Chapter 206
My Villains Episode 206
45. into the fog(6)
Immediately after I accepted Heyla's offer, my group and the mercenaries prepared to move..
On the other hand, the merchants from the west and the men from the Oressa tavern decided to stay..
As they were also residents of Middle World, they were not ignorant of fighting, but compared to the skilled mercenaries, they were no better than commoners. It was crazy to take them on a journey that would be fraught with danger..
Somehow the fog didn't rise inside the half-collapsed Oressa tavern, so they were going to wait here until the fog cleared or for us to return..
The problem was that the charcoal maker was a family member..
Since they also have no fighting power, I was planning to leave them at the Oressa main store with the others.…….
“No way!”
The person who shouted that was Al Lena, the daughter of the charcoal maker and her husband, who had been asleep for the past two days..
The girl who was said to be possessed by the devil shook off her mother's hand and ran to me, clinging to me as if she was pleading..
“You can't leave me behind..”
“……Alena?”
“Blackwood, you need to join us..”
With a bitter smile, I pulled Alena away and squatted down in front of her..
“When were you talking about cursed souls? Now it's Blackwood again.?”
“I can see it. A faint trace sleeping within you. I'll wake you up.”
“……They say it wakes me up?”
“yes. You have to trust me, Blackwood..”
The mercenaries' attention suddenly focused on the girl who was spewing out incomprehensible words. What it contained was mostly caution or displeasure..
Well, it's natural..
Because of the uproar at Oressa's tavern, the mercenaries regard Alena as an evil child. There was even a guy who said that it was because of Alena that the vampires appeared..
Who is that??
“This blasphemous bitch-!”
It was Gidon, our faithful crossbowman. He held holy water in one hand and a dagger in the other and shouted loudly..
“Where are you talking nonsense? If you don't shut up right now, I'll dig out your eyeballs.!”
……No matter how reluctant you are, that's what you say to a twelve-year-old..
As I narrowed my eyes and winked, the veteran Confire and the surly Esson tried to dissuade me..
“You idiots, let go of this! That bitch is trying to deceive me.!”
Gidon was foaming at the mouth and going crazy, but Alena didn't even look at him. The girl's earnest gaze was always fixed on me..
“……Uh, Alena.?”
I scratched my eyebrows and said.
“Now we have to go to a very dangerous place, right? So you stay here with your parents,”
“no. I can't do that..”
Alena shook her head with a stern expression..
“I won't let you go through this ordeal alone. I don't like it anymore.”
“……I think it will be a bigger ordeal if you follow me.?”
“no.”
At that time, a ray of wind blew from somewhere..
Whoa whoa-
I feel somehow strange…….
“Tsk—”
Ellen, who was standing next to him, raised her head in surprise and slowly looked in all directions. Ute Kwai, who was carrying a large pack on his back, also said 'Hmm' and narrowed his eyes..
I was squatting down and making eye contact with Alena, but I slowly stood up feeling something unusual. Then he placed his hand on the Hrunting and asked Ellen:.
“what's the matter? I feel something?”
Ellen twitched her lips for a moment before answering..
“It smells… … . smell of water.”
“smell of water?”
When I heard the word “smell,” I reflexively looked back at the bundle..
w......2”
The guy who was looking at Alena with sharp eyes looked at me and tilted his head..
“Hey, don't you smell anything??”
“Eh, uhm, no, I'm not. It's just straight……”
Looking at his confused expression, it seems like he really doesn't feel anything..
Ellen shook her head as if she was frustrated with the conversation between me and Mungchi..
“No, it's not like that..”
“I can't believe it's not like that.?”
“Ugh, I'm not sure. But, somehow, it feels familiar-”
Huuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu-!
The wind got a little stronger.
“Let's go to the castle.”
It was Alena's voice. The girl was looking up at me with the same face as before..
“There is our wish.”
Winds gathered from all directions swirled around Alena. that strange
The wind suddenly shot westward and pushed away the thick fog..
“Uh, uhh—?”
“Hey, look over there!”
Several mercenaries let out threatening voices. Even though Ellen made such a fuss, the fog that quickly rose again was pushed away by a strange wind and stopped..
It was as if a huge tunnel had been opened in the fog.…….
“This is.”
I instinctively realized.
That this mysterious tunnel would lead us to Raven's Cliff..
I looked back at Alena with my mouth half open. The girl was still looking at me, but somehow her focus was a little blurred..
“Blackwood, we need to be together..”
With those words, Alena’s body suddenly tilted..
“ Ugh,”
I quickly reached out and picked up the girl just before she collapsed to the floor. Alena was breathing heavily as if she was deeply asleep..
What is this?.
As I was looking down at the girl, Ellen approached me from behind and opened her mouth..
“I think I know what it is.”
“What do you think you know??”
“Just that wind. It felt familiar.”
Utequoi, who had come to the side and looked at the sleeping Alena, nodded..
“So do I. I also remember Phoenix.”
“••••♦•me too?”
“be right. Recall the rift that Karamek opened..”
“Crack? ah.”
Then I remembered the scene I witnessed about three months ago..
The dimensional rift opened by Akanku Karamek..
A beautiful scenery that looks like the sea is rippling on the ceiling and the sky is spreading out on the floor. In that strange world of indigo, I smelled water similar to now.
“Spirit world. It's the magic power of the spirit world..”
“that's right. This child is not a devil or a ghost..”
Ellen looked down at Alena with shining eyes..
“It's a spirit. very powerful spirit.”
As Ellen, I, and Ute Kwai exchanged glances, the charcoal maker and his wife approached with cautious steps..
“Me, Nari?”
After gathering my thoughts for a moment, I looked back at the couple..
“As you may have guessed, Alena seems to have, um, been caught up in some strange fate..”
The charcoal maker’s wife opened her mouth with a face that looked like she was about to cry..
“What can we do??”
“••••••that is.”
As I scratched my eyebrows in embarrassment, Utequoi stepped forward instead..
“The spirit that resides in Alena wants to go to the castle. If you fulfill your wish there, Alena will find freedom..”
“oh lord.”
The woman muttered, her complexion turning pale, and the charcoal builder hugged her tightly..
“O ugh”
Ute Kwai placed a hand the size of a pot lid on top of the couple's joined hands. And he reassured the couple with a heavy pat..
“You have nothing to worry about. We protect Alena.”
“Thank you, Hatanka..”
The charcoal maker lowered his head, while his wife noticed something strange and asked Ute Kwai..
“Wait, what do you mean? “There’s nothing for us to worry about?” Ute Kwai slightly narrowed his eyes at her trembling voice..
“You guys wait here.”
“……yes? no, what do you mean,”
“There are only twenty of us. Easily protect one person. three is difficult.”
“So, are you saying that you will only take Alena??”
Utekwai nodded heavily. The faces of the charcoal maker and his wife collapsed..
It was not difficult for the charcoal maker to persuade the couple..
Well, does that make you a normal parent if you willingly leave your daughter in the hands of people you've known for less than a week?.
Since I understood the couple's feelings a thousand times over, I and Ute Kwai continued to persuade them with the best words possible. In the end, even Ellen, who couldn't see it, added her words..
“Your daughter is a very powerful spirit. It's definitely true.”
“It's a spirit?”
“okay. Could an ordinary child handle something like that? It won’t be long before my body explodes?”
As the couple's faces turned white, Ellen crossed her arms and continued speaking..
“So, we have to get to the castle as soon as possible. Whether it's to clear up this fog or to chase away the spirit that resides in the child,.”
“Oh my……
The couple bowed their heads at the renowned wizard's firm words. A large hand was placed on their shoulders..
“I am Utequa, the great warrior against Riku..”
Utekwai looked down at the charcoal maker and his wife in turn and continued speaking..
“I protect Alena. under my name.”
Perhaps sensing something strong embedded in those words, the charcoal maker and his wife eventually quietly retreated..
A day has passed since the group left the Oressa tavern..
The tunnel Alena made was very spacious. At first glance, the width seemed to be over 5 or 6 meters, and the height also seemed to be similar..
The fog, driven by the strange wind, became much denser than before and formed the walls and ceiling. It felt like I was walking through an aquarium or an undersea tunnel filled with white smoke..
While enjoying this strange feeling, when I looked back, I saw fog rising in the distance..
Since it meant that the retreat route was blocked, the mercenaries were naturally anxious. But wherever you go, there are bound to be optimistic people..
“Why are you so scared, everyone??”
Grumpy Eson mumbled his beef jerky..
“Anyway, the only thing you can do behind there is hit and run..”
“……Still, aren’t you anxious??”
Esson shrugged his shoulders at Freckles Mira’s words..
“I was anxious when I was trapped in the fog. Because the new people who were next to me just a moment ago suddenly disappeared. But not now?”
As Esson said, no one has disappeared into the fog in the past day..
“Probably thanks to this passage.”
Esanna with braided hair glanced ahead..
“A girl with a spirit. It's a story like something out of a bard's song..”
The nearby mercenaries turned their heads to follow Esanna's gaze. What caught their attention was Utequai and Alena riding on his horse..
Alena, who had fallen asleep immediately after making the passage, came to her senses within half a day. Not as a strange girl who puts on a one-person show, but as the daughter of an ordinary charcoal maker..
When she couldn't see her parents around, Alena looked like she was about to burst into tears. The person who came into play at that moment of crisis was none other than Utequai, the Great Warrior of the Plains..
“‘Suobi Tarandus' Ana?”
“……what is that?”
“It is a monster that resembles a deer. It has huge horns that look like palms..”
“The horns look like palms.?”
“be right. like this.”
Utequai bent his right hand to Alena, who was riding a horse..
“It had two big horns like this. Very black, visible from far away.”
“It's black.?”
“Suobi Tarandus, lives in snow-covered meadows. Looks good in black.”
Utequai was a good storyteller.
He had a lot of experience, so he didn't run out of stories, and even in his poor Milanese, he spoke in an easy-to-understand manner..
“His voice is as loud as his size. If you cry once, the whole meadow will cry.”
“I think it's scary.”
“Wrong.”
“It's wrong?”
“Crying is fun. It's not scary.”
“How do you cry?”
Utekwai cleared his throat and made a loud noise.,
“Muooooong-”
He made a strange noise..
Alena was surprised and burst out laughing, and the mercenaries who were looking at the two made eye contact with each other with strange expressions..
‘It seems strange that Wu Tequai, who has all kinds of dignified nicknames such as 'Red Bear', 'Slugger', and 'Thunder-swallowing Giant', looks after his child so skillfully..
“Hahaha, where is the monster that cries like that?!”
“there is. Suobi Tarandus.”
“lie!”
“Warriors don't lie.”
When Utequai made a sound again, Alena held her stomach and laughed. The large berserker also chuckled along with the girl..
……under. Is that the skill of a man with three children??
With a chuckle, I looked away from Utequoi and Alena and looked around at the group..
“flaw ”
Everyone doesn't look bad. Well, this was obvious..
Thanks to the passage opened by Alena, we were free from the effects of the fog, and for some unknown reason, there were no monster attacks at all. It's natural for anxiety and tension to decrease..
Archer Cole and veteran Confior looked at the mercenaries chatting with disapproving looks, but I didn't really care. I've been through a lot so far, but it's better to make a little noise than to have my mentality shattered by tension..
And it's a warning, because our human radar is doing a good job..
“how is it? Nothing special?”
“yes, none.”
Mungchi spoke clearly and smiled..
““Moongchi, are you telling me not to laugh like Bingu?” "to—”
“What are you doing? Smile prettily.”
Hearing my humorous words, Mungchi pouted his lower lip and said ‘Umm’..
“......It's not pretty?”
“uh?”
“I'm not pretty when I smile?”
After saying that, Mungchi lowered his gaze and played with the hem of his cape..
……Wow, I'm going crazy.
Without realizing it, I reached out and grabbed both of his cheeks..
“Oh wow-”
“Ugh, wouldn’t it be pretty? huh? It won't be pretty?”
Instead of showing that he didn't like the soft cheeks, he just smiled like an idiot and said 'hehe'..
For a moment, he clung to me and subtly hugged my waist..
“ Ugh-”
To be honest, I was a little confused..
I sometimes forget because of my young face and memories of when I was a baby wild boar, but Mongchi is a full-grown virgin. It's strange if a guy like that doesn't panic when he gets stuck like this..
But for me, it was a bit ambiguous. It was ridiculous to show surprise or show a straight face just because I had hugged someone who had poked and pinched me here and there and made fun of me..
In the end, I patted the back of the bundle's head without saying anything. Then he buried his face in my chest and said, ‘Ugh.
I rubbed my forehead with a low throat cry..
“……uh,”
Just when I was about to say something about the skinship that was gradually becoming bolder, Mungchi's shoulders shook in surprise..
“ Eh,”
The guy seemed to come to his senses only then, unwrapped his hand from around my waist and quickly took a step back. And his face turned bright red and he started talking gibberish..
“Wobang, eh, without even realizing it. Jeseong Hammida-”
Seeing him flustered and flustered, I shrugged my shoulders with a calm expression on my face..
“sorry, what?”
“me, me, him-”
I was about to pinch the nose of a mangchi who was laughing and not knowing what to do..
……For some reason, the back of my head is itching..
I slowly turned my head and saw Ellen radiating a cold aura as if she were wearing cold armor..
……Huh, it's an unexpected crisis..
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