Chapter 1331 – Grindel
A long ago. My dad told me this story.
It is said that a certain farmer had a young child in his village.
The farmer, who was worried about whether he would be able to continue his family, generously taught and supported all of his knowledge to the child he barely had.
But the child did not want to become a farmer.
It was hard, it was messy, and it didn’t make any money.
I wanted to go out to the city and live a quiet life.
The big-headed boy confronted the farmer.
How long do we have to do this, with almost no margin left and only good for the distributors?
The farmer tried to change his child’s mind, even holding up a stick.
Don’t try to deceive me with unknown sounds, just go back to farming.
In the end, the son gave up trying to persuade the farmer and went to the city, where he achieved some success.
What did the farmer say when he saw the child?
Second story.
There was a kingdom ruled by a queen.
The queen wanted the princess to be her next monarch, so she taught her monarchy.
The princess did not want to become a monarch.
I enjoyed chatting with the maids, with flowers, dolls, and small animals.
The queen told her that if she did not want to become a monarch, she should at least get an arranged marriage into a good family.
At first, the princess followed the queen’s wishes, but as time went by, she found a man she truly loved.
It is said that he was an insignificant article.
The queen was so angry that she tried to kill her knight, and the princess joined the queen and the knight. I had no choice but to choose one of the two.
She chose a knight to escape her love.
Oh Sun-do-sun gave birth to a child and lived well.
It was not until much later that the queen found the princess.
She had already chosen a new monarch, and she said she would not harm anyone. She called the princess and asked her this:
Are you happy now?
After telling these stories, Dad asked them to guess what they were feeling.
When I answered that the children and parents must have been like shit to each other, my father laughed and called me an asshole, and I hit him with my fist.
That was just the story.
“Ugh! Let go of this! Let go of it!!”
We let the damn kid go because he looked like he was going to cry.
The invisibility said to me while glancing at Dofute, who was panting and lying on his stomach.
“Let’s steal it?”
“He doesn’t show his true colors and just touches him gently. If I take something important from Grindel, won’t he react in some way?”
Muhyeong grinned and said.
“You bastard. Looks like you want to cut everything up?”
If you provoke them and attack them openly, it’s good because you have a reason to kill them all.
As I looked at him with a grin, Muhyeong thought for a bit and then said.
“…The True Dragon Noble Phantasm is a great item in its own way, but it’s not something that would make Grindel turn his head just because it was stolen. Recognizing that it is a direct lineage, it is made to match the characteristics of that lineage, so it is a valuable accessory or a well-made magical tool. I just think of it as that.”
“Okay?”
It’s a valuable item, but it’s not something you can risk your family’s fortune on.
Then what did you provoke?
While I was thinking about it, Muhyeong raised a finger.
“As I was listening to the plan from you evil bastard, a trick came to mind.”
“Who’s evil? Cancel it before I snap my fingers.”
“Now that I think about it, the place where the True Dragon Noble Phantasm is stored is a storage room, so there must be a lot of important items.”
“This bastard chews.”
Having said all that, this is pretty good information.
I think it is highly likely that documents related to dirty work are also stored there.
But why did this guy remember such an important place only now?
“It’s an important place, so it’s always guarded by troops, but it might be worth breaking in. There might also be something related to that ghost from yesterday.”
“Then let’s go.”
After reaching an agreement, we two scumbags smiled and walked away.
“Aaaaaeak-!!”
That is, until Dofute started screaming strangely.
The guy was waving his hand wildly and pointing at us.
The eyes are looking at the intangible.
For your information, I’m not watching.
I guess he instinctively sensed that I was not trash but an apostle of justice.
As a direct descendant of a famous wizard, he is brilliant.
[Hem of the head.]
[Phew…There is no answer.]
It’s so natural to swear now.
Dohute, like my soul friends, naturally condemned the intangible.
“Garbage! Garbage!! Defective product! Idiot!!”
“Aang?”
Even if you hear that it’s a defective product because the person you’re dealing with is a child, why don’t you just say it? Intangible just said that and didn’t look too upset.
“You can’t just go into the storage room on your own!! As a direct descendant of Grindel and the next head of the family, I think I’ll leave it alone!! Only direct descendants who have passed the ordeal can enter there!!”
“Why not? I’m a direct descendant too.”
Dofute was speechless for a moment at the intangible words, but then he said, “Oh no!” I came to my senses.
“Tongue… Defective products didn’t pass the test! People like that shouldn’t go in!”
“Why not?”
Look at how forced it is.
Look at Muhyeong trying to win over a kid with words, you idiot. As I was admiring this, Dohute, who was embarrassed, shouted.
“…Well, that’s a very bad thing! It’s a bad thing!”
“…”
“…”
We looked at each other without realizing it.
What can I say… “Insolent brat!” I had the same feeling, but now I feel pure again.
I like it even more because it is a statue that resembles an intangible man and makes him handsome. As expected, the world is look-oriented.
“And! You said your father and mother shouldn’t have gone in!”
“I’m stronger than those two. So you can go in.”
Dofute stomped on the ground with a loud thud at the proud dog noise.
“I heard from my mother! To vent her anger at being excommunicated, she gouged out one of her mother’s eyes! Not only that, she cut off the tendons in both of her legs! She even crushed my father’s tongue with force!!”
Was it like that?
But what kind of horrible thing did that mother say to her little boy?
When he noticed the intangible, the guy laughed and said.
“I didn’t do it to vent my anger at being excommunicated, I did it because I didn’t like it. It’s not like I was excommunicated in the first place. I left on my own because I was disappointed in a house that was filled with nothing but trash like this.”
As the verbal abuse continued, Dofute stepped on the ground even harder and shouted.
“Heojeop is a defective product that can’t even use magic! Heojeop! Heojeop!!”
“Your mom and dad lost to that idiot?”
They even tease me gently. Look at your personality.
It looks like he’s a little upset.
But it doesn’t seem like he’s seriously angry, it seems like he’s just doing this because he enjoys teasing Dofute.
Ugh. A guy who doesn’t deserve to be an adult.
“…Uh, Mr. Wu! No, if your father does it right, there will be defective products, defective products…!”
Dohute dropped her hands and immediately shed tears like chicken droppings.
“Uh…”
Muhyeong was more embarrassed than expected and spoke in an awkward voice.
“Yes… Actually, I surprised Yeongtaeng. It wasn’t a fair fight.”
“Isn’t that right?!”
When I saw his two fists clenched and his face brightening, he smiled even though he was a man. He felt like he wanted to protect it.
“Your father is a great man who is respected by everyone, right?!”
At Dofute’s clear voice, the shapeless person hesitated and finally opened his mouth.
“…There is a little bit of respect to be had.”
The complex voice was not just lip service, but was filled with sincerity.
Dohu Te also opened her chest with a proud face, as if she felt her intangible sincerity.
“What do you know? It’s a defective product!”
“You keep acting like a bully. Is that what Yeongtaeng says?”
“Yes! Tongue… I’ve heard a few stories about defective products!”
“…”
Muhyeong blinked once and then turned his head.
I asked on his behalf.
“What did your father tell you about him?”
“…Um…It’s a defective product that can’t be salvaged!”
“Damn.”
Muhyeong glared at me, asking why I asked that.
“Did you hear that from Yeongtaeng too? That he pulled out his tongue?”
“Ah. Mom told me about crushing your tongue by pretending to pull it out.”
“That damn woman?”
Dofute responds to the intangible words! She got angry.
“Mom is not a damn woman!!”
When she gets angry, Gap’s title changes from “Mom” To “Mom,” And it seems cute.
As if it was the same for the intangible, a slight smile formed on the corner of his mouth.
However, his next words made his face turn grim.
“Mom. She is a very pitiful person. She has worked hard for us since she was young, sacrificing herself all the time to make us great wizards!”
“…Who would say that?”
“Uh, huh? Uh… Whatever!”
Dofute screamed loudly and started bragging about her mom and dad.
“My mother is beautiful and knowledgeable. And she corrects me when I go astray! My father is always cool. That’s my goal!”
“…Okay.”
Muhyeong responded like an adult.
It certainly was.
Until we see the pattern reflected on Dohu-te’s neck, hidden by her clothes.
Grasp!! Hot!!
“Hi!”
Dohu Te was surprised when Kara was caught out of nowhere.
Regardless of the intangibility, she pulled back her collar, and then a mark was engraved on her neck. A black magic circle that looked like a tattoo was clearly visible.
“…What is this?”
“Uh, huh?”
The intangible growled lowly.
This time, I also sympathized with the intangible anger.
When I analyze the magic circle engraved on my chest, it is the kind that forcibly promotes growth.
Originally, the magic circle engraved on the body came with a burden.
Especially that kind…
Intangible rolled his eyes.
“Hey. How old are you?”
“…Guh, are you curious?”
Dofute looks at the intangible with expectant eyes.
Intangible opened her mouth wide and almost screamed in anger, but barely restrained herself and nodded her head.
Dofute said with a happy face.
“3 years old! I’m 3 years old!”
“…”
3 years old?
Anyone can see that he is well over ten years old?
“…Tongue… Brother… No, the defective product… How old is it?”
Dofute asked with a shy face.
But the intangible was not in the spirit to answer that question.
“Who engraved this?”
“Huh? Why, why are you like that? Your face is scary…”
“Someone engraved it!!”
When he was grabbed by the collar, Dofute huffed. I made a noise and tears formed in my eyes.
“…Uh, my mom engraved it…”
“…!!”
Snapping. The invisibility with sharp teeth let go of the collar.
However, the waves of anger clearly etched on his face could no longer be stopped.
However, Muhyeong, who could not get angry at this kid, opened his mouth and spat out a voice full of hatred.
“Listen up little girl. That motherfucker you call mommy is a fucking motherfucker to the point of turmoil, even in this place full of nothing but her vanity and her victim mentality.”
“…”
“Don’t get close to her…”
Puck!!
Intangible stopped talking.
Because Dohute hit him on the shin with his fist.
His own fist will hurt more.
Dohute said, crying, not sure if it was the pain or the pain in his heart.
“No! Mom is a good person! Always there for me!”
“You idiot, come to your senses! That damn woman…”
“Shut up!!”
Bye! Dohute wrote evil.
“Brother, you’re an idiot!! Garbage! Substandard product!!”
Argh! Dofute ran away crying.
The intangible was frozen and could not move.
I noticed something intangible.
Dohute guy. The thing that followed us… Maybe. I think he had something to ask of us… But the bigger reason was…
“I guess I just wanted to have a friendly conversation with my brother.”
“Shut up.”
Intangible spoke fiercely and I shut up.
The guy added softly.
“…I know too.”
“…”
“…But what can I do?”
To agree.
Although that procedure promotes growth, it has very severe side effects.
To put it simply, lifespan is drastically shortened.
“There’s really no way to save this bitch like Mom. She’s a bitch with a head full of vanity and shit.”
I guess Muhyeong, who doesn’t swear much, must have accumulated a lot to say this.
“My father is an old man who is right in everything he says, ignores all values other than magic, and is a man who only knows magic. Even if you have other talents, if you are not good at magic, you are just a fool to that old man.”
Muhyeong gritted his teeth and spoke as if vomiting.
“…When I was young, I thought I wanted to be recognized by women and men like that. Just like that kid. That woman believed that she was the most unfortunate person in the world and blamed others for her incompetence, and that old man was a child. “Rather than looking at the talent, I look at how much it will strengthen Grindel’s magic. That’s all I look at. It’s useless even if it’s acknowledged.”
In addition to that, Muhyang, who kept pouring out complaints about his family, seemed very difficult and vain.
After hearing all of those words without saying a word, I opened my mouth with a look in his eyes.
“Intangible. This is just my opinion… Don’t get angry and listen to me…?”
After we finished talking, we arrived at a place called a storage facility, and I already had a feeling of failure.
A man named Gaiji was standing in front of the storehouse.
“Mr. Gaiji, that bastard was like a stone statue long ago, and he’s still like that.”
Muhyeong complained that he was still being unnecessarily sincere.
I thought he was just an ignorant gorilla, but he seems to be quite sincere at work.
“Shall we sneak in undercover?”
“That bastard. He has high-level detection magic, and he used Ryunar to make the storage room his domain. It may not be as good as the principal, but it would be difficult not to be caught trespassing when he’s concentrating.”
“Then what?”
“You said it was when I was concentrating, right? If I’m not concentrating, I won’t be noticed. Stay with the horse.”
“Ok?”
Shoo! The intangible disappeared.
No, that bastard. Are you trying to get me in trouble because I heard something unpleasant earlier?
I was confused and came out of the corner, and Gaiji was shocked when he saw me.
“You. What brought you here?”
After thinking about it, I smiled and said.
“Haha. I want to clear up some misunderstandings between us.”
***
“…I misunderstood.”
Inside a dark storage room.
Even in this space with all kinds of alarms and detection magic, the intangible, almost invisible, walked around the storage room openly.
Inside the storage room, there were treasures and magic tools that anyone in the outside world would drool over, but even after wiping my eyes, I couldn’t find the dirty crime documents or ledgers I was looking for, or anything about the ghost or divine power.
I was convinced that the intangible thing was…
This storage room is a historic place where Grindel’s important items are stored. I thought there was no way an old man who only knew magic would allow something other than magic to be placed here.
Muhyeong looked around each area of the large storage room without exception.
“That’s all that’s left…”
The remaining area is a room containing magic recorded in Grindel’s history and the True Dragon Noble Phantasm.
I didn’t feel like it.
Because every time I look at that damn accessory, it reminds me of myself as a child, struggling to be recognized.
The invisibility paused for a moment and then turned its back.
There is no need to check.
You may not know it anywhere else, but that place is especially sacred to the old man.
Other than magic, even if it were divine power, it wouldn’t be possible to place it there…
Widely. Pot!!
The intangible suddenly jumped back.
He said, extending the dagger in his hand forward.
“It’s still dark and humid. It’s a steal.”
“Wow, I’m not dead. Tofute-san.”
Slurp. The wall shook, revealing the figure of a man leaning against a pillar.
A smile that seems to look down on others, and eyes so narrow that one might think they were squinted.
Its intangible cousin. It was a stolen base.
Seeing Doruji raising his hands as if he had no intention of hostility, Inhyeong also raised his dagger.
Doruji pointed with his thumb to the area where the True Dragon Noble Phantasm was located.
“Aren’t you going to look there?”
“There is no work.”
Doruji grinned at the sight of the incorporeal being who was waving his hand and trying to pass by.
“So relaxed? Doesn’t Mr. Tofute understand that he is now an intruder?”
Stand tall. The intangible stopped walking.
“What if I’m an intruder?”
Intangible grinned, a warlike smile on his lips.
“Shall we fight like we did back then?”
“…”
Doruji stares at him for a moment and then appears to surrender. He raised his hands once more and said
“Tohute-san has become stronger than before, so how can I win?”
“…”
“But Mr. Tohute, it’s a good thing I didn’t go there. I might have vomited.”
“Yes?”
Smirking. Will Muhyeong just get beat up by Doruji’s face when he’s planning something unpleasant? I was worried.
And, Doruji said.
“Hey. If I told you there was Hachii’s body, would you believe me?”
“…”
The intangible paused for a moment.
Fault!
Doruji’s fists rushed in.
