price of slaughter (2)
“You should hide here.”
outside in darkness.
Daniel, who guided the warlock on a crudely made cart, spoke as he walked through the leather.
The black sphere was still in the grasp of the warlock who followed Daniel.
The warlock frowned when he saw the cart loaded with some loads.
Apparently, he was reluctant to see the buggy twisted cart as he was transporting by-products of livestock or necessary items for the farm.
He glared at Daniel as he lifted the hide with his free hand.
“You want me to get in here now?”
“…this is the best.”
“Anyway, that’s why the villagers shouldn’t. How are you supposed to hide your body?”
“If you cover your body with leather, it won’t be visible from a distance.”
Fortunately, Daniel’s cart contained a piece of leather that had been stored for tanning.
If he covered his skin and moved, no one would suspect Daniel’s appearance.
Sometimes Daniel would visit the farm late at night.
The warlock frowned and climbed onto the chariot that Daniel was talking about.
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Meanwhile, the magic of the warlock continued to aim at Daniel.“Don’t get out of my sight. It might kill you the moment you try to escape. okay?”
The warlock, who pulled up the skin that had been scraped off the flesh to his head, glared at Daniel and warned him.
It was a story about not letting Daniel live if he had done something rash.
No matter how much the opponent was a farmer in the countryside, it seemed that he would not be left with standing in his square.
Daniel nodded in agreement with the warlock’s story.
He had no reason to provoke the Warlock right now.
If an inquisitor who was staying nearby found out about it, not only the warlock but also Daniel might be misunderstood.
“Let me promise you here. I will not get out of your sight.”
“If you know, move quickly.”
“…don’t do that.”
After answering the warlock, Daniel grabbed the cart.
He often carried heavy objects, but it was Daniel who received help from the villagers every time.
Daniel felt that the cart felt heavier today.
Droo.
Daniel started pushing the cart and started moving it out of the fence.
In the dark night, an unpleasant roar of wheels resounded.
Daniel moved his squeaky wheels, alerting the eyes of anyone who might be watching him from somewhere.
The sharp eyes of the leather-covered warlock continued to watch Daniel.
“Drive as quietly as possible. If caught, you will die first.”
“Whoa….”
It was like putting a whole slaughtered cow on a cart.
Sweat was oozing out of the hand holding the cart.
Daniel’s breath was gradually roughened by the dangerous deal of the night.
Still, Daniel’s gait was not disturbed.
There was no sound from the carriage that Daniel was driving, except for the sound of rough breathing and the sound of wheels.
It was thanks to Daniel, who was nervous, moving quietly just like when he was working.
“Warn if you see anyone nearby.”
nod.
Daniel, who quietly moved his head, looked ahead with a vigilant gaze.
There was still a little distance left to the entrance of the village.
It wasn’t strange when I met someone.
As if to prove him, from a distance from a distance, a lantern with flickering flames could be seen.
Seeing the movement of the flames moving in the distance, Daniel swallowed his saliva nervously.
Daniel, who was chasing the trail of the lantern, lowered his head slightly and stared into the warlock’s sharp eyes.
“People are coming this way.”
“········You take care of yourself.”
“It would be better to cover yourself a little more.”
Hearing Daniel’s story, the warlock pulled up the leather with a face full of dissatisfaction.
The view of the warlock hiding under the leather was blocked by more than half.
He seemed to be trying to hide as thoroughly as possible.
Daniel’s gaze, watching him, turned to the front of the cart again.
A young man with a lantern was approaching this way.
The young man with the lantern was a foreigner who had recently entered the village.
I didn’t see him with the Inquisitor, but there was a high possibility that he had something to do with it.
Daniel greeted the approaching young man without losing his vigilance.
“I see you all at night like this. Apparently you just came… What was your name?”
“Oh, I’m Renble. It’s Daniel who runs the ranch. I have heard from others that I am the richest person in town.”
“You don’t have to say anything embarrassing.”
The young man who faced Daniel was greeted by Daniel with a happy face.
Daniel watched Renble as he greeted him, paying attention to the warlock who was hiding under the leather.
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Maybe it was because he was dragging the cart alone in the dark night.A young man who was following Daniel and looking at the leather came to him with a lantern.
As the distance between the young man and the warlock drew closer, a cold sweat ran down Daniel’s back as he watched the scene.
“You’re moving without a lantern at night, can you tell me what’s going on?”
“Are you curious about that?”
“If there’s anything I can help with, even for a moment… Ugh, there are a lot of bugs.”
Renble, who was holding a lantern and examining the leather, saw the bugs stuck to the leather and took a step backwards.
All kinds of insects were entangled in the leather that had not yet been completely tanned.
Daniel pushed the cart forward and approached him, seeing Renble frightened by the bug.
As the bug-laden cart drew closer, Renble took a step back a few more steps than before.
It seemed that he had a hard time facing insects, probably because he grew up finely from a young age.
Daniel, who came up with an appropriate excuse to see Renble like that, opened his mouth to him.
“You seem to hate bugs.”
“I couldn’t get used to it because it was disgusting from the beginning…”
“Of course I don’t like bugs getting tangled. It’s a leather that hasn’t been properly touched yet, so it’s more serious than I thought.”
If the tanning was not done properly after slaughter, the leather was often damaged and insects were entangled.
Daniel, who had been skinning animals all his life, was well aware of that fact.
The leather that had been moved because it was difficult to deal with right now was helping Daniel.
After hearing Daniel’s story, Renble looked at the leather and let out a short sigh.
“ah······.”
“If I keep this in the yard, there will be a riot, so I plan to leave it on the farm with a little more salt.”
Perhaps he had gained trust by the appearance of the leather infested with insects, Renble nodded violently and took a few more steps back.
As Renble frowned and stepped back, Daniel smiled and tapped the cart.
It was an action to shake off the insects that had already stuck to the handle.
The warlock who was hiding in Daniel’s hand knocking on the cart flinched for a moment, but luckily, Renble didn’t seem to notice it.
Renble, who stepped back from a distance, said to Daniel.
“Oh, I see. The road is dark at night, so it is better to go with caution.”
“If you go up and down to this age, you will find out as much as you want, even if there is no fire.”
“It looks like you were worried. I’m a little tired, so I’ll go first.”
Daniel also gave one brief warning to Renble, who was about to move away from him.
It was a story he would bring out whenever a foreigner came to visit him.
“In any case, it would be better not to wander around at night. The villagers will hate it.”
“I will be careful. Then come on…”
After hearing Daniel’s warning, Renble quickly nodded, grabbed the lantern and began to walk away.
Still, he did not forget to turn his head and glance at Daniel periodically.
Seeing Renble moving away from him, Daniel sighed and looked at the cart.
The warlock who had been hiding in the cart was still wearing the leather tightly.
Because Renble was moving to the back of the cart, even the most visible sight had been obscured.
Even Daniel’s movements seemed difficult to discern properly in his present form.
“after······.”
Daniel took his sweaty hands off the handle and rubbed his palms against the pants he was wearing.
It was to quickly wipe the sweat that was seeping out from the tension.
Something caught on Daniel’s hand as he was wiping the palm of his pants.
tuk.
Daniel’s eyes stared at something caught in his palm.
What hung in Daniel’s palm was a leather bag containing the slaughtering tools.
The slaughter tools that he had forgotten to remove because he was in a hurry were still hanging from his waist.
Daniel could easily identify his slaughter tools even in the dark.
“Did the guy you just met pass by?”
A small voice echoed in Daniel’s ear as he touched his pocket.
It was the voice of a warlock that echoed in the sound of leather.
However, there was no time to worry about the warlock’s voice in Daniel’s head now.
His interest was directed at the slaughter knife in his hand.
Daniel’s right hand unconsciously picked up the slaughter knife.
Daniel’s gaze, holding the slaughter knife, turned to the sharp blade reflecting the moonlight.
“·················ogue.”
The feel of the cold handle was transmitted through his fingertips.
The heavy but light sword was very familiar to Daniel.
To Daniel, who was so engrossed in his work that he was called a butcher, it was like a limb.
With the sword he was holding, he had taken the lives of many livestock until now.
He could not comprehend how many lives had fallen at his fingertips.
“You asked if I passed. Are you still watching?”
The cutlery in the hand is an extension of the hand full of calluses.
impulse and instinct.
In it, the sensation of the sharp blade is transmitted through the skin.
The texture of the flesh he had cut so far came back to life on Daniel’s fingertips.
The texture of the bones he had cut so far remained vividly in his hands.
Daniel’s gaze, who was holding the slaughter knife, turned to the leather in front of him.
“·················ogue.”
thud. thud. thud. thud.
The moment the person faced the hidden leather, the heartbeat that had been suppressed broke out clearly.
The knife in his hand was cold.
Still, the eyes looking at the sword were warm.
Daniel’s eyes stared at his foe in the boiling blood.
What was in front of him was the skin of an animal.
It was the hide of an animal that he had quietly stopped breathing with the sword he was holding.
“If you don’t answer by counting to three, I will blow off an arm. three.”
Daniel’s face hardened as he looked at the cart.
Now in front of him was a livestock.
A livestock crouching in fear, covered in the hide of a dead animal, was hiding.
Daniel’s hand, holding the slaughter knife, quietly gave strength to his grasp.
Daniel’s hand was moving in the blind spot of vision obscured by the height of the cart.
“two.”
Daniel’s instinct whispered to him.
Kill the beast in front of you.
Kill the beast that threatens you and your family.
The heavy breathing that had been exhaled suddenly subsided.
Daniel held his breath and quietly raised his sword.
He never made a loud noise in killing livestock.
“one.”
Breaking bones and suffocating breath.
That’s the butcher’s job.
The knife in his hand pulsates.
The butcher’s knife, which had contained a lot of blood, was longing for new blood.
In the silence, Daniel’s hand moved upward.
Daniel’s gaze, clutching the sword with both hands, fell asleep in silence.
“Thunder–.”
fight. tuk.
In silence, Daniel’s sword pierced the animal’s skin.
Breathing was the end of it.
The silent butcher never made a loud noise.
Daniel inserted the knife into the thick leather and started moving the cart continuously.
Daniel’s gaze, drenched in silence, was looking at his farm.