Chapter 110 – 110 – The Problem of Clumsiness
“Fighting is strictly prohibited within this establishment. It will be considered a challenge to the entire Protestant Church.”
An oriental-style inn that is painted black and looks even more stylish.
At the entrance, people dressed in black who appear to be employees are standing there, glaring at us with cruel expressions.
“The same goes for attacking employees of this establishment. Please put down your weapons.”
“I didn’t bring it out to use against you.”
Lennie sighed, touching his tired eyes. Then she aimed the sting launcher to the side and fired a series of shots.
Small needles getting stuck in the back and buttocks with a pattering sound. The victims are looking back with their eyes twitching in a sense of betrayal…
“Sister…? Why are you telling us…?”
“Tigris colleagues, before everyone goes to sleep, let’s ask one more question. I think I misheard. How old did you all say you are?”
“Fifteen.”
“···There are fourteen. Why?”
“Sixteen···.”
“You guys are like this. I’m nineteen and I’ll be an adult in just one year! Lenny Astala, if you have to choose someone, it’s me… Just a moment.”
The biggest guy, whose face was once smashed by Lennie, looks back at the smaller guys and proudly points to his solar plexus with his thumb.
And just like that, she rolled her eyes and fell forward. The guys next to him followed suit and fell over.
“I almost heard that you touched a minor. I don’t like younger people.”
Lenny emptied the water bottle in one breath, threw it back, and put his launcher on his back.
“And I’m not thirsty now, unlike when I was desperately asking for help. I’m in great shape to make the difficult decision to change my mind.”
“···Are you a bit cowardly?”
“If it saved you a lot of trouble, don’t criticize, but be thankful, Isilun.”
Leni was the first to head to the front door of Cheonmoo Guesthouse. Her black-clad Orientals politely bowed their heads and opened the door for her.
Isil Rune followed suit, scratching her head in discomfort.
Her promise to date the guy who fought the hardest was broken just like that. I looked down at the teenagers who had been kicked out and shook my head.
I heard he was around the same age as Eshen, but he was younger than older.
“Damn it. Just looking at his muscle mass and size, I’d believe it if they said he was 30.”
“It’s the same with facial hair.”
“···They are your subordinates, but they are too much. And come down from the roof, Garam. The inn staff seem to be uncomfortable.”
“Don’t be ridiculous. If you’re planning on sneaking around like that too…”
“I won’t do it, so come down. Eshen says you’re so smart that you won’t even welcome me.”
“It sounds like you would have shot me if I had been blind.”
“I won’t do that. Come down.”
Garam narrowed his eyes and entered the building through the balcony under the roof.
“I understand that the terms of the contract between us will be kept.”
“That’s right.”
I nodded. Lennie’s opinion seems a little different, but I think a promise is a promise.
And if you happen to be kicked out of this lodging facility, wouldn’t you at least have to keep your promise to the leader of these guys so that you can continue to receive security services?
“Such a calculating bastard.”
“…Rather than slandering someone who risked his life to fight, wouldn’t this be a lot more honorable? And let’s make one thing clear. I didn’t flirt. Garam wooed me first.”
“So, are you accepting a date request from people you’re already dating? Is this okay since you’re already with more than one or two people?”
I have nothing to say, so my body automatically shrinks.
Eshen, who had been poking my cheek and whispering, was startled when an arrow flew over his head.
“Shall we fight even in safety?”
“Agree.”
———
I guess it’s true that we can’t fight here.
Inside the ‘Cheonmu Gaekjan’, which was much larger than it looked from the outside, there were people everywhere wearing vicious weapons that I had never seen before. Their eyes were just as ferocious as the weapons.
And at the same time, there was no sound of fighting anywhere. As if he knew what would happen if he acted rashly in this space.
“This is fun.”
“What is it, Isilun?”
Isilun, who kept taking his hand off the sheath and putting it back on, smiled at me and pointed at the ceiling.
I can see a very, very faint silhouette hidden in shadow. A silhouette that can only be recognized if you look closely, like a moth on a tree.
It twitched every time Isilun placed her hand on her scabbard. Preparing to throw daggers at us.
I got goosebumps and closed my eyes. Morgan, disgusted, grabbed her hand that was reaching for her holster and brought it to his chest.
“Holy shit. I liked it for a moment because I could see the restaurant and guest rooms, but just as I thought, it turned out to be a den of enemies. Are you sure it’s a safe place?”
“It’s safe. Don’t you believe me?”
“Would I trust you if it were you?”
Morgan confused Eshen with a strange question.
Instead of her sister scratching her head and thinking, Garam, who looked a little embarrassed, explained in detail.
“I already told you, no one, Protestant or otherwise, can harm you here. I guarantee that.”
“Well, this facility is also the business of a group called Shingyo, and the people who put a bounty on our porter are also Shinkyo people. It’s like being on an enemy ship, so how can you be safe?”
“Did you say navigator? Just as on a ship, everyone from the captain to the junior sailors must follow what you say, there is no one in the Protestant Church who can stand above the rules of the Protestant Church. Not even the religious leader himself can kill us here. As the religious leader’s daughter, I will guarantee that. .”
“···If you say it that way, it sounds a bit plausible. Then what about people who aren’t Protestants?”
Garam pointed behind her with her thumb. The other customers who were glaring at us from their seats in the restaurant flinched as if they had been pricked by that finger.
“No sect can ignore the Protestants. Many of them may have come to attack us and collect the bounty, but they have not been able to move. Now, enjoy a bed like a bed, a meal like a meal, and a rest like rest. Cheonmu “Guakjan provides the highest level of accommodation in any region.”
“Damn. That’s the prettiest thing that’s ever come out of your mouth. What’s our plan now?”
The mission is to secretly meet the Lord of Hwanhwagok, deliver Tena’s secret letter, and ask for help.
But the conversation has already passed. It seems like I can no longer see them through normal means.
I can no longer ask party members to risk their lives for me or the mission.
“First, get a good rest and see if there is a way to go back. If not, we have no choice but to hang out here and wait for help.”
“···Is that the plan? The moment you step out of here, you’ll be chased again. What will you do if no one comes?”
“If the situation gets worse, you could just abandon me and run away. There’s a bounty on my head.”
“That sounds interesting.”
“I’m not trying to make you feel guilty, and I’m not joking. I’m serious.”
“What a ridiculous thing…
Morgan raised his eyebrows as if he were angry at the words I said while trying to remain calm.
And she hurriedly closed her mouth at the sound of someone talking.
“That’s not an option. Who wants to buy their safety by selling their precious companion to these guys who don’t know what they might do to our porter? I can’t stop it, but I can promise you what happens next.”
“What is it?”
“I promise that even if I sacrifice my soul to the person I serve, I will curse you to peel off your skin.”
“···Is that possible, Monica? Can you do something like that?”
“If you want to find out, you can betray me, right?”
The sister, who had buried herself half-asleep on a soft chair in the lobby, left behind only those scary words and went off to dreamland.
There was silence between us. Eshen noticed that the sister’s eyelids were closed, and muttered softly into my ear.
“Sometimes I think about who the craziest person at the party is.”
“That’s it. I understand. Anyway, Rod’s daughter is here too, so we won’t be stranded here forever.
“I’m glad I’m useful in that way…”
Nidroga’s frustrated muttering was somehow pitiful.
Nidro, who was exhausted from dehydration and heat, closed his eyes and leaned on the sister’s shoulder without us even trying to comfort him. Isilun and Leni eventually let down their guard and sat down next to him. It seems that the last few days of non-stop running were difficult even for the special fighters.
Still, someone has to ask for the room price and pay. We can’t leave the broken Tigris lying on the ground forever. I stood up, rubbing my tired eyes.
And then I came face to face with Garam, who was waiting in the hallway.
“Are you tired?”
“···Huh.”
“Then I’ll give it a day. Tomorrow morning.”
———-
“It’s okay to do it tonight. There’s a lot I don’t know, whether it’s about this facility or the rules of your world, so there’s a lot I want to ask-“
“···It’s tomorrow morning!”
Let’s have a friendly chat as soon as it’s safe. Isn’t that too bold?
Garam Taiga bared his teeth as he pounded the wall with his fist. To hide shame and embarrassment.
I didn’t know if the shallow numbers worked. The other person nodded slowly with a nonchalant expression.
Lan Bantai seemed to be good at this. At least much better than Garam.
“If tomorrow morning is good, let’s do it tomorrow morning. The location is in the guesthouse, right?”
“Of course it’s inside. It’ll be rolling outside!”
“I’ll be ready by at least 10 o’clock.”
Garam Taiga was inwardly filled with despair.
I can’t believe I’m going to lose it. It was like a threat that if I ran away, I would die by my hands. At this point, it’s not like it’s an application for dating, but rather a request for a duel.
After the porter left, Garam, who was left alone in the empty hallway, squatted down, holding his white hair.
That woman is not the Tigris of Hwaseong-gok, who is attracted when she reveals her strength. All you can gain from threatening people in the outside world is a bad impression and fear.
“Holy shit. Damn it. Damn it!”
It was unclear why Shingyo placed a bounty on such a woman. And, ironically, I couldn’t figure out why my eyes were so focused on that woman.
I couldn’t bear to reveal it to the hunting party that I followed and watched the extermination party from Tobetan, but it wasn’t just because of Eshen.
When Lan Van Thai showed his naked body to the onlookers, he felt rather fortunate. Not because Eshen’s name as an enemy was cleared, but because it became clear that Eshen, a heterosexual man, could not have taken over that ponytailed porter.
The body odor that seemed masculine at first glance also seemed to be an illusion. After thinking about it that way, even the strong smell of sweat I encountered at the beginning of summer didn’t feel so unpleasant. Rather, I wanted to pick it up like a small dog, take it home, wash it until it was soft, and then bury my nose in it and continue to smell it.
“···The beginning of summer? Are you talking about when we met in the magic cave? What did you want to do with me…?”
All are attractive. The pure eyes of a child, the neutral voice, and the attitude of trying to take responsibility for a weak subject.
The shoulders, which have been carrying the weight for a long time, have a refreshing line. Traces of the effort accumulated as an ordinary human being can be seen in the calluses of the arms and palms, where fine muscles are developed. Such things are difficult to see in people born with strength like Tigris.
Rather than making threats like before, it might have been better to be honest. She said it made her heart flutter because she had never met a woman as stylish and cool as him.
But race and bounty are not the only barriers they must overcome. In any case, Lan Bantai would not be accepted in Tigris society.
It’s not because it’s a relationship with a woman. Tigris society generally tolerates whatever the strong do. And Garam is strong.
The problem is that its strength is closely related to the blood of the Taiga clan.
“I can’t live outside the Compassion Valley. Since Eshen has turned his back on the Taiga family, I have to become the heir and carry on the bloodline. Of course, the opponent has to be a man. Regardless of what I want.”
“···I understand why you don’t have good eyesight for Eshen.”
“So, at first, I thought it would be okay to force Eshen and you to the Compatible Valley. Since you are a woman, the false accusation will be cleared naturally, and if you are in the Compatible Valley, there will be an opportunity for me, who cannot easily go back out again.”
“···I can understand why Eshen doesn’t look at you kindly.”
“But the weak can’t survive in Hwanhaenggok. I don’t know if all Tigris are as good as the idiots in my hunting party, but one day those who despise you for being weak will raise their claws.”
“Oh my.”
“So I can’t be serious. I just want to talk a little because I don’t think opportunities like this come around very often. Then maybe I can shake off the lingering feelings of my first heart flutter.”
“I see.”
“···But why are you just coming back and sitting here answering me?”
Garam, who realized an important fact, stopped grumbling and suddenly got up. The porter who handed me the handkerchief jumped and took a step back.
Garam ripped out his head. The heat you feel from his fingers tells you that your scalp is flushed with shame.
His face must have heated up just as much. Garam couldn’t even bring himself to check by touching his face.
“Since when have you been back? Since when!”
“Uh, since the time you shouted ‘damn it’ three times? I was wondering if I had made a mistake…”
“Go away-!”
