Episode 147
Raon clenched his fists as he met people’s eyes. Clear eyes without the slightest blur. All those who said they would stand behind them were sincere.
‘I’m speechless.’
There was no way I could say, ‘Actually, I’m the one who ate the devil’s back’ with these eyes.
-Why are you closing that light snout today! Say it right! You said you played a trick on the Demon King!
Lars slammed his shoulder like a drum as if to speak quickly.
That’s right. Because they are such people, I wanted to reveal some facts.
“Actually, I… .”
“Because I don’t have to tell you.”
As Raon slowly opened his mouth, Terian raised his hand.
“Yes?”
“It’s notorious that if you put in your mouth the details of a transaction with the demons, that transaction will become more disadvantageous. You don’t have to say more than that. Because we all know.”
He smiled softly as if he understood everything.
– Heo Wook, I’m really going to go back. Why are things that you don’t even know better!
Lars approached Therian and pounded his head like a woodpecker’s beak.
-There is no rule that says that you will be disadvantaged by talking about dealings with demons! The deal means he’s benefited!
The boy pounded his chest like crazy.
“No, I mean… .”
“It’s okay if you don’t say anything.”
Wolves mercenary leader Beto, who was covering his head with his interlaced hands, grinned.
“We decided to stand behind you no matter what that day. You don’t have to say anything.”
– All of them must have had a hole in their head. It’s clear that thinking is mayonnaise!
A light foam began to flow from Lars’ mouth. I’m about to faint again soon.
“You are not from here.”
Raon looked at Beto and tilted his head slightly. It was questionable that the leader of the mercenary corps following Don was here.
“Being a mercenary doesn’t mean that you don’t know how heavy the debt of your life is. It’s also a debt, so I tend to pay it off more reliably.”
Beto swept down the Wolves mercenary plaque engraved with the wolf.
“Not only me, but the mercenaries also agreed. I can’t keep chasing you. I am ready to risk my life for you.”
Eyes that lost their lightness. Beto was also saying that he would support his back sincerely.
“It’s not just mercenaries. The swordsman, the knights, and the soldiers all agreed to stand behind you. That’s why I made your name known.”
Milland smiled as he looked around the executives on either side in turn.
‘That’s what it was.’
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Now I can see why the eyes of the people I saw as they came to the conference room changed. He thought that everyone would follow him, so he treated them more carefully.
“I am not that great. It’s not even Sieghard’s direct line… .”
“I know that too. It’s not a direct line, but it’s rich in the blood of the King of the North.”
Milland waved his hand as if he didn’t care. The eyes of the people standing next to him did not change in the slightest.
“Are you too?”
Raon looked at Edquill, the Snow Swordsman who was standing on the right.
“of course. Whatever you do, wherever you are, I will follow you.”
Edquill knelt down on one knee and hit the floor with his fist.
“Thanks to Raon-sama, I realized something more important than life. Please follow me!”
He said he wouldn’t support or help like anyone else, but he would follow at all.
“Actually, this guy comes first.”
Milland stepped forward and grabbed Edquill’s shoulder.
“He said he would follow you first and asked to be expelled from Habun Castle.”
He lowered his eyebrows as if it were funny.
“Well… .”
Raon looked into Edquil’s eyes again. There is a more serious light than Milland or other executives. This one was real.
– That unlucky guy said he’d follow me first? Ha, now I don’t know. I don’t know.
Lars giggled, saying he had given up. He seemed to have lost his mind.
“I also controlled the story that you signed a contract with the demons. Rest assured that it will not spread anywhere.”
Radin tapped his chest as if to believe. It seemed to move the scouts to stop the rumors.
“ha… .”
Raon took a breath and straightened his back. The thoughts and emotions of everyone in the conference room touched my heart, and it felt like my heart was pounding.
“thank you.”
As long as things happen like this, I have no choice but to accept it. Raon bowed his head to those who looked at him with faith.
“I wish you all the best in the future.”
“Whether you want to become the head of Sieghard, or live the life of an ordinary swordsman, we will always stand behind you.”
Milland gave a rare big smile.
“Then may I make a first request to the commander?”
“Request? to me?”
“I have always wanted to ask you something.”
“Tell me.”
He nodded as if everything was fine.
“Four months later. Can you play a match with me?”
I didn’t want to miss the last performance I could get here.
“It is not difficult. But what about four months?”
“Yes. If that’s enough… .”
Red fighting spirit reflected in Raon’s eyes.
“It’s not going to quake badly.”
* * *
One bowl of porridge was not enough, so Raon and Dorian left the meeting room and headed for the branch of frost.
“uh? Raon!”
When I opened the door and entered, the infant who was cleaning the table ran rushing in.
“Are you okay?”
“okay.”
It’s a question I’ve heard countless times today, but when I heard it from YooA, it put a smile on my face.
“I’m really happy.”
The infant snickered with his bunny-eared hair fluttering.
“The infants kept coming and gave me food and snacks. Even the porridge you ate earlier was made by a toddler.”
Dorian stroked the infant’s head as if he was proud.
“It was, too.”
As expected, it must have been the workmanship of the delicious, dead infant.
“But there were no snacks.”
“Hey, it’s because I’m hungry… .”
Dorian coughed in embarrassment and turned his head.
“anyway.”
Raon smiled and sat down at the table.
“Are you ordering now?”
“Sure. Grandpa also woke up. grandfather!”
When the toddler yelled at the kitchen, the manager, whose face had improved a lot, rushed out.
“You are here!”
He took off the hood he was wearing and bowed his head politely.
“Last time, I was crazy, and I couldn’t even greet you properly. Thank you for saving me.”
“Me too. Thank you for saving me and Grandpa.”
Infant also followed the manager and bent at a right angle.
“You don’t have to.”
Raon shook her head and raised the manager and the infant. I was just embarrassed because I didn’t save the two of them to be treated like this.
“I heard that Raon’s first aid was quick and he was able to survive. I really don’t know how to repay this favor… .”
“It is enough to be healthy.”
He smiled softly and shook his head.
“Oh, this is not the time.”
The store manager tapped his forehead and set the menu down on the table.
“Do anything.”
“Grandpa said Raon is free for life!”
“uh? I?”
Dorian pointed his finger at him.
“Dorian-sama has to pay!”
The infant placed his hand on his waist and raised his chin.
“Wow, are you already discriminating against people? How much did I sell?”
“Hehehe!”
Dorian, Yooa, and the store manager all burst into laughter.
-Everything is good, but let’s order first. First of all, the real king is Apple Meat Pie.
Lars climbed up on the bracelet and rolled his eyes.
“Um, then… .”
Raon ordered an apple meat pie, stew, roast duck, and cheese pizza as Lars wanted.
“Wait a minute. I will do my best to make it!”
Fifteen minutes later, food with more sincerity than ever before was spread all over the table. It smelled good, but the quantity was much higher than usual.
– Today, especially the color is killing me. Pick up your weapon quickly.
The weapons Lars refers to are spoons, forks, and knives. He was the most serious demon king when he ate, so it wasn’t exactly the same.
– What are you waiting for? Food is cold!
Raon lifted the spoon while listening to the explosion of Lars’ salivary glands.
‘You’re a troublesome Demon King.’
* * *
It’s been a long time since I ate a proper meal, so the food tasted better than usual. Not only Ras, but Ra too was satisfied and smiled.
“I really enjoyed the meal.”
“Laon.”
As Raon was about to go back after paying the bill, the manager raised his hand.
“You said you had something to say about infants, can you tell me what it is?”
“Well… .”
I was judging the timing of when to say it, but it worked out better.
“Do you know who these guys came to kidnap children?”
“Isn’t that Eden? I’m not quite sure why… .”
“The reason Eden targeted infants is simple.”
Raon continued, watching the toddler trembling next to the store manager.
“Because I was trying to put a siren mask on this kid.”
“The Siren’s Mask?”
“Siren is a mermaid-type monster of half-human half-fish, and has the ability to charm humans by singing and playing musical instruments.”
“Songs and instruments? no way!”
The store manager widened his eyes as if he understood the meaning.
“As far as I know, who only wields a sword, YooA has a talent for music. Eden was aiming for that talent and trying to turn a toddler into a siren.”
“ah… .”
The more he spoke, the more the manager’s expression hardened.
“As long as the infant is in Habun Castle, we will continue to target this child by various means. They are insane.”
“Yeah, that’s right.”
The manager slowly turned his head to look at the infant. Now that I look at it, it seems that he expected it to some extent.
“Eden’s ways are going to get rougher, so there’s a chance it won’t just be a toddler, like this one, but others as well. So when I go back to my family, I tried to tell them that we should go together.”
“You mean us to Sieghard?”
“Yes. You can’t separate the two.”
Raon nodded immediately. Since it is Sieghart who is the opposite of Oma, if you explain the situation, he will surely accept it.
“Um, Raon-sama.”
The store manager looked down at the counter gently.
“A question like this may seem strange, but can you tell me why you are so nice to us?”
“that… .”
At the manager’s question, Raon’s eyes returned to the past.
He was kidnapped when he was a child he can’t even remember, and he lived his whole life as an unwanted hunting dog and assassin.
Infiltration, murder, extortion, theft, information manipulation, etc., nothing he wanted to do, just the instructions from Derus that echoed in his head.
If a toddler wears the Siren’s mask, she will suffer worse than she did in her previous life. I’m sure there will never be a day in my life where the blood on my hands will dry out.
I didn’t want to get someone else’s blood on the hands of an ordinary child who likes to cook and sing because I’ve been through that hell myself.
That was all.
“Because you have to.”
Raon hid his heart and smiled a little awkwardly.
“okay.”
The store manager looked at the infant with a good smile to see if he liked the answer.
“There, Raon!”
The infant raised his hand as if he had a question.
“yes?”
“Can I be strong like Raon-sama? Can you protect Grandpa and punish the bad guys?”
“ah… .”
Raon’s eyes widened at the unexpected question.
‘I was wrong… .’
I was just thinking of taking the infant and protecting it, but this child wanted to be strong on his own.
It seemed that the one and only family had forgotten the terrifying situation of being eaten by a monster and were trying to move forward.
– That kid’s talent is real. If you release it in a different way than swordsmanship, you can become stronger.
As Lars said. If you have talent and want to fight on your own, it was the right way to show the way. As Limer showed.
“Sure! Before I joined Sieghard, I was a coward!”
Before he could speak, Dorian struck out.
“I’m still a coward.”
Raon smiled and placed his hand on Dorian’s shoulder.
“Hey, you’re not a coward! I just have a little tremor!”
– Among the cowards, he is the most cowardly.
Lars clicked his tongue.
“Do you want to protect you and Grandpa with your own strength?”
Raon bowed his back and made eye contact with the infant.
“yes!”
“You can do it if you want.”
“Then I will go!”
The infant smiled sweetly and clenched a small fist.
“Since he said he was going, I couldn’t stop him now. If it’s Raon, I think you’ll be able to believe whatever you say. I wish you all the best.”
“You don’t have to.”
As if the store manager bowed, he got down on his knees and tried to bow his head. Raon hurriedly stopped.
“But the idea of sending an infant… .”
“I am not going.”
“yes?”
“grandfather!”
A young child approached and grabbed the store manager’s sleeve.
“Wow, what are you talking about! Let’s go together!”
“I have lived here all my life. Where are you going?”
“I have always lived here!”
“If you leave me too, this tavern will end as it is. I don’t have much time left to live anyway. It is enough for you to live happily ever after.”
The manager smiled softly as if he had already made up his mind.
“Then I won’t go either!”
“What does it mean not to go? He complained that it was cold and cramped every day.”
“No matter how good it is, I won’t go without Grandpa!”
The grandparents grabbed each other’s clothes and gradually raised their voices.
“let’s go.”
Raon left the two men fighting and left the tavern.
“Can I leave it like that?”
“okay.”
He looked back at the branches of the frost that were still making loud noises and nodded.
“It’s a matter for the two of us to decide.”
* * *
Raon came into the dormitory a little later in the evening and changed clothes. It was the opposite of usual, where he practiced until late at night.
– Looks like you’ve finally gone crazy.
Lars poked his head over the bracelet and grinned.
‘That’s not it.’
Raon lay on the bed and shook his head.
-What?
‘I need to find out how effective
The effect of idleness obtained this time is the ability to become stronger while sleeping.
‘You need to know how much your stats rise so that you can plan a fight with the commander in 4 months.’
You can’t fool around with a heavenly opportunity to compete with the Master.
I had to face the best condition in the best condition, so I had to figure out the ability I got.
‘Where can I see you? How strong can I be when I sleep?’
Raon put on a blanket and smiled excitedly.
You expect them to believe The DEMON KING will go back just cause of simple mana stone? Really?
Just tell them I gave it the mana stone you f*cking sh*t.. this is too stupid..