s firm will came from.
Of course, the party is only slightly embarrassed by saying, “You are exaggerating.” Then he asks, “So Marmar, how have you been living all this time?”
Marmar’s bizarre story was told to him.
“So, I was just hanging on the cross and almost burned. A comrade here saved me! Paying lots of gold coins! Comrade Tae-oh is my lifesaver!”
“Huh, that’s right. After all, it must have been difficult after all. Well, I’ve been through something similar. In my case… .”
Director Narnar shuts his mouth while trying to say something. The emotions reflected in her eyes, who passed by at a glance, were only for adults, which he had never felt in other Imps.
such as regret or hatred.
The unfamiliar light suddenly reminded me of the things I was about to do.
I came to this monastery also because of Marmar’s curiosity.
I was going to visit a place that might be studying Solomon’s magic, to check and investigate for myself. Do you want to leave this place first?
“Hey, I’m sorry for the interruption, but I’ll come and see you for a moment.”
With light smoke and gestures, he gets up from his seat and exits the Abbey’s office. As I left the door of the director’s room behind, my cramped heart subsided a little.
At first glance, it looks like an ordinary monastery, but it is slightly wary of the presence of a large imp and an exceptionally closed environment.
It would be nice if it was a place where nothing was going on.
If Marmar’s friend is doing something like an experiment with children with nowhere to go, I have no choice but to make a choice.
-Guys, come quickly.
ㅡShhhh… .
Then I heard stories whispering in my ear in a small voice.
At that very suspicious conversation, I killed my sight and walked towards the direction the voice was coming from. And there, he met Paru, the forest keeper, whom he had met before.
As he and a few children made their way out of the building, I decided to follow them.