Chapter 230 – Neighborhood Book
I thought I’d listen and see what he was talking about.
If it’s a pretty good idea, I thought I’d follow it.
But what?
“Sounds like a marriage.”
I’ve been having a hard time ignoring Celis’ secretly wanting to get married lately.
In the midst of that, how can I not get annoyed when a woman I don’t have a lot of relationship with me lightly brings up the topic of marriage?
“What about marriage? You know that nobles form marriage alliances, right? We can see that we are similar.”
“Similar, what is similar? Are you a noble?”
There is only one reason why marriage alliances can be maintained in an aristocratic society sensitive to interests.
The honor and reputation they can’t live without.
An aristocrat who has lost his honor is ostracized from aristocratic society.
Not only social gatherings to build friendships, but also meetings to benefit the family.
That’s why nobles don’t stick swords in their backs, no matter how much they don’t like their spouses.
It’s not like that doesn’t happen at all, but it’s rare.
But Roxy is different.
He is neither a nobleman nor a knight.
The leader of a gang of back alley gangsters who is honorable, nasty, and doesn’t care.
She uses the pretext of getting married and eats everything she can eat, but changes her attitude when she runs out of sweet water.
Perhaps understanding my thoughts, Roxy shrugged her shoulders.
“No matter how much I am, I am not heartless enough to stab her husband in the back. If you are anxious, should you even have a child? Then I think you can rest easy.”
“You speak so lightly. Does it seem easy for you to get married or start a family?”
“Of course it is light. Rather than my life.”
Even with a sharp dagger right in front of him, he said without blinking an eye.
It seems that there is something, but that is the conclusion.
Begging for help.
“Tell me where the orca is.”
“I won’t talk until you give me an answer.”
“Don’t refuse. Did you get the answer?”
“Then I can’t speak either.”
“Are you going to break your promise?”
Power entered the dagger aimed at his neck. When the tip of the dagger stabbed him, blood trickled down. Roxy looked me straight in the eye, ignoring the scar on her neck.
“Are you planning to kill me if I become useless? Then it’s natural that you can’t talk.”
“As long as the information is clear, they will not kill. I swear.”
“Even if you don’t die right away, you’ll die later from the Dark Society. It means dying one way or another is the same.”
“Do you want to see your men tortured right in front of your eyes?”
“You said it earlier. I’m going to die anyway Do you think those guys aren’t included in that?”
“You don’t lose a word.”
“Because I want to live. I can live with your help. Help me.”
Laughter came out at Roxy’s words.
It’s like holding your neck stiff and asking for help.
What kind of cheeky life begging is there?
‘It must have happened sooner or later.’
Showed moderate refusal.
You’ll be much less suspicious than just accepting it.
All you have to do is realize that you have no options and pretend to accept it.
As long as you listen to Orca’s information, there’s nothing more to do with this woman.
She just needs to kill it.
I sighed as if I couldn’t do it and drew the dagger.
“Haha, I can’t help it. Do as you say.”
“Are you accepting my offer?”
“Yes, get married, invest, and look after you. Are you satisfied now? Now, where is the Orca? Come on…”
It was before I even finished talking.
Roxy took off his overcoat and even his jacket slid off. Her chest and waist were covered by a white bra.
As she placed her hand on her waistband to take off her pants, I said in a puzzled voice.
“What are you doing?”
“What are you doing? We are preparing to do what we should do as a couple.”
“…Do you want to do that right here?”
“Is there any problem? After all, they’re a couple now. Besides, today is a dangerous day, so if you do well, you should be able to make a child right away.”
I’m at a loss for words.
What is that old man? Do you have to have that little brake to be the boss in the back alley?
“Crazy bitch.”
As before, he let out a real sigh and leaned back in his chair. Washing her face dry, she tilted her head back.
“I already have two lovers.”
“I don’t care. Polygamy is not uncommon.”
“I care. Any other way? Like a coercive oath.”
“I wish I had something like that. The only thing that’s similar is the label of slavery… You know that, right?”
Know.
Because anyone who branded a non-special human being a slave would be sentenced to death regardless of the reason.
“Damn it… Be honest. Did you know that I would just steal information and kill you?”
“Um, I didn’t know that. I never thought I would repeat what a man once said. If this is the case, isn’t faith more important to you than me?”
“It’s shameless. All right, all right. Let’s hear it sometime. What will you do if I invest in you?”
When asked about the conditions, Roxy began to explain as if she had been waiting.
Distribution of profits.
Book Disclosure.
Provide information.
“Isn’t there any difference from before?”
“No, it will be on a different level than before. The Thieves Guild will join the Dark Society.”
“You’re entering the Dark Society? Wasn’t this division born from refusing to enter the Dark Society?”
“I did, but I realized this. Joining the Dark Society is inevitable. If you can’t avoid it, try to make the most of it. I will join the Dark Society and increase my power.”
“Would it be possible for the guys who were robbed by the guys who invaded earlier? They say they are a weak organization even within the Dark Society?”
“Didn’t you deal with such an organization by yourself? If you look behind us properly, it’s possible.”
“Hmm…”
Having said that, I was a little worried.
Assuming things go as Roxy said, the thieves’ guild’s influence will be much greater than before.
The quality of information that can be obtained will also increase.
In addition, if you have dirty work to do, you can leave it to the thieves guild.
“…I can’t get married right now. I have a situation. That’s why I haven’t married my lovers yet.”
“It’s okay to treat her like a concubine for a while, as long as you promise to marry her properly later.”
Look at the answer without hesitation.
It seems that the desperate thing is true.
“Good. If you do, let’s do this. First, tell me about Orca. And you go to my lovers and get permission to make love in person. If you get permission, I’ll accept all your suggestions. I can’t compromise more than this.”
“That’s enough. When are you going to visit your lover?”
“It will be notified from this side. Now tell me where Orca is.”
Roxy nodded her head and opened her mouth.
* * *
After hearing Orca’s information, Yuseong left her office. Roxy let out a big sigh that she had been holding back after locking the door to her office.
Then he trudged over and threw himself on the sofa like a man with no energy.
‘…After all, how did I survive this time?’
Normally, Roxy would express the joy of survival by twisting his body, but not today.
I’m so tired.
In less than two hours, he had crossed the life and death juncture several times. Emotional consumption was inevitable.
‘Wow, but how did I really live?’
If Roxy’s life so far had been like walking on thin ice.
Just before, it was a tightrope walk.
Walking on a tightrope to the extreme, one wrong step will cause you to fall and die.
If she had done one wrong word or one action, her head would have been no different from the heads of her white bones rolling around there.
It was just like that before.
Roxy took off her clothes without hesitation because she was a coward.
Even after hearing Yoo-seong’s words that he would accept her offer, she was anxious and scared, so she tried to open a way to live even a little bit.
That’s the reason why he lied that it was a dangerous day when it was not a dangerous day.
She felt that if there was any possibility of having a child, she wouldn’t let herself be tampered with.
If someone hears it, they may say that it is servile and pathetic, but what was the result?
-Damn… Be honest. Did you know that I would just steal information and kill you?
It is like this.
If I had hesitated because of shame.
If only I had taken care of my self-respect.
If only I had been a little less cowardly and believed his words straight away.
If only it had lacked the desire to survive.
She is dead
‘…Let’s stop thinking about it. I hope she lives.’
Roxy closed her eyes from the overwhelming fatigue.
As she went to sleep, she suddenly realized that she was not wearing her clothes and picked up her top.
“…”
While putting on the top, a tearful heart came up and sniffed his nose.
Since her father committed suicide leaving only debt behind, she has lived through all sorts of hardships since childhood.
An ordinary girl saw, experienced, and did things that she would never see in her life.
She was the one who came and she was too far gone to be called a normal woman.
Even so, she had one dream she hadn’t abandoned since her ordinary girlhood.
To have a normal and happy family.
I only wished for that one thing, but even that dream disappeared with the recent negotiations. For Roxy, it was a bigger wound than just showing her skin to a man for the first time.
Wiping the tears from her eyes, she raised her head to the sky.
“Dad, are you satisfied now? It’s not enough that you ruined my daughter’s life, are you even taking away her one and only dream?”
Of course, her father probably didn’t commit suicide in anticipation of this outcome.
However, as Roxy, she couldn’t help but resent the person who made her live this way.
Roxy put on her top and lay down on her couch.
She abandoned her long-held dream and now wished for something else.
The odds of that are very low, but…
It seems like there won’t be even one…
He wants the man he will live with to be domestic.
