Chapter 309 – Film.K
“Doesn’t this guy apologize quickly?”
The man in her ironclad said, gripping her by the collar, but her girl glared at him who held her with her sullen face. Apology was funny. Does he know that he is doing this because he likes himself?
“Tsk, that’s all right. It’s a shame that the fish is safe. I can trust that the knight will take care of it.”
In the end, while her man was holding the girl, the owner approached and snatched the fish from her hand, and went away as if he didn’t even bother dealing with it.
“No, but…”
The man looked at the owner, who had left blankly, as if he was absurd, but he never returned. In the end, they were the only ones left awkwardly. Maybe it’s a matter of course. There were a lot of orphans in this place, and there were many cases where such children were hungry and stole food. I had heard that children in the same situation would be beaten if caught, but she had never been caught, but now that she was caught, it was unknown. Because most of the kids she did stealing her food from, like her, were boys.
Even if she was in a similar situation to her, she had nothing to do with him. They were busy even taking care of their own, and it wasn’t good news for them to have fewer things to steal. They even looked closely at her.
“What does a woman dare to do after us? She only needs to open her crotch comfortably for adults.”
This was because the men subsisted on the food provided upstairs, but the women received more food from the adults. Perhaps because of this, men were smaller in physique and strength than women of their age, so they swarmed around and stole the food they lacked. Even though she was taller than them, she never attacked them directly, but they didn’t bother to pick a fight with her, so she avoided the village when those guys settled in first. Then, for some reason, it must have been a problem that I felt comfortable because there were no such guys.
Her man looks at her as her girl stays still, realizing that no matter how much she struggles, she can’t escape his grasp.
“What are you going to do with me?”
She glared at him, thinking that she would be lucky if she would only be beaten, but her man, covered by her ironclad, only looked at her with her unknown face. She was frustrated because she was waiting for his words. He finally opened his mouth.
“Little boy. Shall we make a bet?”
“…Bet?”
The girl wondered what the intention was. Many of her men offered her favors, but her bet was something she had never heard of.
“Okay, if you win the bet, I’ll give you food and a place to sleep. If you lose the bet, just leave town.”
At first glance, she thought it was a charming story, but she thought it was suspicious. She asked, though at least she was glad it wasn’t a huge favor.
“What bet?”
“It’s called a sword fight. I’ll lend you a sword, and you can hold out for 10 minutes while blocking mine with that sword.”
As soon as the girl heard him, she thought it was nonsense. The orphans downstairs her couldn’t even eat properly, and even if they gave her something like her sword, there was no way that her grown-up would be able to withstand a determined attack with her sword.
“Good.”
But the girl accepted his offer. She expected he was probably going to beat her up for a bet, but she thought it would be better. And she was able to get the bladeless sword from him in the clearing indeed. She had occasionally seen adults carrying them for self-defense, but this was the first time she had touched even a sword. The girl thought about running and selling the sword as it is, but she gave up immediately. Because the way her man looked at her, she noticed that there were more than one guy who felt the same way as her.
“Fortunately, he didn’t run away.”
“It’s okay, let’s start quickly.”
The girl stung for nothing, but she said it casually. Then he raises her sword, the same one she gave her, and swings it at her.
“Ugh!”
She raised her sword and she managed to block his, but the ringing sensation in her hand was unpleasant.
“Away…!”
Moreover, it was too much power to shake off the approaching man’s sword as if it had stuck to her sword. But in the meantime, I thought it was worth doing. Besides, her man seemed quite surprised by her appearance, but she had no time to rejoice. Her sword continued to come towards her, and she was in a hurry to block it.
“I’ve never seen a strong guy like you in my life.”
In the end, the girl was able to hold out for 10 minutes. She giggled at her voice mixed with his mischief. She couldn’t block all of his attacks, so even though the places she had been hit hurt and her whole body was tired from trying to keep from falling, she somehow smiled.
“…Do you really eat it?”
She looked at the grilled fish in front of her eyes with bewilderment and said.
“Yes, eat, eat. How many times have you said that?”
As if the man was annoying, she ate her share of the fish, but the girl didn’t know that he would really keep his promise. Unlike the fish she had eaten so far, it was neither fishy nor bland, and it was really delicious.
“I’ll put you to bed today, so what are you going to do tomorrow?”
She didn’t bother to answer. She had to steal food from others to get food, and if it was impossible here, she had to find another place.
“Then how about making a bet tomorrow?”
As she looked at him, her man was watching her.
“Every time you win three bets a day, I’ll give you a meal and a place to sleep at the end.”
It was a strange word. She wondered if she was having fun beating up her girl, but he knew she was able to hold on because he wasn’t fighting her with all her might.
“Good.”
So, she accepted the offer. Even if something suspicious is true, it can’t be helped. There was a limit to how she could continue to live by stealing, and if she could get something to eat and a place to sleep, it wouldn’t hurt her. That’s how she started living with her man.
“Your head is empty, kid.”
“Evil! Seriously!”
She stays with him and makes a bet every day. She thought he was odd at first, but as she went on she was getting a glimpse of it. That he was teaching himself swordsmanship. In order to stop her man’s ever-increasing attacks, she began to closely follow his movements, and as if he had waited for them, he dared to block or parry them in a better-looking position. He was a much weirder man than I thought. But he was just fine. Because every day he offered her a bet she didn’t have to make and her girl complied.
“Turn it off.”
Then one day. The days when my whole body ached and sore because I couldn’t block all of his exceptionally strong attacks on days that I didn’t know how many days. Suddenly, she heard the sound of her door being opened. This was her man’s house, and she also assumed that since she only had him and the girl, she must be her man. He came to where she lay and sat next to her. And then I felt her slowly lift my duvet. In addition, she sighed inwardly at the feeling that even her old dress was being exposed. She thought it was suspicious, but she knew that he too was aiming for my body.
It was a pity that she was going through what she had been avoiding so much, but she wasn’t that sad. On the contrary, she even thought that if she did this, she would not have lasted longer than the other women. Is it because it was so difficult to eat even one meal a day? She felt it was more important that she could eat her three full meals and sleep warmly because of the bet with him. Besides, her hesitation at her subject who had come to rape her was also funny, and her hand, which rustled and did not approach, made her girl spread her legs on her own.
“You haven’t slept yet?”
I could feel the cold air passing between my crotch and revealing the secret place I had managed to keep so far, but it was okay. She opened her mouth to him asking her surprised question.
“Whether you bake or boil, do it yourself. I’m tired of running away now.”
Because the girl was too tired to expect anything. Now, I thought it would be better to give up the place I kept without even knowing why.
“Evil?!”
When she opened her eyes wondering why her hand didn’t approach her, the shock hit her forehead and tears welled up in her eyes.
“Who are you making weird people?!”
Looking at him in her manly voice, he was holding an iron can of opaque cream in one hand, and he felt a cold sensation where he hit her forehead, and rubbed it. She did it just in case, but it wasn’t something she knew. On the contrary, it smelled like animal fat, and I couldn’t say whether I liked it or hated it.
“Wow, I thought I couldn’t control my strength, so I tried to apply some ointment.”
Come to think of it, her toxic leg was hit badly.
“Ugh, but everyone comes to me with that thought. If not, why are you being so nice to me?”
No matter how much the girl thought about it, she couldn’t understand his actions. She thought she was on to something, but all he did was nag her about her stuff, except when she was betting. All of that was strange to the girl. Then he let out a deep sigh.
“Ha, I’m sorry. I didn’t even explain. I can’t help it.”
His apology made her even more incomprehensible.
“Oh, chaga!”
“Because I’m applying medicine, so be patient. I’ll talk to you in the meantime.”
He screamed at the cold feeling on his leg, and he continued his words.
“What do you think I do?”
“How do I know?”
When the girl grumbled, he laughed bitterly.
“First of all, I am a knight.”
“Article?”
“Yes, knight.”
A man who nodded when he saw him at the first words he heard.
“What is that?”
“It’s just fighting monsters and protecting them from harming people.”
She couldn’t help but frown at those words.
“With those things?”
“You must have seen the monster yourself.”
“Any.”
My body trembled at the feeling of his hand brushing the sore spot and leaving a cold mark, but somehow I didn’t hate it.
“But I’ve never heard of anyone doing anything like that.”
“That’s right. I’ll be the last one left.”
“Why?”
Monsters were overflowing here. So isn’t it normal that there should be a lot of people to fight them?
“There must be many reasons. Some people quit because life is difficult, and some people quit because it doesn’t make money.”
Besides, people thought it was enough to hide at home at night, so there were also things that people didn’t pay much attention to.
“Then why didn’t you quit the article?”
“I don’t know either. I can’t even call myself a knight because I can’t deal with monsters by myself.”
Maybe it’s just stubbornness. He murmured and applied medicine to her wounds.
“I think I just wanted to raise another article.”
“…So me?”
It seemed that he could understand his behavior, which somehow seemed to teach him. But still doubts remained.
“Then wouldn’t it be better to just tell him to become a knight?”
“Haven’t you tried it? I tried to tempt the kids with food, but there was no one as tough as you. Everyone ran away when they were full or only coveted food.”
The girl was one of them, so it was obvious how they would behave. I wouldn’t have liked to use my strength on a plate that would not be enough even if I had food and left the strength to move.
“Above all, of all the kids I’ve met, you’re the most talented.”
“Talent?”
“I didn’t know that you would start moving while applying the application just because you showed some posture.”
He says it took him close to a month just to take advantage of her stance like she did. Then, having applied all of her medicine, he straightened her clothes and covered her with a blanket.
“And now I also have one last thing I want to do. I was thinking of making disciples.”
“What is that?”
“I’m looking for a horse.”
“Word?”
“There was a story that a knight originally called someone who rides a horse.”
However, no matter how much they searched downstairs, they said there was no such thing as a horse.
“So I thought. If I go upstairs, maybe I can find a horse?”
“Could it be upstairs?”
The girl thought he was out of his mind. Are you trying to go upstairs when no one knows how cruel the upstairs gangsters called Datchik are to those who try to invade their floors? But he shook his head.
“No, higher than that. On the ground.”
“Where is that?”
“Well, you’ll know roughly when you see this.”
What he had brought out was a book. Surprised by the appearance of an object that was hard to find downstairs, he unfolded it and showed it to me. It was a story from another world to the girl. Although the light has faded due to wear and tear, the splendid color still remains and contains the story of a knight going on an adventure. Among them, he pointed to one part in particular.
“Maybe we know the name because we can’t see it?”
Just like the knights downstairs were called knights even though they didn’t ride horses. And the story ended with the knight climbing up the floors and tearing the pages to see the half-starry sky. At that, the girl thought that she wanted to see the sky that was gorgeous even with this faded painting. So it was.
“Mister, can I become a knight too?”
What did you ask the man? He was very happy and replied.
“Of course.”
That day, the girl was given the name Leah.
