Episode 336
Behind the thick gray walls, you can see the buildings rising up like spires.
Strong walls and tall and stylish buildings. It was the appearance of Cameloon, one of the most popular commercial cities on the continent, where more than 10,000 people come and go every day.
Raon and Dorian were looking at the walls of Cameloon on their horses, just like when they first stopped in Cameloon 5 years ago.
“This is already the fourth time here. A lot has come.”
Dorian, who had dyed his hair brown, was nauseous.
“Yes.”
Raon, who changed the color of his hair and eyes to black hair and black eyes, nodded.
The two were known to return to Sieghard, so they changed their hair and eye colors to fool others, and wore windshields like ordinary travelers.
“let’s go.”
Raon beckoned Dorian and drove the horse to Cameloon.
“It’s nice to be able to replenish things, but why are you going to Cameloon?”
“To tour.”
“Wow, tourism?”
“okay. Let’s relax and go.”
“Uh… .”
He tapped Dorian’s shoulder in embarrassment and presented the fake ID to the gate guard.
-What is tourism?
Lars sat down on his shoulder and wrinkled the back of his nose.
– There’s no way you guys with a stomach ache just came. Surely there must be a purpose. The weak guy has a lot of dirty secrets.
‘Hmm, I was going to eat a lot of delicious food today… .’
– Me, really!
‘okay.’
Raon smiled as he looked at Lars who jumped up like a knee reflex.
‘You will enjoy it.’
He nodded and entered Cameloon.
“Come on! Today’s fruits are very good!”
“you idiot! You should bring it this way!”
“Give me something cheap. Why are the players doing this?”
“There is nothing left to pass on at that price!”
Cameloon, as always, was lively. The heat of people touched my skin, so I wanted to practice wielding a sword right away.
“Aren’t you going?”
Dorian, who came in after passing the checkpoint, tilted his head.
“Wait a moment.”
Raon didn’t move as soon as he had come before. He looked around with a bewildered expression as if he had come to Cameloon for the first time.
As I was rolling my eyes for about 30 seconds, a small footstep approached me.
“hello.”
“Well?”
I looked to the side at the bright voice and saw a girl with her blue hair tied like a horsehair nodding her head.
“Is this your first time in Cameloon?”
“okay.”
Raon looked at the child and nodded bluntly.
“Then shall I guide you through the city? Our
The child pointed to the cloud vest he was wearing.
“I can guide you to everything you want, including the restaurants, sights, and symbols of Cameloon for one silver coin!”
“What is your name?”
Raon opened her mouth as she met the child’s clear eyes.
“It’s Pine.”
The boy smiled and shook his head slightly.
“Trust me once.”
“thank you!”
Pine smiled and raised her hand.
“Then where are you going? There’s a festival going on right now, so you’d better go there!”
“It’s a festival… .”
-Festival food! When it comes to food, isn’t it a festival?
Lars pulled up his sleeves, saying let’s go from the festival.
“great. Then from the festival.”
“yes! Come over here!”
When Raon nodded, Pine responded with a fresh answer and moved immediately.
‘It’s like an infant.’
Her clear voice and cheerful gait were like watching a toddler working in a pub.
“I, there… .”
While following Pine, Dorian came to the side.
“It’s not our first time here. This is the fourth time, so why… .”
“What are you thinking?” he whispered quietly.
“That child has to eat.”
Raon pointed to the shape of the blue cloud on Pine’s back.
“That emblem is a sign that parentless children are making money by working on their own.”
“ah! He, I didn’t know that.”
Dorian scratched his cheek with a look of embarrassment.
“I’m going to go sightseeing anyway, wouldn’t it be nice to have a guide?”
“That’s right!”
Perhaps because he was doing a good job, Dorian smiled and nodded.
– Something like that… .
Lars frowned as he looked at Pine.
-Give him double the money later! Aren’t you proud that you’re already working at that age?
‘after… .’
Leon sighed. I don’t know what kind of demon king is so soft.
As I walked while talking with Dorian and Lars, I saw a place where a festival was held shortly thereafter.
“Here it is!”
Pine raised her hand and pointed to the festival site. Almost all four blocks were being used as festival space.
“It’s a lot bigger than I thought!”
Dorian opened his mouth.
“It’s a city foundation day festival! A lot of people, a lot of events, a lot of food!”
Pine laughed as she shook her hand up and down. It was a youthful smile that only that age group could show.
“I see.”
Dorian smiled as he stroked Pine’s head.
-The smell of chicken skewers comes from the left side. It has both salt and soy sauce! On the right side, the aroma of whole roasted pork spreads! center! Ice cream in the center!
As if figuring out the enemy’s location, Lars noticed where and what food was in an instant and fluttered his tongue. It was even better than Gaeko to be able to grasp the type and location of food at the same time.
‘Ugh… .’
Anger is bullshit. No matter how you look at it, he was just the Demon King of Appetite.
“Where would you like to see it?”
“after… .”
Raon looked at Las, sighed briefly and raised his head.
“First off, the food.”
“yes!”
Pine smiled and gestured.
“This is it!”
* * *
Evening has come to Cameloon.
The sky slowly darkened, but thanks to the festivities, darkness did not come to Cameloon.
“I’m sorry.”
Pine bowed her head to the two travelers who guided her today.
“Our facility can only work until 6 o’clock. I think I should just go.”
“6 o’clock?”
The round-haired, brown-haired man who spoke affectionately tilted his head.
“yes. It is our principal’s theory that children should rest well and sleep well. I can’t work in the evening.”
“You are a good person.”
“sure! You don’t know how good you are!”
Pine nodded and smiled softly.
“i get it. You did a good job today.”
A tall, black-haired, black-eyed man handed me the guide. Not one silver coin, but two were in his hand.
“There are too many of these. You bought me rice today… .”
“It’s okay, take it.”
He said that he does a good job and takes care of him a little more.
“Good bye.”
The brown haired man smiled and waved his hand.
“thank you!”
Pine smiled softly and bowed her back. She waved to the two of them and headed for the exit.
‘They are good people.’
The two guests, who seemed to be travelers, were friendly and courteous to their young self.
Each time I bought food from a street vendor, I bought one so I was able to fill my stomach after a long time.
They even wrapped sweets to give to my friends, so my heart was reassured.
‘It would be nice to have guests like that… .’
Pine went out of Cameloon and walked for a while, thinking about the fun things she had today.
After moving for about an hour, she stopped at an orphanage called House of Clouds.
“Now he is coming.”
An old man with a lantern was sitting in a chair in front of the entrance to the orphanage. This old man with a gentle smile on his kind face was the director of the House of Clouds.
“How was today?”
“It was fun.”
Pine answered brightly and the moment she entered the house of clouds, her eyes widened. Not a human, but a doll, and his eyes stood erect.
“okay. okay. Good work.”
When the orphanage patted her on the back, Pine trembled slightly and walked to the orphanage building.
The light steps he had shown in Cameloon disappeared, and the movements were stiff like a doll with a string.
‘ah… .’
Pine licked her lips.
‘I’m here again.’
A feeling you feel every day, but never get used to. It felt like someone else was controlling my body. No, not just the body. Even his mind was being gripped by someone.
Pine went into the nursery head’s office against her will. When I pressed the button on the right wall, a hole appeared under the desk, and I went down without hesitation.
Beneath the deep steps was a huge cavity, lined with fine children in cloud vests. Their faces fell sadly, as if they were about to shed tears at any moment.
A black man in a black mask stood in front of and behind the children. The man behind them snapped his finger at Pine.
“No. 45. Come this way.”
“Yes.”
Pine answered in a low voice and approached him. No. 45. No. 45, not Pine, was her real name.
squeaky.
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No. 45 laid down the money he earned as a guide today in front of the man.
“Is there no more?”
He took the sweets he had received from the travelers out of his arms.
Puddy Duck!
The black man crushed the cookies with his shoes and looked at room 45.
“Tell me.”
“Black hair, black eyes. Height 187, weight 88, right-handed, swordsman, many gaps. Brown hair, blue eyes, height 178, weight 79, right-handed, prosecutor, flawless.”
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No. 45 recites the information of two travelers who met today. I didn’t do it because I wanted to say it or research it. It was just seeing and speaking as taught.
“Can you kill me?”
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No. 45’s head naturally turns to the man’s question.
“If you take the brown-haired man from behind while escorting you to Gabiel’s tavern with high stairs, and cut off the black-haired man’s Achilles’ tendon before reacting, you can probably get rid of it.”
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No. 45 answered after running the simulation in his head.
“Good work.”
As the masked man nodded, Room 45 went and stood in the center like the other children. Even though she came home from work happily, she grimaced and cried.
His expression was so natural that anyone could tell that he had gone through a sad event.
“No.2.”
When the masked person in front shouted No. 2, all the children who had been crying a while ago raised their corners and smiled brightly.
It was the happy smile that #45 had shown throughout today’s guide.
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No. 45 swallowed dry saliva, letting out an undisturbed laugh.
‘How long do I have to live like this?’
The only freedom is during the day, but even then there is no escape.
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No, the thought of running away did not come to mind. There was no such option.
‘I want to die… .’
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No. 45 smiled brightly like the sunlight and wanted his own life to end.
* * *
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No. 45 entered the room only at dawn after completing both facial expression training and assassination training. It was a very small room with only two old beds.
As she perched on the creaking bed, the door opened and a red-haired girl walked in.
“No. 86.”
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No. 45 called the girl caught in a small voice and gestured.
“why?”
86 came to the side with staggering steps.
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No. 45 put her hand on her waist with an expressionless expression and took out a cookie. It was a cookie that the masked man stole before breaking it.
“eat this.”
She cut the cookie in half and gave it to Room 86.
“Hey, can I eat it?”
“then.”
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No. 45 nodded. 86 took the cookie with trembling hands and put it in her mouth.
“Well… .”
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No. 86’s expression did not change even though sweet cookies filled her mouth. It was because of the emotional control that made him unable to laugh properly on his own.
“Eat this too.”
“However… .”
“I ate a lot today and it’s okay.”
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No. 45 also gave the other half to No. 86.
“Really. receive.”
Room 86 shared the same room and comforted each other since we first came here. Without her, this life would never have been possible.
“thank you.”
A single tear fell from the frozen pupil of Room 86.
The two children fell asleep while hugging each other.
* * *
Raon ate up on a high hill overlooking the orphanage.
‘Still.’
He checked all the facilities in the basement using his magical eyes of anger and anger. The robert gnomes were training the children harder than they were 20 years ago.
‘Whoa… .’
Damn Derus Robert.
Just looking at it reminded me of my past life, and my heart tightened.
– They’re like dogs!
Lars looked at the nursery and screamed. A strong energy of anger flared up from him.
– Even in the Demon Realm, young demons will pass over! You mean to deal with those young and weak things like that!
‘So you said. The real villains are out there.’
Raon patted Lass and chewed his molars softly.
“Well, that’s why it’s not a nursery school… .”
Dorian looked at the nursery and bit his lip.
“okay. It’s a breeding ground for young assassins.”
I couldn’t say it was a facility for Derus, so I only told him that it was an assassin training facility.
“Heh heh.”
He exhaled heavily. It seemed unbelievable that the cute kid who guided the festival with a bright face was being trained as an assassin.
“It’s not the kid’s will.”
“Well, then… .”
“It’s brainwashing. It’s a dirty, dirty way to train people to watch by day, and to teach assassination skills by night.”
Raon smiled an eerie cold smile.
“Hey, how did you know that over there?”
– This guy with a lot of secrets will never tell you.
Lars twisted his lips and frowned.
“Have you ever gone to look for the saint with NCIA?”
Raon sat on the floor and looked at the nursery.
“Of course I remember! That’s where Budan-Joo got the nickname of Sulwha Swordsman.”
Dorian nodded quickly.
“You caught Themus back then.”
Themus was a senator who secretly followed Derrus Robert. After failing in his plan to eat the Yonan family while pretending to heal NCIA, he followed him and even made a surprise attack.
“ah!”
– That’s it!
“It was the information I got from him.”
This is not a lie. I tortured him at the time and heard that there is a new assassin’s cradle here.
‘Now is the chance.’
Ever since I heard the story, I wanted to save the children, but I couldn’t figure out where Derus was, so I put up with it until now.
‘However… .’
You can do it now.
Currently, Derus is on his way to Balkar with the Roberts. It’s quite far away and you can’t move around, so now was the time to break this place.
“Because there is a space leading to the basement under the room to the left of the entrance to the nursery.”
Raon pointed to the nursery head’s room with the stairs going down to the basement.
“You go down there and protect the children.”
“Are you the constant lord?”
“I have to take out the trash outside.”
There is an education officer on the inside, and a protection officer on the outside. There was a master level on the protection side, so I had to deal with it myself.
“Use only what everyone knows about swordsmanship. So that your identity is not revealed.”
“why? That’s a good thing.”
Dorian tilted his head.
“Now we are hiding our identity. If you move openly, you could be attacked by another Ouma again.”
“ah. That’s it.”
Dorian touched his brown hair and nodded.
Raon used his anger magic eye again and looked at the nursery.
‘There are more children than I thought.’
The number of children was large compared to their excellent emotional control and assassination skills. Looking at the situation, it seemed like he was going to do ‘the training’ sooner or later.
‘I don’t know if I can do it tomorrow.’
Upon completion of ‘The Training’, Derus Robert’s brainwashing completely engulfs the children’s brains. We had to destroy this place before that happened.
“When are you going to play?”
“Two days later.”
Leon closed his eyes.
‘We need to gather information.’
I had to figure out how many people there were in total, what the level of the strong, and how to keep the children safe.
‘The location of Derus must also be confirmed.’
Derus is moving towards Balkar. In two days, you’ll definitely reach Balkar, so you can hit it in a safe state.
“ha… .”
Dorian let out a deep breath, as if nervous.
“I’m really nervous about saving the kids from these assassins.”
“Then go home and rest.”
“yes? Then the constant lord… .”
“I’ll go see a little more.”
“I, I will stay.”
“no.”
Raon smiled softly and shook his head.
“One person left is enough. You can help by going and resting.”
I went to sleep and waved my hands.
“Oh, don’t overdo it and come back.”
“okay.”
Dorian nodded his head as if he had no choice but to go home.
Even after Dorian had returned, Raon continued to observe the orphanage with his angry eyes and feelings.
‘The shift seems to be every 12 hours. It’s the same as before.’
Although it is a new place, the way it operates has not changed. Boundary time, shift time, and movement were all as expected.
‘Everything else is as expected. but… .’
what to do with children
It’s fortunate that many children survived because ‘the training’ was not over, but I don’t know where to send the children after dealing with this place.
‘What should I do… .’
i can’t take it
Those kids aren’t fully brainwashed yet. They had a bright future, so I had to entrust them to someone I could trust.
‘You are someone you can trust… .’
It’s just the two of them here.
Raon made up his mind and turned around.
“Is it?”
She narrowed her eyes and looked at the bush behind the hill.
“Merlin.”
“yes!”
With a fresh voice, a yellow rabbit with a color similar to the floor jumped out.
“after… .”
Raon closed his eyes and sighed. I wondered if it really is. I called myself, but goosebumps rose.
– Uh huh… .
Lars licked his lips.
-Yeah, you’re going to leave the kids to that crazy girl?
‘That’s not right.’
Raon shook his head and approached Merlin, who wrinkled his nose.
“I have one request.”