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My alter ego is becoming a big shot - Episode 12

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People waiting in line to enter the castle gate and guards checking in front of the gate.

Numerous people can be seen as they pass through, secretly giving money to difficult soldiers.···.

‘···I was expecting this, but why is it like this??’

Although it is a bit small in size, it is definitely a city as it is surrounded by walls and has many buildings..

‘But why is it so empty??’

Even the soldiers guarding the gate only glanced at me and were busy whispering among themselves without saying a word to me as I passed through the gate..

‘First of all, it is fortunate that there are no inspections..’

I knew nothing about this world.

There's no way that a vague explanation, like the one you gave to the old man in the slash-and-burn village, would work for the city's guards, right?.

If you ask about this and that in a picky way, you are bound to get in trouble..

‘I even prepared a few silver coins to nudge you at times like that..’

Even though it was still bright, there weren't many residents walking around and they didn't seem to be interested in me as an outsider..

The whole city was just lifeless..

‘Why is the atmosphere here like this? Is something going on??’

I felt uncomfortable, but decided to look for accommodation first..

Even if I go somewhere else later, I still have to collect some information here..

‘Let’s see... Where should the accommodation be? Should I ask that person??’

When I approached a person who seemed to be a nearby resident and was about to ask for directions, the inside of an alley next to the road suddenly caught my eye..

A muscular giant with a tattoo on the nape of his neck and a scruffy girl who appears to be about ten years old..

“···sorry! If you give me a little more time···.”

The girl was begging the giant with a tearful face, repeatedly lowering her head..

“I know the situation, but you know I can’t wait for long, right? Give me 3 days. If you don't get it within 3 days, I can't do anything about it..”

He uncrossed his arms, scratched his head, and answered bluntly with a disapproving look on his face..

And without listening to the girl's answer, he turned inside..

“said? You two. Two silver coins in 3 days.”

At the last voice he uttered as he disappeared into the darkness of the alley, the girl sat down on the spot..

The girl, who sat there blankly for a moment, took a deep breath and slapped her cheek as if trying to hold back tears..

And then he stumbled and stood up..

‘Hmm... A young girl exploited by a city gangster. It's a worn out cliché..’

As it is a medieval fantasy world, this is something that happens all of the time in this world..

Even if I went on a rampage claiming human rights, nothing would change, and there was no reason to do so in the first place..

Tuk—

As I stood there looking at the ground, a girl who had been staggering around, looking at the ground, came out of the alley and collided with me..

“Ah... I'm sorry···.”

I looked down at the girl bowing her head right in front of me..

Skin that is rough for its age and hands that are bruised and swollen.

The empty eyes and implicitly gloomy atmosphere were very familiar to me..

After apologizing, the girl passed me and trudged off again..

Drooped shoulders and steps without the slightest hint of vitality.

For some reason, I caught sight of his back..

‘Hmm, two silver coins..’

I took out a bag from inside my arms..

It was a money bag prepared separately for bribes, and it contained a number of coins and five or six silver coins..

‘I didn't know the prices here, so I put in a generous amount. I guess the value of silver coins is greater than I thought..’

I thought I wouldn't have any use for it as I passed through the gate without inspection, but with good timing, I found a suitable use..

‘I just happened to need information about this world..’

A local person who will provide information and faithfully fulfill our requests..

At the same time, he is a person with a low risk of making other moves..

Didn’t the perfect partner appear before my eyes?.

‘I'm not sure if I can believe it yet, but if I can get information for this much money....’

He took out two silver coins from his purse and put them back in his pocket..

‘Well, maybe this is fate too. I was going to use it as a bribe anyway, but it would be more efficient than that..’

I took long strides to the girl who was still walking unsteadily..

I don't know what he was thinking, but there was no reaction even though this person made a sign and approached close..

“Hmm... Hey, kid.?”

“······.”

“Hey~? My brother has something to say to me.···.”

There was no answer when I tried to speak, so I spoke louder and tapped his shoulder.···.

“Hehe! Well, I was wrong.!”

Seeing the girl jumping up in surprise, I was also surprised and blinked..

“······.”

“Uh, who are you??”

The person who will be your employer.

I had no intention of giving recklessly just because I felt sorry for the girl's situation..

Relationships that benefit each other are strong and long-lasting..

I don't know how long I'll stay in this city, but I have to protect what I have to protect..

So now let’s discuss working conditions..

***

After meeting a girl in the city, Heinz easily found a place to stay with her help and began gathering information..

With a local guide by my side, everything went smoothly..

“Now then, let me start my work.?”

Gold bars! It was time to harvest the gold bars..

Traveling to another world is good, but shouldn’t I, the main body, eat well and live well first?.

‘But it's a bit scary to just summon Hans..’

Didn’t you realize its majesty firsthand when you encountered Heinz?.

‘Still, there is also “Beautiful Scenery Index”. It'll be okay for a while.’

Still, just in case, I closed my eyes to avoid eye contact and summoned Hans..

Saaaa···

As soon as I was summoned, I felt a cold chill..

Even though I didn't see it directly, I instinctively realized that there was something ominous in front of me..

[Wow... isn't this a joke? I can't stand in front of people for the rest of my life?]

I muttered as I looked at my frozen body, standing in Hans's line of sight..

The voice, resonating with magical power, aroused fear as if the devil was whispering from underground..

‘Still, it seems like things are getting better, perhaps thanks to “Myeongjangsu”..’

When I first summoned Hans, the skill was shaking without mercy, but now I have become accustomed to it and my mind has gradually calmed down..

“Phew, it's okay now···.”

I opened my eyes with a calm mind and the moment I looked at Hans, I immediately turned my head..

No, I turned around and headed to the bathroom..

“Let's keep our distance for a while. I need to go to the bathroom for a moment. I need to pee.”

Even though no one was listening, I mumbled something and distanced myself from Hans..

‘Hans just needs to take the items out and put them away..’

While I was in the bathroom, Hans put down the items he was holding to one side..

Precious metals, including gold bars, and magic tools.

I packed a few magic tools with protective abilities. Because the safety of the body was the top priority..

I lifted my skull staff and lightly tapped the floor just in case..

[Hmm, I guess summoning isn't possible in this world?.]

It seems that crossing the dimension and summoning the undead from that world was impossible..

I don't know if it's possible to create a subspace that belongs entirely to Hans and store it there, but I don't know about such magic right now..

‘Well, you will gradually find out as you grow up..’

Because this is enough for now. There was no need to rush.

Beep beep beep—clap.

After doing some work in the bathroom, I was getting used to Hans at a distance when the front door opened and the avatar who had gone out to exercise came back..

I don't have a name yet because I'm thinking about giving it a cool name, but it was a useful guy with the "acceleration" skill that instantly increases speed..

‘I prepared a wooden mask to reflect the times, and I thought it would fit quite well..’

The avatar who returned from exercising held in his hand a wooden mask prepared to put on Hans..

Isn’t it possible to wear a plastic mask in a fantasy world?.

No, I could use it, but I still liked this one better..

I moved the avatar and placed the mask on Hans' face, and tied the string on the back tightly..

In case it fell off, I secured it several times with a strong leather strap..

“Oh...there's an atmosphere. It feels different and more vicious than before..”

I looked at Hans' face and clapped my hands..

As the avatar was running around the neighborhood, something suddenly caught the eye of the avatar: the noble Hahoe mask that Hans is currently wearing..

Blue natural flowers blooming from the eye sockets that look like a leisurely smile wearing a robe, teeth peeking out from the open mouth, and chills seeping out like fog from between them..

It was literally a scene from a horror movie..

‘Oh, wait. Does this have any meaning as a mask??’

I suddenly had that thought, but then gave up..

Hans would look like a psychopathic serial killer even if he wore a cute pink bunny mask..

First of all, hiding the fact that he was not human was enough to serve as a mask..

‘Hmm... I guess I can insist somehow if I can't see the skull directly..’

Trying to ignore Hans' intimidating appearance, he took his handbag and put the gold bars in it..

‘First of all, the gold bar I brought was 3 kg. This is enough for now.’

In the long term, I was thinking of buying a house on the outskirts of Seoul and surrounding it with all sorts of barriers, but since I couldn't move out right now, I just had to prepare slowly..

‘I have to believe that things will get better in the future. Because I can't live like this forever.’

For now, we decided to just sell this gold bar normally..

I guess you could say I found it while sorting out the things my parents left behind..

My family wasn't that poor, and with the current situation being chaotic, selling this amount of gold was no problem..

The avatar, who was ready to go out, stopped for a moment as he was about to go out the door..

I was a little worried because I owned expensive items..

“I'm a little nervous about just leaving like this..”

Even though I took protective magical tools, something feels uncomfortable..

As I was looking around and thinking about it, I caught sight of Hans standing blankly..

***

“thank you good bye.”

The gold purchaser's employee greeted me with a ninety-degree bow and sent me off..

As expected, there were no problems with sales, and no accidents occurred as we had feared..

It was rewarding to come to a place that was said to buy gold at a high price on purpose, and I smiled with satisfaction as I looked at my bank account balance..

The street had already become dark and the street lights were turning on one by one..

I walked with a lighter heart and glanced at the shadow on the floor..

The shadow looks especially blacker than anywhere else..

‘I may not be able to appear in front of others in person, but I'm glad I can write like this..’

Hans, who used black magic, was hiding in my shadow..

I hid it in preparation for an emergency, but it seemed like I was too worried..

Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee help!

Kwaang—!

As soon as I could finish thinking, the security door came down on the gold shop behind me, and a moment later the wall burst open..

‘Why don't bad premonitions come true?.’

I closed my eyes tightly and glanced behind me..

2A muscular werewolf over a meter tall and a man wearing a black mask clinging to him escaped from a hole in a collapsed building and fled down an alley..

When I looked inside the building, which was in disarray, I saw that precious metals had disappeared and people had collapsed..

Fortunately, I came out right before the incident, so I wasn't directly caught up in it..

but···.

‘Villain, that is.···.’

Those who commit crimes with their awakened abilities.

Of course, there are guardians who protect citizens from such villains, but as always, they cannot protect people from all dangers..

like your family.

I looked in the direction they disappeared for a moment and then started walking again..

The surrounding area became chaos with people reporting and taking videos..

The guardians will track them down, and if they are caught, they will be punished severely as a crime of subversion..

If you don't get caught···.

‘I will eat well and live well. But there's nothing I can do.’

Han Seong-hyun left the scene of the incident and headed home..

***

“Alright Wolf, it's all as planned. Now all you have to do is go to where the portal is and exit here.!”

“Crung, about 3 minutes until the guardian comes, that's plenty of time..”

The operation was simple.

When 'Wolf', the person in charge of force, overpowers the guards and destroys the safe and security device to secure an escape route, 'Porter', the person in charge of transportation, sucks up all the precious metals and cash and puts them on Wolf's back..

Afterwards, he quickly moves to the place where the 'portal', the person in charge of escape, is located, and ends up escaping far away using his supernatural ability..

“Kahaha—Guardians come too late and have to see their dumb faces.!”

“Boom! done. You've arrived, get off..”

They soon entered the construction site..

Because the gate, which is the portal's special ability, took a long time to create, it could not be used right away on site, so you had to find a location in advance and prepare for escape..

Tadat—percussion!

As I hurried inside, I saw construction workers pushed into the corner, unconscious..

And the portal that should have been waiting after creating the gate was also knocked out..

“uh···? what?”

'Something' in the dark standing in front of the fallen portal’.

“Crrrrr···.”

The hairs on Wolf's whole body stood up. He lowered his body, bared his teeth and claws, and raised his tail..

But those eyes were clearly filled with fear..

“Ugh, what is that?···?”

Porter's condition was even worse. Accidents come and go. My thoughts didn't flow.

And 'it' raised one hand and pointed at them..

The last thing that was reflected in Potter's eyes... was a smiling face with blue eyes shining through the shadows that loomed over him..

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