Chapter 16 – Little Trouble in Bahran (6)
Noon the next day.
As promised, I met Calix at the plaza. He went into a corner alley because Calix wanted to have a private conversation.
After confirming that no one was around, Calix talked about the main topic.
“Lend me some money.”
“What?”
As I frowned, Calix urgently explained the reason.
“I bet you haven’t heard about the Masked Danes.”
“I heard you. I heard that the thieves guild broke it?”
“That’s right. It was very catnip. Everything went wrong because of that goddamn Harold or something.”
Calix wentssip about a man named Harold. As much as I went all-in with the Masked Party, I must be resentful of the guy who ruined it. I listened moderately and hung up.
“So, the masked gang is ruined, so what?”
“I got acquainted with an officer from the thieves guild. Although he is a mid-level executive.”
You just made a new connection? Unless the woman named Roxy is out of her mind, there’s no way I’ll just hang around Calix, who is close to the masked leader.
“Did you even sell the masked leader?”
Calix grinned.
“…You are so consistent.”
“The Masked Team has to lose anyway. It’s not like I can come back to mind just because I’m loyal. Isn’t it natural to stick to the place that comes to mind in that case?”
“What… That’s right. Then asking for money is to use a bribe?”
“Keuhehe… That’s right. You have 30 silver saved. That money should be enough to get noticed by middle management. Oh, would you like to go say hello to him? The proposal I made last time is still valid.”
“I do not need. No money.”
Calix crossed his arms and frowned.
“No money. You mean I used up all 30 silver?”
“Uh.”
“Do not lie. That 30 silver is the money you’ve been saving up for two years. There’s no way you could have used it all in your personality.”
“I said I spent all my money, but what about you?”
“You… Ha…”
Calix licked his lips, then sighed and wiped his face. And he said as if he was trying to convince me.
“Listen to Han Yuseong. The thieves guild that I entered this time is different from the masked guild. It’s not a rule of thumb, it’s a systematic business. It may be small right now, but one day it will grow big. Maybe it’ll grow like that Dark Society.”
“It’s a thieves’ guild, it’s Dark Reminiscence, it’s Nabal, and I don’t have money. Get your money elsewhere I go.”
As I turned around and tried to leave the alley, Calix held me by the shoulder and was persistent. I put my hand on his shoulder.
“Think again! An opportunity to change your life?”
“Because I have no money.”
“Hey you bastard! They’re different from thugs like the masked gang. The boss there says he takes care of his subordinates. If you go later, you’ll be late!”
“Whoa…”
Gradually, I was more than annoyed.
I grabbed Calix by the collar and pushed him roughly against the wall. As Calix hit the wall, he pressed his forearm down his neck, preventing him from getting out.
“Hey kid. Did you leave money with me? Why do you keep yelling at me when you say you don’t have money?”
“No, I mean…”
“And what? The thieves’ guild takes good care of its subordinates, so let’s go? What the fuck… No matter how well they take care of their subordinates, will they be good to the bastard who sold off the boss they served?”
“…”
Calix glared at me without saying a word. I put strength into the arm that was pressing down on the guy’s neck.
“Kuk…Su, breath…”
“What are you messing with? Still can’t figure out the situation? Calm down baby The reason you were able to chat like that was because the leader of the Masked Gang protected you, not because you’re so good looking. If you don’t want to go somewhere, go with your eyes open.”
I released the arm that was holding my neck. Calix leaned against the wall and slumped down as if sliding.
I was about to kick one, but stopped when I saw people walking this way. Although this is an alley, there were quite a few people coming and going because it was a square.
“Don’t come looking for me in the future. If you catch my eye just one more time, I will really fall behind.”
I came out of the alley with a light threat.
* * *
Three days passed.
Calix didn’t notice me after that, as if he had properly understood my warning.
For three days I visited bards and listened to Hero Sieghart’s songs. The lyrics were slightly different for each bard, but there were common parts.
-500 years ago, when humans were persecuted by other races, the hero Sieghart appeared.
– Sieghart saved humans with his comrades based on the overwhelming power he received from the goddess.
-Sieghart, who did not want to stain the continent with blood, tried to conclude a peace treaty with other races. However, he died due to the demon king’s despicable tricks.
-Sieghart’s power was inherited by his wife, Esika, and revenge began.
-The death of the hero united the humans even more, and numerous races perished or declined. Thus began the age of man.
That was it.
There was no special story in the song, a lot was omitted, and most importantly, there was no story about the demon king.
It’s just a song I listen to while drinking.
“Ha…”
Not my sigh
This is the sound Kara made as her shoulders drooped after the work was over.
“Now only 41 Cooper…”
This is the money she has accumulated over the past 11 days. They took care of breakfast and lunch at the inn, and even though they saved money by sleeping at our house, that was about the same.
Kara was sad that she would become an adventurer because of this. However, as if she was keeping her word, she worked tirelessly, and she didn’t even ask for help from Seris.
I found that a bit odd. So, originally, I was thinking of letting them become self-sufficient for about two months and lending money, but I cut it down to about one month.
“Ahh, I’m tired…”
After three days of getting used to it, Kara felt at home in her cabin. She stretched out on her floor.
“Kara, can I eat something?”
“Are you okay. I’m sleepy rather than hungry…”
Kara fell asleep. Seris glanced at me and asked.
“What about Yoosung? Would you like something to eat?”
“What are you going to make?”
“Potato soup.”
“Finely.”
“Hing.”
I closed my eyes leaving the saddened Seris behind.
A few hours later, I woke up to a commotion outside the house.
* * *
“Are you going this way?”
Said the plump man who was heavily intoxicated. Calix quickly lowered his head.
“Yes yes! This one is for sure.”
“Is there a decent girl in a corner like this? You didn’t lie to me, did you?”
“How can I tell a lie in front of Alvis-sama?”
“You never know. If I followed you, there might be an assailant who wants to kill me.”
Carlyx waved his hand in fright at Alvis’ joke.
“No! How can I…”
“Hehe, just kidding, kid. There’s no way a bastard like you would have such guts in the first place. Guide me straight.”
Alvis hit Calix in the back of the head and walked away with a chuckle. Calix glared at his back.
‘He said he was debauched, but that’s more than rumors. Well, he’ll just hear that there’s a good girl and follow him.’
The place that Calix is now guiding Alvis to is the Meteor’s Cabin. After he met Yuseong at the plaza, he had others spy on Han Yuseong and the people around him.
‘One of Han Yuseong’s lovers was a pretty woman. That means that the one remaining appearance that kept covering her face isn’t bad either.’
Calix intended to offer the two women to Alvis to win his favor. I had heard rumors that the girls who slept with Alvis hadn’t had a good look, but that wasn’t Calix’s part-time job.
‘Han Yuseong… Are you ignoring me? A petty thief who pickpockets?’
It was important to him that he could feed Yooseong taffy and succeed in life at the same time.
“Hey! Aren’t you coming soon?!”
“Ah yes! Going!”
Calix hurriedly ran.
* * *
“Hey. Come and see.”
“Yes?”
“You fucking think there’s a woman here?”
Alvis laid Calix down and stepped on it. It was because the meteor’s cabin he saw was too shabby.
Common sense made it impossible for a pretty woman to live in a place like this, especially in a slum. Even if there was, it would have been returned to the homeless a long time ago.
“You fucking bastard! Did I come all the way here to fuck a prostitute? Yes?”
“Tea, not a prostitute! There’s no way that Han Yuseong would date a prostitute?!”
“Han Yuseong? What is that bastard doing again?”
“He’s a guy who works hard here. A year ago, there were triplets who were doing pretty well on this street. But Yuseong Han killed them. After that, nobody laid a hand on him.”
The triplets in the slums, Van, Khan and Jan.
The three were gangsters famous for cooperative attacks based on strong physicality and strong brotherhood.
The triplets cleverly robbed the poor while avoiding the masked gang’s precincts. If they caught sight of them, they were beaten or raped.
As the triplets’ savagery reached its climax, a meteor caught their eye. They took away the money Yuseong had saved.
A week later, the triplets went missing.
Two weeks later, the decomposed bodies of what were believed to be triplets were found in the sewers.
And in Yoosung’s hands, the stolen money was back.
“Of course not for Alvis-sama!”
Even if it was flattery, Calix sincerely thought that Alvis was stronger than Meteor. Even if he rots, isn’t he a middle cadre?
“Okay? If it’s a guy who puts a little effort into it, what’s a girl… It’ll be fine.”
Alvis smiled and opened the door. But the door rattled and wouldn’t open.
“What? I blocked it by calling it a house.”
“I will open it. Please wait a moment.”
Calix took out a thin stick and spread it through the crack in the door. And he moved about, loosening the bolts.
“Come on, let’s go in.”
Alvis opened the door and looked inside. And it just hardened.
“Why is that?”
Wanting to do that, Calix looked around behind Alvis, moving his head.
“Who… Who are you..?”
The woman in the cabin was already awake from the noise outside. Brown and blue-silver haired beauties, respectively. Calix’s gaze was directed at the blue-silver-haired beauty among them.
“Crazy…”
I was out of breath.
It wasn’t until the body signaled to supply oxygen that breathing finally returned.
My heart beats wildly. Her humble cabin, but when she sat there, felt like a white palace.
“Flaw…”
Alvis laughed lightly. Calix finally came to his senses.
‘Shit! Bringing Alvis was a mistake!!’
He regretted bringing Alvis along. The brown-haired woman I checked earlier was also pretty, but the blue-silver haired woman was on a different level.
‘A beauty like that is only for someone like Alvis!’
As long as she was a blue-silver princess, she was worthy of being given to a noble. When her nobles see her, they will gladly give Calix her reward. Maybe she will give you a gold coin.
‘How do I get this bastard off?’
Although Alvis is a dissolute scum, he did not become a middle-ranking executive in vain. He has the strength to match, and that wasn’t something Carlyx was looking for.
‘Yes, if I fight with that bastard Han Yoo-seong, I might be able to somehow.’
Then, taking advantage of Yoosung’s exhaustion, he stabbed his dagger in his throat. Then everything is solved Calix smiled meanly.
“Because who are you!”
Cried the blue-haired girl, hiding her brown-haired woman behind her. Alvis slowly approached them with a disgusting smile.
“Oh, don’t come! Don’t come!”
Ceris tossed the wood from her campfire. Alvis dodged lightly, but she didn’t throw it expecting to hit her in the first place.
“Yoosung! Yoosung, wake up! Mr. Yoosung!”
She was awake and crawled to the meteor, dragging her drowsy Kara. All that immediately came to her mind was that she had to go to her meteor. There was no calculation or ploy there.
However, no matter how shaken it was, there was no sign of Yoosung waking up.
“Yooseong…?”
‘Why isn’t it happening? I can’t wake up if it’s this loud..? No way…’
Are you pretending not to know?
Are you afraid of harming yourself?
Seris stopped her hand shaking the meteor. Come to think of it, Yoosung had no reason to take risks for them.
Even if Yooseong helped them a lot, in the end, he and the girls are strangers.
Seris felt stupid for trying to rely on Meteor. She grabbed Kara’s hand and tried to run.
However, Alvis was already right in front of him. Seeing his terrifying face and large size, Seris froze.
Alvis grabbed Celis by the hair and lifted her face.
“Kuh… Seeing it up close, it’s fucking pretty.”
“Hey, let go of this..!”
“It will be the best fucking house.”
“…Yes? Fuck… What..?”
Seris said for a moment that she heard herself wrong. But Alvis, as if he hadn’t heard anything wrong, correctly corrected it.
“Fuck house. You are a very thing I won’t get tired of it even if I enjoy it for a long time… No, my whole life.”
Alvis kept a disgusting smile and licked my thick lips with his tongue. And she looked at Céris as if approving.
“Ahhh…”
Her sultry gaze and her first real human malice made her Ceris’ hair turn white. Her body, which she tried to raise, collapsed on the floor, and her limbs trembled and she couldn’t function properly.
“Now… Let’s have fun?”
Alvis’s hand moved toward Celis. She had to be beaten But her body wasn’t listening.
Ten years of being the breadwinner in the countryside were useless now. She was now just a terrified 22-year-old country girl.
‘Ah…Nu, who…’
Seris wanted someone to help. But she knew. She said that she had no one to help her.
Alvis’ hand approached. She closed her eyes, unable to overcome her fear.
Just as Alvis made her disgusted face and tried to grab her Ceris, Meteor swung her right arm.
The dagger arced through her and stabbed Alvis in the shoulder.
