60. padrone
“smart.”
A knocking sound heard through upbringing. It was the voice of a middle-aged man with a slightly hoarse voice.
“Come in.”
Sigh. The door opens.
“How are you?”
A man came in.
Do-yoon narrowed his eyes at his unexpected behavior.
It’s rude, but honestly, his first impression can be described in one word.
‘the poor…?’
He had a very long pole on his back, and he was wearing several-tipped trousers, a worn-out poncho raincoat, and a tattered hat.
The hair under the hat fell to her shoulders and looked like a messy broom.
The slight wrinkles around his mouth and eyes gave an idea of his age, but for his age, he was an awake and energetic man, or to put it mildly, a little rough.
“Nice to meet you.”
“Oh, hello.”
Doyoon and Eloah stood up and greeted each other.
“…the old man.”
“Oops, sorry.”
At Eloah’s notice, the man quickly spit out the cigarette he was holding in his mouth and rubbed it on his palm to extinguish it. The butt, which was still long, naturally headed for the pocket.
‘…were you smoking?’
There was no smell of cigarettes or the sound of burning cigarettes.
A prayer secret (企圖秘匿) that is close to a miracle that does not stop at simply erasing the presence.
‘It’s more perfect than Heineken.’
It was stealth superior to Heineken, which had the A-rate [Gidobinic] skill level 8 and the characteristic [Secret Tracker].
“It’s okay.”
A man trudged over and sat next to Elroa with his buttocks pressed together.
“Hey, old man?”
“Oh, you nerd. Long time no see. You’ve grown a lot.”
“…Elf isn’t big enough to be seen even though it’s been 3 months. no, but…”
“Why are you sitting here?”
He pointed at Doyoon with his chin and said.
“I thought that was the seat of honor over there.”
“…!”
Eloah was astonished, and Doyoon also admired inwardly.
‘I didn’t feel wiretapping.’
Apparently, it was as if the momentary air that entered the room immediately grasped the relationship between the two.
It was a sharp feeling that was rare even by Doyoon’s standards.
“Don’t worry, you know I’m heavy-mouthed.”
“…Please, please keep it a secret, old man.”
“Truck. instead…”
He took the cigarette butt out of his pocket again.
“Can I straighten it out?”
“ha…”
“Truck. Thank you.”
Doyoon carefully watched the conversation between Eloa and the man.
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Judging by Eloa’s behavior, which reveals her true personality, it seems that the author is also a trustworthy author.
He smirked and sucked the remaining butt very sweetly, and with a friendly smile, he reached out his hand to Do-yoon.
“Nice to meet you. My, say hello to you Hey, it’s none other than Dokgo Moo-young, who is in charge of the warrior position of the kingdom called Marinella in the corner of the country.”
“I am Han Do-yoon from World Tree. nice to see you.”
Doyoon met his eyes and sighed.
‘Baekjeon old general.’
Eyes with composure, meticulousness, and cruelty that killed emotions out of necessity. Eyes that have seen countless stories and deaths, growing old on countless battlefields.
100 years ago, a bard expressed this as ‘wear and tear’.
It was the same eyes as Enoch’s.
Dok-go Moo-young suggested, sticking out a bundle of cigarettes from his pocket.
“On our side, it was polite and a sign of goodwill to offer a cigarette to someone we were seeing for the first time. Do you smoke?”
“…I will be grateful.”
“Yong… Do-yoon, did you smoke…?”
Do-yoon received a cigarette and put it in his mouth, and Dok-go Moo-young flicked his fingers and lit it with frictional heat.
The two of them leaned back in their chairs, facing each other, and took a sip of cigarettes.
Dokgo Moo-young exhaled smoke from his nose and smiled at Elroa. Only then did she realize that it was Dokgo Moo-yeong’s trick to smoke one more cigarette and clenched her fist.
“To think I hadn’t known such a talented person until now… You look like an outsider, how long have you been active here?”
“…”
“If it’s difficult to answer, pretend you didn’t hear.”
“I’m sorry.”
He smiled kindly as if he was okay, and smoked a cigarette.
“As you know, it was not necessary for me to come to listen to the testimony of the witness. I just couldn’t help but wonder what kind of person he was.”
“If it’s a warrior’s standards, a person with skills like that wouldn’t be a big deal.”
“Heineken. He is my disciple.”
“…I see.”
“That finicky bastard praised me very much. Even at the moment when King Billen was beheaded, I regretted it while reciting your name.”
How far have you been listening? Doyoon looked into his eyes and sighed.
“Oh, don’t worry. He kept the secret until the end. He asked me to forgive him for not telling me his secret.”
Doyoon felt that his words were true. Certainly, Heineken was a trustworthy man.
“So, has your curiosity been resolved?”
“Are you kidding? I have never seen a mysterious human being like a nobleman.”
He said, leaning his upper body forward.
“Since you’ve been smoking, I’ll ask you about my reaping. How old are you? How have you been avoiding my intelligence network all this time? How did you achieve Ban Park Gui Jin?”
“Thousands, one by one…”
“Are you a dragon by any chance?”
At those words, Doyoon and Eloah opened their eyes round and looked at Dokgo Moo-yeong.
“…I want to ask why you thought that way.”
“I don’t know if this sounds fanciful, but I was favored by a dragon when I was young.”
Dokgo Moo-young said while chewing on the end of his cigarette.
“One of the characteristics of dragons that I felt at that time was anti-return. The mana inside the body was perfectly captured and was not exposed at all. So are you. It’s not perfect yet.”
Dragon Heart compresses mana extremely and stores it in crystal form. Apparently, such a method produced an effect that Doyoon hadn’t thought of.
Doyoon pondered for a while, then opened his mouth.
“It’s not a dragon, but it has a dragon heart inside it.”
“Huh…”
“yes!?”
Eloah was startled, and Dokgo Moo-young shook his pupils and groaned.
“D-Dragon Heart!? What the hell… ah…! If you meet the Dragon Lord then…!”
At Eloah’s words, Dokgo Moo-yeong’s eyes widened.
“Dragon Road?”
“I submitted a report to the Alliance, so it will be revealed sooner or later, but I met the Dragon Lord during this expedition.”
“…”
He couldn’t open his mouth. He just looked into Doyoon’s eyes with infinite seriousness.
And soon, Dokgo Moo-young widened his eyes.
“Huh…! You are telling the truth… what the hell…”
He must have been quite shocked, so he put down the cigarette he had been drinking so deliciously and let out a silent sound.
It was Dokgo Muyoung who seemed to maintain his composure under any circumstances, but he could not calm down easily this time either. The Dragon Lord was such an existence.
Perhaps because he had actually met a dragon, he felt the surprise all the more.
“A human who encountered a dragon lord, got a chance from him, and has a dragon heart in his body…!”
“…”
“Hi-go… Heineken, you bastard! Even though I emphasized the importance of talented people so much, how could I miss such a person…! The 100-year-old vocal corps of Billen was just around the corner!”
Doyoon leaned back on the chair with calm eyes and sucked on a cigarette.
He knew very well how to handle these geniuses. To get them, he had to make them go crazy with Doyun himself.
Do-yoon intuitively sensed that the man in front of him would one day be of great help to him, and showed him a card.
It took quite a while for Eloah and Dokgo Moo-yeong to calm down. Dokgo Moo-young, who soon regained his composure, opened his mouth.
“…My, originally, I was a candidate for the head of an organization called ‘Open’ in the original dimension. And they run a similar organization here, and they’re called the king.”
“Is that so.”
“I want to maintain a good relationship with you. When you need information, please contact us anytime. Our information power is not inferior to the royal family of Billen before it collapsed.”
Doyoon smiled and held his hand. It will take time for them to trust each other, but for now, this alone has earned them a precious bond.
“thank you. Oh, and be comfortable with your words.”
“Can I do that? hahahaha.”
It was a friendly atmosphere. Instead of sharing a drink, the two lit a cigarette and blew smoke into the same air.
They sat back in their chairs, got to the point, and talked face-to-face. Do-yoon explained the situation at the time of the attack in detail to Dok-go Moo-young.
“This is enough. My, make sure to deliver it properly to the meeting.”
“thank you for your effort.”
“Oh, and not right now… can I ask you a favor later?”
“yes? I beg you…”
“It’s tricky, but I’ll listen to it later. If you have a bond with dragons and have a dragon heart, it might be possible. I’ll give you something nice as a reward.”
“A reward.”
“Hmm! It’s a bit like speaking with my mouth…”
Having said that, Dokgo Moo-yeong relayed something to Eloa. Doyoon didn’t bother eavesdropping.
Hearing this, Eloah opened her eyes wide for a moment and spoke to Doyoon enthusiastically.
“Yong… no, Mr. Doyoon! You must accept it!”
“yes?”
“Even if this old man is like this, he is the best man on the continent when it comes to cultivating talented people by mastering the study of martial arts, he is called the White Master. Even though he uses a stick as his main weapon, he is the one who raised Heineken!”
“Yumma. Seeing this, what am I doing…”
“All the apostles on the continent counted as their lifelong wish to receive a few lessons from the old man! Besides, the number of top-level apostles taught by the old man cannot be counted on ten fingers!”
[It is said that the hero has mastered martial arts and swordsmanship, but the number of non-martial arts that the old man possesses is beyond imagination. Among them, there are sure to be divine feats that even the hero will seduce!]
Eloah explained to Doyoon, even mixing the whole tone. Do-yoon tilted his head, wondering what the reward was.
Are you satisfied with Eloah’s passionate explanation? Dokgo Mu-yeong shrugged and coughed.
“Hmm, hmm! This won’t work, everyone listening next to me is getting hot… Yeah, anyway. The reward I can give you is…”
he said with a grin.
“I’ll teach you a very useful skill that suits you.”