Chapter 223 – In a Dark and Damp Place, What Is the Smell?
I entered the beast town with Lumina.
Just because she was from a beast town didn’t make her any different.
However, there were various flowers and palm trees planted everywhere she could see.
Honestly, it was unexpected.
‘I don’t know if this was brought by the prisoners and planted, or if it was airlifted from the territory. The relationship must have been good in the beginning, given that there was a beast town in the first place. How…’
Even now, Suin Town was completely dark. Should I say the atmosphere is down?
Even a mourning house wouldn’t be like this.
We went around and asked. Do you know anything about Lindy? Do you have any clues?
But there was no answer. Lindy’s whereabouts were unknown, and the answer we were hoping for was unknown.
At that time, a prisoner warned.
“It’s scary these days… Humans must be careful. Certainly… Hate us…”
Lastly, she went to the house where Lindy lived. It was a place made by cutting and carving large logs.
I looked into it, but it was also a failure.
“Huh?”
There was a neat letter lying on the desk. When I looked at the sender, it only said H.
‘If it’s H, is it a helipad? Anything related?’
I looked through the contents and all it said was to meet at a specific location. However, the word contract caught my eye.
Lumina clicked her tongue when she saw that.
“We prisoners always have no money. So, I mainly make a living by doing manual labor or working as a mercenary. “If you want to live in the city.”
“Or should I live freely like you, walking around nature?”
She nodded her head. Her scattered black hair swayed.
“Huh. Lindy, I guess you need money.”
“It’s money…”
How was the picture drawn? Minorities who have no money but have to live.
And disappeared.
In this situation, you will be easily exposed to crime.
Nothing more was found, so I left. On the way out, my eyes fell on the main gate.
There was the letter H engraved on it that I hadn’t noticed before.
‘No way, Hitomi… ? Etchi… ? No, no. Come to your senses.’
What on earth does that H mean? I became curious for no reason.
It was too obvious to call it Hellif.
As I was walking around the streets of Suin Town, I felt the harsh gaze of the beastmen.
It was directed at me, not Lumina. Because I am human.
Afterward, he returned to his estate and wandered the streets. This time, people’s eyes were focused on Lumina, not me.
He smiled at me, but whenever he saw Lumina, his expression soured.
‘It’s an inconvenient city.’
I asked around, but got no results. If this was the result of someone’s meticulous plan, I really didn’t think I would have any clue.
Meanwhile, the good-natured owner of a general store started chattering.
“Anyway, it’s terrifying these days.”
“With racial discrimination policies?”
“Yes? No, no. These days, there are people who only kill humans. “He may be a prisoner.”
“Why are you so sure?”
“They say they are self-proclaimed vigilantes who go around killing sinful people. Where are you going to go because you’re scared? They only kill humans? So I am in favor of discrimination! “If that isn’t a beast, what could it be?”
At that moment, Lumina curled her fist. She is angry because she is being discriminated against as an innocent person.
He held her wrist without saying a word and left the general store.
So we returned to the front of the inn and had a conversation.
Lumina asked with a nervous look on her face.
“What should I do? Should I report him missing?”
“Even if I do, they won’t accept it. From this city’s point of view, it would be good if beastmen disappeared.”
It’s unfortunate, but it was a fact. There was no place for a prisoner anywhere.
If, as the lord said, the beast town disappears soon, the beast man discrimination policy will be a huge success.
Lumina cried as if her heart was shaking. You’ll be angry.
“Damn it, what did we do! Damn it… !”
“Let’s go to the endless forest. Do you know the location of Suin Village? Please guide me.”
“Oh, that was the place mentioned in the letter, right? Okay, let’s go.”
I took out Dawn and climbed on top. Lumina rode behind me, her big breasts resting against the back of my head like a cushion. Anyway, he is kind in a strange place.
We left the territory at dawn. Lumina looked down.
“Do we really have to go out like this? Isn’t it dangerous?”
“You don’t trust me?”
“It’s not that, but it feels like I’m doing some kind of stunt.”
“If you don’t, they’ll make a fuss about arresting you. “You saw it too, right?”
The only attempt was to enter by riding a carriage.
But they are trying to reject me outright just because there is one prisoner. Is this what you mean?
We headed towards the forest. It wasn’t that far away.
Just across a river, there was a forest. As the name suggests, an endless forest appeared.
Lumina put her hand on my shoulder.
“But you’re cool?”
“Huh?”
“A moment ago. They go around interrogating people by showing their royal agent badges. “It was so cool!”
Lumina gives her thumbs up. What else can I say?
I felt embarrassed for no reason. It’s not cool, hehe.
“What… It’s no big deal. Please guide me properly.”
“Heng, I got it!”
Anyway, it was heartbreaking. I, too, was once discriminated against for having a developmental disability.
I’m done with Show and Prove now, but it was hard to adapt to this world after being possessed.
‘The original Lash would have been more difficult. There is no specific measure, because discrimination is treated differently.’
It will probably continue as long as people exist. Discrimination.
We got off at dawn and entered the forest. Following Lumina’s guidance, we headed to the beast village.
The road was very rough. However, it was a place where I could breathe easier than Heliph.
At least it’s not stuffy here. It’s not uncomfortable either.
After climbing over several more rock formations, we finally arrived at Suin Village. But it was a bit strange.
“Here… Beast village?”
What I could see now was an empty space with only traces of the existence of a village.
Oh, of course, I saw a few abandoned houses that used to be homes, but that was all.
No, should I call this a house? Should I say it’s an abandoned goblin hut?
Both Lumina and I were shocked.
“What, is this a digital construction method?”
“What are you talking about? No, uh-uh. Isn’t this what it looks like? Why is it so broken? Why is there no one?!”
Lumina is embarrassed and fidgeting. I looked around.
I felt some presence. It was not a wild animal.
“No, I feel a few people in the basement nearby. Hey, have you built something like an underground bunker or dugout and lived there?”
“Really?”
Lumina goes to the place I pointed. She scanned the floor with her bare feet without difficulty and found her entrance.
That’s interesting. Do you see that?
I’m sorry.
When I opened the entrance, I saw several prisoners inside trembling and pointing bamboo spears at me.
The prisoners ground their teeth.
“Damn, we’ve been discovered…” !”
“Dirty human bastards! What did we do!”
“Give me back my little brother, give me back!”
I was dumbfounded by the sudden curse? First, I calmed him down.
“Come on, everyone. I am not the enemy. I am a pseudo butcher… Ugh. This is Hero Rash Lionhart. Right, Lumina?”
When Lumina came down behind me, the beastmen finally felt relieved.
I’m glad I came with Lumina.
“Lumina? “You’re alive!”
“When did this guy leave saying he was going to the moon?”
“Lumina, I missed you!”
Prisoners having a touching reunion. I watched it silently and then turned my eyes to the surroundings.
The underground hideout was miserable.
First, the condition looked very bad. On one side, groundwater was rising, and on one wall, soil was coming down as if it had eroded into the ground.
It was hopeless.
Here too, the beastmen.
How much fear were we living in?
Lumina asked while looking at the beasts’ condition.
“Everyone, please talk to me. What happened? Where did that wonderful village go?”
“Ughhh!”
The beastmen cried again. And then the conversation began.
Why did it become like this, and who attacked this place?
I was shocked.
The story goes back to the time when we were friendly with Helip Village.
They interacted with each other and became friendly, but the atmosphere changed when the village chief became the current lord.
At some point, prisoners started disappearing one by one.
At first, I thought they had left like Lumina, but when I looked into it, I found they had one thing in common.
Only the prisoners who visited Hellif disappeared.
Still, there were cases where they settled in the beastman town, but when I went to visit them, they were not found in the beastman town either.
It is even said that the prisoners living there looked very unhappy.
I tried to visit again next time, but they wouldn’t let me in.
From then on, Helip somehow achieved rapid development and became a territory.
It is said that after it was stabilized as a territory, a group of people suddenly appeared and devastated the village. They were lucky enough to escape the disaster by sleeping in an underground hideout.
It is said that when the sun rose the next day, the village was devastated. Bodies disappear everywhere.
“Nonsense. Everyone died? Everything, everything… ? “No!”
Lumina is sobbing and frustrated. I’ve never seen her collapse and look so weak.
She had always been bright and lively, but now she was sobbing as if she were a woman.
Anyway, I had a question. A crowd?
“Hey, wait a minute. Were they soldiers?”
The goat-man shook his head at my question.
“No, we don’t know. It was a crowd. Some had weapons, and some had strange abilities. It’s hard to specify… It was ambiguous.”
“… It’s strange. “That kind of multipurpose army is roaming around at this time?”
This multipurpose army was either run by the state or a corps of warriors. It was a union that could not have been formed by a single village vigilante group.
But if the state had hired these guys, there would have been traces somewhere. At the very least, you can declare that you are being accused of such and such a crime.
So, if it was a group of warriors, that was also strange. The warrior corps costs a lot of money to operate.
Unless you are a warrior group supported by the government, just purchasing weapons or potions costs you money.
That many people, armed with weapons and using magic, wiped out a village?
I didn’t understand. It must be something that doesn’t make any money. Even with someone’s instigation, hiring such a large group of warriors would have cost an astronomical amount.
So, when I created the warrior group, I did it with Kalsas. No matter what problems arise in the future, I plan to use Calsas Chance.
But the girl who was just crying, whimpered and said something.
“But those people were unpleasant.”
“Are you saying it’s unpleasant?”
“Them… It smelled bad. “It really stinks.”
“Stink?”
What does this mean?
