Chapter 73 – Chapter 73 – Escort Samurai Wolyeong (1)
“Where shall we go first?”
“Let’s eat something first. I didn’t eat properly earlier, so I’m hungry.”
“OK.”
“This side has more restaurants.”
Wolyeong overheard our conversation and guided the way. The streets we arrived along Wolyeong were filled with the fragrant smell of food.
“Wolyeong, are there any restaurants you recommend?”
“Since I served as the lord’s escort, the number of times I’ve eaten at a restaurant is so small that I can count on my hands.”
“Okay? It’s a pity. Then how about taking this opportunity to eat at a restaurant with us?”
“If you wish.”
I snooped here and there and stopped in front of a store as if possessed by something.
The store wasn’t very fancy, but the smell of meat wafting from inside the store was no joke.
When the meat was properly browned, the rich smell tickled my nose.
“Everyone, how do you feel here?”
“I like it!”
“Me too!”
We went straight into the store. Upon entering the store, the stronger smell of meat drove me crazy.
After quickly flipping through the menu and ordering the meat, I talked to Wolyeong.
“Wolyoung, is it really okay if I talk comfortably? It’s hard for me to say this.”
“I am just an adult. Don’t worry about it.”
“Okay? You’ve just become an adult, and you’ve been entrusted with the lord’s escort?”
“I have been practicing swordsmanship since I was young. Then, by chance, he was noticed by the lord and received swordsmanship practice at the castle. Thanks to that, I was able to enjoy the honor of becoming the lord’s escort even before I became an adult.”
“Hoo… “
I touched her chin and looked at Wolyeong again. I thought he looked childish, but I thought he had just become an adult.
“… It’s embarrassing to stare at you like that.”
“Is there anyone who likes Wolyoung?”
I asked straight forward. He secretly hoped that Wol-young would be taken aback by the sudden question, but Wol-young answered calmly.
“Just because you use a sword doesn’t mean you can’t use your mind. I have someone I love.”
“Okay? Who?”
“That is a secret.”
Then our party members next to us started clamoring.
“Oh why~ give me a hint! Hint!”
“That’s right! Doesn’t it matter if you tell me a little bit? It’s not like we’re from this city anyway~”
Unable to defeat our torch, Wolyeong quietly continued.
“He… Is beautiful. And he is virtuous. He is like a flower under the moonlight… “
Even if I die, I don’t want to reveal who I am. But the more you do it, the more curious you become?
Just as I was about to ask a hotter question, food was served.
“Enjoy your meal~”
“Wow… “
The mouth-watering amount of meat was served in a large bowl. I was speechless at the large meat that looked like it was in a cartoon.
Not only was it big, but the seaweed was rising, and it was perfectly browned.
“Then, let’s eat well!”
“Thank you for this food!”
Our party members immediately cut the meat and tried to eat it. Then Wolyeong stopped us as if to wait a moment.
“What’s wrong, Wolyeong?”
“I don’t know if it has been poisoned. I will eat first.”
“Don’t you just want to eat something delicious first?”
I laughed and joked with her, but Wolyeong didn’t change her expression. It just made me feel embarrassed.
Wolyeong tasted her meat first, checked her own condition, and told us it was okay to eat.
I enjoyed slicing the meat and eating it. This rich aroma that you can feel as soon as you enter the meat in your mouth, and this rich gravy that comes out as soon as you chew it..!
Everything was perfect
That’s how we ate delicious meat until our stomachs burst. However, Wolyeong did not touch our food any more.
“What’s wrong, Wolyeong? Let’s eat together!”
“That’s right, let’s eat together!”
“Thank you for your words, but it is to focus on the mission. We ask for your understanding.”
Wolyeong is a very knife-like person.
“But Wolyeong, you know.”
I asked Wolyeong as I ate the meat attached to the bone.
“What would you do if this food was poisonous?”
“I don’t know what you mean.”
“Didn’t you taste the food first to see if this food is poisonous? But what if there was real poison? So, isn’t Wolyeong the only one who suffers an innocent death?”
“I have been given the task of escorting you, and I am only carrying out that task. Dying on duty is unavoidable.”
“It’s a little scary to think that way… “
To be honest, I couldn’t understand Wolyeong, but I thought it was just that and decided to pass it on. It seemed to me that there would be nothing good if I kept asking more.
After dinner, we went out into the streets again.
“Hey, you ate so much that your stomach burst, but you still have this much money left? When are you going to use all of this?”
“I want to go to the material vendor soon! I am so curious about what ingredients this city has!”
Like a child, Isha agitated me.
“Then let’s go get the ingredients. By the way, Isha.”
“Yes? Why?”
“That… Will the side effects of the potion be reduced if I use good ingredients?”
“Oh no? Could it be?”
Isha said with a bright smile. Hey, that’s not very good news…
“Then what can I do to reduce the side effects? I almost died in the real bathroom earlier.”
“Originally, if there are good things, there are also bad things.”
Even as we walked down the street chatting happily, Wol-young silently followed us a few steps behind us.
“Let’s see… Material Merchant… “
Isha looked around her shopping district and led us down a slightly secluded alleyway.
“This is the biggest ingredient store, right? Right?”
“Hey, you’re welcome. As you say, we are the biggest ingredient vendor in the city! Just say anything!”
Isha goes into her store to buy the ingredients she needs, and Elizabeth and Lily follow Isha to see the ingredients.
Wolyeong and I, left alone, continued an awkward silence.
“Excuse me… “
The moment I, who hated silence, tried to talk to Wol-yeong about her,
Wol-yeong drew her sword at me.
“Wol, Wolyeong?”
Surprised, I tried to step backwards, but Wol-yeong approached me faster. There was no time to pull out the pepper calibur.
Damn, I should have taken off my pants after all..!
No, that’s not the problem. I trusted Wolyeong too much. I should have expected that Wolyeong might be a member of the organization…
“Haa!”
Wolyeong brandished his sword. The moment you thought everything was over,
“Keuouk!”
The target of Wolyeong’s sword was not at me, but at the man behind me. Leaving me blankly there, the man behind me collapsed.
“Uh, huh?”
“Be careful, Sunggi. More to come!”
“Rush at once!”
People around me rushed towards me in an instant. I immediately took out my cocking stick and prepared to fight back.
However, Wol-yeong overpowered the men around her in an instant, to the point that my preparation was colorless.
Wolyeong’s skill at adjusting the sword to avoid fatal wounds while flying between people like a dance with a sword was amazing to look at.
When Wol-yeong swung the sword once, two or three people fell, and when someone swung a weapon at Wol-young, Wol-young easily dodged the weapon without even looking.
Her speed was such that even Lily wouldn’t yield, and Elizabeth’s swordsmanship was easily overwhelming.
In the end, before I could swing Ji-bong once, Wol-young cleaned up his surroundings.
“What’s going on!?”
The three people inside the material store came running out.
“Uh… I’m fine… “
I answered in a slightly bewildered voice. That’s why Wolyeong’s skills were overwhelming. Just a quick look at him made the difference in his skills palpable.
“Dare..!”
Lily untied her hands. It seemed that he was trying to hit the fallen men one by one. Of course, from Lily’s point of view, it’s a squeeze, but they might die?
However, Lily was stopped by Wolyeong.
“You don’t have to do any more.”
“While he was having fun cutting himself with a knife?”
“There was no intentional fatal injury. These people will be escorted away by the guards.”
Wolyeong wiped the blood off the sword with a handkerchief she had and put the sword into the scabbard.
“Did you subdue all these people in that short amount of time?”
As if Elizabeth couldn’t believe it, she asked Wolyeong. Well, to Elizabeth, who uses the same sword, the difference in her skills must be felt more acutely.
“Nothing great.”
“How not great! Really… I really envy you… “
“If you want, I can teach you a little swordsmanship.”
“Really!?”
Elizabeth’s eyes sparkled. It was as if she saw the look in Isha’s eyes when she heard her say that she had good ingredients.
“It’s good, to improve Elizabeth’s skills.”
“Please leave it to me as much as you like.”
We waited for Isha to buy all her ingredients, then she went to a secluded lot in the city.
“Did you say Elizabeth? Would you like to raise your sword?”
“Yes.”
Elizabeth and Wolyeong drew their swords at the same time. I was watching the couple fight with interest, Isha making a potion, and Lily lying next to her taking a nap.
“Would you like to attack me as it is?”
“But if you get hurt while using a real sword… “
Elizabeth hesitated slightly.
“It’s okay. I won’t get hurt.”
Elizabeth was also slightly offended at her subtly self-ignoring tone, and Elizabeth charged Wol-yeong with her real sword.
However, the skills of the two were very different.
Before Elizabeth could swing her sword a few times, Wolyeong completely subdued Elizabeth. To the extent that she could have played with Elizabeth if she had put her mind to it?
“Ugh… Break up… “
Elizabeth meekly admitted her defeat. Wolyeong put her sword in and instructed Elizabeth in her posture.
“Here you have to swing like this, on her feet like this. When holding her knife, a little more… “
I watched the scene with delight. Elizabeth’s progress is something I welcome. Because that makes our party stronger.
No, this is what happened. Shall I ask Wolyeong for swordsmanship guidance? I also learned swordsmanship, so I don’t think there’s anything wrong with it.
Wolyeong and Elizabeth’s private lessons continued for several tens of minutes. Eventually, after the exhausted Elizabeth left, I approached Wolyeong.
“Wolyeong, are you still okay?”
“I am okay. What are you doing?”
“I want you to teach me a little swordsmanship.”
“You mean swordsmanship? However, Seonggi-sama’s weapon seems to be more like a stick than a sword… “
“No, I have a sword too.”
I just took off my pants in front of Wolyeong.
