Chapter 277 – Why Is the Captain of the Guard Sighing?
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After receiving my question, Trisian stared at me with a sullen expression, still not sure what he was thinking.
Even though his face was exposed because he was not wearing a helmet, it seemed that he did not feel any difference from when he was wearing a helmet because of his emotionless expression.
Trissian stared at me and shook his head with a small sigh.
“Whoa… It must be an illusion to feel the same.”
“Mr. Trisian?”
“No, nothing. By the way, there were some priests and dragons who could handle Drake nearby. Are you more curious about me than information about them?”
“Ah, the Yongin people? What about the guys?”
I almost died because of them, and I have a lot of thoughts of revenge, but honestly, if that desire is enough to want to chase and kill them, it’s not that much.
It’s more urgent to seduce the girl I like right now than those guys.
“The Yongin are a closed race. They seldom leave their country.”
“No matter how closed-minded the race, there are probably one or two people who go out and wander around. Not all people have the same personality, right?”
No matter how much Ptex is a country of humans, humans are not the only ones in it.
In fact, there is Gerumi, who is of mixed blood with the beast people, and Liliana, who is the same dragon people, around me.
Isn’t Roin even a mixed blood of slime and human?
It wouldn’t be that strange to see dragons in this area.
“The guys I ran into today weren’t at the level of mediocre drifters with neither the equipment they had nor their skills. Besides, the most important thing is the samurai magician. Among the dragon races, a priestess is invaluable. That is, a master magician with enough talent to command two drakes at the same time.”
“Hmm… Aren’t they just ordinary drifters? So what? Are you saying that the guys you met today have powers behind them? Since the dragons are a closed race, the identity of the forces behind them must be the dragons, right?”
“It is very likely.”
The power behind the Yongin tribe…
It’s the same story I talked to Natalya when I first kicked out the drake at the southern logging camp, looking at the scales engraved with runes. In reality, there was a sacrificial magician.
But that’s all. Even if I found out that they exist, I don’t know what their purpose is unless they actually catch them and interrogate them.
So thinking more about them is a waste of time.
Whatever their purpose was in the first place, it had nothing to do with me.
There’s no way he’s targeting an ordinary petit bourgeois like me.
It is the job of those with armies to punish such bad external forces.
“Unless you catch them and interrogate them, you won’t know what they’re after appearing around here, right?”
“That… Right.”
Trissian nods his head as I respond with a shrug.
“…”
Come to think of it, Trisian is the captain of Westway’s security.
I may have nothing to do with what the dragons do, but she won’t to her.
As she is in charge of the safety of the West Way, she is not happy with the sudden appearance of her dragon tribe.
But even if I wanted to help, I really don’t know what to do with the Yongin. One thing is certain though.
“At least you weren’t aiming for the Westway, were you?”
“What do you mean?”
At my answer, Trisian tilted her head.
“They came all the way here after being chased by the Knights of Arpagon. If their forces were around here, they wouldn’t be stupid enough to go back with the tracking of the Knights.”
Paradoxically, the fact that the guys who were being chased by the knights were found in this area was rather a good thing.
“There is a point in that statement.”
“The reason we fought with them today is because we tried to kill Drake. Their first purpose was to save Drake and take him, right?”
“Hmm. Yes. They thought Drake was going to die, so they took him and ran away.”
“So Trician shouldn’t worry too much. Rather, the words leaked before I knew it. They said that someone they had a close relationship with disappeared.”
“You have a surprisingly tenacious side…”
Trisian reacted as if he hadn’t expected me to bring the subject back up again.
I am a tenacious man. The girl she likes bites like a crocodile and won’t let go.
I didn’t avoid Trisian’s gaze, who was staring at me, and faced me.
First of all, Trician’s impregnable attitude toward me.
If you discuss one or two trivial things with me, before you know it, like a small hole in a dam, your boundaries with me will collapse.
“This fight with Drake is like that, and it might be helpful in unexpected places, right? Confessing your concerns to others is surprisingly helpful.”
“After… Yes, it might be stubbornness beyond stubbornness after coming this far.”
At my words, Trissian gave a small nod and sighed. Then he opened his mouth with a little longing in his eyes.
“Is someone close to me missing? Yes, you are right It’s a story from when I just joined the guard.”
“When I just joined the guard?”
“Yes, when I just joined the guard, there was someone assigned to be my gunner. He was a person I respected very much, but one day he completely disappeared.”
“What day is it?”
“It was just an ordinary day. Really, it was an uneventful day.”
The Black Moon was abducting people near the West Way. If people are gone, it is natural to doubt the black moon.
“Hmm… Is that why you doubted the Black Moon?”
“Yes, because the black moon kidnaps people. I thought his disappearance was the work of the Black Moon.”
“What did you think?”
“The ledger I received from you. The senior’s name was not on the list. When I looked at the people I kidnapped when my senior went missing, there wasn’t even someone with a similar physique. I thought only that the black moon had kidnapped you and tried to take revenge, but my guess was wrong. I lost all my energy wondering what I was doing.”
Yes, it is not difficult to imagine how futile it would be if an organization that had long thought of itself as its enemy turned out not to be an enemy.
“So why are you so obsessed with this disappearance case?”
“Yeah, I couldn’t believe that a senior I respected went missing in a simple accident or something. It’s embarrassing, but deep down I was hoping that I might be able to avenge my senior. I mixed personal feelings into my job.”
“No, there is nothing to be ashamed of. Even if personal feelings were mixed in this incident, you did the right thing.”
“Thank you for the consolation. Anyway… That’s it. In the end, the senior I respected went missing in an accident or something, and there was no force or story behind him.”
He thinks that there must be a special story behind the death of a person related to him, but in the end, the reality is cold.
There is no story whatsoever.
It’s just an unfortunate accident.
Trisian, who had been still, exhaled a small breath and raised his body that was leaning against the pillars of the tent.
“It’s late at night and I want to rest today. Aren’t you seriously injured too? What if your arm doesn’t move? You shouldn’t overdo it with a body like that.”
“Hmm. That’s it too. See you tomorrow.”
“Okay. Oh, by any chance, is the house you are staying in the former Hergel’s mansion?”
“Yes? Yes. It will be when I go back to the city.”
“Hmm… I get it.”
Nodding at my answer, Trissian turned around and went back to the tent.
In the morning, I woke up to the sound of a loud voice calling me to wake up.
“Ouch…”
When he woke up, his arm started to tingle, as if the effect of the medicine he had taken yesterday had worn off.
As I moved my body in pain, Natalya and Roin, who were sleeping next to me, woke up.
“Hansong?”
“My arm hurts…”
Contrary to Natalya who massages my arm little by little, asking where it hurts, the old man pokes my cheek and smiles quietly.
“Roin, I can’t move my arm, so please worry a little more.”
“What. I’m just healthy from morning. If you hadn’t moved at all, would you have been more concerned?”
“Your arms don’t really move?”
“Did you strengthen your body with mana when attacking Drake?”
“How did you know?”
“Because that’s the only way to attack while kneeling on those hard scales. You don’t have to worry too much. Originally, I couldn’t control my strength at first, so I got hurt as a side effect. I’ll be back in a week or so.”
Is it a story that I won’t be able to use my hands for the next week? Hmm… I got into a lot of trouble.
