Chapter 7 – Seris and the Village (5)
After a while, when Celis calmed down, Kara asked what was going on. While Seris was thinking about how to answer, Yoosung spoke first.
“There was talk among the villagers about marrying Kara.”
“Divan? Are you real?”
“Yes. That’s right. The village chief spoke first.”
Seris nodded her head quickly.
“Haa, no, why did those nobles touch me when I’m fine?”
Kara complained, draping her arms across the back of her chair. Then, as if she remembered something, she smiled and looked at Celis.
“By the way, did you cry because of that? Are you going to marry me?”
“Huh. That’s right.”
“Uh?”
‘When you make fun of me like this, you usually get embarrassed or get angry at me for not teasing you…?”
She usually has a lot of skinship like hugging or hugging, but her emotional expression was Seris, who was shy. When she acknowledged her easily, Kara was taken aback.
But she wasn’t in a bad mood, so the corners of Kara’s mouth twitched.
“Kara, shall we go to the city?”
“Huh? Sister, what?
“Shall we go and live in our city?”
“Uh?! Didn’t you hear it wrong? Sister, are you serious? If you say it’s a joke, do you get mad at me?!”
“I’m serious.”
“Yah-ho!!”
Kara was so happy that she jumped up and danced for joy.
‘Would it be that good?’
Ceris smiled at her own brother. If I had known this would happen, I would have gone to the city a long time ago.
Seeing Kara with a happy expression, Ceris remembered the conversation she heard through the crack in her wooden window.
-The girl said that she would be an adventurer on a fictitious day. Why don’t we send her instead?
-That’s… Not bad. But will Seris stay still?
-Ceris is also going to be sent to her baron at this point.
I heard only the voice, but it was clear what kind of expression the village elders would have made.
She must be relieved that it is her good fortune and not her family, and she must put on her disgusting hypocrite face as she comes up with the excuse of an unavoidable sacrifice for the village.
Ceris remembers when her father went missing in the mountains. At that time, the elders of her village did not listen to Seris’ plea to find her father.
She said with just a pitiful look.
-I can’t help it because I was dragged away by the goblins. Tsk tsk, that’s why you shouldn’t go deep into the mountains.
Ceris remembers when her mother was ill. They put on a cold expression when Cersei asked to borrow her money for her medicine.
-Tsk tsk, it seems like you knew how to spend money, but didn’t know how to save money.
In the end, Seris lost both her father and her mother.
There was no good man to take care of the only two sisters left.
Seris had to earn money to live on.
She was given a job by the villagers. Although she was bullied and teased by her peers, she persevered and worked hard. As she thinks of Kara who remains at home.
Like that, Seris, she is her younger sister who has been working hard to raise alone.
What?
‘Send it as a sacrifice to the goblins?’
Her boo was tight. The heat rising from her chest seemed to cook her brain and twist her organs.
Seris wanted to immediately storm into the village chief’s house and overturn everything. But she held on to that feeling.
She had only one reason why she wouldn’t.
Because I can’t afford it.
If it hadn’t been for that, the moment she heard that disgusting conversation, she would have destroyed it all.
Cerith’s stomach was burning with rage when someone stabbed her in the side. It was meteor. He pointed to the front door with a wink.
Sensing the meaning of her glance, Ceris rose from her chair.
“Kara, Unni and Yoosung will go to work.”
“Huh? Didn’t you come back from work?”
“Your sister heard about the wedding and ran away in a fit. I was chasing after you, saying where you were going.”
“Really sister?”
“Ahaha…”
Cerys smiled awkwardly and she came out. Yoosung also came out after her. The two walked a little to get away from the house.
“I think this should be enough.”
Yooseong said, thinking that he was moderately far from home. Cerys stopped her steps, looked back, and bowed her head toward the meteor.
“Thank you.”
“Huh?”
“Thanks to that, I was able to get out of town before anything serious happened.”
Seris bowed her head once more. Meteor waved her hand, but Seris was serious.
“If it wasn’t for Yooseong, it would have been a big deal.”
If it hadn’t been for Yoosung’s prank at that time, he would have passed without knowing. It was only after the situation had happened that she would struggle to get out somehow, and that struggle would most likely fail.
Yoosung laughed awkwardly, then erased his smile and asked with her hard face.
“What do you plan to do now?”
“I have to go to the city. I plan to start over there.”
“Okay? Do you have any money saved up?”
Seris hesitated for a moment to answer her. However, since the meteor didn’t seem to harm them, she decided to answer honestly.
“I have about 10 silver.”
That’s the money I’ve been saving for 10 years. She was somewhat proud of this money. But that was shattered by Yoosung’s next words.
“10 silver… That’s not enough…”
“Not enough…?”
“Huh. 10 silver isn’t a small amount of money, but it’s not enough to live in the city.”
“I don’t want a house. All you need is an environment where you can eat and live…!”
Seris’ voice became desperate. However, just because she became desperate didn’t change her reality.
“The inn costs 3 coppers per night.”
“3, 3 Cooper…”
Seris’ eyes widened. She said that the money she earned from her hard work all day was five or six coopers. By the way, she went 3 coopers just by sleeping…
“Of course, if you’re going to live in the city, it’s impossible to stay at an inn all the time. Then she has to live on the rent, but to do that, she needs a citizenship card. And that citizenship card costs 10 silver per person.”
“10 silver…”
It was all of Seris’ property. She had to put in her 10 years to buy one citizenship card.
“And a place to sleep shouldn’t be the only place to live, pig. You have to buy food, and you have to pay to use the well when you stay at the inn. In addition, if you show a tee from the countryside, they will try to rip you off.”
“…”
“It would be a bit… Very difficult to go to the city and live without knowing anything.”
Seris’s pupils trembled. She had only a vague idea that if she only went up to the city, she would be somehow.
That’s because she’s lived half her life in this town alone. As long as she lived here, she thought, she would be just as hard as she was.
Because of this, the reality of the city that Yoosung told me about came with a heavy weight.
“Then…Then what should I do?”
Seris’ voice was wet.
“Then what should I do!”
The anger she felt at the people of her village mixed with the helplessness she felt from realizing her reality ripped through her.
“There’s nothing I can do about going to the city, so I have to stay and do what those damn humans want me to do? Taken as her former baron’s concubine and Kara being maligned by goblins? I hate it.”
Seris is confident that she will sacrifice any amount for her family.
But she didn’t want to pay a penny for this town.
“Yes! As Yooseong said, it must be difficult to live in the city! However? That doesn’t mean anything changes. Why, why do you say such things and only bring down my spirits?! Why!”
Sniff
Seris cried and said. She knows her too That Yoosung said it because she was worried about her. That this is nothing more than a venting of anger.
But I couldn’t bear it without venting my anger like this. The burden of impersonation she had been forced to bear for the past ten years was too heavy for her, and she was frustrated.
And it still weighs on her shoulders. Seris wanted to relieve this stuffy feeling at least a little.
“Not even helping!”
So she got angry with Amon Yuseong. Even though she knows that this is wrong, she knows that Yoosung will be disappointed in herself. She wanted to be at ease.
Jureuk
A single tear ran down her cheek. That was the beginning. Tears burst from her eyes like an old dam bursting.
Jerk jerk jerk
Footsteps were heard. It must be the sound of Yuseong leaving, disappointed in her. Okay. From the beginning, she had handled everything alone. Nothing will change in the future. Huh. Let her go back to normal after she cries a bit. Originally.
But Seris soon noticed something strange about her. That is, the sound of footsteps approaching rather than moving away.
Seris raised her head. Something soft touched her eyes.
It was a handkerchief. Yoosung wiped her tears with a handkerchief.
“I will help you.”
Yoosung said with a smile.
* * *
She didn’t want to cry. She was just trying to let her know her reality and her need for me.
“You want to help me..? Really?”
“Huh.”
“But why is Yooseong…? You have no reason to help us.”
There is not.
She is suspecting that she is connected with Seris just by looking at the status window.
But I couldn’t tell you this, so I answered roughly.
“I have no intention of living in this town either. I never thought it would be a village dedicated to goblins. So I’m going up to the city again, but I’m going to help you while I’m going.”
“Are you really okay…?”
“Huh. But from now on, let’s wipe the tears ourselves, shall we?”
Only then did Seris, who grasped the current situation, panic.
“Oh, I-I’ll clean it!”
“Okay, I already wiped everything.”
“Then I’ll wash your handkerchief. Please!”
“It’s okay, go home and pack your things. I’ll be back later in the evening.”
“Is it dinner?”
“Okay. I’m leaving town tonight.”
“At night? The night…”
“As you think, night roads are dangerous. But it will be better than being chased by the villagers.”
She made her pack her things and returned to her tavern. Gedrick hasn’t returned yet.
I took an ax and climbed the mountain. It is the same mountain that followed the goblins the other day.
I plan to kill the goblins patrolling here. Let one or two go without telling them which village they came from.
If that happens, the angry goblins will turn the village into a mess.
‘I feel guilty that even innocent people get involved, but…’
There was a reason it had to be that way.
Seris’ father sent her letter directly to her baron.
That means that the baron knows about Seris’ existence. What if I take Seris and leave the village?
‘The baron will send a chase party himself. Or is she hiring mercenaries to kill her?’
Either I die or someone else dies. If I had to choose between the two, my choice was clear.
I climbed the mountain cautiously, remembering the goblins patrol route.
It wasn’t long before I heard the goblins talking. They were coming this way. I hid between trees and bushes.
-Kirik! A new girl is coming soon!
-The chief will write first anyway. You will be able to write after a while. Kirik.
-Kirik! The chief alone is too much!
-Then challenge the chief. Doesn’t the chief accept all challenges?
-That’s impossible! No kin will ever defeat the chieftain!
– That’s right. What a great chieftain!
Their voices got closer. If it weren’t for the trees that stood in the way between them and me, I would have noticed right away.
My heart raced wildly with tension. However, there is no hesitation in the movement. I sprang straight for the goblins.
“OMG!!”
-Kki, kkirik!?
As soon as I came out, I shot the ax at the goblin’s head. The guy with the cracked skull collapsed.
[Acquired 2 Karma.]
A notification window popped up. Now is not the time to worry about that.
The ax was placed without being pulled out. If you apply force to pull it out, there will be a gap. I kicked the guy next to the dead goblin.
-Kikkikkiik…
The guy who had been hit right in the stomach staggered to the ground. He is a goblin with an infant body type. There was no way I could withstand being hit with a kick full of power.
-Kirik! Human!?
The one remaining man aimed at the spear. It was a crude spear shorter than my height.
I grabbed the spear pole and pulled it toward me. He hit the goblin dragged by the spear with his knee.
-Keck…
He pulled out the dagger from his bosom. I held it in reverse and put it around the goblin’s neck.
– Kkehehe..!
The goblin glared at me, her eyes wide open. I drew my dagger and put it through my throat once more. The goblin’s eyes darkened.
“Whoa…”
I pulled my dagger from the dead goblin and looked around. The guy who was hit by my kick was running away crawling on the floor, probably wanting to live.
I picked up the goblin’s crude spear that had fallen to the floor. I approached the crawling goblin.
-Sa, save me! I’ll do anything!
The crawling goblin begged for its life. The way she rubbed her palms like flies looked very servile. I stretched out my spear and put an end to his servile begging for life.
I let go of the window and tried to squeeze both hands.
“Fuck…”
The feeling of blades piercing through flesh and bone. Very fuckin’. Even though it wasn’t the first time, I couldn’t help but feel like a dick.
The goblin pulled out the ax stuck in her head. Brain fluid flowed from the axe.
“Tsk…”
I wiped it off because it was embarrassing to call it goblin clothes. I went into the mountains with an ax that was cleaner than before.
This was not enough to incur the anger of the goblins.
