## Chapter 64 – [Side Story] F-Rank Adventurer Kim Katte
It’s already been half a year since I came to this other world.
“That way, Winia! Kill it!”
Come to think of it, I haven’t even been able to wash for a week. The grime and sweat that have soaked into me are incredibly unpleasant, but I don’t even care anymore. This would have been unthinkable in my original world, but what can I do when I don’t have the money to go to the bathhouse right now?
ㅡKeryak!
Winia’s Fire Bolt exploded. It’s the most basic magic of the 1st Circle, but there’s a reason why mages are highly skilled personnel. The goblin that was running away was directly hit by the fiery magic and turned into grilled meat.
ㅡChiik.
A burning smell began to rise. All that remained was a charred corpse. It struggled to live, but in the end, it was killed.
I don’t feel any sympathy. The corpse is just disgusting. It doesn’t give me any other feelings anymore.
Goblins are monsters with green skin, long noses and ears, like little kids wearing the skin of old men, and the reason I killed them was because there was a bounty on them.
A bounty? What does that mean? As I was thinking that, something flew and hit me on the head.
ㅡPpaak!
“Ugh!”
“What are you spacing out for?”
The red-haired swordswoman… Lena cut off the head of the dead goblin and threw it at me. Aish, you freaking bitch… Anyway, to continue the explanation, it’s this head. Because the goblins, which have multiplied because they were left unattended, were stealing crops, the guild put a bounty of 2 coppers on each goblin head.
That’s why we came hunting.
“Ah…”
I touched my head and, damn it, I think I have a bump. My body is my livelihood! I wanted to get angry and tell that damn bitch who had her uterus punctured that she didn’t have to throw it, but I couldn’t because of my situation.
Because I was an F-rank adventurer.
Lena and Winia were E-rank adventurers.
“Are you ignoring me? Haa… seriously. I let you join the party as a favor…!”
Exploitation that surpasses Hell Joseon existed in this world. I was terrified when I saw Lena, who was about to explode with anger, and shouted. Didn’t I get beaten up badly with the scabbard by her when she was angry earlier? Fear of her was already engraved in my body.
“No, no! That’s not it! It’s just that the magic was so amazing that I lost my mind and was just staring blankly! When else would a country bumpkin like me ever see maaㅡgic? Haha! It’s so amazing!”
“…Shut up.”
Winia muttered as I answered in a fluster. Hey, you pink-haired bitch, why are you still complaining even when I’m praising you? Anyway, there’s no one normal in this other world. These bastards treat me like their own dog because I’m just a pathetic F-rank adventurer.
There are no human rights.
It was an era when the lives of the poor were cheaper than a piece of bread.
I am poor.
“Are you out of your mind? Take care of the supplies properly, you handyman?”
“Ah, yes.”
Lena said with her arms crossed.
Anyway, back to the story about exploitation. What I’ve felt while living here is that even these cheap adventurers, who have nothing, are quite strict about the hierarchy. For these bitches who are E-rank, a socially weak person like me, who has no ability and remains an F-rank adventurer, is just good prey.
“Let’s see, one, two…”
Still, I have to work to get paid, so I put the severed goblin heads in a sack. If I take all of these to the guild, they will count them and pay the bounty. Many adventurers earned their living expenses this way.
Damn it, seriously, I came here thinking I’d work hard because they said they’d let me join the party, but I’ve been getting beaten up since morning and suffering all kinds of exploitation.
They were first-class criminals, a dangerous group of people who relieve stress by bullying those weaker than them.
“Damn, it’s so heavy…”
The full sack had become quite heavy. That’s about it for today’s hunt. We had to return inside the castle walls before sunset. I hoisted the sack onto my back. Damn it, it’s unbelievably heavy, and I have to carry this and walk all the way to the city…
“Can’t you move faster? You’re such a snail.”
“Yes, yes. I’ll go faster. Lena’s words are absolute.”
“Why does it sound like you’re talking back? Are you mocking me right now?”
She said, cracking her neck. I became flustered and shouted. I ended up saying something I shouldn’t have because I was so frustrated.
“No! No! That’s not it! Don’t hit me! It’s my fault!”
“Puhahahaha! Winia, isn’t this handyman being too desperate?”
Lena burst out laughing and said to Winia. Winia was trembling, trying to hold back her laughter. To suffer such humiliation from these bitches…! My trampled pride made me feel like I was going crazy.
But unfortunately, this was another world.
The swordswoman Lena was several times stronger than me, and Winia was a mage who could easily turn me into grilled meat.
I couldn’t argue about the unfair treatment, and I couldn’t act up.
Weakness is a sin.
Strength is a right.
The weak simply follow what the strong do.
“You’re slow! You’re walking too slow! Run!”
“Haa…! Huk! Huk! Yes, I’m running!”
“Faster! Put some effort into it, Mr. Snail…!”
Lena, who was sneering next to me, hoisted the sack and kicked my butt with a full-force spinning kick while I was struggling.
ㅡPeok!
“Aguu!”
I fell flat on my face. I was so frustrated that tears came out. Mother, I miss you. Father, I miss you too. I don’t know what I did wrong to be treated like a dog in a place like this.
ㅡUrrr!
“Ah, no!”
As I fell, the sack fell and the goblin heads spilled out. I have to put them back in!
“Can’t you pick them up right now?!”
I tried to reach out to the goblin heads scattered on the ground. But Lena, as if she couldn’t stand the fact that I was deliberately being lazy, pulled out her scabbard and beat me up.
ㅡPpaak!
“Keuhaaaaak! Keoheok! S, stop! It hurts too much! You just hit my joint!”
ㅡPeok!
“Hahaha! Snail! You’re a snail! Hurry up and pick them up! We don’t have time, you savage snail!”
“I’m sorry! I’m sorry! Please stop! Lena, please…! I’m going to die…!”
“Move your hands instead of your mouth! Are you trying to make me explode and die?! Huh?!”
I cried and snot ran down my face as I grabbed Lena’s ankle and begged. But if she listened to words, she would be human. Lena was not human. She was just a monster wearing human skin, and she hated me, a human, and used violence indiscriminately.
That’s how I became limp like minced meat.
Damn it, she minced me so well that I’d be perfect for a hamburger steak.
“Haa… haa… I’m tired. Seriously, you just drain all my energy…!”
The violence stopped only when Lena was exhausted.
“Hoo! But I feel good! The stress I’ve been under has been relieved! Winia, do you want to try it too? Hehe… it’s quite fun?”
“…”
I looked back at Winia with the most pitiful expression I could muster. Please, please stop… If I get hit any more, I’m going to die, you bitches!
I’ll do anything if you don’t hit me. I’m confident that I can take off my clothes and do the crab dance right now, while singing Seol Woon-do’s Compass!
“Keukeuk.”
Winia, who smiled meaningfully, approached me. She pointed the sharp end of her staff at me. What is she trying to do with that…?
“W, Winia? What…?”
The end of that staff pointed towards my Adam’s apple, and thenㅡ
“Keok, keoheok! Keokkeok!”
It pierced my Adam’s apple deeply. I groaned in the pain of suffocation and the agony of my throat being crushed. Winia stubbornly stabbed her staff into my throat. She was about to make a hole.
“B, breath! Keok! Suffoc…! Please! Stop!”
ㅡKeoheok!
I vomited stomach acid in pain. The violence stopped then. I looked up at her face.
“Huheuhheut…”
She had an ugly smile on her face. She was definitely a top-notch sadist. Why are adventurers so violent and barbaric? Maybe pointing fingers at me as a barbarian is directed at themselves.
“Let’s go now. It’ll be dark soon. Winia, how about a drink with me when we get back?”
“Sure. Where should we go?”
“Well…”
I, who was completely screwed, swallowed my tears and put the goblin heads back into the sack. After putting them all in, we started again.
My throat hurt so much. In addition, my joints ached and the bruised areas hurt.
These damn bastards should know when to get tired after hunting that much, but they didn’t care about that and walked so fast. Please go a little slower… The places where I was hit hurt too much… The words rose to my throat, but I kept them to myself out of shyness because I was afraid of getting hit.
I followed them, sweating profusely.
More than anything, it would be a real problem if they didn’t give me the money… I have a bad feeling about today.
“Here, this is your pay for today. You worked hard for a snail. I’ll give you a compliment.”
It was only when the sun had set and darkness had fallen that we arrived in the city. For some reason, Lena was smiling as she looked at me, and she handed me one copper coin, saying it was my pay for today.
One.
One?
Is it because it’s dark? Does 5 look like 1?
“Excuse me, Lena? Wasn’t the pay supposed to be 5 coppers…”
“You’re being loud. Didn’t you get food from us today? You should be grateful instead of being shameless.”
“Huh?”
“Haa? Do you have a problem with that?”
“…”
“Then get lost. See you next time. Puhahahaha!”
I exploded at this unbelievable, rainbow-colored dreamlike sight.
Of course, only in my mind.
“…!”
That damn bitch is stealing my pay! I didn’t say anything even though I got beaten like a dog to earn that! Can F-ranks even live like this! I’m screwed! With 1 copper, I can’t even eat a proper meal! Are you telling me to work without eating?!
“Keukeukeuk.”
Winia covers her mouth with her hand and laughs. That damn pink-haired bitch! I remember you stabbing your staff into my throat!
That’s why I need to reach E-rank quickly, but surprisingly, I’m too weak! I don’t know if I can win even if I fight a goblin one-on-one, and neither do you, you damn bastards! No, why are you doing this to newbies, you bitches!
That’s!!!!!!!!!! Why!!!!!!!!!! I’m so stressed!!!!!!!!!! That my hair!!!!!! Is falling out!!!
“Oh, my fate!”
I wanted to curse at Lena and Winia, who had already gone far away while giggling, but I decided not to because it would be a big problem if they heard me. Please send me home, please. I want to wash with warm water, lie in bed, play on my phone, and then fall asleep!
Screw this other world, you damn bastards!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
