Chapter 215 – Can’t Beat It
Astrid wakes up as if she fainted and bursts into anger.
She seriously suspected that her father had died.
The lives of the tribal people are becoming impoverished day by day. A bleak future for the tribe.
It wouldn’t be strange if, while pondering such an irritating problem, the heat ran out and the taste went away.
Astrid herself sometimes chokes her breath, but her patriarch father must be appalled.
But anyway, this wasn’t it.
“Husband? Who? Dad, are you really crazy?!”
Glancingly, Astrid’s gaze turns to the shameless stranger’s distant day and her father’s red-faced face. For some reason, empty bottles and glasses are scattered between the two.
The author is clearly an intruder who arbitrarily invaded the tribal territory and harmed himself.
That alone is enough to be treated as the enemy of the tribe.
In other words, they are beings that should be excluded from this land.
But why the hell are my father and that stranger drinking together?
What kind of nonsense is your husband talking about?
“Daughter, calm down and sit down.”
“Do I look real now?”
Astrid was dizzy.
Even so, she is to the point of disintegration after losing twice in a row to the same opponent, but things are happening one after another that she will never accept. She just seemed like she was going to lose her mind.
Could it be that his father has been tricked into doing something like that?
It was a reasonable doubt.
Even so, the public sentiment in the land of frost has been very heinous lately.
‘Religious bastards who only spit out sweet words… Perhaps he is of a similar type.’
They also want to destroy the empire, so it is because of the logic that the enemy of the enemy is a comrade, and some suspicious forces are roaming around each tribe and proposing alliances.
‘Great warrior Astrid, a single snowflake that bloomed in the bitter cold. I offer you the seat of an apostle.’
‘It’s been fucking crazy.’
In fact, they had contacted Astrid a while ago.
Of course, if you accept the position of being an apostle or something, it will give you stronger power than you do now.
Although he offered to provide food and supplies to the struggling tribe.
‘Go to the next town. We don’t treat them like peddlers.’
‘… You will regret it.’
She sneered at her and refused.
Aside from the fact that the attitude of pretending to be useless and the unpleasant way of speaking were very annoying.
How could there be such a terrible sound in the world?
Whether it’s power, food, or gold.
They are all things that must be won with one’s own strength, whether it be blood or sweat.
Sweet fruit is never given without a price.
At least, even animals take risks to hunt.
But she’s going to give her everything she wants if she just becomes an apostle or something?
Whoever does such a dubious deal is an idiot.
Is there any chance that even the skin will be peeled off after entering as a subordinate of an unknown force?
However, it seems that the flying flies that he waved his hand away from were now attached to his father.
—Gasp!
Astrid grabbed the stranger by the collar and growled.
“What tricks did you play on my dad!”
“It’s a trick. I don’t know what the hell you mean.”
From this side, even though he threatens seriously, he doesn’t blink an eye.
He’s also a guy I don’t like very much.
“I swear to the gods I didn’t do anything.”
“Celestial God? Are you a religious person?”
Also, sure enough.
Judging by the fact that he mentions God, he is also a person who can’t be trusted.
“It’s not me, but one of my colleagues is a priest. He’s treating patients from your tribe right now.”
“Fuck! You’re trying to do nonsense! I don’t believe in religious people! Fuck it right now and get out of here!”
Thinking of that, the moment I looked straight into his eyes and fired a venomous word.
-Startle!
“Don’t insult her good will.”
“What, what…”
His face, which had been expressionless for a long time, hardened and a low, determined voice rang out.
Astrid felt her whole body freeze for a moment.
—Sureuk…
Unknowingly, his grip loosens.
For some reason, it was difficult to make eye contact with him any longer.
It was a feeling Astrid was desperately denying, but it was clearly present in her.
She feels like a curse engraved by her dark-haired knight who gave her her first defeat.
Fear.
‘This is my victory. A savage bitch.’
‘Ahhh!’
Astrid’s mind flashes the bitter memories of that day.
A berserker who never let go of his sword even when his whole body was broken and covered in blood.
Her maniacal red eyes looking down at her as she fell.
The terrible pain of a half-broken blade tearing through your lower abdomen.
— Cheer!
“Oh no!”
A bitter pang rose again from the huge scar across her belly.
The stranger in front of her is also the opponent who gave her her defeat. That too twice in a row.
Also, just moments ago, she felt that her life was threatened by him choking her breath.
A cold and terrifying gaze stared at Astrid, who was slowly losing her mind.
It was obviously terrifyingly similar to that of the dark-haired berserker.
“There is a limit to being patient with your father. I am the chief’s guest, so be polite.”
The stranger’s grip, much larger than Astrid’s, gripped her wrist.
Then she slowly shakes off her hand that is gripping her own collar.
A normal hand gesture with no particular power.
She could rebel if she put her mind to it, but Astrid couldn’t.
His head, which had been raised in front of Kagan, lowered his head just to avoid the eyes of strangers.
“Let go, let go…”
Astrid couldn’t do anything.
The shock of her defeat, deeply rooted in her brain, left her immobilized.
Like a deer in front of her tiger.
All she could do was twist her body and let out a weak moan.
“You have a very bad habit with your hands. Have you ever lived a life of swinging your hands whenever you get angry?”
“Yeah, what do you care about…”
“It’s harsh on the weak, and it’s a perfect habit to hasten orders in front of the strong.”
“You dare… Preach to me…!”
Astrid wanted to run away from this spot.
The pain in the scar on her belly is so intense that she is now burning hot.
A hot feeling rises from her gripped wrists, her face, chest, waist and inner thighs.
My whole body seems to be on fire. Weird and terrible.
Being held by her man somehow made her feel like she wasn’t herself.
If it goes like this…
“Ugh, uhhh…”
My legs were trembling and I was about to collapse because I lost my strength.
“Hoo.”
“Oh, Rani. You’ve been quiet all this time, so why are you brazenly stepping out now?”
Chief Bjorn spat out a strange sound similar to exclamation and stroked his beard.
Then, the gaze of the man who was staring at Astrid turns to him.
“Haha…!”
Astrid let out an inaudible sigh.
She almost looked ugly, but thanks to her father, she was able to breathe.
By the time she was clearing her mind, which had been far away.
“No. It’s because it’s amazing. It’s the first time in my life that I’ve seen him behave so calmly. It seems to me that the two of them are matched in nature. Do I really not like it?”
“…Give me time to think. This doesn’t seem like an easy decision.”
“Eh. Well, okay. Please don’t make me wait too long.”
A conversation was heard in her ears that could never be heard.
Marriage. Yes, my father must have been talking nonsense about the author being his husband-to-be.
I forgot about her because of her disinterest from the middle, but apparently that was also one of the reasons that made her go wild. No, it must have been the most decisive reason.
“Wait, wait! They’re making their own choices!”
The chieftain’s only daughter, she was the legitimate heir to the Frosttooth clan.
He never thought of anything other than the future of becoming the new chieftain and leading his tribe.
Marriage? She never even had a dream.
It was the duty of ordinary wives to bear her child, not the part of her warrior.
The thought of Astrid, the Great Warrior of the Land of Frost, having to huddle under a man makes me sick.
But why on earth would his father want to marry him out of the blue?
Even with strangers seeing it for the first time.
Astrid shouted, placing her hand on his chest.
“What kind of livestock am I? I haven’t said anything until now, and suddenly, what kind of marriage and husband are you talking about!”
Clearly she loved and respected her own father.
But right now, she feels betrayed and her teeth tremble.
Although it was Astrid who looked at her father with an expression about to cry.
The chief shrugged his shoulders and replied casually.
“My daughter. Didn’t you always say you wanted to mate with a man stronger than you? You certainly said you would. Who is the child who even swore to be her successor?”
“That, that’s…!”
Astrid shuddered and shuddered.
A declaration made insignificantly at a time when I was immature.
I never thought it would come and catch her by the ankles.
“In the Land of Frost, an oath is a token of trust. Are you going to betray the trust of your father and mother?”
“Oh, it happened when I was young!”
“You’re young. Since when were you sixteen? I never taught you to play with words.”
In the Land of Surrey, where population is power, people tend to marry very early.
Sixteen is usually about to have their first child.
Bjorn had been yelling at Astrid ever since she was about to give birth to her new wife, when she was going to show her grandchildren.
Although she, of course, had reasons for wanting to see her grandchildren as a single father.
She also prayed because she was concerned that if something went wrong with her only daughter, she would be cut off as it was.
After Astrid was born.
This is because Bjorn and his wife are no longer able to have children.
However, contrary to Bjorn’s wish.
Astrid was no ordinary woman.
It was doubtful whether there would ever be a man for her who could handle her, not only in her land of frost, but also in the whole world.
‘Marriage? I’ll do it. If someone stronger than me appears.’
In addition, she even hates it if she is married.
She had stopped accepting phantom-like oaths that seemed unlikely to be fulfilled forever.
So, finding a mate for Astrid has always been a problem that has troubled Bjorn more than anything else.
I was on the verge of hair loss due to stress.
But now the opportunity has arrived.
A young man from the Empire, but strong enough to defeat Astrid easily.
The condition is also good without missing anything.
If Gigi makes a marriage alliance with him, there are even signs that the tribe will come to life.
Of course, this was a betrayal of the Alliance, but to be honest, it was none of Bjorn’s business.
The Confederacy did nothing to help the Frosttooth tribe when they were in trouble.
The saying that the children of snow are all one family has long since become a thing of the past with Kagan sleeping in ice.
To put it bluntly, the coalition is now just a political community.
Bjorn thought that the land of frost was already a place of self-reliance.
“Daughter, my daughter. The man who will become your partner literally fell from the sky. Do you think this opportunity will come again? Please keep your promise, even for the future of the tribe.”
“Ha, but…!”
“You, don’t you have a separate date or a guy you like?”
That is why Bjorn did not want to miss this golden opportunity.
But is his beloved daughter still immature?
Astrid, who was busy rolling her eyes, smiled broadly as if she had a good idea.
“I don’t have anyone I like! Actually, I do have someone I like! It’s also a worthy object of an oath!”
“It’s Astrid. What the hell are you talking about all of a sudden?”
And, the words that came out of her mouth.
“The man who first tasted defeat! Wolfgang the Slayer! I like him!”
“Heuk!”
Wolfgang, who was yawning at the boring family conflict that started out of the blue, was very embarrassed.
