Chapter 149 – 149. Shedding the Flesh. And Pick Up an Asshole (1)
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Thanks to the help of the elven rangers, Yushin and Allen were able to quickly descend the Aquitaine Mountains, which boast a labyrinth-like rugged terrain.
First we headed east.
After secretly passing through so as not to be discovered by the guards guarding the border, he entered Lourdes, a city in the kingdom adjacent to the border.
“They say that the Roxfield family recaptured this city from the militia a few days ago.”
Yushin, who hid himself in a back alley with few people, leaned against the wall and explained why Lourdes was in a mess.
Countless people lost their lives.
The cries of the wailing women and children hugging the cold corpse did not stop. Most of the corpses left on the streets were killed by the Roxfield family after joining the militia.
“… Take no interest.”
Allen replied.
Do not mourn the sorrows of the citizens,
I didn’t feel much inspiration for the family who unilaterally slaughtered them.
Death and sorrow always coexist. There is no one without a story among the warriors who lost their lives on the battlefield. Allen, who had served on the battlefield for a long time, was so calm that she seemed cold-blooded.
“Would you like some bread?”
“Huh!”
Yushin held out the bread from which the wrapping paper had been ripped off. At that, Allen gave her an uncomfortable expression and turned her head away.
Scratched her head
She was still puzzled by the appearance of her horned sister.
After his relationship with Ardena was discovered, Yushin suffered numerous bruises and fractures. Because of that, she unintentionally used the elixir possessed by the elven rangers. If the rangers hadn’t provided the elixir, her bruised and fractured body would have forced her descent down the Aquitaine Mountains to a day later.
‘The number of guards is too small. Is it that confusing? No, anyway…. How long has she been recaptured?’
There were only about 200 troops stationed in Lourdes.
The security of the city was close to a mess.
Dead corpses were rolling around in the streets, and villains who took advantage of the chaos to steal were running freely.
“There is a long way to go to the Earldom of Roxfield. Let’s go to the next city quickly.”
“Okay.”
Allen, who had been sulking as she had just shown her outright hostility to Yushin, but she was obedient to her decision, worried about her mother being in the county.
She slipped out of her back alley with Allen.
Leaving behind the grief and wailing of the citizens who lost her family, she headed for the city gates.
‘It’s much worse than expected….’
Rumors continued to be heard.
However, the horrors he actually witnessed were far worse than expected. The situation in the kingdom of Valua was getting worse and worse.
The reason Yushin hurriedly decided to leave for the next city was that he could not continue to watch the citizens suffer. If I continued to delay time in the city, I felt like I was going to activate it. That is why Yushin moved with a strong determination.
“… It’s okay?”
Allen asked.
Unlike myself who remains indifferent,
Yushin was suffering, but trying to hold back his heart.
It was pitiful to see that. Could he be feeling guilty that he might have caused this to happen?
I tried to stay ignorant until the end, but
When Yushin showed weakness, the wall in his heart was torn down in an instant.
“Uh, it’s okay.”
“It’s okay to help people.”
Yushin shook her head at Allen’s words.
“It’s just a fistful of help. As long as the war between the Kingdom Army and the Citizens’ Army is not over, slaughter will continue in other cities, just like the horrors that took place in this city.”
I have no choice but to eat my heart out.
Yoo-shin apologizes to her sister for causing her concern and decides to straighten her mind.
The destination is the Earldom of Roxfield.
To reach the Earldom, she had to continue north. It might be possible to speed up the race by using warp gates, but unfortunately, the Kingdom of Valua was not a country where warp gates were systematically installed like the Elves of Liberia.
“Come on, give me some bread!”
“I came back a long way because I was told that food would be rationed when I came here!”
Hundreds of citizens gathered at what was believed to be a food distribution center. It seemed to be distributing food for homeless refugees.
It looked very miserable.
Seeing the refugees begging for food, Yushin turned her head.
“Yes, this smell….”
Sniff sniff.
Allen sniffed her.
Suddenly, like a wild animal, he starts sniffing at her and starts smelling her bizarre behavior. ‘, He muttered and took a step back from her.
“It smells unpleasant.”
“That’s natural. Countless refugees flocked to the devastated city, and there is no choice but to smell musty.”
“No, not that….”
Sensing something in her, Yushin looked around for Allen’s reaction.
But she had nothing to say about her. She flocked to the food distribution center, and there were only refugees reaching out for help, and no existence was confirmed to be dangerous enough for Allen to activate his intuition.
‘Wait, this fucking smell….’
Yushin, like Allen, sniffed at her as if he sensed something in her and moved his steps.
She headed to the food pantry.
Like five minutes ago, she identified the clamoring refugees one by one.
An old man with many wrinkles on his face, a wife holding a newborn baby, and a child who had lost her parents. Yushin, who was checking the faces of the refugees, came to see the face of a man wearing a blanket over her face.
“Kuh! What, what!”
The man was startled and shouted.
She seemed surprised by Yushin’s behavior as he approached her while touching the mat he was wearing on her face.
Yushin raised her hand and took off the hood that was covering her own face. The man who saw Yushin’s face showed a startled look. That would also be true because men were no different from Cheolcheon’s enemies to Yushin.
“Yoo, Yushin Gilead… ! Yes, how are you!”
The man shouted.
At that cry, Yushin realized that he had met his expectations.
Alphonse, the second prince of the kingdom of Valois, was a man in tatters who was so thin that he could not be recognized, but his face was covered with a straw mat. Where did the thick belly and bulky body go?
“The fucking smell of sweat that I always covered up with strong cologne…. After all, it was Prince Alphonse.”
“Joe, it sounds like shit… ? Reckless!”
“I heard that you are ignorant, nabal, and degenerated into commoners. The world has gotten so much better, that commoners are talking nonsense.”
“Big!”
The second prince, who became a beggar at Yushin’s criticism, vomited out quarters while distorting his face.
But there was nothing he could do.
What can a beggar do, desperately clinging to the food pantry to satisfy his hunger?
The reason he has been able to enjoy wealth and glory so far is because he was fortunately born as the son of a king. But now he had nothing left. Abandoned by his father and abandoned by his older brother, the prince begged for mercy and compassion from the guards to settle for a meal.
“Are you going to kill me… ?”
Yushin revealed this at Alphonse’s words.
“Is there anything I can do to get my hands dirty? If you reveal your identity here, you will be torn limb from limb by angry citizens.”
“Oh, no! Stop… ! You have already been punished!”
“It’s just a punishment chosen by the Crown Prince with the intention of clearing the royal family of shame. It’s not enough to satisfy the grudge of the soldiers who died because of your dogged orders.”
Yushin grabbed Alphonse by the collar and glared at him with bloodshot eyes.
I remember the screams of the soldiers.
The soldiers who died miserably in the war against the elves under the orders of a foolish commander,
Alphonse must be killed in order to appease the spirits and resentment of those soldiers.
“What is it?”
Allen, who was observing Yushin’s actions from behind, stuck her head out, wondering what was going on.
His blue hair came out.
Seeing her hair, Alphonse recognized her as Allen Roxfield.
The Roxfield family is a family that has built a reputation for unchanging loyalty to the Valois royal family. Alphonse clung to Allen as if he would kneel down, as if he thought that if he were the daughter of the Roxfield family, he would protect him.
“Ah, Sir Allen! My name, Alphonse!”
The matting peeled off, revealing Alphonse’s tattered, dry face.
It was the exact opposite of the past when he dripped dog grease and shivered his flesh. Allen stared at Alphonse’s face, but she didn’t recognize him.
‘It definitely smells like shit… , Who is it? If my brother gets angry like that, he must be a bad guy….’
Alphonse. Alphonse. Alphonse.
The daughter of the Roxfield family recalled that the second prince of the kingdom of Valois, whom she hated to even think of, had the same name as the man.
… Is it the same person?
Perhaps it is.
There was no way that the flesh that boasted of its bloated body, as if it would roll across the floor if pushed from behind, had become so skinny.
“It’s the second prince.”
Yushin said.
As soon as he finished speaking, Allen’s fist struck Alphonse in the face.
“Oh, that bastard!”
Alphonse’s face contorted terribly as the fist was pierced with the swear words.
Of course, the number of teeth fell out,
Alfonso rolls across the floor as his nose sinks.
“Ouch! Whoop! Aaah!!”
Alphonse let out a moan as he grabbed his nose. His blood trickled down between his fingers.
The people around them spread their distance as if they didn’t want to get caught up in the fuss. Alphonse, who had become a beggar begging for food from a prince who enjoyed wealth and power, was in a pitiful situation without anyone’s help.
‘Wow, fuck. I never thought I’d meet you here Are there any red threads of fate tied together? But even after losing weight, the smell of shit is still there. This is almost at the level of air freshener….’
It was by chance that I met Alphonse.
I had no idea that I would meet the most disgusting villain in a remote city with a low reputation so far that I didn’t even know its name.
Yushin relieved some of the resentment he had accumulated so far as he looked down at the pitiful situation of Alphonse, who was bleeding and trembling. Of course, the resentment of the soldiers who were unfairly killed on the battlefield still remained.
“Uh, why me… Aren’t you, the loyal daughter of the Roxfield family?!”
At Alphonse’s desperate cry, Allen shouted with her face distorted.
“Fuck you, asshole.”
Swinging his foot, he kicked Alphonse, who was trying to hang back.
