Raon bit his lip as he looked at the lion strolling by.
‘Suddenly a lion… .’
Just in case, I brought vegetables, fruits, nuts, grains, cookies, chocolate, and even candy into the subspace bag I received from Dorian, but it was no use.
‘It’s ruined.’
The rabbit could have taken some fruit. There was no food in this pouch that a lion could eat. You can’t put chocolate in that huge spout, right?
‘Should I at least rip off my arm?’
It was so unexpected that I even had the absurd thought of giving up my flesh.
‘No, but why a lion?’
Even though there were few people here, there was only a small lake and a not-so-deep forest. I don’t know why the lion is here. She is truly an unknown woman.
-Well, that’s really crazy… .
Lars shook his head as he glared at the lion carrying Merlin.
-The guy who chased the main king was also bizarre, but this one is even more sophisticated! Next time, he might appear as an elephant. We must kill him now!
The guy’s shoulders shook as he motioned for me to stab him.
‘that’s right.’
Raon nodded while listening to Lars.
‘Merlin is crazy. ‘It’s not my fault.’
Coming out in the form of a lion and having to feed it were originally Merlin’s jobs.
I thought it was a natural thing to do since feeding was repetitive, but it wasn’t something I had to worry about.
‘I almost passed over without realizing it.’
Raon straightened his back proudly, looking down at Merlin.
“Hehe.”
Merlin stopped in front of me and sat down gracefully. Now I see that the lion was not just a lion, but a male lion with a mane. It’s even more absurd.
“Why did he appear in the form of a lion this time?”
More than anything else, I asked what I was curious about.
“As I said before, I am not one-sided in control. “We make a deal where each side makes up for each other’s shortcomings.”
“Then that guy too… .”
“okay. “It means that this child also wants something.”
Merlin winked in his lion form. Chicken skin sprouted on her forearms.
“You listen to that wish yourself and disappear.”
Raon frowned. If I had food to give, I would have given it, but that lion couldn’t handle it.
“I enjoyed it.”
As expected, Merlin did not answer and only said what he wanted to say.
“It wasn’t like you this time.”
She smiled softly and lifted her chin slightly.
“Until now, you have avoided seeing a lot of blood. Even when killing, he displayed overwhelming power, making it impossible for the enemy to attack him.”
That was right. It’s not that I’m afraid of murder itself, but I don’t want to kill unnecessarily.
“But this time you didn’t hesitate to kill your enemy. “It was a terrifying experience.”
Merlin spoke and licked his feet with his tongue. It was a type of grooming unique to cats.
“Whoa… .”
Raon sighed and closed his eyes.
‘driving me crazy.’
I couldn’t concentrate while watching the lion wagging its tongue while talking seriously.
“In particular, the man who seemed to be in charge was killed more cruelly than necessary. “I didn’t know you had that kind of venom.”
“So you’re saying you’re disappointed?”
“no.”
Merlin slowly got up.
“I was excited. “It was so hot that my hands were sweaty.”
“eww… .”
“You suit neat, serious, and cruel things. It’s always the best… .”
The cheeks of the lion she was nesting in turned red, and its hands and feet began to tremble. It seemed as if the emotions of her body were conveyed as they were.
Tsk.
Raon clicked his tongue briefly.
‘It would have been better if you had left like this.’
I had never seen Merlin kill someone in person until now, so I wondered if he hated blood, but no.
She didn’t seem to have any intention of falling, no matter what she saw.
-Jeez, she’s a real madwoman! It turned properly!
Lars groaned and then ran away with the Ice Flower Bracelet.
“So what are you going to ask for this time?”
Merlin nodded as if telling him to say anything.
“I don’t have any requests.”
Raon shook his head and stretched out his hand.
“Tell me your wish. “I have no intention of wasting time, so I will listen and decide here.”
“It’s a wish.”
Merlin smiled slightly and took a step closer. It was amazing how well she could express such expressions with the face of an animal.
“My wish is… .”
She stopped talking and looked in this direction.
‘I can’t imagine what you’re going to say.’
As Lars said, the woman was out of her mind, so it was impossible to predict what she would wish for. She tensed and looked at her Merlin’s mouth.
“Give me a hug.”
“Huh?”
“Don’t you know how to hug? hug.”
Merlin lifted his thick paw and waved it around. When he showed her hugging her with her front paws, which would tear off her flesh if hit, she became distraught.
“In that way?”
“okay. Even in this state, sensation is transmitted. I can’t help it, so I’ll just endure this for now. “Isn’t this a wish that can be granted?”
She smiled and said she wouldn’t be able to refuse.
‘That’s right.’
If you ask me to kill someone or sell information, I can immediately refuse, but it doesn’t matter if it’s a hug. Especially since I’m not doing it myself.
‘but… .’
You can kidnap them like before.
As before, there was a possibility that he could be taken with him using an artifact, so he should not have been accepted unconditionally.
“I swear with my soul and body. “I will never do anything that would harm you.”
The moment Merlin raised his hand, a wave of mana erupted around her. It was a spiritual and physical contract that she placed restrictions on herself.
“Isn’t it a shock to the soul and body of the lion, not you?”
“never.”
He shook his head as if it wasn’t Merlin.
-… That’s right.
Lars lifted his head above his bracelet.
-That’s a pledge you make to your body and soul. If you don’t keep your promise, it will be a huge shock to that madwoman’s body and soul. so… .
The guy trembled his lips.
-It’s even scarier! That thing really turned!
“… good.”
Raon nodded. He had no choice but to listen because of what he said in the first place.
“Woohuhu.”
Merlin tapped his front paw as if telling him to come quickly.
“I’m looking forward to it.”
“Haaa… .”
Raon sighed deeply and stood in front of Merlin. Since his lion was quite large, he bent his knees just a little.
‘Let’s hold on just this once.’
Close your eyes and see Merlin. No, she hugged the lion. The mane was fluffy, but the skin was as rough as sandpaper.
‘Just 3 seconds.’
Just as he counted 3 seconds and was about to fall, the lion’s body suddenly became soft like pudding and began to thin out.
-hey! hey! Hey man!
‘W-what is it?’
When I opened my eyes to Ra’s urgent call, the lion had disappeared and Merlin, wearing an old woman’s mask, was in front of me. Her neat scent tickled her nose.
“Good. “I’m going to have a nice dream tonight.”
“you!”
Raon gritted his teeth and pushed Merlin away.
“Woohuhuhu!”
Merlin stepped back and waved his hand.
“Of course, you have to feel the warmth of people firsthand.”
“I swore to do something like this… .”
“I didn’t mean any harm to you.”
She waved her hand as if it was okay.
“her… .”
Raon let out a sigh. As the saying goes, there was no problem with the oath because it was not for harm.
“It was fun while we were together.”
She rose into the air and disappeared into bubbles.
“I won’t be able to see you for a while because of work, but I’ll be looking forward to your performance.”
With those last words, Merlin’s presence completely disappeared.
Raon let out a laugh and lowered his shoulders.
‘I’m tired.’
I feel more tired now than after running all day.
still… .
“You don’t have to feed the lion.”
I was glad that with Merlin gone, I no longer had to feed the lion.
“thank god.”
-That’s all that madwoman’s plan!
Lars slowly lifted his head and rolled his eyes.
-The king sees that instead of a brain, there will be a portrait of you hanging on that madwoman’s head!
The guy said it was creepy and his eyes trembled.
-I don’t need your body anymore… .
Is that it?
* * *
Cloud House, an orphanage filled with children’s laughter on the outside and screams on the inside.
It was Owen’s knights who protected the place, which had now become a desolate haunted house.
“I still can’t believe that this orphanage was a place that raised assassins.”
The blonde knight looked at the cloud house and sighed.
“It’s terrible. Kidnapping children and raising them to be assassins was something out of a novel… .”
The black-haired knight lowered his eyes and shook his head.
“Even saying it’s terrible is not enough. “The person who ordered this must be a devil disguised as a human.”
“okay. “It’s an idea that no one can think of.”
As the two knights were gritting their teeth, remembering the culprit who raised the children to be assassins, two knights were approaching from the direction of Cameloon. They were people who came to change shifts.
“stop! stop! stop!”
The blonde knight pulled out his sword and pointed it at the approaching knight.
“Hands up! “If you move, I’ll cut you!”
At those words, the knights coming this way raised their hands.
“Who are you?”
“Oh, it’s me. “Your motivation.”
The tall knight raised his helmet and smiled.
“beer.”
“chicken.”
Only after checking the password did the blonde knight lower his sword.
“Good job.”
The new drivers patted the shoulders of the drivers on duty.
“How are the kids?”
The blonde knight gathered his equipment and asked the new knights.
“Same. “No talking, no smiling, just following instructions like a machine.”
“When I look at it, I feel so sad that I die.”
The drivers who came for their shift clicked their tongues.
“Couldn’t it be cured naturally?”
“Because the brainwashing took a long time.”
“They said someone will come to cure the brainwashing, so we’ll have to wait and see.”
The knights sighed, remembering the children’s eyes as blank as dolls.
“If the demon bastard who did this really was in front of me, I would have cut him down right away.”
“Arthur. you… hmm?”
The blonde knight waved his hand and then turned around.
Step by step.
A tall man wearing a black robe was walking this way. His face was wearing a gray mask that covered his eyes, giving him a bizarre appearance with white pupils.
“stop! stop! stop!”
The newly appointed knights drew their swords, but the man did not stop and continued to approach.
“stop!”
“If you come any closer, I’ll cut you down!”
All four knights drew their swords and prepared to kill, but the man continued to walk.
“grow.”
He raised his hand above Pipung.
“what?”
“They said it was me who ran this place.”
A creepy smile appeared from the corner of the man’s mouth.
“You crazy!”
“Hit!”
Four knights moved at the same time. Using the usual training team, I charged in from four directions and removed the dark sword energy.
Pukaaaaaaa!
As the man slowly lowered his raised hand, the knights’ bodies were cut into dozens of pieces and scattered on the floor. It wasn’t a swordsmanship or auror thing, but it seemed like the outcome had been decided from the beginning.
“You bastards.”
As he twirled his finger, the corpses of the knights and their blood turned into dust and scattered. There was no trace of anyone, as if nothing had ever happened from the beginning.
As the man stood in front of the orphanage building, masked people in black rose up like shadows behind him.
When the man took off his mask, the chillingly cold face of Derus Robert was revealed.
“Start.”
At his direction, the shadows scattered here and there and began to look for traces.
After giving the order, Derus went directly into the orphanage. He looked at the floor, the walls, and even the reverberations of the aurors that remained here with his sharp eyes like blades.
He went down to the orphanage building, down to the underground cavity and secret passage, and then came back up to the orphanage.
‘There’s no trace.’
Borini Keaton is a knight among knights. Because he has such a stubborn personality, he cannot solve this matter so neatly. There must have been a shadowy person with them who had been covered in muddy water before, but there was no trace of him anywhere.
‘This doesn’t make sense…’ .’
No matter how much the knights stirred up the place, traces remain as long as they are human, and the only traces left here are the shadows and the knights. All traces of the presence that intervened were completely erased.
“On the outskirts of the breeding farm, there are no traces.”
“There are no traces inside the breeding farm.”
“External and internal passages, no trace.”
Every time the shadows made a report, a tendon rose on Derus’ forehead.
Gooooooo!
An eerie smile blooms at the corner of Derus Robert’s mouth. Owen’s patience, which he had endured over and over again, broke down and his anger began to overflow.
Wow!
The moment the empty gray light emanated from his eyes, the entire orphanage and the underground space beneath it collapsed and turned into dust.
Whoa!
Derus took off his gloves amidst the blowing sandstorm. He lifted his chin, smearing the blood dripping from the back of his hand onto his lips.
“I’ll kill you.”
Derus Robert looked down at the world with dry eyes that seemed to make the blood run dry, and gave a creepy smile.
“No matter where they are or who they are… .”
* * *
Raon used his new identity to ride to the dimensional gateway and head south. He deliberately moved to a place far away from Robert’s family, and then reached Robert’s estate, using both foot and horse methods alternately.
It arrived much faster than expected, but I didn’t think about it. All my senses could see was the Robert family in the distance.
‘It’s been 20 years… .’
Mansions as beautiful and elegant as the emerald sea. Prosecutors who exude noble spirit. From the bottom up to the vassals who support the family.
There wasn’t a single place for me in that place that was as warm as the falling sunlight. I couldn’t get my hands on anything.
‘Because where I was was a gutter.’
That place belongs to humans living in the sun. He was just a hunting dog stuck underground and sharpening his fangs.
Gooooooo.
Anger boils from the deep, deep bottom of my soul. When the anger spreading through my veins tried to encroach on my whole body, I used a ring of fire and dispersed it.
‘It’s not time yet.’
This anger is not something to be let out in vain. These were precious and precious feelings that had to be repaid one by one to Derus and the executives who followed him.
-Why would a house like that be so snot-sized and stand there for an hour just because it had something to see? I’m bored to death!
Lars frowned and grabbed his sleeve.
-You look like a hillbilly! When you see the King’s castle later, your jaw will drop!
‘Maybe so.’
Raon chuckled. Thanks to this guy, my sinking feeling was relieved, even if just a little.
-It’s boring, so just serve local food here! It smelled so delicious earlier that I couldn’t resist it!
Lars said he wanted to eat seaweed and gestured toward several restaurants.
‘okay.’
Because it’s meal time anyway.
Raon chuckled and raised his head. Finally, when I was about to leave after setting eyes on the Robert family mansion, a red-haired child approached me.
“Isn’t it cool?”
“hmm?”
“That mansion. “I’ve been just looking at that for an hour.”
I think he approached me because he kept looking at the Robert family.
“okay. “That’s cool.”
It was true that the buildings of the Robert family were more elegant than Sieghardt’s, so I nodded.
“I will become a prosecutor there too!”
The child seemed to think that he liked the Robert family, as he was bragging about it.
“Like Heavenly Sword Saint, I will become the best swordsman on the continent who protects the South!”
Raon looked down and looked at the child properly. The child, who appeared to be in his early teens, had a wooden sword hanging from his waist.
‘It’s similar to Pine.’
The age seemed no different from the children we rescued from the orphanage this time.
But the expression was very different.
Unlike this child, who had the unique playfulness of an early teenager, Pine and other children did not show a look of admiration.
same age. Although they are the same human being, their personality itself has been erased by a devil.
I felt sad that I had nothing to say to a child who wanted to emulate the devil who did such a thing.
Thanks to you, I learned it again. What should I do?
“is it.”
Raon smiled and stroked the child’s head.
“work hard.”
* * *
Raon ate lobster pizza, octopus steak, grilled squid, chili shrimp, gambas, and beaded ice cream just as Lars wanted, and then moved in the direction of the undersea dungeon.
-What is happening!
Lars smiled brightly and massaged his shoulders. It was the superlative expression of feeling good.
-Now you have finally decided to come under this king!
Lars’ voice, enjoying the delicious food to his heart’s content, was as clear as a rolling jade ball. It’s been a long time since I heard a voice like this.
‘That’s it.’
Raon shook his head. The reason Lars ate whatever he wanted was for another reason. I had no intention of going under that guy.
‘It’s going to be a mess soon, so you’d better move quickly.
I ignored Lars, who chatted endlessly, and moved along the eastern shore. There were many tourists around Robert’s family, but as we moved, the number began to decrease.
‘Now I have to get ready.’
Like the residents of this place, Raon changed into the clothes worn by southerners and calmed down. He moved along the coast again after his presence was so low that it was difficult to feel his presence even when he was right next to him.
After moving around like that all day, a sign saying that marine monsters were out and a line indicating no entry appeared.
‘It’s here.’
Although it was more than 20 years ago, the location of the dungeon came to mind because the appearance of the coast had not changed much.
‘What’s more certain is… .’
I smiled coldly as I looked at the sandy beach and trees. The existence of shadows that protect this place. It became clearer thanks to the shadows hidden between the sandy beach and the trees.
It was clear that the dungeon was sunken beneath the sea in front of us.
Goooooh.
Raon became even more terrifying. After killing it with as little as a beat of its body parts so that it felt like nothing but flying sand, and not a living thing, I quietly looked out at the sea.
A day passed, and even though it was night, Raon did not move. He watched the sea with an attitude no different from before. Even though the shadows hiding in front of him couldn’t bear to move his body, Raon didn’t lift a finger.
-Ugh! I will die to protect you! I’m hungry too!
Lars couldn’t stand it anymore and screamed.
-Staying still all day and not being given food is torture!
‘That’s why I fed him a lot two days ago.’
-Ugh… .
The guy opened his mouth.
-Wow, I was wondering why they bought me everything I wanted… .
‘I thought it would end up like this, so I took care of it in advance.’
-There is no need! I am happier just eating three meals a day!
‘Then what about Nadine bread?’
-That’s just a rubber with a full belly! You crazy guy!
‘If you’re hungry.’
-I would rather drink sea water than fill my stomach with that!
‘Oh, that’s good?’
-Oh, no! You made a mistake!
Lars shook his head. It seemed like he really thought he was going to do it.
Raon chuckled and looked at the sea again.
-You evil business owner! It’s a violation of weekly working hours! Since they didn’t even provide food, they violated the Food Sanitation Act!
‘The Food Sanitation Act is not used for such purposes… quiet!’
Lars covered his mouth and swallowed dry saliva. After two days, someone came out from the beach.
Snap.
Thirty masked people, a woman who appeared to be a wizard, and a tall man in black carefully walked out of the sea.
‘As expected, there was one.’
Mattio.
As expected, it was Mattio, the shadowy butler, who was exploring the dungeon while Derus was elsewhere.
‘Following the dungeon collapse… ‘
A deep red light flashed in Raon’s eyes.
‘I can take revenge.’
